Azure Certification Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 358 355
Rank change year-on-year +61 -3 +49
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 188 186 325
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.51% 0.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.50% 1.67% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 119 217
10th Percentile £355 £312 £363
25th Percentile £447 £403 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £688 £603 £675
90th Percentile £716 £728 £788
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £15.95
25th Percentile - - £27.88
Median hourly rate - - £51.50
75th Percentile - - £78.88
90th Percentile - - £93.05
UK median hourly rate - - £51.50
% change year-on-year - - -21.97%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 7,507 11,123 13,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.49% 30.61% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,785 6,895 8,840
10th Percentile £279 £313 £338
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £523 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -1.42% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 427 972 672
10th Percentile £18.02 £14.00 £14.83
25th Percentile £22.27 £18.13 £21.24
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -25.93% +30.58%
75th Percentile £67.25 £62.50 £68.56
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £33.75 £40.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.63% -27.27% +23.60%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in England

Azure Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure Certification in England

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in England

Azure Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Certification in England

Azure Certification
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 Certification within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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 +48 106 £600 +14.29% 229
North of England +25 26 £538 +19.44% 251
North West +22 23 £525 +10.53% 115
South West +44 17 £370 -35.65% 126
South East +47 15 £650 +42.47% 336
Midlands +20 15 £546 -8.11% 230
West Midlands +17 14 £550 -2.22% 133
East of England +32 3 £494 +3.95% 178
Yorkshire +12 3 £550 +22.22% 97
East Midlands +9 1 £540 -10.93% 82
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (6.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (4.26%) Confluence
3 6 (3.19%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.06%) Apache
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.53%) IIS
5 1 (0.53%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.53%) nginx
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Maximo
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 187 (99.47%) Azure
2 70 (37.23%) AWS
3 48 (25.53%) GCP
4 47 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 39 (20.74%) IaaS
6 36 (19.15%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (19.15%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (12.23%) PaaS
8 18 (9.57%) Azure Data Factory
8 18 (9.57%) SaaS
8 18 (9.57%) Serverless
9 17 (9.04%) Power Platform
10 16 (8.51%) Azure Monitor
11 11 (5.85%) Azure API Management
11 11 (5.85%) GitHub
12 10 (5.32%) Azure Sentinel
13 9 (4.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (4.79%) Azure AKS
13 9 (4.79%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (3.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 36 (19.15%) Firewall
2 20 (10.64%) VPN
3 15 (7.98%) Network Security
4 12 (6.38%) Intrusion Detection
5 6 (3.19%) WAN
6 4 (2.13%) MPLS
6 4 (2.13%) VLAN
7 3 (1.60%) BGP
7 3 (1.60%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.06%) DNS
8 2 (1.06%) HTTPS
8 2 (1.06%) LAN
8 2 (1.06%) OSPF
8 2 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.06%) SAN
8 2 (1.06%) SSL
9 1 (0.53%) 5G
9 1 (0.53%) Diameter Protocol
9 1 (0.53%) VoLTE
9 1 (0.53%) VoWiFi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (15.96%) SQL Server
2 16 (8.51%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (7.98%) Data Lake
4 14 (7.45%) Power BI
5 7 (3.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (3.19%) Metadata
7 3 (1.60%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.60%) SSDT
8 2 (1.06%) EDMS
8 2 (1.06%) GIS
8 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.06%) MySQL
8 2 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (1.06%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.53%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 10 (5.32%) JIRA
2 9 (4.79%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.60%) Git
4 2 (1.06%) GitLab
4 2 (1.06%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.53%) Hudson
5 1 (0.53%) Maven
5 1 (0.53%) MLflow
5 1 (0.53%) Postman
General
1 76 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.09%) Finance
3 30 (15.96%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (14.89%) Telecoms
5 17 (9.04%) Legal
6 16 (8.51%) Marketing
7 14 (7.45%) Banking
7 14 (7.45%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (3.72%) Electronics
9 7 (3.72%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.13%) Law
11 3 (1.60%) Retail
12 2 (1.06%) Billing
12 2 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.53%) Back Office
13 1 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.53%) Police
13 1 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (31.91%) Architect
2 35 (18.62%) Azure Engineer
