Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Microsoft Azure Engineer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in Derbyshire is £449, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 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
5 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - +19
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 2 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Derbyshire 1.80% - 3.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.02% - 3.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £366 - -
25th Percentile £392 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.71%
75th Percentile £518 - £488
90th Percentile £552 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £400 £438
% change year-on-year +12.50% -8.57% -12.50%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 99 161 130
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.19% 98.77% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 84 84
10th Percentile £138 £193 £247
25th Percentile £281 £310 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.11% - +18.75%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £619
90th Percentile £765 £612 £643
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £450 £480
% change year-on-year -8.89% -6.25% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 15
10th Percentile £25.04 £17.00 -
25th Percentile £25.09 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.97 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +8.58% +27.78%
75th Percentile - £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - £51.50 £54.00
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £21.25 £20.76
% change year-on-year +0.66% +2.38% +12.19%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in Derbyshire

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Derbyshire

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 5 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in Derbyshire

Azure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 5 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby - 2 £449 - 2
Azure Engineer
East Midlands

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 5 September 2025, Azure Engineer 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 Derbyshire region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow