Azure Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Azure
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 3 2
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +6
Contract jobs citing Azure 330 399 521
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 18.35% 19.05% 20.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.82% 48.54% 49.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 249 375
10th Percentile £361 £423 £413
25th Percentile £461 £475 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £681
90th Percentile £750 £740 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £35.44 - -
25th Percentile £39.84 £77.50 -
Median hourly rate £48.86 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -42.52% - -
75th Percentile £58.05 £92.50 -
90th Percentile £62.57 - -
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -27.23% +52.17% +12.20%

All Cloud Skills
City of London

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 City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 753 822 1,060
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.88% 39.24% 40.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 572 522 762
10th Percentile £332 £401 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £668 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £762 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 8
10th Percentile £32.30 £32.05 -
25th Percentile £35.88 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.78 £56.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -27.18% +169.88% +1.22%
75th Percentile £52.13 £76.13 £40.69
90th Percentile £60.28 £85.95 £56.25
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% +1.22%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Azure job vacancy trend in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the City of London

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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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (7.88%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.03%) Apache Spark
4 7 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (2.12%) Confluence
5 4 (1.21%) Apache
6 2 (0.61%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.30%) CICS
7 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.30%) Luigi
7 1 (0.30%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.91%) Trello
4 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.21%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.91%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.61%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.30%) Endur
4 1 (0.30%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.30%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.30%) OpenLink RightAngle
4 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.30%) Summit
4 1 (0.30%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 104 (31.52%) AWS
2 67 (20.30%) GCP
3 61 (18.48%) Power Platform
4 58 (17.58%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (16.97%) Azure DevOps
6 44 (13.33%) Entra ID
7 36 (10.91%) GitHub
8 28 (8.48%) GitHub Actions
9 21 (6.36%) Power Automate
9 21 (6.36%) PowerApps
10 18 (5.45%) Azure Data Factory
11 17 (5.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 17 (5.15%) IaaS
11 17 (5.15%) PaaS
12 16 (4.85%) SaaS
13 14 (4.24%) Serverless
14 13 (3.94%) Microsoft Purview
14 13 (3.94%) Snowflake
15 12 (3.64%) Amazon S3
16 11 (3.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (9.70%) Firewall
2 13 (3.94%) DNS
3 10 (3.03%) Network Security
4 9 (2.73%) VPN
5 8 (2.42%) DHCP
6 5 (1.52%) LAN
6 5 (1.52%) WAN
6 5 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (1.21%) Internet
8 3 (0.91%) SAN
9 2 (0.61%) BGP
9 2 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.61%) MPLS
9 2 (0.61%) NAS
9 2 (0.61%) OSPF
9 2 (0.61%) SSL
9 2 (0.61%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.61%) VLAN
10 1 (0.30%) 4G
10 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (11.82%) Power BI
2 17 (5.15%) Data Lake
3 16 (4.85%) SQL Server
4 14 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (3.64%) Relational Database
6 8 (2.42%) Metadata
6 8 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.12%) Big Data
7 7 (2.12%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.82%) Azure SQL Database
8 6 (1.82%) Delta Lake
8 6 (1.82%) MySQL
8 6 (1.82%) NoSQL
8 6 (1.82%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (1.82%) Tableau
9 4 (1.21%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.91%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.61%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.61%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 23 (6.97%) Git
2 19 (5.76%) JIRA
3 10 (3.03%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.12%) Bitbucket
5 6 (1.82%) GitLab
6 5 (1.52%) Postman
6 5 (1.52%) Selenium
6 5 (1.52%) SonarQube
7 4 (1.21%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.91%) JUnit
8 3 (0.91%) Snyk
9 2 (0.61%) MLflow
9 2 (0.61%) Mockito
9 2 (0.61%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.30%) jMock
10 1 (0.30%) Maven
10 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.30%) TestNG
General
1 119 (36.06%) Finance
2 84 (25.45%) Social Skills
3 41 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (10.91%) Banking
5 19 (5.76%) Public Sector
6 14 (4.24%) Investment Banking
7 13 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (3.03%) Front Office
9 9 (2.73%) Legal
10 8 (2.42%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.12%) Back Office
11 7 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.52%) Law
13 3 (0.91%) Billing
13 3 (0.91%) Marketing
13 3 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.91%) Retail
14 2 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 64 (19.39%) Architect
2 46 (13.94%) Developer
3 43 (13.03%) Senior
4 33 (10.00%) Lead
5 30 (9.09%) Data Engineer
6 25 (7.58%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (4.24%) Consultant
8 12 (3.64%) Analyst
8 12 (3.64%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (3.64%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (3.64%) Security Engineer
9 10 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 9 (2.73%) Azure Architect
10 9 (2.73%) Data Scientist
10 9 (2.73%) Enterprise Architect
10 9 (2.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.42%) Azure Developer
11 8 (2.42%) Data Architect
11 8 (2.42%) Java Developer
12 7 (2.12%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.21%) .NET
2 18 (5.45%) OAuth
3 13 (3.94%) REST
4 12 (3.64%) HTML
5 11 (3.33%) PySpark
6 10 (3.03%) CSS
6 10 (3.03%) RESTful
6 10 (3.03%) Spring
7 9 (2.73%) Kafka
7 9 (2.73%) Microsoft Graph
7 9 (2.73%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.42%) JSON
8 8 (2.42%) JWT
8 8 (2.42%) OAuth2
8 8 (2.42%) scikit-learn
8 8 (2.42%) XML
9 7 (2.12%) AngularJS
9 7 (2.12%) LangChain
9 7 (2.12%) React
10 6 (1.82%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.18%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.15%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (3.03%) Data Centre
4 10 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.03%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.73%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (2.12%) AI Agents
6 7 (2.12%) Derivative
6 7 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.82%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.82%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.52%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.21%) CMDB
9 4 (1.21%) Data Fabric
9 4 (1.21%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.21%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.91%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.18%) Windows
2 13 (3.94%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.64%) Linux
4 3 (0.91%) Android
4 3 (0.91%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.61%) Unix
5 2 (0.61%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.30%) AIX
6 1 (0.30%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.30%) Solaris
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (26.36%) DevOps
2 76 (23.03%) CI/CD
3 72 (21.82%) Agile
4 56 (16.97%) Analytics
5 54 (16.36%) AI
6 50 (15.15%) Migration
7 47 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
9 42 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 39 (11.82%) Infrastructure as Code
11 38 (11.52%) Data Governance
12 36 (10.91%) Roadmaps
13 35 (10.61%) Machine Learning
14 33 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 31 (9.39%) ETL
16 30 (9.09%) Data Modelling
17 28 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
17 28 (8.48%) Generative AI
18 26 (7.88%) Data Science
18 26 (7.88%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 76 (23.03%) Python
2 65 (19.70%) SQL
3 34 (10.30%) C#
4 33 (10.00%) Java
5 32 (9.70%) PowerShell
6 14 (4.24%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.42%) Scala
8 7 (2.12%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.21%) Bash
9 4 (1.21%) Bicep
9 4 (1.21%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (1.21%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.91%) C++
10 3 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.91%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.91%) R
10 3 (0.91%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.61%) Go
11 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.30%) C
Qualifications
1 53 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 42 (12.73%) SC Cleared
3 34 (10.30%) Degree
4 15 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (3.03%) Azure Certification
7 7 (2.12%) CISSP
8 5 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.52%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.21%) CISM
9 4 (1.21%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.91%) CCNA
10 3 (0.91%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.61%) ISEB
11 2 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (9.39%) GDPR
2 24 (7.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (6.67%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.24%) NIST
5 10 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 10 (3.03%) QA
6 5 (1.52%) EU AI Act
6 5 (1.52%) PCI DSS
7 4 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.21%) NCSC
7 4 (1.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.21%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.91%) COBIT
9 2 (0.61%) GRC
9 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.61%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.30%) MiFID
10 1 (0.30%) PMO
10 1 (0.30%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.18%) Docker
3 6 (1.82%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.91%) vSphere
5 2 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.61%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.30%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 46 (13.94%) Terraform
2 27 (8.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (6.97%) Kubernetes
4 14 (4.24%) Ansible
5 7 (2.12%) SCCM
6 4 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.91%) Grafana
7 3 (0.91%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.61%) Istio
8 2 (0.61%) NetBackup
8 2 (0.61%) SCOM
9 1 (0.30%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.30%) Packer
9 1 (0.30%) PowerCLI
9 1 (0.30%) Puppet
9 1 (0.30%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.30%) vRealize
9 1 (0.30%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 119 (36.06%) Microsoft
2 45 (13.64%) Databricks
3 19 (5.76%) Oracle
4 15 (4.55%) Google
5 13 (3.94%) ServiceNow
6 12 (3.64%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.33%) OpenAI
7 11 (3.33%) VMware
8 10 (3.03%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.12%) Cisco
9 7 (2.12%) SAP
9 7 (2.12%) Workday
10 6 (1.82%) Foundry
11 5 (1.52%) Citrix
11 5 (1.52%) Informatica
12 4 (1.21%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.21%) Fortinet
12 4 (1.21%) Okta
12 4 (1.21%) UiPath
12 4 (1.21%) Zscaler