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 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 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,811 | 9,627 | 14,928 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.48% | 16.57% | 16.97% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.73% | 45.03% | 43.99% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,183 | 6,985 | 10,853 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £431 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £669 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £745 |
| 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 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £18.91 | £19.87 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.35 | £26.48 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £59.90 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -41.57% | +10.93% | +8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £72.31 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.09 | £60.00 | £47.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -19.85% | +26.32% | +5.56% |
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 | 13,925 | 21,380 | 33,932 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.29% | 36.80% | 38.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,896 | 15,449 | 24,739 |
| 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 | £631 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £743 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £485 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.00% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 343 | 343 | 416 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.46 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.95 | £18.25 | £15.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £35.00 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -40.00% | +59.09% | -2.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £66.00 | £50.19 |
| 90th Percentile | £62.40 | £78.00 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £25.00 | £19.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.24% | +31.58% | -3.80% |
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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 8 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 8 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 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 |
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| England | 0 | 4,934 | £545 | -2.68% | 3,609 |
| London | 0 | 2,906 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,341 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,310 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,166 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 2,123 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,470 |
| South East | -4 | 580 | £550 | -2.22% | 509 |
| North of England | -6 | 498 | £500 | -4.76% | 649 |
| South West | -3 | 354 | £500 | -9.09% | 344 |
| Midlands | -7 | 301 | £525 | +9.38% | 495 |
| North West | -8 | 281 | £490 | -2.00% | 358 |
| Scotland | +2 | 241 | £460 | -8.00% | 163 |
| West Midlands | -5 | 221 | £550 | +4.76% | 290 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 190 | £500 | -9.09% | 224 |
| East of England | -26 | 84 | £475 | +2.70% | 196 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 78 | £463 | +2.78% | 204 |
| Wales | +4 | 71 | £500 | - | 101 |
| North East | 0 | 33 | £533 | -11.25% | 71 |
| Northern Ireland | +8 | 21 | £563 | +32.35% | 59 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 3 |
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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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