Azure Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 5 4
Rank change year-on-year +1 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 2,532 2,692 3,391
As % of all contract jobs in London 18.13% 17.36% 16.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.83% 42.47% 43.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,758 1,843 2,493
10th Percentile £373 £363 £381
25th Percentile £447 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £541 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% -3.08% -5.42%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £676
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 13
10th Percentile £25.47 £23.59 £26.85
25th Percentile £26.00 - £31.25
Median hourly rate £34.24 £23.80 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year +43.87% -32.48% +17.50%
75th Percentile £66.68 £35.00 £58.00
90th Percentile £93.88 £60.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £34.48 £40.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year -15.05% -12.10% -16.04%

All Cloud Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,202 6,338 7,779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.40% 40.86% 38.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,201 4,310 5,724
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £788 £775
England median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 34 70
10th Percentile £18.28 £21.78 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.19 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.74 £33.75 £38.38
Median % change year-on-year -23.75% -12.05% +50.49%
75th Percentile £41.25 £55.25 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.13 £65.33 £85.16
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.86
% change year-on-year -28.14% +13.42% +40.27%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Azure job vacancy trend in London

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in London over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in London

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in London over the 6 months to 12 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in London

Azure
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 12 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 0 362 £555 -3.48% 927
South London +14 36 £515 +35.22% 39
West London -8 33 £475 - 107
East London -7 15 £540 +8.00% 90
North London - 2 £510 - 15
Azure
England

Azure
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
1 116 (4.58%) SharePoint
2 95 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 81 (3.20%) Apache Spark
4 71 (2.80%) Confluence
5 51 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
6 43 (1.70%) Apache
7 17 (0.67%) CMS
8 13 (0.51%) nginx
9 8 (0.32%) Jupyter
10 7 (0.28%) Camunda
11 6 (0.24%) HCL Notes
11 6 (0.24%) SAS
12 5 (0.20%) Appian
13 4 (0.16%) Headless CMS
14 3 (0.12%) NServiceBus
14 3 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
14 3 (0.12%) Tomcat
15 2 (0.079%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 2 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 2 (0.079%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 56 (2.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.39%) Mozilla Thunderbird
7 7 (0.28%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.16%) Trello
9 3 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.039%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.039%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 56 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (0.59%) Aladdin
4 14 (0.55%) Endur
5 10 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
6 8 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
8 4 (0.16%) Fidessa
8 4 (0.16%) thinkFolio
8 4 (0.16%) Workday HCM
9 3 (0.12%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.12%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 2 (0.079%) Actimize
10 2 (0.079%) Cloudability
10 2 (0.079%) Distributed Ledger
10 2 (0.079%) SAP FS
10 2 (0.079%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.079%) Shopify
10 2 (0.079%) Summit
11 1 (0.039%) Avolution ABACUS
Cloud Services
1 851 (33.61%) AWS
2 497 (19.63%) Azure DevOps
3 485 (19.15%) GCP
4 365 (14.42%) Power Platform
5 302 (11.93%) Entra ID
6 279 (11.02%) Microsoft 365
7 240 (9.48%) GitHub
8 180 (7.11%) Azure Data Factory
9 144 (5.69%) GitHub Actions
10 129 (5.09%) Serverless
11 121 (4.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 116 (4.58%) Snowflake
13 113 (4.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 113 (4.46%) SaaS
14 112 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
15 107 (4.23%) Power Automate
16 104 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
17 100 (3.95%) PowerApps
18 97 (3.83%) Azure AKS
19 93 (3.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 178 (7.03%) Firewall
2 89 (3.52%) DNS
3 78 (3.08%) VPN
4 73 (2.88%) Network Security
5 54 (2.13%) WAN
6 36 (1.42%) DHCP
7 27 (1.07%) SD-WAN
8 26 (1.03%) TCP/IP
9 24 (0.95%) LAN
10 23 (0.91%) HTTP
10 23 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
11 20 (0.79%) VLAN
12 17 (0.67%) SSL
13 16 (0.63%) BGP
13 16 (0.63%) Internet
14 15 (0.59%) SAN
15 14 (0.55%) OSPF
15 14 (0.55%) SSH
16 13 (0.51%) SMTP
17 12 (0.47%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 249 (9.83%) Power BI
2 151 (5.96%) SQL Server
3 143 (5.65%) Data Lake
4 127 (5.02%) Data Warehouse
5 112 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
6 94 (3.71%) NoSQL
7 79 (3.12%) Azure SQL Database
8 57 (2.25%) Metadata
9 51 (2.01%) Relational Database
10 44 (1.74%) Delta Lake
11 43 (1.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 41 (1.62%) MongoDB
13 39 (1.54%) Big Data
14 38 (1.50%) BigQuery
15 37 (1.46%) Tableau
16 34 (1.34%) Redis
17 29 (1.15%) Amazon Redshift
18 27 (1.07%) Data Vault
18 27 (1.07%) Snowflake Schema
19 26 (1.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 212 (8.37%) Git
2 189 (7.46%) JIRA
3 130 (5.13%) Jenkins
4 108 (4.27%) GitLab
5 40 (1.58%) SonarQube
6 36 (1.42%) Postman
7 35 (1.38%) Selenium
8 29 (1.15%) ERwin
9 28 (1.11%) JUnit
9 28 (1.11%) Maven
10 22 (0.87%) Metasploit
11 20 (0.79%) Burp Suite
11 20 (0.79%) JMeter
12 19 (0.75%) TeamCity
13 18 (0.71%) MLflow
14 17 (0.67%) Bitbucket
14 17 (0.67%) Cucumber
15 16 (0.63%) Mockito
16 15 (0.59%) REST Assured
16 15 (0.59%) SpecFlow
General
1 760 (30.02%) Social Skills
2 633 (25.00%) Finance
3 253 (9.99%) Analytical Skills
4 249 (9.83%) Public Sector
5 240 (9.48%) Banking
6 89 (3.52%) Investment Banking
7 82 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 64 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 57 (2.25%) Marketing
10 44 (1.74%) Retail
11 42 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 41 (1.62%) Front Office
13 39 (1.54%) Legal
14 37 (1.46%) Financial Institution
15 32 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
16 29 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 28 (1.11%) Law
17 28 (1.11%) Local Government
18 24 (0.95%) Manufacturing
19 22 (0.87%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 439 (17.34%) Architect
2 430 (16.98%) Developer
3 255 (10.07%) Senior
4 201 (7.94%) Azure Engineer
5 193 (7.62%) Lead
6 192 (7.58%) Data Engineer
7 149 (5.88%) Analyst
8 147 (5.81%) Solutions Architect
9 122 (4.82%) DevOps Engineer
10 102 (4.03%) Azure Architect
10 102 (4.03%) Consultant
11 94 (3.71%) Security Engineer
12 72 (2.84%) Senior Developer
13 65 (2.57%) Platform Engineer
14 64 (2.53%) Azure Data Engineer
14 64 (2.53%) Cloud Engineer
15 63 (2.49%) Data Architect
16 58 (2.29%) Business Analyst
17 57 (2.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 57 (2.25%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 241 (9.52%) .NET
2 174 (6.87%) REST
3 130 (5.13%) Kafka
4 122 (4.82%) React
5 98 (3.87%) RESTful
6 95 (3.75%) HTML
7 94 (3.71%) PySpark
8 90 (3.55%) Node.js
9 81 (3.20%) AngularJS
9 81 (3.20%) OAuth
9 81 (3.20%) Spring
10 78 (3.08%) CSS
11 68 (2.69%) JSON
12 63 (2.49%) SOAP
13 56 (2.21%) Spring Boot
14 53 (2.09%) Web Services
15 51 (2.01%) .NET Core
