Azure Cognitive Services Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Azure Cognitive Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Cognitive Services 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.44% - -
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.09% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £629 - -
25th Percentile £634 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 - -
75th Percentile £684 - -
90th Percentile £686 - -
UK median daily rate £608 £625 £425
% change year-on-year -2.76% +47.06% -20.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Scotland

Azure Cognitive Services 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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 640 635 745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 40.20% 37.89% 31.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 422 500
10th Percentile £311 £250 £325
25th Percentile £402 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £477
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.66% +0.42%
75th Percentile £600 £526 £588
90th Percentile £675 £600 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 6
10th Percentile £12.42 £22.06 £15.26
25th Percentile £24.10 £22.50 £15.42
Median hourly rate £50.00 £24.18 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +106.78% +43.54% -18.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £27.75 £20.66
90th Percentile £64.00 £28.38 £37.70
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +34.55% +25.00% -12.00%

Azure Cognitive Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Azure Cognitive Services job vacancy trend in Scotland

Azure Cognitive Services
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Cognitive Services within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 19 February 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
Edinburgh - 7 £663 - 1
Azure Cognitive Services
UK

Azure Cognitive Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 7 (100.00%) Azure Cognitive Search
2 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) Metadata
General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 5 (71.43%) Legal
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Architect
1 7 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (85.71%) RESTful
3 5 (71.43%) React
4 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) AI
1 7 (100.00%) OCR
1 7 (100.00%) Open Source
2 6 (85.71%) API Design
2 6 (85.71%) Machine Learning
3 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
4 4 (57.14%) DevOps
5 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
5 3 (42.86%) IT Strategy
5 3 (42.86%) Strategic Roadmap
5 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
6 2 (28.57%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
6 2 (28.57%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
7 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 1 (14.29%) Speech Recognition
7 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) C#
1 7 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) OpenAI
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft