Azure Contracts in the North of England

Microsoft Azure
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -6 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 503 939 1,056
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.68% 16.17% 14.71%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.37% 44.33% 42.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 369 734 810
10th Percentile £313 £350 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £676
England median daily rate £541 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.78% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 15 10
10th Percentile £16.55 £16.85 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £17.16
Median hourly rate £18.50 £49.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.24% +117.78% -60.87%
75th Percentile £32.72 £70.00 £56.13
90th Percentile £40.79 - £56.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £48.27
% change year-on-year -36.36% +13.94% -4.89%

All Cloud Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,383 2,118 2,509
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.38% 36.47% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 983 1,583 1,912
10th Percentile £263 £300 £190
25th Percentile £375 £415 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £588
90th Percentile £638 £680 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 37 61
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £39.60 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year -59.44% +111.20% -1.32%
75th Percentile £20.77 £65.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -31.90% +44.89% -2.09%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North of England

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the North of England

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the North of England

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the North of England

Azure
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North of England region over the 6 months to 6 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
North West -9 285 £492 -1.55% 361
Yorkshire 0 191 £500 -9.09% 219
North East 0 33 £533 -11.25% 71
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 24 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 23 (4.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (2.98%) Confluence
4 9 (1.79%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.99%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.80%) Apache
6 4 (0.80%) CMS
7 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.40%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.20%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.20%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) Kentico
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.20%) Umbraco
Applications
1 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.19%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.99%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.40%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.40%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (0.40%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 138 (27.44%) AWS
2 87 (17.30%) Azure DevOps
3 76 (15.11%) Microsoft 365
4 61 (12.13%) GCP
5 54 (10.74%) Entra ID
6 41 (8.15%) Power Platform
7 30 (5.96%) SaaS
8 28 (5.57%) Azure Data Factory
9 27 (5.37%) GitHub
10 20 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (3.78%) IaaS
11 19 (3.78%) Serverless
12 17 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (3.18%) Akamai
13 16 (3.18%) Cloudflare
14 15 (2.98%) PaaS
15 14 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 11 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 10 (1.99%) Apigee
17 10 (1.99%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 32 (6.36%) Firewall
2 29 (5.77%) DNS
3 25 (4.97%) VPN
4 17 (3.38%) TCP/IP
5 13 (2.58%) OSPF
5 13 (2.58%) WAN
6 12 (2.39%) LAN
7 10 (1.99%) VLAN
8 9 (1.79%) Network Security
8 9 (1.79%) Wireshark
9 8 (1.59%) Wireless
10 7 (1.39%) Ethernet
10 7 (1.39%) HTTP
10 7 (1.39%) Wireless Security
11 6 (1.19%) BGP
11 6 (1.19%) HTTPS
12 5 (0.99%) DHCP
12 5 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.80%) MPLS
13 4 (0.80%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.75%) Data Warehouse
2 36 (7.16%) SQL Server
3 32 (6.36%) Power BI
4 21 (4.17%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.38%) MongoDB
6 16 (3.18%) MySQL
7 13 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.39%) Relational Database
8 12 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 11 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (1.99%) NoSQL
11 9 (1.79%) Big Data
11 9 (1.79%) GIS
11 9 (1.79%) Snowflake Schema
12 7 (1.39%) Redis
13 6 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (1.19%) Tableau
14 5 (0.99%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.99%) InterSystems Cache
14 5 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (7.75%) JIRA
2 32 (6.36%) Git
3 23 (4.57%) GitLab
4 18 (3.58%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 6 (1.19%) CircleCI
6 6 (1.19%) Hudson
6 6 (1.19%) Selenium
6 6 (1.19%) Travis CI
7 5 (0.99%) Bitbucket
7 5 (0.99%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.99%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.80%) AppScan
8 4 (0.80%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.80%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.60%) Maven
9 3 (0.60%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.40%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 129 (25.65%) Social Skills
2 51 (10.14%) Public Sector
3 49 (9.74%) Finance
4 41 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.77%) Retail
6 19 (3.78%) Banking
7 12 (2.39%) Law
8 8 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
8 8 (1.59%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.99%) Legal
11 4 (0.80%) Health Technology
11 4 (0.80%) Marketing
12 3 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.60%) Local Government
13 2 (0.40%) Advertising
13 2 (0.40%) German Language
13 2 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 103 (20.48%) Architect
2 69 (13.72%) Developer
3 50 (9.94%) Azure Engineer
4 46 (9.15%) DevOps Engineer
5 40 (7.95%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (6.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (6.96%) Lead
7 33 (6.56%) Analyst
8 30 (5.96%) Senior
9 24 (4.77%) Data Engineer
10 21 (4.17%) .NET Developer
11 20 (3.98%) Project Manager
12 19 (3.78%) Azure Architect
13 17 (3.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 17 (3.38%) Network Engineer
14 16 (3.18%) Data Architect
14 16 (3.18%) Security Architect
15 15 (2.98%) Support Engineer
16 14 (2.78%) Consultant
17 13 (2.58%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.36%) .NET
2 15 (2.98%) JSON
3 14 (2.78%) XML
4 13 (2.58%) .NET Core
4 13 (2.58%) REST
5 12 (2.39%) .NET Framework
5 12 (2.39%) HTML
5 12 (2.39%) Web Services
6 11 (2.19%) React
7 10 (1.99%) Elastic Stack
7 10 (1.99%) Entity Framework
7 10 (1.99%) Kafka
7 10 (1.99%) SailPoint
7 10 (1.99%) SOAP
8 9 (1.79%) Node.js
8 9 (1.79%) RESTful
8 9 (1.79%) YAML
9 8 (1.59%) CSS
9 8 (1.59%) PyTorch
9 8 (1.59%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.58%) Public Cloud
3 13 (2.58%) Data Structures
4 12 (2.39%) NHS
5 11 (2.19%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.39%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 6 (1.19%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.19%) Reference Data
9 6 (1.19%) Replication
9 6 (1.19%) Security Posture
9 6 (1.19%) Virtual Team
10 5 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (0.99%) PKI
11 4 (0.80%) Cloud Native
11 4 (0.80%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (0.80%) Driving Licence
11 4 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 72 (14.31%) Windows
2 47 (9.34%) Linux
3 26 (5.17%) Windows 10
4 20 (3.98%) Windows Server
5 19 (3.78%) Unix
6 8 (1.59%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.59%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
7 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.80%) Android
8 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.40%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.20%) VMS
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (34.00%) DevOps
2 130 (25.84%) Agile
3 70 (13.92%) CI/CD
3 70 (13.92%) Migration
4 65 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 41 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 39 (7.75%) Analytics
7 39 (7.75%) Data Modelling
8 38 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (7.36%) Scrum
10 36 (7.16%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (6.76%) Infrastructure as Code
12 33 (6.56%) Data Management
12 33 (6.56%) Microservices
12 33 (6.56%) Project Delivery
13 31 (6.16%) ETL
13 31 (6.16%) Identity Access Management
14 30 (5.96%) Project Management
14 30 (5.96%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 77 (15.31%) SQL
2 71 (14.12%) Python
3 57 (11.33%) PowerShell
4 34 (6.76%) C#
5 27 (5.37%) Bash
6 25 (4.97%) JavaScript
7 24 (4.77%) Java
8 12 (2.39%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.79%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (1.59%) Go
11 7 (1.39%) C
11 7 (1.39%) PHP
12 4 (0.80%) Bicep
12 4 (0.80%) Ruby
13 3 (0.60%) Scala
14 2 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.40%) Perl
14 2 (0.40%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.20%) C++
15 1 (0.20%) Rust
Qualifications
1 58 (11.53%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.94%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.95%) Degree
4 18 (3.58%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (3.18%) Azure Certification
7 11 (2.19%) CCNA
7 11 (2.19%) CISSP
8 10 (1.99%) CISM
9 8 (1.59%) CCNP
9 8 (1.59%) CompTIA Security+
9 8 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (0.99%) CCIE
11 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.80%) DV Cleared
11 4 (0.80%) MCSE
11 4 (0.80%) VCAP
12 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.40%) MCITP
12 2 (0.40%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (5.77%) QA
2 14 (2.78%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.19%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.19%) NIST
5 5 (0.99%) GDPR
6 4 (0.80%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.40%) SLA
9 1 (0.20%) GRC
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 86 (17.10%) Active Directory
2 25 (4.97%) Docker
3 22 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.38%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.40%) HDFS
7 1 (0.20%) ACF2
7 1 (0.20%) IAG
7 1 (0.20%) NFS
7 1 (0.20%) RACF
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (10.34%) Terraform
2 40 (7.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 39 (7.75%) Kubernetes
4 24 (4.77%) Ansible
5 19 (3.78%) Grafana
6 18 (3.58%) Prometheus
7 14 (2.78%) Progress Chef
7 14 (2.78%) Puppet
7 14 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
8 11 (2.19%) SCCM
9 6 (1.19%) Docker Swarm
9 6 (1.19%) Kibana
9 6 (1.19%) logstash
10 5 (0.99%) Nessus
11 4 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.80%) Graylog
11 4 (0.80%) HP Fortify
11 4 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.80%) WebInspect
12 3 (0.60%) CFEngine
Vendors
1 159 (31.61%) Microsoft
2 35 (6.96%) VMware
3 23 (4.57%) Databricks
4 20 (3.98%) Oracle
5 17 (3.38%) Google
6 16 (3.18%) F5
7 13 (2.58%) Splunk
8 12 (2.39%) CyberArk
9 11 (2.19%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.19%) Sophos
10 10 (1.99%) Cisco
11 7 (1.39%) Atlassian
11 7 (1.39%) SAP
11 7 (1.39%) SolarWinds
12 6 (1.19%) Brio
13 5 (0.99%) IBM
13 5 (0.99%) LogicMonitor
13 5 (0.99%) Red Hat
14 4 (0.80%) Checkmarx
14 4 (0.80%) Zscaler