Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in England is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
17 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 239 155 168
Rank change year-on-year -84 +13 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 353 483 563
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.12% 1.66% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.78% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 358 417
10th Percentile £398 £363 £400
25th Percentile £414 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £588 £635 £638
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -7.27% +4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £35.00
Median hourly rate - - £35.63
75th Percentile - - £60.00
90th Percentile - - £61.80
UK median hourly rate - - £35.63
% change year-on-year - - -31.15%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 28,658 27,111 34,658
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.91% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,308 16,895 23,809
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,754 870 1,350
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £15.31
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.25 £19.62
Median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in England

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in England

Azure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in England

Azure Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 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 -43 221 £525 -4.55% 41
Midlands -26 39 £500 -16.14% 13
North of England -81 29 £500 +11.11% 12
South East -43 27 £462 -20.88% 27
West Midlands -39 26 £500 -16.67% 8
South West -8 18 £670 +27.62% 5
North West -43 16 £438 -2.78% 5
East Midlands -13 13 £463 -2.63% 5
Yorkshire -56 12 £531 +28.79% 4
East of England -6 11 £438 +59.09% 7
North East -12 1 £625 +23.46% 3
Azure Engineer
UK

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Azure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 353 (100.00%) Azure
2 179 (50.71%) DevOps
3 144 (40.79%) CI/CD
4 125 (35.41%) Terraform
5 116 (32.86%) Azure DevOps
6 112 (31.73%) Microsoft
7 99 (28.05%) Infrastructure as Code
8 91 (25.78%) Databricks
8 91 (25.78%) SQL
9 90 (25.50%) Security Cleared
10 89 (25.21%) Python
11 82 (23.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 82 (23.23%) SC Cleared
12 71 (20.11%) Analytics
13 70 (19.83%) Data Pipeline
14 69 (19.55%) Migration
15 65 (18.41%) PowerShell
16 63 (17.85%) Data Engineering
17 57 (16.15%) Kubernetes
18 56 (15.86%) Azure Certification
19 53 (15.01%) Agile
20 51 (14.45%) Entra ID
21 47 (13.31%) GitHub
22 46 (13.03%) Azure Monitor
23 43 (12.18%) Cloud Security
24 42 (11.90%) Data Warehouse
24 42 (11.90%) ETL
24 42 (11.90%) PySpark
25 41 (11.61%) Azure SQL Database
26 40 (11.33%) Bicep

