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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,851 | 9,050 | 14,804 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.58% | 16.32% | 16.89% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.92% | 44.77% | 43.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,238 | 6,560 | 10,863 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +7.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| 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 | 93 | 77 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.00 | £20.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.61 | £35.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £63.00 | £53.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.44% | +17.76% | +3.13% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.19 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £80.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £51.25 | £60.63 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.46% | +36.24% | -19.09% |
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 | 13,956 | 20,214 | 33,687 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.40% | 36.46% | 38.43% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,876 | 14,624 | 24,632 |
| 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 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +8.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 349 | 326 | 391 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.50 | £37.75 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.05% | +71.59% | +0.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £69.31 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £19.00 | £27.50 | £19.05 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.91% | +44.39% | -4.78% |
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.
Azure
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 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 |
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| England | -1 | 5,003 | £550 | -1.79% | 3,345 |
| London | 0 | 2,967 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,220 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,269 | £535 | -2.73% | 1,890 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 2,151 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,276 |
| South East | -3 | 583 | £550 | -4.35% | 454 |
| North of England | -5 | 518 | £500 | -4.76% | 687 |
| South West | -2 | 363 | £500 | -9.91% | 323 |
| Midlands | -8 | 292 | £525 | +9.95% | 420 |
| North West | -8 | 288 | £500 | - | 385 |
| Scotland | +2 | 251 | £450 | -10.00% | 162 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 206 | £550 | +7.32% | 248 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 201 | £500 | -6.10% | 231 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 86 | £455 | +4.60% | 170 |
| East of England | -29 | 79 | £450 | - | 158 |
| Wales | +3 | 63 | £488 | -7.14% | 65 |
| North East | -2 | 36 | £533 | -11.25% | 73 |
| Northern Ireland | +3 | 28 | £575 | +35.29% | 48 |
| 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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