Azure Contracts in London

Microsoft Azure
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 5 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 2,918 4,481 6,935
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 16.53% 16.98% 17.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.99% 43.54% 43.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,146 3,252 5,129
10th Percentile £375 £413 £419
25th Percentile £456 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £775
England median daily rate £545 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% +1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 18
10th Percentile £18.21 £22.22 £22.26
25th Percentile £22.08 £25.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £23.40 £41.82 £44.40
Median % change year-on-year -44.04% -5.82% -22.11%
75th Percentile £35.00 £65.63 £83.44
90th Percentile - £89.38 £92.13
England median hourly rate £35.00 £58.65 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.32% +23.47% -7.77%

All Cloud Skills
London

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,787 10,291 15,964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 38.46% 39.00% 41.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,991 7,550 12,018
10th Percentile £350 £375 £400
25th Percentile £445 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £588 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +2.17% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £769
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 84 84
10th Percentile £17.32 £20.00 £19.74
25th Percentile £22.00 £25.00 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.50 £50.00 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year -49.00% +24.22% +13.38%
75th Percentile £38.28 £75.00 £64.00
90th Percentile £59.88 £88.30 £79.28
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -34.98% +50.23% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in London

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in London

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in London

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in London

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

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 May 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 +1 462 £550 -4.35% 176
West London +8 39 £475 -32.14% 41
East London +2 39 £540 +4.85% 27
South London +7 22 £475 -13.64% 13
North London +2 2 £438 +191.67% 2
Azure
England

Azure
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
1 157 (5.38%) SharePoint
2 111 (3.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 105 (3.60%) Apache
4 77 (2.64%) Apache Airflow
5 64 (2.19%) Confluence
6 61 (2.09%) Apache Spark
7 27 (0.93%) IIS
8 24 (0.82%) CMS
9 11 (0.38%) BizTalk Server
9 11 (0.38%) nginx
10 10 (0.34%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.27%) Site Server
12 7 (0.24%) Anypoint
12 7 (0.24%) JBoss
13 6 (0.21%) Skype for Business
13 6 (0.21%) Tornado
14 5 (0.17%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
14 5 (0.17%) Exchange Server 2010
14 5 (0.17%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 55 (1.88%) Microsoft Office
2 34 (1.17%) MS Visio
3 29 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (0.31%) Chatbot
5 8 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.069%) Sketch
8 2 (0.069%) Trello
9 1 (0.034%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.034%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.034%) CPLEX
9 1 (0.034%) InDesign
9 1 (0.034%) InVision
9 1 (0.034%) Marvel
9 1 (0.034%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 77 (2.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 24 (0.82%) Dynamics AX
3 17 (0.58%) Endur
4 10 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 8 (0.27%) Shopify
7 7 (0.24%) Aladdin
8 6 (0.21%) SimCorp Dimension
9 5 (0.17%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 5 (0.17%) SAP GRC
9 5 (0.17%) Temenos T24
10 4 (0.14%) SAP HR
11 3 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
11 3 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
11 3 (0.10%) Primavera
12 2 (0.069%) BusinessWorks
13 1 (0.034%) Dynamics NAV
13 1 (0.034%) ION MarketView
13 1 (0.034%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 783 (26.83%) AWS
2 652 (22.34%) Azure DevOps
3 399 (13.67%) GCP
4 334 (11.45%) Microsoft 365
5 317 (10.86%) Power Platform
6 310 (10.62%) Entra ID
7 170 (5.83%) Serverless
8 166 (5.69%) Azure Data Factory
9 159 (5.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 154 (5.28%) Dynamics 365
11 134 (4.59%) GitHub
12 122 (4.18%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 115 (3.94%) PaaS
14 106 (3.63%) IaaS
15 105 (3.60%) Azure Functions
16 101 (3.46%) PowerApps
17 99 (3.39%) Power Automate
18 95 (3.26%) Azure Logic Apps
19 88 (3.02%) SaaS
20 87 (2.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 172 (5.89%) Firewall
2 103 (3.53%) DNS
3 57 (1.95%) VPN
4 48 (1.64%) WAN
5 47 (1.61%) DHCP
6 46 (1.58%) LAN
7 43 (1.47%) Network Security
8 34 (1.17%) MPLS
9 30 (1.03%) TCP/IP
10 29 (0.99%) Wireless
11 28 (0.96%) SD-WAN
12 25 (0.86%) SAN
12 25 (0.86%) VLAN
13 24 (0.82%) Internet
13 24 (0.82%) OSPF
14 22 (0.75%) BGP
14 22 (0.75%) HTTP
15 19 (0.65%) NAS
16 18 (0.62%) IPsec
17 14 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 438 (15.01%) SQL Server
2 246 (8.43%) Power BI
3 185 (6.34%) Data Lake
4 156 (5.35%) Data Warehouse
4 156 (5.35%) PostgreSQL
5 146 (5.00%) NoSQL
6 109 (3.74%) Azure SQL Database
7 102 (3.50%) Big Data
8 61 (2.09%) Relational Database
9 60 (2.06%) Apache Ignite
10 49 (1.68%) MySQL
11 48 (1.64%) MongoDB
12 43 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 35 (1.20%) Tableau
14 26 (0.89%) RDBMS
15 25 (0.86%) Redis
16 21 (0.72%) Delta Lake
16 21 (0.72%) Metadata
17 20 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 19 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 211 (7.23%) Git
2 107 (3.67%) JIRA
3 90 (3.08%) Jenkins
4 66 (2.26%) GitLab
5 63 (2.16%) Cypress.io
6 52 (1.78%) SpecFlow
7 46 (1.58%) Visual Studio
8 43 (1.47%) Selenium
9 30 (1.03%) TeamCity
10 23 (0.79%) Maven
11 21 (0.72%) Postman
12 20 (0.69%) JMeter
13 18 (0.62%) SonarQube
14 15 (0.51%) WebDriver
15 14 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
16 10 (0.34%) CircleCI
16 10 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
17 9 (0.31%) Visual Studio Team System
18 8 (0.27%) Eclipse
18 8 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 791 (27.11%) Finance
2 633 (21.69%) Social Skills
3 302 (10.35%) Public Sector
4 268 (9.18%) Banking
5 240 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
6 189 (6.48%) Front Office
7 86 (2.95%) Marketing
8 73 (2.50%) Retail
9 72 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
10 65 (2.23%) Back Office
11 44 (1.51%) Investment Banking
12 42 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 38 (1.30%) Telecoms
14 37 (1.27%) Financial Institution
15 36 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
16 33 (1.13%) Legal
16 33 (1.13%) Manufacturing
17 32 (1.10%) Law
18 26 (0.89%) Local Government
19 23 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 662 (22.69%) Developer
2 475 (16.28%) Architect
3 361 (12.37%) Senior
4 279 (9.56%) Azure Engineer
5 212 (7.27%) Data Engineer
6 186 (6.37%) Lead
7 185 (6.34%) Analyst
8 176 (6.03%) Software Engineer
9 160 (5.48%) Senior Developer
10 158 (5.41%) Consultant
11 136 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
12 129 (4.42%) Python Developer
13 123 (4.22%) .NET Developer
14 120 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
15 107 (3.67%) C# Developer
16 103 (3.53%) Full Stack Developer
17 100 (3.43%) Data Architect
18 95 (3.26%) Azure Developer
19 92 (3.15%) Azure Data Engineer
19 92 (3.15%) Developer/Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 493 (16.90%) .NET
2 229 (7.85%) React
3 171 (5.86%) .NET Core
4 159 (5.45%) XML
5 139 (4.76%) HTML
6 125 (4.28%) .NET Framework
7 121 (4.15%) REST
8 108 (3.70%) AngularJS
9 107 (3.67%) CSS
10 102 (3.50%) Kafka
11 98 (3.36%) PySpark
12 93 (3.19%) ASP.NET
12 93 (3.19%) Redux
13 74 (2.54%) JSON
14 73 (2.50%) gRPC
15 72 (2.47%) Node.js
16 70 (2.40%) Web Services
17 69 (2.36%) Protocol Buffers
18 63 (2.16%) Material-UI
19 59 (2.02%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 155 (5.31%) Product Ownership
2 117 (4.01%) Fixed Income
3 115 (3.94%) Hedge funds
4 87 (2.98%) Derivative
5 85 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 80 (2.74%) Equities
7 74 (2.54%) Data Centre
8 63 (2.16%) Onboarding
9 60 (2.06%) Data Structures
10 57 (1.95%) Public Cloud
11 56 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
12 53 (1.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 43 (1.47%) Management Information System
14 38 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
15 36 (1.23%) PKI
16 34 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
17 27 (0.93%) Mobile App
17 27 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
18 25 (0.86%) Algorithms
18 25 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 345 (11.82%) Windows
2 185 (6.34%) Linux
3 126 (4.32%) Windows Server
4 57 (1.95%) Windows 10
5 50 (1.71%) Unix
6 33 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 22 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
8 20 (0.69%) Android
9 16 (0.55%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.41%) Apple iOS
12 11 (0.38%) Ubuntu
12 11 (0.38%) VMS
12 11 (0.38%) Windows 7
13 10 (0.34%) Solaris
13 10 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
14 8 (0.27%) Mac OS X
14 8 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.21%) CentOS
16 2 (0.069%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,055 (36.15%) DevOps
2 923 (31.63%) Agile
3 476 (16.31%) CI/CD
4 368 (12.61%) Software Engineering
5 364 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
6 337 (11.55%) Migration
7 288 (9.87%) Scrum
8 278 (9.53%) Business Intelligence
9 263 (9.01%) Analytics
10 226 (7.75%) Data Modelling
11 190 (6.51%) Full Stack Development
12 185 (6.34%) ETL
13 184 (6.31%) TDD
14 171 (5.86%) Microservices
15 170 (5.83%) Computer Science
16 162 (5.55%) Infrastructure as Code
17 160 (5.48%) Asset Management
17 160 (5.48%) Test Automation
18 146 (5.00%) Data Pipeline
19 144 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 641 (21.97%) SQL
2 613 (21.01%) Python
3 529 (18.13%) C#
4 416 (14.26%) PowerShell
5 253 (8.67%) JavaScript
6 200 (6.85%) TypeScript
7 189 (6.48%) Java
8 119 (4.08%) Bicep
9 67 (2.30%) Bash
10 51 (1.75%) T-SQL
11 48 (1.64%) Scala
12 39 (1.34%) C++
13 35 (1.20%) Go
14 31 (1.06%) R
15 21 (0.72%) PL/SQL
16 19 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 19 (0.65%) Shell Script
17 17 (0.58%) Ruby
18 15 (0.51%) PHP
18 15 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 277 (9.49%) Security Cleared
2 270 (9.25%) Degree
3 242 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 108 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 105 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 52 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 47 (1.61%) CISSP
8 38 (1.30%) AWS Certification
8 38 (1.30%) DV Cleared
9 34 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
10 33 (1.13%) Master's Degree
11 27 (0.93%) CISM
12 21 (0.72%) CCNP
13 19 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
14 14 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
15 13 (0.45%) CCNA
16 12 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 10 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
18 9 (0.31%) CISA
18 9 (0.31%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (3.94%) QA
2 94 (3.22%) Data Quality
3 52 (1.78%) GDPR
3 52 (1.78%) NIST
4 50 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 48 (1.64%) PCI DSS
6 33 (1.13%) Accessibility
6 33 (1.13%) SLA
7 21 (0.72%) WCAG
8 15 (0.51%) NCSC
9 13 (0.45%) PMO
10 10 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.31%) GRC
12 8 (0.27%) ISO 20022
12 8 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 6 (0.21%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.17%) COBIT
14 5 (0.17%) ISO 22301
15 4 (0.14%) IFRS
15 4 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 430 (14.74%) Active Directory
2 214 (7.33%) Docker
3 73 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 54 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
5 48 (1.64%) Hyper-V
6 27 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 14 (0.48%) vSphere
8 10 (0.34%) Firmware
9 7 (0.24%) ACF2
9 7 (0.24%) IAG
9 7 (0.24%) RACF
9 7 (0.24%) XenApp
10 6 (0.21%) KVM
10 6 (0.21%) NFS
10 6 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
11 5 (0.17%) vCloud
12 4 (0.14%) Shibboleth
13 3 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.10%) VMware NSX
13 3 (0.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 286 (9.80%) Terraform
2 261 (8.94%) Kubernetes
3 124 (4.25%) Microsoft Intune
4 98 (3.36%) Ansible
5 66 (2.26%) SCCM
6 42 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
7 39 (1.34%) Puppet
8 26 (0.89%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 21 (0.72%) Grafana
10 19 (0.65%) Prometheus
11 18 (0.62%) Progress Chef
12 17 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
13 15 (0.51%) FortiGate
14 13 (0.45%) PingFederate
15 12 (0.41%) Argo
16 11 (0.38%) Netcool
16 11 (0.38%) SCOM
17 9 (0.31%) Kibana
18 8 (0.27%) Tivoli
18 8 (0.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 970 (33.24%) Microsoft
2 231 (7.92%) Databricks
3 188 (6.44%) Oracle
4 144 (4.93%) Google
5 118 (4.04%) VMware
6 91 (3.12%) SAP
7 73 (2.50%) ServiceNow
8 70 (2.40%) Cisco
9 56 (1.92%) Splunk
10 47 (1.61%) CyberArk
11 45 (1.54%) Citrix
12 38 (1.30%) Salesforce
13 31 (1.06%) MuleSoft
14 30 (1.03%) F5
14 30 (1.03%) Palo Alto
15 29 (0.99%) Informatica
15 29 (0.99%) Okta
16 25 (0.86%) Red Hat
17 24 (0.82%) Dell
17 24 (0.82%) IBM