Azure Engineer Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in England is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 193 154 161
Rank change year-on-year -39 +7 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 442 909 1,256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.20% 1.80% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 1.90% 1.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 712 891
10th Percentile £400 £450 £413
25th Percentile £453 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £71.00 £78.75
Median % change year-on-year - -9.84% +215.00%
UK median hourly rate - £61.00 £78.75
% change year-on-year - -22.54% +215.00%

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 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £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 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in England

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in England

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in England

Azure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Engineer in England

Azure Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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 -22 282 £550 -7.56% 54
North of England -2 51 £500 -9.09% 19
South East -21 35 £495 -8.97% 26
North West -12 30 £513 -2.38% 14
South West -14 24 £525 -4.55% 13
Yorkshire +11 20 £475 -20.83% 3
Midlands -9 17 £438 -13.37% 12
West Midlands +4 13 £425 -15.84% 7
East of England +3 9 £450 -10.00% 5
East Midlands +17 4 £463 +3.35% 5
North East +18 1 £500 -16.67% 2
Azure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Azure Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 442 (100.00%) Azure
2 211 (47.74%) DevOps
3 148 (33.48%) Azure DevOps
4 140 (31.67%) Microsoft
5 134 (30.32%) SQL
6 131 (29.64%) Python
7 126 (28.51%) CI/CD
8 110 (24.89%) Terraform
9 96 (21.72%) PowerShell
10 93 (21.04%) Databricks
11 92 (20.81%) Azure Data Factory
12 90 (20.36%) Finance
13 82 (18.55%) Social Skills
14 79 (17.87%) Infrastructure as Code
15 72 (16.29%) Agile
15 72 (16.29%) Kubernetes
16 69 (15.61%) Windows
17 67 (15.16%) Analytics
18 63 (14.25%) Active Directory
19 62 (14.03%) ETL
20 61 (13.80%) Business Intelligence
21 55 (12.44%) Data Lake
22 54 (12.22%) Docker
23 52 (11.76%) Public Sector
24 51 (11.54%) Power Platform
25 50 (11.31%) Data Engineering
26 49 (11.09%) Power BI
27 48 (10.86%) Data Modelling
27 48 (10.86%) C#
28 46 (10.41%) .NET

