Azure Contracts in Scotland

Microsoft Azure
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 248 366 459
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 11.44% 13.36% 13.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.02% 36.97% 42.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 238 324
10th Percentile £308 £400 £313
25th Percentile £400 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £575
90th Percentile £660 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £536 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.59% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
10th Percentile £18.71 £55.38 £27.56
25th Percentile £24.13 £55.94 £40.00
Median hourly rate £34.24 £59.03 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +32.64% -53.65%
75th Percentile £44.52 £62.91 £48.75
90th Percentile £50.06 £67.17 £49.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £60.00 £53.75
% change year-on-year -41.67% +11.63% +7.50%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 729 990 1,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 33.63% 36.13% 31.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 501 738 776
10th Percentile £230 £250 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% - +7.34%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £638 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 19
10th Percentile £15.32 £18.25 £17.50
25th Percentile £16.23 £45.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £17.00 £60.55 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -71.92% +83.48% -65.63%
75th Percentile £18.54 £66.50 £47.25
90th Percentile £31.27 £76.00 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year -38.94% +55.90% -0.22%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Scotland

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in Scotland

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Scotland over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Scotland

Azure
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 within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 10 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
Glasgow 0 107 £460 -14.02% 56
Edinburgh +3 92 £488 +2.63% 65
Perthshire +3 8 £525 -7.57%
Aberdeen +4 6 £350 -15.15% 10
Renfrewshire +1 6 £600 +15.38% 1
South Lanarkshire +5 4 £370 -0.11%
Stirling -2 3 £420 -2.33%
Highlands - 3 - -
Lanarkshire 0 2 £388 -26.19% 16
Aberdeenshire - 2 £313 - 3
Azure
UK

