Azure Architect Contracts in the City of London

Microsoft Azure Architect
Central London > City of London

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in the City of London is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 154 148
Rank change year-on-year +45 -6 -17
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 15 16 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.69% 0.45% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.47% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 38
10th Percentile £550 £519 -
25th Percentile £581 £541 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £675 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +22.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £800 £831 £638
90th Percentile £838 £950 £675
Central London median daily rate £700 £675 £550
% change year-on-year +3.70% +22.73% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,060 3,377 3,976
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.06% 95.10% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,462 2,292 3,001
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £590 £563
% change year-on-year -6.78% +4.89% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 22 52
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.50 £13.88
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £35.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% -2.78% +105.71%
75th Percentile £27.25 £58.75 £51.00
90th Percentile £40.00 £87.97 £65.43
Central London median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year -26.34% -5.41% +108.60%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in the City of London

Azure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Architect in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Azure Architect in the City of London

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Architect in the City of London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Architect in the City of London

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 7 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 City of London region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
4 6 (40.00%) Banking
5 4 (26.67%) Financial Institution
5 4 (26.67%) PKI
5 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
5 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
5 4 (26.67%) Zero Trust
5 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
5 4 (26.67%) Security Posture
6 3 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
6 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
6 3 (20.00%) Data Lake
6 3 (20.00%) Agile
6 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
7 2 (13.33%) Migration
7 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
7 2 (13.33%) Network Security
7 2 (13.33%) Firewall
7 2 (13.33%) Degree
7 2 (13.33%) Azure Functions
7 2 (13.33%) Serverless
7 2 (13.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
7 2 (13.33%) Analytics
7 2 (13.33%) DNS

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Azure API Management
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Functions
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (13.33%) Azure Service Bus
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Purview
2 2 (13.33%) Serverless
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 1 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) DNS
1 2 (13.33%) Firewall
1 2 (13.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (6.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 6 (40.00%) Banking
3 4 (26.67%) Financial Institution
4 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) OAuth
1 1 (6.67%) OAuth2
1 1 (6.67%) RESTful
1 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) PKI
1 4 (26.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (26.67%) Data Loss Prevention
1 4 (26.67%) Network Architecture
1 4 (26.67%) Roadmaps
1 4 (26.67%) Zero Trust
2 3 (20.00%) Agile
2 3 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (13.33%) Analytics
3 2 (13.33%) API Management
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
3 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (6.67%) Data Sharing
4 1 (6.67%) Data Transformation
4 1 (6.67%) Event-Driven
4 1 (6.67%) Log Analytics
4 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (6.67%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Azure Certification
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft