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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 510 971 1,041
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.75% 16.60% 14.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.12% 44.95% 41.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 764 794
10th Percentile £313 £363 £300
25th Percentile £413 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £684
England median daily rate £545 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.11% +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 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -62.24% +154.55% -66.52%
75th Percentile £32.72 £70.00 £56.13
90th Percentile £40.79 - £56.50
England median hourly rate £35.00 £52.93 £50.00
% change year-on-year -33.87% +5.85% +8.18%

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 1,412 2,160 2,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 29.76% 36.93% 34.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,010 1,617 1,877
10th Percentile £263 £283 £190
25th Percentile £377 £414 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 39 67
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.24 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £20.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £39.60 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.44% +114.05% -2.63%
75th Percentile £21.14 £65.00 £22.88
90th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £56.25
England median hourly rate £20.87 £28.33 £20.70
% change year-on-year -26.33% +36.86% -5.91%

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

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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

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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 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the North of England

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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 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the North of England

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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 19 April 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 -9 291 £500 -4.76% 369
Yorkshire -1 193 £475 -13.64% 214
North East +3 32 £533 -11.25% 78
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 23 (4.51%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.76%) Confluence
4 8 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 4 (0.78%) Apache
6 4 (0.78%) CMS
7 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.39%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.39%) 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 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.18%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.98%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.39%) SAP CRM
4 2 (0.39%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (0.39%) 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
1 127 (24.90%) AWS
2 94 (18.43%) Azure DevOps
3 83 (16.27%) Microsoft 365
4 54 (10.59%) Entra ID
5 50 (9.80%) GCP
6 41 (8.04%) Power Platform
7 28 (5.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 28 (5.49%) SaaS
8 22 (4.31%) GitHub
9 21 (4.12%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (3.92%) IaaS
11 17 (3.33%) Azure Sentinel
12 16 (3.14%) Akamai
12 16 (3.14%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (3.14%) Cloudflare
12 16 (3.14%) Serverless
13 14 (2.75%) PaaS
14 11 (2.16%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (1.76%) Azure Service Bus
15 9 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 30 (5.88%) Firewall
2 23 (4.51%) DNS
3 20 (3.92%) VPN
4 13 (2.55%) LAN
4 13 (2.55%) WAN
5 11 (2.16%) Network Security
5 11 (2.16%) OSPF
6 8 (1.57%) DSL
6 8 (1.57%) TCP/IP
6 8 (1.57%) VLAN
6 8 (1.57%) Wireless
7 7 (1.37%) Ethernet
7 7 (1.37%) Wireless Security
7 7 (1.37%) Wireshark
8 6 (1.18%) DHCP
8 6 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.78%) BGP
9 4 (0.78%) DMZ
9 4 (0.78%) VoIP
10 3 (0.59%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.65%) Data Warehouse
2 33 (6.47%) SQL Server
3 32 (6.27%) Power BI
4 21 (4.12%) Data Lake
5 17 (3.33%) MongoDB
6 13 (2.55%) MySQL
6 13 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
7 12 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
7 12 (2.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 11 (2.16%) Relational Database
9 9 (1.76%) GIS
9 9 (1.76%) NoSQL
10 8 (1.57%) Big Data
10 8 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
11 7 (1.37%) Redis
11 7 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.98%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.98%) InterSystems Cache
12 5 (0.98%) Tableau
13 4 (0.78%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 42 (8.24%) JIRA
2 28 (5.49%) Git
3 18 (3.53%) GitLab
3 18 (3.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.18%) Selenium
5 5 (0.98%) Bitbucket
5 5 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.78%) Hudson
6 4 (0.78%) Maven
6 4 (0.78%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.59%) AppScan
7 3 (0.59%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.59%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
7 3 (0.59%) Postman
7 3 (0.59%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.39%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.39%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 118 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 54 (10.59%) Finance
3 51 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 34 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (4.71%) Retail
6 16 (3.14%) Banking
7 12 (2.35%) Law
8 8 (1.57%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.78%) Health Technology
10 4 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.78%) Legal
10 4 (0.78%) Marketing
11 3 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.59%) Local Government
12 2 (0.39%) Advertising
12 2 (0.39%) Automotive
12 2 (0.39%) German Language
12 2 (0.39%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 95 (18.63%) Architect
2 69 (13.53%) Developer
3 55 (10.78%) Azure Engineer
4 44 (8.63%) DevOps Engineer
5 38 (7.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (7.25%) Analyst
7 36 (7.06%) Lead
8 35 (6.86%) Solutions Architect
9 28 (5.49%) Senior
10 23 (4.51%) Data Engineer
11 22 (4.31%) Project Manager
12 21 (4.12%) .NET Developer
13 20 (3.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.53%) Azure Architect
15 16 (3.14%) Data Architect
15 16 (3.14%) Network Engineer
15 16 (3.14%) Security Architect
15 16 (3.14%) Support Engineer
16 14 (2.75%) Consultant
17 13 (2.55%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (6.27%) .NET
2 14 (2.75%) REST
3 12 (2.35%) .NET Core
3 12 (2.35%) Web Services
4 11 (2.16%) .NET Framework
5 10 (1.96%) HTML
5 10 (1.96%) Kafka
5 10 (1.96%) Node.js
5 10 (1.96%) SailPoint
6 9 (1.76%) Entity Framework
6 9 (1.76%) JSON
6 9 (1.76%) SOAP
7 8 (1.57%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.57%) React
7 8 (1.57%) TensorFlow
7 8 (1.57%) XML
8 7 (1.37%) RESTful
9 6 (1.18%) Blazor
9 6 (1.18%) CSS
9 6 (1.18%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.12%) Product Ownership
2 18 (3.53%) Public Cloud
3 11 (2.16%) Data Centre
3 11 (2.16%) NHS
4 9 (1.76%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (1.76%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 7 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (1.37%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.18%) PKI
6 6 (1.18%) Reference Data
6 6 (1.18%) Replication
6 6 (1.18%) Security Posture
7 5 (0.98%) Clustering
7 5 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.78%) Algorithms
8 4 (0.78%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 85 (16.67%) Windows
2 51 (10.00%) Linux
3 25 (4.90%) Windows Server
4 24 (4.71%) Windows 10
5 23 (4.51%) Unix
6 6 (1.18%) Mac OS
6 6 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (1.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.78%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.59%) VMS
9 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.39%) Alpine Linux
10 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.20%) Android
11 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (35.10%) DevOps
2 127 (24.90%) Agile
3 74 (14.51%) Migration
4 70 (13.73%) CI/CD
5 61 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 38 (7.45%) Analytics
7 38 (7.45%) Business Intelligence
7 38 (7.45%) Data Modelling
7 38 (7.45%) Project Delivery
8 34 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
8 34 (6.67%) Data Management
9 30 (5.88%) ETL
9 30 (5.88%) Infrastructure as Code
9 30 (5.88%) Roadmaps
9 30 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 29 (5.69%) Microservices
10 29 (5.69%) Scrum
11 27 (5.29%) Customer Service
11 27 (5.29%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 77 (15.10%) SQL
2 66 (12.94%) Python
3 54 (10.59%) PowerShell
4 32 (6.27%) C#
5 26 (5.10%) JavaScript
6 21 (4.12%) Bash
6 21 (4.12%) Java
7 10 (1.96%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.76%) Go
8 9 (1.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (1.76%) Ruby
9 7 (1.37%) PHP
10 6 (1.18%) Bicep
11 4 (0.78%) C
12 3 (0.59%) Scala
13 2 (0.39%) C++
13 2 (0.39%) Perl
13 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.20%) ABAP
14 1 (0.20%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 61 (11.96%) Security Cleared
2 54 (10.59%) SC Cleared
3 37 (7.25%) Degree
4 20 (3.92%) Azure Certification
5 17 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (2.16%) CCNA
7 11 (2.16%) CISSP
8 10 (1.96%) CISM
9 8 (1.57%) CompTIA Security+
10 7 (1.37%) CCNP
11 6 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (0.78%) AWS Certification
12 4 (0.78%) CCIE
12 4 (0.78%) DV Cleared
13 3 (0.59%) MCSE
14 2 (0.39%) BC Cleared
14 2 (0.39%) ITIL Certification
14 2 (0.39%) MCP
14 2 (0.39%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.31%) QA
2 14 (2.75%) Data Quality
2 14 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.37%) NIST
4 5 (0.98%) Accessibility
5 4 (0.78%) GDPR
5 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.20%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 89 (17.45%) Active Directory
2 27 (5.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (3.92%) Docker
4 19 (3.73%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.39%) HDFS
6 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) ACF2
7 1 (0.20%) IAG
7 1 (0.20%) RACF
7 1 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.20%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 49 (9.61%) Terraform
2 38 (7.45%) Kubernetes
3 36 (7.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 22 (4.31%) Ansible
5 16 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (2.55%) SCCM
7 12 (2.35%) Progress Chef
8 11 (2.16%) Puppet
9 10 (1.96%) Grafana
9 10 (1.96%) Prometheus
10 8 (1.57%) PowerBroker
11 7 (1.37%) CFEngine
12 6 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.78%) Nessus
14 3 (0.59%) Autotask
14 3 (0.59%) Failover Clustering
14 3 (0.59%) Graylog
14 3 (0.59%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
14 3 (0.59%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 163 (31.96%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.24%) VMware
3 22 (4.31%) Databricks
3 22 (4.31%) Oracle
4 17 (3.33%) F5
5 16 (3.14%) Google
6 13 (2.55%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.35%) Atlassian
7 12 (2.35%) CyberArk
8 10 (1.96%) Cisco
8 10 (1.96%) SAP
9 9 (1.76%) Sophos
10 6 (1.18%) Splunk
11 5 (0.98%) Brio
11 5 (0.98%) IBM
11 5 (0.98%) SolarWinds
12 4 (0.78%) CA
12 4 (0.78%) Cadence
12 4 (0.78%) Red Hat
12 4 (0.78%) TSYS