Azure Contracts in Northamptonshire

Microsoft Azure
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 21 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 -1 -8
Contract jobs citing Azure 21 14 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 8.11% 5.93% 6.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.58% 28.57% 25.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 22
10th Percentile £415 £455 £193
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £469 £578 £538
90th Percentile £498 £689 £669
East Midlands median daily rate £455 £445 £475
% change year-on-year +2.25% -6.32% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.50 -
East Midlands median hourly rate - £26.48 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -24.34% +27.64%

All Cloud Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 71 49 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 27.41% 20.76% 24.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 39 74
10th Percentile £177 £181 £160
25th Percentile £356 £205 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £330 £400
Median % change year-on-year +34.85% -17.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £488 £519 £500
90th Percentile £513 £578 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £448 £450
% change year-on-year -5.03% -0.56% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 3
10th Percentile - £11.58 £13.81
25th Percentile - £12.07 £14.65
Median hourly rate £14.00 £13.51 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year +3.63% -21.02% -
75th Percentile - £14.33 £23.77
90th Percentile - £14.44 £27.14
East Midlands median hourly rate £15.32 £20.00 £19.25
% change year-on-year -23.43% +3.90% +28.33%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Northamptonshire

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Northamptonshire

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Northamptonshire

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Northamptonshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Northampton -4 15 £445 -11.00% 15
Kettering - 3 - - 2
Azure
East Midlands

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) AWS
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (19.05%) SaaS
3 3 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
4 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.76%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) OpenShift
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) DHCP
1 1 (4.76%) DNS
1 1 (4.76%) LTE
1 1 (4.76%) SAN
1 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) DB2
1 4 (19.05%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.52%) NoSQL
3 1 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (4.76%) OLAP
3 1 (4.76%) Power BI
3 1 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.76%) Cucumber
2 1 (4.76%) Postman
2 1 (4.76%) Selenium
2 1 (4.76%) SoapUI
General
1 12 (57.14%) Banking
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Architect
2 8 (38.10%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) 1st Line Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Support Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Automation Test Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Automation Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Build Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) ETL Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Full Stack Developer
6 1 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (4.76%) QA Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (23.81%) React
2 4 (19.05%) .NET
3 2 (9.52%) GraphQL
4 1 (4.76%) Apollo GraphQL
4 1 (4.76%) gRPC
4 1 (4.76%) Jest
4 1 (4.76%) JMS
4 1 (4.76%) Kafka
4 1 (4.76%) NestJS
4 1 (4.76%) Next.js
4 1 (4.76%) Node.js
4 1 (4.76%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (4.76%) RAML
4 1 (4.76%) Redux
4 1 (4.76%) REST
4 1 (4.76%) RESTful
4 1 (4.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Public Cloud
2 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (19.05%) Mainframe
3 3 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (14.29%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Online Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Robotics
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (19.05%) Android
1 4 (19.05%) Apple iOS
1 4 (19.05%) Linux
1 4 (19.05%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Mac OS
2 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 1 (4.76%) AIX
3 1 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.76%) Unix
3 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Microservices
2 7 (33.33%) Agile
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Project Management
3 6 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 5 (23.81%) API Design
4 5 (23.81%) Architectural Design
4 5 (23.81%) Domain-Driven Design
4 5 (23.81%) Enterprise Architecture
4 5 (23.81%) IT Strategy
4 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
4 5 (23.81%) Technology Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) Business Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) Containerisation
5 4 (19.05%) Data Transformation
5 4 (19.05%) ETL
5 4 (19.05%) High Availability
5 4 (19.05%) SDLC
5 4 (19.05%) Strategic Roadmap
5 4 (19.05%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 4 (19.05%) C
1 4 (19.05%) Java
2 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 1 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.76%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (14.29%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (4.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Docker
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Ansible
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.76%) PowerBroker
1 1 (4.76%) Progress Chef
1 1 (4.76%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Citrix
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
2 1 (4.76%) VMware