Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure Certification
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 116 92 122
Rank change year-on-year -24 +30 +42
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 8 24 16
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.44% 1.22% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.60% 4.74% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 15
10th Percentile £557 - £430
25th Percentile £625 £463 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £544 £650
Median % change year-on-year +37.93% -16.35% +13.04%
75th Percentile £775 £681 £713
90th Percentile £873 £726 £733
Central London median daily rate £575 £544 £650
% change year-on-year +5.75% -16.35% +13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 499 506 487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.28% 25.75% 19.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 297 309
10th Percentile £356 £345 £332
25th Percentile £425 £456 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -5.81%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £681
90th Percentile £738 £746 £788
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £26.30 £24.78 £29.39
25th Percentile £26.38 £28.94 £45.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £72.25 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.25% -0.34% +68.60%
75th Percentile £47.25 £112.00 £75.63
90th Percentile £57.90 - £76.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.49 £72.25 £60.00
% change year-on-year -63.34% +20.42% +39.53%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the City of London

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in the City of London

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) IaaS
3 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) AWS
4 2 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (25.00%) PaaS
4 2 (25.00%) SaaS
5 1 (12.50%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (12.50%) GCP
5 1 (12.50%) GitHub
5 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Migration Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Enterprise Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Native
1 3 (37.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 4 (50.00%) Migration
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Cloud Operations
2 3 (37.50%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Bicep
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (12.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (75.00%) Terraform
2 2 (25.00%) Ansible
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Datto
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Veeam