Microsoft Azure Specialist
UK
The median Microsoft Azure Specialist daily rate in the UK is £605 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 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 16 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 528 | 657 | 810 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +129 | +153 | -164 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Azure Specialist | 48 | 27 | 39 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.047% | 0.045% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.050% | 0.047% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 44 | 20 | 34 |
| 10th Percentile | £522 | £400 | £450 |
| 25th Percentile | £603 | £450 | £483 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £605 | £538 | £588 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.56% | -8.51% | +23.68% |
| 75th Percentile | £608 | £569 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £678 | £725 | £684 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £605 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.00% | +4.76% | +23.53% |
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 | 39,484 | 53,902 | 83,447 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.62% | 95.41% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,682 | 37,660 | 58,636 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +10.53% |
| 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 | 2,662 | 1,503 | 2,044 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.38 | £15.76 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.58 | £45.00 | £24.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.72% | +87.50% | +6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.44 | £76.20 | £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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Azure Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Azure Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Specialist.
Azure Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Specialist over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.
Azure Specialist
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 16 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 | +133 | 42 | £605 | +15.24% | 6 |
| UK excluding London | +80 | 38 | £605 | +10.00% | 4 |
| Work from Home | +140 | 29 | £605 | +10.00% | 2 |
| South East | +41 | 29 | £605 | - | 1 |
| London | +102 | 8 | £675 | +50.00% | 2 |
| Scotland | +38 | 4 | £550 | +83.33% | |
| West Midlands | +27 | 2 | £525 | - | |
| Midlands | +27 | 2 | £525 | +5.00% | |
| East of England | +11 | 2 | £538 | -2.27% | |
| North of England | +24 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 1 | - | - |
Azure Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Azure Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.
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Azure Specialist 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: