Azure Contracts in Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
England > Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 7 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 191 331 375
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 11.41% 14.29% 13.85%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.52% 41.95% 40.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 270 271
10th Percentile £275 £331 £331
25th Percentile £419 £458 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £595 £624 £617
90th Percentile £645 £700 £700
England median daily rate £541 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.78% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £32.50 £17.64
Median % change year-on-year - +84.24% -55.90%
England median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £48.27
% change year-on-year -36.36% +13.94% -4.89%

All Cloud Skills
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 460 789 920
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 27.48% 34.05% 33.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 324 589 692
10th Percentile £233 £261 £181
25th Percentile £363 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £641 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 16
10th Percentile £13.43 £21.63 £16.13
25th Percentile £14.63 £27.81 £17.11
Median hourly rate £15.00 £43.25 £18.88
Median % change year-on-year -65.32% +129.14% -5.63%
75th Percentile £17.31 £62.00 £22.40
90th Percentile £22.00 £72.80 £22.88
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -31.90% +44.89% -2.09%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Yorkshire

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Yorkshire

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Yorkshire -1 126 £500 -9.09% 124
South Yorkshire -11 45 £425 -25.27% 47
North Yorkshire -4 13 £375 +17.19% 37
East Yorkshire 0 1 - - 7
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 11 (5.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.14%) Confluence
2 6 (3.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.05%) Apache
4 2 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.52%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.52%) Kentico
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.05%) SAP CRM
3 2 (1.05%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.52%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 47 (24.61%) AWS
2 34 (17.80%) Azure DevOps
3 32 (16.75%) GCP
3 32 (16.75%) Microsoft 365
4 21 (10.99%) Entra ID
5 19 (9.95%) GitHub
6 16 (8.38%) Akamai
6 16 (8.38%) Cloudflare
7 11 (5.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (5.24%) Power Platform
9 9 (4.71%) SaaS
10 7 (3.66%) IaaS
11 6 (3.14%) Apigee
11 6 (3.14%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (3.14%) Kong
11 6 (3.14%) Serverless
12 5 (2.62%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (2.62%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.38%) Firewall
2 13 (6.81%) DNS
3 6 (3.14%) HTTP
3 6 (3.14%) TCP/IP
3 6 (3.14%) VPN
4 5 (2.62%) HTTPS
4 5 (2.62%) Network Security
4 5 (2.62%) Wireshark
5 2 (1.05%) WAN
6 1 (0.52%) DHCP
6 1 (0.52%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.52%) LAN
6 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.85%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.28%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.71%) MongoDB
3 9 (4.71%) Relational Database
4 8 (4.19%) Power BI
5 7 (3.66%) Data Lake
5 7 (3.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (3.14%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (2.62%) Big Data
7 5 (2.62%) GIS
7 5 (2.62%) InterSystems Cache
7 5 (2.62%) Redis
7 5 (2.62%) Tableau
8 4 (2.09%) MySQL
9 3 (1.57%) NoSQL
10 2 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.05%) Apache Hive
10 2 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (1.05%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 16 (8.38%) Git
2 15 (7.85%) Jenkins
2 15 (7.85%) JIRA
3 13 (6.81%) GitLab
4 7 (3.66%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (3.14%) CircleCI
5 6 (3.14%) Travis CI
6 5 (2.62%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (2.09%) AppScan
7 4 (2.09%) Burp Suite
7 4 (2.09%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Selenium
8 1 (0.52%) Subversion
8 1 (0.52%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 18 (9.42%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (8.38%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.85%) Retail
5 10 (5.24%) Finance
6 6 (3.14%) Law
7 4 (2.09%) Banking
7 4 (2.09%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.05%) Local Government
8 2 (1.05%) Tech for Good
9 1 (0.52%) Automotive
9 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.52%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (20.94%) Architect
2 29 (15.18%) Developer
3 20 (10.47%) Azure Engineer
4 16 (8.38%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (6.28%) Data Engineer
6 12 (6.28%) Project Manager
7 11 (5.76%) Analyst
8 8 (4.19%) .NET Developer
8 8 (4.19%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (4.19%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 8 (4.19%) Cloud Engineer
8 8 (4.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (3.66%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 7 (3.66%) Data Architect
9 7 (3.66%) Lead
9 7 (3.66%) Security Architect
9 7 (3.66%) Senior
10 6 (3.14%) Azure Data Engineer
10 6 (3.14%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.24%) Elastic Stack
2 9 (4.71%) .NET
2 9 (4.71%) XML
3 8 (4.19%) JSON
4 6 (3.14%) SailPoint
4 6 (3.14%) YAML
5 5 (2.62%) .NET Core
5 5 (2.62%) Blazor
5 5 (2.62%) Node.js
5 5 (2.62%) SignalR
5 5 (2.62%) Web Services
6 4 (2.09%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.57%) Kafka
8 2 (1.05%) ADO
8 2 (1.05%) HTML
8 2 (1.05%) LDAP
8 2 (1.05%) Middleware
8 2 (1.05%) OpenLayers
8 2 (1.05%) PostGIS
8 2 (1.05%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.71%) NHS
2 8 (4.19%) Data Structures
3 6 (3.14%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 6 (3.14%) Public Cloud
3 6 (3.14%) Replication
4 4 (2.09%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.57%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.57%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.05%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.52%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.52%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.52%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.66%) Windows
2 15 (7.85%) Linux
3 14 (7.33%) Windows 10
4 10 (5.24%) Unix
4 10 (5.24%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (31.94%) DevOps
2 48 (25.13%) Agile
3 28 (14.66%) Migration
4 25 (13.09%) CI/CD
5 22 (11.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (10.99%) Containerisation
6 21 (10.99%) Continuous Integration
7 20 (10.47%) Data Modelling
8 17 (8.90%) Business Intelligence
9 16 (8.38%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (8.38%) Roadmaps
10 15 (7.85%) Analytics
10 15 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (7.85%) Scrum
11 14 (7.33%) Project Management
12 12 (6.28%) Customer Service
12 12 (6.28%) Identity Access Management
12 12 (6.28%) Project Delivery
12 12 (6.28%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 35 (18.32%) Python
2 30 (15.71%) SQL
3 23 (12.04%) Bash
4 19 (9.95%) PowerShell
5 7 (3.66%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.14%) C#
7 5 (2.62%) Java
8 3 (1.57%) Go
9 2 (1.05%) PHP
9 2 (1.05%) Scala
9 2 (1.05%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.52%) ABAP
10 1 (0.52%) Bicep
10 1 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.52%) Perl
Qualifications
1 12 (6.28%) Degree
2 11 (5.76%) SC Cleared
2 11 (5.76%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.66%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.09%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.05%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.05%) CCNA
5 2 (1.05%) CCNP
6 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.52%) CISM
6 1 (0.52%) CISSP
6 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.33%) QA
2 4 (2.09%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.52%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.52%) PMO
4 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (16.23%) Active Directory
2 21 (10.99%) Docker
3 4 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.05%) HDFS
4 2 (1.05%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.52%) ACF2
5 1 (0.52%) IAG
5 1 (0.52%) RACF
5 1 (0.52%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (12.57%) Kubernetes
2 21 (10.99%) Terraform
3 17 (8.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (5.76%) Ansible
4 11 (5.76%) Progress Chef
4 11 (5.76%) Prometheus
4 11 (5.76%) Puppet
5 10 (5.24%) Grafana
6 6 (3.14%) Docker Swarm
6 6 (3.14%) Kibana
6 6 (3.14%) logstash
7 5 (2.62%) Nessus
8 4 (2.09%) Graylog
8 4 (2.09%) HP Fortify
8 4 (2.09%) WebInspect
9 3 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.05%) SCCM
11 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.52%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (27.23%) Microsoft
2 15 (7.85%) F5
3 10 (5.24%) Splunk
4 8 (4.19%) VMware
5 6 (3.14%) Brio
5 6 (3.14%) CyberArk
5 6 (3.14%) Databricks
5 6 (3.14%) Google
6 5 (2.62%) SAP
6 5 (2.62%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.09%) Checkmarx
7 4 (2.09%) Oracle
7 4 (2.09%) Veracode
8 2 (1.05%) BeyondTrust
8 2 (1.05%) Cisco
8 2 (1.05%) MEDITECH
8 2 (1.05%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.52%) Barracuda Networks
9 1 (0.52%) Imperva
9 1 (0.52%) Qualys