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 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 13 8
Rank change year-on-year +9 -5 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 159 77 90
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 12.56% 10.05% 12.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.18% 36.32% 46.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 56 65
10th Percentile £262 £368 £301
25th Percentile £403 £402 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £463 £463
Median % change year-on-year +6.76% - +8.82%
75th Percentile £588 £500 £606
90th Percentile £675 £546 £642
England median daily rate £525 £525 £533
% change year-on-year - -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile - £15.22 £20.84
25th Percentile £17.97 £15.41 £24.87
Median hourly rate £22.80 £15.72 £34.16
Median % change year-on-year +45.04% -53.98% -51.20%
75th Percentile £25.75 £16.04 £45.87
90th Percentile - £16.22 £51.35
England median hourly rate £52.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +40.00% +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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 377 212 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 29.78% 27.68% 25.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 161 123
10th Percentile £213 £308 £182
25th Percentile £381 £368 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £440 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.23% -2.33% -
75th Percentile £575 £500 £593
90th Percentile £656 £563 £644
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 8 5
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.97 £14.76
25th Percentile £14.88 £17.96 £16.63
Median hourly rate £17.87 £20.95 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% +14.33% -8.40%
75th Percentile £19.03 £21.39 £51.91
90th Percentile £25.75 - £53.76
England median hourly rate £34.18 £26.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +29.95% -12.33% -9.09%

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 30 August 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 30 August 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 40 £500 +14.61% 32
Northamptonshire +19 37 £500 +19.19% 14
Leicestershire 0 29 £529 +14.32% 43
Lincolnshire +5 25 £435 -13.86% 27
Nottinghamshire -7 25 £450 -6.74% 51
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 (4.40%) Confluence
1 7 (4.40%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.89%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.26%) Apache Pig
3 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.63%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.63%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (27.67%) Azure DevOps
2 30 (18.87%) Power Platform
3 27 (16.98%) Entra ID
4 26 (16.35%) AWS
5 24 (15.09%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (11.32%) Azure Data Factory
7 14 (8.81%) Azure AKS
8 12 (7.55%) GCP
9 8 (5.03%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (4.40%) IaaS
10 7 (4.40%) PaaS
10 7 (4.40%) Power Automate
10 7 (4.40%) SaaS
11 6 (3.77%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (3.77%) Azure Service Bus
11 6 (3.77%) GitHub
12 5 (3.14%) Azure Databricks
12 5 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 5 (3.14%) Serverless
13 4 (2.52%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.92%) Firewall
1 11 (6.92%) VPN
2 10 (6.29%) DNS
3 9 (5.66%) DHCP
4 7 (4.40%) VLAN
5 6 (3.77%) Network Security
5 6 (3.77%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.14%) WAN
7 3 (1.89%) LAN
7 3 (1.89%) SMS
8 2 (1.26%) BGP
8 2 (1.26%) OSPF
8 2 (1.26%) SAN
8 2 (1.26%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.63%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.63%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.63%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (16.98%) Power BI
2 19 (11.95%) SQL Server
3 16 (10.06%) PostgreSQL
4 13 (8.18%) Data Lake
5 11 (6.92%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (5.03%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.14%) Big Data
8 4 (2.52%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.89%) Apache Hive
9 3 (1.89%) MySQL
9 3 (1.89%) Power Query
10 2 (1.26%) Amazon Redshift
10 2 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.26%) Hadoop
10 2 (1.26%) HBase
10 2 (1.26%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.26%) PowerPivot
10 2 (1.26%) Redis
10 2 (1.26%) Sqoop
11 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (5.66%) JIRA
2 7 (4.40%) Git
3 3 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.89%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.89%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.89%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.26%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.26%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.26%) GitLab
4 2 (1.26%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.63%) Ant
5 1 (0.63%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.63%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.63%) Maven
5 1 (0.63%) MSI
5 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.06%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.18%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.92%) Banking
4 11 (6.92%) Finance
5 9 (5.66%) Documentation Skills
5 9 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (4.40%) Manufacturing
7 6 (3.77%) Law
8 5 (3.14%) Police
9 3 (1.89%) Marketing
9 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.26%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.26%) Legal
10 2 (1.26%) Retail
11 1 (0.63%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.63%) Automotive
11 1 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 42 (26.42%) Developer
2 30 (18.87%) Senior
3 23 (14.47%) Architect
4 16 (10.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 15 (9.43%) .NET Developer
5 15 (9.43%) Analyst
5 15 (9.43%) Azure Engineer
6 11 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (6.92%) Lead
6 11 (6.92%) Senior Developer
6 11 (6.92%) Software Developer
7 10 (6.29%) Senior SQL Developer
7 10 (6.29%) SQL Developer
8 9 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (5.03%) .NET Software Developer
9 8 (5.03%) Consultant
9 8 (5.03%) Data Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) Data Architect
10 7 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.40%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (11.95%) .NET
2 16 (10.06%) Terraform
3 9 (5.66%) Kafka
4 7 (4.40%) RabbitMQ
5 5 (3.14%) ARM Templates
5 5 (3.14%) PySpark
5 5 (3.14%) RESTful
6 4 (2.52%) REST
7 3 (1.89%) Middleware
7 3 (1.89%) YAML
8 2 (1.26%) ADO
8 2 (1.26%) ASP.NET
8 2 (1.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.26%) Celery
8 2 (1.26%) Django
8 2 (1.26%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.26%) Node.js
8 2 (1.26%) OAuth
8 2 (1.26%) pytest
8 2 (1.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.40%) CMDB
2 6 (3.77%) Data Structures
2 6 (3.77%) Driving Licence
2 6 (3.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.52%) Cloud Native
3 4 (2.52%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (2.52%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.52%) Security Posture
4 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
4 3 (1.89%) IVR
4 3 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.26%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.26%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.63%) Life Science
6 1 (0.63%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.63%) Replication
6 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (20.13%) Windows
2 12 (7.55%) Windows 10
3 10 (6.29%) Linux
3 10 (6.29%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.89%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.89%) Unix
6 2 (1.26%) CentOS
6 2 (1.26%) VMS
7 1 (0.63%) Android
7 1 (0.63%) Data ONTAP
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (32.70%) DevOps
2 33 (20.75%) Agile
3 30 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
3 30 (18.87%) CI/CD
4 28 (17.61%) Migration
5 25 (15.72%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (13.21%) Data Modelling
7 20 (12.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 18 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (11.32%) Microservices
9 17 (10.69%) Analytics
9 17 (10.69%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (10.06%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (9.43%) ETL
11 15 (9.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 12 (7.55%) Containerisation
12 12 (7.55%) Data Engineering
12 12 (7.55%) Data Pipeline
12 12 (7.55%) Decision-Making
13 11 (6.92%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 47 (29.56%) SQL
2 26 (16.35%) Python
3 20 (12.58%) C#
4 13 (8.18%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.40%) JavaScript
6 6 (3.77%) Java
7 4 (2.52%) Bicep
8 3 (1.89%) Rust
9 2 (1.26%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.26%) R
9 2 (1.26%) Scala
9 2 (1.26%) VBA
10 1 (0.63%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 36 (22.64%) Security Cleared
2 26 (16.35%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.43%) Degree
4 6 (3.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.52%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.52%) CISM
5 4 (2.52%) CISSP
5 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (1.89%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.26%) CCNA
7 2 (1.26%) CCNP
7 2 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.26%) CRISC
7 2 (1.26%) MCSA
7 2 (1.26%) MCSE
8 1 (0.63%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.63%) OSCP
8 1 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.66%) Data Quality
2 6 (3.77%) GDPR
3 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.89%) PMO
4 2 (1.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 2 (1.26%) NIST
4 2 (1.26%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.26%) QA
5 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.63%) GRC
5 1 (0.63%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 37 (23.27%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.06%) Docker
3 7 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.89%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (1.26%) Apache Flume
5 2 (1.26%) HDFS
6 1 (0.63%) Firmware
6 1 (0.63%) NFS
6 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (12.58%) Kubernetes
2 19 (11.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (6.92%) SCCM
4 6 (3.77%) Ansible
5 3 (1.89%) VxRail
6 2 (1.26%) FortiGate
6 2 (1.26%) Istio
6 2 (1.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.63%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.63%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 67 (42.14%) Microsoft
2 29 (18.24%) Databricks
3 9 (5.66%) Oracle
4 8 (5.03%) VMware
5 5 (3.14%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.89%) Aruba
6 3 (1.89%) SAP
6 3 (1.89%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.26%) Cisco
7 2 (1.26%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.26%) NetApp
7 2 (1.26%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.63%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.63%) Google
8 1 (0.63%) Okta
8 1 (0.63%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.63%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.63%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud