Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Microsoft Azure Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in Swindon is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 22
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 2.02% - 2.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.27% - 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile - - £633
25th Percentile £425 - £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.96%
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £450 - £556
% change year-on-year - - +9.88%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 88 94 154
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.89% 90.38% 96.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 56 108
10th Percentile £267 £205 £285
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £463 £538
Median % change year-on-year +18.92% -13.95% +7.50%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £626
90th Percentile £698 £697 £688
Wiltshire median daily rate £588 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.82% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £20.86 - -
25th Percentile £30.51 - -
Median hourly rate £48.53 - £14.36
Median % change year-on-year - - -37.57%
75th Percentile £68.36 - -
90th Percentile £79.10 - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £49.25
% change year-on-year +87.65% -74.03% -21.83%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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 Swindon.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, 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 Swindon region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Network Design
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp