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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 8
Rank change year-on-year +7 -3 +7
Contract jobs citing Azure 148 86 101
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 18.62% 13.23% 11.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.41% 31.73% 30.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 52 55
10th Percentile £375 £370 £363
25th Percentile £438 £416 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £631 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £622 £665
Scotland median daily rate £525 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -7.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile £15.81 - £17.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £20.08
75th Percentile £64.00 - £22.35
90th Percentile - - £23.45
Scotland median hourly rate £45.00 - £24.18
% change year-on-year - - -57.95%

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 349 271 329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 43.90% 41.69% 37.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 171 201
10th Percentile £350 £300 £205
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% +3.83% -3.68%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £563
90th Percentile £650 £589 £656
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 8
10th Percentile - - £14.53
25th Percentile £15.81 £26.32 £16.15
Median hourly rate £55.00 £27.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +101.10% +60.88% -4.06%
75th Percentile £64.00 £28.38 £17.77
90th Percentile - - £20.25
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £21.22 £17.00
% change year-on-year -25.49% +24.82% -63.24%

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 3 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Edinburgh

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 16 (10.81%) Confluence
2 5 (3.38%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.70%) Apache
4 3 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.35%) nginx
6 1 (0.68%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.65%) Azure DevOps
2 34 (22.97%) AWS
3 22 (14.86%) GCP
4 19 (12.84%) Power Platform
5 18 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (6.08%) SaaS
7 8 (5.41%) Entra ID
7 8 (5.41%) GitHub
7 8 (5.41%) IaaS
7 8 (5.41%) PaaS
8 6 (4.05%) Azure AI
8 6 (4.05%) Azure Key Vault
8 6 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (4.05%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.05%) Serverless
9 5 (3.38%) Azure AKS
9 5 (3.38%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 5 (3.38%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 5 (3.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.16%) Firewall
2 14 (9.46%) Network Security
3 8 (5.41%) VPN
4 7 (4.73%) DNS
5 6 (4.05%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.38%) LAN
6 5 (3.38%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.70%) Internet
7 4 (2.70%) IPsec
7 4 (2.70%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.35%) BIG-IP
8 2 (1.35%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.35%) NGFW
8 2 (1.35%) WAN
9 1 (0.68%) SAN
9 1 (0.68%) SSL
9 1 (0.68%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.08%) Power BI
3 8 (5.41%) Data Lake
3 8 (5.41%) Metadata
4 7 (4.73%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.03%) Big Data
6 3 (2.03%) Hadoop
6 3 (2.03%) MySQL
7 2 (1.35%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.35%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.35%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.35%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.68%) Looker
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.68%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 19 (12.84%) JIRA
2 13 (8.78%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.05%) Git
4 5 (3.38%) GitLab
5 3 (2.03%) Snyk
6 2 (1.35%) Jasmine
6 2 (1.35%) Karma Test Runner
6 2 (1.35%) NUnit
7 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.68%) Postman
7 1 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.68%) Selenium
7 1 (0.68%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (26.35%) Finance
2 38 (25.68%) Social Skills
3 31 (20.95%) Public Sector
4 12 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.38%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (3.38%) Legal
6 4 (2.70%) Banking
6 4 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.35%) Italian Language
7 2 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.68%) Front Office
8 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 30 (20.27%) Architect
2 20 (13.51%) Analyst
3 18 (12.16%) Azure Engineer
4 14 (9.46%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (8.78%) Java Engineer
6 11 (7.43%) Developer
7 9 (6.08%) DBA
7 9 (6.08%) Senior
7 9 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.73%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.73%) Consultant
8 7 (4.73%) Data Architect
8 7 (4.73%) Security Engineer
8 7 (4.73%) Software Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 6 (4.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Azure Software Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Design Engineer
9 6 (4.05%) Java Software Engineer
10 5 (3.38%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.49%) .NET
2 9 (6.08%) Spring
2 9 (6.08%) Spring Boot
3 7 (4.73%) React
4 6 (4.05%) ASP.NET
4 6 (4.05%) Kafka
5 5 (3.38%) RESTful
6 4 (2.70%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.70%) .NET Framework
6 4 (2.70%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.70%) REST
6 4 (2.70%) SLSA
7 3 (2.03%) AngularJS
7 3 (2.03%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (2.03%) LINQ
7 3 (2.03%) NgRx
8 2 (1.35%) ADO
8 2 (1.35%) HTML
8 2 (1.35%) Jest
8 2 (1.35%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.16%) Cloud Native
2 17 (11.49%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (6.76%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.73%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.05%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.05%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.38%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.70%) PKI
8 4 (2.70%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.68%) Clustering
10 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.68%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.68%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.54%) Windows
2 9 (6.08%) Linux
3 8 (5.41%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.35%) Android
4 2 (1.35%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.68%) Solaris
5 1 (0.68%) Unix
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (41.89%) DevOps
2 35 (23.65%) CI/CD
3 30 (20.27%) Agile
4 28 (18.92%) AI
5 22 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (14.19%) Data Protection
7 20 (13.51%) Migration
8 18 (12.16%) Roadmaps
9 17 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (10.81%) Software Engineering
11 15 (10.14%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (10.14%) Machine Learning
11 15 (10.14%) Microservices
11 15 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 14 (9.46%) Data Modelling
12 14 (9.46%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (8.78%) Scrum
13 13 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (8.78%) Technical Leadership
14 11 (7.43%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (18.92%) Python
1 28 (18.92%) SQL
2 15 (10.14%) Java
3 13 (8.78%) C#
4 12 (8.11%) PowerShell
5 8 (5.41%) Bicep
6 3 (2.03%) Bash
6 3 (2.03%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.03%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.35%) C++
7 2 (1.35%) Go
7 2 (1.35%) Search Processing Language
7 2 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.68%) JCL
8 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.68%) R
8 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.68%) VBA
8 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (10.14%) Degree
2 8 (5.41%) CISSP
3 7 (4.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (4.73%) CISM
3 7 (4.73%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (3.38%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.38%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (2.70%) CCNP
5 4 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.70%) MCSE
6 3 (2.03%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.03%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.03%) PMP
7 2 (1.35%) CBAP
7 2 (1.35%) CCSK
7 2 (1.35%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.68%) CRISC
8 1 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.14%) Disclosure Scotland
2 11 (7.43%) Data Quality
3 10 (6.76%) QA
4 6 (4.05%) NIST
5 5 (3.38%) GDPR
6 2 (1.35%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.35%) PMO
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.68%) NCSC
7 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 17 (11.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.05%) Docker
3 4 (2.70%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.35%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (14.19%) Terraform
2 12 (8.11%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.70%) SCCM
5 3 (2.03%) Grafana
5 3 (2.03%) Istio
5 3 (2.03%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.35%) Ansible
6 2 (1.35%) Data Guard
6 2 (1.35%) linkerd
6 2 (1.35%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.68%) Argo
7 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.68%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 36 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.08%) Oracle
3 8 (5.41%) Google
4 7 (4.73%) Cisco
5 6 (4.05%) F5
5 6 (4.05%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.38%) BiZZdesign
6 5 (3.38%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.70%) Citrix
7 4 (2.70%) Splunk
8 3 (2.03%) Black Duck
8 3 (2.03%) Checkmarx
8 3 (2.03%) Databricks
8 3 (2.03%) Informatica
8 3 (2.03%) RedGate
8 3 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.03%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.03%) Talend
8 3 (2.03%) Tenable
9 2 (1.35%) VMware