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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,825 | 9,613 | 14,801 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.55% | 16.61% | 16.95% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.80% | 45.12% | 43.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,197 | 6,971 | 10,772 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.59% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £669 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £748 |
| 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 | 99 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.83 | £19.84 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.35 | £28.24 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £60.00 | £53.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.67% | +11.63% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £73.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.09 | £60.00 | £46.32 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.85% | +29.53% | +0.22% |
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 | 13,934 | 21,306 | 33,666 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.40% | 36.80% | 38.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,906 | 15,402 | 24,532 |
| 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 | £633 | £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 | 345 | 346 | 426 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.25 | £15.40 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.45 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +55.90% | -0.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £54.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £64.45 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £24.62 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.09% | +23.10% | - |
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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 10 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 10 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 10 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 | 4,949 | £545 | -2.68% | 3,430 |
| London | 0 | 2,919 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,257 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,314 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,099 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 2,133 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,351 |
| South East | -4 | 584 | £550 | -1.52% | 485 |
| North of England | -6 | 501 | £500 | -4.76% | 628 |
| South West | -3 | 357 | £500 | -9.09% | 325 |
| Midlands | -7 | 296 | £550 | +14.58% | 479 |
| North West | -8 | 283 | £490 | -2.00% | 344 |
| Scotland | +2 | 248 | £460 | -8.00% | 153 |
| West Midlands | -6 | 218 | £550 | +4.76% | 282 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 192 | £500 | -9.09% | 215 |
| East of England | -27 | 82 | £488 | +2.63% | 182 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 76 | £463 | +2.78% | 196 |
| Wales | +4 | 71 | £500 | -4.76% | 89 |
| North East | -1 | 32 | £533 | -11.25% | 72 |
| Northern Ireland | +6 | 21 | £563 | +32.35% | 55 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 3 |
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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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