Microsoft Azure
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 11 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,824 | 9,584 | 14,834 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.54% | 16.58% | 16.96% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.80% | 45.09% | 43.99% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 4,197 | 6,945 | 10,796 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £396 |
25th Percentile | £431 | £463 | £463 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £536 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -2.59% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £669 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £747 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 100 | 84 |
10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.91 | £19.78 |
25th Percentile | £22.35 | £29.12 | £35.00 |
Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £59.90 | £53.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | -41.57% | +13.02% | +6.00% |
75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £73.19 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.09 | £60.00 | £45.14 |
% change year-on-year | -19.85% | +32.92% | -4.85% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 13,933 | 21,254 | 33,724 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.40% | 36.77% | 38.57% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 9,906 | 15,370 | 24,584 |
10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
% change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 348 | 423 |
10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
25th Percentile | £16.00 | £18.25 | £15.35 |
Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.40 |
Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +56.25% | -0.44% |
75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £54.63 |
90th Percentile | £64.45 | £78.00 | £67.40 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.71 | £25.00 | £20.00 |
% change year-on-year | -29.18% | +25.00% | - |
Azure
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 |
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England | 0 | 4,948 | £545 | -2.68% | 3,307 |
London | 0 | 2,918 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,187 |
Work from Home | 0 | 2,313 | £538 | -2.27% | 1,883 |
UK excluding London | -5 | 2,133 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,281 |
South East | -4 | 584 | £550 | -1.52% | 490 |
North of England | -6 | 501 | £500 | -4.76% | 614 |
South West | -2 | 357 | £500 | -9.09% | 320 |
Midlands | -7 | 296 | £550 | +14.58% | 450 |
North West | -8 | 283 | £490 | -2.00% | 331 |
Scotland | +2 | 248 | £460 | -8.00% | 141 |
West Midlands | -6 | 218 | £550 | +4.76% | 268 |
Yorkshire | 0 | 192 | £500 | -9.09% | 211 |
East of England | -26 | 82 | £488 | +2.63% | 173 |
East Midlands | -6 | 76 | £463 | +2.78% | 181 |
Wales | +4 | 71 | £500 | -4.76% | 85 |
North East | -1 | 32 | £533 | -11.25% | 75 |
Northern Ireland | +7 | 21 | £563 | +28.57% | 56 |
Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 3 |
Azure
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:
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