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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 114 96 93
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 16.57% 15.53% 11.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.54% 38.25% 30.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 49 54
10th Percentile £261 £411 £280
25th Percentile £420 £450 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -2.96%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £536
90th Percentile £643 £633 £588
Scotland median daily rate £520 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +4.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £20.55
25th Percentile - - £21.91
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £24.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £36.66 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 - £22.23
% change year-on-year - - +25.47%

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 312 251 301
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 45.35% 40.61% 36.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 143 183
10th Percentile £231 £413 £191
25th Percentile £375 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -4.61%
75th Percentile £555 £550 £531
90th Percentile £638 £623 £588
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile - - £16.20
25th Percentile - - £18.92
Median hourly rate £15.81 £60.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.65% +172.73% +24.15%
75th Percentile £18.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £26.50 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £37.55 £21.14
% change year-on-year -57.89% +77.58% +19.31%

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 October 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 October 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 11 (9.65%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.89%) Confluence
3 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.63%) Apache
4 3 (2.63%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.75%) nginx
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.88%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (25.44%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (23.68%) AWS
3 22 (19.30%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (19.30%) Power Platform
4 17 (14.91%) GCP
5 12 (10.53%) Entra ID
6 11 (9.65%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (7.89%) SaaS
8 8 (7.02%) IaaS
8 8 (7.02%) OneDrive
8 8 (7.02%) PaaS
9 7 (6.14%) Power Automate
9 7 (6.14%) PowerApps
10 6 (5.26%) Azure AKS
10 6 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (4.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (4.39%) Snowflake
12 4 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (3.51%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.40%) Firewall
2 9 (7.89%) Network Security
2 9 (7.89%) VPN
3 8 (7.02%) DNS
4 4 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.63%) Internet
5 3 (2.63%) IPsec
5 3 (2.63%) LAN
5 3 (2.63%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.63%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.75%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.75%) NGFW
6 2 (1.75%) SSL
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.88%) DHCP
7 1 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.53%) Power BI
2 11 (9.65%) SQL Server
3 8 (7.02%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.26%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.63%) Power Query
7 2 (1.75%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.75%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.75%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.88%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.88%) DataStage
8 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.88%) MySQL
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.88%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.88%) Redis
8 1 (0.88%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 10 (8.77%) JIRA
2 5 (4.39%) Git
3 3 (2.63%) GitLab
4 2 (1.75%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
General
1 36 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (28.95%) Finance
3 22 (19.30%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.02%) Banking
6 4 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.88%) Front Office
8 1 (0.88%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (15.79%) Architect
2 15 (13.16%) Analyst
2 15 (13.16%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (8.77%) IT Support
4 8 (7.02%) Consultant
4 8 (7.02%) Developer
4 8 (7.02%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (6.14%) DBA
5 7 (6.14%) Senior
6 6 (5.26%) Data Architect
6 6 (5.26%) IT Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Service Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Service Desk Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) IT Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (4.39%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (4.39%) Security Consultant
7 5 (4.39%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.40%) Terraform
2 5 (4.39%) .NET
3 3 (2.63%) ADO
3 3 (2.63%) REST
3 3 (2.63%) YAML
4 2 (1.75%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.75%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.75%) JSON
4 2 (1.75%) Kafka
4 2 (1.75%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.88%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.88%) Keras
5 1 (0.88%) LangChain
5 1 (0.88%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (0.88%) PySpark
5 1 (0.88%) PyTorch
5 1 (0.88%) SOAP
5 1 (0.88%) TensorFlow
5 1 (0.88%) vLLM
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.04%) Cloud Native
2 15 (13.16%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (6.14%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.26%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.39%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.39%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.39%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.51%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.51%) PKI
7 3 (2.63%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.63%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.75%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.75%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.88%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (24.56%) Windows
2 9 (7.89%) Linux
3 8 (7.02%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.88%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (37.72%) DevOps
2 30 (26.32%) Agile
3 29 (25.44%) CI/CD
4 20 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (17.54%) Migration
5 19 (16.67%) AI
6 18 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (15.79%) Data Protection
7 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (13.16%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 14 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (11.40%) Data Modelling
10 13 (11.40%) Roadmaps
10 13 (11.40%) Scrum
11 11 (9.65%) Cloud Security
12 10 (8.77%) Business Intelligence
12 10 (8.77%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (8.77%) ITIL
13 9 (7.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (24.56%) Python
2 20 (17.54%) SQL
3 13 (11.40%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.26%) Bicep
5 5 (4.39%) Bash
6 4 (3.51%) C#
6 4 (3.51%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 2 (1.75%) Go
8 2 (1.75%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.88%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (6.14%) Degree
1 7 (6.14%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.51%) MCSE
4 4 (3.51%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.51%) PMP
5 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.63%) CCNP
5 3 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.63%) CISSP
6 2 (1.75%) CBAP
6 2 (1.75%) CCSK
6 2 (1.75%) CISM
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.88%) CRISC
7 1 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.53%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (5.26%) QA
3 5 (4.39%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.63%) GDPR
5 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.75%) PMO
6 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.88%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (17.54%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.26%) Docker
3 4 (3.51%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (10.53%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.39%) Grafana
3 5 (4.39%) Prometheus
4 4 (3.51%) SCCM
5 2 (1.75%) Ansible
5 2 (1.75%) Argo
5 2 (1.75%) Istio
5 2 (1.75%) linkerd
6 1 (0.88%) Avamar
6 1 (0.88%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.88%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.88%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.88%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 47 (41.23%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.77%) Cisco
3 7 (6.14%) Databricks
4 6 (5.26%) Oracle
4 6 (5.26%) VMware
5 5 (4.39%) Apple
5 5 (4.39%) F5
5 5 (4.39%) Meraki
5 5 (4.39%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.39%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.51%) Splunk
7 3 (2.63%) Citrix
7 3 (2.63%) RedGate
7 3 (2.63%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.75%) Google
8 2 (1.75%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.88%) Foundry
9 1 (0.88%) Pega