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 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 25 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,804 | 9,251 | 14,832 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.61% | 16.40% | 16.94% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.86% | 45.00% | 44.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,203 | 6,724 | 10,852 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +8.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £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 | 48 | 94 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.13 | £19.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.53 | £34.94 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £61.85 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.41% | +17.81% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.36 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £77.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £50.00 | £60.28 | £44.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.05% | +34.69% | -10.50% |
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 | 13,864 | 20,558 | 33,663 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.51% | 36.45% | 38.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,878 | 14,864 | 24,582 |
| 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% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 342 | 332 | 399 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.02 | £18.50 | £15.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £36.50 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.45% | +62.95% | +1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.00 | £66.38 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £66.88 | £79.07 | £69.85 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £26.48 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.08% | +32.40% | - |
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 25 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 25 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 25 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 | 4,947 | £550 | -1.79% | 4,053 |
| London | 0 | 2,919 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,787 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,267 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,257 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 2,137 | £500 | -4.76% | 3,026 |
| South East | -3 | 587 | £550 | -2.45% | 1,050 |
| North of England | -5 | 507 | £500 | -4.76% | 737 |
| South West | -2 | 365 | £500 | -11.31% | 346 |
| Midlands | -8 | 292 | £525 | +9.38% | 424 |
| North West | -8 | 278 | £500 | - | 401 |
| Scotland | +1 | 245 | £453 | -9.40% | 175 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 209 | £550 | +4.76% | 263 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 201 | £500 | -8.26% | 244 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 83 | £445 | - | 157 |
| East of England | -30 | 77 | £500 | +11.11% | 210 |
| Wales | +3 | 64 | £488 | -7.14% | 80 |
| North East | -1 | 34 | £533 | -11.25% | 97 |
| Northern Ireland | +5 | 29 | £588 | +38.24% | 59 |
| 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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