Azure Specialist Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Microsoft Azure Specialist daily rate in the City of London is £690, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 116 130
Rank change year-on-year -13 +14 +43
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Specialist 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.095% 0.11% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.12% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £667 - -
25th Percentile £673 £475 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £690 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year +37.90% +2.04% +8.89%
75th Percentile £700 £525 £495
90th Percentile £702 - -
Central London median daily rate £690 £500 £490
% change year-on-year +37.90% +2.04% +8.89%

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 1,987 1,647 2,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 92.74% 94.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,370 1,043 1,586
10th Percentile £350 £363 £340
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £687
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 8 17
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £15.30
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.00 £19.92
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.81% +41.11% -35.71%
75th Percentile £49.83 £38.19 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £90.38 £49.35
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £26.41
% change year-on-year -15.77% +17.40% -24.56%

Azure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Azure Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Azure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, Azure Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) B2C
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JWT
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) YAML

Azure Specialist 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JWT
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) B2C
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft