Azure Contract Job Trends in Leatherhead

Microsoft Azure
Surrey > Leatherhead

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leatherhead requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -1 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 11 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Leatherhead 42.31% 5.26% 11.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 91.67% 18.18% 72.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 2 8
10th Percentile £467 £468 -
25th Percentile £500 £475 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% +17.65% -29.46%
75th Percentile £538 £525 £497
90th Percentile £565 £533 £568
Surrey median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -2.91%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Leatherhead

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 Leatherhead.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12 11 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leatherhead 46.15% 28.95% 15.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 11 11
10th Percentile £463 £188 £250
25th Percentile £484 £444 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.37% +11.76% -29.17%
75th Percentile £538 £488 £456
90th Percentile £565 - £561
Surrey median daily rate £500 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +5.26% +11.76% -17.48%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Leatherhead

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leatherhead.

Azure job vacancy trend in Leatherhead

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Leatherhead

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leatherhead citing Azure

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leatherhead 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (45.45%) Entra ID
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (9.09%) Akamai
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
2 2 (18.18%) DHCP
2 2 (18.18%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall
3 1 (9.09%) SMTP
3 1 (9.09%) Unified Communications
3 1 (9.09%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) VoIP
3 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 3 (27.27%) Project Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Services Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Security Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Data Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Smartphone
2 1 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Windows
1 8 (72.73%) Windows Server
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (54.55%) Change Control
3 4 (36.36%) Data Loss Prevention
3 4 (36.36%) User Experience
4 3 (27.27%) Budget Management
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) ITSM
4 3 (27.27%) Logistics
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Patch Management
5 2 (18.18%) Performance Optimisation
5 2 (18.18%) Security Patching
5 2 (18.18%) Vulnerability Management
6 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) Proactive Monitoring
6 1 (9.09%) Security Operations
6 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (9.09%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) Bash
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (36.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (27.27%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (27.27%) SCCM
2 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (9.09%) Red Hat Satellite
3 1 (9.09%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Citrix
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
2 3 (27.27%) Zscaler
3 2 (18.18%) Tenable
4 1 (9.09%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (9.09%) CyberArk
4 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
4 1 (9.09%) Imperva
4 1 (9.09%) NetApp
4 1 (9.09%) Okta
4 1 (9.09%) Proofpoint
4 1 (9.09%) Qualys
4 1 (9.09%) Red Hat
4 1 (9.09%) Splunk
4 1 (9.09%) VMware