Azure Engineer Contracts

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 198 151 156
Rank change year-on-year -47 +5 -17
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 491 1,006 1,599
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 1.76% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.86% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 781 1,151
10th Percentile £381 £445 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £713 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £531 £525
% change year-on-year -5.88% +1.19% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £52.95 -
25th Percentile £90.00 £55.88 -
Median hourly rate £110.00 £61.00 £78.75
Median % change year-on-year +80.33% -22.54% +215.00%
75th Percentile £130.00 £66.38 -
90th Percentile - £69.45 -
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 39,476 54,050 83,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,679 37,739 58,629
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,507 2,053
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.88
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.70 £76.10 £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 Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -60 432 £525 -7.08% 146
London -25 279 £550 -6.78% 67
Work from Home -51 179 £525 -4.55% 96
UK excluding London -71 139 £500 -5.88% 82
North of England -20 49 £500 -9.09% 21
South East -14 37 £498 -5.24% 21
North West -15 30 £513 -2.38% 14
South West -15 23 £525 -4.55% 14
Yorkshire +11 18 £488 -18.75% 5
Midlands +3 16 £425 -22.73% 17
West Midlands -3 13 £425 -22.73% 9
Scotland +37 7 £440 -6.13% 3
East of England -1 7 £450 -10.00% 2
East Midlands +13 3 £444 -0.84% 8
Wales +23 2 £425 -23.60% 4
North East +9 1 £500 -16.67% 2

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Azure 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 491 (100.00%) Azure
2 244 (49.69%) DevOps
3 162 (32.99%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (31.36%) Python
5 152 (30.96%) SQL
6 146 (29.74%) Microsoft
7 139 (28.31%) CI/CD
8 115 (23.42%) Terraform
9 104 (21.18%) Databricks
10 101 (20.57%) PowerShell
11 99 (20.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 98 (19.96%) Kubernetes
12 98 (19.96%) Finance
13 90 (18.33%) Agile
14 86 (17.52%) Infrastructure as Code
15 84 (17.11%) Social Skills
16 76 (15.48%) Analytics
17 72 (14.66%) Windows
18 71 (14.46%) ETL
19 69 (14.05%) Docker
20 65 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
20 65 (13.24%) Active Directory
21 63 (12.83%) Data Lake
22 60 (12.22%) Data Pipeline
23 56 (11.41%) Data Engineering
24 54 (11.00%) PySpark
25 53 (10.79%) Power Platform
25 53 (10.79%) Linux
26 52 (10.59%) Public Sector
27 51 (10.39%) C#

Azure 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 21 (4.28%) Apache Spark
2 15 (3.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.24%) Apache
4 10 (2.04%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.63%) IIS
6 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.81%) Confluence
7 4 (0.81%) Luigi
8 3 (0.61%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.41%) nginx
10 1 (0.20%) JBoss
10 1 (0.20%) SAS
10 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 491 (100.00%) Azure
2 162 (32.99%) Azure DevOps
3 99 (20.16%) Azure Data Factory
4 53 (10.79%) Power Platform
5 50 (10.18%) Entra ID
6 48 (9.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 41 (8.35%) AWS
8 39 (7.94%) PaaS
9 33 (6.72%) Azure AKS
10 31 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (5.50%) Azure Monitor
12 26 (5.30%) GitHub
12 26 (5.30%) Serverless
13 24 (4.89%) IaaS
14 19 (3.87%) Azure Service Bus
15 18 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
16 17 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
17 16 (3.26%) Azure Functions
17 16 (3.26%) Azure Storage
17 16 (3.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.94%) Firewall
2 33 (6.72%) DNS
3 17 (3.46%) VPN
4 12 (2.44%) Network Security
5 7 (1.43%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.22%) HTTP
7 5 (1.02%) BGP
7 5 (1.02%) MPLS
7 5 (1.02%) OSPF
7 5 (1.02%) SSH
8 4 (0.81%) DHCP
8 4 (0.81%) Internet
8 4 (0.81%) IPv4
8 4 (0.81%) WAN
9 3 (0.61%) Wireless
10 2 (0.41%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (0.41%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.41%) VRRP
11 1 (0.20%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.20%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (12.83%) Data Lake
2 50 (10.18%) Power BI
3 49 (9.98%) Azure SQL Database
4 38 (7.74%) SQL Server
5 34 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.46%) NoSQL
6 17 (3.46%) PostgreSQL
7 15 (3.05%) Big Data
8 14 (2.85%) Delta Lake
9 11 (2.24%) Relational Database
9 11 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (1.83%) Spark SQL
11 6 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
11 6 (1.22%) Power Query
11 6 (1.22%) Redis
11 6 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.02%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 5 (1.02%) Data Mart
12 5 (1.02%) Flink
12 5 (1.02%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (7.94%) Git
2 26 (5.30%) GitLab
3 24 (4.89%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.83%) Selenium
5 7 (1.43%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.22%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.22%) JIRA
7 5 (1.02%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.81%) Postman
9 3 (0.61%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.61%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.61%) NUnit
9 3 (0.61%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.41%) AppScan
10 2 (0.41%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.41%) Deequ
10 2 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
10 2 (0.41%) Snyk
10 2 (0.41%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 98 (19.96%) Finance
2 84 (17.11%) Social Skills
3 52 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 30 (6.11%) Banking
5 29 (5.91%) Marketing
6 22 (4.48%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.87%) Analytical Skills
8 17 (3.46%) Electronics
8 17 (3.46%) Manufacturing
9 7 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.43%) Investment Banking
10 5 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.81%) Law
11 4 (0.81%) Legal
12 3 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.61%) Retail
13 2 (0.41%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.41%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.41%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (11.00%) PySpark
2 50 (10.18%) .NET
3 35 (7.13%) ARM Templates
4 25 (5.09%) YAML
5 24 (4.89%) Kafka
6 20 (4.07%) JSON
7 15 (3.05%) Node.js
8 14 (2.85%) HTML
9 12 (2.44%) React
10 11 (2.24%) .NET Core
10 11 (2.24%) CSS
11 8 (1.63%) LangChain
11 8 (1.63%) TensorFlow
12 7 (1.43%) HTML5
12 7 (1.43%) PyTorch
13 6 (1.22%) pytest
13 6 (1.22%) RESTful
13 6 (1.22%) XML
14 5 (1.02%) AngularJS
14 5 (1.02%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 23 (4.68%) Greenfield Project
2 10 (2.04%) Data Centre
3 9 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
3 9 (1.83%) Product Ownership
4 7 (1.43%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (1.22%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.22%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.22%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.02%) NHS
7 4 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.81%) Market Risk
7 4 (0.81%) PKI
7 4 (0.81%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.61%) Tandem
9 2 (0.41%) Life Science
9 2 (0.41%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.41%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 72 (14.66%) Windows
2 53 (10.79%) Linux
3 31 (6.31%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.44%) Windows 10
5 11 (2.24%) Unix
6 9 (1.83%) Windows 7
7 7 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.02%) Alpine Linux
8 5 (1.02%) VMS
9 3 (0.61%) CentOS
9 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.61%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (49.69%) DevOps
2 139 (28.31%) CI/CD
3 90 (18.33%) Agile
4 86 (17.52%) Infrastructure as Code
5 76 (15.48%) Analytics
6 71 (14.46%) ETL
7 65 (13.24%) Business Intelligence
8 60 (12.22%) Data Pipeline
9 56 (11.41%) Data Engineering
10 50 (10.18%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (9.78%) Data Modelling
12 44 (8.96%) Migration
13 43 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 43 (8.76%) Software Engineering
14 35 (7.13%) Continuous Integration
15 29 (5.91%) Platform Engineering
15 29 (5.91%) Scrum
16 27 (5.50%) Containerisation
17 26 (5.30%) Computer Science
18 24 (4.89%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 154 (31.36%) Python
2 152 (30.96%) SQL
3 101 (20.57%) PowerShell
4 51 (10.39%) C#
5 32 (6.52%) Bicep
6 25 (5.09%) Bash
7 23 (4.68%) Java
8 15 (3.05%) JavaScript
9 14 (2.85%) Scala
10 13 (2.65%) T-SQL
11 11 (2.24%) TypeScript
12 10 (2.04%) Go
13 9 (1.83%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (1.22%) C++
15 5 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (1.02%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.81%) VB
17 3 (0.61%) C
17 3 (0.61%) Perl
17 3 (0.61%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 48 (9.78%) Azure Certification
2 47 (9.57%) Security Cleared
3 39 (7.94%) SC Cleared
4 34 (6.92%) Degree
5 17 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.81%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 3 (0.61%) CISSP
10 3 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.20%) CCIE
12 1 (0.20%) CISA
12 1 (0.20%) CISM
12 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.20%) MCSE
12 1 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.85%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.43%) QA
3 6 (1.22%) GDPR
3 6 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.20%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (14.05%) Docker
2 65 (13.24%) Active Directory
3 25 (5.09%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (3.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.43%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.22%) vSphere
7 5 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.81%) NFS
9 3 (0.61%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 115 (23.42%) Terraform
2 98 (19.96%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.50%) Ansible
4 17 (3.46%) SCCM
5 16 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (2.85%) Grafana
7 11 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 11 (2.24%) Prometheus
7 11 (2.24%) Puppet
8 8 (1.63%) SCOM
8 8 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.02%) WSUS
10 4 (0.81%) Argo
10 4 (0.81%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.41%) Graylog
11 2 (0.41%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.41%) Nessus
11 2 (0.41%) Netcool
11 2 (0.41%) Podman
11 2 (0.41%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 146 (29.74%) Microsoft
2 104 (21.18%) Databricks
3 17 (3.46%) SAP
4 15 (3.05%) VMware
5 13 (2.65%) Splunk
6 8 (1.63%) Oracle
7 6 (1.22%) F5
8 5 (1.02%) Ab Initio
8 5 (1.02%) CA
8 5 (1.02%) Cisco
8 5 (1.02%) Dynatrace
8 5 (1.02%) HP
9 4 (0.81%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.61%) Checkmarx
10 3 (0.61%) Informatica
10 3 (0.61%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.61%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.61%) Veracode
11 2 (0.41%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.41%) WSO2