Azure AI Platform
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Azure AI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure AI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 470 | 528 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure AI | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 0.062% | 0.038% | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 0.17% | 0.12% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £451 | £263 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £493 | £306 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £513 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.32% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £584 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £669 | - |
| UK median daily rate | £575 | £550 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.55% | +22.22% | -22.75% |
All Cloud Skills
England
Azure AI 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 England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 9,062 | 11,852 | 18,481 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 37.21% | 31.87% | 36.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6,341 | 8,544 | 13,518 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £300 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £413 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £669 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £738 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.95% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 194 | 321 | 311 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.03 | £14.00 | £15.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £15.85 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.50 | £20.77 | £32.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +22.77% | -35.70% | +53.81% |
| 75th Percentile | £40.50 | £32.50 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.38 | £61.60 | £78.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £27.35 | £21.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +30.24% | -40.00% | +62.79% |
Azure AI
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Azure AI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Azure AI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure AI in England.
Azure AI
Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure AI in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Azure AI
Contract Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AI within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | +43 | 9 | £575 | - | 35 |
| North of England | +22 | 4 | £520 | +89.09% | 14 |
| North West | +20 | 4 | £520 | +89.09% | 11 |
| South East | +47 | 2 | £625 | - | 18 |
| Azure AI UK |
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Azure AI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories: