Azure Cosmos DB Contracts

Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Cosmos DB skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Cosmos DB 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 368 449 490
Rank change year-on-year +81 +41 -100
Contract jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB 204 248 401
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.44% 0.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.47% 1.19% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 164 310
10th Percentile £400 £450 £406
25th Percentile £500 £500 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £702 £638
90th Percentile £738 £800 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £525 £510
% change year-on-year +19.05% +2.94% +3.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £21.73
25th Percentile - £51.25 £25.44
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year - +60.31% -49.62%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £39.94
90th Percentile - - £43.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Cosmos DB 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 13,862 20,912 33,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.56% 36.72% 38.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,858 15,137 24,583
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 £746 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 333 406
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.50 £15.34
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.19
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +57.73% -1.38%
75th Percentile £36.16 £66.00 £54.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £67.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.72 £25.87 £19.25
% change year-on-year -31.49% +34.38% -3.76%

Azure Cosmos DB
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Cosmos DB as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB.

Daily rate trend for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Cosmos DB in the UK

Azure Cosmos DB
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Cosmos DB within the UK 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
England +89 190 £600 +3.90% 58
London +86 126 £545 -9.17% 30
Work from Home +77 77 £563 -2.17% 49
UK excluding London +51 58 £625 +19.05% 31
South East +43 39 £625 -3.85% 11
Midlands +22 9 £550 +10.00% 4
West Midlands +27 8 £575 -17.86% 4
North of England +19 5 £600 +26.32% 10
North West +18 5 £600 +14.29% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1
Wales +18 1 - - 3
East Midlands +9 1 £310 -27.91%
South West +5 1 - - 1
East of England +2 1 £550 +15.79%

Azure Cosmos DB
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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.35%) CMS
2 10 (4.90%) BizTalk Server
3 8 (3.92%) Confluence
4 6 (2.94%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.47%) Apache
6 1 (0.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.45%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.98%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 204 (100.00%) Azure
2 97 (47.55%) Azure DevOps
3 76 (37.25%) Azure Monitor
4 72 (35.29%) Azure Service Bus
5 60 (29.41%) Entra ID
6 58 (28.43%) Serverless
7 52 (25.49%) Azure Functions
8 51 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (13.24%) Azure Storage
9 27 (13.24%) PaaS
10 24 (11.76%) Azure Key Vault
11 21 (10.29%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (9.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 19 (9.31%) Power Platform
14 16 (7.84%) Azure API Management
14 16 (7.84%) Azure App Service
15 14 (6.86%) Azure Pipelines
16 13 (6.37%) AWS
17 10 (4.90%) AWS Lambda
18 6 (2.94%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.41%) Firewall
2 4 (1.96%) VPN
3 2 (0.98%) HTTP
4 1 (0.49%) Network Security
4 1 (0.49%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (38.73%) SQL Server
2 45 (22.06%) Azure SQL Database
3 30 (14.71%) NoSQL
4 22 (10.78%) MongoDB
5 19 (9.31%) Power BI
6 10 (4.90%) Data Lake
7 7 (3.43%) Big Data
8 6 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (2.45%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.96%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (1.96%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.96%) Redis
11 3 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
11 3 (1.47%) MariaDB
11 3 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.98%) MySQL
12 2 (0.98%) Power Query
12 2 (0.98%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 68 (33.33%) Git
2 14 (6.86%) Selenium
3 10 (4.90%) Postman
4 8 (3.92%) JIRA
5 6 (2.94%) SpecFlow
6 5 (2.45%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.96%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.96%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.47%) NUnit
9 2 (0.98%) Moq
9 2 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.49%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.49%) Hudson
10 1 (0.49%) JMeter
10 1 (0.49%) Log4Net
10 1 (0.49%) MLflow
10 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.49%) WebDriver
General
1 35 (17.16%) Finance
2 28 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (13.24%) Public Sector
4 24 (11.76%) Social Skills
5 20 (9.80%) Back Office
6 10 (4.90%) Banking
7 9 (4.41%) Marketing
8 7 (3.43%) Front Office
9 5 (2.45%) German Language
9 5 (2.45%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.96%) Local Government
11 2 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.49%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.49%) Retail
12 1 (0.49%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 116 (56.86%) Developer
2 53 (25.98%) Senior
3 40 (19.61%) Senior Developer
4 39 (19.12%) Azure Developer
5 35 (17.16%) Full Stack Developer
6 27 (13.24%) Lead
7 26 (12.75%) Backend Developer
8 19 (9.31%) Python Developer
9 18 (8.82%) Architect
9 18 (8.82%) Data Engineer
10 16 (7.84%) Senior Backend Developer
11 15 (7.35%) .NET Developer
11 15 (7.35%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 14 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
13 13 (6.37%) C# Developer
14 11 (5.39%) Azure Architect
14 11 (5.39%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 11 (5.39%) Software Engineer
15 9 (4.41%) Full Stack Python Developer
16 8 (3.92%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (49.02%) .NET
2 79 (38.73%) .NET Core
3 48 (23.53%) React
4 24 (11.76%) CSS
5 22 (10.78%) HTML
5 22 (10.78%) XML
6 20 (9.80%) ASP.NET
7 19 (9.31%) AngularJS
8 16 (7.84%) ASP.NET MVC
8 16 (7.84%) jQuery
9 14 (6.86%) Swagger
10 13 (6.37%) YAML
11 12 (5.88%) .NET Framework
11 12 (5.88%) Node.js
12 11 (5.39%) Blazor
12 11 (5.39%) Web Services
13 10 (4.90%) PySpark
14 7 (3.43%) REST
15 6 (2.94%) JSON
16 5 (2.45%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 12 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.92%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (2.45%) Derivative
7 4 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.98%) Distributed Computing
9 2 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.98%) Onboarding
9 2 (0.98%) Social Media
10 1 (0.49%) Augmented Reality
10 1 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
10 1 (0.49%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.49%) Replication
10 1 (0.49%) Solar Panel
10 1 (0.49%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.86%) Windows
2 1 (0.49%) Linux
2 1 (0.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (63.73%) DevOps
2 118 (57.84%) Agile
3 89 (43.63%) CI/CD
4 60 (29.41%) API Management
5 56 (27.45%) TDD
6 51 (25.00%) Microservices
7 44 (21.57%) Full Stack Development
8 42 (20.59%) OO
9 41 (20.10%) OOD
10 36 (17.65%) Software Engineering
11 35 (17.16%) Clean Code
12 32 (15.69%) SDLC
13 28 (13.73%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (13.73%) Front End Development
14 26 (12.75%) Analytics
15 25 (12.25%) Scrum
16 22 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
17 21 (10.29%) B2C
18 20 (9.80%) MVC
19 19 (9.31%) Product Backlog
Programming Languages
1 102 (50.00%) C#
2 80 (39.22%) SQL
3 68 (33.33%) Python
4 63 (30.88%) Bicep
5 37 (18.14%) JavaScript
6 26 (12.75%) PowerShell
7 25 (12.25%) TypeScript
8 17 (8.33%) Java
9 13 (6.37%) T-SQL
10 12 (5.88%) Scala
11 11 (5.39%) PL/SQL
12 10 (4.90%) C++
12 10 (4.90%) Go
13 4 (1.96%) C
14 3 (1.47%) VB.NET
15 1 (0.49%) Gremlin
15 1 (0.49%) PHP
15 1 (0.49%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (5.39%) Degree
2 9 (4.41%) Azure Certification
3 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.98%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.98%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.84%) WCAG
2 15 (7.35%) Accessibility
3 3 (1.47%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.98%) QA
5 1 (0.49%) GxP
5 1 (0.49%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 94 (46.08%) Active Directory
2 9 (4.41%) Docker
2 9 (4.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (9.80%) Kubernetes
2 11 (5.39%) Terraform
3 3 (1.47%) Ansible
4 2 (0.98%) Grafana
4 2 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.49%) Ganglia
5 1 (0.49%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 79 (38.73%) Microsoft
2 24 (11.76%) Databricks
3 12 (5.88%) Oracle
4 10 (4.90%) MuleSoft
5 3 (1.47%) Xamarin
6 2 (0.98%) Google
6 2 (0.98%) Informatica
6 2 (0.98%) New Relic
7 1 (0.49%) StreamSets
7 1 (0.49%) Talend