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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 +2 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 147 99 98
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 22.01% 15.79% 12.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.16% 35.48% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 64 52
10th Percentile £353 £252 £363
25th Percentile £411 £413 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.76% -7.50% +4.38%
75th Percentile £647 £538 £641
90th Percentile £686 £601 £750
Scotland median daily rate £550 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +15.79% - -5.00%
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% -68.50%

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 299 279 308
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 44.76% 44.50% 38.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 180 190
10th Percentile £350 £200 £324
25th Percentile £413 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £600 £538 £600
90th Percentile £666 £600 £676
Scotland median daily rate £464 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +0.27% -2.63% -
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% +14.40%
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% -70.43%

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 14 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 (9.52%) Confluence
2 4 (2.72%) Apache
3 3 (2.04%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.04%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.68%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (30.61%) Azure DevOps
2 29 (19.73%) AWS
3 20 (13.61%) Power Platform
4 17 (11.56%) GCP
5 11 (7.48%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (6.12%) Power Automate
7 8 (5.44%) Azure AI
7 8 (5.44%) Azure Cognitive Search
7 8 (5.44%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 8 (5.44%) GitHub
8 7 (4.76%) Serverless
9 6 (4.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 6 (4.08%) Azure Functions
9 6 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (4.08%) Snowflake
10 5 (3.40%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (3.40%) Entra ID
11 3 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (2.04%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.44%) Firewall
2 7 (4.76%) Network Security
3 5 (3.40%) DNS
3 5 (3.40%) VPN
4 3 (2.04%) DHCP
4 3 (2.04%) LAN
4 3 (2.04%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.36%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (1.36%) Internet
5 2 (1.36%) IPsec
5 2 (1.36%) Unified Communications
5 2 (1.36%) WAN
6 1 (0.68%) Intranet
6 1 (0.68%) SAN
6 1 (0.68%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.16%) Metadata
2 11 (7.48%) Power BI
2 11 (7.48%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.40%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.40%) Data Lake
3 5 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.04%) Big Data
4 3 (2.04%) Hadoop
4 3 (2.04%) MySQL
4 3 (2.04%) Oracle Database
4 3 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.36%) Tick Data
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.68%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.68%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database 10g
6 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.68%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 21 (14.29%) JIRA
2 13 (8.84%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.08%) GitLab
4 5 (3.40%) Git
5 4 (2.72%) ER Studio
5 4 (2.72%) ERwin
6 3 (2.04%) Snyk
7 2 (1.36%) Jasmine
7 2 (1.36%) Karma Test Runner
7 2 (1.36%) NUnit
7 2 (1.36%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.68%) Postman
8 1 (0.68%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.68%) Selenium
8 1 (0.68%) Storybook
8 1 (0.68%) Subversion
8 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.68%) WebDriver
General
1 43 (29.25%) Finance
2 38 (25.85%) Public Sector
2 38 (25.85%) Social Skills
3 9 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.44%) Banking
4 8 (5.44%) Legal
5 7 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.04%) Billing
7 2 (1.36%) Back Office
7 2 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.36%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.36%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.68%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.68%) Marketing
8 1 (0.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (18.37%) Architect
2 23 (15.65%) Azure Engineer
3 21 (14.29%) Analyst
4 18 (12.24%) Java Engineer
5 15 (10.20%) Developer
6 12 (8.16%) Senior
7 9 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 8 (5.44%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
8 8 (5.44%) Report Analyst
8 8 (5.44%) Security Analyst
8 8 (5.44%) Security Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) .NET Developer
9 7 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 7 (4.76%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Azure Software Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Design Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Java Software Engineer
10 6 (4.08%) Project Support Officer
10 6 (4.08%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (17.01%) .NET
2 15 (10.20%) React
2 15 (10.20%) Spring
2 15 (10.20%) Spring Boot
3 10 (6.80%) RESTful
4 7 (4.76%) REST
5 5 (3.40%) .NET Core
5 5 (3.40%) AngularJS
5 5 (3.40%) Kafka
6 4 (2.72%) ASP.NET
6 4 (2.72%) CSS
6 4 (2.72%) HTML
6 4 (2.72%) Node.js
6 4 (2.72%) SLSA
7 3 (2.04%) .NET Framework
7 3 (2.04%) ASP.NET Core
7 3 (2.04%) Entity Framework
7 3 (2.04%) Jest
7 3 (2.04%) LINQ
7 3 (2.04%) NgRx
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.84%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (7.48%) Product Ownership
3 10 (6.80%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.80%) Data Centre
4 7 (4.76%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (4.08%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.40%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.40%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.72%) Wiki
8 3 (2.04%) Clustering
8 3 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.04%) Low-Code
8 3 (2.04%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.04%) PKI
8 3 (2.04%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.36%) Algorithms
9 2 (1.36%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.36%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.36%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 11 (7.48%) Windows
2 4 (2.72%) Linux
3 3 (2.04%) Unix
4 2 (1.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.68%) Android
5 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.68%) Solaris
5 1 (0.68%) VMS
5 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (42.86%) DevOps
2 36 (24.49%) Agile
3 35 (23.81%) CI/CD
4 26 (17.69%) AI
5 23 (15.65%) Migration
5 23 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (13.61%) Machine Learning
8 15 (10.20%) Data Modelling
8 15 (10.20%) Data Protection
8 15 (10.20%) OCR
9 14 (9.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 14 (9.52%) Roadmaps
9 14 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (8.84%) Analytics
10 13 (8.84%) Microservices
10 13 (8.84%) Software Engineering
10 13 (8.84%) Technical Leadership
11 12 (8.16%) UML
12 11 (7.48%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 32 (21.77%) SQL
2 29 (19.73%) Python
3 21 (14.29%) Java
4 18 (12.24%) C#
5 11 (7.48%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.08%) Bash
6 6 (4.08%) Bicep
6 6 (4.08%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.08%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.04%) C++
7 3 (2.04%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.36%) Korn
9 1 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.68%) Go
9 1 (0.68%) JCL
9 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.68%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.68%) VBA
9 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (8.16%) Degree
2 8 (5.44%) CISSP
3 7 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (4.08%) CISM
5 5 (3.40%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (2.72%) Security Cleared
7 3 (2.04%) Master's Degree
7 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.04%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.36%) CCSK
8 2 (1.36%) FFIEC
9 1 (0.68%) CCNP
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.68%) MCSE
9 1 (0.68%) Oracle Certification
9 1 (0.68%) PhD
9 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 12 (8.16%) Disclosure Scotland
3 10 (6.80%) QA
4 6 (4.08%) NIST
5 5 (3.40%) Accessibility
6 4 (2.72%) GDPR
7 2 (1.36%) GRC
7 2 (1.36%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.36%) PMO
8 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.68%) NCSC
8 1 (0.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 11 (7.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.04%) Docker
2 3 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.36%) Firmware
3 2 (1.36%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.68%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.68%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (14.97%) Terraform
2 8 (5.44%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.04%) Ansible
3 3 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.68%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.68%) Grafana
4 1 (0.68%) Istio
4 1 (0.68%) linkerd
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.68%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.68%) SCCM
4 1 (0.68%) vRealize
4 1 (0.68%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 22 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.80%) Google
2 10 (6.80%) OpenAI
3 8 (5.44%) Oracle
4 5 (3.40%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (2.04%) Black Duck
5 3 (2.04%) CA Agile Central
5 3 (2.04%) Checkmarx
5 3 (2.04%) Cisco
5 3 (2.04%) Informatica
5 3 (2.04%) Spotify
5 3 (2.04%) Talend
5 3 (2.04%) Tenable
5 3 (2.04%) VMware
6 2 (1.36%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.36%) F5
6 2 (1.36%) Fortinet
6 2 (1.36%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.36%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.36%) Thales