Azure Architect Contracts in Central London

Microsoft Azure Architect
London > Central London

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in Central London is £700 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 117 160 164
Rank change year-on-year +43 +4 -25
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 17 19 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.70% 0.50% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.53% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 40
10th Percentile £535 £519 -
25th Percentile £550 £566 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £663 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% +20.45% -8.33%
75th Percentile £800 £738 £638
90th Percentile £833 £939 £676
London median daily rate £695 £650 £638
% change year-on-year +6.92% +1.96% +6.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,314 3,592 4,227
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.23% 95.28% 94.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,647 2,462 3,219
10th Percentile £339 £325 £363
25th Percentile £440 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £591 £560
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +5.58% +6.67%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 25 53
10th Percentile £20.19 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £22.13 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £40.38 £86.98 £65.10
London median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.61% +2.86% +9.38%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Azure Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in Central London

Azure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Architect in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Azure Architect in Central London

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in Central London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Architect in Central London

Azure Architect
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 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
City of London +46 15 £700 +5.66% 4
Azure Architect
London

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Azure Architect 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 Central London region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 7 (41.18%) Finance
4 6 (35.29%) Banking
5 4 (23.53%) Financial Institution
5 4 (23.53%) PKI
5 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
5 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (23.53%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
5 4 (23.53%) Zero Trust
5 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
5 4 (23.53%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
6 3 (17.65%) Integration Patterns
6 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
6 3 (17.65%) Data Lake
6 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
6 3 (17.65%) Firewall
7 2 (11.76%) Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
7 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
7 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
7 2 (11.76%) ETL
7 2 (11.76%) DNS
7 2 (11.76%) Network Security
7 2 (11.76%) Degree
7 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Data Governance

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 17 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Azure API Management
2 2 (11.76%) Azure Functions
2 2 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (11.76%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (11.76%) Serverless
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (5.88%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Firewall
2 2 (11.76%) DNS
2 2 (11.76%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.88%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.88%) NoSQL
General
1 7 (41.18%) Finance
2 6 (35.29%) Banking
3 4 (23.53%) Financial Institution
4 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) JSON
1 1 (5.88%) JSON Schema
1 1 (5.88%) OAuth
1 1 (5.88%) OAuth2
1 1 (5.88%) RESTful
1 1 (5.88%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) PKI
1 4 (23.53%) Security Posture
2 1 (5.88%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Agile
1 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (23.53%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (23.53%) Network Architecture
1 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
1 4 (23.53%) Zero Trust
2 3 (17.65%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (11.76%) Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) API Management
3 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (11.76%) Data Governance
3 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
3 2 (11.76%) ETL
3 2 (11.76%) Load Balancing
3 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.76%) Microservices
3 2 (11.76%) Migration
3 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Azure Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.88%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft