Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Azure Certification
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Milton Keynes with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 31 49
Rank change year-on-year -22 +18 +22
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 5 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.93% 3.54% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.89% 6.80% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 1
10th Percentile £530 £231 -
25th Percentile £547 £250 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £288 £600
Median % change year-on-year +108.33% -52.00% +2.13%
75th Percentile £688 £343 -
90th Percentile £725 £361 -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £600 £288 £600
% change year-on-year +108.33% -52.00% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £12.00 -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate - £12.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 265 103 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 49.53% 52.02% 39.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 78 156
10th Percentile £392 £237 £325
25th Percentile £475 £388 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £638
90th Percentile £640 £630 £713
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 3 11
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile - £14.75 £15.93
Median hourly rate £16.35 £18.70 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.57% +3.89% +80.00%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £21.25
90th Percentile - £20.14 £22.52
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.58% -5.00% +100.00%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in Milton Keynes

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) Azure AI
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
3 2 (40.00%) Figma
3 2 (40.00%) GCP
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
1 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Scientist
2 1 (20.00%) Identity Management Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) AngularJS
1 2 (40.00%) Node.js
1 2 (40.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Zero Trust
2 2 (40.00%) AI
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Cost Management
2 2 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Data Science
2 2 (40.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (40.00%) FinOps
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (40.00%) LLM
2 2 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) SABSA
2 2 (40.00%) Text Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bicep
1 2 (40.00%) Go
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Docker
2 2 (40.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (40.00%) Rancher
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Citrix
2 2 (40.00%) OpenAI
2 2 (40.00%) VMware