Azure Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 314 351
Rank change year-on-year +62 +37 -57
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 89 155 287
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.62% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.65% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 125 232
10th Percentile £408 £415 £401
25th Percentile £500 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +5.56% +16.44%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £625
90th Percentile £703 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £538
% change year-on-year - +6.98% +10.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,102 23,924 42,008
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 95.36% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,465 16,894 30,368
10th Percentile £325 £360 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £719
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 548 593
10th Percentile £14.27 £17.50 £13.27
25th Percentile £23.37 £25.71 £18.76
Median hourly rate £44.87 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.91% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Azure Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Azure Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Developer.

Azure Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure Developer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Azure Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Developer.

Azure Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Azure Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 89 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (70.79%) C#
3 61 (68.54%) DevOps
4 57 (64.04%) .NET
5 52 (58.43%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (40.45%) SQL Server
6 36 (40.45%) CI/CD
7 34 (38.20%) Microsoft
8 28 (31.46%) Agile
9 26 (29.21%) Git
10 25 (28.09%) SQL
11 22 (24.72%) Azure Service Bus
12 21 (23.60%) Scrum
12 21 (23.60%) Finance
13 20 (22.47%) PowerShell
14 19 (21.35%) .NET Framework
15 18 (20.22%) Active Directory
15 18 (20.22%) React
15 18 (20.22%) Product Ownership
16 17 (19.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 17 (19.10%) Entra ID
17 16 (17.98%) .NET Core
17 16 (17.98%) Serverless
17 16 (17.98%) Azure Functions
17 16 (17.98%) XML
17 16 (17.98%) Azure API Management
18 15 (16.85%) Azure Logic Apps
18 15 (16.85%) JavaScript
19 14 (15.73%) B2C
19 14 (15.73%) Public Sector

Azure Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (7.87%) CMS
2 5 (5.62%) Headless CMS
2 5 (5.62%) Kentico
3 1 (1.12%) SAS
3 1 (1.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.12%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.25%) Shopify
2 1 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.12%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 89 (100.00%) Azure
2 52 (58.43%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (24.72%) Azure Service Bus
4 17 (19.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 17 (19.10%) Entra ID
5 16 (17.98%) Azure API Management
5 16 (17.98%) Azure Functions
5 16 (17.98%) Serverless
6 15 (16.85%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (15.73%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (14.61%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (6.74%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (6.74%) PaaS
9 6 (6.74%) Power Platform
10 4 (4.49%) NuGet
11 3 (3.37%) Azure AKS
11 3 (3.37%) Azure Event Grid
11 3 (3.37%) PowerApps
12 2 (2.25%) Azure App Service
12 2 (2.25%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.25%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (40.45%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (10.11%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.49%) Relational Database
5 3 (3.37%) Data Lake
6 2 (2.25%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (2.25%) Power BI
6 2 (2.25%) Redis
6 2 (2.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (1.12%) Big Data
7 1 (1.12%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.12%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 26 (29.21%) Git
2 7 (7.87%) Visual Studio
3 5 (5.62%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (4.49%) SpecFlow
5 2 (2.25%) Postman
5 2 (2.25%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.12%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.12%) git-flow
6 1 (1.12%) Moq
6 1 (1.12%) MSTest
6 1 (1.12%) NUnit
6 1 (1.12%) Selenium
6 1 (1.12%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (1.12%) WebDriver
General
1 21 (23.60%) Finance
2 14 (15.73%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.24%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.74%) Law
4 6 (6.74%) Marketing
5 5 (5.62%) Electronics
5 5 (5.62%) Front Office
5 5 (5.62%) Manufacturing
5 5 (5.62%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (5.62%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.37%) Back Office
6 3 (3.37%) Banking
7 2 (2.25%) Danish Language
8 1 (1.12%) Advertising
8 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.12%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.12%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (64.04%) .NET
2 19 (21.35%) .NET Framework
3 18 (20.22%) React
4 16 (17.98%) .NET Core
4 16 (17.98%) XML
5 12 (13.48%) AngularJS
6 11 (12.36%) CSS
6 11 (12.36%) GraphQL
6 11 (12.36%) HTML
7 9 (10.11%) REST
7 9 (10.11%) YAML
8 6 (6.74%) Swagger
9 5 (5.62%) ARM Templates
9 5 (5.62%) ASP.NET
9 5 (5.62%) DOM
9 5 (5.62%) Entity Framework
9 5 (5.62%) GatsbyJS
10 3 (3.37%) jQuery
10 3 (3.37%) Web Services
11 2 (2.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.22%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.74%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.25%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.25%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.25%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.12%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.12%) Contactless
4 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.12%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.12%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.12%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.37%) Linux
1 3 (3.37%) Windows
2 1 (1.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (68.54%) DevOps
2 36 (40.45%) CI/CD
3 28 (31.46%) Agile
4 21 (23.60%) Scrum
5 14 (15.73%) B2C
5 14 (15.73%) Full Stack Development
6 13 (14.61%) Microservices
7 12 (13.48%) SOLID
7 12 (13.48%) TDD
8 11 (12.36%) API Management
8 11 (12.36%) SDLC
9 10 (11.24%) Test Automation
9 10 (11.24%) Unit Testing
10 9 (10.11%) Software Engineering
11 8 (8.99%) OO
12 7 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (7.87%) Front End Development
12 7 (7.87%) Product Backlog
13 6 (6.74%) Clean Code
13 6 (6.74%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 63 (70.79%) C#
2 25 (28.09%) SQL
3 20 (22.47%) PowerShell
4 15 (16.85%) JavaScript
5 11 (12.36%) Bicep
6 9 (10.11%) Python
7 7 (7.87%) TypeScript
8 5 (5.62%) Java
9 2 (2.25%) T-SQL
10 1 (1.12%) Bash
Qualifications
1 7 (7.87%) SC Cleared
1 7 (7.87%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.12%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.12%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) Accessibility
1 3 (3.37%) WCAG
2 1 (1.12%) GDPR
2 1 (1.12%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.12%) QA
System Software
1 18 (20.22%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.49%) Docker
3 2 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (13.48%) Terraform
2 5 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.12%) Ansible
3 1 (1.12%) Packer
3 1 (1.12%) Puppet
3 1 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (38.20%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.62%) SAP
3 1 (1.12%) Databricks
3 1 (1.12%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.12%) mParticle
3 1 (1.12%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.12%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.12%) OpenLink
3 1 (1.12%) Oracle
3 1 (1.12%) Salesforce