Azure Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Microsoft Azure
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 6 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 114 91 121
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 19.59% 14.63% 13.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.34% 36.11% 34.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 53 67
10th Percentile £350 £149 £325
25th Percentile £428 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +0.53%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £544
90th Percentile £628 £661 £685
Scotland median daily rate £518 £456 £500
% change year-on-year +13.48% -8.75% +0.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +32.62% -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £23.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +112.77% +32.62% -

All Cloud Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 246 252 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 42.27% 40.51% 38.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 149 224
10th Percentile £371 £192 £300
25th Percentile £438 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £525 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £625
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 1
10th Percentile £17.88 £19.71 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £20.82 -
Median hourly rate £36.95 £23.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +57.24% +32.62% -
75th Percentile £48.65 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £55.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £31.95 £23.50 £15.42
% change year-on-year +35.97% +52.40% -12.98%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Edinburgh

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Azure

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (8.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) Apache
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.88%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.88%) FileNet
2 1 (0.88%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 35 (30.70%) AWS
2 23 (20.18%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (15.79%) GCP
4 15 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (13.16%) Power Platform
5 7 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (5.26%) Snowflake
7 5 (4.39%) Entra ID
7 5 (4.39%) OCI
8 4 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
8 4 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (3.51%) Collibra
9 3 (2.63%) GitHub
9 3 (2.63%) IaaS
9 3 (2.63%) PaaS
9 3 (2.63%) SaaS
10 2 (1.75%) Akamai
10 2 (1.75%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (1.75%) Apigee
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.77%) Firewall
2 4 (3.51%) VPN
3 3 (2.63%) DHCP
3 3 (2.63%) DNS
3 3 (2.63%) Network Security
4 1 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.88%) Internet
4 1 (0.88%) Intranet
4 1 (0.88%) IPsec
4 1 (0.88%) LAN
4 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.88%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.14%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.39%) Power BI
3 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.63%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.75%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.75%) Metadata
4 2 (1.75%) MySQL
4 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.75%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.88%) GIS
5 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.88%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (12.28%) JIRA
2 10 (8.77%) Jenkins
3 6 (5.26%) Git
4 4 (3.51%) ER Studio
4 4 (3.51%) ERwin
5 2 (1.75%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.75%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.75%) git-flow
5 2 (1.75%) GitLab
6 1 (0.88%) Maven
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.88%) Postman
6 1 (0.88%) Selenium
6 1 (0.88%) Storybook
6 1 (0.88%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 36 (31.58%) Finance
2 32 (28.07%) Social Skills
3 29 (25.44%) Public Sector
4 14 (12.28%) Banking
5 8 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.14%) Retail Banking
7 6 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (5.26%) Legal
8 5 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.51%) Retail
10 3 (2.63%) Billing
11 2 (1.75%) Back Office
12 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 19 (16.67%) Developer
2 11 (9.65%) Architect
3 9 (7.89%) .NET Developer
4 8 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
4 8 (7.02%) Senior
5 7 (6.14%) Analyst
5 7 (6.14%) Data Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 5 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Java Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Data Modeller
8 4 (3.51%) DBA
8 4 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.51%) Implementation Specialist
8 4 (3.51%) Project Officer
8 4 (3.51%) Project Support Officer
8 4 (3.51%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.51%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.53%) .NET
2 9 (7.89%) Spring
2 9 (7.89%) Spring Boot
3 8 (7.02%) React
4 6 (5.26%) RESTful
5 4 (3.51%) REST
6 3 (2.63%) CSS
6 3 (2.63%) HTML
6 3 (2.63%) PySpark
7 2 (1.75%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.75%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.75%) Express.js
7 2 (1.75%) Jest
7 2 (1.75%) JSON
7 2 (1.75%) Node.js
7 2 (1.75%) OAuth
7 2 (1.75%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.88%) NumPy
8 1 (0.88%) OpenID
8 1 (0.88%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.89%) Onboarding
3 8 (7.02%) Cloud Native
4 7 (6.14%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (6.14%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.39%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.39%) Wiki
7 3 (2.63%) Clustering
7 3 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.63%) Low-Code
7 3 (2.63%) PKI
8 2 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.75%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.75%) Replication
9 1 (0.88%) Client/Server
9 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.40%) Windows
2 11 (9.65%) Unix
3 9 (7.89%) Linux
4 5 (4.39%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.88%) VMS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (43.86%) Agile
1 50 (43.86%) DevOps
2 30 (26.32%) CI/CD
3 26 (22.81%) Migration
4 18 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
6 11 (9.65%) Coaching
6 11 (9.65%) ITIL
7 10 (8.77%) Data Governance
8 9 (7.89%) Data Modelling
8 9 (7.89%) Project Management
8 9 (7.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 9 (7.89%) Scrum
9 8 (7.02%) Decision-Making
9 8 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (7.02%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (7.02%) Platform Engineering
9 8 (7.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 27 (23.68%) SQL
2 21 (18.42%) Python
3 12 (10.53%) Java
4 8 (7.02%) PowerShell
4 8 (7.02%) Shell Script
5 6 (5.26%) C#
5 6 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.39%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.63%) Bash
7 3 (2.63%) Bicep
8 2 (1.75%) Korn
8 2 (1.75%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.88%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.88%) Go
9 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (7.02%) Degree
2 5 (4.39%) CISSP
3 4 (3.51%) AWS Certification
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) APMG
6 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.88%) CEH
6 1 (0.88%) CISA
6 1 (0.88%) CISM
6 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.88%) HND
6 1 (0.88%) ISEB
6 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.02%) Data Quality
2 7 (6.14%) QA
3 6 (5.26%) GDPR
4 5 (4.39%) COBIT
4 5 (4.39%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.63%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.63%) NIST
6 2 (1.75%) GRC
6 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.75%) NCSC
6 2 (1.75%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.88%) PSD2
7 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (7.02%) Active Directory
1 8 (7.02%) Docker
2 2 (1.75%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.88%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (20.18%) Terraform
2 10 (8.77%) Ansible
3 8 (7.02%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.26%) Grafana
5 2 (1.75%) SCCM
6 1 (0.88%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.88%) linkerd
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.88%) vRealize
6 1 (0.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 26 (22.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.53%) Oracle
3 10 (8.77%) Databricks
4 7 (6.14%) F5
5 5 (4.39%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.51%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.51%) Dell
6 4 (3.51%) HP
7 3 (2.63%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (2.63%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.63%) Spotify
7 3 (2.63%) VMware
8 2 (1.75%) Cisco
8 2 (1.75%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.75%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.88%) Adobe
9 1 (0.88%) Citrix
9 1 (0.88%) IBM
9 1 (0.88%) Informatica
9 1 (0.88%) Salesforce