Azure Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Microsoft Azure
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 7 19
Rank change year-on-year -13 +12 -15
Contract jobs citing Azure 6 12 9
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.55% 11.21% 5.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 12.24% 50.00% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 8
10th Percentile £320 - £329
25th Percentile £425 £435 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £435 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.42% +5.56% -18.00%
75th Percentile £483 £660 £591
90th Percentile - £720 £615
Hampshire median daily rate £545 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -2.68% -2.61% +4.55%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 49 24 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 28.99% 22.43% 30.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 16 20
10th Percentile £253 £356 £200
25th Percentile £363 £415 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £470 £438
Median % change year-on-year +9.04% +7.43% -16.67%
75th Percentile £569 £509 £634
90th Percentile £628 £624 -
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +2.38% -8.70% +5.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.29 - -
Median hourly rate £12.36 - -
75th Percentile £88.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £38.25 £55.00 £17.69
% change year-on-year -30.45% +210.91% -15.76%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Southampton

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Southampton over the 6 months to 8 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Southampton

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing Azure

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
1 1 (16.67%) JUnit
1 1 (16.67%) NUnit
1 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Police
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Field Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) Flask
1 1 (16.67%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 2 (33.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 2 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
2 2 (33.33%) SABSA
2 2 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Management
2 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
3 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 1 (16.67%) Product Backlog
3 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CISM
1 2 (33.33%) CISSP
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
2 1 (16.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Kubernetes
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM