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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 8 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing Azure 125 92 113
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 16.34% 14.07% 13.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.46% 35.38% 35.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 52 63
10th Percentile £350 £401 £275
25th Percentile £411 £436 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +5.56% -2.70%
75th Percentile £598 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £670
Scotland median daily rate £500 £496 £450
% change year-on-year +0.81% +10.22% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile - - £16.46
25th Percentile - - £18.51
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £22.23
75th Percentile - - £24.18
90th Percentile £36.66 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 - £20.29
% change year-on-year - - -64.72%

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 325 260 315
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 42.48% 39.76% 38.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 157 186
10th Percentile £324 £410 £178
25th Percentile £406 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £539
90th Percentile £639 £588 £650
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 12
10th Percentile - - £15.24
25th Percentile - £26.32 £16.50
Median hourly rate £15.81 £27.35 £17.69
Median % change year-on-year -42.19% +54.63% -0.18%
75th Percentile - £28.38 £23.30
90th Percentile £36.66 - £24.18
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £21.22 £18.38
% change year-on-year -25.49% +15.48% -47.50%

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

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 (8.00%) Confluence
2 8 (6.40%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.60%) nginx
5 1 (0.80%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.80%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.80%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.80%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.40%) AWS
2 27 (21.60%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
4 20 (16.00%) Power Platform
5 19 (15.20%) GCP
6 11 (8.80%) Entra ID
7 8 (6.40%) SaaS
8 7 (5.60%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (5.60%) IaaS
8 7 (5.60%) OneDrive
8 7 (5.60%) PaaS
9 6 (4.80%) Azure AI
9 6 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (4.80%) Serverless
10 5 (4.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (4.00%) Azure Functions
10 5 (4.00%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (4.00%) Power Automate
10 5 (4.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (12.00%) Firewall
2 9 (7.20%) DNS
2 9 (7.20%) VPN
3 8 (6.40%) Network Security
4 6 (4.80%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.20%) Internet
5 4 (3.20%) IPsec
5 4 (3.20%) LAN
5 4 (3.20%) SD-WAN
5 4 (3.20%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.60%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.60%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.60%) NGFW
6 2 (1.60%) SSL
7 1 (0.80%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 9 (7.20%) SQL Server
3 8 (6.40%) Power BI
4 4 (3.20%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.20%) Metadata
5 3 (2.40%) Power Query
6 2 (1.60%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.60%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.60%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.60%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.80%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.80%) DataStage
7 1 (0.80%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.80%) MySQL
7 1 (0.80%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.80%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.80%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (8.80%) JIRA
2 5 (4.00%) Git
3 3 (2.40%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.60%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.60%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.60%) NUnit
5 1 (0.80%) GitLab
5 1 (0.80%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.80%) Postman
General
1 40 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 31 (24.80%) Public Sector
3 29 (23.20%) Finance
4 16 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.60%) Banking
6 4 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.40%) Legal
7 3 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.60%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.80%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.80%) Front Office
9 1 (0.80%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.80%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 22 (17.60%) Architect
2 19 (15.20%) Analyst
3 13 (10.40%) DevOps Engineer
4 11 (8.80%) Developer
5 8 (6.40%) IT Support
5 8 (6.40%) Senior
5 8 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (5.60%) Business Analyst
6 7 (5.60%) Consultant
6 7 (5.60%) DBA
6 7 (5.60%) IT Analyst
7 6 (4.80%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (4.80%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 5 (4.00%) Data Architect
8 5 (4.00%) Service Analyst
8 5 (4.00%) Service Desk Support
8 5 (4.00%) Service Desk Support Analyst
8 5 (4.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (9.60%) .NET
2 6 (4.80%) ASP.NET
3 5 (4.00%) React
3 5 (4.00%) REST
4 4 (3.20%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.20%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.20%) Entity Framework
4 4 (3.20%) RESTful
4 4 (3.20%) Spring
4 4 (3.20%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.40%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.40%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (2.40%) Kafka
5 3 (2.40%) LINQ
5 3 (2.40%) NgRx
6 2 (1.60%) ADO
6 2 (1.60%) HTML
6 2 (1.60%) JSON
6 2 (1.60%) Node.js
6 2 (1.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.20%) Cloud Native
2 12 (9.60%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.60%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.80%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (4.00%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.00%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.20%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.20%) PKI
7 3 (2.40%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.40%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.60%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.60%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.60%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.80%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.80%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.80%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (23.20%) Windows
2 10 (8.00%) Linux
3 9 (7.20%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.60%) Android
4 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.60%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (37.60%) DevOps
2 28 (22.40%) Agile
3 25 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 21 (16.80%) AI
5 19 (15.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (14.40%) Cybersecurity
6 18 (14.40%) Roadmaps
7 17 (13.60%) Migration
8 16 (12.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (12.00%) Data Protection
10 14 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (11.20%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (10.40%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (10.40%) Scrum
12 11 (8.80%) Software Engineering
13 10 (8.00%) Cloud Security
13 10 (8.00%) Data Modelling
13 10 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
13 10 (8.00%) ITIL
13 10 (8.00%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 27 (21.60%) Python
2 24 (19.20%) SQL
3 12 (9.60%) PowerShell
4 9 (7.20%) C#
5 6 (4.80%) Bicep
6 5 (4.00%) Bash
6 5 (4.00%) Java
7 4 (3.20%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.60%) Go
9 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.60%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (1.60%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.80%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (5.60%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (5.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.80%) Degree
3 5 (4.00%) MCSE
4 4 (3.20%) CCNP
4 4 (3.20%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (3.20%) PMI Certification
4 4 (3.20%) PMP
4 4 (3.20%) Security Cleared
5 3 (2.40%) CISSP
6 2 (1.60%) CBAP
6 2 (1.60%) CCSK
6 2 (1.60%) CISM
6 2 (1.60%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.60%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.80%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.80%) CRISC
7 1 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.40%) Disclosure Scotland
2 7 (5.60%) QA
3 6 (4.80%) Data Quality
4 4 (3.20%) GDPR
5 3 (2.40%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.40%) PMO
6 2 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.60%) NIST
7 1 (0.80%) NCSC
7 1 (0.80%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (16.80%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.60%) Docker
3 5 (4.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.80%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (10.40%) Terraform
2 10 (8.00%) Kubernetes
3 8 (6.40%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (4.00%) Grafana
4 5 (4.00%) Prometheus
5 4 (3.20%) SCCM
6 2 (1.60%) Ansible
6 2 (1.60%) Argo
6 2 (1.60%) Istio
6 2 (1.60%) linkerd
7 1 (0.80%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.80%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.80%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.80%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 46 (36.80%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.20%) Cisco
3 6 (4.80%) F5
3 6 (4.80%) Palo Alto
4 5 (4.00%) Databricks
4 5 (4.00%) Oracle
4 5 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.20%) Citrix
5 4 (3.20%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.20%) Splunk
5 4 (3.20%) VMware
6 3 (2.40%) Apple
6 3 (2.40%) Google
6 3 (2.40%) Meraki
6 3 (2.40%) RedGate
6 3 (2.40%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.80%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.80%) Qualys
7 1 (0.80%) Siemens
7 1 (0.80%) webMethods