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 14 (5.65%) Apache Spark
1 14 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (4.44%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (3.63%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.42%) Confluence
5 4 (1.61%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.61%) Apache
5 4 (1.61%) SAS
6 1 (0.40%) JBoss
6 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.40%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.40%) WildFly
6 1 (0.40%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.03%) Sketch
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Maximo
2 1 (0.40%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 62 (25.00%) AWS
2 54 (21.77%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (16.53%) Entra ID
4 34 (13.71%) Microsoft 365
5 33 (13.31%) Power Platform
6 21 (8.47%) Dynamics 365
7 20 (8.06%) GCP
8 14 (5.65%) Snowflake
9 12 (4.84%) SaaS
10 11 (4.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 10 (4.03%) Figma
12 9 (3.63%) Amazon GuardDuty
12 9 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
12 9 (3.63%) IaaS
13 6 (2.42%) PaaS
14 5 (2.02%) OpenShift
15 4 (1.61%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 4 (1.61%) Power Automate
16 3 (1.21%) AWS Direct Connect
16 3 (1.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.05%) Firewall
2 11 (4.44%) DNS
3 9 (3.63%) DHCP
4 7 (2.82%) SAN
4 7 (2.82%) WAN
5 6 (2.42%) LAN
5 6 (2.42%) Remote Desktop
5 6 (2.42%) VPN
6 5 (2.02%) SMTP
7 4 (1.61%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (1.61%) iSCSI
8 3 (1.21%) NAS
8 3 (1.21%) SSL
9 2 (0.81%) MPLS
9 2 (0.81%) Network Security
9 2 (0.81%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.40%) BGP
10 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.40%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.40%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.45%) Power BI
2 13 (5.24%) Relational Database
2 13 (5.24%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.84%) Amazon RDS
3 12 (4.84%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.02%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.61%) DB2
6 4 (1.61%) MySQL
6 4 (1.61%) Star Schema
7 3 (1.21%) Big Data
7 3 (1.21%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.40%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.40%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.40%) DTS
9 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.40%) Redis
9 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.65%) JIRA
2 9 (3.63%) Git
3 8 (3.23%) Selenium
4 7 (2.82%) WebDriver
5 4 (1.61%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.61%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.21%) ER Studio
6 3 (1.21%) Subversion
6 3 (1.21%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.81%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.81%) Gradle
7 2 (0.81%) JUnit
7 2 (0.81%) Maven
7 2 (0.81%) Tricentis qTest
8 1 (0.40%) Appium
8 1 (0.40%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.40%) gulp
8 1 (0.40%) Mockito
8 1 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 62 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 52 (20.97%) Public Sector
3 34 (13.71%) Finance
4 20 (8.06%) Banking
5 12 (4.84%) Influencing Skills
6 8 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.42%) Investment Banking
9 5 (2.02%) Aviation
9 5 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.81%) Legal
11 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (16.13%) Developer
2 29 (11.69%) Architect
3 28 (11.29%) Senior
4 23 (9.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (7.66%) Analyst
6 17 (6.85%) Java Developer
7 14 (5.65%) .NET Developer
7 14 (5.65%) Lead
8 11 (4.44%) Project Manager
9 10 (4.03%) Designer
9 10 (4.03%) React Developer
9 10 (4.03%) Senior .NET Developer
9 10 (4.03%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.03%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.03%) UX Designer
10 8 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
10 8 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (3.23%) Software Engineer
10 8 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.50%) React
2 30 (12.10%) .NET
3 16 (6.45%) Kafka
4 14 (5.65%) Spring
4 14 (5.65%) Spring Boot
5 13 (5.24%) RESTful
6 8 (3.23%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.23%) Elastic Stack
6 8 (3.23%) OpenTracing
7 7 (2.82%) REST
7 7 (2.82%) Web Services
8 5 (2.02%) CSS
8 5 (2.02%) LDAP
8 5 (2.02%) Middleware
9 4 (1.61%) Flash
9 4 (1.61%) HTML
9 4 (1.61%) POSIX
9 4 (1.61%) SailPoint
9 4 (1.61%) SOAP
9 4 (1.61%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.68%) Product Ownership
2 19 (7.66%) Distributed Systems
3 18 (7.26%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (5.65%) Legacy Applications
5 12 (4.84%) Data Structures
6 11 (4.44%) Wiki
7 9 (3.63%) Client/Server
7 9 (3.63%) Data Centre
7 9 (3.63%) PKI
8 6 (2.42%) Clustering
8 6 (2.42%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.02%) Operational Technology
9 5 (2.02%) SCADA
10 4 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.61%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.61%) NVMe
10 4 (1.61%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.61%) Smartphone
11 3 (1.21%) N-Tier
11 3 (1.21%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.11%) Windows
2 15 (6.05%) Apple iOS
3 14 (5.65%) Windows Server
4 13 (5.24%) Linux
5 11 (4.44%) Unix
5 11 (4.44%) Windows 10
6 10 (4.03%) Android
7 4 (1.61%) Data ONTAP
7 4 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (1.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.81%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.40%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (31.45%) DevOps
2 69 (27.82%) Agile
3 27 (10.89%) User Experience
4 22 (8.87%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (8.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 21 (8.47%) SDLC
5 21 (8.47%) Test Automation
6 20 (8.06%) Scrum
6 20 (8.06%) User Stories
7 19 (7.66%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (7.26%) Data Protection
8 18 (7.26%) Microservices
9 17 (6.85%) Computer Science
10 16 (6.45%) Migration
10 16 (6.45%) Project Delivery
11 15 (6.05%) CI/CD
11 15 (6.05%) High Availability
11 15 (6.05%) Software Engineering
12 14 (5.65%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 41 (16.53%) Python
2 37 (14.92%) Java
3 29 (11.69%) SQL
4 25 (10.08%) C#
5 24 (9.68%) PowerShell
6 21 (8.47%) Scala
7 9 (3.63%) JavaScript
7 9 (3.63%) Kotlin
7 9 (3.63%) Perl
7 9 (3.63%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.61%) VB
8 4 (1.61%) VB6
9 3 (1.21%) C++
9 3 (1.21%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.81%) Bash
10 2 (0.81%) Go
10 2 (0.81%) Ruby
10 2 (0.81%) Rust
10 2 (0.81%) VBA
10 2 (0.81%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (5.24%) Degree
1 13 (5.24%) Security Cleared
2 12 (4.84%) Azure Certification
2 12 (4.84%) SC Cleared
3 9 (3.63%) DV Cleared
4 7 (2.82%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (2.42%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.02%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 5 (2.02%) MCSE
6 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.81%) ISEB
8 2 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.40%) CCNA
9 1 (0.40%) CCNP
9 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.65%) Disclosure Scotland
2 13 (5.24%) QA
3 6 (2.42%) PMO
4 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.21%) NCSC
5 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.40%) ISO 8583
5 1 (0.40%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (16.53%) Active Directory
2 30 (12.10%) Docker
3 13 (5.24%) Hyper-V
4 7 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.42%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.02%) BitLocker
6 5 (2.02%) Microsoft App-V
6 5 (2.02%) Terminal Services
7 4 (1.61%) GPFS
7 4 (1.61%) NFS
8 2 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.81%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.40%) KVM
9 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 33 (13.31%) Kubernetes
2 22 (8.87%) Terraform
3 17 (6.85%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (3.63%) Prometheus
5 8 (3.23%) Zipkin
6 7 (2.82%) SCCM
7 6 (2.42%) Ansible
7 6 (2.42%) vCenter Server
8 5 (2.02%) Grafana
8 5 (2.02%) vMotion
9 4 (1.61%) Veritas Storage Foundation
10 2 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.81%) HP Quality Center
10 2 (0.81%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.81%) Puppet
11 1 (0.40%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.40%) Nagios
11 1 (0.40%) vRealize
Vendors
1 51 (20.56%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.68%) Databricks
3 16 (6.45%) Oracle
4 13 (5.24%) VMware
5 10 (4.03%) Citrix
6 8 (3.23%) Google
7 6 (2.42%) Adobe
7 6 (2.42%) Splunk
8 5 (2.02%) Apple
8 5 (2.02%) Cisco
8 5 (2.02%) HP
8 5 (2.02%) Infoblox
8 5 (2.02%) Sybase
9 4 (1.61%) Brocade
9 4 (1.61%) EMC
9 4 (1.61%) IBM
9 4 (1.61%) Informatica
9 4 (1.61%) Infragistics
9 4 (1.61%) NetApp
9 4 (1.61%) Veritas