Azure Contracts in Glasgow

Microsoft Azure
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 23 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 104 96 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 13.59% 12.45% 12.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.68% 35.29% 36.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 81 65
10th Percentile £400 £275 £413
25th Percentile £425 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £538
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -16.28% +13.16%
75th Percentile £550 £513 £613
90th Percentile £700 £575 £683
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £56.68
25th Percentile - £51.25 £57.33
Median hourly rate - £52.50 £59.03
Median % change year-on-year - -11.05% -
75th Percentile - £53.75 £60.10
90th Percentile - - £60.37
Scotland median hourly rate - £24.18 £59.03
% change year-on-year - -59.03% +30.76%

All Cloud Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 276 272 313
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 36.08% 35.28% 35.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 198 212
10th Percentile £329 £200 £363
25th Percentile £406 £357 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £445 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.94% -11.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £537 £505 £600
90th Percentile £600 £588 £675
Scotland median daily rate £475 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £15.20
25th Percentile - £51.25 £18.25
Median hourly rate £15.09 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.26% +50.00% +59.09%
75th Percentile - £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile - - £59.83
Scotland median hourly rate £21.22 £17.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +24.82% -70.43% +41.98%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Glasgow

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Glasgow

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Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Glasgow over the 6 months to 23 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Glasgow

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Glasgow

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 7 (6.73%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.92%) JBoss
3 2 (1.92%) OpenROAD
4 1 (0.96%) Camunda
4 1 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.96%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.88%) Sketch
3 1 (0.96%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.96%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.96%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.92%) Primavera
2 1 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 44 (42.31%) AWS
2 23 (22.12%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (13.46%) Cloud Computing
4 11 (10.58%) GitHub
5 10 (9.62%) Entra ID
5 10 (9.62%) GCP
6 9 (8.65%) OpenShift
6 9 (8.65%) SaaS
7 8 (7.69%) Amazon S3
8 6 (5.77%) Cohesity
8 6 (5.77%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (3.85%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (3.85%) Power Platform
10 3 (2.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (2.88%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (2.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.65%) SAN
2 8 (7.69%) NAS
3 3 (2.88%) Firewall
4 2 (1.92%) DHCP
4 2 (1.92%) DNS
4 2 (1.92%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.92%) VPN
4 2 (1.92%) WAN
5 1 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.96%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.96%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.65%) MongoDB
2 8 (7.69%) SQL Server
3 7 (6.73%) DB2
4 4 (3.85%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.85%) RDBMS
4 4 (3.85%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.88%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.88%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.92%) MySQL
6 2 (1.92%) Power BI
7 1 (0.96%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.96%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 21 (20.19%) Git
2 17 (16.35%) Jenkins
3 10 (9.62%) JIRA
4 8 (7.69%) JUnit
5 6 (5.77%) GitLab
6 5 (4.81%) Bitbucket
6 5 (4.81%) IntelliJ
6 5 (4.81%) Mockito
6 5 (4.81%) PyCharm
6 5 (4.81%) Visual Studio
6 5 (4.81%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (1.92%) Gradle
7 2 (1.92%) Maven
8 1 (0.96%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.96%) GoCD
8 1 (0.96%) SonarQube
General
1 47 (45.19%) Social Skills
2 29 (27.88%) Finance
3 24 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 10 (9.62%) Banking
6 5 (4.81%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.92%) Back Office
9 2 (1.92%) Front Office
9 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.92%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
Job Titles
1 23 (22.12%) Developer
2 20 (19.23%) Architect
3 15 (14.42%) Analyst
3 15 (14.42%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (13.46%) Senior
