Azure Developer Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in England is £580 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
24 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 392 395 402
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -14
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 144 276 433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.54% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.57% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 230 358
10th Percentile £427 £450 £410
25th Percentile £506 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £573 £530
Median % change year-on-year +1.31% +8.02% +8.72%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £625
90th Percentile £688 £738 £700
UK median daily rate £580 £565 £538
% change year-on-year +2.65% +5.12% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Azure Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Developer in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +39 85 £590 +1.72% 10
South East -1 29 £625 +4.17% 9
North of England +14 11 £475 -9.52% 4
Midlands +35 9 £580 +28.89% 6
West Midlands +29 9 £580 +28.89% 5
North West +11 6 £475 -9.52% 3
Yorkshire +8 4 £350 -33.33% 1
South West +2 2 £675 +24.42% 2
North East +18 1 - -
East of England +13 1 £600 - 1
Azure Developer
UK

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Azure Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 144 (100.00%) Azure
2 88 (61.11%) DevOps
3 78 (54.17%) C#
4 73 (50.69%) .NET
5 66 (45.83%) Azure DevOps
6 64 (44.44%) Agile
7 58 (40.28%) CI/CD
8 51 (35.42%) Microsoft
9 50 (34.72%) SQL Server
10 46 (31.94%) Full Stack Development
11 39 (27.08%) Finance
12 37 (25.69%) Git
13 35 (24.31%) SQL
14 34 (23.61%) Active Directory
14 34 (23.61%) Serverless
15 33 (22.92%) Azure Functions
16 32 (22.22%) PowerShell
16 32 (22.22%) Entra ID
17 31 (21.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 30 (20.83%) Product Ownership
18 30 (20.83%) React
18 30 (20.83%) Microservices
18 30 (20.83%) Scrum
19 29 (20.14%) Azure Service Bus
20 26 (18.06%) Azure Monitor
20 26 (18.06%) Azure Data Factory
20 26 (18.06%) Python
21 24 (16.67%) XML
22 23 (15.97%) .NET Framework
23 22 (15.28%) .NET Core

Azure Developer Skill Set
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 4 (2.78%) CMS
2 3 (2.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.69%) NServiceBus
3 1 (0.69%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.39%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 144 (100.00%) Azure
2 66 (45.83%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (23.61%) Serverless
4 33 (22.92%) Azure Functions
5 32 (22.22%) Entra ID
6 31 (21.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 29 (20.14%) Azure Service Bus
8 26 (18.06%) Azure Data Factory
8 26 (18.06%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (14.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 18 (12.50%) Azure API Management
11 13 (9.03%) Power Platform
12 7 (4.86%) Azure Key Vault
12 7 (4.86%) PaaS
13 6 (4.17%) Azure AKS
13 6 (4.17%) Azure App Service
14 5 (3.47%) Azure Event Grid
14 5 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (2.78%) Azure Storage
15 4 (2.78%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.39%) FTP
2 1 (0.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (34.72%) SQL Server
2 21 (14.58%) NoSQL
3 15 (10.42%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (6.94%) Power BI
5 9 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (4.17%) MongoDB
7 5 (3.47%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.47%) Relational Database
7 5 (3.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (2.78%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (2.08%) Redis
10 2 (1.39%) Big Data
10 2 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (1.39%) GIS
10 2 (1.39%) InterSystems Cache
10 2 (1.39%) OLTP
10 2 (1.39%) Oracle BI EE
10 2 (1.39%) Oracle Database 11g
10 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (25.69%) Git
2 6 (4.17%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.47%) Selenium
4 4 (2.78%) SpecFlow
5 3 (2.08%) NUnit
6 2 (1.39%) Postman
6 2 (1.39%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.69%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.69%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.69%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.69%) Moq
7 1 (0.69%) MSTest
7 1 (0.69%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.69%) Pylint
7 1 (0.69%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.69%) WebDriver
General
1 39 (27.08%) Finance
2 20 (13.89%) Social Skills
3 18 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.72%) Marketing
4 14 (9.72%) Public Sector
5 8 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 7 (4.86%) Electronics
6 7 (4.86%) Manufacturing
7 6 (4.17%) Law
8 5 (3.47%) Banking
8 5 (3.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.78%) Back Office
9 4 (2.78%) Front Office
10 3 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.08%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.69%) Advertising
11 1 (0.69%) International Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.69%) Legal
11 1 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (50.69%) .NET
2 30 (20.83%) React
3 24 (16.67%) XML
4 23 (15.97%) .NET Framework
5 22 (15.28%) .NET Core
6 16 (11.11%) AngularJS
7 14 (9.72%) HTML
8 11 (7.64%) CSS
8 11 (7.64%) REST
9 10 (6.94%) YAML
10 9 (6.25%) ARM Templates
10 9 (6.25%) Node.js
11 7 (4.86%) ASP.NET
12 6 (4.17%) Entity Framework
12 6 (4.17%) Express.js
12 6 (4.17%) GraphQL
12 6 (4.17%) koa
12 6 (4.17%) MERN Stack
12 6 (4.17%) NestJS
12 6 (4.17%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.83%) Product Ownership
2 6 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
3 4 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.39%) Contactless
4 2 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.39%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.39%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.39%) Tandem
5 1 (0.69%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.69%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.69%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.69%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.69%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.47%) Linux
2 2 (1.39%) Ubuntu
2 2 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (61.11%) DevOps
2 64 (44.44%) Agile
3 58 (40.28%) CI/CD
4 46 (31.94%) Full Stack Development
5 30 (20.83%) Microservices
5 30 (20.83%) Scrum
6 21 (14.58%) API Management
6 21 (14.58%) B2C
7 20 (13.89%) SDLC
8 19 (13.19%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (12.50%) TDD
10 17 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (11.11%) Clean Code
11 16 (11.11%) Test Automation
11 16 (11.11%) Unit Testing
12 14 (9.72%) Product Backlog
12 14 (9.72%) SOLID
13 13 (9.03%) OO
14 12 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 12 (8.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (54.17%) C#
2 35 (24.31%) SQL
3 32 (22.22%) PowerShell
4 26 (18.06%) Python
5 18 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 17 (11.81%) Java
7 12 (8.33%) Bicep
7 12 (8.33%) TypeScript
8 4 (2.78%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.39%) Bash
9 2 (1.39%) C
9 2 (1.39%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.69%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 5 (3.47%) Security Cleared
2 4 (2.78%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.08%) Azure Certification
3 3 (2.08%) Degree
4 1 (0.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.78%) Accessibility
1 4 (2.78%) WCAG
2 2 (1.39%) QA
3 1 (0.69%) GDPR
3 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 34 (23.61%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.17%) Docker
3 5 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.39%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (9.72%) Terraform
2 8 (5.56%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.39%) Ansible
3 2 (1.39%) Packer
4 1 (0.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (35.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.86%) SAP
3 3 (2.08%) Databricks
3 3 (2.08%) Oracle
4 1 (0.69%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.69%) ION Trading
4 1 (0.69%) mParticle
4 1 (0.69%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.69%) OpenLink
4 1 (0.69%) Red Hat
4 1 (0.69%) Salesforce
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