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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +1 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,785 | 9,479 | 14,964 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.60% | 16.55% | 16.94% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.79% | 45.05% | 44.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,183 | 6,885 | 10,917 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £399 |
| 25th Percentile | £436 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.59% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 93 | 84 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £19.20 | £19.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.35 | £31.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £63.00 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.44% | +18.87% | +6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £77.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.09 | £60.70 | £45.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.77% | +34.89% | -10.00% |
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 | 13,842 | 21,041 | 34,006 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.54% | 36.74% | 38.51% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,846 | 15,232 | 24,816 |
| 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 | £748 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 347 | 332 | 411 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.50 | £15.35 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +59.09% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £38.13 | £66.00 | £53.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.00 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.12% | +29.89% | -3.76% |
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 20 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 20 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 20 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 | 4,930 | £543 | -3.56% | 4,003 |
| London | 0 | 2,908 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,585 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,274 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,303 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 2,125 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,838 |
| South East | -4 | 586 | £550 | -2.22% | 744 |
| North of England | -5 | 504 | £500 | -4.76% | 743 |
| South West | -3 | 358 | £500 | -9.09% | 354 |
| Midlands | -8 | 291 | £525 | +9.38% | 519 |
| North West | -8 | 278 | £500 | - | 394 |
| Scotland | +1 | 244 | £460 | -8.00% | 163 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 214 | £550 | +4.76% | 323 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 200 | £500 | -9.09% | 262 |
| East of England | -30 | 80 | £500 | +9.59% | 191 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 78 | £445 | -1.11% | 195 |
| Wales | +4 | 63 | £475 | -9.52% | 103 |
| North East | 0 | 32 | £533 | -11.25% | 89 |
| Northern Ireland | +7 | 28 | £600 | +37.14% | 66 |
| 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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