5 8 (7.69%) Designer
5 8 (7.69%) Java Developer
6 6 (5.77%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (5.77%) DevOps Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Data Engineer
7 5 (4.81%) Python Developer
8 4 (3.85%) Azure Data Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.85%) Python Engineer
8 4 (3.85%) Senior Developer
8 4 (3.85%) Senior Java Developer
9 3 (2.88%) Azure Developer
9 3 (2.88%) NetBackup Engineer
9 3 (2.88%) Project Manager
9 3 (2.88%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.65%) Spring
2 8 (7.69%) Spring Boot
3 7 (6.73%) React
4 5 (4.81%) Hibernate
4 5 (4.81%) Kafka
5 4 (3.85%) .NET
5 4 (3.85%) .NET Framework
5 4 (3.85%) AngularJS
6 3 (2.88%) CSS
6 3 (2.88%) HTML
6 3 (2.88%) RESTful
6 3 (2.88%) Spring Cloud
7 2 (1.92%) Java SE
7 2 (1.92%) JPA
7 2 (1.92%) Node.js
7 2 (1.92%) PySpark
7 2 (1.92%) pytest
7 2 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (1.92%) REST
7 2 (1.92%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.77%) Distributed Systems
2 6 (5.77%) Public Cloud
3 5 (4.81%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.88%) Clustering
4 3 (2.88%) Equity Derivative
4 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.88%) Replication
5 2 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.96%) CMDB
6 1 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.96%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.96%) NVMe
6 1 (0.96%) PKI
6 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (25.00%) Windows
2 23 (22.12%) Linux
3 13 (12.50%) Unix
4 12 (11.54%) Windows Server
5 6 (5.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.88%) AIX
6 3 (2.88%) Solaris
7 2 (1.92%) Android
7 2 (1.92%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.92%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.96%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (39.42%) Agile
1 41 (39.42%) DevOps
2 35 (33.65%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (28.85%) CI/CD
4 15 (14.42%) Test Automation
5 14 (13.46%) Cybersecurity
5 14 (13.46%) SDLC
6 12 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (11.54%) Data Protection
6 12 (11.54%) Data Security
6 12 (11.54%) Observability
7 11 (10.58%) ITIL
8 10 (9.62%) Decision-Making
8 10 (9.62%) Event-Driven
8 10 (9.62%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (8.65%) Architectural Patterns
9 9 (8.65%) Enterprise Architecture
9 9 (8.65%) Microservices
9 9 (8.65%) Waterfall
10 8 (7.69%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (28.85%) Python
2 23 (22.12%) SQL
3 21 (20.19%) Java
4 9 (8.65%) C#
5 6 (5.77%) TypeScript
6 5 (4.81%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.92%) Bicep
7 2 (1.92%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.96%) Go
8 1 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.96%) Perl
8 1 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (12.50%) AWS Certification
1 13 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 12 (11.54%) Degree
3 8 (7.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.85%) CISSP
6 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.92%) CompTIA CySA+
7 2 (1.92%) GCIA
7 2 (1.92%) GCIH
7 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.92%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.92%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.96%) CCSP
8 1 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.96%) CRISC
8 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.96%) HNC
8 1 (0.96%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.96%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) GRC
1 3 (2.88%) NIST
1 3 (2.88%) QA
2 2 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.92%) Disclosure Scotland
2 2 (1.92%) GDPR
2 2 (1.92%) PMO
2 2 (1.92%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.81%) Docker
3 3 (2.88%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.96%) GPFS
5 1 (0.96%) NFS
Systems Management
1 19 (18.27%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.69%) NetBackup
2 8 (7.69%) Oracle RMAN
2 8 (7.69%) Terraform
3 5 (4.81%) Ansible
3 5 (4.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.88%) Data Guard
4 3 (2.88%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Clustering
4 3 (2.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (2.88%) Oracle Flashback
5 2 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.96%) Podman
6 1 (0.96%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.96%) SCCM
6 1 (0.96%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 25 (24.04%) Microsoft
2 13 (12.50%) Oracle
3 9 (8.65%) Veritas
4 5 (4.81%) Databricks
4 5 (4.81%) Google
4 5 (4.81%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.81%) Sybase
5 4 (3.85%) IBM
6 3 (2.88%) Adobe
6 3 (2.88%) AppDynamics
6 3 (2.88%) Dell
6 3 (2.88%) Dynatrace
6 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.88%) VMware
7 2 (1.92%) ArcSight
7 2 (1.92%) Autodesk
7 2 (1.92%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.96%) Facebook
8 1 (0.96%) Pega
8 1 (0.96%) Splunk