Azure Contract Job Trends in the Channel Islands

Microsoft Azure
UK > Channel Islands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Channel Islands requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure 8 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Channel Islands 40.00% 30.43% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 100.00% 63.64% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile - £584 -
25th Percentile £425 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £640 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% - -
75th Percentile £488 £738 -
90th Percentile £495 £747 -
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -4.55%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Channel Islands

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 the Channel Islands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 8 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Channel Islands 40.00% 47.83% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 0
10th Percentile - £533 -
25th Percentile £425 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £640 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% - -
75th Percentile £488 £738 -
90th Percentile £495 £768 -
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.78%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Channel Islands

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

Azure job vacancy trend in the Channel Islands

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in the Channel Islands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Channel Islands citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Channel Islands citing Azure

Azure
Contract Job Locations in the Channel Islands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Channel Islands region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Jersey +1 8 £450 -29.69% 1
Guernsey - 2 £450 -
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Channel Islands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
1 6 (75.00%) Power Platform
2 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) Test Leader
1 2 (25.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Environment Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) API Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Test Management
2 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) Release Management
3 1 (12.50%) Runbook
3 1 (12.50%) SDLC
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISEB
1 2 (25.00%) ISTQB