Azure Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 6 6 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 348 444 437
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 13.27% 15.61% 12.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.61% 51.39% 40.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 351 366
10th Percentile £389 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £481 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.77% +1.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £623
90th Percentile £675 £725 £668
South East median daily rate £550 £560 £525
% change year-on-year -1.74% +6.62% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 2
10th Percentile £22.97 £66.81 £20.27
25th Percentile £56.50 £74.77 £30.64
Median hourly rate £58.30 £79.19 £49.35
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% +60.47% +97.40%
75th Percentile £61.60 - £69.14
90th Percentile - - £80.16
South East median hourly rate £38.50 £75.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year -48.67% +48.51% +14.77%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 731 864 1,089
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.87% 30.38% 30.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 630 855
10th Percentile £281 £300 £186
25th Percentile £413 £419 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 15
10th Percentile £16.03 £17.25 £14.51
25th Percentile £20.50 £20.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £50.25 £25.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.00% +19.05% -0.24%
75th Percentile £60.72 £56.50 £39.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £75.24
South East median hourly rate £24.43 £24.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year +1.79% +14.15% -2.32%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 23 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
Berkshire 0 278 £600 +1.69% 69
Buckinghamshire -2 49 £475 -9.52% 59
Oxfordshire -1 21 £458 +1.67% 44
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 26 (7.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.86%) SAS
4 2 (0.57%) CMS
4 2 (0.57%) Confluence
4 2 (0.57%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.57%) Kentico
5 1 (0.29%) Apache
5 1 (0.29%) Jadu
5 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.29%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.17%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (2.59%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (2.30%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (2.30%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.29%) Maximo
5 1 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (27.01%) Azure DevOps
2 59 (16.95%) AWS
3 55 (15.80%) Azure Monitor
4 53 (15.23%) Entra ID
5 44 (12.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 33 (9.48%) Azure Functions
6 33 (9.48%) Serverless
7 32 (9.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 29 (8.33%) Power Platform
9 26 (7.47%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (6.03%) PaaS
11 18 (5.17%) Azure Storage
12 15 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
12 15 (4.31%) GCP
13 14 (4.02%) OCI
13 14 (4.02%) OpenShift
14 13 (3.74%) IaaS
15 12 (3.45%) Azure API Management
15 12 (3.45%) Azure Key Vault
16 11 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (12.93%) Firewall
2 39 (11.21%) DNS
3 35 (10.06%) DHCP
4 16 (4.60%) SAN
5 9 (2.59%) SSL
6 8 (2.30%) Network Security
6 8 (2.30%) VPN
7 5 (1.44%) WAN
7 5 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.15%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.86%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.86%) LAN
9 3 (0.86%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco Firepower
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.29%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.29%) DMVPN
11 1 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 1 (0.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 1 (0.29%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.47%) NoSQL
2 25 (7.18%) Power BI
3 16 (4.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (3.16%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.72%) Data Lake
6 6 (1.72%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.15%) GIS
7 4 (1.15%) Redis
7 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.15%) Tableau
8 3 (0.86%) Big Data
8 3 (0.86%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 2 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.57%) MySQL
9 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (0.29%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 37 (10.63%) Git
2 30 (8.62%) Selenium
3 26 (7.47%) JIRA
4 21 (6.03%) Jenkins
5 17 (4.89%) Cucumber
6 14 (4.02%) GitLab
7 13 (3.74%) SonarQube
8 12 (3.45%) REST Assured
9 11 (3.16%) Visual Studio
10 7 (2.01%) Oracle Forms
10 7 (2.01%) Postman
10 7 (2.01%) SpecFlow
11 6 (1.72%) JMeter
12 5 (1.44%) Bitbucket
13 4 (1.15%) Artifactory
13 4 (1.15%) Maven
13 4 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
14 3 (0.86%) Robot Framework
15 2 (0.57%) SoapUI
16 1 (0.29%) TeamCity
General
1 102 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 57 (16.38%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (6.90%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.75%) Finance
5 10 (2.87%) Law
6 9 (2.59%) Police
6 9 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.30%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.72%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (0.86%) Marketing
11 2 (0.57%) Automotive
11 2 (0.57%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.57%) Retail
12 1 (0.29%) Advertising
12 1 (0.29%) Back Office
12 1 (0.29%) Electronics
12 1 (0.29%) French Language
Job Titles
1 65 (18.68%) Developer
2 41 (11.78%) Senior
3 38 (10.92%) Architect
4 34 (9.77%) Active Directory Support
5 33 (9.48%) Analyst
6 27 (7.76%) Azure Engineer
7 26 (7.47%) Active Directory Specialist
7 26 (7.47%) Azure Developer
7 26 (7.47%) Azure Specialist
7 26 (7.47%) Support Specialist
8 25 (7.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 24 (6.90%) Full Stack Developer
10 21 (6.03%) Lead
11 18 (5.17%) Consultant
12 15 (4.31%) Python Developer
13 14 (4.02%) Administrator
14 13 (3.74%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.74%) Systems Administrator
14 13 (3.74%) Test Analyst
15 12 (3.45%) Active Directory Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.92%) ARM Templates
2 30 (8.62%) React
3 20 (5.75%) .NET
4 16 (4.60%) REST
5 13 (3.74%) Itk
5 13 (3.74%) Java EE
6 12 (3.45%) Web Services
7 9 (2.59%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.59%) CSS
7 9 (2.59%) Node.js
7 9 (2.59%) XML
8 8 (2.30%) HTML
9 7 (2.01%) YAML
10 6 (1.72%) Django
10 6 (1.72%) JSON
11 5 (1.44%) OAuth
11 5 (1.44%) OpenID
11 5 (1.44%) SOAP
12 4 (1.15%) ASP.NET
12 4 (1.15%) Celery
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.76%) Product Ownership
2 26 (7.47%) PKI
3 19 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (4.89%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.45%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.16%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (3.16%) Public Cloud
7 8 (2.30%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.44%) Smart Meter
9 4 (1.15%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.86%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.57%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.57%) IoT
11 2 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.57%) Robotics
12 1 (0.29%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.29%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.29%) iPhone
12 1 (0.29%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 76 (21.84%) Windows
2 62 (17.82%) Linux
3 57 (16.38%) Windows Server
4 38 (10.92%) Windows Server 2016
4 38 (10.92%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (6.61%) Windows 10
6 14 (4.02%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (4.02%) Windows XP
7 8 (2.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.15%) Unix
9 1 (0.29%) Android
9 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (54.02%) DevOps
2 98 (28.16%) Agile
3 80 (22.99%) CI/CD
4 56 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (15.52%) Infrastructure as Code
6 46 (13.22%) Test Automation
7 37 (10.63%) Analytics
8 35 (10.06%) ITIL
9 29 (8.33%) Microservices
10 28 (8.05%) Full Stack Development
10 28 (8.05%) Release Management
11 27 (7.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (7.76%) SDLC
12 24 (6.90%) Business Intelligence
12 24 (6.90%) Containerisation
12 24 (6.90%) Project Management
12 24 (6.90%) Scrum
13 22 (6.32%) Change Management
13 22 (6.32%) Migration
13 22 (6.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 59 (16.95%) Python
2 58 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 47 (13.51%) C#
4 38 (10.92%) SQL
5 30 (8.62%) Java
6 26 (7.47%) VBScript
7 20 (5.75%) Bicep
8 18 (5.17%) C
8 18 (5.17%) VB
9 12 (3.45%) JavaScript
10 9 (2.59%) C++
11 6 (1.72%) PHP
12 3 (0.86%) Bash
12 3 (0.86%) Ruby
12 3 (0.86%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.29%) Go
14 1 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.29%) R
14 1 (0.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 111 (31.90%) Security Cleared
2 75 (21.55%) DV Cleared
2 75 (21.55%) SC Cleared
3 60 (17.24%) Degree
4 19 (5.46%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (5.17%) CCNP
5 18 (5.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 16 (4.60%) CCNA
7 7 (2.01%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.86%) MCSE
9 3 (0.86%) PMP
10 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.57%) CBAP
10 2 (0.57%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.57%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) CEH
11 1 (0.29%) IIBA
11 1 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.31%) QA
2 5 (1.44%) GDPR
2 5 (1.44%) PMO
3 4 (1.15%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.86%) NCSC
4 3 (0.86%) NIST
4 3 (0.86%) SLA
5 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.29%) COBIT
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 102 (29.31%) Active Directory
2 33 (9.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (8.91%) Docker
4 24 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (5.17%) Hyper-V
5 18 (5.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (4.60%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.57%) vSphere
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 52 (14.94%) Kubernetes
2 39 (11.21%) SCCM
3 35 (10.06%) WSUS
4 33 (9.48%) SCOM
4 33 (9.48%) Terraform
5 24 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (6.32%) Ansible
7 19 (5.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 16 (4.60%) vCenter Server
9 14 (4.02%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (4.02%) NetBackup
10 12 (3.45%) Docker Swarm
10 12 (3.45%) Podman
11 11 (3.16%) Istio
12 8 (2.30%) Grafana
13 7 (2.01%) Rancher
14 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
14 4 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
15 2 (0.57%) Argo
15 2 (0.57%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 105 (30.17%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.07%) VMware
3 37 (10.63%) Oracle
4 21 (6.03%) Cisco
5 17 (4.89%) Palo Alto
6 15 (4.31%) Juniper
7 14 (4.02%) 3PAR
7 14 (4.02%) Dell
7 14 (4.02%) EMC
7 14 (4.02%) Extreme Networks
7 14 (4.02%) HP
7 14 (4.02%) Symantec
7 14 (4.02%) Veeam
8 11 (3.16%) Google
9 8 (2.30%) SAP
10 7 (2.01%) Databricks
10 7 (2.01%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.72%) Ab Initio
11 6 (1.72%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.44%) ServiceNow