16 50 (1.97%) XML
17 48 (1.90%) LangChain
18 46 (1.82%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 168 (6.64%) Cloud Native
2 81 (3.20%) Product Ownership
3 74 (2.92%) Onboarding
4 69 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 57 (2.25%) Security Posture
6 55 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
7 54 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
8 49 (1.94%) Data Centre
8 49 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
9 47 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
9 47 (1.86%) Management Information System
10 43 (1.70%) AI Agents
11 40 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 40 (1.58%) Public Cloud
12 35 (1.38%) Algorithms
13 32 (1.26%) Virtual Team
14 30 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
14 30 (1.18%) Derivative
14 30 (1.18%) Fixed Income
14 30 (1.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 247 (9.76%) Windows
2 141 (5.57%) Linux
3 79 (3.12%) Windows Server
4 46 (1.82%) Unix
5 33 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 28 (1.11%) VMS
7 26 (1.03%) Apple iOS
8 25 (0.99%) Android
9 18 (0.71%) Mac OS
10 17 (0.67%) Ubuntu
11 12 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 10 (0.39%) Amazon Linux
13 6 (0.24%) CentOS
14 5 (0.20%) Solaris
14 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
14 5 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
15 4 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
16 3 (0.12%) Mac OS X
17 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 884 (34.91%) DevOps
2 728 (28.75%) CI/CD
3 668 (26.38%) Agile
4 448 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
5 381 (15.05%) Analytics
6 363 (14.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 331 (13.07%) AI
8 294 (11.61%) Migration
9 283 (11.18%) Data Modelling
10 278 (10.98%) Business Intelligence
11 237 (9.36%) Machine Learning
12 226 (8.93%) Microservices
12 226 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
13 221 (8.73%) ETL
14 218 (8.61%) Data Pipeline
15 204 (8.06%) Data Governance
16 201 (7.94%) Test Automation
17 195 (7.70%) Cloud Security
18 191 (7.54%) Containerisation
19 190 (7.50%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 714 (28.20%) Python
2 597 (23.58%) SQL
3 289 (11.41%) C#
4 270 (10.66%) Java
5 264 (10.43%) PowerShell
6 214 (8.45%) JavaScript
7 136 (5.37%) Bash
8 119 (4.70%) TypeScript
9 85 (3.36%) Bicep
10 50 (1.97%) Scala
11 49 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
12 45 (1.78%) Go
13 36 (1.42%) C++
14 27 (1.07%) Groovy
14 27 (1.07%) T-SQL
15 26 (1.03%) R
16 20 (0.79%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 18 (0.71%) Perl
18 17 (0.67%) C
19 15 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 441 (17.42%) Security Cleared
2 379 (14.97%) SC Cleared
3 244 (9.64%) Degree
4 131 (5.17%) Azure Certification
5 101 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 75 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 65 (2.57%) CISSP
8 44 (1.74%) Master's Degree
9 40 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 35 (1.38%) CISM
11 34 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 34 (1.34%) OSCP
12 30 (1.18%) DV Cleared
13 24 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
14 23 (0.91%) CREST Certified
15 21 (0.83%) PMI Certification
16 19 (0.75%) ISTQB
17 16 (0.63%) PhD
17 16 (0.63%) PMP
18 15 (0.59%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (5.69%) GDPR
2 131 (5.17%) Data Quality
3 125 (4.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 105 (4.15%) QA
5 101 (3.99%) NIST
6 52 (2.05%) Accessibility
7 35 (1.38%) NCSC
8 28 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (0.99%) HIPAA
9 25 (0.99%) PCI DSS
10 24 (0.95%) SOC 2
11 13 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 13 (0.51%) EU AI Act
11 13 (0.51%) MiFID
11 13 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 12 (0.47%) SLA
13 11 (0.43%) WCAG
14 9 (0.36%) GRC
15 7 (0.28%) COBIT
15 7 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 302 (11.93%) Docker
2 295 (11.65%) Active Directory
3 42 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
5 26 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (0.59%) Squid
7 14 (0.55%) Hyper-V
8 11 (0.43%) vSphere
9 10 (0.39%) DFS Replication
9 10 (0.39%) Dovecot
9 10 (0.39%) Postfix
9 10 (0.39%) zsh
10 9 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
10 9 (0.36%) VMware NSX
11 7 (0.28%) Firmware
12 5 (0.20%) Snort
13 4 (0.16%) Oracle RAC
14 3 (0.12%) BitLocker
15 2 (0.079%) KVM
15 2 (0.079%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 360 (14.22%) Terraform
2 315 (12.44%) Kubernetes
3 127 (5.02%) Microsoft Intune
4 93 (3.67%) Ansible
5 60 (2.37%) Single Sign-On
6 56 (2.21%) SCCM
7 45 (1.78%) Grafana
7 45 (1.78%) Prometheus
8 23 (0.91%) Nessus
9 20 (0.79%) Nmap
10 19 (0.75%) Puppet
11 16 (0.63%) Argo
12 13 (0.51%) NetBackup
13 10 (0.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (0.39%) FortiGate
13 10 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.39%) Proxmox
13 10 (0.39%) QRadar
14 8 (0.32%) Kibana
14 8 (0.32%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 812 (32.07%) Microsoft
2 304 (12.01%) Databricks
3 107 (4.23%) Google
4 106 (4.19%) Oracle
5 93 (3.67%) ServiceNow
6 70 (2.76%) OpenAI
7 64 (2.53%) SAP
7 64 (2.53%) Splunk
8 62 (2.45%) Cisco
9 61 (2.41%) VMware
10 56 (2.21%) Salesforce
11 43 (1.70%) Palo Alto
12 34 (1.34%) Okta
13 33 (1.30%) Citrix
14 32 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
15 29 (1.15%) CyberArk
15 29 (1.15%) Foundry
15 29 (1.15%) Qualys
16 26 (1.03%) Fortinet
17 25 (0.99%) Zscaler