Azure Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Azure
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 498 919 1,053
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.61% 16.10% 14.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.40% 44.25% 42.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 716 807
10th Percentile £313 £350 £303
25th Percentile £413 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £680
England median daily rate £545 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% +1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 14 10
10th Percentile £16.55 £16.70 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £17.16
Median hourly rate £18.50 £57.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.69% +154.44% -60.87%
75th Percentile £32.72 £70.00 £56.13
90th Percentile £40.79 - £56.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £58.65 £48.27
% change year-on-year -40.32% +21.50% -3.46%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,368 2,077 2,491
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.15% 36.39% 34.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 971 1,552 1,901
10th Percentile £263 £300 £195
25th Percentile £375 £414 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £687 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 36 61
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £39.80 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -59.65% +112.27% -1.32%
75th Percentile £22.00 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £44.24 £70.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.31
% change year-on-year -34.98% +51.55% +0.95%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the North of England

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North of 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
North West -8 281 £490 -2.00% 351
Yorkshire 0 190 £500 -9.09% 216
North East 0 33 £533 -11.25% 68
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 24 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 16 (3.21%) Confluence
4 9 (1.81%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.80%) Apache
6 4 (0.80%) CMS
7 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.20%) JBoss
9 1 (0.20%) Kentico
9 1 (0.20%) nginx
9 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.20%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.00%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.40%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.40%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (0.40%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 136 (27.31%) AWS
2 86 (17.27%) Azure DevOps
3 76 (15.26%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (12.45%) GCP
5 52 (10.44%) Entra ID
6 42 (8.43%) Power Platform
7 31 (6.22%) SaaS
8 28 (5.62%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (5.42%) GitHub
10 19 (3.82%) IaaS
10 19 (3.82%) Serverless
11 18 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (3.41%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (3.21%) Akamai
13 16 (3.21%) Cloudflare
14 15 (3.01%) PaaS
15 14 (2.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (2.21%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (2.01%) Apigee
17 10 (2.01%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.22%) Firewall
2 29 (5.82%) DNS
3 24 (4.82%) VPN
4 17 (3.41%) TCP/IP
5 13 (2.61%) OSPF
5 13 (2.61%) WAN
6 12 (2.41%) LAN
7 10 (2.01%) VLAN
8 9 (1.81%) Network Security
8 9 (1.81%) Wireshark
9 8 (1.61%) Wireless
10 7 (1.41%) Ethernet
10 7 (1.41%) HTTP
10 7 (1.41%) Wireless Security
11 6 (1.20%) BGP
11 6 (1.20%) HTTPS
12 5 (1.00%) DHCP
12 5 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.80%) Value-Added Service
13 4 (0.80%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.83%) Data Warehouse
2 36 (7.23%) SQL Server
3 33 (6.63%) Power BI
4 21 (4.22%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.41%) MongoDB
6 16 (3.21%) MySQL
7 13 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.41%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (2.01%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.81%) Big Data
11 9 (1.81%) GIS
11 9 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.41%) Redis
13 6 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.20%) Tableau
14 5 (1.00%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.00%) InterSystems Cache
14 5 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (7.63%) JIRA
2 32 (6.43%) Git
3 23 (4.62%) GitLab
4 17 (3.41%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.20%) Bitbucket
6 6 (1.20%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.20%) Hudson
6 6 (1.20%) Selenium
6 6 (1.20%) Travis CI
7 5 (1.00%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.00%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.80%) AppScan
8 4 (0.80%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.80%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.60%) Maven
9 3 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.40%) ER Studio
General
1 128 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 49 (9.84%) Public Sector
3 48 (9.64%) Finance
4 39 (7.83%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.82%) Retail
6 19 (3.82%) Banking
7 12 (2.41%) Law
8 8 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.00%) Legal
12 4 (0.80%) Health Technology
12 4 (0.80%) Marketing
13 3 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.60%) Local Government
14 2 (0.40%) Advertising
14 2 (0.40%) Automotive
14 2 (0.40%) German Language
14 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 102 (20.48%) Architect
2 70 (14.06%) Developer
3 49 (9.84%) Azure Engineer
4 45 (9.04%) DevOps Engineer
5 40 (8.03%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (7.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (6.83%) Lead
8 32 (6.43%) Analyst
9 30 (6.02%) Senior
10 25 (5.02%) Data Engineer
11 21 (4.22%) .NET Developer
11 21 (4.22%) Project Manager
12 19 (3.82%) Azure Architect
13 17 (3.41%) Network Engineer
14 16 (3.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 16 (3.21%) Data Architect
15 14 (2.81%) Security Architect
15 14 (2.81%) Support Engineer
16 13 (2.61%) Consultant
17 12 (2.41%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.43%) .NET
2 15 (3.01%) JSON
3 14 (2.81%) XML
4 13 (2.61%) .NET Core
4 13 (2.61%) REST
5 12 (2.41%) .NET Framework
5 12 (2.41%) HTML
5 12 (2.41%) Web Services
6 11 (2.21%) React
7 10 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (2.01%) Entity Framework
7 10 (2.01%) Kafka
7 10 (2.01%) SailPoint
7 10 (2.01%) SOAP
8 9 (1.81%) Node.js
8 9 (1.81%) YAML
9 8 (1.61%) CSS
9 8 (1.61%) RESTful
10 7 (1.41%) Spring
10 7 (1.41%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.02%) Product Ownership
2 17 (3.41%) Public Cloud
3 13 (2.61%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.41%) NHS
5 11 (2.21%) Data Centre
6 10 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.81%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.20%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.20%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.20%) Replication
9 6 (1.20%) Security Posture
10 5 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.00%) PKI
10 5 (1.00%) Virtual Team
11 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.80%) DataPower
11 4 (0.80%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 69 (13.86%) Windows
2 46 (9.24%) Linux
3 26 (5.22%) Windows 10
4 19 (3.82%) Windows Server
5 18 (3.61%) Unix
6 8 (1.61%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.61%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.80%) Android
8 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (33.94%) DevOps
2 130 (26.10%) Agile
3 72 (14.46%) Migration
4 67 (13.45%) CI/CD
5 63 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
6 48 (9.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 42 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 39 (7.83%) Analytics
8 39 (7.83%) Data Modelling
9 38 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
10 35 (7.03%) Scrum
11 34 (6.83%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (6.83%) Infrastructure as Code
12 33 (6.63%) Data Management
12 33 (6.63%) Microservices
13 32 (6.43%) Project Delivery
14 31 (6.22%) ETL
14 31 (6.22%) Roadmaps
15 30 (6.02%) Project Management
16 29 (5.82%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (15.46%) SQL
2 70 (14.06%) Python
3 55 (11.04%) PowerShell
4 34 (6.83%) C#
5 27 (5.42%) Bash
6 25 (5.02%) Java
6 25 (5.02%) JavaScript
7 12 (2.41%) TypeScript
8 8 (1.61%) Go
8 8 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
9 7 (1.41%) C
9 7 (1.41%) PHP
10 4 (0.80%) Bicep
11 3 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.60%) Ruby
11 3 (0.60%) Scala
12 2 (0.40%) Perl
12 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.20%) C++
13 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 57 (11.45%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.84%) SC Cleared
3 40 (8.03%) Degree
4 18 (3.61%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (3.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (3.21%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.21%) CCNA
8 10 (2.01%) CISSP
9 9 (1.81%) CISM
10 8 (1.61%) CCNP
10 8 (1.61%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.00%) CCIE
12 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
12 4 (0.80%) MCSE
12 4 (0.80%) VCAP
13 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
13 2 (0.40%) MCP
13 2 (0.40%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.82%) QA
2 14 (2.81%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.20%) NIST
5 5 (1.00%) GDPR
6 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.40%) SLA
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 85 (17.07%) Active Directory
2 25 (5.02%) Docker
3 20 (4.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (3.21%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (1.00%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.40%) HDFS
7 1 (0.20%) ACF2
7 1 (0.20%) IAG
7 1 (0.20%) NFS
7 1 (0.20%) RACF
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (10.24%) Terraform
2 41 (8.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (7.63%) Kubernetes
4 23 (4.62%) Ansible
5 19 (3.82%) Grafana
6 18 (3.61%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (2.61%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.61%) Puppet
9 11 (2.21%) SCCM
10 6 (1.20%) Docker Swarm
10 6 (1.20%) Kibana
10 6 (1.20%) logstash
11 5 (1.00%) Nessus
12 4 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.80%) Graylog
12 4 (0.80%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.80%) WebInspect
13 3 (0.60%) Autotask
Vendors
1 156 (31.33%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.63%) VMware
3 23 (4.62%) Databricks
4 20 (4.02%) Oracle
5 17 (3.41%) Google
6 16 (3.21%) F5
7 12 (2.41%) CyberArk
7 12 (2.41%) Splunk
8 11 (2.21%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.21%) Sophos
9 9 (1.81%) Cisco
10 7 (1.41%) SAP
10 7 (1.41%) SolarWinds
11 6 (1.20%) Atlassian
11 6 (1.20%) Brio
12 5 (1.00%) IBM
12 5 (1.00%) Red Hat
13 4 (0.80%) CA
13 4 (0.80%) Cadence
13 4 (0.80%) Citrix