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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 +11
Contract jobs citing Azure 137 87 113
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 18.00% 13.64% 13.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.27% 34.39% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 63 51 62
10th Percentile £356 £400 £272
25th Percentile £416 £425 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.70% +4.44% -3.23%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £638 £649
Scotland median daily rate £500 £496 £450
% change year-on-year +0.81% +10.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 4
10th Percentile - - £16.46
25th Percentile - - £18.51
Median hourly rate £15.81 - £22.23
75th Percentile £36.66 - £24.18
90th Percentile £60.10 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 - £22.23
% change year-on-year - - -61.33%

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 332 253 335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 43.63% 39.66% 39.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 159 196
10th Percentile £350 £363 £179
25th Percentile £413 £431 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -3.12%
75th Percentile £575 £536 £550
90th Percentile £650 £591 £650
Scotland median daily rate £468 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -1.58% +5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 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 £36.66 £28.38 £23.30
90th Percentile £60.10 - £24.18
Scotland median hourly rate £15.81 £21.22 £18.69
% change year-on-year -25.49% +13.55% -67.50%

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

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 29 July 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 29 July 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 (7.30%) Confluence
2 8 (5.84%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.19%) Apache Spark
3 3 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.46%) Apache
4 2 (1.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.73%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.46%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.73%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.73%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 32 (23.36%) AWS
2 27 (19.71%) Azure DevOps
2 27 (19.71%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (14.60%) GCP
4 19 (13.87%) Power Platform
5 11 (8.03%) Entra ID
6 8 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
6 8 (5.84%) SaaS
7 7 (5.11%) IaaS
7 7 (5.11%) OneDrive
7 7 (5.11%) PaaS
8 6 (4.38%) Azure AI
8 6 (4.38%) Serverless
9 5 (3.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (3.65%) Azure Functions
9 5 (3.65%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
9 5 (3.65%) Power Automate
9 5 (3.65%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.68%) Firewall
2 10 (7.30%) Network Security
2 10 (7.30%) VPN
3 9 (6.57%) DNS
4 6 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.92%) Internet
5 4 (2.92%) IPsec
5 4 (2.92%) LAN
5 4 (2.92%) SD-WAN
5 4 (2.92%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.46%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.46%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.46%) NGFW
6 2 (1.46%) SSL
7 1 (0.73%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.30%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.57%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.11%) Power BI
4 5 (3.65%) Metadata
5 4 (2.92%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.19%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.46%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.46%) MySQL
7 2 (1.46%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.46%) Power Query
8 1 (0.73%) Big Data
8 1 (0.73%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.73%) Redis
8 1 (0.73%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.73%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.73%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 12 (8.76%) JIRA
2 5 (3.65%) Git
3 3 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.46%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.46%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.46%) NUnit
5 1 (0.73%) GitLab
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.73%) Postman
General
1 42 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 32 (23.36%) Finance
3 31 (22.63%) Public Sector
4 15 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.11%) Banking
6 5 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.19%) Legal
8 2 (1.46%) Italian Language
8 2 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.73%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.73%) Front Office
9 1 (0.73%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.73%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (17.52%) Architect
2 19 (13.87%) Analyst
3 15 (10.95%) DevOps Engineer
4 11 (8.03%) Azure Engineer
4 11 (8.03%) Developer
5 10 (7.30%) Senior
6 8 (5.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 8 (5.84%) DBA
6 8 (5.84%) IT Support
6 8 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.11%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.11%) Consultant
7 7 (5.11%) IT Analyst
7 7 (5.11%) Java Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Software Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Data Architect
9 5 (3.65%) Service Analyst
9 5 (3.65%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (3.65%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.49%) .NET
2 6 (4.38%) ASP.NET
2 6 (4.38%) React
3 5 (3.65%) REST
3 5 (3.65%) Spring
3 5 (3.65%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.92%) .NET Core
4 4 (2.92%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.92%) Entity Framework
4 4 (2.92%) Kafka
4 4 (2.92%) RESTful
5 3 (2.19%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.19%) ARM Templates
5 3 (2.19%) ASP.NET Core
5 3 (2.19%) LINQ
5 3 (2.19%) NgRx
6 2 (1.46%) ADO
6 2 (1.46%) HTML
6 2 (1.46%) JSON
6 2 (1.46%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.22%) Cloud Native
2 13 (9.49%) Data Protection Act
3 9 (6.57%) Data Centre
4 7 (5.11%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.38%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.65%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.92%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.92%) PKI
7 4 (2.92%) Security Posture
7 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.19%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.46%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.73%) Cloud Security Posture
10 1 (0.73%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.73%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.73%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 30 (21.90%) Windows
2 10 (7.30%) Linux
3 9 (6.57%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.46%) Android
4 2 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.46%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.73%) Solaris
5 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (37.23%) DevOps
2 30 (21.90%) Agile
3 26 (18.98%) AI
3 26 (18.98%) CI/CD
4 19 (13.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (13.87%) Migration
5 18 (13.14%) Cybersecurity
5 18 (13.14%) Roadmaps
6 16 (11.68%) Data Protection
6 16 (11.68%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 14 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (9.49%) Scrum
10 12 (8.76%) Software Engineering
11 11 (8.03%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (8.03%) Machine Learning
12 10 (7.30%) Data Modelling
12 10 (7.30%) ITIL
12 10 (7.30%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.17%) Python
2 23 (16.79%) SQL
3 12 (8.76%) PowerShell
4 9 (6.57%) C#
5 8 (5.84%) Bicep
6 7 (5.11%) Java
7 5 (3.65%) Bash
8 4 (2.92%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (1.46%) Go
9 2 (1.46%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.46%) Search Processing Language
9 2 (1.46%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.73%) JCL
10 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.73%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
1 7 (5.11%) Degree
2 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (3.65%) MCSE
3 5 (3.65%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.92%) CCNP
4 4 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.92%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.92%) PMP
5 3 (2.19%) CISSP
5 3 (2.19%) SC Cleared
6 2 (1.46%) CBAP
6 2 (1.46%) CCSK
6 2 (1.46%) CISM
6 2 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (0.73%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.73%) CRISC
7 1 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.68%) Disclosure Scotland
2 9 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.57%) QA
3 4 (2.92%) GDPR
4 2 (1.46%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.46%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.46%) NIST
4 2 (1.46%) PMO
5 1 (0.73%) NCSC
5 1 (0.73%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (15.33%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.11%) Docker
3 5 (3.65%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.46%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 16 (11.68%) Terraform
2 10 (7.30%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (3.65%) Grafana
4 5 (3.65%) Prometheus
5 4 (2.92%) SCCM
6 2 (1.46%) Ansible
6 2 (1.46%) Argo
6 2 (1.46%) Data Guard
6 2 (1.46%) Istio
6 2 (1.46%) linkerd
6 2 (1.46%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.73%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.73%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 47 (34.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.57%) Cisco
3 7 (5.11%) Oracle
4 6 (4.38%) F5
4 6 (4.38%) Google
4 6 (4.38%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.65%) OpenAI
5 5 (3.65%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.92%) Citrix
6 4 (2.92%) Databricks
6 4 (2.92%) Splunk
6 4 (2.92%) VMware
7 3 (2.19%) Apple
7 3 (2.19%) Meraki
7 3 (2.19%) RedGate
7 3 (2.19%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.73%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.73%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.73%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.73%) Talend