Azure Architect Contracts in London

Microsoft Azure Architect
England > London

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in London is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 312 284 300
Rank change year-on-year -28 +16 -69
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 88 207 348
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.50% 0.82% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.87% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 165 219
10th Percentile £504 £519 £513
25th Percentile £550 £575 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £675 £638
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +5.88% +6.25%
75th Percentile £744 £750 £770
90th Percentile £805 £850 £888
England median daily rate £625 £675 £625
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Azure Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in London

Azure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Architect in London

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Architect in London

Azure Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Architect in London

Azure Architect
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 Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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 +39 17 £650 -0.95% 3
Azure Architect
England

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Azure Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 88 (100.00%) Azure
2 27 (30.68%) Microsoft
3 22 (25.00%) Finance
4 20 (22.73%) Analytics
5 19 (21.59%) DevOps
6 18 (20.45%) Data Modelling
6 18 (20.45%) Social Skills
7 17 (19.32%) SQL
7 17 (19.32%) Migration
7 17 (19.32%) Data Lake
8 15 (17.05%) Databricks
8 15 (17.05%) PaaS
8 15 (17.05%) Agile
9 14 (15.91%) IaaS
9 14 (15.91%) Azure Certification
10 13 (14.77%) Roadmaps
10 13 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (14.77%) Data Architecture
10 13 (14.77%) Entra ID
11 11 (12.50%) Security Cleared
11 11 (12.50%) Microservices
11 11 (12.50%) SaaS
12 10 (11.36%) Kubernetes
12 10 (11.36%) SC Cleared
12 10 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (10.23%) .NET
13 9 (10.23%) Banking
13 9 (10.23%) Azure DevOps
13 9 (10.23%) AWS
13 9 (10.23%) Big Data

Azure Architect Skill Set
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 1 (1.14%) Apache
1 1 (1.14%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.14%) CMS
1 1 (1.14%) IIS
1 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.14%) Aladdin
2 1 (1.14%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 88 (100.00%) Azure
2 15 (17.05%) PaaS
3 14 (15.91%) IaaS
4 13 (14.77%) Entra ID
5 11 (12.50%) SaaS
6 9 (10.23%) AWS
6 9 (10.23%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (10.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 9 (10.23%) Power Platform
7 8 (9.09%) GCP
7 8 (9.09%) Serverless
8 7 (7.95%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (7.95%) Azure Functions
9 5 (5.68%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (5.68%) Azure Service Bus
9 5 (5.68%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (4.55%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 4 (4.55%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (3.41%) Azure API Management
11 3 (3.41%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.82%) Firewall
2 2 (2.27%) DNS
2 2 (2.27%) Network Security
3 1 (1.14%) LAN
3 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.32%) Data Lake
2 10 (11.36%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (10.23%) Big Data
4 7 (7.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (7.95%) Power BI
5 4 (4.55%) NoSQL
5 4 (4.55%) OLAP
5 4 (4.55%) OLTP
6 3 (3.41%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (3.41%) SQL Server
7 2 (2.27%) Data Mining
8 1 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (1.14%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (1.14%) Delta Lake
8 1 (1.14%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (1.14%) Metadata
8 1 (1.14%) MySQL
8 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Git
1 2 (2.27%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.14%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 22 (25.00%) Finance
2 18 (20.45%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.23%) Banking
4 7 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.95%) Financial Institution
5 5 (5.68%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.14%) Automotive
8 1 (1.14%) Billing
8 1 (1.14%) German Language
8 1 (1.14%) Legal
8 1 (1.14%) Marketing
8 1 (1.14%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.23%) .NET
2 7 (7.95%) REST
3 6 (6.82%) OAuth
4 5 (5.68%) Middleware
4 5 (5.68%) OpenID
5 4 (4.55%) AngularJS
5 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Graph
5 4 (4.55%) RESTful
5 4 (4.55%) SAML
6 3 (3.41%) ARM Templates
6 3 (3.41%) JSON
6 3 (3.41%) PySpark
7 2 (2.27%) .NET Core
7 2 (2.27%) ADO
7 2 (2.27%) JSON Schema
7 2 (2.27%) SOAP
7 2 (2.27%) XML
7 2 (2.27%) YAML
8 1 (1.14%) GraphQL
8 1 (1.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.55%) Data Centre
1 4 (4.55%) Distributed Computing
1 4 (4.55%) PKI
1 4 (4.55%) Security Posture
2 3 (3.41%) Data Structures
2 3 (3.41%) Grid Computing
2 3 (3.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (3.41%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.41%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.41%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.27%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.14%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.14%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.27%) VMS
1 2 (2.27%) Windows
2 1 (1.14%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.73%) Analytics
2 19 (21.59%) DevOps
3 18 (20.45%) Data Modelling
4 17 (19.32%) Migration
5 15 (17.05%) Agile
6 13 (14.77%) Data Architecture
6 13 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (14.77%) Roadmaps
7 11 (12.50%) Microservices
8 8 (9.09%) Data Governance
8 8 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (7.95%) CI/CD
9 7 (7.95%) Presales
9 7 (7.95%) Project Delivery
10 6 (6.82%) Architectural Patterns
10 6 (6.82%) Business Strategy
10 6 (6.82%) Data Analytics
10 6 (6.82%) Data Migration
10 6 (6.82%) Data Strategy
10 6 (6.82%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.32%) SQL
2 8 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 8 (9.09%) Python
3 5 (5.68%) C#
4 4 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.41%) Java
6 2 (2.27%) Bicep
6 2 (2.27%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.14%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.14%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (15.91%) Azure Certification
2 11 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.36%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.55%) Degree
4 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.27%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.14%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.14%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.14%) CITP
6 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.41%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.41%) GDPR
3 2 (2.27%) QA
4 1 (1.14%) NIST
4 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (9.09%) Docker
2 7 (7.95%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 8 (9.09%) Terraform
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.14%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (30.68%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.05%) Databricks
3 5 (5.68%) MuleSoft
4 3 (3.41%) Google
4 3 (3.41%) SAP
5 2 (2.27%) Cloudera
5 2 (2.27%) VMware
6 1 (1.14%) Oracle
6 1 (1.14%) Splunk