Azure Consultant Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure Consultant
Central London > City of London

The median Microsoft Azure Consultant daily rate in the City of 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 123 111 127
Rank change year-on-year -12 +16 +59
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Consultant 1 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.050% 0.22% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.24% 0.13%
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
Central London median daily rate £625 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +4.17% +9.09% +37.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,862 1,697 2,223
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.99% 92.99% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,274 1,041 1,596
10th Percentile £350 £355 £340
25th Percentile £433 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £541 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -5.87% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 19
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £16.15
25th Percentile £20.18 £26.25 £17.97
Median hourly rate £40.50 £35.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.08% +57.78% -35.71%
75th Percentile £49.83 £96.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £119.55 £49.05
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +40.00% -23.08%

Azure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

Azure Consultant job vacancy trend in the City of London

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the City of London

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 City of 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 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 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