Azure Administrator Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure Administrator
England > London

The median Microsoft Azure Administrator daily rate in London is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 376 420
Rank change year-on-year +5 +44 +143
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Administrator 5 5 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.035% 0.032% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.034% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 6
10th Percentile - - £223
25th Percentile £473 - £249
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £350 £338
Median % change year-on-year +41.43% +3.70% -31.12%
75th Percentile £518 - £434
90th Percentile - - £469
England median daily rate £495 £613 £381
% change year-on-year -19.18% +60.66% -4.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,086 14,820 18,801
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.71% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,679 9,611 13,623
10th Percentile £333 £338 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £564
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.48% -1.91%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £790 £792
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 160 225
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.23
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £22.00
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.15 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.48% -0.93% +7.14%
75th Percentile £49.50 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.20 £80.79 £73.71
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%

Azure Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Azure Administrator job vacancy trend in London

Azure Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Administrator job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Administrator job vacancies in London

Azure Administrator
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Administrator within the London region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Central London - 1 £495 - 2
Azure Administrator
England

Azure Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Azure Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Azure Administrator in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) .NET
2 4 (80.00%) .NET Core
2 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (80.00%) Azure AKS
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Functions
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (80.00%) C#
2 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
2 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Git
2 4 (80.00%) Microservices
2 4 (80.00%) MongoDB
2 4 (80.00%) Node.js
2 4 (80.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (80.00%) Serverless
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
2 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
3 3 (60.00%) OO
3 3 (60.00%) OOD
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
4 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation

Azure Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Azure AKS
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Functions
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (80.00%) Serverless
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Key Vault
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) MongoDB
1 4 (80.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Git
General
1 4 (80.00%) Banking
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) .NET
1 4 (80.00%) .NET Core
1 4 (80.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (80.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Cloud Native
1 4 (80.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (80.00%) DevOps
1 4 (80.00%) Microservices
1 4 (80.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (60.00%) OO
2 3 (60.00%) OOD
3 1 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (20.00%) Deployment Automation
3 1 (20.00%) OOP
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared