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 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 7 | 7 | 6 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -1 | +1 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 139 | 107 | 101 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands | 10.02% | 12.60% | 13.13% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 36.87% | 41.80% | 48.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 76 | 75 | 64 |
| 10th Percentile | £271 | £360 | £311 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £394 | £361 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £450 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | - | +5.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £612 | £500 | £583 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £575 | £619 |
| England median daily rate | £530 | £525 | £538 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.95% | -2.33% | -2.27% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.97 | - | £20.84 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.05 | - | £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 | £55.00 | £37.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +46.67% | +7.14% | -24.21% |
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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 377 | 256 | 208 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 27.18% | 30.15% | 27.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 188 | 193 | 117 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £324 | £234 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £368 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £447 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.67% | -0.67% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £500 | £555 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | £623 | £619 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £501 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.90% | -5.57% | -1.85% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 58 | 6 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £18.30 | £14.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.72 | £20.54 | £17.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £17.97 | £21.39 | £29.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.99% | -26.24% | +87.10% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.75 | - | £43.51 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £50.40 |
| England median hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.22% | -28.14% | +8.36% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands
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 18 October 2026.
Azure Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands
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 18 October 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 | -2 | 47 | £500 | +9.59% | 8 |
| Northamptonshire | +12 | 24 | £500 | +15.47% | 21 |
| Lincolnshire | +3 | 24 | £450 | -10.89% | 26 |
| Leicestershire | -4 | 24 | £575 | +24.32% | 45 |
| Nottinghamshire | -9 | 18 | £475 | -1.55% | 69 |
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Azure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entra ID | 29.5% | 41 |
| 2 | Microsoft 365 | 23.0% | 32 |
| 3 | Azure DevOps | 17.3% | 24 |
| 4 | Azure Data Factory | 16.5% | 23 |
| 5 | AWS | 14.4% | 20 |
| 6 | Power Platform | 12.9% | 18 |
| 7 | SaaS | 10.1% | 14 |
| 8 | IaaS | 9.4% | 13 |
| 8 | PaaS | 9.4% | 13 |
| 10 | Azure Synapse Analytics | 8.6% | 12 |
| 11 | GCP | 5.8% | 8 |
| 12 | Azure AKS | 4.3% | 6 |
| 12 | Azure Monitor | 4.3% | 6 |
| 14 | GitHub | 3.6% | 5 |
| 15 | Azure Service Bus | 2.9% | 4 |
| 15 | Dynamics 365 | 2.9% | 4 |
| 15 | Power Automate | 2.9% | 4 |
| 15 | Serverless | 2.9% | 4 |
| 19 | Azure Databricks | 2.2% | 3 |
| 19 | Azure Logic Apps | 2.2% | 3 |