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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +11 -6 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 43 9 18
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 30.71% 6.52% 11.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 72.88% 39.13% 52.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 16
10th Percentile £400 - £290
25th Percentile £481 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £361
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% +45.33% -42.89%
75th Percentile £588 £688 £519
90th Percentile £618 £706 £626
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -14.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £37.24 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £41.29 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £37.24 - -

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 59 23 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 42.14% 16.67% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 12 29
10th Percentile £193 £194 £247
25th Percentile £400 £329 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +18.75% -26.44%
75th Percentile £588 £519 £525
90th Percentile £625 £673 £635
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £500 £514
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.68% -6.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £37.24 £25.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +48.96% - -
75th Percentile - £27.50 -
90th Percentile £41.29 - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +20.00% - -

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 12 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Southampton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Southampton over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Southampton

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.65%) Apache
1 2 (4.65%) Apache Spark
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 21 (48.84%) Entra ID
2 13 (30.23%) IaaS
3 12 (27.91%) AWS
4 9 (20.93%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (11.63%) Azure Batch
7 4 (9.30%) Azure Databricks
8 2 (4.65%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.65%) Cloudflare
8 2 (4.65%) GCP
8 2 (4.65%) GitHub
8 2 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (2.33%) Azure AKS
9 1 (2.33%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.33%) PaaS
9 1 (2.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) DHCP
1 1 (2.33%) DNS
1 1 (2.33%) Firewall
1 1 (2.33%) MQTT
1 1 (2.33%) Network Security
1 1 (2.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Big Data
1 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.33%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (2.33%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) GitLab
2 1 (2.33%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.33%) SonarQube
General
1 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
2 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 24 (55.81%) Azure Engineer
2 15 (34.88%) Cloud Engineer
3 13 (30.23%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (30.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 13 (30.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (18.60%) Databricks Engineer
5 7 (16.28%) Architect
5 7 (16.28%) Cloud Architect
5 7 (16.28%) Principal Architect
6 4 (9.30%) Senior
7 3 (6.98%) Data Engineer
7 3 (6.98%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Contracts Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Lead
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Data Engineer
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Leader
8 2 (4.65%) Technical Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Vulnerability Management Specialist
8 2 (4.65%) Vulnerability Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.98%) Terraform
2 2 (4.65%) .NET
3 1 (2.33%) gRPC
3 1 (2.33%) Kafka
3 1 (2.33%) Keycloak
3 1 (2.33%) Protocol Buffers
3 1 (2.33%) PySpark
3 1 (2.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
2 2 (4.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.30%) Linux
1 4 (9.30%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) DevOps
2 13 (30.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 12 (27.91%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (25.58%) Data Pipeline
5 9 (20.93%) DevSecOps
5 9 (20.93%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (18.60%) Agile
6 8 (18.60%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (13.95%) CI/CD
8 4 (9.30%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (9.30%) Vulnerability Management
9 3 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (6.98%) Configuration Management
9 3 (6.98%) Microservices
9 3 (6.98%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (6.98%) Runbook
9 3 (6.98%) Security Management
9 3 (6.98%) Software Architecture
9 3 (6.98%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (53.49%) PowerShell
2 10 (23.26%) Python
3 7 (16.28%) Bicep
4 6 (13.95%) Scala
5 2 (4.65%) C#
6 1 (2.33%) Groovy
6 1 (2.33%) Rust
6 1 (2.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) CISM
3 2 (4.65%) CISSP
3 2 (4.65%) GIAC
3 2 (4.65%) OSCP
4 1 (2.33%) Degree
4 1 (2.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (6.98%) NIST
2 2 (4.65%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 13 (30.23%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.33%) Docker
2 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.65%) Ansible
2 2 (4.65%) Grafana
2 2 (4.65%) Prometheus
3 1 (2.33%) Podman
3 1 (2.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (41.86%) Microsoft
2 12 (27.91%) Databricks
3 3 (6.98%) Qualys
3 3 (6.98%) Tenable
4 2 (4.65%) Rapid7
5 1 (2.33%) NVIDIA
5 1 (2.33%) SAP
5 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.33%) Siemens
5 1 (2.33%) VMware