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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,836 | 9,208 | 14,945 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.63% | 16.36% | 16.94% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.90% | 44.91% | 44.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,228 | 6,688 | 10,921 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £439 | £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 | £747 | £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 | 49 | 92 | 88 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £19.10 | £19.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.61 | £36.81 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £63.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.44% | +20.00% | +3.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £79.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £51.25 | £60.63 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.46% | +36.24% | -12.32% |
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 | 13,929 | 20,504 | 33,931 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.52% | 36.44% | 38.46% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,911 | 14,827 | 24,764 |
| 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 | £635 | £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 | 345 | 328 | 402 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £18.50 | £15.37 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £36.50 | £22.20 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.45% | +64.41% | -0.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.00 | £67.81 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £68.05 | £79.19 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £26.48 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.08% | +34.93% | -1.88% |
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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 28 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 28 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 28 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 | 4,979 | £550 | -2.22% | 3,558 |
| London | 0 | 2,944 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,333 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,277 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,167 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 2,146 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,405 |
| South East | -3 | 593 | £550 | -2.62% | 480 |
| North of England | -4 | 510 | £500 | -4.76% | 736 |
| South West | -2 | 365 | £500 | -11.50% | 326 |
| Midlands | -8 | 292 | £525 | +9.38% | 430 |
| North West | -7 | 279 | £500 | - | 403 |
| Scotland | +2 | 249 | £453 | -9.40% | 159 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 212 | £550 | +4.76% | 265 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 202 | £500 | -9.09% | 250 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 81 | £445 | - | 165 |
| East of England | -33 | 73 | £500 | +11.11% | 179 |
| Wales | +3 | 63 | £488 | -7.14% | 81 |
| North East | +1 | 35 | £533 | -11.25% | 87 |
| Northern Ireland | +7 | 29 | £588 | +38.24% | 58 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 4 |
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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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