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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 132 79 111
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 22.41% 13.06% 12.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.62% 31.35% 33.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 48 60
10th Percentile £373 £149 £325
25th Percentile £436 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £625 £532 £575
90th Percentile £675 £627 £707
Scotland median daily rate £543 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +16.79% -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 266 252 329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 45.16% 41.65% 37.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 157 209
10th Percentile £339 £198 £325
25th Percentile £439 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year +13.61% -6.25% +1.05%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £569
90th Percentile £625 £593 £645
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +4.38%
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 16 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 13 (9.85%) Confluence
2 1 (0.76%) Apache
2 1 (0.76%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.76%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.76%) FileNet
2 1 (0.76%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 35 (26.52%) AWS
3 21 (15.91%) Power Platform
4 18 (13.64%) GCP
5 14 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.30%) GitHub
6 7 (5.30%) Power Automate
7 6 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.55%) Snowflake
8 5 (3.79%) OCI
9 4 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (3.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.03%) Collibra
9 4 (3.03%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.03%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.27%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (2.27%) IaaS
10 3 (2.27%) PaaS
10 3 (2.27%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.06%) Firewall
2 3 (2.27%) DHCP
2 3 (2.27%) DNS
3 2 (1.52%) LAN
3 2 (1.52%) Network Security
3 2 (1.52%) VPN
4 1 (0.76%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.76%) Internet
4 1 (0.76%) Intranet
4 1 (0.76%) IPsec
4 1 (0.76%) SAN
4 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.76%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.76%) VXLAN
4 1 (0.76%) WAN
4 1 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.33%) Power BI
2 7 (5.30%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.03%) Metadata
4 3 (2.27%) Oracle Database
5 2 (1.52%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.52%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.52%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.76%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.76%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.76%) GIS
6 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.76%) MySQL
6 1 (0.76%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.76%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 20 (15.15%) JIRA
2 15 (11.36%) Jenkins
3 5 (3.79%) Git
3 5 (3.79%) GitLab
4 4 (3.03%) ER Studio
4 4 (3.03%) ERwin
5 2 (1.52%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.52%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.52%) Snyk
5 2 (1.52%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.76%) git-flow
6 1 (0.76%) Maven
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.76%) Postman
6 1 (0.76%) Selenium
6 1 (0.76%) Storybook
6 1 (0.76%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 45 (34.09%) Finance
2 35 (26.52%) Public Sector
3 33 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 14 (10.61%) Banking
5 8 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (6.06%) Legal
6 6 (4.55%) Retail Banking
7 5 (3.79%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.03%) Retail
9 3 (2.27%) Billing
10 2 (1.52%) Back Office
10 2 (1.52%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (13.64%) Developer
2 15 (11.36%) Analyst
3 13 (9.85%) Architect
4 10 (7.58%) Azure Engineer
5 9 (6.82%) .NET Developer
6 8 (6.06%) Cybersecurity Analyst
6 8 (6.06%) DevOps Engineer
6 8 (6.06%) Senior
7 7 (5.30%) Java Engineer
7 7 (5.30%) Security Analyst
7 7 (5.30%) Security Engineer
8 6 (4.55%) Data Engineer
8 6 (4.55%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.55%) Report Analyst
9 5 (3.79%) Cloud Engineer
10 4 (3.03%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (3.03%) DBA
10 4 (3.03%) Senior Developer
10 4 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.03%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.88%) .NET
2 11 (8.33%) React
3 10 (7.58%) Spring
3 10 (7.58%) Spring Boot
4 9 (6.82%) RESTful
5 4 (3.03%) REST
6 3 (2.27%) CSS
6 3 (2.27%) HTML
6 3 (2.27%) PySpark
6 3 (2.27%) SLSA
7 2 (1.52%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.52%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.52%) Express.js
7 2 (1.52%) Jest
7 2 (1.52%) JSON
7 2 (1.52%) Node.js
7 2 (1.52%) OAuth
8 1 (0.76%) Kafka
8 1 (0.76%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.76%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 11 (8.33%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.82%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (5.30%) Legacy Applications
6 6 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (3.79%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.79%) PKI
7 5 (3.79%) Wiki
8 4 (3.03%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.27%) Clustering
9 3 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (2.27%) Low-Code
10 2 (1.52%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 1 (0.76%) Client/Server
11 1 (0.76%) Public Cloud
11 1 (0.76%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.33%) Windows
2 8 (6.06%) Unix
3 6 (4.55%) Linux
4 2 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.52%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.76%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (47.73%) DevOps
2 52 (39.39%) Agile
3 38 (28.79%) CI/CD
4 28 (21.21%) Migration
5 23 (17.42%) Cybersecurity
6 19 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.85%) AI
10 12 (9.09%) Analytics
10 12 (9.09%) ITIL
11 11 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (8.33%) Coaching
11 11 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
11 11 (8.33%) Workflow
12 10 (7.58%) Data Governance
13 9 (6.82%) Data Protection
13 9 (6.82%) Project Management
13 9 (6.82%) Scrum
13 9 (6.82%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.00%) SQL
2 30 (22.73%) Python
3 13 (9.85%) Java
4 11 (8.33%) C#
4 11 (8.33%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.06%) Shell Script
6 6 (4.55%) JavaScript
7 5 (3.79%) Bash
7 5 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 3 (2.27%) Bicep
9 2 (1.52%) C++
9 2 (1.52%) Korn
9 2 (1.52%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.76%) BeanShell
10 1 (0.76%) Go
10 1 (0.76%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (6.06%) Degree
2 4 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
2 4 (3.03%) CISSP
3 3 (2.27%) CISM
3 3 (2.27%) TOGAF Certification
4 2 (1.52%) FFIEC
4 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.76%) APMG
5 1 (0.76%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (0.76%) CEH
5 1 (0.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.76%) HND
5 1 (0.76%) ISEB
5 1 (0.76%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.76%) MCSE
5 1 (0.76%) PhD
5 1 (0.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.82%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.30%) QA
3 6 (4.55%) GDPR
4 5 (3.79%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (3.79%) NIST
5 4 (3.03%) COBIT
6 3 (2.27%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.52%) GRC
7 2 (1.52%) NCSC
7 2 (1.52%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.76%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.76%) PSD2
8 1 (0.76%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.30%) Docker
3 2 (1.52%) Firmware
3 2 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.76%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.76%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 28 (21.21%) Terraform
2 12 (9.09%) Ansible
2 12 (9.09%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.55%) Grafana
4 3 (2.27%) SCCM
4 3 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.76%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.76%) linkerd
6 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.76%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.76%) vRealize
6 1 (0.76%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 24 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) Oracle
3 9 (6.82%) Databricks
4 7 (5.30%) F5
5 5 (3.79%) CheckPoint
5 5 (3.79%) Dynatrace
5 5 (3.79%) OpenAI
6 4 (3.03%) Dell
6 4 (3.03%) Google
6 4 (3.03%) HP
7 3 (2.27%) BiZZdesign
7 3 (2.27%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (2.27%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.27%) Spotify
7 3 (2.27%) Thales
7 3 (2.27%) VMware
8 2 (1.52%) Black Duck
8 2 (1.52%) Checkmarx
8 2 (1.52%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.52%) Ping Identity