Azure Specialist Contract Job Trends in Derby

Microsoft Azure Specialist
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Microsoft Azure Specialist daily rate in Derby is £45, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derby 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.41% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £43 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £45 - -
75th Percentile £46 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Derbyshire median daily rate £45 - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 83 128 91
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 98.46% 92.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 75 61
10th Percentile £166 £172 £173
25th Percentile £331 £310 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £645 £588 £610
90th Percentile £725 £606 £638
Derbyshire median daily rate £550 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +15.79% - +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 7
10th Percentile £25.04 - £16.73
25th Percentile £25.09 £17.00 -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +13.85% +24.66% -7.14%
75th Percentile - £24.18 -
90th Percentile - £26.03 £18.63
Derbyshire median hourly rate £25.15 £24.97 £23.00
% change year-on-year +0.71% +8.58% +27.78%

Azure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

Job postings that featured Azure Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Derby.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Specialist in Derby

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Azure Specialist 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 Derby region featuring Azure Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ADO
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow