Azure Contracts in Reading

Microsoft Azure
Berkshire > Reading

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 4 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure 210 195 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 18.10% 19.25% 14.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 59.83% 59.45% 45.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 166 166
10th Percentile £438 £502 £369
25th Percentile £505 £525 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.83% +9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £638
90th Percentile £681 £750 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £590 £550
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile £56.50 £60.51 -
25th Percentile £56.58 £72.52 -
Median hourly rate £58.30 £79.19 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% - -
75th Percentile £59.95 - -
90th Percentile £60.61 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £79.19 £85.00
% change year-on-year -26.38% -6.84% -

All Cloud Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 351 328 419
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 30.26% 32.38% 31.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 259 331
10th Percentile £375 £413 £185
25th Percentile £483 £506 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £563 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +12.50% -3.20%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £613
90th Percentile £688 £725 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £550 £550 £500
% change year-on-year - +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 4
10th Percentile £56.50 £53.00 £13.20
25th Percentile £56.58 £58.94 £18.38
Median hourly rate £58.30 £77.35 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +218.95% -
75th Percentile £59.95 £79.19 £33.00
90th Percentile £60.61 - £44.70
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.30 £39.15 £21.78
% change year-on-year +48.91% +79.79% +46.68%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Reading

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Reading

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Reading over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Reading

