Microsoft Azure
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 5 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,815 | 9,778 | 15,040 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.47% | 16.55% | 16.95% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.73% | 44.97% | 43.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,185 | 7,095 | 10,933 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £429 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £535 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.73% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £672 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £749 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 49 | 104 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.39 | £19.87 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.30 | £25.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £57.50 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -39.13% | +6.48% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £72.31 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.09 | £59.90 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.72% | +26.11% | +2.77% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,936 | 21,745 | 34,245 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.29% | 36.81% | 38.59% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,908 | 15,710 | 24,937 |
| 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 | £630 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £744 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 342 | 351 | 421 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.92 | £18.25 | £15.33 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £21.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +62.79% | -4.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.69 | £66.00 | £49.52 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.00 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £24.62 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.15% | +29.58% | -5.00% |
Azure
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 | 0 | 4,940 | £540 | -4.00% | 3,750 |
| London | 0 | 2,884 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,478 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,328 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,144 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 2,143 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,484 |
| South East | -4 | 587 | £550 | -2.22% | 546 |
| North of England | -6 | 501 | £500 | -4.76% | 648 |
| South West | -3 | 361 | £500 | -9.09% | 345 |
| Midlands | -5 | 306 | £525 | +6.33% | 466 |
| North West | -8 | 284 | £495 | -1.10% | 363 |
| Scotland | +1 | 231 | £460 | -8.00% | 179 |
| West Midlands | -5 | 223 | £550 | +5.26% | 275 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 190 | £500 | -9.09% | 218 |
| East of England | -24 | 87 | £475 | +1.33% | 191 |
| East Midlands | -3 | 81 | £463 | +2.78% | 190 |
| Wales | +4 | 76 | £504 | +0.75% | 99 |
| North East | 0 | 33 | £533 | -11.25% | 72 |
| Northern Ireland | +8 | 21 | £563 | +32.35% | 53 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 3 |
Azure
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:
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