Azure Key Vault Contracts

Microsoft Azure Key Vault
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure Key Vault skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Key Vault over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 504 540 647
Rank change year-on-year +36 +107 -102
Contract jobs citing Azure Key Vault 94 180 204
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.30% 0.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.67% 0.82% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 117 126
10th Percentile £470 £512 £425
25th Percentile £500 £550 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% +5.45%
75th Percentile £738 £725 £672
90th Percentile £780 £800 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £67.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Key Vault is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,989 22,053 34,308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.31% 36.87% 38.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,925 15,944 24,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £353
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 355 426
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.39
25th Percentile £16.02 £18.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £20.99 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.04% +62.79% -5.54%
75th Percentile £34.69 £66.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £61.60 £78.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.71 £24.62 £18.75
% change year-on-year -28.09% +31.31% -6.25%

Azure Key Vault
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Key Vault as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Key Vault in the UK

Azure Key Vault
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Key Vault in the UK

Azure Key Vault
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Key Vault over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Key Vault in the UK

Azure Key Vault
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Key Vault in the UK

Azure Key Vault
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Key Vault within the UK 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
England +48 81 £600 -5.88% 23
London +44 57 £663 +1.92% 9
Work from Home +90 35 £538 -10.42% 10
UK excluding London +44 18 £600 +4.35% 12
South East +35 16 £600 -14.29% 4
North of England +16 1 - - 2
East of England +15 1 £475 +2.70% 1
North West +4 1 - -

Azure Key Vault
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 6 (6.38%) Tornado
2 3 (3.19%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.06%) Confluence
3 1 (1.06%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 94 (100.00%) Azure
2 38 (40.43%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (32.98%) Azure Monitor
3 31 (32.98%) Azure Service Bus
4 30 (31.91%) Serverless
5 27 (28.72%) Entra ID
6 25 (26.60%) Azure API Management
6 25 (26.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 25 (26.60%) Azure Functions
7 21 (22.34%) Azure Data Factory
7 21 (22.34%) Azure Storage
8 20 (21.28%) PaaS
9 18 (19.15%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (15.96%) Power Platform
11 14 (14.89%) Power Automate
11 14 (14.89%) PowerApps
12 10 (10.64%) Azure Cognitive Search
13 8 (8.51%) GitHub
13 8 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (8.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.51%) Firewall
2 4 (4.26%) VPN
3 3 (3.19%) DNS
4 1 (1.06%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.06%) LAN
4 1 (1.06%) Network Security
4 1 (1.06%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.06%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (34.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 26 (27.66%) SQL Server
3 19 (20.21%) Data Lake
4 13 (13.83%) NoSQL
5 11 (11.70%) Big Data
5 11 (11.70%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (8.51%) Power BI
7 7 (7.45%) OLTP
8 6 (6.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (4.26%) Spark SQL
10 3 (3.19%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 3 (3.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (3.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (2.13%) MySQL
12 1 (1.06%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 1 (1.06%) Delta Lake
12 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (1.06%) Metadata
12 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (1.06%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (23.40%) Git
2 10 (10.64%) Postman
3 9 (9.57%) Visual Studio
4 7 (7.45%) SonarQube
4 7 (7.45%) Visual Studio Team System
5 4 (4.26%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (1.06%) GitLab
6 1 (1.06%) JIRA
6 1 (1.06%) Katalon Studio
6 1 (1.06%) Moq
6 1 (1.06%) Selenium
6 1 (1.06%) SoapUI
6 1 (1.06%) SpecFlow
General
1 34 (36.17%) Finance
2 15 (15.96%) Banking
3 14 (14.89%) Social Skills
4 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.45%) Financial Institution
6 6 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.13%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.06%) Back Office
8 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Legal
8 1 (1.06%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (35.11%) Developer
2 19 (20.21%) Lead
3 18 (19.15%) Architect
4 13 (13.83%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (11.70%) Python Developer
6 9 (9.57%) Azure Developer
6 9 (9.57%) Designer
6 9 (9.57%) Lead Designer
6 9 (9.57%) Senior
7 8 (8.51%) Azure Architect
7 8 (8.51%) Data Engineer
8 7 (7.45%) Platform Architect
8 7 (7.45%) Power Platform Architect
9 6 (6.38%) Azure Data Engineer
9 6 (6.38%) Lead Developer
10 5 (5.32%) Integration Developer
10 5 (5.32%) React Developer
10 5 (5.32%) Senior Developer
10 5 (5.32%) Senior Python Developer
10 5 (5.32%) Systems Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (25.53%) .NET
2 21 (22.34%) JSON
2 21 (22.34%) XML
3 20 (21.28%) ARM Templates
4 18 (19.15%) React
5 17 (18.09%) Node.js
6 15 (15.96%) Web Services
7 14 (14.89%) REST
8 13 (13.83%) OAuth
9 12 (12.77%) AngularJS
10 10 (10.64%) .NET Core
10 10 (10.64%) .NET Framework
10 10 (10.64%) Swagger
10 10 (10.64%) YAML
11 9 (9.57%) WebSockets
12 8 (8.51%) HTML
12 8 (8.51%) PySpark
13 7 (7.45%) CSS
13 7 (7.45%) Microsoft Graph
13 7 (7.45%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.77%) Cloud Native
2 5 (5.32%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (5.32%) Renewable Energy
2 5 (5.32%) Solar Panel
3 3 (3.19%) Clustering
3 3 (3.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (3.19%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (3.19%) N-Tier
3 3 (3.19%) PKI
4 2 (2.13%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.13%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.06%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.06%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.06%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.06%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.51%) Windows
2 4 (4.26%) Solaris
2 4 (4.26%) Unix
2 4 (4.26%) VMS
3 3 (3.19%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.06%) Linux
4 1 (1.06%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.06%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (57.45%) DevOps
2 52 (55.32%) CI/CD
3 40 (42.55%) Agile
4 23 (24.47%) API Management
5 22 (23.40%) Test Automation
6 21 (22.34%) Software Engineering
7 18 (19.15%) TDD
8 17 (18.09%) Network Virtualisation
9 16 (17.02%) Continuous Integration
10 15 (15.96%) Analytics
10 15 (15.96%) Deployment Automation
11 14 (14.89%) Data Engineering
11 14 (14.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (13.83%) Migration
13 12 (12.77%) Microservices
14 11 (11.70%) API Development
14 11 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
14 11 (11.70%) Problem-Solving
14 11 (11.70%) Scrum
15 10 (10.64%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 49 (52.13%) SQL
2 34 (36.17%) PowerShell
3 29 (30.85%) Python
4 25 (26.60%) C#
5 15 (15.96%) JavaScript
6 6 (6.38%) Bicep
6 6 (6.38%) Java
6 6 (6.38%) TypeScript
7 4 (4.26%) PHP
8 3 (3.19%) Bash
9 2 (2.13%) Scala
9 2 (2.13%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.06%) C
10 1 (1.06%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 9 (9.57%) SC Cleared
1 9 (9.57%) Security Cleared
2 6 (6.38%) Azure Certification
3 5 (5.32%) Degree
4 4 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.19%) MCITP
5 3 (3.19%) MCTS
6 2 (2.13%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.06%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.06%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
1 1 (1.06%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (27.66%) Active Directory
2 12 (12.77%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (6.38%) Docker
4 1 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (19.15%) Terraform
2 14 (14.89%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.06%) CA Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (19.15%) Databricks
3 7 (7.45%) Oracle
4 5 (5.32%) Confluent
5 4 (4.26%) Black Duck
5 4 (4.26%) Palo Alto
6 3 (3.19%) SAP
7 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.06%) BMC
8 1 (1.06%) CA
8 1 (1.06%) Citrix
8 1 (1.06%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.06%) Nintex
8 1 (1.06%) Remedy
8 1 (1.06%) Sun