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 19 (9.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.95%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) Apache
4 1 (0.48%) Jadu
4 1 (0.48%) Jupyter
Applications
1 10 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.48%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 17 (8.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 8 (3.81%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (1.90%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.48%) Maximo
5 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.48%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 58 (27.62%) Azure DevOps
2 50 (23.81%) Azure Monitor
3 42 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 35 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
5 30 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 27 (12.86%) AWS
6 27 (12.86%) Azure Functions
6 27 (12.86%) Serverless
7 18 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (7.62%) Azure Storage
9 14 (6.67%) OCI
9 14 (6.67%) Power Platform
10 12 (5.71%) Azure Key Vault
11 8 (3.81%) GCP
11 8 (3.81%) OpenShift
12 7 (3.33%) Azure AKS
12 7 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
13 6 (2.86%) Azure API Management
13 6 (2.86%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.86%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (16.19%) Firewall
2 32 (15.24%) DNS
3 30 (14.29%) DHCP
4 14 (6.67%) SAN
5 2 (0.95%) VPN
6 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.48%) Network Security
6 1 (0.48%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.48%) SSL
6 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.48%) WAN
6 1 (0.48%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.43%) NoSQL
2 13 (6.19%) Power BI
3 10 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (3.81%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.90%) GIS
5 4 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.90%) Redis
6 3 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.95%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.95%) MySQL
7 2 (0.95%) Tableau
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (13.81%) Git
2 23 (10.95%) Selenium
3 20 (9.52%) JIRA
4 14 (6.67%) Jenkins
5 13 (6.19%) Cucumber
5 13 (6.19%) GitLab
6 12 (5.71%) REST Assured
6 12 (5.71%) SonarQube
7 8 (3.81%) Visual Studio
8 6 (2.86%) Oracle Forms
9 3 (1.43%) JMeter
9 3 (1.43%) Robot Framework
10 2 (0.95%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.48%) Android Studio
11 1 (0.48%) Appium
11 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.48%) Postman
11 1 (0.48%) rollup.js
11 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
General
1 72 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 43 (20.48%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (6.67%) Finance
4 12 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.29%) Law
6 8 (3.81%) Police
7 6 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (2.86%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.38%) Pharmaceutical
8 5 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
10 2 (0.95%) Marketing
11 1 (0.48%) Advertising
11 1 (0.48%) Electronics
11 1 (0.48%) French Language
11 1 (0.48%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.48%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 50 (23.81%) Developer
2 26 (12.38%) Active Directory Support
3 24 (11.43%) Active Directory Specialist
3 24 (11.43%) Azure Specialist
3 24 (11.43%) Support Specialist
4 23 (10.95%) Senior
5 22 (10.48%) Azure Developer
5 22 (10.48%) Full Stack Developer
6 20 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (9.05%) Analyst
8 13 (6.19%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (6.19%) Lead
9 12 (5.71%) Architect
9 12 (5.71%) Python Developer
10 11 (5.24%) Consultant
11 10 (4.76%) Storage Engineer
12 9 (4.29%) Administrator
12 9 (4.29%) Systems Administrator
12 9 (4.29%) Test Analyst
13 8 (3.81%) Functional Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (17.14%) ARM Templates
2 25 (11.90%) React
3 16 (7.62%) REST
4 13 (6.19%) Java EE
5 9 (4.29%) Itk
5 9 (4.29%) Node.js
6 8 (3.81%) .NET
6 8 (3.81%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.81%) XML
7 6 (2.86%) Django
7 6 (2.86%) JSON
8 5 (2.38%) OAuth
8 5 (2.38%) OpenID
9 4 (1.90%) Celery
9 4 (1.90%) CSS
9 4 (1.90%) GeoPandas
9 4 (1.90%) OpenLayers
9 4 (1.90%) PostGIS
9 4 (1.90%) SOAP
9 4 (1.90%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 16 (7.62%) PKI
2 16 (7.62%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (7.14%) Data Centre
4 9 (4.29%) Cloud Native
5 7 (3.33%) Client/Server
5 7 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.90%) Smart Meter
7 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Defence
8 2 (0.95%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.48%) CSOC
9 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.48%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.48%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.48%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 49 (23.33%) Windows
2 46 (21.90%) Linux
3 40 (19.05%) Windows Server
4 32 (15.24%) Windows Server 2016
4 32 (15.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.67%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (6.67%) Windows XP
6 7 (3.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.43%) Unix
8 1 (0.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (61.90%) DevOps
2 67 (31.90%) Agile
3 59 (28.10%) CI/CD
4 47 (22.38%) Infrastructure as Code
5 40 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (15.24%) Test Automation
7 30 (14.29%) ITIL
8 25 (11.90%) Full Stack Development
9 24 (11.43%) Analytics
9 24 (11.43%) Release Management
10 22 (10.48%) SDLC
11 21 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
12 20 (9.52%) Break/Fix
12 20 (9.52%) Containerisation
12 20 (9.52%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (9.52%) Identity Management
12 20 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 20 (9.52%) Microservices
13 18 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (8.57%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (22.86%) PowerShell
2 40 (19.05%) Python
3 31 (14.76%) C#
4 23 (10.95%) VBScript
5 21 (10.00%) SQL
6 20 (9.52%) Java
7 17 (8.10%) Bicep
8 16 (7.62%) VB
9 10 (4.76%) C
10 4 (1.90%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.43%) PHP
11 3 (1.43%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.95%) C++
13 1 (0.48%) Bash
13 1 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 76 (36.19%) Security Cleared
2 57 (27.14%) SC Cleared
3 56 (26.67%) DV Cleared
4 41 (19.52%) Degree
5 16 (7.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (6.67%) CCNA
6 14 (6.67%) CCNP
6 14 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.95%) CBAP
7 2 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.48%) CEH
8 1 (0.48%) CISSP
8 1 (0.48%) CSPO
8 1 (0.48%) IIBA
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.76%) QA
2 4 (1.90%) GDPR
3 3 (1.43%) PMO
4 2 (0.95%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (31.43%) Active Directory
2 23 (10.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.48%) Docker
4 16 (7.62%) Virtual Desktop
4 16 (7.62%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (6.67%) Hyper-V
5 14 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.95%) vSphere
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 41 (19.52%) Kubernetes
2 30 (14.29%) SCCM
2 30 (14.29%) SCOM
2 30 (14.29%) WSUS
3 26 (12.38%) Terraform
4 16 (7.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (7.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (7.14%) Ansible
6 14 (6.67%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (6.67%) NetBackup
6 14 (6.67%) vCenter Server
7 12 (5.71%) Docker Swarm
7 12 (5.71%) Podman
8 8 (3.81%) Istio
9 7 (3.33%) Rancher
10 2 (0.95%) Grafana
11 1 (0.48%) Graylog
11 1 (0.48%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 63 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 35 (16.67%) Oracle
3 24 (11.43%) VMware
4 16 (7.62%) Cisco
4 16 (7.62%) Palo Alto
5 14 (6.67%) 3PAR
5 14 (6.67%) Dell
5 14 (6.67%) EMC
5 14 (6.67%) Extreme Networks
5 14 (6.67%) HP
5 14 (6.67%) Juniper
5 14 (6.67%) Symantec
5 14 (6.67%) Veeam
6 8 (3.81%) Google
7 5 (2.38%) Ab Initio
8 4 (1.90%) CyberArk
8 4 (1.90%) Databricks
8 4 (1.90%) Okta
9 3 (1.43%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.95%) SAP