Azure Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Microsoft Azure
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lincolnshire requiring Azure skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 3 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +12 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure 6 8 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 10.53% 19.05% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.50% 66.67% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £371 £315 £238
25th Percentile £420 £504 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £820 £350
Median % change year-on-year -38.41% +134.29% -33.33%
75th Percentile £541 £823 £425
90th Percentile £562 £824 £463
East Midlands median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.32 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £16.35 £34.16 £70.00
% change year-on-year -52.14% -51.20% +47.37%

All Cloud Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16 12 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 28.07% 28.57% 11.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 7
10th Percentile £154 £278 £235
25th Percentile £246 £413 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £375
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +53.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £523 £820 £519
90th Percentile £553 £823 £610
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £450 £465
% change year-on-year -0.67% -3.23% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £29.00 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £29.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year -26.24% +75.76% -14.29%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Lincolnshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincolnshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Lincolnshire

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Lincolnshire citing Azure

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Lincoln -4 3 £505 -38.79% 3
Azure
East Midlands

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure Functions
1 5 (83.33%) Serverless
2 4 (66.67%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (66.67%) Azure Service Bus
2 4 (66.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (66.67%) Power Automate
2 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 4 (66.67%) PowerApps
3 3 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (16.67%) Azure AKS
4 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (16.67%) Big Data
1 1 (16.67%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Agriculture
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Integration Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Security Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Express.js
1 1 (16.67%) MERN Stack
1 1 (16.67%) Node.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Fabric
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Log Analytics
3 3 (50.00%) DevOps
4 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Presales
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) Critical Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) CRM
5 1 (16.67%) Data Integration
5 1 (16.67%) Data Science
5 1 (16.67%) ERP
5 1 (16.67%) Micro Frontends
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 4 (66.67%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks