Azure Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 9 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 65 18 10
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 14.44% 12.16% 6.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.77% 31.03% 23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 12 7
10th Percentile £369 £264 £320
25th Percentile £413 £398 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +13.89% -20.88%
75th Percentile £666 £550 £528
90th Percentile £675 £595 £601
South East median daily rate £537 £500 £530
% change year-on-year +7.40% -5.66% -7.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £63.75 - -
75th Percentile £77.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £32.77 £61.19
% change year-on-year +128.87% -46.44% -0.51%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 142 58 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 31.56% 39.19% 27.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 41 28
10th Percentile £220 £222 £325
25th Percentile £363 £263 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £545
90th Percentile £866 £600 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £513
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.34% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 0 1
10th Percentile £18.74 - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 - £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -22.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £27.50
90th Percentile £77.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £18.16 £47.50
% change year-on-year +202.86% -61.77% +75.93%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Oxfordshire

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing Azure

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Oxfordshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 2026. 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
Oxford +3 16 £500 -2.44% 32
Kidlington - 12 £325 - 2
Abingdon - 11 £500 - 19
Bicester - 7 £675 - 3
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 48 (73.85%) Entra ID
2 27 (41.54%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (18.46%) IaaS
4 11 (16.92%) SaaS
5 6 (9.23%) PaaS
6 2 (3.08%) AWS
6 2 (3.08%) Azure Functions
6 2 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (3.08%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (3.08%) Azure Storage
6 2 (3.08%) Azure Table
6 2 (3.08%) Google Workspace
6 2 (3.08%) OneDrive
6 2 (3.08%) Power Automate
6 2 (3.08%) Serverless
7 1 (1.54%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) VPN
2 2 (3.08%) Connectrix
2 2 (3.08%) DHCP
2 2 (3.08%) DNS
2 2 (3.08%) Firewall
2 2 (3.08%) HTTPS
2 2 (3.08%) SAN
2 2 (3.08%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.08%) VLAN
3 1 (1.54%) LAN
3 1 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
General
1 20 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 18 (27.69%) Social Skills
3 16 (24.62%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (10.77%) Marketing
4 7 (10.77%) Retail
5 5 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (7.69%) Military
6 3 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.54%) Finance
8 1 (1.54%) Legal
8 1 (1.54%) Police
8 1 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (29.23%) IAM Specialist
2 14 (21.54%) Cloud Engineer
3 10 (15.38%) Security Specialist
4 9 (13.85%) Azure Engineer
4 9 (13.85%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 7 (10.77%) Architect
5 7 (10.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (10.77%) Salesforce Architect
5 7 (10.77%) Salesforce Solution Architect
5 7 (10.77%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (9.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (9.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (7.69%) Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Identity Management Analyst
8 4 (6.15%) Identity Management Specialist
8 4 (6.15%) Technical Specialist
9 2 (3.08%) Azure Developer
9 2 (3.08%) IT Engineer
9 2 (3.08%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (33.85%) SailPoint
2 21 (32.31%) OAuth
2 21 (32.31%) OAuth2
2 21 (32.31%) OpenID
2 21 (32.31%) SAML
3 19 (29.23%) LDAP
4 14 (21.54%) Web Services
5 2 (3.08%) JSON
5 2 (3.08%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Operational Technology
2 8 (12.31%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.69%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (7.69%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.69%) SCADA
4 2 (3.08%) Replication
5 1 (1.54%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.54%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (1.54%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (21.54%) Windows
2 8 (12.31%) Linux
3 7 (10.77%) Unix
4 1 (1.54%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (46.15%) RBAC
2 23 (35.38%) Runbook
3 21 (32.31%) ITSM
4 19 (29.23%) Change Control
5 18 (27.69%) Attestation
6 15 (23.08%) API Integration
6 15 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
7 14 (21.54%) Analytics
7 14 (21.54%) Information Security
8 13 (20.00%) Computer Science
8 13 (20.00%) Risk Analytics
9 12 (18.46%) Vulnerability Management
10 11 (16.92%) SIEM
11 10 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
11 10 (15.38%) Risk Register
11 10 (15.38%) Security Architecture
12 9 (13.85%) Identity Access Management
12 9 (13.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (13.85%) OWASP
12 9 (13.85%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (41.54%) PowerShell
2 15 (23.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 25 (38.46%) Security Cleared
2 24 (36.92%) SC Cleared
3 19 (29.23%) Degree
4 11 (16.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (10.77%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (10.77%) CISM
5 7 (10.77%) CISSP
6 6 (9.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (9.23%) CESG Certified Professional
6 6 (9.23%) CRISC
6 6 (9.23%) GIAC
7 5 (7.69%) SANS
8 4 (6.15%) GSEC
8 4 (6.15%) SSCP
9 3 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (1.54%) CCNP
10 1 (1.54%) CCSP
10 1 (1.54%) CISA
10 1 (1.54%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (46.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 30 (46.15%) NIST
2 11 (16.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (13.85%) ISO 31000
4 6 (9.23%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.08%) GDPR
5 2 (3.08%) NCSC
6 1 (1.54%) GRC
System Software
1 33 (50.77%) Active Directory
2 6 (9.23%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.23%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (3.08%) Dell DRAC
3 2 (3.08%) SCCM
Vendors
1 50 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.77%) MuleSoft
2 7 (10.77%) Salesforce
3 4 (6.15%) OpenAI
3 4 (6.15%) Veeam
4 2 (3.08%) Dell
4 2 (3.08%) Google
4 2 (3.08%) VMware
5 1 (1.54%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.54%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.54%) New Relic
5 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.54%) Snow