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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 152 95 97
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 21.32% 15.15% 11.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.91% 34.42% 31.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 61 48
10th Percentile £351 £250 £325
25th Percentile £412 £413 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.51% -7.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £639 £538 £656
90th Percentile £685 £606 £750
Scotland median daily rate £529 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +11.26% - -7.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile - £21.40 £15.36
25th Percentile - £22.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £64.00 £23.50 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +172.34% +39.51% -4.94%
75th Percentile - £24.14 £17.50
90th Percentile - £26.28 £17.63
Scotland median hourly rate £57.00 £24.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year +137.50% +35.44% -69.18%

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 324 276 307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 45.44% 44.02% 37.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 177 190
10th Percentile £350 £243 £298
25th Percentile £413 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -0.94% +0.95%
75th Percentile £599 £538 £600
90th Percentile £651 £600 £688
Scotland median daily rate £475 £465 £475
% change year-on-year +2.15% -2.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 6
10th Percentile £23.36 £21.84 £15.80
25th Percentile £38.60 £22.50 £16.50
Median hourly rate £64.00 £24.09 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +165.67% +41.71% -4.06%
75th Percentile - £25.23 £17.50
90th Percentile - £28.38 £17.61
Scotland median hourly rate £14.44 £24.18 £17.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +42.24% -71.92%

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 28 April 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 14 (9.21%) Confluence
2 4 (2.63%) Apache
2 4 (2.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (1.97%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.32%) nginx
5 1 (0.66%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 12 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (29.61%) Azure DevOps
2 30 (19.74%) AWS
3 21 (13.82%) Power Platform
4 17 (11.18%) GCP
5 14 (9.21%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.58%) Power Automate
7 8 (5.26%) Azure AI
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 8 (5.26%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 8 (5.26%) GitHub
8 7 (4.61%) Serverless
9 6 (3.95%) Azure Functions
9 6 (3.95%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (3.95%) Snowflake
10 5 (3.29%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.63%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.97%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.26%) Firewall
2 7 (4.61%) Network Security
3 6 (3.95%) DNS
3 6 (3.95%) VPN
4 4 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.97%) DHCP
5 3 (1.97%) LAN
5 3 (1.97%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.32%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.32%) Internet
6 2 (1.32%) IPsec
6 2 (1.32%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.32%) WAN
7 1 (0.66%) Intranet
7 1 (0.66%) SAN
7 1 (0.66%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.55%) Power BI
2 12 (7.89%) Metadata
3 8 (5.26%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.95%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (3.95%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.97%) Big Data
6 3 (1.97%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.97%) MySQL
6 3 (1.97%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.32%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.32%) Tick Data
8 1 (0.66%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Database 10g
8 1 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.66%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 22 (14.47%) JIRA
2 13 (8.55%) Jenkins
3 6 (3.95%) GitLab
4 4 (2.63%) ER Studio
4 4 (2.63%) ERwin
5 3 (1.97%) Git
5 3 (1.97%) Snyk
6 2 (1.32%) Jasmine
6 2 (1.32%) Karma Test Runner
6 2 (1.32%) NUnit
6 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.66%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.66%) Postman
7 1 (0.66%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (0.66%) Selenium
7 1 (0.66%) Storybook
7 1 (0.66%) Subversion
7 1 (0.66%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.66%) WebDriver
General
1 43 (28.29%) Finance
2 39 (25.66%) Social Skills
3 38 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.92%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (5.26%) Banking
5 8 (5.26%) Legal
6 6 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.97%) Billing
7 3 (1.97%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.32%) Italian Language
8 2 (1.32%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.66%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.66%) Marketing
9 1 (0.66%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (18.42%) Architect
2 24 (15.79%) Azure Engineer
3 23 (15.13%) Analyst
4 18 (11.84%) Java Engineer
5 13 (8.55%) Developer
6 12 (7.89%) Senior
7 10 (6.58%) Cybersecurity Analyst
7 10 (6.58%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (5.92%) Security Analyst
8 9 (5.92%) Security Engineer
9 8 (5.26%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
9 8 (5.26%) Report Analyst
10 7 (4.61%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 7 (4.61%) Software Engineer
11 6 (3.95%) .NET Developer
11 6 (3.95%) Azure Software Engineer
11 6 (3.95%) Design Engineer
11 6 (3.95%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (3.95%) Project Officer
11 6 (3.95%) Project Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (16.45%) .NET
2 15 (9.87%) Spring
2 15 (9.87%) Spring Boot
3 14 (9.21%) React
4 10 (6.58%) RESTful
5 5 (3.29%) .NET Core
5 5 (3.29%) Kafka
5 5 (3.29%) REST
6 4 (2.63%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.63%) SLSA
7 3 (1.97%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.97%) AngularJS
7 3 (1.97%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (1.97%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.97%) Jest
7 3 (1.97%) LINQ
7 3 (1.97%) NgRx
8 2 (1.32%) CSS
8 2 (1.32%) JSON
8 2 (1.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.87%) Data Protection Act
2 12 (7.89%) Product Ownership
3 11 (7.24%) Cloud Native
4 10 (6.58%) Data Centre
5 6 (3.95%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.29%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.63%) Low-Code
7 4 (2.63%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.97%) Clustering
8 3 (1.97%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.97%) PKI
8 3 (1.97%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.97%) Wiki
9 2 (1.32%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.32%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 1 (0.66%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.55%) Windows
2 4 (2.63%) Linux
3 3 (1.97%) Unix
3 3 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.32%) Android
4 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.32%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.66%) Solaris
5 1 (0.66%) VMS
5 1 (0.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (41.45%) DevOps
2 35 (23.03%) Agile
3 34 (22.37%) CI/CD
4 27 (17.76%) AI
5 24 (15.79%) Migration
6 23 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
7 21 (13.82%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (13.16%) Machine Learning
9 17 (11.18%) Data Modelling
9 17 (11.18%) Data Protection
10 15 (9.87%) OCR
11 14 (9.21%) Roadmaps
11 14 (9.21%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (8.55%) Analytics
12 13 (8.55%) Infrastructure as Code
12 13 (8.55%) Microservices
12 13 (8.55%) Software Engineering
12 13 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (7.89%) UML
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.03%) SQL
2 30 (19.74%) Python
3 21 (13.82%) Java
4 18 (11.84%) C#
5 11 (7.24%) PowerShell
6 7 (4.61%) Bash
7 6 (3.95%) Bicep
8 4 (2.63%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.97%) C++
9 3 (1.97%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.97%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.32%) Go
10 2 (1.32%) Korn
11 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.66%) JCL
11 1 (0.66%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.66%) VBA
11 1 (0.66%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 11 (7.24%) Degree
2 8 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (5.26%) CISSP
3 6 (3.95%) CISM
3 6 (3.95%) Security Cleared
4 5 (3.29%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.29%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (1.97%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.32%) CCSK
6 2 (1.32%) FFIEC
7 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.66%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.21%) Data Quality
2 11 (7.24%) Disclosure Scotland
3 10 (6.58%) QA
4 6 (3.95%) NIST
5 4 (2.63%) GDPR
6 3 (1.97%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.32%) GRC
7 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.32%) PMO
8 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.66%) NCSC
8 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
System Software
1 12 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.29%) Docker
3 4 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.32%) Firmware
4 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.66%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (13.82%) Terraform
2 10 (6.58%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.63%) Ansible
4 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (1.97%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.32%) Grafana
5 2 (1.32%) linkerd
5 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.66%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.66%) HAProxy
6 1 (0.66%) Istio
6 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.66%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.58%) Google
2 10 (6.58%) OpenAI
3 6 (3.95%) Oracle
4 5 (3.29%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (1.97%) Black Duck
5 3 (1.97%) CA Agile Central
5 3 (1.97%) Checkmarx
5 3 (1.97%) Cisco
5 3 (1.97%) Databricks
5 3 (1.97%) Informatica
5 3 (1.97%) Spotify
5 3 (1.97%) Talend
5 3 (1.97%) Tenable
6 2 (1.32%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.32%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.32%) Citrix
6 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.32%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.32%) VMware