Azure Engineer Contracts in London

Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > London

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 153 133
Rank change year-on-year -3 -20 +21
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 218 293 497
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.79% 1.68% 1.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 1.79% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 245 379
10th Percentile £394 £425 £425
25th Percentile £413 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £675
90th Percentile £713 £725 £725
England median daily rate £490 £525 £563
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.67% +2.27%

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 11,371 16,351 24,216
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 93.53% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,722 11,827 17,651
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £517 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 153 322 279
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.07 £22.69
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.66 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.71% -23.18% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.75 £46.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £61.85 £65.03 £82.50
England median hourly rate £29.30 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.87% -16.67% +91.49%

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 30 May 2025.

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 30 May 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 +8 32 £500 -13.04% 24
West London +12 4 £552 +9.85% 16
North London - 1 £413 -
South London - 1 £495 - 2
Azure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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.

1 218 (100.00%) Azure
2 96 (44.04%) DevOps
3 83 (38.07%) Terraform
4 69 (31.65%) Azure DevOps
5 67 (30.73%) Infrastructure as Code
5 67 (30.73%) CI/CD
6 65 (29.82%) Python
7 52 (23.85%) Azure Data Factory
8 50 (22.94%) SQL
9 49 (22.48%) Microsoft
10 48 (22.02%) Migration
11 47 (21.56%) Finance
12 45 (20.64%) Social Skills
12 45 (20.64%) Kubernetes
13 41 (18.81%) Databricks
13 41 (18.81%) Agile
14 35 (16.06%) PowerShell
15 34 (15.60%) Security Cleared
15 34 (15.60%) Firewall
16 30 (13.76%) DNS
16 30 (13.76%) Azure Monitor
17 29 (13.30%) Banking
17 29 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
18 28 (12.84%) Analytics
18 28 (12.84%) Azure AKS
19 27 (12.39%) Entra ID
19 27 (12.39%) Data Engineering
20 26 (11.93%) SC Cleared
21 25 (11.47%) AWS
21 25 (11.47%) Bash

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 (4.59%) Apache Spark
2 6 (2.75%) Apache
3 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.92%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.92%) IIS
4 2 (0.92%) JBoss
4 2 (0.92%) nginx
4 2 (0.92%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.46%) DataSynapse
5 1 (0.46%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.46%) Endur
1 1 (0.46%) SAP BPC
1 1 (0.46%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 218 (100.00%) Azure
2 69 (31.65%) Azure DevOps
3 52 (23.85%) Azure Data Factory
4 30 (13.76%) Azure Monitor
5 28 (12.84%) Azure AKS
6 27 (12.39%) Entra ID
7 25 (11.47%) AWS
7 25 (11.47%) GitHub
8 22 (10.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 22 (10.09%) Power Platform
9 20 (9.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 14 (6.42%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (5.96%) Serverless
12 12 (5.50%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (5.50%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (5.50%) SaaS
13 11 (5.05%) IaaS
13 11 (5.05%) Microsoft Purview
14 10 (4.59%) GCP
14 10 (4.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (15.60%) Firewall
2 30 (13.76%) DNS
3 22 (10.09%) VPN
4 16 (7.34%) NGFW
5 8 (3.67%) Network Security
6 4 (1.83%) MPLS
7 3 (1.38%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (0.92%) FTP
8 2 (0.92%) HTTP
8 2 (0.92%) SMTP
8 2 (0.92%) SSL
8 2 (0.92%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.92%) WAN
9 1 (0.46%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.63%) Power BI
2 17 (7.80%) SQL Server
3 16 (7.34%) Data Lake
4 11 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (4.59%) NoSQL
6 9 (4.13%) Delta Lake
7 7 (3.21%) Big Data
8 6 (2.75%) Metadata
9 5 (2.29%) Relational Database
10 3 (1.38%) MongoDB
10 3 (1.38%) Neo4j
10 3 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.92%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.92%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.92%) Tableau
12 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.46%) HPCC
Development Applications
1 18 (8.26%) GitLab
2 17 (7.80%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.05%) Git
4 9 (4.13%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (2.29%) Maven
5 5 (2.29%) SonarQube
6 4 (1.83%) JIRA
7 3 (1.38%) Gradle
8 2 (0.92%) Ant
8 2 (0.92%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.46%) git-flow
9 1 (0.46%) MLflow
9 1 (0.46%) Poetry
9 1 (0.46%) Postman
9 1 (0.46%) Selenium
9 1 (0.46%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 47 (21.56%) Finance
2 45 (20.64%) Social Skills
3 29 (13.30%) Banking
4 18 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.59%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.75%) Front Office
7 5 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.38%) Law
10 2 (0.92%) Legal
10 2 (0.92%) Local Government
10 2 (0.92%) Marketing
10 2 (0.92%) Retail
10 2 (0.92%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.46%) Games
11 1 (0.46%) iGaming
11 1 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.46%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (9.63%) ARM Templates
2 19 (8.72%) ADO
3 17 (7.80%) .NET
4 10 (4.59%) PySpark
5 9 (4.13%) YAML
6 8 (3.67%) Kafka
7 5 (2.29%) .NET Core
7 5 (2.29%) OpenTelemetry
7 5 (2.29%) REST
7 5 (2.29%) Web Services
8 4 (1.83%) Entity Framework
8 4 (1.83%) JSON
8 4 (1.83%) React
9 3 (1.38%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.38%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (1.38%) Autofac
9 3 (1.38%) Dapper ORM
9 3 (1.38%) RESTful
9 3 (1.38%) StructureMap
9 3 (1.38%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.34%) Anti-Spyware
2 11 (5.05%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.13%) Onboarding
4 6 (2.75%) Legacy Applications
4 6 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.29%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.83%) Clustering
7 3 (1.38%) BYOD
7 3 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.38%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.92%) Data Fabric
8 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.92%) NHS
8 2 (0.92%) Replication
8 2 (0.92%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.46%) Derivative
9 1 (0.46%) Equities
9 1 (0.46%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.09%) Linux
1 22 (10.09%) Windows
2 12 (5.50%) Windows Server
3 9 (4.13%) Unix
4 7 (3.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.83%) VMS
6 2 (0.92%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (44.04%) DevOps
2 67 (30.73%) CI/CD
2 67 (30.73%) Infrastructure as Code
3 48 (22.02%) Migration
4 41 (18.81%) Agile
5 29 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (12.84%) Analytics
7 27 (12.39%) Data Engineering
8 24 (11.01%) ETL
9 23 (10.55%) Data Pipeline
10 20 (9.17%) Data Modelling
10 20 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 17 (7.80%) Containerisation
12 16 (7.34%) Kalman Filter
13 15 (6.88%) Cloud Security
13 15 (6.88%) DevSecOps
13 15 (6.88%) Infrastructure Automation
13 15 (6.88%) Platform Engineering
14 14 (6.42%) Artificial Intelligence
14 14 (6.42%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 65 (29.82%) Python
2 50 (22.94%) SQL
3 35 (16.06%) PowerShell
4 25 (11.47%) Bash
5 24 (11.01%) C#
6 19 (8.72%) Bicep
7 13 (5.96%) Java
8 10 (4.59%) JavaScript
8 10 (4.59%) Scala
9 6 (2.75%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (1.38%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.92%) C++
11 2 (0.92%) Groovy
12 1 (0.46%) C
12 1 (0.46%) Go
12 1 (0.46%) Perl
12 1 (0.46%) PHP
12 1 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 34 (15.60%) Security Cleared
2 26 (11.93%) SC Cleared
3 18 (8.26%) Azure Certification
4 9 (4.13%) Degree
5 5 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.38%) MCPD
7 3 (1.38%) MCSD
8 2 (0.92%) VCAP
8 2 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.46%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.46%) CISSP
9 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.46%) RHCE
9 1 (0.46%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.59%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.29%) GDPR
3 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.38%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.38%) NIST
5 2 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.92%) QA
6 1 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.46%) GxP
6 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 24 (11.01%) Active Directory
2 23 (10.55%) Docker
3 6 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.92%) vSphere
6 1 (0.46%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 83 (38.07%) Terraform
2 45 (20.64%) Kubernetes
3 15 (6.88%) Ansible
4 10 (4.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (4.59%) Puppet
5 5 (2.29%) Salt
6 4 (1.83%) Grafana
7 3 (1.38%) SCCM
8 2 (0.92%) Argo
8 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.92%) HP Fortify
8 2 (0.92%) Istio
8 2 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.92%) Nessus
8 2 (0.92%) Podman
8 2 (0.92%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.46%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (22.48%) Microsoft
2 41 (18.81%) Databricks
3 16 (7.34%) CheckPoint
3 16 (7.34%) Infoblox
3 16 (7.34%) Palo Alto
4 8 (3.67%) Informatica
5 5 (2.29%) Cloudera
5 5 (2.29%) VMware
6 3 (1.38%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.38%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.38%) Palantir
6 3 (1.38%) Qualys
6 3 (1.38%) Splunk
7 2 (0.92%) Atempo
7 2 (0.92%) F5
7 2 (0.92%) Oracle
7 2 (0.92%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.92%) SAP
7 2 (0.92%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.92%) SolarWinds