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 4 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 9 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 114 64 89
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 11.22% 11.29% 11.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.74% 39.51% 35.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 38 67
10th Percentile £213 £235 £304
25th Percentile £356 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.07% +4.44% -4.76%
75th Percentile £563 £529 £550
90th Percentile £621 £577 £673
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £14.08 - -
25th Percentile £14.89 - £27.75
Median hourly rate £16.50 - £30.50
75th Percentile £16.75 - £33.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +64.29% -24.21% -22.90%

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 319 162 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 31.40% 28.57% 31.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 100 195
10th Percentile £190 £204 £186
25th Percentile £333 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £455 £445
Median % change year-on-year -3.74% +2.13% -1.11%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £525
90th Percentile £625 £551 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 17
10th Percentile £12.95 £13.17 £12.45
25th Percentile £13.54 £13.54 £14.00
Median hourly rate £16.50 £18.75 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +20.97% -
75th Percentile £24.29 £27.17 £26.50
90th Percentile £26.92 £34.68 £27.50
England median hourly rate £40.00 £27.25 £21.37
% change year-on-year +46.79% +27.52% -14.52%

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 4 March 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 4 March 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 +3 44 £475 -5.00% 45
Northamptonshire -10 27 £428 -6.56% 33
Nottinghamshire -3 23 £444 -11.25% 50
Leicestershire -1 14 £418 +11.71% 42
Lincolnshire -14 5 £550 +228.36% 28
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 8 (7.02%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.14%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.75%) Apache
4 2 (1.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Synapse
5 1 (0.88%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.75%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.88%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (35.96%) Azure DevOps
2 33 (28.95%) AWS
3 23 (20.18%) Entra ID
4 17 (14.91%) GCP
4 17 (14.91%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (13.16%) Power Platform
6 10 (8.77%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (7.89%) Azure AKS
7 9 (7.89%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (7.89%) Azure Service Bus
8 7 (6.14%) Serverless
9 6 (5.26%) Azure Functions
10 5 (4.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 5 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (4.39%) GitHub
10 5 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (4.39%) IaaS
10 5 (4.39%) PaaS
11 3 (2.63%) Azure Storage
11 3 (2.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.63%) Firewall
1 3 (2.63%) VLAN
2 2 (1.75%) DHCP
2 2 (1.75%) DNS
2 2 (1.75%) Network Security
3 1 (0.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.77%) Power BI
2 9 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (6.14%) Data Lake
4 5 (4.39%) Big Data
5 4 (3.51%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.51%) Metadata
5 4 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.63%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.75%) Apache Hive
7 2 (1.75%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.75%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.75%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.75%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.88%) Power Query
8 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (8.77%) Git
2 5 (4.39%) JIRA
3 4 (3.51%) SonarQube
4 3 (2.63%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.75%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.88%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.88%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.88%) Hudson
6 1 (0.88%) MSI
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 52 (45.61%) Social Skills
2 21 (18.42%) Finance
3 11 (9.65%) Public Sector
4 7 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (6.14%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.39%) Aerospace
6 5 (4.39%) Fire and Rescue
6 5 (4.39%) Local Government
6 5 (4.39%) Police
7 4 (3.51%) Banking
7 4 (3.51%) Marketing
8 3 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.75%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.88%) Automotive
10 1 (0.88%) Electronics
10 1 (0.88%) Law
10 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (12.28%) Azure Engineer
1 14 (12.28%) Senior
2 12 (10.53%) Architect
2 12 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (8.77%) Developer
3 10 (8.77%) Lead
4 8 (7.02%) Analyst
5 7 (6.14%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Desktop Support
5 7 (6.14%) Desktop Support Technician
5 7 (6.14%) Desktop Technician
5 7 (6.14%) Support Technician
6 6 (5.26%) Data Scientist
6 6 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Help Desk Technician
7 5 (4.39%) ICT Technician
7 5 (4.39%) Senior Desktop Support
7 5 (4.39%) Senior Desktop Support Technician
7 5 (4.39%) Senior Technician
7 5 (4.39%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (12.28%) ADO
2 6 (5.26%) .NET
2 6 (5.26%) REST
3 3 (2.63%) HTML
3 3 (2.63%) J2EE
3 3 (2.63%) Kafka
3 3 (2.63%) OSGi
3 3 (2.63%) Pandas
3 3 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (2.63%) RESTful
3 3 (2.63%) scikit-learn
3 3 (2.63%) TensorFlow
4 2 (1.75%) .NET Core
4 2 (1.75%) CSS
4 2 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (1.75%) Node.js
4 2 (1.75%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.75%) PySpark
4 2 (1.75%) Web Services
5 1 (0.88%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.02%) Cloud Native
1 8 (7.02%) Smartphone
2 6 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.39%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.51%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.63%) Data Fabric
5 3 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.75%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 28 (24.56%) Windows
2 10 (8.77%) Linux
3 9 (7.89%) Windows 10
4 7 (6.14%) Apple iOS
4 7 (6.14%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.63%) Unix
5 3 (2.63%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (48.25%) DevOps
2 35 (30.70%) CI/CD
3 30 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 27 (23.68%) Analytics
5 26 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (21.05%) Agile
7 18 (15.79%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (14.91%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (14.04%) Migration
10 15 (13.16%) ITIL
11 14 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (12.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 13 (11.40%) Data Protection
12 13 (11.40%) Roadmaps
13 12 (10.53%) Business Continuity
14 11 (9.65%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 11 (9.65%) Enterprise Architecture
14 11 (9.65%) Infrastructure Automation
14 11 (9.65%) User Experience
15 10 (8.77%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (25.44%) SQL
2 22 (19.30%) Python
3 19 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 9 (7.89%) Bash
5 7 (6.14%) C#
6 5 (4.39%) Java
7 4 (3.51%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.63%) C++
8 3 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.63%) R
8 3 (2.63%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.63%) X++
9 2 (1.75%) Bicep
9 2 (1.75%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.88%) C
10 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (20.18%) Security Cleared
2 17 (14.91%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.14%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.39%) NVQ Level 3
5 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.63%) Degree
7 1 (0.88%) CISA
7 1 (0.88%) CISM
7 1 (0.88%) CISSP
7 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (12.28%) GDPR
2 11 (9.65%) Data Quality
2 11 (9.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.51%) QA
3 4 (3.51%) SLA
4 3 (2.63%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.75%) COBIT
5 2 (1.75%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.88%) NIST
6 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.88%) PMO
6 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.89%) Docker
4 8 (7.02%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (18.42%) Terraform
2 17 (14.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (12.28%) SCCM
4 13 (11.40%) Kubernetes
5 4 (3.51%) Ansible
5 4 (3.51%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.75%) Grafana
6 2 (1.75%) Istio
6 2 (1.75%) Puppet
Vendors
1 44 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.28%) Databricks
2 14 (12.28%) VMware
3 13 (11.40%) ServiceNow
4 7 (6.14%) Citrix
5 4 (3.51%) Oracle
6 3 (2.63%) Adobe
6 3 (2.63%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.63%) Google
6 3 (2.63%) Informatica
6 3 (2.63%) Talend
7 2 (1.75%) Ab Initio
7 2 (1.75%) SAP
8 1 (0.88%) Apple
8 1 (0.88%) Ariba
8 1 (0.88%) F5
8 1 (0.88%) Intel
8 1 (0.88%) OpenText
8 1 (0.88%) Siemens
8 1 (0.88%) Sybase