Azure Contract Job Trends in Abingdon

Microsoft Azure
Oxfordshire > Abingdon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Abingdon requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 1 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure 6 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Abingdon 26.09% 25.00% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 60.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £408 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 - -
75th Percentile £423 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £420 £380 £465
% change year-on-year +10.53% -18.28% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Abingdon

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Abingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 10 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon 43.48% 25.00% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £414 - £135
25th Percentile £423 - £140
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 - £145
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.44%
75th Percentile £485 - £148
90th Percentile £498 - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £420 £331 £450
% change year-on-year +26.79% -26.39% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £26.51 - -
25th Percentile £35.79 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.88 £46.30 £17.50
% change year-on-year -39.78% +164.57% -37.86%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Abingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Abingdon.

Azure job vacancy trend in Abingdon

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Abingdon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Abingdon citing Azure

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Abingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
2 4 (66.67%) IaaS
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (66.67%) PaaS
3 3 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Military
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Cybersecurity Specialist
1 4 (66.67%) Security Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) IAM Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Identity Management Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) LDAP
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth
1 1 (16.67%) OAuth2
1 1 (16.67%) OpenID
1 1 (16.67%) SailPoint
1 1 (16.67%) SAML
1 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (66.67%) Operational Technology
2 2 (33.33%) SCADA
3 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Linux
2 4 (66.67%) Unix
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Cybersecurity
1 5 (83.33%) RBAC
2 4 (66.67%) Change Control
2 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) OWASP
2 4 (66.67%) Remediation Plan
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Assessment
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Management
2 4 (66.67%) Risk Register
2 4 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 4 (66.67%) SIEM
2 4 (66.67%) Threat Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
3 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 3 (50.00%) Internal Audit
3 3 (50.00%) SABSA
3 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (50.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (50.00%) CISM
2 3 (50.00%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CRISC
2 3 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) GIAC
2 3 (50.00%) GSEC
2 3 (50.00%) SANS
2 3 (50.00%) SSCP
3 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (16.67%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (100.00%) NIST
2 4 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (66.67%) ISO 31000
3 2 (33.33%) NCSC
4 1 (16.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft