Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 276 256
Rank change year-on-year +40 -20 +109
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 146 97 148
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.01% 0.64% 0.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.58% 2.48% 3.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 59 105
10th Percentile £394 £307 £384
25th Percentile £425 £436 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -4.55% -6.98%
75th Percentile £700 £666 £656
90th Percentile £775 £803 £745
England median daily rate £541 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +3.10% -12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £35.32
90th Percentile - - £35.50
England median hourly rate £95.00 £12.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +691.67% -65.71% -50.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,073 3,906 4,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.31% 25.68% 23.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,838 2,467 2,985
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £669
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 95 57 89
10th Percentile £19.54 £20.75 £19.20
25th Percentile - £27.00 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -28.57% +11.70%
75th Percentile £53.13 £60.00 £65.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £83.20 £86.30
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -47.05% -9.52% +16.67%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in London

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in London over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in London

Azure Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
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 Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
South London - 13 £644 - 16
Central London -10 12 £638 +8.51% 12
West London - 1 £425 - 25
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (6.85%) Confluence
1 10 (6.85%) nginx
1 10 (6.85%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.79%) Apache Spark
3 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.37%) CMS
4 2 (1.37%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.68%) Apache
5 1 (0.68%) Appian
Applications
1 10 (6.85%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 146 (100.00%) Azure
2 47 (32.19%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (29.45%) AWS
4 36 (24.66%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (21.92%) Entra ID
6 24 (16.44%) Azure Data Factory
7 22 (15.07%) GitHub
8 21 (14.38%) Power Platform
9 19 (13.01%) GitHub Actions
10 18 (12.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 18 (12.33%) GCP
11 15 (10.27%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (10.27%) IaaS
11 15 (10.27%) SaaS
12 14 (9.59%) PaaS
13 13 (8.90%) Azure Logic Apps
14 12 (8.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 12 (8.22%) Serverless
15 11 (7.53%) Amazon S3
16 10 (6.85%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 29 (19.86%) Firewall
2 17 (11.64%) DNS
3 14 (9.59%) VPN
4 10 (6.85%) FTP
4 10 (6.85%) HTTP
4 10 (6.85%) IMAP
4 10 (6.85%) OpenLDAP
4 10 (6.85%) SMTP
4 10 (6.85%) SSH
5 6 (4.11%) Network Security
6 5 (3.42%) TCP/IP
7 4 (2.74%) DHCP
8 2 (1.37%) Internet
8 2 (1.37%) VLAN
8 2 (1.37%) WAN
9 1 (0.68%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.68%) LAN
9 1 (0.68%) MPLS
9 1 (0.68%) MQTT
9 1 (0.68%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.27%) Power BI
2 11 (7.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (6.85%) Amazon Aurora
3 10 (6.85%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (6.85%) Data Lake
3 10 (6.85%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (5.48%) Delta Lake
6 6 (4.11%) Tableau
7 5 (3.42%) Metadata
7 5 (3.42%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.37%) Big Data
8 2 (1.37%) HDInsight
8 2 (1.37%) MySQL
8 2 (1.37%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.37%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.68%) DataStage
9 1 (0.68%) EDMS
9 1 (0.68%) KNIME
Development Applications
1 18 (12.33%) Jenkins
2 16 (10.96%) Git
3 14 (9.59%) JIRA
4 10 (6.85%) Vagrant
5 3 (2.05%) ERwin
6 2 (1.37%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.68%) GitLab
7 1 (0.68%) MLflow
7 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 69 (47.26%) Social Skills
2 47 (32.19%) Finance
3 27 (18.49%) Public Sector
4 19 (13.01%) Banking
5 17 (11.64%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (3.42%) Financial Institution
7 5 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.74%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.37%) Billing
10 2 (1.37%) Electronics
10 2 (1.37%) French Language
10 2 (1.37%) Local Government
10 2 (1.37%) Marketing
10 2 (1.37%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.68%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.68%) Law
11 1 (0.68%) Legal
Job Titles
1 48 (32.88%) Architect
2 29 (19.86%) Azure Engineer
3 20 (13.70%) Azure Architect
4 18 (12.33%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (8.90%) AWS Engineer
5 13 (8.90%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (8.22%) Cloud Architect
6 12 (8.22%) Data Engineer
6 12 (8.22%) Solutions Architect
7 11 (7.53%) Cloud Engineer
7 11 (7.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 11 (7.53%) Senior
8 10 (6.85%) Analyst
8 10 (6.85%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) AWS DevOps
9 8 (5.48%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Lead
10 7 (4.79%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.64%) ARM Templates
2 13 (8.90%) PySpark
3 11 (7.53%) .NET
4 10 (6.85%) LDAP
5 8 (5.48%) Kafka
6 7 (4.79%) OAuth
7 6 (4.11%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (4.11%) REST
7 6 (4.11%) RESTful
8 4 (2.74%) .NET Core
8 4 (2.74%) JSON
8 4 (2.74%) LangChain
8 4 (2.74%) SAML
9 3 (2.05%) AngularJS
9 3 (2.05%) OpenID
9 3 (2.05%) React
10 2 (1.37%) Middleware
10 2 (1.37%) Vue
10 2 (1.37%) YAML
11 1 (0.68%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (17.81%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (8.22%) Replication
3 10 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (6.85%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.48%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.48%) Reinsurance
4 8 (5.48%) Virtual Team
5 5 (3.42%) IoT
6 3 (2.05%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.37%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.37%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.37%) NHS
7 2 (1.37%) PKI
7 2 (1.37%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.23%) Windows
2 17 (11.64%) Linux
2 17 (11.64%) VMS
3 10 (6.85%) Amazon Linux
3 10 (6.85%) Ubuntu
4 8 (5.48%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.05%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.37%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.68%) Android
7 1 (0.68%) Unix
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (63.70%) DevOps
2 58 (39.73%) CI/CD
3 53 (36.30%) Agile
4 49 (33.56%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (26.03%) Migration
6 33 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (19.86%) Cloud Security
8 27 (18.49%) Analytics
9 26 (17.81%) Data Engineering
10 25 (17.12%) Data Governance
11 24 (16.44%) Computer Science
11 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (15.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 20 (13.70%) AI
13 20 (13.70%) Data Modelling
13 20 (13.70%) RBAC
14 19 (13.01%) Data Pipeline
14 19 (13.01%) Machine Learning
15 18 (12.33%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (11.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 39 (26.71%) SQL
2 37 (25.34%) Python
3 36 (24.66%) PowerShell
4 23 (15.75%) Bicep
5 10 (6.85%) Groovy
6 9 (6.16%) JavaScript
7 8 (5.48%) Scala
8 5 (3.42%) C#
8 5 (3.42%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.74%) Bash
10 3 (2.05%) Java
11 2 (1.37%) R
12 1 (0.68%) ANSI SQL
12 1 (0.68%) Korn
12 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 44 (30.14%) Security Cleared
2 42 (28.77%) Degree
2 42 (28.77%) SC Cleared
3 34 (23.29%) AWS Certification
4 28 (19.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (12.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (4.79%) CISSP
7 5 (3.42%) CISM
7 5 (3.42%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (2.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 3 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.05%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.37%) MCP
9 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.37%) PMP
10 1 (0.68%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.68%) GPEN
10 1 (0.68%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (15.75%) GDPR
2 14 (9.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.53%) NIST
4 7 (4.79%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.42%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.37%) QA
6 2 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.68%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (21.92%) Docker
2 21 (14.38%) Active Directory
3 10 (6.85%) DFS Replication
3 10 (6.85%) Dovecot
3 10 (6.85%) Postfix
3 10 (6.85%) Squid
4 6 (4.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.68%) Firmware
6 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.68%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 65 (44.52%) Terraform
2 31 (21.23%) Kubernetes
3 10 (6.85%) Grafana
3 10 (6.85%) Nessus
3 10 (6.85%) Prometheus
3 10 (6.85%) Proxmox
4 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 7 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (4.11%) Ansible
6 5 (3.42%) QRadar
7 1 (0.68%) Argo
7 1 (0.68%) CASB
7 1 (0.68%) SCCM
7 1 (0.68%) SCOM
7 1 (0.68%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (58.22%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.81%) Databricks
3 12 (8.22%) ServiceNow
4 10 (6.85%) Jaspersoft
5 8 (5.48%) Google
5 8 (5.48%) OpenAI
6 7 (4.79%) VMware
7 6 (4.11%) Qualys
8 5 (3.42%) Cisco
9 4 (2.74%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.74%) SAP
10 3 (2.05%) Oracle
10 3 (2.05%) Splunk
10 3 (2.05%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.37%) Darktrace
11 2 (1.37%) Foundry
11 2 (1.37%) Intapp
11 2 (1.37%) Okta
11 2 (1.37%) Sitecore
11 2 (1.37%) Veeam