Azure Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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
Rank 9 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +6
Contract jobs citing Azure 251 335 455
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 11.71% 12.51% 13.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.34% 34.50% 40.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 209 331
10th Percentile £313 £400 £325
25th Percentile £400 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £538 £588 £575
90th Percentile £643 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £16.91 £29.28 £37.03
25th Percentile £19.64 £46.62 £41.38
Median hourly rate £24.18 £59.03 £44.82
Median % change year-on-year -59.03% +31.69% -53.31%
75th Percentile £38.97 £62.91 £48.75
90th Percentile £47.84 £67.17 £49.36
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £63.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -44.44% +17.21% +5.39%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 advertised in Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 731 971 1,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 34.11% 36.27% 32.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 715 827
10th Percentile £225 £250 £313
25th Percentile £370 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -2.86% +8.67%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £620 £659
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 17
10th Percentile £16.08 £17.72 £17.74
25th Percentile £16.50 £26.63 £20.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £60.55 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.92% +83.48% -55.10%
75th Percentile £22.28 £66.50 £47.25
90th Percentile £33.05 £76.00 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
% change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Scotland 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
Glasgow 0 104 £453 -15.33% 48
Edinburgh +4 97 £450 -5.26% 82
Perthshire +3 9 £525 -7.57% 1
Aberdeen +3 6 £350 -15.15% 11
Renfrewshire -1 5 £513 -1.44% 2
South Lanarkshire +9 4 £370 -0.11% 1
Stirling -2 3 £420 -2.33%
Highlands - 3 - -
Lanarkshire +1 2 £388 -21.52% 19
Aberdeenshire - 2 £313 - 4
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 16 (6.37%) Apache Spark
2 15 (5.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (5.98%) SharePoint
3 11 (4.38%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.39%) Confluence
5 4 (1.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.59%) Apache
6 2 (0.80%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.80%) SAS
7 1 (0.40%) JBoss
7 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.40%) WildFly
7 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (3.98%) Sketch
2 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (2.39%) Maximo
2 4 (1.59%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 60 (23.90%) AWS
2 55 (21.91%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (16.73%) Entra ID
4 41 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (15.14%) Power Platform
6 21 (8.37%) Dynamics 365
7 18 (7.17%) GCP
8 14 (5.58%) Snowflake
9 11 (4.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 10 (3.98%) Figma
10 10 (3.98%) SaaS
11 9 (3.59%) Amazon GuardDuty
11 9 (3.59%) Azure Data Factory
12 8 (3.19%) IaaS
12 8 (3.19%) PaaS
13 7 (2.79%) Power Automate
14 5 (1.99%) PowerApps
15 4 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (1.59%) OpenShift
16 3 (1.20%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.98%) Firewall
2 7 (2.79%) DNS
2 7 (2.79%) WAN
3 6 (2.39%) LAN
3 6 (2.39%) Remote Desktop
4 5 (1.99%) DHCP
4 5 (1.99%) SAN
4 5 (1.99%) SSL
5 4 (1.59%) VPN
6 3 (1.20%) NAS
6 3 (1.20%) SMTP
7 2 (0.80%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (0.80%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.80%) MPLS
7 2 (0.80%) Network Security
7 2 (0.80%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.40%) BGP
8 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.40%) Internet
8 1 (0.40%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.37%) Power BI
2 14 (5.58%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.18%) Relational Database
4 10 (3.98%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (3.98%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.99%) Big Data
7 4 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.59%) MySQL
7 4 (1.59%) Star Schema
8 3 (1.20%) Apache Hive
8 3 (1.20%) Impala
8 3 (1.20%) Spark SQL
9 2 (0.80%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.80%) DB2
9 2 (0.80%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.40%) DTS
10 1 (0.40%) Metadata
10 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 18 (7.17%) JIRA
2 11 (4.38%) Git
3 8 (3.19%) Selenium
4 7 (2.79%) WebDriver
5 4 (1.59%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.20%) ER Studio
6 3 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.20%) Subversion
7 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.80%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.80%) JUnit
7 2 (0.80%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.80%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.40%) Appium
8 1 (0.40%) Gradle
8 1 (0.40%) Maven
8 1 (0.40%) Mockito
General
1 66 (26.29%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.11%) Public Sector
3 34 (13.55%) Finance
4 18 (7.17%) Banking
5 11 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.38%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (2.79%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.99%) Aviation
7 5 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.99%) Investment Banking
8 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.80%) Legal
9 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (17.53%) Developer
2 27 (10.76%) Senior
3 26 (10.36%) Architect
4 25 (9.96%) Analyst
5 19 (7.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (6.77%) Java Developer
7 14 (5.58%) .NET Developer
8 13 (5.18%) Lead
9 11 (4.38%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.98%) Designer
10 10 (3.98%) Project Manager
10 10 (3.98%) UX Designer
11 9 (3.59%) Consultant
11 9 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
12 8 (3.19%) Senior .NET Developer
12 8 (3.19%) Senior Developer
12 8 (3.19%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.19%) Systems Engineer
12 8 (3.19%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (12.75%) .NET
2 31 (12.35%) React
3 18 (7.17%) RESTful
4 16 (6.37%) Kafka
5 14 (5.58%) Spring
5 14 (5.58%) Spring Boot
6 10 (3.98%) CSS
7 9 (3.59%) Web Services
8 8 (3.19%) AngularJS
8 8 (3.19%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (3.19%) OpenTracing
8 8 (3.19%) REST
9 7 (2.79%) HTML
10 6 (2.39%) SOAP
11 5 (1.99%) .NET Core
12 4 (1.59%) .NET Framework
12 4 (1.59%) Middleware
12 4 (1.59%) Playwright
12 4 (1.59%) SailPoint
12 4 (1.59%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.16%) Product Ownership
2 19 (7.57%) Distributed Systems
3 15 (5.98%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (4.78%) Data Structures
5 11 (4.38%) Legacy Applications
6 9 (3.59%) Data Centre
6 9 (3.59%) PKI
6 9 (3.59%) Wiki
7 8 (3.19%) Cyber Threat
8 7 (2.79%) Client/Server
9 5 (1.99%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.99%) SCADA
10 4 (1.59%) Clustering
10 4 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.59%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.59%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.59%) Smartphone
11 3 (1.20%) N-Tier
11 3 (1.20%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (13.94%) Windows
2 16 (6.37%) Apple iOS
3 12 (4.78%) Windows 10
3 12 (4.78%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.38%) Android
4 11 (4.38%) Unix
5 10 (3.98%) Linux
6 3 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.80%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.40%) AIX
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (31.87%) DevOps
2 77 (30.68%) Agile
3 26 (10.36%) Cybersecurity
4 25 (9.96%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (9.96%) User Experience
5 24 (9.56%) Scrum
6 22 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 22 (8.76%) User Stories
7 20 (7.97%) Test Automation
8 18 (7.17%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (7.17%) Microservices
8 18 (7.17%) Migration
8 18 (7.17%) SDLC
9 16 (6.37%) CI/CD
10 15 (5.98%) Computer Science
10 15 (5.98%) Data Protection
10 15 (5.98%) Software Engineering
11 14 (5.58%) ITIL
11 14 (5.58%) Project Delivery
11 14 (5.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (14.74%) Python
2 34 (13.55%) Java
3 30 (11.95%) SQL
4 26 (10.36%) C#
5 24 (9.56%) PowerShell
6 21 (8.37%) Scala
7 12 (4.78%) JavaScript
8 11 (4.38%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.59%) Kotlin
10 6 (2.39%) Perl
11 5 (1.99%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.59%) VB
12 4 (1.59%) VB6
13 3 (1.20%) C++
14 2 (0.80%) Rust
14 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.80%) VBA
14 2 (0.80%) VBScript
15 1 (0.40%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (5.98%) Degree
2 13 (5.18%) Security Cleared
3 11 (4.38%) Azure Certification
3 11 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 10 (3.98%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.59%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.79%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.79%) MCSE
7 6 (2.39%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.99%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.80%) ISEB
10 2 (0.80%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.40%) CCNA
11 1 (0.40%) CCNP
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) HNC
11 1 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.37%) Disclosure Scotland
2 13 (5.18%) QA
3 6 (2.39%) PMO
4 3 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.20%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (17.93%) Active Directory
2 26 (10.36%) Docker
3 13 (5.18%) Hyper-V
4 5 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (1.20%) BitLocker
6 3 (1.20%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (1.20%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.80%) GPFS
7 2 (0.80%) NFS
8 1 (0.40%) KVM
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (11.55%) Kubernetes
2 21 (8.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 17 (6.77%) Terraform
4 11 (4.38%) SCCM
5 8 (3.19%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.19%) Zipkin
6 4 (1.59%) Ansible
6 4 (1.59%) Grafana
6 4 (1.59%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.20%) vMotion
8 2 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.80%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.80%) Veritas Storage Foundation
9 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.40%) Nagios
9 1 (0.40%) Puppet
9 1 (0.40%) vRealize
Vendors
1 53 (21.12%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.96%) Databricks
3 16 (6.37%) Oracle
4 9 (3.59%) Citrix
4 9 (3.59%) VMware
5 7 (2.79%) Google
6 6 (2.39%) Adobe
6 6 (2.39%) HP
6 6 (2.39%) Splunk
7 5 (1.99%) Apple
7 5 (1.99%) Cisco
8 4 (1.59%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.59%) Informatica
8 4 (1.59%) Infragistics
8 4 (1.59%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.20%) Alteryx
9 3 (1.20%) Cognizant
9 3 (1.20%) IBM
9 3 (1.20%) Infoblox
9 3 (1.20%) ServiceNow