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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 108 92 139
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 17.22% 12.65% 13.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.86% 32.62% 34.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 56 81
10th Percentile £386 £341 £325
25th Percentile £428 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £620 £506 £550
90th Percentile £642 £550 £625
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
Median hourly rate - £24.18 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year - +36.46% -
Scotland median hourly rate - £22.23 £17.72
% change year-on-year - +25.47% -

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 252 282 401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 40.19% 38.79% 40.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 168 269
10th Percentile £405 £194 £296
25th Percentile £450 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -0.84%
75th Percentile £550 £526 £538
90th Percentile £625 £588 £600
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 8 2
10th Percentile £17.88 £16.69 -
25th Percentile £24.90 £19.28 -
Median hourly rate £36.95 £23.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +60.04% +30.30% -
75th Percentile £48.65 £24.18 -
90th Percentile £55.46 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £15.09 £22.00 £17.72
% change year-on-year -31.41% +24.15% -

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 8 November 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 7 (6.48%) Confluence
2 1 (0.93%) Apache
2 1 (0.93%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.93%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.93%) FileNet
2 1 (0.93%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.93%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.85%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 38 (35.19%) AWS
2 26 (24.07%) Azure DevOps
3 23 (21.30%) GCP
4 16 (14.81%) Power Platform
5 13 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (6.48%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (5.56%) OCI
8 5 (4.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (4.63%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (3.70%) Azure AI
9 4 (3.70%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 4 (3.70%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 4 (3.70%) Collibra
9 4 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.70%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.70%) GitHub
10 3 (2.78%) IaaS
10 3 (2.78%) PaaS
10 3 (2.78%) SaaS
10 3 (2.78%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (2.78%) Network Security
2 3 (2.78%) VPN
3 1 (0.93%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) Power BI
2 4 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (3.70%) Metadata
2 4 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.78%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.78%) MySQL
4 2 (1.85%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.85%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.93%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.93%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.93%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.93%) Power Query
5 1 (0.93%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (10.19%) Git
2 10 (9.26%) JIRA
3 8 (7.41%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.78%) Cypress.io
5 2 (1.85%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.85%) git-flow
5 2 (1.85%) Postman
5 2 (1.85%) Selenium
5 2 (1.85%) webpack
6 1 (0.93%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.93%) ERwin
6 1 (0.93%) GitLab
6 1 (0.93%) Maven
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.93%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (31.48%) Finance
2 32 (29.63%) Social Skills
3 26 (24.07%) Public Sector
4 12 (11.11%) Banking
5 8 (7.41%) Legal
6 7 (6.48%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.56%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (5.56%) Retail Banking
8 5 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.70%) Retail
10 3 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.85%) Back Office
11 2 (1.85%) Billing
Job Titles
1 17 (15.74%) Developer
2 16 (14.81%) Architect
3 10 (9.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 7 (6.48%) .NET Developer
4 7 (6.48%) Analyst
5 6 (5.56%) Data Engineer
5 6 (5.56%) Lead
5 6 (5.56%) Project Manager
6 5 (4.63%) Software Engineer
7 4 (3.70%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
7 4 (3.70%) AWS Engineer
7 4 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (3.70%) Implementation Specialist
7 4 (3.70%) Security Analyst
7 4 (3.70%) Senior
7 4 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.70%) Technical Architect
8 3 (2.78%) Cloud Engineer
8 3 (2.78%) Project Implementation Manager
8 3 (2.78%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.89%) .NET
2 13 (12.04%) RESTful
3 11 (10.19%) React
4 6 (5.56%) Spring
4 6 (5.56%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.78%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.78%) CSS
5 3 (2.78%) HTML
5 3 (2.78%) Node.js
5 3 (2.78%) REST
6 2 (1.85%) Express.js
6 2 (1.85%) Jest
6 2 (1.85%) JSON
6 2 (1.85%) PySpark
6 2 (1.85%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.85%) YAML
7 1 (0.93%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.93%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (0.93%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
2 11 (10.19%) Cloud Native
2 11 (10.19%) Product Ownership
3 8 (7.41%) Onboarding
4 7 (6.48%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (6.48%) PKI
5 4 (3.70%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (3.70%) Wiki
6 3 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (2.78%) Legacy Code
6 3 (2.78%) Low-Code
6 3 (2.78%) Replication
7 2 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.93%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.19%) Windows
2 9 (8.33%) Unix
3 7 (6.48%) Linux
4 6 (5.56%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (54.63%) DevOps
2 47 (43.52%) Agile
3 37 (34.26%) CI/CD
4 20 (18.52%) Migration
5 19 (17.59%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (12.96%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (11.11%) Data Protection
10 11 (10.19%) Mentoring
11 10 (9.26%) API Design
11 10 (9.26%) Microservices
12 9 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
12 9 (8.33%) Scrum
12 9 (8.33%) Software Engineering
12 9 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (7.41%) AI
13 8 (7.41%) Data Governance
13 8 (7.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.30%) Python
1 23 (21.30%) SQL
2 14 (12.96%) Java
3 10 (9.26%) C#
4 6 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 6 (5.56%) Shell Script
5 5 (4.63%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.70%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.78%) Bash
7 3 (2.78%) Perl
8 2 (1.85%) Bicep
9 1 (0.93%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.93%) Go
9 1 (0.93%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (8.33%) Degree
2 5 (4.63%) AWS Certification
3 4 (3.70%) CISSP
4 3 (2.78%) Azure Certification
4 3 (2.78%) CISA
4 3 (2.78%) CISM
4 3 (2.78%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 3 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (1.85%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.85%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.93%) APMG
6 1 (0.93%) HND
6 1 (0.93%) ISEB
6 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.93%) MCSE
6 1 (0.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) Disclosure Scotland
1 7 (6.48%) QA
2 5 (4.63%) Accessibility
2 5 (4.63%) COBIT
2 5 (4.63%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.70%) GDPR
3 4 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.78%) NIST
5 2 (1.85%) NCSC
5 2 (1.85%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.93%) PSD2
6 1 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (8.33%) Docker
2 7 (6.48%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.78%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.93%) ISA Server
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (19.44%) Terraform
2 12 (11.11%) Ansible
3 10 (9.26%) Kubernetes
4 7 (6.48%) Grafana
5 5 (4.63%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.70%) SCCM
7 2 (1.85%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.93%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.93%) linkerd
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.93%) Oracle ZFS
8 1 (0.93%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.93%) vRealize
8 1 (0.93%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 30 (27.78%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.26%) Oracle
3 9 (8.33%) Databricks
4 6 (5.56%) Dynatrace
4 6 (5.56%) F5
5 4 (3.70%) CheckPoint
5 4 (3.70%) Dell
5 4 (3.70%) HP
5 4 (3.70%) VMware
6 3 (2.78%) ForgeRock
6 3 (2.78%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.85%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.85%) Cisco
7 2 (1.85%) Ping Identity
7 2 (1.85%) Qualys
7 2 (1.85%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.85%) Spotify
7 2 (1.85%) Tenable
8 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.93%) Talend
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