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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 125 87 116
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 21.19% 14.65% 12.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.45% 36.10% 33.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 50 63
10th Percentile £350 £149 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £625 £529 £550
90th Percentile £675 £678 £700
Scotland median daily rate £525 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +13.02% -7.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 1
Median hourly rate - £23.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +32.62% -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £23.50 £17.72
% change year-on-year +112.77% +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 258 241 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 43.73% 40.57% 37.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 145 221
10th Percentile £371 £197 £300
25th Percentile £441 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £598 £525 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £638
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.25% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 1
10th Percentile £17.88 £20.30 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £21.75 -
Median hourly rate £36.95 £24.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +53.97% +35.44% -
75th Percentile £48.65 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £55.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £31.95 £24.00 £15.42
% change year-on-year +33.14% +55.64% -12.98%

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 4 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 10 (8.00%) Confluence
2 1 (0.80%) Apache
2 1 (0.80%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.80%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.80%) FileNet
2 1 (0.80%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (7.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.80%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (29.60%) AWS
2 30 (24.00%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (15.20%) Power Platform
4 18 (14.40%) GCP
5 15 (12.00%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.80%) Snowflake
8 5 (4.00%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.00%) OCI
8 5 (4.00%) Power Automate
9 4 (3.20%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (3.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.20%) Collibra
9 4 (3.20%) GitHub
10 3 (2.40%) Azure AI
10 3 (2.40%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.40%) IaaS
10 3 (2.40%) PaaS
10 3 (2.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.00%) Firewall
2 4 (3.20%) VPN
3 3 (2.40%) DHCP
3 3 (2.40%) DNS
3 3 (2.40%) Network Security
4 1 (0.80%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.80%) Internet
4 1 (0.80%) Intranet
4 1 (0.80%) IPsec
4 1 (0.80%) LAN
4 1 (0.80%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.80%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.20%) Power BI
2 7 (5.60%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.20%) Metadata
4 3 (2.40%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.40%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.60%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.80%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.80%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.80%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.80%) GIS
6 1 (0.80%) MySQL
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.80%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.80%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.80%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 16 (12.80%) JIRA
2 10 (8.00%) Jenkins
3 5 (4.00%) Git
4 4 (3.20%) ER Studio
4 4 (3.20%) ERwin
5 2 (1.60%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.60%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.60%) GitLab
6 1 (0.80%) git-flow
6 1 (0.80%) Maven
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.80%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.80%) Postman
6 1 (0.80%) Selenium
6 1 (0.80%) Storybook
6 1 (0.80%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.80%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.80%) webpack
General
1 40 (32.00%) Finance
2 36 (28.80%) Social Skills
3 35 (28.00%) Public Sector
4 15 (12.00%) Banking
5 8 (6.40%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.40%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (6.40%) Legal
6 6 (4.80%) Retail Banking
7 5 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.20%) Retail
9 3 (2.40%) Billing
10 2 (1.60%) Back Office
10 2 (1.60%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (14.40%) Developer
2 15 (12.00%) Architect
3 12 (9.60%) Analyst
4 9 (7.20%) .NET Developer
5 8 (6.40%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (6.40%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.40%) Senior
6 7 (5.60%) Data Engineer
7 6 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 6 (4.80%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.00%) Java Engineer
8 5 (4.00%) Security Analyst
9 4 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 4 (3.20%) Data Modeller
9 4 (3.20%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (3.20%) Implementation Specialist
9 4 (3.20%) Project Officer
9 4 (3.20%) Project Support Officer
9 4 (3.20%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.80%) .NET
2 11 (8.80%) React
3 9 (7.20%) RESTful
4 8 (6.40%) Spring
4 8 (6.40%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.20%) REST
6 3 (2.40%) CSS
6 3 (2.40%) HTML
6 3 (2.40%) PySpark
7 2 (1.60%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.60%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.60%) Express.js
7 2 (1.60%) Jest
7 2 (1.60%) JSON
7 2 (1.60%) Node.js
7 2 (1.60%) OAuth
8 1 (0.80%) Kafka
8 1 (0.80%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.80%) Pandas
8 1 (0.80%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.60%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.20%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.40%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.60%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (4.80%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.00%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.00%) PKI
6 5 (4.00%) Wiki
7 4 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.40%) Clustering
8 3 (2.40%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.40%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.60%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.60%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.60%) Replication
9 2 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.80%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.80%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.40%) Windows
2 11 (8.80%) Unix
3 9 (7.20%) Linux
4 5 (4.00%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.80%) VMS
6 1 (0.80%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (45.60%) DevOps
2 53 (42.40%) Agile
3 32 (25.60%) CI/CD
4 29 (23.20%) Migration
5 22 (17.60%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (14.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (13.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (9.60%) ITIL
9 11 (8.80%) AI
9 11 (8.80%) Coaching
9 11 (8.80%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (8.00%) Analytics
10 10 (8.00%) Data Governance
11 9 (7.20%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (7.20%) Data Modelling
11 9 (7.20%) Mentoring
11 9 (7.20%) Project Management
11 9 (7.20%) Scrum
11 9 (7.20%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 31 (24.80%) SQL
2 29 (23.20%) Python
3 11 (8.80%) Java
4 10 (8.00%) C#
4 10 (8.00%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.40%) Shell Script
6 6 (4.80%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.00%) Bash
7 5 (4.00%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.40%) Bicep
9 2 (1.60%) Korn
9 2 (1.60%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.80%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.80%) C++
10 1 (0.80%) Go
10 1 (0.80%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (5.60%) Degree
2 4 (3.20%) AWS Certification
2 4 (3.20%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (3.20%) CISSP
2 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.40%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (1.60%) FFIEC
5 1 (0.80%) APMG
5 1 (0.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (0.80%) CEH
5 1 (0.80%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.80%) HND
5 1 (0.80%) ISEB
5 1 (0.80%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.80%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.80%) MCSE
5 1 (0.80%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.20%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.60%) QA
3 6 (4.80%) GDPR
4 5 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (3.20%) COBIT
6 3 (2.40%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.60%) GRC
7 2 (1.60%) NCSC
7 2 (1.60%) NIST
7 2 (1.60%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.80%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.80%) PSD2
8 1 (0.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.80%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.40%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.60%) Docker
3 2 (1.60%) Firmware
3 2 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.80%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (20.80%) Terraform
2 12 (9.60%) Ansible
3 9 (7.20%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.80%) Grafana
5 3 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.60%) SCCM
7 1 (0.80%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.80%) linkerd
7 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.80%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.80%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.80%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.80%) vRealize
7 1 (0.80%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 26 (20.80%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.80%) Oracle
3 10 (8.00%) Databricks
4 7 (5.60%) F5
5 5 (4.00%) Dynatrace
5 5 (4.00%) OpenAI
6 4 (3.20%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.20%) Dell
6 4 (3.20%) Google
6 4 (3.20%) HP
7 3 (2.40%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (2.40%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.40%) Spotify
7 3 (2.40%) Thales
7 3 (2.40%) VMware
8 2 (1.60%) Cisco
8 2 (1.60%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.60%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.80%) Adobe
9 1 (0.80%) IBM