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 6 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 8 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 114 90 124
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 18.91% 13.68% 13.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.78% 33.58% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 47 69
10th Percentile £386 £149 £355
25th Percentile £431 £380 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £625 £534 £550
90th Percentile - £685 £629
Scotland median daily rate £513 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +10.81% -7.50% +5.26%
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 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 249 268 372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 41.29% 40.73% 40.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 148 248
10th Percentile £400 £192 £300
25th Percentile £445 £388 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £461 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -2.89% -
75th Percentile £552 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £603 £617
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £480
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.15% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 1
10th Percentile £17.88 £18.48 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £20.30 -
Median hourly rate £36.95 £23.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +60.66% +29.80% -
75th Percentile £48.65 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £55.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £50.00 £23.00 £16.57
% change year-on-year +117.39% +38.81% -6.49%

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 6 December 2025.

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 (8.77%) Confluence
2 1 (0.88%) Apache
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.88%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.88%) FileNet
2 1 (0.88%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 37 (32.46%) AWS
2 25 (21.93%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (19.30%) GCP
4 16 (14.04%) Power Platform
5 14 (12.28%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (6.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (5.26%) Snowflake
8 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
8 5 (4.39%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (4.39%) Entra ID
8 5 (4.39%) OCI
9 4 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
9 4 (3.51%) Collibra
10 3 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (2.63%) GitHub
10 3 (2.63%) IaaS
10 3 (2.63%) PaaS
10 3 (2.63%) SaaS
11 2 (1.75%) Apigee
11 2 (1.75%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.40%) Firewall
2 3 (2.63%) Network Security
2 3 (2.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.88%) DHCP
3 1 (0.88%) DNS
3 1 (0.88%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.14%) Power BI
2 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.63%) Metadata
2 3 (2.63%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.75%) Delta Lake
3 2 (1.75%) MySQL
3 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.75%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.88%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.88%) GIS
4 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.88%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (12.28%) JIRA
2 10 (8.77%) Git
2 10 (8.77%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.51%) ER Studio
3 4 (3.51%) ERwin
4 2 (1.75%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.75%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.75%) git-flow
4 2 (1.75%) GitLab
5 1 (0.88%) Maven
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.88%) Postman
5 1 (0.88%) Selenium
5 1 (0.88%) Storybook
5 1 (0.88%) WebDriver
5 1 (0.88%) webpack
General
1 36 (31.58%) Finance
2 33 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 28 (24.56%) Public Sector
4 13 (11.40%) Banking
5 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.14%) Legal
6 7 (6.14%) Retail Banking
7 5 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.51%) Retail
9 3 (2.63%) Billing
10 2 (1.75%) Back Office
10 2 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 21 (18.42%) Developer
2 11 (9.65%) Architect
3 10 (8.77%) .NET Developer
4 8 (7.02%) DevOps Engineer
5 7 (6.14%) Data Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) Analyst
6 6 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (5.26%) Project Manager
6 6 (5.26%) Senior
7 5 (4.39%) Lead
8 4 (3.51%) Data Modeller
8 4 (3.51%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.51%) Implementation Specialist
8 4 (3.51%) Java Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Project Officer
8 4 (3.51%) Project Support Officer
8 4 (3.51%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.51%) Software Engineer
8 4 (3.51%) Support Officer
9 3 (2.63%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.40%) .NET
2 10 (8.77%) React
2 10 (8.77%) RESTful
3 9 (7.89%) Spring
4 8 (7.02%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.51%) REST
6 3 (2.63%) CSS
6 3 (2.63%) HTML
6 3 (2.63%) Node.js
6 3 (2.63%) PySpark
7 2 (1.75%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.75%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.75%) Express.js
7 2 (1.75%) Jest
7 2 (1.75%) JSON
7 2 (1.75%) OAuth
7 2 (1.75%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.88%) Kafka
8 1 (0.88%) NumPy
8 1 (0.88%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Data Protection Act
1 11 (9.65%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.77%) Cloud Native
3 9 (7.89%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.14%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (6.14%) PKI
5 6 (5.26%) Legacy Applications
5 6 (5.26%) Wiki
6 3 (2.63%) Cyber Threat
6 3 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.63%) Legacy Code
6 3 (2.63%) Low-Code
7 2 (1.75%) Clustering
7 2 (1.75%) Replication
8 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.40%) Windows
2 10 (8.77%) Unix
3 8 (7.02%) Linux
4 7 (6.14%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (49.12%) DevOps
2 49 (42.98%) Agile
3 33 (28.95%) CI/CD
4 23 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (17.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (17.54%) Migration
6 17 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (12.28%) Cybersecurity
8 12 (10.53%) Coaching
9 11 (9.65%) Data Governance
9 11 (9.65%) Data Protection
10 10 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (7.89%) Data Architecture
11 9 (7.89%) Decision-Making
11 9 (7.89%) ITIL
11 9 (7.89%) Knowledge Transfer
11 9 (7.89%) Microservices
11 9 (7.89%) Project Management
11 9 (7.89%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 9 (7.89%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.05%) SQL
2 21 (18.42%) Python
3 15 (13.16%) Java
4 7 (6.14%) C#
4 7 (6.14%) Shell Script
5 6 (5.26%) JavaScript
6 5 (4.39%) PowerShell
6 5 (4.39%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.63%) Perl
8 2 (1.75%) Bash
9 1 (0.88%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.88%) Bicep
9 1 (0.88%) Go
9 1 (0.88%) Korn
9 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (8.77%) Degree
2 5 (4.39%) CISSP
3 4 (3.51%) AWS Certification
3 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.88%) APMG
6 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) CEH
6 1 (0.88%) CISA
6 1 (0.88%) CISM
6 1 (0.88%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (0.88%) HND
6 1 (0.88%) ISEB
6 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.88%) MCSE
6 1 (0.88%) SANS
6 1 (0.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.89%) QA
2 6 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.26%) Disclosure Scotland
3 5 (4.39%) COBIT
4 4 (3.51%) Accessibility
4 4 (3.51%) GDPR
5 3 (2.63%) NIST
6 2 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.75%) NCSC
6 2 (1.75%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.88%) PSD2
7 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.88%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.02%) Docker
3 4 (3.51%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (18.42%) Terraform
2 10 (8.77%) Ansible
3 8 (7.02%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.26%) Grafana
5 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.51%) SCCM
7 1 (0.88%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.88%) linkerd
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.88%) Oracle ZFS
7 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.88%) vRealize
7 1 (0.88%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 27 (23.68%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.77%) Databricks
2 10 (8.77%) Oracle
3 6 (5.26%) F5
4 5 (4.39%) Dynatrace
5 4 (3.51%) CheckPoint
5 4 (3.51%) Dell
5 4 (3.51%) HP
5 4 (3.51%) VMware
6 3 (2.63%) CA Agile Central
6 3 (2.63%) Spotify
7 2 (1.75%) ForgeRock
7 2 (1.75%) Ping Identity
7 2 (1.75%) Qualys
7 2 (1.75%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.88%) Meraki
8 1 (0.88%) Pega
8 1 (0.88%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.88%) Talend