Azure Engineer Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Azure Engineer
South East > Berkshire

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in Berkshire is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 111 91
Rank change year-on-year +47 -20 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 29 13 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.47% 0.66% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.67% 0.70% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 10 20
10th Percentile £413 £413 £484
25th Percentile £500 £485 £504
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £556
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -1.12% +4.95%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £613
90th Percentile £668 £638 £657
South East median daily rate £550 £495 £538
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.91% +2.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,085 1,866 1,720
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.50% 94.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 992 1,104
10th Percentile £311 £213 £325
25th Percentile £413 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +7.09%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 116 56
10th Percentile £27.46 £18.75 £17.61
25th Percentile £50.06 £41.44 £22.66
Median hourly rate £63.37 £59.50 £56.89
Median % change year-on-year +6.51% +4.60% +170.88%
75th Percentile £76.77 £70.42 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £86.32 £79.72
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in Berkshire

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in Berkshire

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in Berkshire

Azure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Engineer in Berkshire

Azure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading +35 16 £613 +16.67% 2
Windsor - 6 £500 -
Wokingham - 5 £425 -
Bracknell - 1 £550 -
Azure Engineer
South East

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Azure Engineer 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 job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Azure
2 21 (72.41%) DevOps
3 18 (62.07%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (44.83%) Python
5 12 (41.38%) SQL
5 12 (41.38%) CI/CD
6 11 (37.93%) Databricks
6 11 (37.93%) PowerShell
7 10 (34.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
8 9 (31.03%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (31.03%) Kubernetes
8 9 (31.03%) Azure AKS
9 8 (27.59%) Bicep
9 8 (27.59%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 8 (27.59%) Terraform
9 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
9 8 (27.59%) Finance
10 7 (24.14%) IaaS
10 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
10 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
10 7 (24.14%) Azure Data Factory
10 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure as Code
10 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
11 6 (20.69%) Azure Storage
11 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (20.69%) GitHub
11 6 (20.69%) PaaS
11 6 (20.69%) Manufacturing
11 6 (20.69%) Programme Management

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (3.45%) Apache
1 1 (3.45%) Apache Spark
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 29 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (62.07%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (31.03%) Azure AKS
4 7 (24.14%) Azure Data Factory
4 7 (24.14%) IaaS
5 6 (20.69%) Azure Storage
5 6 (20.69%) GitHub
5 6 (20.69%) PaaS
6 4 (13.79%) Azure Monitor
7 3 (10.34%) AWS
7 3 (10.34%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (6.90%) Azure Table
8 2 (6.90%) Entra ID
8 2 (6.90%) Power Automate
8 2 (6.90%) Power Platform
9 1 (3.45%) Azure AI
9 1 (3.45%) Azure API Management
9 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) DHCP
2 1 (3.45%) DNS
2 1 (3.45%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (34.48%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (17.24%) Big Data
3 4 (13.79%) SQL Server
4 2 (6.90%) Data Lake
4 2 (6.90%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (6.90%) Power BI
5 1 (3.45%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (3.45%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 4 (13.79%) Git
1 4 (13.79%) Jenkins
2 3 (10.34%) SpecFlow
3 1 (3.45%) GitLab
3 1 (3.45%) Selenium
General
1 10 (34.48%) Telecoms
2 8 (27.59%) Finance
3 7 (24.14%) Public Sector
4 6 (20.69%) Electronics
4 6 (20.69%) Manufacturing
4 6 (20.69%) Marketing
5 3 (10.34%) Social Skills
6 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (20.69%) ADO
2 4 (13.79%) ARM Templates
2 4 (13.79%) PySpark
3 3 (10.34%) Gherkin
3 3 (10.34%) YAML
4 2 (6.90%) .NET
4 2 (6.90%) .NET Core
5 1 (3.45%) OAuth
5 1 (3.45%) PyTorch
5 1 (3.45%) scikit-learn
5 1 (3.45%) TensorFlow
5 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Replication
3 1 (3.45%) IoT
3 1 (3.45%) PKI
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) Windows
2 3 (10.34%) Linux
2 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
3 2 (6.90%) Ubuntu
4 1 (3.45%) VMS
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (72.41%) DevOps
2 12 (41.38%) CI/CD
3 9 (31.03%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (27.59%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 7 (24.14%) Infrastructure as Code
6 6 (20.69%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.69%) Programme Management
7 5 (17.24%) Agile
7 5 (17.24%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (17.24%) Configuration Management
7 5 (17.24%) Continuous Integration
7 5 (17.24%) High Availability
8 4 (13.79%) Analytics
8 4 (13.79%) Data Pipeline
8 4 (13.79%) ETL
8 4 (13.79%) Identity Management
8 4 (13.79%) Migration
8 4 (13.79%) Software Engineering
9 3 (10.34%) Data-Driven Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (44.83%) Python
2 12 (41.38%) SQL
3 11 (37.93%) PowerShell
4 8 (27.59%) Bicep
5 3 (10.34%) Bash
5 3 (10.34%) C#
6 1 (3.45%) R
6 1 (3.45%) VB
6 1 (3.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (24.14%) SC Cleared
1 7 (24.14%) Security Cleared
2 4 (13.79%) Azure Certification
3 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.45%) Degree
4 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.34%) Data Quality
2 2 (6.90%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
2 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (31.03%) Kubernetes
2 8 (27.59%) Terraform
3 3 (10.34%) Puppet
4 2 (6.90%) Ansible
4 2 (6.90%) Grafana
4 2 (6.90%) Prometheus
5 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (3.45%) SCCM
5 1 (3.45%) SCOM
5 1 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.45%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (37.93%) Databricks
2 8 (27.59%) Microsoft
3 6 (20.69%) SAP
4 5 (17.24%) Virgin Media
5 1 (3.45%) UiPath