Azure Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Microsoft Azure
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +3 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 36 21 19
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 24.83% 15.44% 13.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 76.60% 58.33% 48.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 10 12
10th Percentile £348 £400 £329
25th Percentile £405 £450 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £554 £506
90th Percentile £761 £575 £581
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -0.11% +5.88% -19.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £16.50 £34.16 £30.50
% change year-on-year -51.70% +12.00% +72.12%

All Cloud Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 47 36 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 32.41% 26.47% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 28
10th Percentile £297 £355 £291
25th Percentile £348 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -2.56%
75th Percentile £556 £553 £528
90th Percentile £645 £579 £629
East Midlands median daily rate £436 £450 £453
% change year-on-year -3.22% -0.66% -7.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £45.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate - £50.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year - +222.58% -
75th Percentile - £55.00 £15.75
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.50 £29.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year -29.31% +65.71% +12.90%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Derbyshire

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing Azure

Azure
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 within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 18 December 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 +4 36 £450 -5.26% 29
Azure
East Midlands

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 1 (2.78%) Alfresco
1 1 (2.78%) CMS
1 1 (2.78%) Documentum
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.78%) FrameMaker
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 16 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (11.11%) AWS
2 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 3 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.33%) GitHub
3 3 (8.33%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (5.56%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) DHCP
1 1 (2.78%) DNS
1 1 (2.78%) Firewall
1 1 (2.78%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.11%) Power BI
2 3 (8.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.78%) Metadata
4 1 (2.78%) Power Query
4 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) CircleCI
1 1 (2.78%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.78%) SonarQube
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Aerospace
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 3 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Automotive
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Electronics
6 1 (2.78%) Finance
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Marketing
6 1 (2.78%) Military
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Publishing
6 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
1 6 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
2 5 (13.89%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 4 (11.11%) Architect
3 4 (11.11%) Azure Specialist
3 4 (11.11%) DevOps Specialist
4 3 (8.33%) Analyst
4 3 (8.33%) Azure Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Consultant
4 3 (8.33%) Lead
5 2 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) CloudOps Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Data Analyst
5 2 (5.56%) Design Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Developer
5 2 (5.56%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Operations Manager
5 2 (5.56%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.56%) Support Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (27.78%) ADO
2 2 (5.56%) .NET
2 2 (5.56%) .NET Core
2 2 (5.56%) ARM Templates
2 2 (5.56%) REST
3 1 (2.78%) CSS
3 1 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (2.78%) JSON
3 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.56%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Windows
2 3 (8.33%) Linux
3 2 (5.56%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (55.56%) DevOps
2 9 (25.00%) Analytics
3 8 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 7 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (16.67%) ITIL
6 5 (13.89%) Agile
6 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (11.11%) ArchiMate
7 4 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
7 4 (11.11%) Cloud Security
7 4 (11.11%) Data Management
7 4 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (11.11%) Migration
7 4 (11.11%) Service Management
7 4 (11.11%) TOGAF
8 3 (8.33%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.22%) Python
1 8 (22.22%) SQL
2 5 (13.89%) C#
2 5 (13.89%) PowerShell
3 4 (11.11%) C++
4 2 (5.56%) Bash
4 2 (5.56%) C
5 1 (2.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (2.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 15 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 15 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (11.11%) Azure Certification
2 4 (11.11%) Degree
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) ISO 9001
1 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (8.33%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (8.33%) Docker
2 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (11.11%) Terraform
2 3 (8.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (5.56%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 10 (27.78%) ServiceNow
3 3 (8.33%) Databricks
4 2 (5.56%) Siemens
5 1 (2.78%) F5
5 1 (2.78%) OpenAI
5 1 (2.78%) OpenText
5 1 (2.78%) Oracle
5 1 (2.78%) SAP
5 1 (2.78%) VMware