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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 123 91 120
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 20.88% 14.70% 13.13%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.05% 36.55% 34.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 54 67
10th Percentile £350 £149 £325
25th Percentile £431 £403 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +16.22% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £625 £525 £550
90th Percentile £663 £654 £699
Scotland median daily rate £525 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +13.02% -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 256 249 348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 43.46% 40.23% 38.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 151 224
10th Percentile £371 £192 £300
25th Percentile £441 £400 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £592 £525 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £634
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% +3.16%
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 1 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 10 (8.13%) Confluence
2 1 (0.81%) Apache
2 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.81%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.81%) FileNet
2 1 (0.81%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.81%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (30.08%) AWS
2 28 (22.76%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (15.45%) GCP
4 18 (14.63%) Power Platform
5 15 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (5.69%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.88%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.88%) Snowflake
8 5 (4.07%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.07%) OCI
9 4 (3.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (3.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.25%) Collibra
9 4 (3.25%) GitHub
9 4 (3.25%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.44%) IaaS
10 3 (2.44%) PaaS
10 3 (2.44%) SaaS
11 2 (1.63%) Akamai
11 2 (1.63%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.13%) Firewall
2 4 (3.25%) VPN
3 3 (2.44%) DHCP
3 3 (2.44%) DNS
3 3 (2.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.81%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (0.81%) Internet
4 1 (0.81%) Intranet
4 1 (0.81%) IPsec
4 1 (0.81%) LAN
4 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.81%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.50%) Power BI
2 7 (5.69%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.44%) Metadata
3 3 (2.44%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.63%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.63%) MySQL
4 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.81%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.81%) GIS
5 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.81%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 15 (12.20%) JIRA
2 10 (8.13%) Jenkins
3 6 (4.88%) Git
4 4 (3.25%) ER Studio
4 4 (3.25%) ERwin
5 2 (1.63%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.63%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.63%) git-flow
5 2 (1.63%) GitLab
6 1 (0.81%) Maven
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.81%) Postman
6 1 (0.81%) Selenium
6 1 (0.81%) Storybook
6 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.81%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.81%) webpack
General
1 39 (31.71%) Finance
2 34 (27.64%) Social Skills
3 33 (26.83%) Public Sector
4 15 (12.20%) Banking
5 8 (6.50%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (5.69%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (5.69%) Legal
6 7 (5.69%) Retail Banking
7 5 (4.07%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.25%) Retail
9 3 (2.44%) Billing
10 2 (1.63%) Back Office
11 1 (0.81%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (15.45%) Developer
2 14 (11.38%) Architect
3 11 (8.94%) Analyst
4 9 (7.32%) .NET Developer
5 8 (6.50%) Azure Engineer
5 8 (6.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.50%) Senior
6 7 (5.69%) Data Engineer
7 6 (4.88%) Project Manager
8 5 (4.07%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.07%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (4.07%) Java Engineer
9 4 (3.25%) DBA
9 4 (3.25%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (3.25%) Implementation Specialist
9 4 (3.25%) Project Officer
9 4 (3.25%) Security Analyst
9 4 (3.25%) Senior Developer
9 4 (3.25%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.25%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.20%) .NET
2 10 (8.13%) React
3 9 (7.32%) Spring
3 9 (7.32%) Spring Boot
4 8 (6.50%) RESTful
5 4 (3.25%) REST
6 3 (2.44%) CSS
6 3 (2.44%) HTML
6 3 (2.44%) PySpark
7 2 (1.63%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.63%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.63%) Express.js
7 2 (1.63%) Jest
7 2 (1.63%) JSON
7 2 (1.63%) Node.js
7 2 (1.63%) OAuth
8 1 (0.81%) Flask
8 1 (0.81%) Kafka
8 1 (0.81%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.81%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 8 (6.50%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.69%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (5.69%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.07%) Data Centre
6 5 (4.07%) Wiki
7 4 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (3.25%) PKI
8 3 (2.44%) Clustering
8 3 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (2.44%) Low-Code
9 2 (1.63%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.63%) Replication
10 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.81%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
10 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.57%) Windows
2 11 (8.94%) Unix
3 9 (7.32%) Linux
4 5 (4.07%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.81%) VMS
6 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (45.53%) DevOps
2 52 (42.28%) Agile
3 32 (26.02%) CI/CD
4 28 (22.76%) Migration
5 20 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (13.01%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (9.76%) ITIL
9 11 (8.94%) Coaching
10 10 (8.13%) Data Governance
10 10 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (7.32%) AI
11 9 (7.32%) Analytics
11 9 (7.32%) Data Modelling
11 9 (7.32%) Platform Engineering
11 9 (7.32%) Project Management
11 9 (7.32%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 9 (7.32%) Scrum
12 8 (6.50%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.20%) SQL
2 27 (21.95%) Python
3 12 (9.76%) Java
4 9 (7.32%) C#
4 9 (7.32%) PowerShell
5 8 (6.50%) Shell Script
6 6 (4.88%) JavaScript
7 5 (4.07%) TypeScript
8 4 (3.25%) Bash
9 3 (2.44%) Bicep
10 2 (1.63%) Korn
10 2 (1.63%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.81%) BeanShell
11 1 (0.81%) C++
11 1 (0.81%) Go
11 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (5.69%) Degree
2 4 (3.25%) AWS Certification
2 4 (3.25%) CISSP
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.81%) APMG
5 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (0.81%) CEH
5 1 (0.81%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.81%) FFIEC
5 1 (0.81%) HND
5 1 (0.81%) ISEB
5 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.81%) MCSE
5 1 (0.81%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.50%) QA
3 6 (4.88%) GDPR
4 5 (4.07%) Disclosure Scotland
5 4 (3.25%) COBIT
6 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.63%) GRC
7 2 (1.63%) NCSC
7 2 (1.63%) NIST
8 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.81%) PSD2
8 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.50%) Active Directory
1 8 (6.50%) Docker
2 2 (1.63%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.81%) Firmware
3 1 (0.81%) ISA Server
3 1 (0.81%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (20.33%) Terraform
2 11 (8.94%) Ansible
3 9 (7.32%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.88%) Grafana
5 2 (1.63%) SCCM
5 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.81%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.81%) linkerd
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle ZFS
6 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.81%) vRealize
6 1 (0.81%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 26 (21.14%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.76%) Oracle
3 10 (8.13%) Databricks
4 7 (5.69%) F5
5 5 (4.07%) Dynatrace
6 4 (3.25%) CheckPoint
6 4 (3.25%) Dell
6 4 (3.25%) HP
7 3 (2.44%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (2.44%) Google
7 3 (2.44%) OpenAI
7 3 (2.44%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.44%) Spotify
7 3 (2.44%) VMware
8 2 (1.63%) Cisco
8 2 (1.63%) ForgeRock
8 2 (1.63%) Ping Identity
8 2 (1.63%) Thales
9 1 (0.81%) Adobe
9 1 (0.81%) IBM