Azure Engineer 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 15 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (2.49%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.49%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.26%) IIS
4 4 (0.90%) Confluence
4 4 (0.90%) Luigi
5 3 (0.68%) Apache
6 2 (0.45%) nginx
6 2 (0.45%) SAS
7 1 (0.23%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.23%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 442 (100.00%) Azure
2 148 (33.48%) Azure DevOps
3 92 (20.81%) Azure Data Factory
4 51 (11.54%) Power Platform
5 43 (9.73%) Entra ID
6 40 (9.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 32 (7.24%) PaaS
8 29 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (6.33%) Azure AKS
10 26 (5.88%) AWS
10 26 (5.88%) IaaS
11 25 (5.66%) Serverless
12 24 (5.43%) GitHub
13 23 (5.20%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (4.30%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (3.85%) Azure Functions
16 15 (3.39%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
18 12 (2.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 12 (2.71%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 38 (8.60%) Firewall
2 31 (7.01%) DNS
3 17 (3.85%) VPN
4 12 (2.71%) Network Security
5 7 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.36%) HTTP
6 6 (1.36%) MPLS
7 5 (1.13%) BGP
7 5 (1.13%) OSPF
7 5 (1.13%) SSH
8 4 (0.90%) Internet
8 4 (0.90%) IPv4
9 3 (0.68%) WAN
9 3 (0.68%) Wireless
10 2 (0.45%) DHCP
10 2 (0.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (0.45%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.45%) VRRP
11 1 (0.23%) MQTT
11 1 (0.23%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (12.44%) Data Lake
2 49 (11.09%) Power BI
3 44 (9.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (9.05%) SQL Server
5 32 (7.24%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (3.17%) Delta Lake
7 11 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
8 10 (2.26%) Big Data
8 10 (2.26%) NoSQL
8 10 (2.26%) Relational Database
9 8 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.58%) Data Mart
10 7 (1.58%) Power Query
10 7 (1.58%) Redis
10 7 (1.58%) Spark SQL
11 6 (1.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 5 (1.13%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 5 (1.13%) MongoDB
12 5 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (1.13%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (6.79%) Git
2 25 (5.66%) GitLab
3 23 (5.20%) Jenkins
4 9 (2.04%) Selenium
5 7 (1.58%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.36%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.36%) JIRA
7 5 (1.13%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.68%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.68%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.68%) NUnit
8 3 (0.68%) Postman
8 3 (0.68%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.68%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.45%) AppScan
9 2 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.45%) Snyk
9 2 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.23%) Subversion
General
1 90 (20.36%) Finance
2 82 (18.55%) Social Skills
3 52 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 29 (6.56%) Marketing
5 23 (5.20%) Banking
6 20 (4.52%) Telecoms
7 18 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
8 16 (3.62%) Electronics
8 16 (3.62%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.58%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.58%) Law
11 6 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.90%) Legal
12 4 (0.90%) Retail
13 3 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.45%) Back Office
14 2 (0.45%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.23%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (10.41%) .NET
2 44 (9.95%) PySpark
3 27 (6.11%) ARM Templates
4 25 (5.66%) YAML
5 21 (4.75%) JSON
6 15 (3.39%) Kafka
7 14 (3.17%) Node.js
8 13 (2.94%) React
9 11 (2.49%) CSS
9 11 (2.49%) HTML
10 10 (2.26%) .NET Core
11 8 (1.81%) HTML5
12 6 (1.36%) XML
13 5 (1.13%) AngularJS
13 5 (1.13%) GraphQL
13 5 (1.13%) pytest
13 5 (1.13%) PyTorch
14 4 (0.90%) Hugging Face
14 4 (0.90%) LangChain
14 4 (0.90%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (2.49%) Product Ownership
3 9 (2.04%) Data Centre
4 7 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (1.36%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.36%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.13%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.13%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (1.13%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.90%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.68%) Tandem
9 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.45%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.45%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.45%) PKI
9 2 (0.45%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 69 (15.61%) Windows
2 46 (10.41%) Linux
3 33 (7.47%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.94%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.26%) Unix
6 9 (2.04%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.13%) Alpine Linux
8 5 (1.13%) VMS
8 5 (1.13%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (1.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.68%) CentOS
9 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.23%) Debian
10 1 (0.23%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (47.74%) DevOps
2 126 (28.51%) CI/CD
3 79 (17.87%) Infrastructure as Code
4 72 (16.29%) Agile
5 67 (15.16%) Analytics
6 62 (14.03%) ETL
7 61 (13.80%) Business Intelligence
8 50 (11.31%) Data Engineering
9 48 (10.86%) Data Modelling
10 46 (10.41%) Data Pipeline
11 44 (9.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 43 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
13 39 (8.82%) Migration
14 34 (7.69%) Software Engineering
15 28 (6.33%) Continuous Integration
16 27 (6.11%) Platform Engineering
17 26 (5.88%) Containerisation
17 26 (5.88%) Scrum
18 22 (4.98%) Data Integration
19 21 (4.75%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 134 (30.32%) SQL
2 131 (29.64%) Python
3 96 (21.72%) PowerShell
4 48 (10.86%) C#
5 24 (5.43%) Bicep
6 22 (4.98%) Bash
7 15 (3.39%) Java
8 12 (2.71%) JavaScript
8 12 (2.71%) TypeScript
9 11 (2.49%) T-SQL
10 9 (2.04%) Scala
11 7 (1.58%) Go
11 7 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
12 6 (1.36%) C++
13 5 (1.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.90%) Perl
14 4 (0.90%) Shell Script
15 3 (0.68%) C
16 2 (0.45%) VB
16 2 (0.45%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 42 (9.50%) Azure Certification
2 39 (8.82%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.24%) SC Cleared
4 27 (6.11%) Degree
5 14 (3.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.04%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.90%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.90%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
9 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.45%) CISSP
10 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.23%) CCIE
11 1 (0.23%) CISA
11 1 (0.23%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.23%) CISM
11 1 (0.23%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.23%) MCSE
11 1 (0.23%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.49%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.36%) GDPR
2 6 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.36%) QA
3 3 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.23%) GRC
5 1 (0.23%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.23%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.23%) SLA
System Software
1 63 (14.25%) Active Directory
2 54 (12.22%) Docker
3 20 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (4.07%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.58%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.36%) vSphere
7 5 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.90%) NFS
9 2 (0.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 110 (24.89%) Terraform
2 72 (16.29%) Kubernetes
3 25 (5.66%) Ansible
4 19 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (4.07%) SCCM
6 11 (2.49%) Grafana
6 11 (2.49%) Prometheus
7 8 (1.81%) SCOM
8 7 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (1.36%) Puppet
10 5 (1.13%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.90%) Argo
12 3 (0.68%) WSUS
13 2 (0.45%) Graylog
13 2 (0.45%) HP Fortify
13 2 (0.45%) Nessus
13 2 (0.45%) Netcool
13 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.45%) WebInspect
14 1 (0.23%) Packer
Vendors
1 140 (31.67%) Microsoft
2 93 (21.04%) Databricks
3 16 (3.62%) SAP
4 14 (3.17%) VMware
5 8 (1.81%) F5
6 7 (1.58%) Oracle
7 5 (1.13%) Ab Initio
7 5 (1.13%) Cisco
7 5 (1.13%) HP
7 5 (1.13%) Splunk
8 4 (0.90%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.68%) CA
9 3 (0.68%) Checkmarx
9 3 (0.68%) Citrix
9 3 (0.68%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.68%) Veracode
10 2 (0.45%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.45%) Dynatrace
10 2 (0.45%) Virgin Media