The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 11 April 2021 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills
14,269
16,511
24,682
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England
34.17%
30.79%
27.94%
Number of daily rates quoted
10,262
11,735
17,437
10th Percentile
£313
£288
£313
25th Percentile
£406
£400
£409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£500
£500
75th Percentile
£588
£588
£575
90th Percentile
£669
£675
£650
UK median daily rate
£500
£500
£500
Number of hourly rates quoted
253
255
244
10th Percentile
£12.05
£12.50
£11.08
25th Percentile
£15.00
£16.50
£13.25
Median hourly rate
£21.05
£20.00
£17.50
Median % change year-on-year
+5.25%
+14.29%
-7.01%
75th Percentile
£38.38
£39.31
£25.00
90th Percentile
£59.75
£61.15
£48.40
UK median hourly rate
£22.00
£20.00
£17.50
% change year-on-year
+10.00%
+14.29%
-3.06%
Azure Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Azure Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in England.
Azure Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in England over the 6 months to 11 April 2021.
Azure Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in England.
Azure Hourly Rate Histogram in England
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in England over the 6 months to 11 April 2021.
Azure 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 within the England region over the 6 months to 11 April 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 11 April 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Azure also mentioned the following skills 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 with a requirement for Azure.
Azure Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
