Azure Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Azure
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 5 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 477 696 763
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 19.72% 18.97% 17.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.67% 47.51% 40.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 418 596
10th Percentile £400 £400 £413
25th Percentile £463 £496 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £598 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.95% +3.91% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £725 £663
90th Percentile £765 £815 £750
London median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +13.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £54.25 £43.70
25th Percentile - £58.75 £47.00
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +22.73% +89.66%
75th Percentile - £76.25 £100.00
90th Percentile - £80.75 £125.50
London median hourly rate £23.80 £57.75 £57.89
% change year-on-year -58.79% -0.24% +1.56%

All Cloud Skills
Central London

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 980 1,465 1,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 40.51% 39.93% 42.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 692 967 1,509
10th Percentile £363 £275 £363
25th Percentile £450 £456 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £595 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +3.48% +6.98%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £688
90th Percentile £750 £800 £775
London median daily rate £550 £588 £575
% change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 8
10th Percentile £12.75 £23.73 £13.88
25th Percentile £14.88 £38.13 £15.28
Median hourly rate £22.50 £67.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.67% +98.53% +51.11%
75th Percentile £26.19 £88.30 £51.88
90th Percentile £38.63 - £83.00
London median hourly rate £26.00 £55.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -52.73% +32.53% +23.88%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Central London

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Central London

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Central London

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Central London

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 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
City of London 0 434 £550 -8.33% 136
City of Westminster -3 6 £563 +40.63% 9
West End of London -6 5 £535 -12.65% 9
Camden -2 2 £650 +100.00% 8
Azure
London

