Azure Certification Contracts

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 367 400
Rank change year-on-year +11 +33 -23
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 227 366 566
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.53% 0.64% 0.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.78% 2.35% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 245 357
10th Percentile £330 £363 £413
25th Percentile £425 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £635 £650 £688
90th Percentile £728 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
Median hourly rate - £51.50 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year - -21.97% -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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 with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,775 15,576 19,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 27.20% 21.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,956 10,400 12,640
10th Percentile £308 £330 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +7.14%
75th Percentile £646 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £743 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,057 771 774
10th Percentile £13.69 £15.21 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.80 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £43.95
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +25.14% +21.73%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.25 £57.95
90th Percentile £76.25 £79.19 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.94 £50.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -18.12% +42.86% +5.26%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Certification in the UK

Azure Certification
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
England -3 183 £500 -9.09% 317
London +41 112 £525 -8.70% 128
Work from Home +19 86 £525 -4.55% 103
UK excluding London -5 72 £500 -6.54% 213
South East +10 19 £456 -18.13% 43
North of England +18 16 £450 -10.89% 56
Midlands +8 13 £594 +39.71% 48
Scotland +45 12 £513 +7.89% 12
West Midlands +15 10 £563 +32.35% 28
South West -11 10 £600 +9.09% 24
North West +4 9 £475 -5.00% 29
Yorkshire +18 6 £450 -11.76% 18
East Midlands +16 3 £606 +51.56% 20
East of England +2 1 £475 +1.33% 19
North East - 1 £500 - 9
Wales - 1 £643 - 8

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (4.85%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.20%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.88%) IIS
5 1 (0.44%) Apache
5 1 (0.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.44%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.44%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (4.41%) Chatbot
1 10 (4.41%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 227 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (31.28%) AWS
3 47 (20.70%) Microsoft 365
4 39 (17.18%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (17.18%) Entra ID
5 33 (14.54%) IaaS
6 23 (10.13%) GCP
6 23 (10.13%) Power Platform
7 22 (9.69%) Azure Sentinel
8 21 (9.25%) Azure Data Factory
8 21 (9.25%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 20 (8.81%) Cloud Computing
10 18 (7.93%) PaaS
11 12 (5.29%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (5.29%) Serverless
12 10 (4.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 9 (3.96%) Amazon GuardDuty
13 9 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (3.96%) Twilio
14 8 (3.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (14.54%) Firewall
2 15 (6.61%) Network Security
3 13 (5.73%) DNS
4 9 (3.96%) CTI
4 9 (3.96%) VoIP
5 8 (3.52%) DHCP
6 7 (3.08%) LAN
7 5 (2.20%) BGP
7 5 (2.20%) Cisco ASA
7 5 (2.20%) EIGRP
7 5 (2.20%) HSRP
7 5 (2.20%) IPsec
7 5 (2.20%) IPv4
7 5 (2.20%) IPv6
7 5 (2.20%) MPLS
7 5 (2.20%) OSPF
7 5 (2.20%) TACACS
7 5 (2.20%) VLAN
7 5 (2.20%) VPN
7 5 (2.20%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (8.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (6.61%) SQL Server
3 13 (5.73%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (4.85%) Data Lake
5 9 (3.96%) Big Data
5 9 (3.96%) Power BI
6 6 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (2.20%) Tableau
8 4 (1.76%) QlikView
8 4 (1.76%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.32%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.32%) Delta Lake
9 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 3 (1.32%) MySQL
9 3 (1.32%) Spark SQL
9 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 3 (1.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.88%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (3.08%) GitLab
2 5 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.76%) Git
3 4 (1.76%) JIRA
4 3 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.88%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.44%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.44%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.44%) GoCD
6 1 (0.44%) Hudson
6 1 (0.44%) JUnit
6 1 (0.44%) MLflow
6 1 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.44%) Terragrunt
General
1 61 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 36 (15.86%) Finance
3 32 (14.10%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.05%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.17%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.96%) Banking
6 9 (3.96%) Retail
7 8 (3.52%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 5 (2.20%) German Language
10 5 (2.20%) Marketing
11 4 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.32%) Electronics
12 3 (1.32%) Law
12 3 (1.32%) Legal
13 2 (0.88%) Automotive
13 2 (0.88%) Billing
14 1 (0.44%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (26.87%) Architect
2 48 (21.15%) Azure Engineer
3 37 (16.30%) Cloud Engineer
4 31 (13.66%) Solutions Architect
5 23 (10.13%) Azure Architect
6 19 (8.37%) Senior
7 18 (7.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.17%) Developer
9 13 (5.73%) DevOps Engineer
10 12 (5.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.96%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.52%) Analyst
12 8 (3.52%) Lead
13 7 (3.08%) Administrator
14 6 (2.64%) Cloud Architect
14 6 (2.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (2.64%) DBA
14 6 (2.64%) Network Engineer
14 6 (2.64%) Security Engineer
14 6 (2.64%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.73%) Web Services
2 10 (4.41%) .NET
2 10 (4.41%) Middleware
3 8 (3.52%) REST
4 7 (3.08%) ARM Templates
5 6 (2.64%) CSS
6 5 (2.20%) 802.1X
6 5 (2.20%) RESTful
7 3 (1.32%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.32%) PySpark
7 3 (1.32%) PyTorch
7 3 (1.32%) React
7 3 (1.32%) Spark Streaming
8 2 (0.88%) Hugging Face
8 2 (0.88%) JSON
8 2 (0.88%) LangChain
8 2 (0.88%) OAuth
8 2 (0.88%) OpenID
8 2 (0.88%) YAML
9 1 (0.44%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.57%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.73%) Security Posture
3 9 (3.96%) IVR
4 8 (3.52%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.52%) Security Operations Centre
5 7 (3.08%) Public Cloud
6 6 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.20%) Clustering
8 3 (1.32%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (1.32%) Grid Computing
8 3 (1.32%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
9 2 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.88%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.88%) PKI
9 2 (0.88%) Replication
9 2 (0.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 45 (19.82%) Windows
2 20 (8.81%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.61%) Linux
4 5 (2.20%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.76%) Unix
5 4 (1.76%) VMS
6 3 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.44%) AIX
8 1 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (29.96%) DevOps
2 50 (22.03%) Computer Science
2 50 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (21.59%) Migration
4 46 (20.26%) Agile
5 37 (16.30%) Analytics
6 31 (13.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (10.57%) CI/CD
7 24 (10.57%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (9.69%) Cloud Security
8 22 (9.69%) Cybersecurity
9 19 (8.37%) Artificial Intelligence
10 18 (7.93%) Capacity Planning
10 18 (7.93%) Identity Access Management
10 18 (7.93%) Performance Optimisation
11 17 (7.49%) Project Delivery
12 16 (7.05%) ITIL
12 16 (7.05%) TOGAF
13 15 (6.61%) High Availability
13 15 (6.61%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.91%) SQL
2 37 (16.30%) PowerShell
3 35 (15.42%) Python
4 11 (4.85%) C#
5 10 (4.41%) Bicep
5 10 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.41%) Kusto Query Language
6 7 (3.08%) Java
7 5 (2.20%) Scala
8 4 (1.76%) Bash
8 4 (1.76%) PHP
9 3 (1.32%) Ruby
10 1 (0.44%) Go
10 1 (0.44%) Groovy
10 1 (0.44%) R
10 1 (0.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 76 (33.48%) Degree
2 48 (21.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 43 (18.94%) Security Cleared
4 41 (18.06%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (16.30%) AWS Certification
6 34 (14.98%) SC Cleared
7 20 (8.81%) Master's Degree
8 18 (7.93%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (6.17%) CISSP
10 11 (4.85%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 11 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (4.41%) DV Cleared
12 8 (3.52%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (3.08%) CCNP
13 7 (3.08%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (2.20%) CCNA
15 4 (1.76%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 3 (1.32%) MCITP
16 3 (1.32%) MCTS
17 2 (0.88%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.96%) GDPR
2 8 (3.52%) HIPAA
2 8 (3.52%) PCI DSS
2 8 (3.52%) SOC 2
3 5 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.32%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.32%) NCSC
4 3 (1.32%) NIST
4 3 (1.32%) PMO
5 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.44%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.44%) GRC
System Software
1 46 (20.26%) Active Directory
2 23 (10.13%) Docker
3 20 (8.81%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (7.49%) Hyper-V
5 12 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (2.20%) vSphere
8 2 (0.88%) XenApp
8 2 (0.88%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.44%) Ceph
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.44%) NFS
9 1 (0.44%) OpenAM
9 1 (0.44%) OpenDJ
9 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 44 (19.38%) Terraform
2 30 (13.22%) Kubernetes
3 17 (7.49%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.96%) Ansible
5 8 (3.52%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (2.20%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (0.88%) Grafana
7 2 (0.88%) Nagios
7 2 (0.88%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.88%) Puppet
7 2 (0.88%) WSUS
8 1 (0.44%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.44%) Graylog
8 1 (0.44%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.44%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.44%) Mesos
8 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 138 (60.79%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.22%) VMware
3 22 (9.69%) Google
4 18 (7.93%) Cisco
5 13 (5.73%) Databricks
6 12 (5.29%) Oracle
7 9 (3.96%) Avaya
7 9 (3.96%) Genesys
8 7 (3.08%) CheckPoint
8 7 (3.08%) Citrix
8 7 (3.08%) SolarWinds
9 6 (2.64%) F5
9 6 (2.64%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.20%) Infoblox
11 3 (1.32%) CA
11 3 (1.32%) SAP
11 3 (1.32%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.88%) Apple
12 2 (0.88%) Facebook
12 2 (0.88%) Zoho