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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 16 3
Rank change year-on-year +9 -13 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 13 9 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Southampton 12.04% 5.33% 18.18%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.00% 16.36% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 22
10th Percentile - £329 £450
25th Percentile £435 £393 £496
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% +19.57%
75th Percentile £660 £591 £598
90th Percentile £720 £615 £662
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £575 £558
% change year-on-year - +3.14% +11.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £56.25
Median hourly rate - - £57.50
75th Percentile - - £58.75
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £19.97 £35.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -42.94% -53.33% +20.68%

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 26 55 42
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 24.07% 32.54% 27.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 28
10th Percentile £356 £200 £421
25th Percentile £400 £208 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £549
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -18.00% +14.62%
75th Percentile £500 £634 £598
90th Percentile £617 - £663
Hampshire median daily rate £539 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.69% +2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £27.01
25th Percentile - - £32.79
Median hourly rate - - £39.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +77.46%
75th Percentile - - £47.31
90th Percentile - - £54.18
Hampshire median hourly rate £55.00 £17.69 £29.58
% change year-on-year +210.91% -40.19% +47.88%

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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 1 May 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 (61.54%) SharePoint
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (53.85%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) VPN
2 8 (61.54%) Firewall
3 7 (53.85%) Internet
4 6 (46.15%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) Power BI
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Military
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
4 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) IT Manager
1 8 (61.54%) IT Services Manager
1 8 (61.54%) Service Manager
2 6 (46.15%) Senior
2 6 (46.15%) Senior IT Manager
2 6 (46.15%) Senior Manager
2 6 (46.15%) Senior Service Manager
3 3 (23.08%) 1st Line Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) 1st Line Support
3 3 (23.08%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Active Directory Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Active Directory Support
3 3 (23.08%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Network Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Network Security Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Service Security Manager
4 1 (7.69%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 7 (53.85%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Cybersecurity
1 8 (61.54%) Penetration Testing
2 7 (53.85%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (53.85%) Case Management
2 7 (53.85%) Contract Management
2 7 (53.85%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (53.85%) Security Monitoring
3 6 (46.15%) Analytics
4 5 (38.46%) Antivirus Management
4 5 (38.46%) Server Management
4 5 (38.46%) Storage Management
5 3 (23.08%) Wealth Management
6 2 (15.38%) Design for Test
7 1 (7.69%) Hardware Maintenance
7 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
7 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
7 1 (7.69%) Virtual Environments
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (76.92%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 11 (84.62%) Microsoft