Microsoft Azure
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 9 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,813 | 9,632 | 14,782 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.50% | 16.61% | 16.94% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.75% | 45.07% | 43.96% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 4,186 | 6,992 | 10,756 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £395 | £400 |
25th Percentile | £431 | £463 | £463 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £669 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £745 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 100 | 85 |
10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.91 | £19.87 |
25th Percentile | £22.35 | £26.48 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £59.90 | £54.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -41.57% | +10.93% | +8.00% |
75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £72.31 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.09 | £60.00 | £47.50 |
% change year-on-year | -19.85% | +26.32% | +5.56% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,922 | 21,371 | 33,627 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.33% | 36.84% | 38.54% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,900 | 15,444 | 24,526 |
10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 342 | 346 | 412 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.54 |
25th Percentile | £15.92 | £18.25 | £15.31 |
Median hourly rate | £21.19 | £35.00 | £22.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -39.47% | +59.09% | -2.22% |
75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £50.83 |
90th Percentile | £62.45 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £24.62 | £19.00 |
% change year-on-year | -28.15% | +29.58% | -5.00% |
Azure
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 |
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England | 0 | 4,933 | £545 | -2.68% | 3,458 |
London | 0 | 2,918 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,276 |
Work from Home | 0 | 2,317 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,045 |
UK excluding London | -6 | 2,117 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,366 |
South East | -4 | 579 | £550 | -1.74% | 484 |
North of England | -6 | 496 | £500 | -4.76% | 635 |
South West | -3 | 351 | £500 | -9.09% | 323 |
Midlands | -7 | 298 | £538 | +11.98% | 478 |
North West | -8 | 281 | £492 | -1.55% | 349 |
Scotland | +2 | 247 | £460 | -8.00% | 156 |
West Midlands | -6 | 219 | £550 | +4.76% | 280 |
Yorkshire | 0 | 189 | £500 | -9.09% | 221 |
East of England | -33 | 81 | £500 | +6.67% | 186 |
East Midlands | -5 | 77 | £463 | +2.78% | 197 |
Wales | +5 | 71 | £500 | -2.44% | 91 |
North East | -2 | 32 | £533 | -11.25% | 68 |
Northern Ireland | +6 | 21 | £563 | +32.35% | 58 |
Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 3 |
Azure
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:
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