Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Azure Engineer
England > South East

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in the South East is £459, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
7 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 115 159
Rank change year-on-year -48 +44 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 26 60 53
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.61% 1.51% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.63% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 39 41
10th Percentile £406 £410 £350
25th Percentile £413 £478 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -20.22% +6.98% -10.42%
75th Percentile £538 £649 £600
90th Percentile £575 £664 £650
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 3,822 3,679 4,920
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 92.88% 94.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,456 2,271 3,215
10th Percentile £213 £238 £208
25th Percentile £400 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £675 £681 £688
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.38% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 169 245
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.17 £24.18 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £52.50 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -52.38% +2.10% +38.49%
75th Percentile £57.50 £69.69 £66.25
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +36.36%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in the South East

Azure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in the South East

Azure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 December 2025. 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
Thames Valley -31 21 £450 -25.62% 3
Berkshire -29 17 £425 -29.75% 1
Buckinghamshire +6 4 £550 +74.60% 2
Hampshire -6 4 £525 +7.69% 2
Surrey - 1 - - 3
Azure Engineer
England

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 December 2025, Azure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Azure
2 20 (76.92%) DevOps
3 16 (61.54%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (57.69%) CI/CD
5 11 (42.31%) Terraform
6 10 (38.46%) Analytics
6 10 (38.46%) Python
7 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
8 8 (30.77%) Kubernetes
8 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
9 7 (26.92%) Azure AKS
9 7 (26.92%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (26.92%) Docker
9 7 (26.92%) GitHub
9 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (26.92%) Log Analytics
10 6 (23.08%) ADO
10 6 (23.08%) AI
10 6 (23.08%) Entra ID
10 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (19.23%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (19.23%) Containerisation
11 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
11 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
11 5 (19.23%) SQL
12 4 (15.38%) Ansible
12 4 (15.38%) ARM Templates
12 4 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (61.54%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (26.92%) Azure AKS
3 7 (26.92%) Azure Monitor
3 7 (26.92%) GitHub
4 6 (23.08%) Entra ID
5 5 (19.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 4 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (15.38%) Azure Storage
6 4 (15.38%) IaaS
6 4 (15.38%) PaaS
7 3 (11.54%) Azure API Management
7 3 (11.54%) Azure Functions
7 3 (11.54%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (11.54%) Serverless
8 1 (3.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (3.85%) SaaS
8 1 (3.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) DNS
2 2 (7.69%) SSL
3 1 (3.85%) HTTP
3 1 (3.85%) Network Security
3 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.85%) Delta Lake
2 1 (3.85%) Metadata
2 1 (3.85%) MongoDB
2 1 (3.85%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.85%) Git
2 1 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (11.54%) Billing
3 2 (7.69%) Retail
4 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.85%) French Language
4 1 (3.85%) German Language
4 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) ADO
2 4 (15.38%) ARM Templates
3 3 (11.54%) .NET
3 3 (11.54%) .NET Core
3 3 (11.54%) GraphQL
3 3 (11.54%) OAuth
3 3 (11.54%) OAuth2
3 3 (11.54%) OpenID
3 3 (11.54%) REST
3 3 (11.54%) SAML
4 2 (7.69%) .NET Framework
4 2 (7.69%) ASP.NET
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (7.69%) YAML
5 1 (3.85%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (11.54%) PKI
2 2 (7.69%) Public Cloud
2 2 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Windows
3 2 (7.69%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) DevOps
2 15 (57.69%) CI/CD
3 10 (38.46%) Analytics
4 7 (26.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 7 (26.92%) Log Analytics
5 6 (23.08%) AI
5 6 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (19.23%) Containerisation
6 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (15.38%) B2C
7 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Automation
7 4 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (15.38%) RBAC
7 4 (15.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 3 (11.54%) CRM
8 3 (11.54%) Data Governance
8 3 (11.54%) Identity Management
8 3 (11.54%) Network Virtualisation
8 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (11.54%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 10 (38.46%) Python
2 9 (34.62%) PowerShell
3 5 (19.23%) SQL
4 4 (15.38%) Bash
4 4 (15.38%) Bicep
5 3 (11.54%) C#
5 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
5 3 (11.54%) PHP
6 2 (7.69%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (26.92%) Docker
2 3 (11.54%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (42.31%) Terraform
2 8 (30.77%) Kubernetes
3 4 (15.38%) Ansible
4 3 (11.54%) Podman
4 3 (11.54%) Proxmox
5 2 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (3.85%) PaperCut
6 1 (3.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.54%) Zscaler
3 1 (3.85%) Autodesk
3 1 (3.85%) Citrix
3 1 (3.85%) Databricks
3 1 (3.85%) Oracle
3 1 (3.85%) RedGate
32 Azure Engineer jobs in the South East