Azure Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -1 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 154 96 99
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 11.57% 12.06% 12.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.40% 41.38% 47.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 70 62
10th Percentile £276 £363 £310
25th Percentile £413 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £478
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -3.14% +12.35%
75th Percentile £588 £498 £608
90th Percentile £675 £575 £644
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 1 2
10th Percentile - - £20.84
25th Percentile £17.97 - £24.87
Median hourly rate £25.75 £16.35 £34.16
Median % change year-on-year +57.49% -52.14% -51.20%
75th Percentile - - £45.87
90th Percentile - - £51.35
England median hourly rate £52.50 £33.39 £38.50
% change year-on-year +57.26% -13.29% -16.63%

All Cloud Computing Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 372 232 210
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.95% 29.15% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 175 121
10th Percentile £213 £335 £200
25th Percentile £374 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £447 £455
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -1.76% -0.09%
75th Percentile £546 £500 £600
90th Percentile £650 £573 £645
England median daily rate £525 £501 £530
% change year-on-year +4.90% -5.57% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 7 5
10th Percentile £13.51 £17.64 £14.76
25th Percentile £15.25 £19.38 £16.63
Median hourly rate £17.87 £21.39 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year -16.46% +16.76% +11.03%
75th Percentile £24.28 - £39.68
90th Percentile £25.75 - £48.87
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +30.73% -21.21% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Azure job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the East Midlands

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Azure

Azure
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 21 September 2026. 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
Derbyshire -1 45 £500 +15.94% 31
Northamptonshire +14 33 £525 +19.51% 23
Lincolnshire +2 29 £435 -13.86% 35
Leicestershire -3 24 £550 +18.92% 62
Nottinghamshire -7 20 £444 -8.03% 108
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 7 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.95%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.95%) Confluence
3 2 (1.30%) Apache Pig
3 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.65%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.65%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.65%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (22.73%) Azure DevOps
2 33 (21.43%) Entra ID
3 25 (16.23%) Power Platform
4 24 (15.58%) AWS
4 24 (15.58%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (13.64%) Azure Data Factory
6 11 (7.14%) GCP
6 11 (7.14%) IaaS
6 11 (7.14%) PaaS
6 11 (7.14%) SaaS
7 10 (6.49%) Azure AKS
7 10 (6.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (4.55%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
10 6 (3.90%) GitHub
11 4 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (2.60%) Azure Databricks
11 4 (2.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.04%) Firewall
2 13 (8.44%) VPN
3 10 (6.49%) DNS
4 9 (5.84%) DHCP
5 7 (4.55%) Network Security
5 7 (4.55%) VLAN
6 6 (3.90%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.25%) SAN
7 5 (3.25%) WAN
8 3 (1.95%) BGP
8 3 (1.95%) LAN
8 3 (1.95%) OSPF
8 3 (1.95%) SMS
9 2 (1.30%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.30%) SSL
10 1 (0.65%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.65%) IPsec
10 1 (0.65%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.65%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (14.29%) Power BI
2 17 (11.04%) Data Lake
2 17 (11.04%) SQL Server
3 13 (8.44%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (5.84%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.90%) Relational Database
6 5 (3.25%) Big Data
7 3 (1.95%) Apache Hive
8 2 (1.30%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.30%) HBase
8 2 (1.30%) MySQL
8 2 (1.30%) Power Query
8 2 (1.30%) Redis
8 2 (1.30%) Sqoop
9 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.65%) PowerPivot
9 1 (0.65%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (3.25%) JIRA
2 4 (2.60%) Git
3 3 (1.95%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.95%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.65%) Ant
5 1 (0.65%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.65%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.65%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.65%) Maven
5 1 (0.65%) MSI
5 1 (0.65%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (29.87%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.79%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.14%) Manufacturing
5 9 (5.84%) Banking
5 9 (5.84%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.55%) Finance
7 5 (3.25%) Law
7 5 (3.25%) Police
8 3 (1.95%) Marketing
9 2 (1.30%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.30%) Legal
9 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.30%) Retail
10 1 (0.65%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.65%) Automotive
10 1 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (26.62%) Developer
2 26 (16.88%) Senior
3 21 (13.64%) Architect
4 20 (12.99%) Cloud Engineer
5 16 (10.39%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 14 (9.09%) .NET Developer
6 14 (9.09%) Analyst
7 11 (7.14%) Senior Developer
8 10 (6.49%) Senior SQL Developer
8 10 (6.49%) Software Developer
8 10 (6.49%) SQL Developer
9 9 (5.84%) Lead
10 8 (5.19%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.19%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.55%) .NET Software Developer
11 7 (4.55%) Consultant
11 7 (4.55%) Data Architect
11 7 (4.55%) Lead Developer
12 6 (3.90%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.04%) .NET
2 14 (9.09%) Terraform
3 8 (5.19%) Kafka
4 7 (4.55%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (3.25%) ARM Templates
6 4 (2.60%) REST
6 4 (2.60%) RESTful
7 3 (1.95%) Middleware
8 2 (1.30%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.30%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.30%) Celery
8 2 (1.30%) Django
8 2 (1.30%) FastAPI
8 2 (1.30%) Node.js
8 2 (1.30%) OAuth
8 2 (1.30%) Playwright
8 2 (1.30%) pytest
8 2 (1.30%) React
8 2 (1.30%) YAML
9 1 (0.65%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.84%) CMDB
1 9 (5.84%) Driving Licence
2 6 (3.90%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (3.25%) Data Structures
4 4 (2.60%) Data Centre
4 4 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.60%) Security Posture
5 3 (1.95%) IVR
5 3 (1.95%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.30%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.30%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.30%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.65%) Omics
7 1 (0.65%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (22.08%) Windows
2 14 (9.09%) Windows 10
3 12 (7.79%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.55%) Linux
5 5 (3.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.95%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.95%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.30%) CentOS
7 2 (1.30%) VMS
8 1 (0.65%) Android
8 1 (0.65%) Unix
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (30.52%) DevOps
2 31 (20.13%) Migration
3 30 (19.48%) CI/CD
4 26 (16.88%) Agile
5 25 (16.23%) Business Intelligence
5 25 (16.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (15.58%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (13.64%) Infrastructure as Code
8 19 (12.34%) Data Modelling
9 18 (11.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (10.39%) Analytics
11 15 (9.74%) Data Pipeline
12 14 (9.09%) Microservices
12 14 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (7.79%) ETL
15 11 (7.14%) Data Engineering
15 11 (7.14%) Decision-Making
15 11 (7.14%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 44 (28.57%) SQL
2 20 (12.99%) Python
3 18 (11.69%) C#
4 9 (5.84%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.55%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.60%) Bicep
6 4 (2.60%) Java
7 3 (1.95%) Rust
8 2 (1.30%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.30%) R
8 2 (1.30%) Scala
9 1 (0.65%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.65%) VBA
9 1 (0.65%) X++
Qualifications
1 38 (24.68%) Security Cleared
2 26 (16.88%) SC Cleared
3 14 (9.09%) Degree
4 6 (3.90%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.60%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.60%) CISM
5 4 (2.60%) CISSP
5 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.95%) CCNP
6 3 (1.95%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (1.95%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.30%) CCNA
7 2 (1.30%) CRISC
7 2 (1.30%) MCSA
7 2 (1.30%) MCSE
8 1 (0.65%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.65%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.65%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.90%) GDPR
3 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.30%) NIST
4 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.30%) PMO
5 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.65%) GRC
5 1 (0.65%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.65%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.65%) QA
5 1 (0.65%) SEPA
5 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (24.03%) Active Directory
2 18 (11.69%) Docker
3 7 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.95%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.30%) Apache Flume
5 2 (1.30%) HDFS
6 1 (0.65%) Firmware
6 1 (0.65%) NFS
6 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (13.64%) Kubernetes
2 19 (12.34%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (8.44%) SCCM
4 4 (2.60%) Ansible
5 3 (1.95%) VxRail
6 2 (1.30%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.65%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.65%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 67 (43.51%) Microsoft
2 30 (19.48%) Databricks
3 8 (5.19%) Oracle
3 8 (5.19%) VMware
4 4 (2.60%) Aruba
5 3 (1.95%) Cisco
5 3 (1.95%) Fortinet
5 3 (1.95%) SAP
5 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.95%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.30%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.65%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.65%) F5
7 1 (0.65%) Juniper
7 1 (0.65%) NetApp
7 1 (0.65%) Okta
7 1 (0.65%) OneTrust
7 1 (0.65%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.65%) Ping Identity
7 1 (0.65%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud