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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 2 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,876 | 9,201 | 14,847 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.64% | 16.32% | 16.91% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 42.04% | 44.76% | 43.98% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 4,258 | 6,672 | 10,887 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £400 |
25th Percentile | £438 | £463 | £463 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +7.84% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £743 | £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 | 94 | 79 |
10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.13 | £20.00 |
25th Percentile | £22.61 | £35.88 | £37.50 |
Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £63.00 | £54.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -44.44% | +16.67% | +4.85% |
75th Percentile | £61.19 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £83.00 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £51.25 | £60.63 | £44.75 |
% change year-on-year | -15.46% | +35.47% | -18.64% |
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 | 13,976 | 20,555 | 33,756 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.43% | 36.46% | 38.45% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,930 | 14,875 | 24,662 |
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% | - | +8.70% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 330 | 390 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.89 |
25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.40 |
Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £37.75 | £22.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -43.15% | +71.59% | +0.32% |
75th Percentile | £42.50 | £69.88 | £53.75 |
90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.12 | £69.61 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.50 | £19.17 |
% change year-on-year | -35.27% | +43.47% | -4.16% |
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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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 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 |
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England | -1 | 5,016 | £550 | -1.79% | 3,396 |
London | 0 | 2,967 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,318 |
Work from Home | 0 | 2,286 | £538 | -2.27% | 1,947 |
UK excluding London | -4 | 2,165 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,225 |
South East | -3 | 594 | £550 | -4.35% | 474 |
North of England | -5 | 519 | £500 | -4.76% | 666 |
South West | -2 | 363 | £500 | -10.11% | 304 |
Midlands | -6 | 294 | £525 | +9.38% | 404 |
North West | -8 | 286 | £500 | - | 382 |
Scotland | +2 | 251 | £450 | -10.00% | 163 |
West Midlands | -7 | 210 | £550 | +5.77% | 251 |
Yorkshire | +1 | 204 | £500 | -9.09% | 215 |
East Midlands | -4 | 85 | £455 | +2.25% | 153 |
East of England | -31 | 79 | £450 | - | 147 |
Wales | +3 | 64 | £488 | -7.14% | 62 |
North East | -3 | 35 | £533 | -11.25% | 71 |
Northern Ireland | +8 | 29 | £588 | +38.24% | 46 |
Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 2 |
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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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