Azure Contract Job Trends in Slough

Microsoft Azure
Berkshire > Slough

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Slough requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 11 9
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 +18
Contract jobs citing Azure 7 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in Slough 14.00% 5.13% 10.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.00% 25.00% 68.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile £415 £404 £365
25th Percentile £438 £409 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% +11.76% -19.05%
75th Percentile £498 £538 -
90th Percentile £517 - £580
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -18.00% - +9.09%

All Cloud Skills
Slough

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 Slough.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14 16 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Slough 28.00% 20.51% 15.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 14
10th Percentile £129 £395 £269
25th Percentile £332 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% +5.88% -10.53%
75th Percentile £532 £516 £492
90th Percentile £541 £554 £611
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -13.04% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £18.87 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £18.19 £50.27 £56.15
% change year-on-year -63.83% -10.47% +149.57%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Slough

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Slough

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Slough

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Slough citing Azure

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Slough 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP MDG
1 2 (28.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (14.29%) Boomi
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
1 1 (14.29%) GCP
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SAP HANA
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) SAP MDG Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Data Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) BAPI
1 2 (28.57%) IDoc
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Basis
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ERP
1 3 (42.86%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
2 2 (28.57%) Data Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Master Data Management
2 2 (28.57%) Model Validation
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
3 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (14.29%) Product Backlog
3 1 (14.29%) Product Vision
3 1 (14.29%) Story Mapping
3 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 1 (14.29%) Zscaler