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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 6 3
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 10 18 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 7.69% 10.98% 19.21%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.63% 48.65% 56.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 29
10th Percentile £463 £338 £471
25th Percentile £475 £353 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £363 £633
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% -42.69% +26.50%
75th Percentile £711 £500 £650
90th Percentile £739 £598 -
Hampshire median daily rate £500 £500 £581
% change year-on-year - -13.98% +12.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £27.00
Hampshire median hourly rate - - £70.00

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 19 37 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 14.62% 22.56% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 31 40
10th Percentile £450 £300 £434
25th Percentile £463 £356 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -21.74% +15.00%
75th Percentile £613 £594 £640
90th Percentile £719 £634 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £18.40
25th Percentile £22.50 - £21.63
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £27.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile £27.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £40.00 £17.69 £22.00
% change year-on-year +126.12% -19.59% +14.82%

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

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 19 September 2025.

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 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 2 (20.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) Network Security
2 1 (10.00%) NX-OS
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Advertising
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) SOC Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) CloudOps Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Operations Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) REST
2 1 (10.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (20.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
1 2 (20.00%) ERP
1 2 (20.00%) Event-Driven
1 2 (20.00%) ISMS
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL
1 2 (20.00%) Microservices
1 2 (20.00%) OO
1 2 (20.00%) OOP
1 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (20.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (20.00%) SOLID
2 1 (10.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (10.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
1 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CISMP
1 2 (20.00%) GSEC
1 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Ansible
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Criteo