Azure Cognitive Services Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Azure Cognitive Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Cognitive Services 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.14% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £629 - -
25th Percentile £634 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - -
75th Percentile £684 - -
90th Percentile £686 - -
Scotland median daily rate £663 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Edinburgh

Azure Cognitive Services 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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 292 244 353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 47.48% 39.17% 39.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 157 226
10th Percentile £353 £192 £338
25th Percentile £434 £390 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £477
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.66% +0.42%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £574
90th Percentile £668 £600 £663
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 2
10th Percentile £27.24 £21.62 £15.36
25th Percentile £48.30 £22.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £62.00 £24.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +158.33% +42.48% -1.14%
75th Percentile £64.00 £24.18 £17.50
90th Percentile - £25.86 £17.63
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £24.09 £16.85
% change year-on-year +107.56% +43.01% -18.20%

Azure Cognitive Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Azure Cognitive Services job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Azure Cognitive Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 7 (100.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
2 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Metadata
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 5 (71.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (85.71%) RESTful
3 5 (71.43%) React
4 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) AI
1 7 (100.00%) OCR
1 7 (100.00%) Open Source
2 6 (85.71%) API Design
2 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
3 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
4 4 (57.14%) DevOps
5 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
5 3 (42.86%) IT Strategy
5 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 2 (28.57%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 1 (14.29%) Requirements Workshops
7 1 (14.29%) Speech Recognition
7 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) OpenAI
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft