Azure Certification Contracts in London

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered 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
Rank 271 317 364
Rank change year-on-year +46 +47 -46
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 122 174 266
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.70% 0.68% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.95% 3.11% 3.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 121 172
10th Percentile £312 £395 £421
25th Percentile £400 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £722
90th Percentile £743 £788 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £8.00 -
England median hourly rate - £8.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Azure Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,131 5,587 6,805
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.59% 21.96% 17.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,824 3,835 4,698
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £800 £750
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 85 146
10th Percentile £14.49 £18.89 £23.84
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.00% +12.36% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £65.71
England median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £39.75
% change year-on-year -27.27% +38.36% +8.90%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in London.

Daily rate trend for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in London.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the London region 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
Central London +29 19 £494 -17.71% 7
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (6.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.10%) Apache Spark
3 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.46%) IIS
5 2 (1.64%) Apache
5 2 (1.64%) Confluence
6 1 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.82%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.82%) nginx
6 1 (0.82%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.46%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 122 (100.00%) Azure
2 35 (28.69%) AWS
3 32 (26.23%) Azure DevOps
4 21 (17.21%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (14.75%) Entra ID
5 18 (14.75%) IaaS
6 13 (10.66%) Azure Data Factory
6 13 (10.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 13 (10.66%) PaaS
7 12 (9.84%) Power Platform
8 9 (7.38%) GCP
8 9 (7.38%) Serverless
9 8 (6.56%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (5.74%) OCI
11 5 (4.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (4.10%) Azure Functions
11 5 (4.10%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (4.10%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (4.10%) GitHub
11 5 (4.10%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.30%) Firewall
2 9 (7.38%) DNS
3 8 (6.56%) DHCP
4 5 (4.10%) BGP
4 5 (4.10%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (4.10%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (4.10%) EIGRP
4 5 (4.10%) HSRP
4 5 (4.10%) IPsec
4 5 (4.10%) IPv4
4 5 (4.10%) IPv6
4 5 (4.10%) LAN
4 5 (4.10%) MPLS
4 5 (4.10%) OSPF
4 5 (4.10%) TACACS
4 5 (4.10%) VLAN
4 5 (4.10%) VXLAN
4 5 (4.10%) Wireless
5 2 (1.64%) CTI
5 2 (1.64%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.20%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.38%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (7.38%) Big Data
2 9 (7.38%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.92%) Data Lake
4 5 (4.10%) Power BI
5 4 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.46%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.46%) Delta Lake
6 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (2.46%) MySQL
6 3 (2.46%) Spark SQL
6 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.82%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.82%) InterSystems Cache
8 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.82%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (7.38%) GitLab
2 6 (4.92%) JIRA
3 4 (3.28%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.64%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.64%) Git
5 1 (0.82%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.82%) GoCD
5 1 (0.82%) MLflow
5 1 (0.82%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.82%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.82%) Terragrunt
General
1 45 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.57%) Finance
3 13 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.38%) Banking
5 7 (5.74%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.10%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.46%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.64%) Marketing
8 2 (1.64%) Retail
8 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.82%) Billing
9 1 (0.82%) German Language
9 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Law
9 1 (0.82%) Legal
9 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (22.13%) Architect
2 26 (21.31%) Cloud Engineer
3 25 (20.49%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (12.30%) Senior
5 14 (11.48%) Azure Architect
6 13 (10.66%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (9.02%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 9 (7.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (4.92%) Analyst
10 6 (4.92%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.92%) Developer
11 5 (4.10%) Administrator
11 5 (4.10%) Lead
11 5 (4.10%) Network Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (4.10%) Senior Network Engineer
12 4 (3.28%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (3.28%) IT Engineer
12 4 (3.28%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.38%) ARM Templates
2 6 (4.92%) .NET
3 5 (4.10%) 802.1X
4 3 (2.46%) .NET Core
4 3 (2.46%) Middleware
4 3 (2.46%) PySpark
4 3 (2.46%) Spark Streaming
4 3 (2.46%) Web Services
5 2 (1.64%) LDAP
5 2 (1.64%) OAuth
5 2 (1.64%) React
5 2 (1.64%) REST
5 2 (1.64%) RESTful
6 1 (0.82%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.82%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.82%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.82%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.82%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.82%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.74%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.10%) Clustering
2 5 (4.10%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.10%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.28%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.46%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (2.46%) Grid Computing
4 3 (2.46%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.64%) IVR
5 2 (1.64%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.64%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.64%) Tandem
6 1 (0.82%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.82%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.82%) IoT
6 1 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.82%) Replication
6 1 (0.82%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.95%) Windows
2 7 (5.74%) Linux
3 6 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.64%) Unix
4 2 (1.64%) VMS
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.82%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.07%) DevOps
2 28 (22.95%) Migration
2 28 (22.95%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (22.13%) Agile
3 27 (22.13%) Computer Science
4 20 (16.39%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (14.75%) CI/CD
5 18 (14.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (13.93%) Analytics
7 15 (12.30%) Containerisation
8 12 (9.84%) ITIL
9 10 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (8.20%) Microservices
9 10 (8.20%) TOGAF
10 9 (7.38%) Cost Optimisation
10 9 (7.38%) Project Delivery
11 8 (6.56%) Data Engineering
11 8 (6.56%) Data Pipeline
11 8 (6.56%) DevSecOps
11 8 (6.56%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 26 (21.31%) SQL
2 18 (14.75%) PowerShell
2 18 (14.75%) Python
3 6 (4.92%) Bicep
4 5 (4.10%) C#
4 5 (4.10%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.10%) Scala
5 3 (2.46%) Bash
6 1 (0.82%) Groovy
6 1 (0.82%) Java
6 1 (0.82%) Ruby
6 1 (0.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 37 (30.33%) Degree
2 20 (16.39%) Security Cleared
3 19 (15.57%) AWS Certification
3 19 (15.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 18 (14.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 18 (14.75%) SC Cleared
5 9 (7.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.92%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 6 (4.92%) Master's Degree
8 5 (4.10%) CCNA
8 5 (4.10%) CCNP
8 5 (4.10%) CISSP
9 4 (3.28%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (2.46%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.46%) MCITP
10 3 (2.46%) MCTS
11 2 (1.64%) CCSK
11 2 (1.64%) CISM
11 2 (1.64%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.28%) GDPR
2 3 (2.46%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.46%) PMO
3 2 (1.64%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.64%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.82%) NIST
System Software
1 23 (18.85%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.75%) Docker
3 12 (9.84%) Hyper-V
4 8 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.64%) XenApp
6 2 (1.64%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.82%) Ceph
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.82%) NFS
7 1 (0.82%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.82%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.82%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (32.79%) Terraform
2 23 (18.85%) Kubernetes
3 14 (11.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (7.38%) Ansible
5 5 (4.10%) SolarWinds Orion
6 3 (2.46%) Puppet
6 3 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.64%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.64%) WSUS
8 1 (0.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.82%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.82%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.82%) Grafana
8 1 (0.82%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.82%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.82%) Mesos
8 1 (0.82%) Nagios
8 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.82%) Salt
8 1 (0.82%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 73 (59.84%) Microsoft
2 21 (17.21%) VMware
3 11 (9.02%) Databricks
4 10 (8.20%) Google
5 8 (6.56%) Cisco
6 7 (5.74%) SolarWinds
7 6 (4.92%) Citrix
7 6 (4.92%) Oracle
8 5 (4.10%) CheckPoint
8 5 (4.10%) F5
8 5 (4.10%) Infoblox
8 5 (4.10%) Palo Alto
9 4 (3.28%) CA
10 2 (1.64%) Avaya
10 2 (1.64%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (1.64%) Genesys
10 2 (1.64%) Zoho
11 1 (0.82%) Dataiku
11 1 (0.82%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.82%) ServiceNow