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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 7 11
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 109 96 89
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 16.15% 15.71% 10.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.74% 38.55% 30.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 53
10th Percentile £250 £411 £276
25th Percentile £419 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -3.23%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £530
90th Percentile £638 £633 £583
Scotland median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 3
10th Percentile - - £20.55
25th Percentile - - £21.91
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £24.18
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £36.66 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 - £22.23
% change year-on-year - - +25.47%

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 305 249 293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 45.19% 40.75% 35.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 141 180
10th Percentile £230 £413 £204
25th Percentile £375 £450 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -4.26%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £526
90th Percentile £638 £625 £588
Scotland median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 7
10th Percentile - - £16.20
25th Percentile - - £18.92
Median hourly rate £15.81 £60.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.65% +172.73% +24.15%
75th Percentile £18.75 - £24.18
90th Percentile £26.50 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £37.55 £21.14
% change year-on-year -57.89% +77.58% +19.31%

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 5 October 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 5 October 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 11 (10.09%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.26%) Confluence
3 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.75%) Apache
4 3 (2.75%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.83%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.92%) nginx
6 1 (0.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (7.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.83%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.92%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.83%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.92%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.61%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (22.02%) AWS
3 21 (19.27%) Power Platform
4 20 (18.35%) Azure DevOps
5 15 (13.76%) GCP
6 12 (11.01%) Entra ID
7 11 (10.09%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (8.26%) SaaS
9 8 (7.34%) IaaS
9 8 (7.34%) OneDrive
9 8 (7.34%) PaaS
10 6 (5.50%) Azure AKS
10 6 (5.50%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (5.50%) Power Automate
10 6 (5.50%) PowerApps
11 5 (4.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 5 (4.59%) Snowflake
12 4 (3.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (3.67%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (3.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.93%) Firewall
2 9 (8.26%) Network Security
2 9 (8.26%) VPN
3 8 (7.34%) DNS
4 4 (3.67%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.75%) Internet
5 3 (2.75%) IPsec
5 3 (2.75%) LAN
5 3 (2.75%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.75%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.83%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.83%) NGFW
6 2 (1.83%) SSL
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.92%) DHCP
7 1 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.01%) Power BI
2 11 (10.09%) SQL Server
3 8 (7.34%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (5.50%) Data Lake
5 4 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.75%) Power Query
7 2 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.92%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.92%) DataStage
8 1 (0.92%) Looker
8 1 (0.92%) Metadata
8 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.92%) MySQL
8 1 (0.92%) Oracle Exadata
8 1 (0.92%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.92%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) JIRA
2 5 (4.59%) Git
3 3 (2.75%) GitLab
4 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle APEX
General
1 34 (31.19%) Social Skills
2 32 (29.36%) Finance
3 21 (19.27%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.93%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.34%) Banking
6 4 (3.67%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.67%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.92%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.92%) Front Office
8 1 (0.92%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.92%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (16.51%) Architect
2 15 (13.76%) Analyst
3 14 (12.84%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (9.17%) IT Support
5 8 (7.34%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (6.42%) DBA
6 7 (6.42%) Developer
7 6 (5.50%) Consultant
7 6 (5.50%) Data Architect
7 6 (5.50%) IT Analyst
7 6 (5.50%) Senior
7 6 (5.50%) Service Analyst
7 6 (5.50%) Service Desk Analyst
7 6 (5.50%) Support Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Data Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.59%) Service Desk Support
8 5 (4.59%) Service Desk Support Analyst
8 5 (4.59%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.01%) Terraform
2 5 (4.59%) .NET
3 3 (2.75%) ADO
3 3 (2.75%) REST
3 3 (2.75%) YAML
4 2 (1.83%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.83%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.83%) JSON
4 2 (1.83%) Kafka
4 2 (1.83%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.92%) Keras
5 1 (0.92%) LangChain
5 1 (0.92%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.92%) Middleware
5 1 (0.92%) SOAP
5 1 (0.92%) vLLM
5 1 (0.92%) WinForms
5 1 (0.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.84%) Cloud Native
2 13 (11.93%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (6.42%) Product Ownership
4 6 (5.50%) Data Centre
5 5 (4.59%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.59%) Management Information System
5 5 (4.59%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.59%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.67%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.67%) PKI
7 3 (2.75%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.83%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.83%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.83%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.83%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.83%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (25.69%) Windows
2 8 (7.34%) Linux
2 8 (7.34%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.92%) Android
3 1 (0.92%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (37.61%) DevOps
2 29 (26.61%) Agile
3 28 (25.69%) CI/CD
4 20 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (18.35%) Migration
5 19 (17.43%) AI
6 18 (16.51%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (14.68%) Data Protection
7 16 (14.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (12.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (11.93%) Roadmaps
9 13 (11.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (11.01%) Data Modelling
10 12 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
10 12 (11.01%) Scrum
11 10 (9.17%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (9.17%) Cloud Security
11 10 (9.17%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (9.17%) ITIL
12 9 (8.26%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (24.77%) Python
2 19 (17.43%) SQL
3 12 (11.01%) PowerShell
4 6 (5.50%) Bicep
5 4 (3.67%) Bash
5 4 (3.67%) C#
5 4 (3.67%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.83%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.92%) Go
8 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.92%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.92%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (6.42%) Degree
1 7 (6.42%) Security Cleared
2 6 (5.50%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.67%) MCSE
5 3 (2.75%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.75%) CCNP
5 3 (2.75%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.75%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.75%) PMP
6 2 (1.83%) CBAP
7 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.92%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.92%) CISM
7 1 (0.92%) CISSP
7 1 (0.92%) CRISC
7 1 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.01%) Disclosure Scotland
2 6 (5.50%) QA
3 5 (4.59%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.75%) GDPR
5 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.83%) PMO
6 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 20 (18.35%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.59%) Docker
3 4 (3.67%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (10.09%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (3.67%) Grafana
3 4 (3.67%) Prometheus
3 4 (3.67%) SCCM
4 2 (1.83%) Argo
4 2 (1.83%) Istio
5 1 (0.92%) Ansible
5 1 (0.92%) Avamar
5 1 (0.92%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.92%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (0.92%) HAProxy
5 1 (0.92%) linkerd
5 1 (0.92%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 46 (42.20%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.17%) Cisco
3 7 (6.42%) Databricks
4 6 (5.50%) Oracle
4 6 (5.50%) VMware
5 5 (4.59%) Apple
5 5 (4.59%) F5
5 5 (4.59%) Meraki
5 5 (4.59%) Palo Alto
5 5 (4.59%) ServiceNow
6 4 (3.67%) Splunk
7 3 (2.75%) Citrix
7 3 (2.75%) RedGate
7 3 (2.75%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.83%) Google
8 2 (1.83%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.92%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.92%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.92%) Foundry
9 1 (0.92%) Pega