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 36 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (6.71%) SharePoint
3 15 (3.14%) Confluence
4 10 (2.10%) Apache
4 10 (2.10%) Apache Spark
5 9 (1.89%) IIS
6 4 (0.84%) Site Server
7 3 (0.63%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (0.63%) CMS
8 2 (0.42%) JBoss
8 2 (0.42%) Luigi
8 2 (0.42%) nginx
8 2 (0.42%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.21%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.21%) NServiceBus
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.63%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.42%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.68%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.42%) Primavera
3 2 (0.42%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.21%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.21%) Endur
4 1 (0.21%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.21%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 123 (25.79%) Azure DevOps
2 96 (20.13%) AWS
3 64 (13.42%) Microsoft 365
3 64 (13.42%) Power Platform
4 62 (13.00%) Entra ID
5 40 (8.39%) GCP
6 37 (7.76%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (6.08%) Azure Service Bus
8 28 (5.87%) GitHub
8 28 (5.87%) Power Automate
9 27 (5.66%) PowerApps
10 24 (5.03%) Serverless
11 23 (4.82%) IaaS
12 19 (3.98%) Azure Functions
13 18 (3.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 18 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (3.14%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (2.94%) Azure AKS
15 14 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (2.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.71%) Firewall
2 20 (4.19%) DNS
3 10 (2.10%) Network Security
4 9 (1.89%) Internet
4 9 (1.89%) VPN
5 7 (1.47%) WAN
6 6 (1.26%) DHCP
7 5 (1.05%) MPLS
8 4 (0.84%) LAN
8 4 (0.84%) NetScaler
8 4 (0.84%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.63%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.42%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.42%) CTI
10 2 (0.42%) HTTP
10 2 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.42%) SAN
10 2 (0.42%) SSL
10 2 (0.42%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (15.93%) SQL Server
2 44 (9.22%) Power BI
3 37 (7.76%) NoSQL
4 29 (6.08%) Data Lake
5 25 (5.24%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (3.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.10%) MySQL
9 9 (1.89%) Big Data
9 9 (1.89%) MongoDB
10 8 (1.68%) Redis
11 7 (1.47%) Relational Database
12 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (0.84%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.84%) GIS
13 4 (0.84%) Hadoop
13 4 (0.84%) Power Query
13 4 (0.84%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 28 (5.87%) Git
2 16 (3.35%) JIRA
3 14 (2.94%) GitLab
3 14 (2.94%) Visual Studio
4 12 (2.52%) SpecFlow
5 11 (2.31%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.89%) Selenium
7 8 (1.68%) JMeter
8 7 (1.47%) CircleCI
9 6 (1.26%) Cypress.io
10 5 (1.05%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.84%) Mercurial
11 4 (0.84%) Postman
11 4 (0.84%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.63%) Subversion
12 3 (0.63%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.42%) Deequ
13 2 (0.42%) Gradle
13 2 (0.42%) Maven
13 2 (0.42%) Mockito
General
1 122 (25.58%) Finance
2 112 (23.48%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.64%) Banking
4 39 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 27 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (4.19%) Retail
7 19 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
8 14 (2.94%) Investment Banking
9 12 (2.52%) Financial Institution
10 10 (2.10%) Back Office
10 10 (2.10%) Legal
11 8 (1.68%) General Ledger
12 7 (1.47%) Marketing
13 6 (1.26%) Front Office
14 5 (1.05%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.84%) French Language
16 3 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.42%) Advertising
18 1 (0.21%) Arabic Language
Job Titles
1 109 (22.85%) Developer
2 71 (14.88%) Architect
3 58 (12.16%) Senior
4 37 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
5 33 (6.92%) Consultant
6 30 (6.29%) Lead
7 29 (6.08%) Analyst
8 26 (5.45%) Senior Developer
9 25 (5.24%) Full Stack Developer
10 24 (5.03%) Data Engineer
11 19 (3.98%) Solutions Architect
12 18 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
13 17 (3.56%) Azure Architect
13 17 (3.56%) Azure Developer
14 15 (3.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 15 (3.14%) Product Owner
14 15 (3.14%) Software Developer
15 13 (2.73%) Business Analyst
16 12 (2.52%) Software Engineer
17 10 (2.10%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (17.61%) .NET
2 28 (5.87%) XML
3 27 (5.66%) REST
4 26 (5.45%) .NET Core
5 24 (5.03%) .NET Framework
5 24 (5.03%) Kafka
5 24 (5.03%) React
6 23 (4.82%) HTML
7 22 (4.61%) ASP.NET
8 18 (3.77%) Web Services
9 17 (3.56%) CSS
10 16 (3.35%) RESTful
11 15 (3.14%) JSON
12 13 (2.73%) PySpark
13 10 (2.10%) Microsoft Graph
13 10 (2.10%) Node.js
13 10 (2.10%) SAML
14 9 (1.89%) ASP.NET Core
15 8 (1.68%) ARM Templates
15 8 (1.68%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.92%) Product Ownership
2 14 (2.94%) Data Centre
2 14 (2.94%) Public Cloud
3 13 (2.73%) Management Information System
4 10 (2.10%) Data Structures
4 10 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (1.68%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.47%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.26%) PKI
7 6 (1.26%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.84%) Contactless
8 4 (0.84%) Derivative
8 4 (0.84%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (0.84%) Hedge funds
8 4 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (0.84%) Wiki
9 3 (0.63%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 71 (14.88%) Windows
2 30 (6.29%) Linux
3 24 (5.03%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.05%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.05%) Unix
6 4 (0.84%) VMS
7 3 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.42%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (34.80%) DevOps
2 158 (33.12%) Agile
3 83 (17.40%) CI/CD
4 60 (12.58%) Migration
5 57 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (11.74%) Scrum
7 49 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
8 42 (8.81%) Analytics
9 38 (7.97%) Software Engineering
10 36 (7.55%) Data Modelling
11 32 (6.71%) Stakeholder Management
12 30 (6.29%) Computer Science
12 30 (6.29%) Full Stack Development
13 28 (5.87%) Infrastructure as Code
14 27 (5.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 24 (5.03%) Data Loss Prevention
15 24 (5.03%) Project Management
16 23 (4.82%) Data Pipeline
16 23 (4.82%) ETL
17 22 (4.61%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 106 (22.22%) SQL
2 89 (18.66%) Python
3 85 (17.82%) PowerShell
4 79 (16.56%) C#
5 30 (6.29%) JavaScript
6 27 (5.66%) Java
7 20 (4.19%) Bicep
8 13 (2.73%) T-SQL
9 10 (2.10%) C++
10 7 (1.47%) Bash
10 7 (1.47%) TypeScript
11 6 (1.26%) Go
11 6 (1.26%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (1.05%) R
12 5 (1.05%) Scala
13 4 (0.84%) Korn
13 4 (0.84%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.84%) Rust
14 2 (0.42%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 54 (11.32%) Degree
2 21 (4.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (3.77%) Azure Certification
4 15 (3.14%) Security Cleared
5 9 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (1.89%) SC Cleared
6 5 (1.05%) CISSP
6 5 (1.05%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.84%) CISM
7 4 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.63%) CRISC
9 2 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.42%) CIMA
9 2 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.42%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.42%) PMP
9 2 (0.42%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.14%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.94%) QA
3 11 (2.31%) PCI DSS
4 10 (2.10%) GDPR
5 8 (1.68%) NIST
6 7 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (1.26%) SLA
7 6 (1.26%) WCAG
8 5 (1.05%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.63%) COBIT
9 3 (0.63%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.63%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.63%) NCSC
9 3 (0.63%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.63%) PMO
10 2 (0.42%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.42%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 81 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 43 (9.01%) Docker
3 16 (3.35%) Virtual Machines
3 16 (3.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.47%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.42%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) Ceph
7 1 (0.21%) KVM
7 1 (0.21%) NFS
7 1 (0.21%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 52 (10.90%) Kubernetes
2 40 (8.39%) Terraform
3 32 (6.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (2.31%) SCCM
5 9 (1.89%) PingFederate
6 8 (1.68%) Ansible
6 8 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.47%) Puppet
8 6 (1.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 6 (1.26%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.05%) Argo
9 5 (1.05%) Grafana
9 5 (1.05%) Prometheus
10 4 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.63%) CASB
11 3 (0.63%) Nagios
12 2 (0.42%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.42%) Graylog
12 2 (0.42%) SCOrch
13 1 (0.21%) logstash
Vendors
1 184 (38.57%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.92%) Databricks
3 32 (6.71%) Oracle
4 21 (4.40%) VMware
5 17 (3.56%) Citrix
6 14 (2.94%) Google
7 9 (1.89%) Cisco
7 9 (1.89%) SAP
7 9 (1.89%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.26%) Okta
8 6 (1.26%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.05%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.84%) ESRI
10 4 (0.84%) Fortinet
10 4 (0.84%) Freshdesk
10 4 (0.84%) IBM
10 4 (0.84%) Juniper
10 4 (0.84%) Splunk
10 4 (0.84%) Symantec
11 3 (0.63%) Adobe