Azure Data Engineer Contracts

Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK

The median Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 450 472 562
Rank change year-on-year +22 +90 -38
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Data Engineer 137 217 298
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.32% 0.39% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.41% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 178 232
10th Percentile £425 £443 £433
25th Percentile £463 £502 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £650
90th Percentile £650 £725 £712
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.27% +11.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £78.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,842 52,849 84,186
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.57% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,742 36,908 59,357
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,850 1,466 1,973
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.70%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Azure Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Azure Data Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Data Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Data Engineer over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Data Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Data Engineer in the UK

Azure Data Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Data Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +38 126 £525 -6.67% 30
London +45 90 £550 -4.35% 18
Work from Home +71 61 £500 -9.09% 7
UK excluding London +23 28 £500 -9.09% 12
North of England +32 11 £500 -23.08% 1
South East +21 9 £480 -8.57% 3
Yorkshire +15 6 £500 -28.57%
North West +6 5 £500 -23.08% 1
South West +1 5 £563 +2.27% 3
Midlands +21 3 £463 -22.92% 4
East Midlands +11 2 £431 -6.76% 2
West Midlands +11 1 £500 -23.08% 2

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 June 2024, Azure Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Azure Data Engineer in the job title.

1 137 (100.00%) Azure
2 85 (62.04%) SQL
3 80 (58.39%) Azure Data Factory
4 79 (57.66%) Databricks
5 69 (50.36%) Python
6 58 (42.34%) ETL
7 53 (38.69%) Data Lake
8 51 (37.23%) Data Pipeline
9 47 (34.31%) Analytics
10 45 (32.85%) PySpark
11 43 (31.39%) Data Engineering
11 43 (31.39%) Data Modelling
12 41 (29.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 38 (27.74%) DevOps
14 33 (24.09%) Azure SQL Database
15 29 (21.17%) Business Intelligence
15 29 (21.17%) Finance
16 27 (19.71%) Data Warehouse
16 27 (19.71%) Social Skills
17 26 (18.98%) CI/CD
17 26 (18.98%) Power Platform
17 26 (18.98%) Power BI
18 25 (18.25%) Microsoft
19 24 (17.52%) Agile
20 17 (12.41%) SQL Server
20 17 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
20 17 (12.41%) Apache Spark
21 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
21 16 (11.68%) Migration
21 16 (11.68%) Data Integration

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
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 17 (12.41%) Apache Spark
2 8 (5.84%) Apache
3 4 (2.92%) Luigi
4 2 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 137 (100.00%) Azure
2 80 (58.39%) Azure Data Factory
3 41 (29.93%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 26 (18.98%) Power Platform
5 17 (12.41%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (7.30%) Serverless
7 9 (6.57%) Azure Functions
7 9 (6.57%) Azure Logic Apps
8 8 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (4.38%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (4.38%) Snowflake
10 5 (3.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (2.92%) AWS
11 4 (2.92%) dbt
12 3 (2.19%) Azure Stack
12 3 (2.19%) Azure Storage
13 2 (1.46%) AWS Step Functions
13 2 (1.46%) Azure Event Grid
13 2 (1.46%) Azure Service Bus
13 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.73%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (38.69%) Data Lake
2 33 (24.09%) Azure SQL Database
3 27 (19.71%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (18.98%) Power BI
5 17 (12.41%) SQL Server
6 12 (8.76%) Big Data
6 12 (8.76%) NoSQL
7 8 (5.84%) Delta Lake
8 7 (5.11%) Spark SQL
8 7 (5.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (3.65%) Power Query
10 5 (3.65%) Relational Database
11 4 (2.92%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (2.92%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (2.92%) Parquet
11 4 (2.92%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (2.19%) Flink
12 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 3 (2.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Git
2 4 (2.92%) GitLab
3 2 (1.46%) Deequ
3 2 (1.46%) MLflow
4 1 (0.73%) JIRA
General
1 29 (21.17%) Finance
2 27 (19.71%) Social Skills
3 8 (5.84%) Banking
4 7 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.11%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.92%) Telecoms
6 3 (2.19%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.46%) Marketing
8 1 (0.73%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.73%) Front Office
8 1 (0.73%) Law
8 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.73%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (32.85%) PySpark
2 7 (5.11%) ARM Templates
3 6 (4.38%) Kafka
4 4 (2.92%) Apache Avro
4 4 (2.92%) Pandas
4 4 (2.92%) XML
5 2 (1.46%) Great Expectations
5 2 (1.46%) JSON
5 2 (1.46%) JSON Schema
5 2 (1.46%) pytest
5 2 (1.46%) YAML
6 1 (0.73%) .NET
6 1 (0.73%) Anaconda
6 1 (0.73%) BentoML
6 1 (0.73%) Lambda Expressions
6 1 (0.73%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.73%) TensorFlow
6 1 (0.73%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.65%) Smart Meter
2 4 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (2.92%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.73%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.73%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.73%) Data Fabric
4 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.73%) Housing Association
4 1 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.73%) NHS
4 1 (0.73%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.03%) Linux
2 5 (3.65%) Unix
2 5 (3.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (42.34%) ETL
2 51 (37.23%) Data Pipeline
3 47 (34.31%) Analytics
4 43 (31.39%) Data Engineering
4 43 (31.39%) Data Modelling
5 38 (27.74%) DevOps
6 29 (21.17%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (18.98%) CI/CD
8 24 (17.52%) Agile
9 16 (11.68%) Continuous Integration
9 16 (11.68%) Data Integration
9 16 (11.68%) Migration
9 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (8.76%) Data Transformation
10 12 (8.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 11 (8.03%) Scrum
12 9 (6.57%) Data Governance
13 8 (5.84%) Data Architecture
13 8 (5.84%) Log Analytics
13 8 (5.84%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 85 (62.04%) SQL
2 69 (50.36%) Python
3 12 (8.76%) T-SQL
4 11 (8.03%) Scala
5 8 (5.84%) C#
6 4 (2.92%) Bicep
6 4 (2.92%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.19%) Java
8 2 (1.46%) Bash
8 2 (1.46%) R
9 1 (0.73%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (5.11%) SC Cleared
1 7 (5.11%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.92%) Azure Certification
2 4 (2.92%) Degree
3 3 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.03%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.65%) GDPR
3 3 (2.19%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.84%) Terraform
2 5 (3.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.73%) Grafana
3 1 (0.73%) Kubeflow
3 1 (0.73%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (57.66%) Databricks
2 25 (18.25%) Microsoft
3 5 (3.65%) Ab Initio
4 3 (2.19%) Informatica
5 2 (1.46%) Splunk
6 1 (0.73%) Adobe
6 1 (0.73%) Cognos
6 1 (0.73%) Dataiku
6 1 (0.73%) DataRobot
6 1 (0.73%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.73%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle
6 1 (0.73%) Salesforce