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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 157 83 97
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 19.82% 13.17% 11.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.86% 31.68% 31.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 52 53
10th Percentile £380 £370 £363
25th Percentile £450 £422 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £473 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.59% +5.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £650 £538 £563
90th Percentile £684 £622 £738
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 350 262 312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.19% 41.59% 35.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 169 198
10th Percentile £355 £293 £210
25th Percentile £413 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +3.66% -3.53%
75th Percentile £581 £538 £574
90th Percentile £650 £591 £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% -71.20%

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 20 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 15 (9.55%) Confluence
2 5 (3.18%) Apache Spark
2 5 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.55%) Apache
4 3 (1.91%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.27%) nginx
6 1 (0.64%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.64%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.64%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 41 (26.11%) Azure DevOps
2 37 (23.57%) AWS
3 23 (14.65%) Power Platform
4 21 (13.38%) GCP
5 15 (9.55%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.37%) Power Automate
7 9 (5.73%) Azure AI
7 9 (5.73%) SaaS
8 8 (5.10%) Azure Cognitive Search
8 8 (5.10%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 8 (5.10%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (5.10%) Entra ID
8 8 (5.10%) GitHub
8 8 (5.10%) IaaS
8 8 (5.10%) PaaS
9 6 (3.82%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.82%) Serverless
10 5 (3.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (3.18%) Azure Functions
10 5 (3.18%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 17 (10.83%) Firewall
2 13 (8.28%) Network Security
3 8 (5.10%) VPN
4 7 (4.46%) DNS
5 6 (3.82%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (3.18%) LAN
6 5 (3.18%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.55%) Internet
7 4 (2.55%) IPsec
7 4 (2.55%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.27%) BIG-IP
8 2 (1.27%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (1.27%) NGFW
8 2 (1.27%) WAN
9 1 (0.64%) SAN
9 1 (0.64%) SSL
9 1 (0.64%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.28%) Power BI
2 12 (7.64%) SQL Server
3 10 (6.37%) Metadata
4 8 (5.10%) Data Lake
5 7 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.91%) Big Data
7 3 (1.91%) Hadoop
7 3 (1.91%) MySQL
8 2 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.27%) Oracle Database
8 2 (1.27%) Tick Data
9 1 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle Exadata
9 1 (0.64%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.64%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (12.74%) JIRA
2 13 (8.28%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.18%) Git
3 5 (3.18%) GitLab
4 3 (1.91%) 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 (0.64%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.64%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.64%) Postman
6 1 (0.64%) ScriptRunner
6 1 (0.64%) Selenium
6 1 (0.64%) Subversion
6 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.64%) WebDriver
General
1 42 (26.75%) Finance
2 40 (25.48%) Social Skills
3 37 (23.57%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.37%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (4.46%) Legal
7 4 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.91%) Banking
8 3 (1.91%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.27%) Italian Language
9 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.64%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.64%) Marketing
10 1 (0.64%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (21.02%) Architect
2 23 (14.65%) Analyst
3 18 (11.46%) Azure Engineer
4 14 (8.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (8.28%) Java Engineer
6 10 (6.37%) Developer
7 9 (5.73%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 9 (5.73%) DBA
7 9 (5.73%) Security Analyst
7 9 (5.73%) Security Engineer
7 9 (5.73%) Senior
8 8 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 8 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Report Analyst
9 7 (4.46%) Business Analyst
9 7 (4.46%) Consultant
9 7 (4.46%) Software Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.82%) Data Architect
10 6 (3.82%) Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (12.74%) .NET
2 10 (6.37%) React
3 9 (5.73%) Spring
3 9 (5.73%) Spring Boot
4 8 (5.10%) RESTful
5 6 (3.82%) Kafka
6 5 (3.18%) ASP.NET
7 4 (2.55%) REST
7 4 (2.55%) SLSA
8 3 (1.91%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.91%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.91%) AngularJS
8 3 (1.91%) ASP.NET Core
8 3 (1.91%) Entity Framework
8 3 (1.91%) LINQ
8 3 (1.91%) 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 (10.83%) Data Protection Act
2 15 (9.55%) Cloud Native
3 9 (5.73%) Data Centre
4 8 (5.10%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.46%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (4.46%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.82%) Management Information System
6 6 (3.82%) PKI
7 5 (3.18%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.55%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (2.55%) Security Posture
8 4 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.64%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.64%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.74%) Windows
2 9 (5.73%) Linux
3 8 (5.10%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.27%) Android
4 2 (1.27%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.27%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.64%) Solaris
5 1 (0.64%) Unix
5 1 (0.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (43.95%) DevOps
2 37 (23.57%) CI/CD
3 33 (21.02%) Agile
3 33 (21.02%) AI
4 27 (17.20%) Cybersecurity
5 23 (14.65%) Migration
6 22 (14.01%) Machine Learning
6 22 (14.01%) Roadmaps
7 21 (13.38%) Data Protection
8 18 (11.46%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (9.55%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (9.55%) OCR
11 14 (8.92%) Data Modelling
11 14 (8.92%) Microservices
11 14 (8.92%) Software Engineering
11 14 (8.92%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (8.28%) Open Source
12 13 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (8.28%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 36 (22.93%) Python
2 33 (21.02%) SQL
3 16 (10.19%) C#
4 15 (9.55%) Java
5 14 (8.92%) PowerShell
6 8 (5.10%) Bicep
7 5 (3.18%) Bash
8 3 (1.91%) C++
8 3 (1.91%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.91%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.27%) Go
9 2 (1.27%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (1.27%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.64%) JCL
10 1 (0.64%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.64%) R
10 1 (0.64%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.64%) VBA
10 1 (0.64%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 15 (9.55%) Degree
2 9 (5.73%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (5.10%) CISSP
4 7 (4.46%) CISM
4 7 (4.46%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.18%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.18%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (2.55%) CCNP
6 4 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.55%) MCSE
7 3 (1.91%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.91%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.91%) PMP
8 2 (1.27%) CBAP
8 2 (1.27%) CCSK
8 2 (1.27%) FFIEC
8 2 (1.27%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (0.64%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.55%) Disclosure Scotland
2 13 (8.28%) Data Quality
3 12 (7.64%) QA
4 6 (3.82%) NIST
5 5 (3.18%) GDPR
6 2 (1.27%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.27%) PMO
7 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.64%) NCSC
7 1 (0.64%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (8.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.18%) Docker
3 4 (2.55%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.27%) Firmware
4 2 (1.27%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 24 (15.29%) Terraform
2 12 (7.64%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (2.55%) Ansible
4 4 (2.55%) SCCM
5 3 (1.91%) Grafana
5 3 (1.91%) Prometheus
5 3 (1.91%) 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 (0.64%) Argo
7 1 (0.64%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.64%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 34 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.01%) Google
3 10 (6.37%) OpenAI
4 8 (5.10%) Oracle
5 7 (4.46%) Cisco
6 6 (3.82%) F5
6 6 (3.82%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.18%) BiZZdesign
8 4 (2.55%) Splunk
9 3 (1.91%) Black Duck
9 3 (1.91%) Checkmarx
9 3 (1.91%) Citrix
9 3 (1.91%) Databricks
9 3 (1.91%) Informatica
9 3 (1.91%) RedGate
9 3 (1.91%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.91%) Talend
9 3 (1.91%) Tenable
10 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
10 2 (1.27%) Fortinet