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 £582, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 140 110
Rank change year-on-year -3 -30 +47
Contract Azure Engineer jobs 93 31 66
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.40% 0.85% 1.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 0.94% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 23 46
10th Percentile £406 £375 £438
25th Percentile £459 £406 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £425 £605
Median % change year-on-year +36.85% -29.75% +15.24%
75th Percentile £612 £494 £634
90th Percentile £638 £575 £664
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
Median hourly rate £37.24 - -
England median hourly rate £37.24 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
24 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 6,027 3,282 3,915
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.00% 89.48% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,340 2,129 2,348
10th Percentile £280 £204 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.82% -0.63%
75th Percentile £625 £598 £625
90th Percentile £725 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 875 310 228
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.00 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.43 £15.65 £27.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.71 £57.79
Median % change year-on-year +129.36% -64.16% +13.20%
75th Percentile £71.25 £48.74 £73.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.00 £75.16
England median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +65.84% -40.82% -6.69%

Azure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Azure Engineer job postings 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 Azure Engineer jobs in the South East over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.

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 Azure Engineer jobs within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 October 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -6 50 £588 +38.41% 20
Hampshire -3 30 £625 - 14
Buckinghamshire +1 28 £598 +8.64% 10
Surrey -6 13 £450 - 7
Berkshire -29 13 £450 +5.88% 4
Oxfordshire - 9 - - 6
Azure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Azure Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Azure Engineer job ads across the South East region.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Azure100.0%93
2Microsoft54.8%51
3PowerShell46.2%43
4Entra ID40.9%38
5Infrastructure Engineering36.6%34
6Security Cleared35.5%33
7Terraform34.4%32
8Infrastructure as Code32.3%30
9DevOps31.2%29
10SC Cleared26.9%25
11Microsoft 36524.7%23
11Virtual Machines24.7%23
13IaaS23.7%22
13Platform Engineering23.7%22
15CI/CD22.6%21
16Bicep20.4%19
17Agile18.3%17
17Azure DevOps18.3%17
19ARM Templates17.2%16
20Data Pipeline15.1%14
20Python15.1%14
22Windows14.0%13
23Databricks12.9%12
23Kubernetes12.9%12
25Containerisation11.8%11
25Continuous Improvement11.8%11
25Docker11.8%11
28Active Directory10.8%10
28Azure Certification10.8%10
28Bash10.8%10

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cloud Engineer49.5%46
2Azure Infrastructure Engineer32.3%30
3Cloud Infrastructure Engineer31.2%29
4Cloud Platform Engineer16.1%15
5Azure Platform Engineer15.1%14
6Azure DevOps Engineer11.8%11
7Databricks Engineer8.6%8
8Azure Security Engineer5.4%5
9Systems Engineer4.3%4
10Azure Software Engineer3.2%3
10Linux Engineer3.2%3
10Security Engineer3.2%3
10Senior Cloud Engineer3.2%3
10Senior Platform Engineer3.2%3
10Windows Engineer3.2%3
16Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.2%2
16Azure Architect2.2%2
16Cloud Architect2.2%2
16Full-Stack Engineer2.2%2
16Senior DevOps Engineer2.2%2
54 Azure Engineer jobs in the South East