Azure Developer Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in England is £580 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 400 381 409
Rank change year-on-year -19 +28 -33
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 156 273 423
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.42% 0.56% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.59% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 230 356
10th Percentile £426 £450 £400
25th Percentile £500 £491 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +8.49% +6.00%
75th Percentile £657 £675 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £573 £538
% change year-on-year +0.44% +6.51% +10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -22.22%

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 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Developer in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
London +54 94 £550 -7.56% 15
South East -7 33 £625 +4.17% 6
North of England +3 11 £475 -9.52% 8
Midlands +27 9 £580 +22.11% 9
West Midlands +22 9 £580 +22.11% 7
North West +16 6 £475 -9.52% 5
Yorkshire +9 4 £350 -33.33% 2
South West +6 2 £675 +22.73% 6
North East +16 1 - - 1
East of England +4 1 £600 -
Azure Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Azure Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 156 (100.00%) Azure
2 98 (62.82%) DevOps
3 84 (53.85%) C#
4 82 (52.56%) .NET
5 74 (47.44%) Agile
6 72 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
7 66 (42.31%) CI/CD
8 57 (36.54%) SQL Server
9 56 (35.90%) Microsoft
10 50 (32.05%) Full Stack Development
11 42 (26.92%) Git
12 41 (26.28%) Active Directory
13 40 (25.64%) Finance
13 40 (25.64%) Serverless
14 39 (25.00%) Azure Functions
14 39 (25.00%) Entra ID
15 37 (23.72%) React
15 37 (23.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 36 (23.08%) PowerShell
17 35 (22.44%) Scrum
17 35 (22.44%) Product Ownership
18 34 (21.79%) Azure Service Bus
18 34 (21.79%) SQL
18 34 (21.79%) Microservices
19 32 (20.51%) Azure Data Factory
20 31 (19.87%) Python
21 30 (19.23%) XML
21 30 (19.23%) Azure Monitor
22 29 (18.59%) .NET Framework
23 27 (17.31%) .NET Core

Azure Developer 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 3 (1.92%) CMS
1 3 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.28%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 156 (100.00%) Azure
2 72 (46.15%) Azure DevOps
3 40 (25.64%) Serverless
4 39 (25.00%) Azure Functions
4 39 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 37 (23.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 34 (21.79%) Azure Service Bus
7 32 (20.51%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (19.23%) Azure Monitor
9 22 (14.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 20 (12.82%) Azure API Management
11 13 (8.33%) Power Platform
12 8 (5.13%) PaaS
13 7 (4.49%) Azure App Service
13 7 (4.49%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (3.85%) Azure AKS
15 5 (3.21%) Azure Event Grid
16 4 (2.56%) Azure Pipelines
16 4 (2.56%) Azure Storage
16 4 (2.56%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.28%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (36.54%) SQL Server
2 26 (16.67%) NoSQL
3 14 (8.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (6.41%) Power BI
5 7 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.49%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.85%) Redis
6 6 (3.85%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.56%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.28%) Big Data
9 2 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.28%) GIS
9 2 (1.28%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (1.28%) OLTP
9 2 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 42 (26.92%) Git
2 7 (4.49%) Selenium
2 7 (4.49%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.21%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.28%) Postman
4 2 (1.28%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.64%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.64%) git-flow
5 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.64%) Moq
5 1 (0.64%) MSTest
5 1 (0.64%) NUnit
5 1 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.64%) Pylint
5 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.64%) WebDriver
General
1 40 (25.64%) Finance
2 21 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.82%) Social Skills
4 12 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 11 (7.05%) Marketing
6 7 (4.49%) Law
7 5 (3.21%) Banking
7 5 (3.21%) Electronics
7 5 (3.21%) Front Office
7 5 (3.21%) Manufacturing
7 5 (3.21%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (3.21%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.56%) Back Office
9 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.92%) Music Industry
10 1 (0.64%) Advertising
10 1 (0.64%) International Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.64%) Legal
10 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (52.56%) .NET
2 37 (23.72%) React
3 30 (19.23%) XML
4 29 (18.59%) .NET Framework
5 27 (17.31%) .NET Core
6 19 (12.18%) AngularJS
7 17 (10.90%) HTML
8 14 (8.97%) CSS
9 11 (7.05%) REST
10 10 (6.41%) ASP.NET
11 9 (5.77%) ARM Templates
12 8 (5.13%) YAML
13 7 (4.49%) Entity Framework
13 7 (4.49%) Node.js
13 7 (4.49%) Swagger
14 6 (3.85%) GraphQL
14 6 (3.85%) Kafka
15 5 (3.21%) ASP.NET MVC
15 5 (3.21%) Express.js
15 5 (3.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.44%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (2.56%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.28%) Contactless
4 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.28%) Tandem
5 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.64%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.64%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.64%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.56%) Linux
2 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (62.82%) DevOps
2 74 (47.44%) Agile
3 66 (42.31%) CI/CD
4 50 (32.05%) Full Stack Development
5 35 (22.44%) Scrum
6 34 (21.79%) Microservices
7 25 (16.03%) B2C
8 23 (14.74%) SDLC
9 22 (14.10%) Unit Testing
10 21 (13.46%) Test Automation
11 20 (12.82%) API Management
12 18 (11.54%) TDD
13 17 (10.90%) Product Backlog
14 16 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
15 15 (9.62%) Clean Code
15 15 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
15 15 (9.62%) SOLID
16 14 (8.97%) Change Management
17 13 (8.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 84 (53.85%) C#
2 36 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 34 (21.79%) SQL
4 31 (19.87%) Python
5 20 (12.82%) JavaScript
6 17 (10.90%) Java
7 16 (10.26%) Bicep
7 16 (10.26%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.92%) C
9 2 (1.28%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.64%) Bash
10 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (1.28%) Azure Certification
1 2 (1.28%) Degree
1 2 (1.28%) SC Cleared
1 2 (1.28%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.56%) Accessibility
1 4 (2.56%) WCAG
2 2 (1.28%) QA
3 1 (0.64%) GDPR
3 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (26.28%) Active Directory
2 9 (5.77%) Docker
3 3 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (7.05%) Kubernetes
1 11 (7.05%) Terraform
2 1 (0.64%) Ansible
2 1 (0.64%) Packer
2 1 (0.64%) Puppet
2 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 56 (35.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.21%) SAP
3 3 (1.92%) Databricks
4 1 (0.64%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.64%) ION Trading
4 1 (0.64%) mParticle
4 1 (0.64%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.64%) OpenLink
4 1 (0.64%) Oracle
4 1 (0.64%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.64%) Virgin Media