Azure Contracts in Southampton

Microsoft Azure
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 16 6
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure 17 12 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 14.05% 6.45% 15.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 73.91% 24.49% 59.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 10 18
10th Percentile £463 £343 £470
25th Percentile £488 £357 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £433 £550
Median % change year-on-year +47.98% -21.36% +11.11%
75th Percentile £703 £569 £636
90th Percentile £735 £617 £640
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% +14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £29.93
25th Percentile - - £34.31
Median hourly rate - - £42.25
75th Percentile - - £50.81
90th Percentile - - £55.58
Hampshire median hourly rate - £35.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -50.00% +47.37%

All Cloud 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 23 49 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 19.01% 26.34% 25.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 26 25
10th Percentile £382 £200 £328
25th Percentile £463 £285 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £420 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -23.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £660 £629 £636
90th Percentile £713 £634 £639
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +6.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £19.48
25th Percentile - - £24.31
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
75th Percentile - - £34.94
90th Percentile - - £49.23
Hampshire median hourly rate £61.25 £17.69 £27.00
% change year-on-year +246.24% -34.48% +77.05%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Southampton

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Southampton.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Southampton

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Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Southampton over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Southampton

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Southampton.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Southampton

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (47.06%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (41.18%) Power Platform
3 5 (29.41%) AWS
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (11.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (64.71%) Firewall
2 8 (47.06%) VPN
3 7 (41.18%) Internet
3 7 (41.18%) Network Security
4 1 (5.88%) NX-OS
4 1 (5.88%) VoIP
4 1 (5.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Military
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Advertising
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) IT Manager
1 8 (47.06%) IT Services Manager
1 8 (47.06%) Service Manager
2 6 (35.29%) Senior
2 6 (35.29%) Senior IT Manager
2 6 (35.29%) Senior Manager
2 6 (35.29%) Senior Service Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) SOC Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.88%) CloudOps Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Service Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) .NET Framework
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) REST
2 1 (5.88%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (11.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (47.06%) Penetration Testing
3 7 (41.18%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (41.18%) Case Management
3 7 (41.18%) Contract Management
3 7 (41.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (41.18%) Security Monitoring
4 6 (35.29%) Analytics
5 5 (29.41%) Antivirus Management
5 5 (29.41%) Server Management
5 5 (29.41%) Storage Management
6 2 (11.76%) Architectural Patterns
6 2 (11.76%) Design for Test
6 2 (11.76%) Design Patterns
6 2 (11.76%) ERP
6 2 (11.76%) Event-Driven
6 2 (11.76%) ITIL
6 2 (11.76%) Microservices
6 2 (11.76%) Security Operations
6 2 (11.76%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) CISMP
3 2 (11.76%) GSEC
4 1 (5.88%) CCIE
4 1 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Cisco
2 1 (5.88%) Criteo