Azure Engineer Contracts in London

Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 129 151
Rank change year-on-year -24 +22 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 282 552 755
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.59% 2.04% 1.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 2.14% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 230 414 548
10th Percentile £425 £450 £425
25th Percentile £475 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +15.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £688
90th Percentile £740 £725 £800
England median daily rate £525 £566 £550
% change year-on-year -7.16% +2.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £78.75
England median hourly rate - £71.00 £78.75
% change year-on-year - -9.84% +215.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,505 25,769 37,084
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.17% 95.30% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,930 18,667 27,033
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £788 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 289 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.03
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +11.13%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in London

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in London

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in London

Azure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Engineer in London

Azure Engineer
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 Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 +20 30 £613 +11.36% 9
West London +22 5 £503 +6.91% 3
South London +10 1 £568 +41.88%
Azure Engineer
England

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Azure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 282 (100.00%) Azure
2 144 (51.06%) DevOps
3 98 (34.75%) Azure DevOps
4 88 (31.21%) Python
5 87 (30.85%) SQL
5 87 (30.85%) Microsoft
6 76 (26.95%) CI/CD
7 74 (26.24%) Databricks
8 73 (25.89%) Finance
9 67 (23.76%) Social Skills
10 64 (22.70%) Terraform
11 63 (22.34%) Azure Data Factory
12 58 (20.57%) PowerShell
13 53 (18.79%) Agile
14 43 (15.25%) Kubernetes
15 42 (14.89%) Data Engineering
15 42 (14.89%) Active Directory
15 42 (14.89%) C#
16 40 (14.18%) ETL
16 40 (14.18%) PySpark
16 40 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
16 40 (14.18%) Analytics
17 39 (13.83%) Data Lake
17 39 (13.83%) Windows
18 37 (13.12%) .NET
19 36 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
20 34 (12.06%) Docker
20 34 (12.06%) Data Pipeline
21 32 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
22 31 (10.99%) Data Modelling

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 10 (3.55%) Apache Spark
2 8 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (2.48%) IIS
4 4 (1.42%) Luigi
4 4 (1.42%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.71%) Apache
5 2 (0.71%) Confluence
5 2 (0.71%) nginx
6 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 282 (100.00%) Azure
2 98 (34.75%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (22.34%) Azure Data Factory
4 29 (10.28%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 29 (10.28%) Power Platform
5 28 (9.93%) Entra ID
6 21 (7.45%) Azure AKS
7 20 (7.09%) GitHub
8 19 (6.74%) Serverless
9 17 (6.03%) AWS
9 17 (6.03%) PaaS
10 16 (5.67%) Azure Monitor
11 14 (4.96%) Azure Service Bus
12 12 (4.26%) Azure Functions
12 12 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
13 11 (3.90%) IaaS
14 10 (3.55%) Azure App Service
14 10 (3.55%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 24 (8.51%) Firewall
2 18 (6.38%) DNS
3 9 (3.19%) VPN
4 5 (1.77%) HTTP
4 5 (1.77%) MPLS
4 5 (1.77%) Network Security
4 5 (1.77%) SSH
4 5 (1.77%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.42%) Internet
6 3 (1.06%) IPv4
6 3 (1.06%) Wireless
7 2 (0.71%) BGP
7 2 (0.71%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 2 (0.71%) OSPF
7 2 (0.71%) VRRP
7 2 (0.71%) WAN
8 1 (0.35%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (0.35%) iSCSI
8 1 (0.35%) NAS
8 1 (0.35%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.83%) Data Lake
2 30 (10.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 28 (9.93%) Power BI
4 26 (9.22%) SQL Server
5 22 (7.80%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (4.96%) Delta Lake
7 9 (3.19%) Big Data
7 9 (3.19%) NoSQL
8 7 (2.48%) Data Mart
8 7 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (2.48%) Relational Database
8 7 (2.48%) Spark SQL
9 6 (2.13%) Power Query
10 5 (1.77%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 5 (1.77%) MongoDB
10 5 (1.77%) Star Schema
11 4 (1.42%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 20 (7.09%) Git
2 18 (6.38%) GitLab
3 11 (3.90%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.77%) Cypress.io
4 5 (1.77%) Selenium
5 4 (1.42%) SonarQube
6 3 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 3 (1.06%) JIRA
6 3 (1.06%) Robot Framework
6 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.71%) Burp Suite
7 2 (0.71%) NUnit
7 2 (0.71%) Postman
7 2 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.35%) Deequ
8 1 (0.35%) GoCD
8 1 (0.35%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.35%) MLflow
8 1 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 73 (25.89%) Finance
2 67 (23.76%) Social Skills
3 27 (9.57%) Public Sector
4 21 (7.45%) Banking
5 20 (7.09%) Marketing
6 10 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.48%) Electronics
7 7 (2.48%) Investment Banking
7 7 (2.48%) Manufacturing
7 7 (2.48%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
8 5 (1.77%) Law
8 5 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.42%) Retail
10 3 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.71%) Back Office
11 2 (0.71%) Legal
12 1 (0.35%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.35%) Front Office
12 1 (0.35%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.18%) PySpark
2 37 (13.12%) .NET
3 18 (6.38%) ARM Templates
4 16 (5.67%) JSON
5 15 (5.32%) Kafka
5 15 (5.32%) YAML
6 14 (4.96%) Node.js
7 11 (3.90%) CSS
7 11 (3.90%) HTML
7 11 (3.90%) React
8 10 (3.55%) .NET Core
9 8 (2.84%) HTML5
10 4 (1.42%) AngularJS
10 4 (1.42%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.42%) LDAP
10 4 (1.42%) Pandas
11 3 (1.06%) .NET Framework
11 3 (1.06%) REST
12 2 (0.71%) Express.js
12 2 (0.71%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.67%) Greenfield Project
2 6 (2.13%) Data Centre
2 6 (2.13%) Market Risk
2 6 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.06%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.06%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (1.06%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (0.71%) Public Cloud
5 2 (0.71%) Tandem
6 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.35%) Media Streaming
6 1 (0.35%) PKI
6 1 (0.35%) Replication
6 1 (0.35%) Spread Betting
6 1 (0.35%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 39 (13.83%) Windows
2 27 (9.57%) Linux
3 23 (8.16%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.13%) Unix
5 5 (1.77%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.42%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.06%) CentOS
7 3 (1.06%) VMS
8 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.35%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.35%) Debian
9 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (51.06%) DevOps
2 76 (26.95%) CI/CD
3 53 (18.79%) Agile
4 42 (14.89%) Data Engineering
5 40 (14.18%) Analytics
5 40 (14.18%) ETL
5 40 (14.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
7 34 (12.06%) Data Pipeline
8 32 (11.35%) Problem-Solving
9 31 (10.99%) Data Modelling
10 29 (10.28%) Software Engineering
11 23 (8.16%) Migration
12 22 (7.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 20 (7.09%) Computer Science
14 17 (6.03%) Continuous Integration
14 17 (6.03%) TDD
15 16 (5.67%) Platform Engineering
16 15 (5.32%) Containerisation
16 15 (5.32%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 88 (31.21%) Python
2 87 (30.85%) SQL
3 58 (20.57%) PowerShell
4 42 (14.89%) C#
5 12 (4.26%) Bash
5 12 (4.26%) Bicep
6 11 (3.90%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.90%) TypeScript
7 10 (3.55%) Java
7 10 (3.55%) T-SQL
8 9 (3.19%) Scala
9 4 (1.42%) C++
9 4 (1.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.06%) Go
11 2 (0.71%) Perl
11 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.71%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.35%) C
12 1 (0.35%) Rust
12 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (8.87%) Azure Certification
2 18 (6.38%) Degree
3 17 (6.03%) Security Cleared
4 16 (5.67%) SC Cleared
5 13 (4.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.42%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.42%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 3 (1.06%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.71%) CISSP
9 1 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.35%) CISA
9 1 (0.35%) CISM
9 1 (0.35%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.35%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.42%) QA
3 2 (0.71%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.71%) GDPR
4 1 (0.35%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (14.89%) Active Directory
2 34 (12.06%) Docker
3 10 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.13%) vSphere
6 5 (1.77%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.42%) NFS
8 2 (0.71%) Firmware
8 2 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 64 (22.70%) Terraform
2 43 (15.25%) Kubernetes
3 14 (4.96%) Ansible
4 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (3.19%) SCCM
6 4 (1.42%) Grafana
6 4 (1.42%) Prometheus
7 3 (1.06%) Puppet
7 3 (1.06%) SCOM
8 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.71%) Netcool
9 1 (0.35%) Argo
9 1 (0.35%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.35%) Graylog
9 1 (0.35%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.35%) Nagios
9 1 (0.35%) Nessus
9 1 (0.35%) SCOrch
9 1 (0.35%) WebInspect
9 1 (0.35%) yum
Vendors
1 87 (30.85%) Microsoft
2 74 (26.24%) Databricks
3 7 (2.48%) SAP
3 7 (2.48%) VMware
4 5 (1.77%) F5
4 5 (1.77%) HP
4 5 (1.77%) Oracle
5 4 (1.42%) Splunk
6 3 (1.06%) Cisco
6 3 (1.06%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.06%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.71%) AppDynamics
7 2 (0.71%) Checkmarx
7 2 (0.71%) Juniper
7 2 (0.71%) New Relic
7 2 (0.71%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.71%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.71%) Veracode
8 1 (0.35%) DataRobot
8 1 (0.35%) Synology