Azure Consultant Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Consultant
UK > England

The median Microsoft Azure Consultant daily rate in England is £585 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 587 674
Rank change year-on-year +102 +87 -137
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Consultant 53 68 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 47 74
10th Percentile £438 £454 £463
25th Percentile £509 £475 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -10.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £628 £606 £669
90th Percentile £650 £659 £700
UK median daily rate £585 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +8.33% -1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
10th Percentile - - £51.00
25th Percentile - - £60.00
Median hourly rate - £8.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - -90.00% +30.08%
75th Percentile - - £86.25
90th Percentile - - £87.00
UK median hourly rate - £8.00 £66.00
% change year-on-year - -87.88% +38.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,279 47,758 67,889
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,753 33,910 48,235
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,414 1,409 1,903
10th Percentile £12.94 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.60 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.03
% change year-on-year -20.10% +95.42% +0.12%

Azure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Azure Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Consultant in England

Azure Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Consultant in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure Consultant in England

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Consultant in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Consultant in England

Azure Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Consultant in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Consultant in England

Azure Consultant
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
London +110 32 £585 +14.15% 4
North of England +25 6 £625 +25.00% 6
North West +18 6 £625 +25.00% 4
South West +19 5 £510 -15.00%
East of England - 4 £538 -
Midlands +20 3 £625 - 2
East Midlands +20 2 £625 +19.05% 1
South East +15 2 £441 -19.77% 1
West Midlands +28 1 £550 -3.30% 1
Azure Consultant
UK

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Azure Consultant 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 across the England region featuring Azure Consultant in the job title.

1 53 (100.00%) Azure
2 21 (39.62%) Microsoft
3 15 (28.30%) DevOps
4 11 (20.75%) Cloud Security
4 11 (20.75%) Finance
4 11 (20.75%) PowerShell
5 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (16.98%) Migration
5 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
6 8 (15.09%) Agile
6 8 (15.09%) IaaS
6 8 (15.09%) Degree
6 8 (15.09%) Entra ID
6 8 (15.09%) Terraform
6 8 (15.09%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (13.21%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (11.32%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (11.32%) Risk Assessment
8 6 (11.32%) WAN
9 5 (9.43%) VPN
9 5 (9.43%) DNS
9 5 (9.43%) Cloud Computing
9 5 (9.43%) AWS
9 5 (9.43%) DevSecOps
9 5 (9.43%) Database Security
9 5 (9.43%) Data Centre
9 5 (9.43%) Data Encryption
9 5 (9.43%) Databricks
9 5 (9.43%) Virtual Desktop

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 53 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (15.09%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (15.09%) Entra ID
2 8 (15.09%) IaaS
3 6 (11.32%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (11.32%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.43%) AWS
4 5 (9.43%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (7.55%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (5.66%) Azure Pipelines
6 3 (5.66%) Azure Service Bus
6 3 (5.66%) PaaS
6 3 (5.66%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.77%) Azure API Management
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Batch
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Storage
7 2 (3.77%) Google Analytics
7 2 (3.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.32%) WAN
2 5 (9.43%) DNS
2 5 (9.43%) VPN
3 4 (7.55%) Firewall
3 4 (7.55%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.89%) LAN
4 1 (1.89%) MPLS
4 1 (1.89%) Network Security
4 1 (1.89%) PBX
4 1 (1.89%) VPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.66%) Data Lake
3 2 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (3.77%) Big Data
3 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.77%) OLTP
4 1 (1.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) Git
1 2 (3.77%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 11 (20.75%) Finance
2 4 (7.55%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.66%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Billing
5 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) .NET
1 2 (3.77%) ARM Templates
1 2 (3.77%) JSON
1 2 (3.77%) Web Services
1 2 (3.77%) XML
2 1 (1.89%) OAuth
2 1 (1.89%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Data Centre
2 4 (7.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (7.55%) PKI
3 3 (5.66%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.66%) Tandem
4 2 (3.77%) Clustering
4 2 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Linux
1 4 (7.55%) Windows
2 3 (5.66%) Ubuntu
3 1 (1.89%) Mac OS X
3 1 (1.89%) Unix
3 1 (1.89%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (28.30%) DevOps
2 11 (20.75%) Cloud Security
3 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (16.98%) Migration
4 8 (15.09%) Agile
5 7 (13.21%) Identity Access Management
6 6 (11.32%) Risk Assessment
7 5 (9.43%) Data Encryption
7 5 (9.43%) Database Security
7 5 (9.43%) DevSecOps
8 4 (7.55%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (7.55%) Ethical Hacking
8 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (7.55%) Key Management
8 4 (7.55%) Knowledge Transfer
8 4 (7.55%) Penetration Testing
8 4 (7.55%) SDLC
8 4 (7.55%) Security Auditing
8 4 (7.55%) SIEM
9 3 (5.66%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) PowerShell
2 4 (7.55%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (3.77%) C#
3 2 (3.77%) Java
4 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Degree
2 2 (3.77%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.89%) CISA
3 1 (1.89%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.89%) CISM
3 1 (1.89%) CISSP
3 1 (1.89%) CRISC
3 1 (1.89%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.89%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (1.89%) ISO 31000
2 1 (1.89%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (16.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (3.77%) Docker
3 2 (3.77%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.89%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (15.09%) Terraform
2 3 (5.66%) Grafana
3 2 (3.77%) Ansible
3 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
3 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.89%) Proxmox
4 1 (1.89%) SCCM
4 1 (1.89%) SCOM
4 1 (1.89%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 21 (39.62%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.43%) Databricks
3 4 (7.55%) OpenAI
4 3 (5.66%) Virgin Media
5 2 (3.77%) Clearswift
5 2 (3.77%) Google
5 2 (3.77%) Proofpoint
5 2 (3.77%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.77%) VMware
6 1 (1.89%) Citrix
6 1 (1.89%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.89%) F5
6 1 (1.89%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle
6 1 (1.89%) Workday