Azure Contracts in the South East

Microsoft Azure
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 583 823 1,061
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 10.69% 14.70% 13.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.67% 48.90% 43.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 641 832
10th Percentile £375 £388 £350
25th Percentile £456 £475 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £619
90th Percentile £675 £750 £688
England median daily rate £545 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.11% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 14 9
10th Percentile £17.80 £53.63 £38.67
25th Percentile £23.52 £61.75 £46.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £75.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% +40.19% +87.72%
75th Percentile £59.95 - £62.15
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £69.93
England median hourly rate £35.00 £61.85 £47.50
% change year-on-year -43.41% +30.21% -7.77%

All Cloud Skills
South East

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 advertised in the South East with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,305 1,683 2,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 23.92% 30.05% 31.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 895 1,228 1,786
10th Percentile £250 £250 £206
25th Percentile £406 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £631 £613
90th Percentile £675 £702 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 51 57
10th Percentile £16.25 £15.21 £13.03
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £23.22 £24.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% +14.29% -2.44%
75th Percentile £54.75 £68.13 £24.25
90th Percentile £61.60 £75.00 £58.01
England median hourly rate £21.00 £34.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.24% +58.14% +2.14%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South East

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in the South East over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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
Thames Valley -2 335 £575 +2.95% 177
Berkshire -2 266 £600 +1.69% 76
Hampshire -13 103 £575 +4.55% 103
Surrey -6 60 £500 -9.09% 88
Buckinghamshire -4 48 £475 -9.52% 58
West Sussex +5 36 £475 -31.95% 15
Kent +2 25 £500 -14.89% 38
Oxfordshire 0 21 £458 +1.67% 43
East Sussex -3 11 £575 -17.86% 24
Sussex 0 5 £550 -8.33% 1
Home Counties +6 4 £538 -17.31%
Middlesex - 4 £275 -
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England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 32 (5.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.74%) Confluence
3 12 (2.06%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.51%) Apache
4 3 (0.51%) SAS
5 2 (0.34%) CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.34%) Kentico
6 1 (0.17%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.17%) IIS
6 1 (0.17%) Jadu
6 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.17%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 18 (3.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 14 (2.40%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (1.54%) Oracle EBS R12
4 8 (1.37%) Teamcenter
5 6 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.34%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.17%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.17%) Maximo
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.17%) Relativity
7 1 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.17%) Veritas eDiscovery
Cloud Services
1 147 (25.21%) AWS
2 142 (24.36%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (12.35%) Entra ID
4 63 (10.81%) Power Platform
5 53 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
6 52 (8.92%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (8.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 40 (6.86%) Serverless
9 39 (6.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 37 (6.35%) Azure Functions
11 27 (4.63%) PaaS
12 25 (4.29%) Dynamics 365
13 24 (4.12%) Azure Logic Apps
14 22 (3.77%) GCP
15 20 (3.43%) IaaS
16 19 (3.26%) OCI
16 19 (3.26%) PowerApps
16 19 (3.26%) SaaS
17 17 (2.92%) Azure Storage
17 17 (2.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 56 (9.61%) Firewall
2 45 (7.72%) SSL
3 44 (7.55%) DNS
4 37 (6.35%) DHCP
5 24 (4.12%) SAN
6 18 (3.09%) Network Security
7 10 (1.72%) VPN
8 9 (1.54%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.03%) WAN
10 4 (0.69%) LAN
10 4 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.69%) Wireless
11 3 (0.51%) BGP
11 3 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
11 3 (0.51%) IOS XR
11 3 (0.51%) MPLS
11 3 (0.51%) OpenLDAP
12 2 (0.34%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (0.34%) NAS
12 2 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (8.23%) Power BI
2 36 (6.17%) SQL Server
3 27 (4.63%) NoSQL
4 16 (2.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 16 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (2.40%) Data Lake
6 13 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.37%) MySQL
9 7 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (1.03%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (1.03%) Tableau
11 5 (0.86%) Redis
11 5 (0.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.69%) Big Data
12 4 (0.69%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.69%) GIS
12 4 (0.69%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.51%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 50 (8.58%) Git
2 39 (6.69%) JIRA
3 33 (5.66%) Selenium
4 22 (3.77%) Jenkins
5 20 (3.43%) GitLab
6 14 (2.40%) SonarQube
7 13 (2.23%) Cucumber
7 13 (2.23%) Visual Studio
8 12 (2.06%) REST Assured
9 8 (1.37%) Bitbucket
9 8 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
10 7 (1.20%) Postman
11 6 (1.03%) JMeter
11 6 (1.03%) Robot Framework
11 6 (1.03%) SpecFlow
12 4 (0.69%) Artifactory
12 4 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.51%) Team Foundation Server
14 2 (0.34%) NUnit
14 2 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
General
1 144 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 80 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
3 53 (9.09%) Finance
4 35 (6.00%) Public Sector
5 13 (2.23%) Law
6 12 (2.06%) Telecoms
7 11 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (1.54%) Police
9 7 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.20%) Legal
9 7 (1.20%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.03%) Marketing
11 5 (0.86%) Banking
11 5 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (0.69%) Automotive
12 4 (0.69%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.69%) Retail
13 3 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 102 (17.50%) Developer
2 93 (15.95%) Architect
3 66 (11.32%) Senior
4 41 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 40 (6.86%) Analyst
6 37 (6.35%) Lead
7 36 (6.17%) Azure Engineer
8 34 (5.83%) Azure Developer
9 33 (5.66%) Active Directory Support
10 29 (4.97%) Azure Specialist
10 29 (4.97%) Full Stack Developer
11 27 (4.63%) Active Directory Specialist
11 27 (4.63%) Support Specialist
12 23 (3.95%) Consultant
13 21 (3.60%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (3.60%) Support Engineer
14 20 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
15 18 (3.09%) Project Manager
16 17 (2.92%) Administrator
17 16 (2.74%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (8.58%) .NET
2 46 (7.89%) Web Services
3 38 (6.52%) ARM Templates
4 31 (5.32%) React
5 27 (4.63%) REST
6 20 (3.43%) AngularJS
7 16 (2.74%) XML
8 14 (2.40%) .NET Core
8 14 (2.40%) CSS
8 14 (2.40%) JSON
8 14 (2.40%) Node.js
8 14 (2.40%) RESTful
9 13 (2.23%) Itk
9 13 (2.23%) Java EE
10 12 (2.06%) HTML
11 10 (1.72%) .NET Framework
12 9 (1.54%) Django
13 8 (1.37%) OpenID
13 8 (1.37%) YAML
14 7 (1.20%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 62 (10.63%) PKI
2 29 (4.97%) Product Ownership
3 28 (4.80%) Data Centre
4 24 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (3.26%) Public Cloud
6 15 (2.57%) Client/Server
7 12 (2.06%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.20%) Smart Meter
11 4 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (0.69%) Onboarding
12 3 (0.51%) Replication
13 2 (0.34%) Clustering
13 2 (0.34%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.34%) IoT
13 2 (0.34%) Legacy Applications
13 2 (0.34%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.34%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 118 (20.24%) Windows
2 103 (17.67%) Linux
3 77 (13.21%) Windows Server
4 42 (7.20%) Windows Server 2016
5 41 (7.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 32 (5.49%) Windows 10
7 23 (3.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 16 (2.74%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (2.40%) Windows XP
10 12 (2.06%) Unix
11 6 (1.03%) Solaris
12 4 (0.69%) Windows 7
13 3 (0.51%) Apple iOS
13 3 (0.51%) Ubuntu
13 3 (0.51%) VMS
13 3 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (0.34%) Android
14 2 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (43.74%) DevOps
2 146 (25.04%) Agile
3 94 (16.12%) CI/CD
4 92 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (11.15%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (10.46%) Analytics
7 54 (9.26%) Test Automation
8 48 (8.23%) Business Intelligence
9 46 (7.89%) Migration
10 45 (7.72%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 45 (7.72%) Microservices
11 44 (7.55%) Cryptography
12 42 (7.20%) Key Management
13 40 (6.86%) ITIL
14 37 (6.35%) Containerisation
15 36 (6.17%) Full Stack Development
16 35 (6.00%) Project Management
16 35 (6.00%) SDLC
17 34 (5.83%) Scrum
18 32 (5.49%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 93 (15.95%) Python
2 84 (14.41%) PowerShell
2 84 (14.41%) SQL
3 76 (13.04%) C#
4 35 (6.00%) Java
5 32 (5.49%) VBScript
6 27 (4.63%) JavaScript
7 21 (3.60%) VB
8 19 (3.26%) Bicep
8 19 (3.26%) C
9 18 (3.09%) T-SQL
10 15 (2.57%) Bash
11 10 (1.72%) C++
12 9 (1.54%) PL/SQL
13 6 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (1.03%) Go
13 6 (1.03%) PHP
14 5 (0.86%) Scala
14 5 (0.86%) X++
15 3 (0.51%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 179 (30.70%) Security Cleared
2 124 (21.27%) SC Cleared
3 116 (19.90%) Degree
4 107 (18.35%) DV Cleared
5 20 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (3.26%) Azure Certification
7 17 (2.92%) CCNP
7 17 (2.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 16 (2.74%) CCNA
8 16 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.69%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.69%) CISSP
10 4 (0.69%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.69%) MCSE
10 4 (0.69%) PMP
11 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.34%) DBS Check
11 2 (0.34%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.57%) QA
2 9 (1.54%) GDPR
3 7 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 7 (1.20%) SLA
4 6 (1.03%) NIST
4 6 (1.03%) PMO
5 5 (0.86%) NCSC
6 3 (0.51%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.51%) GxP
6 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.17%) COBIT
8 1 (0.17%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.17%) WCAG
System Software
1 160 (27.44%) Active Directory
2 54 (9.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 42 (7.20%) Docker
4 26 (4.46%) Virtual Machines
5 23 (3.95%) Hyper-V
6 19 (3.26%) VMware ESXi
7 17 (2.92%) Virtual Desktop
8 14 (2.40%) vSphere
9 2 (0.34%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.17%) Firmware
10 1 (0.17%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (12.86%) Kubernetes
2 50 (8.58%) Terraform
3 44 (7.55%) SCCM
4 39 (6.69%) Ansible
5 37 (6.35%) WSUS
6 32 (5.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 32 (5.49%) SCOM
7 19 (3.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (2.74%) vCenter Server
9 15 (2.57%) NetBackup
10 14 (2.40%) EMC NetWorker
11 12 (2.06%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (2.06%) Podman
12 11 (1.89%) Istio
13 8 (1.37%) Grafana
14 7 (1.20%) Rancher
15 6 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
16 4 (0.69%) Prometheus
16 4 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
17 3 (0.51%) SELinux
Vendors
1 168 (28.82%) Microsoft
2 77 (13.21%) VMware
3 57 (9.78%) Oracle
4 27 (4.63%) Cisco
5 19 (3.26%) Palo Alto
6 17 (2.92%) Dell
7 16 (2.74%) Databricks
7 16 (2.74%) EMC
7 16 (2.74%) Red Hat
8 15 (2.57%) Google
8 15 (2.57%) Symantec
8 15 (2.57%) Veeam
9 14 (2.40%) 3PAR
9 14 (2.40%) Extreme Networks
9 14 (2.40%) HP
9 14 (2.40%) Juniper
10 13 (2.23%) SAP
11 8 (1.37%) Citrix
11 8 (1.37%) ServiceNow
12 7 (1.20%) Ab Initio