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 2 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 11 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 57 20 14
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 12.72% 12.90% 7.95%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.60% 36.36% 25.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 14 10
10th Percentile £250 £250 £352
25th Percentile £394 £295 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £458
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +9.29% -23.75%
75th Percentile £547 £550 £548
90th Percentile £638 £585 £605
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -11.02%
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 £71.00 £32.14 £36.75
% change year-on-year +120.94% -12.56% -47.50%

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 125 55 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 27.90% 35.48% 31.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 39 36
10th Percentile £203 £217 £344
25th Percentile £317 £250 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £350 £458
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -23.50% -3.68%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £542
90th Percentile £784 £600 £625
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 2
10th Percentile £12.78 - £16.65
25th Percentile £29.07 - £17.63
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £20.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -36.53%
75th Percentile £77.50 - £24.63
90th Percentile - - £26.35
South East median hourly rate £64.24 £18.82 £35.00
% change year-on-year +241.34% -46.23% +15.78%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +6 14 £525 - 36
Abingdon -5 10 £425 - 12
Kidlington - 10 £288 - 2
Bicester - 1 £675 - 5
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 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.51%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.75%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 43 (75.44%) Entra ID
2 25 (43.86%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (17.54%) SaaS
4 9 (15.79%) IaaS
5 6 (10.53%) PaaS
6 3 (5.26%) AWS
6 3 (5.26%) Google Workspace
6 3 (5.26%) OneDrive
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Functions
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Storage
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Table
7 2 (3.51%) GCP
7 2 (3.51%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.51%) Serverless
8 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.75%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.26%) VPN
2 2 (3.51%) Connectrix
2 2 (3.51%) DHCP
2 2 (3.51%) DNS
2 2 (3.51%) Firewall
2 2 (3.51%) HTTPS
2 2 (3.51%) SAN
2 2 (3.51%) TCP/IP
2 2 (3.51%) VLAN
3 1 (1.75%) LAN
3 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Big Data
1 1 (1.75%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.75%) Power BI
1 1 (1.75%) Tableau
General
1 20 (35.09%) Public Sector
2 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
3 13 (22.81%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (8.77%) Military
5 4 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Police
7 2 (3.51%) Finance
7 2 (3.51%) Legal
7 2 (3.51%) Marketing
7 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (24.56%) IAM Specialist
2 10 (17.54%) Cloud Engineer
2 10 (17.54%) Security Specialist
3 9 (15.79%) Cybersecurity Specialist
4 6 (10.53%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (8.77%) Analyst
5 5 (8.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.02%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
6 4 (7.02%) Identity Management Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (5.26%) Identity Management Specialist
7 3 (5.26%) IT Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Azure Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Consultant
8 2 (3.51%) Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 2 (3.51%) IT Support
8 2 (3.51%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (3.51%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (29.82%) SailPoint
2 16 (28.07%) OAuth
2 16 (28.07%) OAuth2
2 16 (28.07%) OpenID
2 16 (28.07%) SAML
3 14 (24.56%) LDAP
3 14 (24.56%) Web Services
4 3 (5.26%) Terraform
5 2 (3.51%) JSON
5 2 (3.51%) REST
6 1 (1.75%) Matplotlib
6 1 (1.75%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.75%) Seaborn
6 1 (1.75%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Operational Technology
2 8 (14.04%) Onboarding
3 5 (8.77%) Cyber Defence
3 5 (8.77%) Management Information System
3 5 (8.77%) SCADA
4 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
5 2 (3.51%) Replication
6 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.75%) CMDB
6 1 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (1.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.07%) Windows
2 8 (14.04%) Linux
3 7 (12.28%) Unix
4 2 (3.51%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) RBAC
2 21 (36.84%) ITSM
3 20 (35.09%) Runbook
4 19 (33.33%) Change Control
5 15 (26.32%) Analytics
5 15 (26.32%) API Integration
5 15 (26.32%) Cybersecurity
6 14 (24.56%) Computer Science
6 14 (24.56%) Information Security
7 13 (22.81%) Attestation
7 13 (22.81%) Risk Analytics
8 12 (21.05%) Vulnerability Management
9 11 (19.30%) SIEM
10 10 (17.54%) Remediation Plan
10 10 (17.54%) Risk Register
10 10 (17.54%) Security Architecture
11 9 (15.79%) Identity Access Management
11 9 (15.79%) OWASP
12 8 (14.04%) Risk Management
13 7 (12.28%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 25 (43.86%) PowerShell
2 16 (28.07%) Python
3 1 (1.75%) R
3 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (42.11%) Security Cleared
2 22 (38.60%) SC Cleared
3 20 (35.09%) Degree
4 11 (19.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (12.28%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (12.28%) CISM
5 7 (12.28%) CISSP
6 6 (10.53%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (10.53%) CESG Certified Professional
6 6 (10.53%) CRISC
6 6 (10.53%) GIAC
7 5 (8.77%) SANS
8 4 (7.02%) GSEC
8 4 (7.02%) SSCP
9 3 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (3.51%) DV Cleared
11 1 (1.75%) CCNP
11 1 (1.75%) CCSP
11 1 (1.75%) CISA
11 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (47.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 27 (47.37%) NIST
2 11 (19.30%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (15.79%) ISO 31000
4 7 (12.28%) Data Quality
5 2 (3.51%) GDPR
5 2 (3.51%) NCSC
6 1 (1.75%) GRC
System Software
1 31 (54.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.75%) Docker
4 1 (1.75%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.28%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (7.02%) SCCM
4 2 (3.51%) Dell DRAC
4 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.75%) Ansible
Vendors
1 45 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) OpenAI
2 4 (7.02%) Veeam
3 3 (5.26%) Google
4 2 (3.51%) Dell
4 2 (3.51%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.75%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.75%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.75%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.75%) Snow