Azure Contracts in Hampshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 25 12
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 84 104 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 11.17% 6.02% 11.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.44% 38.38% 47.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 78 110
10th Percentile £363 £425 £410
25th Percentile £463 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £534
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +7.68% +6.80%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £638
90th Percentile £694 - £681
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £573
% change year-on-year -9.09% -3.93% +9.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £52.40
25th Percentile - - £64.38
Median hourly rate £19.97 £35.00 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.94% -51.72% +32.24%
75th Percentile - - £75.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £52.75 £44.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year +19.21% -41.00% +40.19%

All Cloud Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 189 271 298
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 25.13% 15.67% 23.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 163 186
10th Percentile £281 £290 £259
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% +9.52% +0.43%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £638
90th Percentile £686 £655 £681
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 23
10th Percentile £17.20 - £15.21
25th Percentile £19.24 - £16.55
Median hourly rate £55.00 £17.69 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +210.91% -69.23% +187.50%
75th Percentile £72.50 £26.35 £72.50
90th Percentile £74.25 £35.00 £75.00
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £27.83
% change year-on-year -6.67% +7.80% +32.52%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Hampshire

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Hampshire

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Hampshire over the 6 months to 3 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Hampshire

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Hampshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Southampton +12 14 £640 +42.22% 36
Basingstoke +8 14 £575 -8.00% 15
Farnborough +8 11 £461 -1.86% 25
Havant 0 11 £600 +4.35% 4
Portsmouth +15 6 £496 -8.10% 15
Eastleigh - 6 £500 - 3
Winchester +6 3 £498 +42.14% 15
Fareham - 3 £450 - 4
Hook +3 1 £320 -44.83% 2
Andover -3 1 £200 -54.29%
Lyndhurst - 1 - - 3
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 11 (13.10%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.76%) Anypoint
2 4 (4.76%) Mule
2 4 (4.76%) Mule ESB
Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (2.38%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 34 (40.48%) AWS
2 13 (15.48%) Power Platform
3 11 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 6 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (4.76%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (4.76%) Cloudflare
7 4 (4.76%) OpenShift
8 3 (3.57%) AWS KMS
8 3 (3.57%) GCP
8 3 (3.57%) iPaaS
9 2 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (1.19%) Azure API Management
10 1 (1.19%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.19%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (1.19%) OCI
10 1 (1.19%) Sumo Logic
Communications & Networking
1 16 (19.05%) Firewall
1 16 (19.05%) VPN
2 15 (17.86%) LAN
3 12 (14.29%) WAN
4 8 (9.52%) Internet
5 7 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
5 7 (8.33%) Cisco IOS
5 7 (8.33%) Cisco ISE
5 7 (8.33%) Junos
5 7 (8.33%) Network Security
6 5 (5.95%) Wireless
7 4 (4.76%) MPLS
8 3 (3.57%) SSL
9 1 (1.19%) NX-OS
9 1 (1.19%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.19%) VoIP
9 1 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.48%) Power BI
2 4 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.38%) MySQL
3 2 (2.38%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (1.19%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.19%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.19%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 3 (3.57%) Git
3 2 (2.38%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.19%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (1.19%) JIRA
4 1 (1.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (10.71%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.33%) Finance
4 4 (4.76%) Retail
5 3 (3.57%) Military
6 2 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.38%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.19%) Advertising
