Azure Contract Job Trends in Fleet

Microsoft Azure
Hampshire > Fleet

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Fleet requiring Azure skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 7 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure 10 5 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Fleet 37.04% 27.78% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 58.82% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 0
10th Percentile £442 £480 -
25th Percentile - £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% - -
75th Percentile £515 £588 -
90th Percentile £538 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +11.11%

All Cloud Skills
Fleet

Azure 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 Fleet.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17 5 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Fleet 62.96% 27.78% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 0
10th Percentile £402 £480 -
25th Percentile £428 £506 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% - -
75th Percentile £471 £588 -
90th Percentile £537 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £515 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -4.19% -2.27% +6.80%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Fleet

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Fleet

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Fleet

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fleet citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Fleet citing Azure

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Fleet 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (90.00%) AWS
2 7 (70.00%) GCP
3 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) DHCP
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) Kerberos
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (10.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (10.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Security Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Database Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
2 1 (10.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (10.00%) Linux Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) LDAP
1 1 (10.00%) OAuth
1 1 (10.00%) OpenID
1 1 (10.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (10.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Replication
1 2 (20.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (10.00%) Clustering
2 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Mac OS
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
1 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) CentOS
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Ubuntu
3 1 (10.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Identity Access Management
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (50.00%) Data Protection
3 5 (50.00%) Zero Trust
4 4 (40.00%) Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Business Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (40.00%) IT Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (30.00%) Application Packaging
5 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (30.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (30.00%) Thought Leadership
5 3 (30.00%) User Experience
5 3 (30.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 2 (20.00%) DevSecOps
6 2 (20.00%) Task Automation
6 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Bash
1 6 (60.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (10.00%) Perl
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (20.00%) CEH
2 2 (20.00%) CISM
2 2 (20.00%) CISSP
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (20.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (10.00%) AWS Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (10.00%) OCP
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (10.00%) RHCE
3 1 (10.00%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) GDPR
1 8 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (30.00%) NIST
3 2 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) Docker
3 1 (10.00%) KVM
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (40.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (10.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Progress Chef
2 1 (10.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (50.00%) VMware
3 4 (40.00%) Citrix
4 2 (20.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (10.00%) CyberArk
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle