Microsoft Azure
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,874 | 9,137 | 14,802 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.64% | 16.30% | 16.90% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 42.05% | 44.75% | 43.95% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 4,256 | 6,629 | 10,834 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £400 |
25th Percentile | £438 | £463 | £463 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +7.84% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £743 | £750 | £750 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 93 | 84 |
10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.00 | £20.00 |
25th Percentile | £22.61 | £35.25 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £63.00 | £53.75 |
Median % change year-on-year | -44.44% | +17.21% | +5.39% |
75th Percentile | £61.19 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £81.38 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £51.25 | £60.55 | £44.50 |
% change year-on-year | -15.36% | +36.07% | -16.43% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,969 | 20,420 | 33,677 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.44% | 36.43% | 38.45% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,924 | 14,777 | 24,579 |
10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £738 | £746 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 332 | 392 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.47 |
Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.78 | £22.40 |
Median % change year-on-year | -44.66% | +73.10% | +2.47% |
75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.94 | £54.00 |
90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.83 | £19.25 |
% change year-on-year | -36.04% | +44.57% | -3.75% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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England | -1 | 5,014 | £550 | -1.79% | 3,214 |
London | 0 | 2,966 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,217 |
Work from Home | 0 | 2,285 | £538 | -2.27% | 1,863 |
UK excluding London | -4 | 2,164 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,127 |
South East | -3 | 594 | £550 | -3.93% | 451 |
North of England | -5 | 519 | £500 | -4.76% | 645 |
South West | -2 | 363 | £500 | -9.50% | 291 |
Midlands | -7 | 294 | £525 | +9.38% | 390 |
North West | -9 | 286 | £500 | - | 371 |
Scotland | +2 | 251 | £450 | -10.00% | 157 |
West Midlands | -7 | 210 | £550 | +6.28% | 243 |
Yorkshire | +1 | 204 | £500 | -9.09% | 207 |
East Midlands | -5 | 85 | £455 | +2.25% | 147 |
East of England | -33 | 78 | £451 | +0.28% | 137 |
Wales | +3 | 64 | £488 | -7.14% | 58 |
North East | -2 | 35 | £533 | -11.25% | 69 |
Northern Ireland | +7 | 29 | £588 | +38.24% | 38 |
Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 2 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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