3 23 (12.23%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (10.11%) Cloud Engineer
5 17 (9.04%) Consultant
6 16 (8.51%) Azure Architect
7 14 (7.45%) Security Architect
8 13 (6.91%) DevOps Engineer
8 13 (6.91%) Senior
9 12 (6.38%) Developer
10 11 (5.85%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (5.85%) Data Engineer
11 10 (5.32%) Analyst
11 10 (5.32%) Azure Developer
12 9 (4.79%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 9 (4.79%) Support Engineer
13 8 (4.26%) Applications Support
13 8 (4.26%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 8 (4.26%) Lead
13 8 (4.26%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (7.98%) ARM Templates
2 14 (7.45%) .NET
3 9 (4.79%) CSS
3 9 (4.79%) HTML
3 9 (4.79%) OAuth
4 5 (2.66%) PySpark
4 5 (2.66%) REST
4 5 (2.66%) YAML
5 4 (2.13%) ADO
6 3 (1.60%) .NET Core
6 3 (1.60%) JSON
6 3 (1.60%) Middleware
6 3 (1.60%) SAML
6 3 (1.60%) SOAP
6 3 (1.60%) XML
7 2 (1.06%) Kafka
7 2 (1.06%) SailPoint
7 2 (1.06%) Spring
7 2 (1.06%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.06%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (6.91%) Management Information System
3 10 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 7 (3.72%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.13%) Data Centre
5 4 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.13%) Public Cloud
6 3 (1.60%) BYOD
6 3 (1.60%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (1.60%) NHS
6 3 (1.60%) PKI
6 3 (1.60%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.06%) Clustering
7 2 (1.06%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.06%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.06%) Replication
7 2 (1.06%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.53%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 27 (14.36%) Windows
2 19 (10.11%) Windows Server
3 11 (5.85%) Linux
4 3 (1.60%) VMS
5 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.53%) Rocky
5 1 (0.53%) Unix
5 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.57%) DevOps
2 51 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (25.53%) CI/CD
4 37 (19.68%) Agile
5 36 (19.15%) Infrastructure as Code
5 36 (19.15%) Migration
6 35 (18.62%) Cloud Security
6 35 (18.62%) Computer Science
7 30 (15.96%) RBAC
8 28 (14.89%) Analytics
9 25 (13.30%) ETL
9 25 (13.30%) Software Engineering
10 22 (11.70%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (11.70%) Containerisation
10 22 (11.70%) Cybersecurity
10 22 (11.70%) Identity Access Management
11 20 (10.64%) Enterprise Architecture
11 20 (10.64%) Information Security
12 19 (10.11%) Project Delivery
12 19 (10.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (23.94%) PowerShell
2 26 (13.83%) Python
3 20 (10.64%) SQL
4 16 (8.51%) Bicep
4 16 (8.51%) C#
5 13 (6.91%) JavaScript
6 12 (6.38%) Bash
7 10 (5.32%) Java
8 2 (1.06%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.53%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.53%) Perl
9 1 (0.53%) PHP
9 1 (0.53%) Ruby
9 1 (0.53%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (26.60%) Microsoft Certification
2 48 (25.53%) Degree
3 47 (25.00%) AWS Certification
4 32 (17.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (17.02%) Security Cleared
5 26 (13.83%) SC Cleared
6 19 (10.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (7.45%) CISSP
8 11 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (3.72%) PMI Certification
9 7 (3.72%) PMP
10 6 (3.19%) CCNP
10 6 (3.19%) DV Cleared
11 5 (2.66%) CISM
11 5 (2.66%) TOGAF Certification
12 4 (2.13%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.60%) CCIE
13 3 (1.60%) CISA
13 3 (1.60%) CRISC
13 3 (1.60%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (5.85%) QA
2 10 (5.32%) GDPR
2 10 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.79%) NIST
4 7 (3.72%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.13%) HIPAA
6 3 (1.60%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.06%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (1.06%) SLA
7 2 (1.06%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.53%) NCSC
System Software
1 35 (18.62%) Active Directory
2 18 (9.57%) Docker
3 15 (7.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (6.38%) vSphere
5 9 (4.79%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (2.13%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.60%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.53%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 40 (21.28%) Terraform
2 38 (20.21%) Kubernetes
3 16 (8.51%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (5.32%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (4.26%) Ansible
6 4 (2.13%) Grafana
6 4 (2.13%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.53%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.53%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.53%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.53%) Puppet
7 1 (0.53%) Salt
7 1 (0.53%) SCCM
Vendors
1 103 (54.79%) Microsoft
2 32 (17.02%) Google
3 19 (10.11%) VMware
4 13 (6.91%) Databricks
4 13 (6.91%) Oracle
5 10 (5.32%) SAP
6 5 (2.66%) Cisco
6 5 (2.66%) Okta
7 4 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.13%) Zscaler
8 3 (1.60%) Juniper
8 3 (1.60%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.60%) Ping Identity
8 3 (1.60%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.60%) UiPath
8 3 (1.60%) Veeam
9 2 (1.06%) CyberArk
9 2 (1.06%) ESRI
9 2 (1.06%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.53%) Atlassian