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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure 147 88 109
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 18.08% 13.75% 12.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.95% 35.06% 32.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 53 60
10th Percentile £357 £361 £306
25th Percentile £425 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% +2.78% -3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £541
90th Percentile £653 £638 £653
Scotland median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.00
25th Percentile £15.81 - £17.37
Median hourly rate £35.41 - £20.08
75th Percentile £62.38 - £22.35
90th Percentile £64.00 - £23.45
Scotland median hourly rate £35.00 - £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 359 251 337
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.16% 39.22% 38.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 190 159 204
10th Percentile £350 £261 £200
25th Percentile £413 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £475 £454
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +4.68% -2.89%
75th Percentile £575 £532 £553
90th Percentile £650 £599 £656
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile - - £14.53
25th Percentile £15.81 £26.32 £16.15
Median hourly rate £35.41 £27.35 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.45% +60.88% -4.06%
75th Percentile £62.38 £28.38 £17.77
90th Percentile £64.00 - £20.25
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £21.22 £17.00
% change year-on-year -25.49% +24.82% -70.43%

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 19 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 19 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 13 (8.84%) Confluence
2 8 (5.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.40%) Apache Spark
4 4 (2.72%) Apache
5 3 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.36%) nginx
7 1 (0.68%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.68%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.68%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 34 (23.13%) AWS
2 32 (21.77%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
4 23 (15.65%) GCP
5 21 (14.29%) Power Platform
6 12 (8.16%) Entra ID
7 9 (6.12%) SaaS
8 8 (5.44%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (5.44%) IaaS
8 8 (5.44%) PaaS
9 7 (4.76%) Azure AI
10 6 (4.08%) Azure AKS
10 6 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 6 (4.08%) Azure Key Vault
10 6 (4.08%) GitHub
10 6 (4.08%) OneDrive
10 6 (4.08%) Power Automate
10 6 (4.08%) PowerApps
10 6 (4.08%) Serverless
11 5 (3.40%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.56%) Firewall
2 12 (8.16%) Network Security
3 10 (6.80%) VPN
4 9 (6.12%) DNS
5 6 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (2.72%) Internet
6 4 (2.72%) IPsec
6 4 (2.72%) LAN
6 4 (2.72%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.72%) Unified Communications
7 2 (1.36%) BIG-IP
7 2 (1.36%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.36%) NGFW
7 2 (1.36%) SSL
8 1 (0.68%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.84%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.12%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (6.12%) Metadata
3 8 (5.44%) Power BI
4 7 (4.76%) Data Lake
5 5 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.72%) MySQL
7 3 (2.04%) Big Data
7 3 (2.04%) Hadoop
8 2 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.36%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.36%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.36%) Power Query
9 1 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.68%) Looker
9 1 (0.68%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.68%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 15 (10.20%) JIRA
2 8 (5.44%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.08%) Git
4 2 (1.36%) GitLab
4 2 (1.36%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.36%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.36%) NUnit
5 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.68%) Postman
5 1 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.68%) Selenium
5 1 (0.68%) Snyk
5 1 (0.68%) Subversion
5 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 41 (27.89%) Social Skills
2 35 (23.81%) Finance
3 34 (23.13%) Public Sector
4 13 (8.84%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.40%) Banking
5 5 (3.40%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (2.72%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.72%) Legal
7 2 (1.36%) Italian Language
7 2 (1.36%) 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 28 (19.05%) Architect
2 18 (12.24%) Analyst
3 16 (10.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 15 (10.20%) Azure Engineer
5 11 (7.48%) Developer
6 10 (6.80%) Java Engineer
6 10 (6.80%) Senior
7 9 (6.12%) DBA
8 8 (5.44%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 8 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.76%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.76%) Consultant
9 7 (4.76%) Data Architect
9 7 (4.76%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
10 6 (4.08%) Azure Software Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) IT Support
10 6 (4.08%) Java Software Engineer
11 5 (3.40%) SQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (10.88%) .NET
2 7 (4.76%) React
2 7 (4.76%) Spring
2 7 (4.76%) Spring Boot
3 6 (4.08%) ASP.NET
3 6 (4.08%) Kafka
4 5 (3.40%) REST
4 5 (3.40%) RESTful
5 4 (2.72%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.72%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.72%) Entity Framework
6 3 (2.04%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.04%) ARM Templates
6 3 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
6 3 (2.04%) LINQ
6 3 (2.04%) NgRx
7 2 (1.36%) ADO
7 2 (1.36%) Jest
7 2 (1.36%) Node.js
7 2 (1.36%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.88%) Cloud Native
2 15 (10.20%) Data Protection Act
3 10 (6.80%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.44%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.76%) Product Ownership
6 6 (4.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 6 (4.08%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.40%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.72%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.72%) PKI
8 4 (2.72%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.36%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.68%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.68%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (19.05%) Windows
2 10 (6.80%) Linux
3 9 (6.12%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.36%) Android
4 2 (1.36%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.68%) Solaris
5 1 (0.68%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (40.14%) DevOps
2 33 (22.45%) CI/CD
3 31 (21.09%) Agile
4 29 (19.73%) AI
5 21 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (13.61%) Migration
6 20 (13.61%) Roadmaps
7 19 (12.93%) Data Protection
8 18 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (12.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (10.20%) Software Engineering
9 15 (10.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (9.52%) Machine Learning
11 13 (8.84%) Data Modelling
11 13 (8.84%) Scrum
11 13 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 12 (8.16%) Microservices
13 11 (7.48%) Disaster Recovery
13 11 (7.48%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.77%) Python
2 27 (18.37%) SQL
3 14 (9.52%) PowerShell
4 12 (8.16%) C#
4 12 (8.16%) Java
5 10 (6.80%) Bicep
6 5 (3.40%) Bash
7 4 (2.72%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.04%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.36%) Go
9 2 (1.36%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (1.36%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.68%) C++
10 1 (0.68%) JCL
10 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.68%) R
10 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.68%) VBA
10 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (7.48%) Degree
2 8 (5.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (4.76%) Security Cleared
4 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.40%) CISSP
5 5 (3.40%) MCSE
5 5 (3.40%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.72%) CCNP
6 4 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.72%) CISM
7 3 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.04%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.04%) PMP
8 2 (1.36%) CBAP
8 2 (1.36%) CCSK
8 2 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.36%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.56%) Disclosure Scotland
2 12 (8.16%) Data Quality
3 10 (6.80%) QA
4 5 (3.40%) GDPR
5 3 (2.04%) NIST
6 2 (1.36%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.36%) 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 21 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 7 (4.76%) Docker
3 5 (3.40%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.36%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.36%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (14.29%) Terraform
2 12 (8.16%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.40%) Grafana
4 5 (3.40%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.72%) SCCM
6 3 (2.04%) Istio
7 2 (1.36%) Ansible
7 2 (1.36%) Argo
7 2 (1.36%) Data Guard
7 2 (1.36%) linkerd
7 2 (1.36%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.68%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (29.93%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.12%) Cisco
2 9 (6.12%) Oracle
3 8 (5.44%) Google
4 6 (4.08%) F5
4 6 (4.08%) OpenAI
4 6 (4.08%) Palo Alto
5 4 (2.72%) Citrix
5 4 (2.72%) Databricks
5 4 (2.72%) Splunk
5 4 (2.72%) VMware
6 3 (2.04%) Apple
6 3 (2.04%) Informatica
6 3 (2.04%) Meraki
6 3 (2.04%) RedGate
6 3 (2.04%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.04%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.04%) Talend
7 2 (1.36%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.36%) BiZZdesign