Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Microsoft Azure Engineer
South East > Surrey

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in Surrey is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - 65
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 11 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 2.51% - 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.80% - 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.20%
75th Percentile £688 - £455
90th Percentile £691 - £463
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -12.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Surrey. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Surrey with a recognized job title 393 349 639
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 94.32% 95.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 214 495
10th Percentile £204 £203 £188
25th Percentile £313 £264 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £595
90th Percentile £688 £654 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 16 53
10th Percentile £33.04 £16.63 £12.56
25th Percentile £52.50 £20.22 £13.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.18 £47.90
Median % change year-on-year +127.46% -49.51% +6.43%
75th Percentile £84.01 £25.75 £71.90
90th Percentile £88.68 £31.50 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% -10.53% +7.34%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Surrey.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Surrey

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in Surrey over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in Surrey

Azure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Camberley - 5 £675 - 2
Epsom - 5 £425 - 2
Staines - 1 - -
Azure Engineer
South East

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 30 January 2026, Azure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Surrey region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Azure
1 11 (100.00%) DevOps
2 10 (90.91%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (54.55%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (54.55%) Data Pipeline
3 6 (54.55%) ETL
3 6 (54.55%) Python
3 6 (54.55%) SQL
4 5 (45.45%) .NET
4 5 (45.45%) ARM Templates
4 5 (45.45%) Azure API Management
4 5 (45.45%) Azure Functions
4 5 (45.45%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (45.45%) Azure Storage
4 5 (45.45%) C#
4 5 (45.45%) CI/CD
4 5 (45.45%) Databricks
4 5 (45.45%) GitHub
4 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 5 (45.45%) REST
4 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
4 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
4 5 (45.45%) Serverless
4 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
5 2 (18.18%) Data Lake
6 1 (9.09%) Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Business Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (90.91%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (54.55%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (45.45%) Azure API Management
4 5 (45.45%) Azure Functions
4 5 (45.45%) Azure Storage
4 5 (45.45%) GitHub
4 5 (45.45%) Serverless
5 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (9.09%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (18.18%) Data Lake
3 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.09%) Metadata
3 1 (9.09%) MongoDB
3 1 (9.09%) RDBMS
3 1 (9.09%) Relational Database
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) .NET
1 5 (45.45%) ARM Templates
1 5 (45.45%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) DevOps
2 6 (54.55%) Data Pipeline
2 6 (54.55%) ETL
3 5 (45.45%) CI/CD
3 5 (45.45%) Software Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analytics
4 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.09%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (54.55%) Python
1 6 (54.55%) SQL
2 5 (45.45%) C#
2 5 (45.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Databricks
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle
2 1 (9.09%) RedGate