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 27 (7.65%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.27%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.85%) CMS
3 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.57%) Apache
4 2 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Synapse
5 1 (0.28%) Confluence
5 1 (0.28%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.28%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.85%) Maximo
3 1 (0.28%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 353 (100.00%) Azure
2 116 (32.86%) Azure DevOps
3 82 (23.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 51 (14.45%) Entra ID
5 47 (13.31%) GitHub
6 46 (13.03%) Azure Monitor
7 39 (11.05%) Azure AKS
8 34 (9.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 33 (9.35%) AWS
10 31 (8.78%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (8.78%) Power Platform
11 23 (6.52%) Snowflake
12 22 (6.23%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (5.95%) Azure Logic Apps
13 21 (5.95%) Azure Sentinel
13 21 (5.95%) PaaS
14 19 (5.38%) Azure Key Vault
15 17 (4.82%) GCP
15 17 (4.82%) Serverless
16 16 (4.53%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (11.05%) Firewall
2 20 (5.67%) VPN
3 13 (3.68%) DNS
4 11 (3.12%) Network Security
5 7 (1.98%) WAN
6 6 (1.70%) SD-WAN
7 5 (1.42%) MPLS
7 5 (1.42%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.13%) BGP
8 4 (1.13%) OSPF
9 3 (0.85%) LAN
9 3 (0.85%) VLAN
10 2 (0.57%) DHCP
10 2 (0.57%) IPsec
10 2 (0.57%) SSL
10 2 (0.57%) Wireless
11 1 (0.28%) 802.11
11 1 (0.28%) EIGRP
11 1 (0.28%) VRRP
11 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (11.90%) Data Warehouse
2 41 (11.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 35 (9.92%) Data Lake
4 27 (7.65%) Power BI
5 17 (4.82%) NoSQL
6 16 (4.53%) SQL Server
7 13 (3.68%) Metadata
8 12 (3.40%) Delta Lake
9 8 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 7 (1.98%) Relational Database
10 7 (1.98%) Star Schema
11 5 (1.42%) Big Data
11 5 (1.42%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.85%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 3 (0.85%) Tableau
13 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
13 2 (0.57%) Snowflake Schema
14 1 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 37 (10.48%) Git
2 13 (3.68%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.83%) GitLab
4 6 (1.70%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.85%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.57%) Gradle
6 2 (0.57%) Maven
6 2 (0.57%) MLflow
6 2 (0.57%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.28%) Gerrit
7 1 (0.28%) JIRA
7 1 (0.28%) JMeter
7 1 (0.28%) Postman
7 1 (0.28%) Selenium
7 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.28%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (18.70%) Social Skills
2 43 (12.18%) Finance
3 34 (9.63%) Public Sector
4 19 (5.38%) Banking
5 15 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (2.83%) Investment Banking
7 9 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.70%) Retail
10 5 (1.42%) Aviation
10 5 (1.42%) Billing
11 4 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.13%) Telecoms
12 3 (0.85%) French Language
13 2 (0.57%) Front Office
13 2 (0.57%) Law
13 2 (0.57%) Legal
13 2 (0.57%) Marketing
13 2 (0.57%) Military
13 2 (0.57%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.90%) PySpark
2 24 (6.80%) ARM Templates
3 18 (5.10%) YAML
4 16 (4.53%) ADO
5 14 (3.97%) .NET
6 12 (3.40%) SAML
7 11 (3.12%) OpenID
8 9 (2.55%) Kafka
9 7 (1.98%) REST
10 5 (1.42%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.42%) GraphQL
10 5 (1.42%) JSON
10 5 (1.42%) Node.js
10 5 (1.42%) OAuth
10 5 (1.42%) OAuth2
11 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (1.13%) PyTorch
11 4 (1.13%) React
12 3 (0.85%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.85%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 29 (8.22%) Cloud Native
2 17 (4.82%) Onboarding
3 16 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (3.68%) Legacy Systems
4 13 (3.68%) Security Posture
5 6 (1.70%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.42%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (1.42%) PKI
6 5 (1.42%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.13%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.85%) Cloud Security Posture
8 3 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.85%) Replication
8 3 (0.85%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.57%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.57%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 35 (9.92%) Windows
2 15 (4.25%) Linux
2 15 (4.25%) VMS
3 9 (2.55%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.13%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.57%) Unix
5 2 (0.57%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.28%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (50.71%) DevOps
2 144 (40.79%) CI/CD
3 99 (28.05%) Infrastructure as Code
4 71 (20.11%) Analytics
5 70 (19.83%) Data Pipeline
6 69 (19.55%) Migration
7 63 (17.85%) Data Engineering
8 53 (15.01%) Agile
9 43 (12.18%) Cloud Security
10 42 (11.90%) ETL
11 40 (11.33%) Data Governance
12 38 (10.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 37 (10.48%) Data Modelling
14 34 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
14 34 (9.63%) Problem-Solving
15 32 (9.07%) Data Integration
16 31 (8.78%) Platform Engineering
17 29 (8.22%) Data Architecture
18 28 (7.93%) AI
18 28 (7.93%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 91 (25.78%) SQL
2 89 (25.21%) Python
3 65 (18.41%) PowerShell
4 40 (11.33%) Bicep
5 26 (7.37%) Scala
6 20 (5.67%) C#
7 16 (4.53%) Bash
8 12 (3.40%) JavaScript
9 8 (2.27%) Java
10 6 (1.70%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.13%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.85%) PHP
12 3 (0.85%) R
13 1 (0.28%) C
13 1 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.28%) Go
13 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (25.50%) Security Cleared
2 82 (23.23%) SC Cleared
3 56 (15.86%) Azure Certification
4 14 (3.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (3.40%) Degree
6 8 (2.27%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (1.70%) CISSP
8 6 (1.70%) Network+ Certification
9 4 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.13%) CISM
10 3 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 2 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.57%) CCNA
11 2 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.28%) CCIE
12 1 (0.28%) CCNP
12 1 (0.28%) CCSP
12 1 (0.28%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.05%) Data Quality
2 17 (4.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (4.53%) NIST
4 10 (2.83%) GDPR
5 6 (1.70%) NCSC
6 5 (1.42%) QA
7 3 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.85%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.85%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.57%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.28%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.28%) SLA
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (8.22%) Active Directory
1 29 (8.22%) Docker
2 8 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (0.57%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 125 (35.41%) Terraform
2 57 (16.15%) Kubernetes
3 15 (4.25%) Ansible
4 10 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (1.42%) Progress Chef
5 5 (1.42%) QRadar
6 4 (1.13%) Packer
7 3 (0.85%) Grafana
7 3 (0.85%) Podman
7 3 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.85%) Proxmox
7 3 (0.85%) SCCM
8 2 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.57%) Fluentd
8 2 (0.57%) SCOM
8 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.28%) Istio
9 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.28%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.28%) Puppet
Vendors
1 112 (31.73%) Microsoft
2 91 (25.78%) Databricks
3 10 (2.83%) Virgin Media
4 9 (2.55%) Cisco
5 7 (1.98%) Google
6 6 (1.70%) Oracle
6 6 (1.70%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.70%) Zscaler
7 5 (1.42%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.42%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.13%) Foundry
8 4 (1.13%) Meraki
8 4 (1.13%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.85%) CheckPoint
9 3 (0.85%) Dynatrace
9 3 (0.85%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.85%) IBM
9 3 (0.85%) Juniper
9 3 (0.85%) Qualys
9 3 (0.85%) SAP
86 Azure Engineer jobs in England