Azure Certification Contracts in London

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 278 304 361
Rank change year-on-year +26 +57 -29
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 124 179 270
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.71% 0.71% 0.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.99% 3.26% 3.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 126 174
10th Percentile £312 £379 £421
25th Percentile £400 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -12.00% +20.19%
75th Percentile £600 £688 £721
90th Percentile £739 £788 £800
England median daily rate £513 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £8.00 -
England median hourly rate - £8.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

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 advertised in London with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,147 5,495 6,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 23.62% 21.77% 17.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,844 3,769 4,718
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £770 £800 £750
England median daily rate £536 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 89 150
10th Percentile £14.49 £19.23 £24.52
25th Percentile £20.22 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £25.00 £51.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.46% +15.73% +18.67%
75th Percentile £42.75 £70.00 £49.63
90th Percentile £68.60 £87.50 £64.94
England median hourly rate £40.13 £55.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -27.05% +35.80% +12.38%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in London over the 6 months to 8 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
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 Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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 +32 18 £450 -25.00% 5
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
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 9 (7.26%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.84%) Apache Spark
3 5 (4.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.42%) Apache
4 3 (2.42%) IIS
5 2 (1.61%) Confluence
6 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.81%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.81%) nginx
6 1 (0.81%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (4.84%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.42%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 124 (100.00%) Azure
2 35 (28.23%) AWS
3 33 (26.61%) Azure DevOps
4 22 (17.74%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (14.52%) Entra ID
5 18 (14.52%) IaaS
6 14 (11.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 13 (10.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 13 (10.48%) PaaS
7 13 (10.48%) Power Platform
8 9 (7.26%) GCP
8 9 (7.26%) Serverless
9 8 (6.45%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (5.65%) OCI
11 6 (4.84%) GitHub
12 5 (4.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (4.03%) Azure Functions
12 5 (4.03%) Azure Key Vault
12 5 (4.03%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (4.03%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.10%) Firewall
2 10 (8.06%) DNS
3 8 (6.45%) DHCP
4 5 (4.03%) BGP
4 5 (4.03%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (4.03%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (4.03%) EIGRP
4 5 (4.03%) HSRP
4 5 (4.03%) IPsec
4 5 (4.03%) IPv4
4 5 (4.03%) IPv6
4 5 (4.03%) LAN
4 5 (4.03%) MPLS
4 5 (4.03%) OSPF
4 5 (4.03%) TACACS
4 5 (4.03%) VLAN
4 5 (4.03%) VXLAN
4 5 (4.03%) Wireless
5 2 (1.61%) CTI
5 2 (1.61%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.87%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (8.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 10 (8.06%) Big Data
2 10 (8.06%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.65%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.84%) Power BI
5 4 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.42%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.42%) Delta Lake
6 3 (2.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 3 (2.42%) MySQL
6 3 (2.42%) Spark SQL
6 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.61%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.61%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.81%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.81%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) GitLab
2 6 (4.84%) JIRA
3 4 (3.23%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.61%) CircleCI
4 2 (1.61%) Git
5 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.81%) GoCD
5 1 (0.81%) MLflow
5 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.81%) Terragrunt
General
1 46 (37.10%) Social Skills
2 21 (16.94%) Finance
3 16 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (9.68%) Banking
5 7 (5.65%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.03%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.23%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.61%) Marketing
8 2 (1.61%) Retail
8 2 (1.61%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.81%) Billing
9 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.81%) German Language
9 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.81%) Legal
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 28 (22.58%) Architect
2 26 (20.97%) Azure Engineer
3 25 (20.16%) Cloud Engineer
4 14 (11.29%) Azure Architect
4 14 (11.29%) Senior
5 13 (10.48%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (8.87%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 9 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (5.65%) Analyst
10 6 (4.84%) Data Engineer
10 6 (4.84%) Developer
10 6 (4.84%) Lead
11 5 (4.03%) Administrator
11 5 (4.03%) Network Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (4.03%) Senior Network Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) IT Engineer
12 4 (3.23%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.06%) ARM Templates
2 6 (4.84%) .NET
3 5 (4.03%) 802.1X
4 4 (3.23%) PySpark
5 3 (2.42%) .NET Core
5 3 (2.42%) Middleware
5 3 (2.42%) Spark Streaming
5 3 (2.42%) Web Services
6 2 (1.61%) LDAP
6 2 (1.61%) OAuth
6 2 (1.61%) React
6 2 (1.61%) REST
6 2 (1.61%) RESTful
7 1 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.81%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.81%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.81%) Node.js
7 1 (0.81%) OpenID
7 1 (0.81%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.81%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.65%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.03%) Clustering
2 5 (4.03%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.03%) Public Cloud
2 5 (4.03%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.23%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.42%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (2.42%) Grid Computing
4 3 (2.42%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.42%) Tandem
5 2 (1.61%) IVR
5 2 (1.61%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.61%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.81%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.81%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (22.58%) Windows
2 7 (5.65%) Linux
3 6 (4.84%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.61%) Unix
4 2 (1.61%) VMS
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.81%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.81%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (35.48%) DevOps
2 30 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
3 29 (23.39%) Migration
4 28 (22.58%) Agile
4 28 (22.58%) Computer Science
5 21 (16.94%) Infrastructure as Code
6 20 (16.13%) CI/CD
7 19 (15.32%) Analytics
8 18 (14.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 15 (12.10%) Containerisation
10 12 (9.68%) ITIL
11 11 (8.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (8.06%) Data Modelling
12 10 (8.06%) Microservices
12 10 (8.06%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.06%) TOGAF
13 9 (7.26%) Data Engineering
13 9 (7.26%) Data Pipeline
14 8 (6.45%) High Availability
14 8 (6.45%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (21.77%) SQL
2 19 (15.32%) Python
3 18 (14.52%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.84%) Bicep
5 5 (4.03%) C#
5 5 (4.03%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.03%) Scala
6 3 (2.42%) Bash
7 1 (0.81%) Groovy
7 1 (0.81%) Java
7 1 (0.81%) Ruby
7 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (32.26%) Degree
2 23 (18.55%) Security Cleared
3 21 (16.94%) SC Cleared
4 20 (16.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (15.32%) AWS Certification
6 18 (14.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (8.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 8 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (6.45%) Master's Degree
9 6 (4.84%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 5 (4.03%) CCNA
10 5 (4.03%) CCNP
10 5 (4.03%) CISSP
11 4 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 3 (2.42%) MCITP
12 3 (2.42%) MCTS
13 2 (1.61%) CCSK
13 2 (1.61%) CISM
13 2 (1.61%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.23%) GDPR
2 3 (2.42%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.42%) PMO
3 2 (1.61%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.61%) SOC 2
4 1 (0.81%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.81%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (19.35%) Active Directory
2 17 (13.71%) Docker
3 10 (8.06%) Hyper-V
4 8 (6.45%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (4.84%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.61%) XenApp
6 2 (1.61%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.81%) Ceph
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.81%) NFS
7 1 (0.81%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.81%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.81%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 40 (32.26%) Terraform
2 23 (18.55%) Kubernetes
3 14 (11.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (7.26%) Ansible
5 5 (4.03%) SolarWinds Orion
6 4 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.61%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.61%) Puppet
7 2 (1.61%) WSUS
8 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.81%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.81%) Grafana
8 1 (0.81%) Hadoop YARN
8 1 (0.81%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.81%) Mesos
8 1 (0.81%) Nagios
8 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.81%) Salt
8 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (59.68%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.32%) VMware
3 11 (8.87%) Databricks
3 11 (8.87%) Google
4 8 (6.45%) Cisco
5 7 (5.65%) SolarWinds
6 6 (4.84%) Citrix
6 6 (4.84%) Oracle
7 5 (4.03%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.03%) F5
7 5 (4.03%) Infoblox
7 5 (4.03%) Palo Alto
8 4 (3.23%) CA
9 2 (1.61%) Avaya
9 2 (1.61%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (1.61%) Genesys
9 2 (1.61%) Zoho
10 1 (0.81%) Facebook
10 1 (0.81%) ForgeRock
10 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow