Azure Contracts in Buckinghamshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Buckinghamshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 9 10
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 42 129 104
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 8.79% 14.74% 12.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 31.82% 51.19% 39.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 102 82
10th Percentile £175 £320 £300
25th Percentile £225 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £510 £494
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +3.34% +16.12%
75th Percentile £550 £622 £583
90th Percentile £625 £675 £638
South East median daily rate £550 £560 £525
% change year-on-year -1.74% +6.62% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.61 - £13.35
Median hourly rate £23.22 - £13.70
75th Percentile £24.13 - £14.05
90th Percentile £24.31 - -
South East median hourly rate £38.50 £67.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -42.96% +33.66% +78.76%

All Cloud Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 132 252 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 27.62% 28.80% 32.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 193 215
10th Percentile £206 £235 £156
25th Percentile £350 £400 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £588
90th Percentile £643 £675 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.85 - £13.35
Median hourly rate £19.53 - £13.70
Median % change year-on-year - - -45.20%
75th Percentile £23.82 - £14.05
90th Percentile £24.13 - -
South East median hourly rate £23.22 £24.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -5.24% +16.39% -4.32%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Buckinghamshire

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Buckinghamshire

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Buckinghamshire

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Buckinghamshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Milton Keynes -3 34 £438 -12.50% 36
High Wycombe -1 2 £170 -68.74% 2
Aylesbury - 2 £273 - 3
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.14%) SAS
3 2 (4.76%) CMS
3 2 (4.76%) Headless CMS
3 2 (4.76%) Kentico
3 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.43%) Power Platform
2 7 (16.67%) AWS
2 7 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (11.90%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Functions
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
5 3 (7.14%) Serverless
6 2 (4.76%) Azure API Management
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Stack
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (4.76%) PaaS
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.38%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.38%) GCP
7 1 (2.38%) GitHub
7 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.52%) Firewall
2 2 (4.76%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (4.76%) SAN
2 2 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (2.38%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (2.38%) LAN
3 1 (2.38%) Network Security
3 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
3 1 (2.38%) WAN
3 1 (2.38%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) Power BI
2 5 (11.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (7.14%) Relational Database
3 3 (7.14%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 2 (4.76%) Data Lake
4 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (2.38%) Power Query
5 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Git
2 3 (7.14%) Visual Studio Code
3 2 (4.76%) Postman
4 1 (2.38%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (2.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
2 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Automotive
4 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Back Office
5 1 (2.38%) Finance
5 1 (2.38%) Marketing
5 1 (2.38%) Retail
5 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Developer
2 7 (16.67%) Architect
3 6 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Analyst
5 4 (9.52%) Project Manager
5 4 (9.52%) Senior
6 3 (7.14%) .NET Developer
6 3 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (7.14%) Active Directory Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Active Directory Support
6 3 (7.14%) Azure Developer
6 3 (7.14%) Business Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Data Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Insight Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 3 (7.14%) Performance Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Architect
6 3 (7.14%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 3 (7.14%) Windows Engineer
7 2 (4.76%) Active Directory Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) CSS
1 5 (11.90%) HTML
2 4 (9.52%) .NET
3 3 (7.14%) DOM
3 3 (7.14%) GatsbyJS
3 3 (7.14%) React
4 2 (4.76%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.76%) GraphQL
4 2 (4.76%) OpenAPI
4 2 (4.76%) Swagger
5 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
5 1 (2.38%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (2.38%) CSS3
5 1 (2.38%) HTML5
5 1 (2.38%) Playwright
5 1 (2.38%) Web Components
5 1 (2.38%) Web Services
5 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Management Information System
1 4 (9.52%) Public Cloud
2 3 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.76%) Robotics
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) Smart Meter
4 1 (2.38%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 10 (23.81%) Windows
2 7 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.76%) Linux
5 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) Agile
1 11 (26.19%) DevOps
2 7 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (14.29%) TDD
4 5 (11.90%) CI/CD
4 5 (11.90%) CRM
4 5 (11.90%) Project Management
4 5 (11.90%) Scrum
4 5 (11.90%) Visualisation
5 4 (9.52%) Analytics
5 4 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
5 4 (9.52%) Decision-Making
5 4 (9.52%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (7.14%) Business Forecasting
6 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.14%) IT Strategy
6 3 (7.14%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.19%) SQL
2 6 (14.29%) C#
3 4 (9.52%) JavaScript
4 2 (4.76%) Java
5 1 (2.38%) Bicep
5 1 (2.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.38%) Python
5 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 7 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.90%) DV Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (7.14%) CCNP
4 3 (7.14%) MCSE
5 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
5 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.76%) PMP
6 1 (2.38%) CCNA
6 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.14%) NCSC
1 3 (7.14%) NIST
2 1 (2.38%) COBIT
2 1 (2.38%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 11 (26.19%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) SCCM
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.38%) FortiGate
3 1 (2.38%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 14 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) VMware
3 4 (9.52%) SAP
4 3 (7.14%) Ariba
4 3 (7.14%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.76%) Cisco
5 2 (4.76%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.38%) Ab Initio
6 1 (2.38%) Apple
6 1 (2.38%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.38%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (2.38%) Databricks
6 1 (2.38%) Meraki
6 1 (2.38%) Netskope
6 1 (2.38%) SolarWinds