7 1 (1.19%) Automotive
7 1 (1.19%) Billing
7 1 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Legal
7 1 (1.19%) Local Government
7 1 (1.19%) Marketing
7 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Police
7 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (17.86%) Network Engineer
2 12 (14.29%) Architect
2 12 (14.29%) Developer
3 11 (13.10%) Senior
4 8 (9.52%) Analyst
4 8 (9.52%) IT Manager
4 8 (9.52%) IT Services Manager
4 8 (9.52%) Service Manager
5 6 (7.14%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
5 6 (7.14%) Senior IT Manager
5 6 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 6 (7.14%) Senior Service Manager
6 5 (5.95%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Cloud Network Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Data Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Kubernetes Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) MuleSoft Developer
7 4 (4.76%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.52%) Middleware
2 7 (8.33%) Web Services
3 6 (7.14%) React
4 5 (5.95%) .NET
4 5 (5.95%) SOAP
5 4 (4.76%) .NET Framework
5 4 (4.76%) CSS
5 4 (4.76%) HTML
5 4 (4.76%) JSON
5 4 (4.76%) RAML
5 4 (4.76%) XML
6 3 (3.57%) REST
6 3 (3.57%) RESTful
7 2 (2.38%) SailPoint
8 1 (1.19%) .NET Core
8 1 (1.19%) AngularJS
8 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET
8 1 (1.19%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (1.19%) Node.js
8 1 (1.19%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.52%) Public Cloud
1 8 (9.52%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (4.76%) Private Cloud
3 3 (3.57%) Client/Server
3 3 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
3 3 (3.57%) PKI
4 1 (1.19%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.19%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.19%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.19%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.48%) Windows
2 11 (13.10%) Linux
3 3 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (3.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (27.38%) Agile
2 21 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (22.62%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (19.05%) DevOps
5 13 (15.48%) Business Intelligence
5 13 (15.48%) CI/CD
6 11 (13.10%) Migration
7 10 (11.90%) Analytics
8 9 (10.71%) Penetration Testing
9 8 (9.52%) API Management
9 8 (9.52%) Security Monitoring
10 7 (8.33%) Application Packaging
10 7 (8.33%) Case Management
10 7 (8.33%) Contract Management
10 7 (8.33%) Customer Requirements
10 7 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (8.33%) Load Balancing
10 7 (8.33%) Preventative Maintenance
10 7 (8.33%) Roadmaps
10 7 (8.33%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 22 (26.19%) Python
2 16 (19.05%) SQL
3 14 (16.67%) PowerShell
4 11 (13.10%) Java
5 9 (10.71%) C#
5 9 (10.71%) JavaScript
6 7 (8.33%) VB
7 4 (4.76%) DataWeave
7 4 (4.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (3.57%) VBScript
9 2 (2.38%) Bash
9 2 (2.38%) PHP
10 1 (1.19%) Go
10 1 (1.19%) Perl
10 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 32 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.05%) SC Cleared
3 15 (17.86%) DV Cleared
4 9 (10.71%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (10.71%) Degree
5 5 (5.95%) CCIE
5 5 (5.95%) CISSP
6 4 (4.76%) Azure Certification
6 4 (4.76%) CCNA
6 4 (4.76%) CCNP
7 3 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.38%) CASP
8 2 (2.38%) CompTIA CySA+
8 2 (2.38%) GCIH
9 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.19%) CISM
9 1 (1.19%) CTC Cleared
9 1 (1.19%) MCSE
9 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.33%) SLA
2 4 (4.76%) GDPR
3 2 (2.38%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.19%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.19%) NIST
4 1 (1.19%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.19%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.19%) PMO
4 1 (1.19%) QA
System Software
1 12 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (21.43%) Ansible
2 10 (11.90%) Terraform
3 9 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (8.33%) FortiGate
5 6 (7.14%) Kubernetes
6 4 (4.76%) CloudHub
7 2 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 26 (30.95%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.05%) Cisco
3 11 (13.10%) Citrix
3 11 (13.10%) F5
4 8 (9.52%) Juniper
4 8 (9.52%) MuleSoft
5 5 (5.95%) Databricks
5 5 (5.95%) Oracle
6 4 (4.76%) ArcSight
6 4 (4.76%) CheckPoint
6 4 (4.76%) Fortinet
6 4 (4.76%) Red Hat
6 4 (4.76%) Zscaler
7 3 (3.57%) Thales
7 3 (3.57%) VMware
8 2 (2.38%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.19%) Criteo