Azure Consultant Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Azure Consultant
London > Central London

The median Microsoft Azure Consultant daily rate in Central London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 119 131
Rank change year-on-year -10 +12 +58
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Consultant 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.046% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.21% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £540 £493
25th Percentile £613 £563 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £638 £606 £581
90th Percentile - £618 £585
London median daily rate £488 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -18.75% +9.09% +6.54%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 2,034 1,921 2,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.80% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,382 1,214 1,743
10th Percentile £350 £363 £335
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.87% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £686
90th Percentile £767 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 33
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.62 £31.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £42.65 £40.25 £27.81
90th Percentile £59.00 £112.00 £49.95
London median hourly rate £35.00 £35.75 £28.50
% change year-on-year -2.10% +25.44% -18.57%

Azure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Azure Consultant job vacancy trend in Central London

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in Central London

Azure Consultant
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 Consultant within the Central London region over the 6 months to 25 February 2026. 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 -12 1 £625 +4.17% 1
Azure Consultant
London

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 25 February 2026, Azure Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Azure Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) Packer
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Packer
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware