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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 158 83 102
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 20.03% 13.24% 11.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.14% 31.80% 32.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 54 58
10th Percentile £361 £376 £325
25th Percentile £425 £425 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £547 £550
90th Percentile £684 £619 £706
Scotland median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £54.80 - £16.00
25th Percentile £58.25 - £17.37
Median hourly rate £64.00 - £20.08
75th Percentile - - £22.35
90th Percentile - - £23.45
Scotland median hourly rate £59.50 - £24.18
% change year-on-year - - -59.03%

All Cloud Computing 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 350 261 311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.36% 41.63% 35.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 171 201
10th Percentile £351 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £420 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £459
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +3.49% -3.37%
75th Percentile £581 £538 £556
90th Percentile £650 £599 £663
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £54.80 - £15.94
25th Percentile £58.25 £26.32 £16.50
Median hourly rate £64.00 £27.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +134.00% +60.88% -4.06%
75th Percentile - £28.38 £18.03
90th Percentile - - £20.81
Scotland median hourly rate £24.72 £21.22 £17.00
% change year-on-year +16.49% +24.82% -71.92%

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 13 June 2026.

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 14 (8.86%) Confluence
2 5 (3.16%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.53%) Apache
4 3 (1.90%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.27%) nginx
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 10 (6.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.63%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (25.95%) Azure DevOps
2 35 (22.15%) AWS
3 25 (15.82%) Power Platform
4 21 (13.29%) GCP
5 18 (11.39%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.33%) Power Automate
7 9 (5.70%) Azure AI
8 8 (5.06%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 8 (5.06%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 8 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (5.06%) Entra ID
8 8 (5.06%) GitHub
8 8 (5.06%) SaaS
9 7 (4.43%) IaaS
9 7 (4.43%) PaaS
10 6 (3.80%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (3.80%) Serverless
11 5 (3.16%) Azure Functions
11 5 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (3.16%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.13%) Firewall
2 12 (7.59%) Network Security
3 9 (5.70%) DNS
3 9 (5.70%) VPN
4 7 (4.43%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (3.80%) LAN
5 6 (3.80%) SD-WAN
6 5 (3.16%) Internet
6 5 (3.16%) IPsec
6 5 (3.16%) Unified Communications
7 3 (1.90%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.27%) DHCP
8 2 (1.27%) WAN
9 1 (0.63%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.63%) NGFW
9 1 (0.63%) SAN
9 1 (0.63%) SSL
9 1 (0.63%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.23%) Power BI
2 11 (6.96%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.33%) Metadata
4 8 (5.06%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (5.06%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.53%) Oracle Database
5 4 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.90%) Big Data
6 3 (1.90%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.90%) MySQL
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.27%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.63%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (12.03%) JIRA
2 13 (8.23%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.16%) Git
3 5 (3.16%) GitLab
4 3 (1.90%) Snyk
5 2 (1.27%) Jasmine
5 2 (1.27%) Karma Test Runner
5 2 (1.27%) NUnit
5 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.63%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.63%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.63%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.63%) Postman
6 1 (0.63%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.63%) Selenium
6 1 (0.63%) Subversion
6 1 (0.63%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.63%) WebDriver
General
1 40 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 39 (24.68%) Finance
3 37 (23.42%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.43%) Legal
7 4 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Banking
8 3 (1.90%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.27%) Italian Language
9 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.63%) Marketing
10 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (21.52%) Architect
2 25 (15.82%) Analyst
3 19 (12.03%) Azure Engineer
4 14 (8.86%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (8.23%) Java Engineer
6 11 (6.96%) Senior
7 10 (6.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 10 (6.33%) Developer
7 10 (6.33%) Security Analyst
8 9 (5.70%) Security Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 8 (5.06%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) Report Analyst
10 7 (4.43%) Business Analyst
10 7 (4.43%) DBA
10 7 (4.43%) Software Engineer
10 7 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.80%) Azure Software Engineer
11 6 (3.80%) Consultant
11 6 (3.80%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (13.29%) .NET
2 10 (6.33%) React
3 9 (5.70%) Spring
3 9 (5.70%) Spring Boot
4 8 (5.06%) RESTful
5 6 (3.80%) Kafka
6 5 (3.16%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.53%) REST
7 4 (2.53%) SLSA
8 3 (1.90%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.90%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.90%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.90%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.90%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.90%) LINQ
8 3 (1.90%) NgRx
9 2 (1.27%) ADO
9 2 (1.27%) HTML
9 2 (1.27%) Jest
9 2 (1.27%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.76%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (9.49%) Cloud Native
3 13 (8.23%) Data Centre
4 9 (5.70%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.43%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (3.80%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.80%) PKI
7 5 (3.16%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.16%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.27%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.63%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.66%) Windows
2 8 (5.06%) Linux
3 7 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.27%) Android
4 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.63%) Solaris
5 1 (0.63%) Unix
5 1 (0.63%) VMS
5 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (41.77%) DevOps
2 37 (23.42%) CI/CD
3 34 (21.52%) Agile
4 33 (20.89%) AI
5 28 (17.72%) Migration
6 26 (16.46%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (14.56%) Roadmaps
8 22 (13.92%) Machine Learning
9 20 (12.66%) Data Protection
10 17 (10.76%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (9.49%) Data Modelling
12 15 (9.49%) OCR
13 14 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (8.86%) Microservices
13 14 (8.86%) Software Engineering
13 14 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
14 13 (8.23%) Mentoring
14 13 (8.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 34 (21.52%) Python
2 33 (20.89%) SQL
3 16 (10.13%) C#
4 15 (9.49%) Java
5 13 (8.23%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.43%) Bicep
7 5 (3.16%) Bash
8 3 (1.90%) C++
8 3 (1.90%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.90%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.27%) Go
9 2 (1.27%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.63%) JCL
10 1 (0.63%) R
10 1 (0.63%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.63%) VBA
10 1 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (9.49%) Degree
2 10 (6.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (5.06%) CISSP
4 7 (4.43%) CISM
4 7 (4.43%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.16%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.16%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (2.53%) CCNP
6 4 (2.53%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.53%) MCSE
7 3 (1.90%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.90%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.90%) PMP
8 2 (1.27%) CBAP
8 2 (1.27%) CCSK
8 2 (1.27%) FFIEC
8 2 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.63%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.63%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.86%) Disclosure Scotland
2 13 (8.23%) Data Quality
3 12 (7.59%) QA
4 6 (3.80%) NIST
5 3 (1.90%) GDPR
6 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.63%) GRC
7 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.63%) NCSC
7 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (9.49%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.16%) Docker
3 4 (2.53%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.27%) Firmware
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (13.92%) Terraform
2 12 (7.59%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.53%) Ansible
4 4 (2.53%) SCCM
5 3 (1.90%) Grafana
5 3 (1.90%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.27%) Data Guard
6 2 (1.27%) Istio
6 2 (1.27%) linkerd
6 2 (1.27%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.63%) Argo
7 1 (0.63%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.63%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 36 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.96%) Google
3 10 (6.33%) OpenAI
4 9 (5.70%) Oracle
5 7 (4.43%) Cisco
6 6 (3.80%) F5
6 6 (3.80%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.16%) BiZZdesign
8 3 (1.90%) Black Duck
8 3 (1.90%) Checkmarx
8 3 (1.90%) Databricks
8 3 (1.90%) Informatica
8 3 (1.90%) Splunk
8 3 (1.90%) Talend
8 3 (1.90%) Tenable
9 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
9 2 (1.27%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.27%) Citrix
9 2 (1.27%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.27%) SolarWinds
44 Azure jobs in Edinburgh