HDInsight Contract Job Trends in the South East

Microsoft Azure HDInsight
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring HDInsight skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 164 196
Rank change year-on-year - +32 +50
Contract jobs citing HDInsight 0 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in the South East - 0.054% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 0.37% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile - - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile - - £631
90th Percentile - - £638
England median daily rate £750 - £600
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
South East

HDInsight falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 531 542 671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.00% 14.70% 13.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 412 354 482
10th Percentile £205 £300 £281
25th Percentile £355 £390 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £570 £638 £625
90th Percentile £660 £675 £675
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 36
10th Percentile £30.10 £34.67 £21.00
25th Percentile - £41.25 £31.92
Median hourly rate £40.00 £63.15 £55.91
Median % change year-on-year -36.66% +12.95% +137.56%
75th Percentile £52.58 £64.95 £73.13
90th Percentile £75.09 £65.62 £79.78
England median hourly rate £54.35 £39.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +39.36% -17.89% -13.64%

HDInsight
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing HDInsight relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

HDInsight job vacancy trend in the South East

HDInsight
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HDInsight.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing HDInsight