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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 12 10
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 146 76 112
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 23.62% 12.52% 12.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 51.41% 30.77% 32.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 48 60
10th Percentile £380 £149 £325
25th Percentile £450 £400 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £625 £526 £575
90th Percentile £675 £593 £750
Scotland median daily rate £550 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +18.41% -7.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
Median hourly rate £64.00 £23.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +172.34% +32.62% -
Scotland median hourly rate £57.00 £23.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +142.55% +32.62% -

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 284 247 340
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 45.95% 40.69% 37.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 160 218
10th Percentile £373 £205 £346
25th Percentile £449 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £458 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -3.68% -
75th Percentile £606 £525 £574
90th Percentile £645 £600 £652
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £489
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.93% +2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 1
10th Percentile £22.56 £21.62 -
25th Percentile £36.60 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% +35.44% -
75th Percentile £62.00 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £63.20 £25.86 -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £24.00 £16.57
% change year-on-year +108.33% +44.84% -6.49%

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 29 January 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 16 (10.96%) Confluence
2 3 (2.05%) Apache
2 3 (2.05%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.68%) FileNet
4 1 (0.68%) nginx
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (7.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 41 (28.08%) Azure DevOps
2 37 (25.34%) AWS
3 22 (15.07%) Power Platform
4 21 (14.38%) GCP
5 14 (9.59%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.85%) GitHub
7 8 (5.48%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.11%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (4.11%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (4.11%) Snowflake
9 5 (3.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (3.42%) Entra ID
9 5 (3.42%) OCI
10 4 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.74%) Azure AI
10 4 (2.74%) Azure Cognitive Search
10 4 (2.74%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 4 (2.74%) IaaS
10 4 (2.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.85%) Firewall
2 4 (2.74%) Network Security
3 3 (2.05%) DHCP
3 3 (2.05%) DNS
4 2 (1.37%) LAN
4 2 (1.37%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.37%) VPN
4 2 (1.37%) WAN
5 1 (0.68%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.68%) Internet
5 1 (0.68%) Intranet
5 1 (0.68%) IPsec
5 1 (0.68%) SAN
5 1 (0.68%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.68%) VXLAN
5 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.22%) Power BI
2 10 (6.85%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.48%) Metadata
4 5 (3.42%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.05%) MySQL
6 3 (2.05%) Oracle Database
6 3 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.37%) Big Data
7 2 (1.37%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.37%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.37%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.68%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 24 (16.44%) JIRA
2 20 (13.70%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.11%) Git
3 6 (4.11%) GitLab
4 4 (2.74%) ER Studio
4 4 (2.74%) ERwin
5 3 (2.05%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.05%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.05%) Snyk
6 2 (1.37%) Selenium
6 2 (1.37%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.37%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.68%) git-flow
7 1 (0.68%) Maven
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.68%) Subversion
7 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 49 (33.56%) Finance
2 37 (25.34%) Public Sector
3 34 (23.29%) Social Skills
4 14 (9.59%) Banking
5 10 (6.85%) Legal
6 8 (5.48%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.11%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.11%) Retail Banking
8 4 (2.74%) Retail
9 3 (2.05%) Billing
10 2 (1.37%) Back Office
10 2 (1.37%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (12.33%) Architect
1 18 (12.33%) Developer
2 16 (10.96%) Analyst
3 15 (10.27%) Azure Engineer
4 11 (7.53%) Java Engineer
5 9 (6.16%) .NET Developer
5 9 (6.16%) Cybersecurity Analyst
5 9 (6.16%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (6.16%) Security Engineer
6 8 (5.48%) Security Analyst
6 8 (5.48%) Senior
7 7 (4.79%) Report Analyst
8 6 (4.11%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Design Engineer
8 6 (4.11%) Project Manager
9 5 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (3.42%) DBA
9 5 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (2.74%) Data Modeller
10 4 (2.74%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.01%) .NET
2 12 (8.22%) React
2 12 (8.22%) Spring
2 12 (8.22%) Spring Boot
3 10 (6.85%) RESTful
4 4 (2.74%) REST
4 4 (2.74%) SLSA
5 3 (2.05%) CSS
5 3 (2.05%) HTML
5 3 (2.05%) Kafka
5 3 (2.05%) PySpark
6 2 (1.37%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.37%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.37%) Express.js
6 2 (1.37%) Jest
6 2 (1.37%) JSON
6 2 (1.37%) Node.js
6 2 (1.37%) OAuth
7 1 (0.68%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.68%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.90%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.22%) Product Ownership
3 9 (6.16%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (6.16%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.48%) Legacy Applications
4 8 (5.48%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.79%) Data Centre
6 5 (3.42%) PKI
6 5 (3.42%) Wiki
7 4 (2.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.05%) Clustering
8 3 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.05%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.05%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.37%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.37%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.37%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.22%) Windows
2 8 (5.48%) Unix
3 6 (4.11%) Linux
4 2 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.37%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.37%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.68%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (47.95%) DevOps
2 51 (34.93%) Agile
3 45 (30.82%) CI/CD
4 30 (20.55%) Migration
5 26 (17.81%) Cybersecurity
6 21 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (13.01%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (10.96%) AI
10 14 (9.59%) Analytics
11 13 (8.90%) Infrastructure as Code
12 12 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
12 12 (8.22%) Data Governance
12 12 (8.22%) Data Modelling
12 12 (8.22%) ITIL
12 12 (8.22%) Machine Learning
13 11 (7.53%) Data Protection
13 11 (7.53%) Software Engineering
13 11 (7.53%) UML
13 11 (7.53%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.34%) SQL
2 32 (21.92%) Python
3 18 (12.33%) Java
4 13 (8.90%) C#
4 13 (8.90%) PowerShell
5 9 (6.16%) Shell Script
6 7 (4.79%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.42%) Bash
7 5 (3.42%) Bicep
7 5 (3.42%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.05%) C++
9 2 (1.37%) Korn
9 2 (1.37%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.68%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.68%) Go
10 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.68%) VBA
10 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (8.22%) Degree
2 6 (4.11%) CISSP
3 5 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (3.42%) CISM
3 5 (3.42%) TOGAF Certification
4 3 (2.05%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.37%) FFIEC
5 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.37%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.68%) APMG
6 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (0.68%) CEH
6 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.68%) ISEB
6 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.68%) MCSE
6 1 (0.68%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.22%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.48%) QA
3 7 (4.79%) GDPR
4 6 (4.11%) Disclosure Scotland
4 6 (4.11%) NIST
5 4 (2.74%) COBIT
6 3 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.37%) GRC
7 2 (1.37%) NCSC
7 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.68%) PSD2
8 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (8.22%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.79%) Docker
3 2 (1.37%) Firmware
3 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.68%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (22.60%) Terraform
2 14 (9.59%) Kubernetes
3 12 (8.22%) Ansible
4 6 (4.11%) Grafana
5 4 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (2.05%) SCCM
7 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.68%) Istio
8 1 (0.68%) linkerd
8 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.68%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.68%) vRealize
8 1 (0.68%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 24 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.90%) Oracle
3 9 (6.16%) Databricks
4 7 (4.79%) F5
5 6 (4.11%) CheckPoint
5 6 (4.11%) Google
5 6 (4.11%) OpenAI
6 5 (3.42%) BiZZdesign
6 5 (3.42%) Dynatrace
7 4 (2.74%) Dell
7 4 (2.74%) HP
8 3 (2.05%) Black Duck
8 3 (2.05%) CA Agile Central
8 3 (2.05%) Cisco
8 3 (2.05%) Informatica
8 3 (2.05%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.05%) Spotify
8 3 (2.05%) Talend
8 3 (2.05%) Thales
8 3 (2.05%) VMware