Azure Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Azure
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 11 8 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 594 792 1,059
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 10.53% 14.04% 13.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.70% 47.43% 43.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 449 614 824
10th Percentile £375 £405 £350
25th Percentile £456 £480 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +9.05% +6.60%
75th Percentile £630 £675 £619
90th Percentile £665 £750 £688
England median daily rate £550 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -1.79% +1.82% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 14 8
10th Percentile £17.80 £53.63 £35.51
25th Percentile £23.97 £61.75 £45.94
Median hourly rate £44.25 £75.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.00% +48.51% -12.93%
75th Percentile £59.95 - £63.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £72.13
England median hourly rate £35.00 £63.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% +32.63% -13.64%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,329 1,670 2,436
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 23.55% 29.60% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 905 1,215 1,796
10th Percentile £263 £252 £207
25th Percentile £406 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £619
90th Percentile £675 £713 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 47 55
10th Percentile £17.69 £15.21 £13.36
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +30.95% -2.44%
75th Percentile £59.95 £69.38 £24.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.30 £54.15
England median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South East 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
Thames Valley 0 351 £585 +1.74% 152
Berkshire 0 283 £600 - 55
Hampshire -12 104 £575 +7.68% 80
Surrey -5 60 £475 -13.64% 69
Buckinghamshire -2 47 £475 -13.64% 64
West Sussex +7 34 £475 -31.95% 19
Oxfordshire -2 21 £458 +1.67% 33
Kent 0 20 £516 -10.22% 58
East Sussex 0 14 £500 -28.57% 29
Sussex -1 5 £550 -8.33%
Home Counties +6 4 £538 -17.31%
Middlesex - 4 £275 - 2
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 34 (5.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.35%) Confluence
4 4 (0.67%) Apache
5 3 (0.51%) CMS
5 3 (0.51%) SAS
6 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.34%) Kentico
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.17%) IIS
7 1 (0.17%) Jadu
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.51%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (3.03%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 14 (2.36%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.52%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (1.35%) Teamcenter
5 6 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.17%) Maximo
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.17%) Relativity
7 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 152 (25.59%) AWS
2 130 (21.89%) Azure DevOps
3 79 (13.30%) Entra ID
4 64 (10.77%) Power Platform
5 58 (9.76%) Azure Monitor
6 51 (8.59%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (7.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 39 (6.57%) Serverless
9 36 (6.06%) Azure Functions
10 33 (5.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 26 (4.38%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (4.21%) GCP
13 24 (4.04%) PaaS
14 21 (3.54%) Azure Logic Apps
15 20 (3.37%) Azure Storage
16 19 (3.20%) IaaS
16 19 (3.20%) OCI
16 19 (3.20%) SaaS
17 17 (2.86%) Power Automate
17 17 (2.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 61 (10.27%) Firewall
2 46 (7.74%) DNS
3 43 (7.24%) SSL
4 38 (6.40%) DHCP
5 24 (4.04%) SAN
6 19 (3.20%) Network Security
7 13 (2.19%) VPN
8 11 (1.85%) TCP/IP
9 10 (1.68%) WAN
10 6 (1.01%) LAN
10 6 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.01%) Wireless
11 5 (0.84%) BGP
11 5 (0.84%) MPLS
12 4 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
12 4 (0.67%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.67%) VLAN
13 3 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
13 3 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
13 3 (0.51%) IOS XR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (7.74%) Power BI
2 36 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 25 (4.21%) NoSQL
4 23 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (2.86%) Data Lake
6 15 (2.53%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.02%) Relational Database
8 9 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 9 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (1.35%) MySQL
9 8 (1.35%) Tableau
10 6 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.84%) Big Data
11 5 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.67%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.67%) GIS
12 4 (0.67%) MongoDB
12 4 (0.67%) Redis
12 4 (0.67%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 49 (8.25%) Git
2 40 (6.73%) Selenium
3 31 (5.22%) JIRA
4 21 (3.54%) Jenkins
5 20 (3.37%) GitLab
6 18 (3.03%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.19%) SonarQube
8 12 (2.02%) REST Assured
9 10 (1.68%) Visual Studio
10 9 (1.52%) JMeter
11 8 (1.35%) Oracle Forms
12 7 (1.18%) Bitbucket
12 7 (1.18%) SpecFlow
13 6 (1.01%) Postman
13 6 (1.01%) Robot Framework
14 4 (0.67%) Artifactory
14 4 (0.67%) Maven
14 4 (0.67%) Visual Studio Code
15 3 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
16 2 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
General
1 152 (25.59%) Social Skills
2 89 (14.98%) Analytical Skills
3 60 (10.10%) Finance
4 34 (5.72%) Public Sector
5 13 (2.19%) Law
5 13 (2.19%) Telecoms
6 10 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (1.52%) Police
8 8 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.35%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.18%) Legal
9 7 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.01%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.84%) Automotive
11 5 (0.84%) Banking
12 4 (0.67%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.67%) Retail
13 3 (0.51%) Back Office
13 3 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 103 (17.34%) Developer
2 89 (14.98%) Architect
3 66 (11.11%) Senior
4 44 (7.41%) Azure Engineer
5 42 (7.07%) Analyst
6 41 (6.90%) Active Directory Support
7 39 (6.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 34 (5.72%) Azure Developer
9 33 (5.56%) Lead
10 30 (5.05%) Full Stack Developer
11 28 (4.71%) Azure Specialist
11 28 (4.71%) Support Engineer
12 27 (4.55%) Active Directory Specialist
12 27 (4.55%) Consultant
12 27 (4.55%) Support Specialist
13 21 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
14 19 (3.20%) Project Manager
15 18 (3.03%) Active Directory Engineer
16 17 (2.86%) Python Developer
17 16 (2.69%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (7.91%) .NET
2 45 (7.58%) Web Services
3 39 (6.57%) ARM Templates
4 31 (5.22%) React
5 24 (4.04%) REST
6 18 (3.03%) AngularJS
7 14 (2.36%) .NET Core
7 14 (2.36%) Node.js
7 14 (2.36%) RESTful
7 14 (2.36%) XML
8 13 (2.19%) CSS
8 13 (2.19%) Itk
8 13 (2.19%) Java EE
9 12 (2.02%) HTML
9 12 (2.02%) JSON
9 12 (2.02%) YAML
10 10 (1.68%) .NET Framework
11 9 (1.52%) Django
12 8 (1.35%) ASP.NET
13 6 (1.01%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 65 (10.94%) PKI
2 28 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
3 27 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.38%) Data Centre
5 21 (3.54%) Public Cloud
6 16 (2.69%) Client/Server
7 11 (1.85%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (1.68%) Management Information System
9 7 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.18%) Smart Meter
10 4 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
11 3 (0.51%) IoT
11 3 (0.51%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.51%) Replication
12 2 (0.34%) Clustering
12 2 (0.34%) Cyber Defence
12 2 (0.34%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.34%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 119 (20.03%) Windows
2 109 (18.35%) Linux
3 79 (13.30%) Windows Server
4 46 (7.74%) Windows Server 2016
5 45 (7.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 29 (4.88%) Windows 10
7 24 (4.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (2.69%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (2.36%) Windows XP
10 12 (2.02%) Unix
11 6 (1.01%) Solaris
12 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.51%) VMS
13 2 (0.34%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.17%) Android
14 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (41.75%) DevOps
2 150 (25.25%) Agile
3 98 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
4 93 (15.66%) CI/CD
5 69 (11.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (10.27%) Analytics
6 61 (10.27%) Test Automation
7 49 (8.25%) Migration
8 48 (8.08%) Business Intelligence
9 44 (7.41%) ITIL
10 43 (7.24%) Cryptography
10 43 (7.24%) Microservices
11 42 (7.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 41 (6.90%) Key Management
13 40 (6.73%) Containerisation
14 38 (6.40%) Project Management
14 38 (6.40%) Scrum
15 37 (6.23%) Full Stack Development
16 35 (5.89%) Release Management
16 35 (5.89%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 95 (15.99%) Python
2 88 (14.81%) PowerShell
3 77 (12.96%) SQL
4 76 (12.79%) C#
5 41 (6.90%) Java
6 36 (6.06%) VBScript
7 31 (5.22%) JavaScript
8 24 (4.04%) VB
9 23 (3.87%) Bicep
10 19 (3.20%) C
11 18 (3.03%) T-SQL
12 15 (2.53%) Bash
13 10 (1.68%) C++
13 10 (1.68%) PL/SQL
14 6 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (1.01%) Go
14 6 (1.01%) PHP
15 5 (0.84%) X++
16 4 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
17 3 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 185 (31.14%) Security Cleared
2 130 (21.89%) SC Cleared
3 118 (19.87%) Degree
4 116 (19.53%) DV Cleared
5 23 (3.87%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (3.37%) Azure Certification
6 20 (3.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 19 (3.20%) CCNP
8 18 (3.03%) CCNA
9 15 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
10 12 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 5 (0.84%) CISSP
12 4 (0.67%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.67%) MCSE
12 4 (0.67%) PMP
13 3 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 2 (0.34%) CCSP
14 2 (0.34%) PhD
14 2 (0.34%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.03%) QA
2 9 (1.52%) GDPR
3 7 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.01%) NIST
5 5 (0.84%) PMO
5 5 (0.84%) SLA
6 4 (0.67%) NCSC
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.34%) COBIT
8 2 (0.34%) GxP
8 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 167 (28.11%) Active Directory
2 56 (9.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (6.73%) Docker
4 28 (4.71%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (3.87%) Hyper-V
6 21 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
7 20 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 16 (2.69%) vSphere
9 2 (0.34%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.17%) Firmware
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 78 (13.13%) Kubernetes
2 52 (8.75%) Terraform
3 48 (8.08%) SCCM
4 40 (6.73%) WSUS
5 38 (6.40%) Ansible
6 35 (5.89%) Microsoft Intune
6 35 (5.89%) SCOM
7 22 (3.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 15 (2.53%) NetBackup
8 15 (2.53%) vCenter Server
9 14 (2.36%) EMC NetWorker
10 12 (2.02%) Docker Swarm
10 12 (2.02%) Podman
11 11 (1.85%) Istio
12 8 (1.35%) Grafana
13 7 (1.18%) Rancher
14 6 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
15 5 (0.84%) Nessus
16 4 (0.67%) Prometheus
16 4 (0.67%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 166 (27.95%) Microsoft
2 79 (13.30%) VMware
3 55 (9.26%) Oracle
4 29 (4.88%) Cisco
5 21 (3.54%) Palo Alto
6 17 (2.86%) Dell
7 16 (2.69%) EMC
7 16 (2.69%) Juniper
8 15 (2.53%) Google
8 15 (2.53%) Red Hat
8 15 (2.53%) Symantec
8 15 (2.53%) Veeam
9 14 (2.36%) 3PAR
9 14 (2.36%) Databricks
9 14 (2.36%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (2.36%) HP
10 11 (1.85%) SAP
11 9 (1.52%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.35%) Citrix
12 8 (1.35%) SolarWinds