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 £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 145 117
Rank change year-on-year +2 -28 +47
Contract Azure Engineer jobs 101 33 63
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 1.48% 0.86% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.62% 0.96% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 24 44
10th Percentile £410 £375 £433
25th Percentile £471 £406 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £425 £605
Median % change year-on-year +29.29% -29.75% +15.24%
75th Percentile £609 £538 £617
90th Percentile £640 £575 £657
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
6 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the South East matching a recognised job title 6,226 3,433 3,833
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.05% 89.54% 92.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,385 2,213 2,296
10th Percentile £283 £205 £245
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -1.48% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £625
90th Percentile £725 £663 £683
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 958 341 215
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.17 £26.63
Median hourly rate £47.50 £20.79 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +128.48% -63.84% +13.80%
75th Percentile £73.25 £50.00 £71.57
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.00 £75.16
England median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.63% -12.11%

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 6 November 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 6 November 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 -15 49 £582 +36.85% 7
Hampshire -2 36 £550 +4.67% 5
Buckinghamshire -5 25 £598 +8.64% 2
Berkshire -31 14 £475 +11.76% 3
Surrey -10 12 £438 - 1
Oxfordshire - 10 - - 2
Azure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 November 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%101
2Microsoft60.4%61
3PowerShell49.5%50
4Entra ID44.6%45
5Infrastructure Engineering38.6%39
6Security Cleared35.6%36
7DevOps30.7%31
7Terraform30.7%31
9Infrastructure as Code28.7%29
10Microsoft 36527.7%28
10SC Cleared27.7%28
10Virtual Machines27.7%28
13IaaS26.7%27
14Platform Engineering23.8%24
15CI/CD20.8%21
16Azure DevOps19.8%20
16Bicep19.8%20
18Agile15.8%16
18ARM Templates15.8%16
20Python14.9%15
21Data Pipeline13.9%14
22Windows12.9%13
23Active Directory11.9%12
23Databricks11.9%12
25Kubernetes10.9%11
26Bash9.9%10
26Containerisation9.9%10
26Continuous Improvement9.9%10
26DevSecOps9.9%10
26Docker9.9%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%50
2Azure Infrastructure Engineer34.7%35
3Cloud Infrastructure Engineer33.7%34
4Cloud Platform Engineer16.8%17
5Azure Platform Engineer15.8%16
6Azure DevOps Engineer11.9%12
7Databricks Engineer7.9%8
8Senior Platform Engineer4.0%4
8Systems Engineer4.0%4
10Azure Security Engineer3.0%3
10Azure Software Engineer3.0%3
10Linux Engineer3.0%3
10Senior Cloud Engineer3.0%3
10Windows Engineer3.0%3
15Artificial Intelligence Engineer2.0%2
15AWS Engineer2.0%2
15Azure Architect2.0%2
15Cloud Architect2.0%2
15Full-Stack Engineer2.0%2
15Senior DevOps Engineer2.0%2
34 Azure Engineer jobs in the South East