Azure AI Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Azure AI Platform
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley citing Azure AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	160	-	126
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Azure AI	6	0	1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley	0.19%	-	0.047%
As % of the Cloud Services category	0.62%	-	0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	0
10^th Percentile	£434	-	-
25^th Percentile	£456	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£498	-	-
75^th Percentile	£546	-	-
90^th Percentile	£571	-	-
South East median daily rate	£498	-	£400

All Cloud Computing Skills
Thames Valley

Azure AI falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing cloud computing skills in the Thames Valley.

	6 months to 12 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills	969	725	734
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley	30.40%	38.40%	34.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	591	466	485
10^th Percentile	£335	£255	£350
25^th Percentile	£450	£403	£413
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£492	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+6.65%	-6.24%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£619	£575	£638
90^th Percentile	£688	£650	£660
South East median daily rate	£513	£480	£513
% change year-on-year	+6.77%	-6.34%	-2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted	103	23	19
10^th Percentile	£17.75	-	£19.14
25^th Percentile	£29.07	£14.75	£21.88
Median hourly rate	£71.00	£18.87	£42.50
Median % change year-on-year	+276.26%	-55.60%	+26.26%
75^th Percentile	£87.16	£40.65	£60.83
90^th Percentile	£104.80	£70.20	£64.73
South East median hourly rate	£41.06	£18.82	£47.50
% change year-on-year	+118.17%	-60.38%	+47.06%

Azure AI Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Azure AI Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure AI.

Azure AI Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure AI in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure AI in the Thames Valley

Azure AI Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AI within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Berkshire	-	4	-	-	4
Buckinghamshire	-	2	£498	-	2
Azure AI South East

Azure AI Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Azure AI also mentioned 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 Thames Valley region citing Azure AI.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	100.0%	6
1	Azure	100.0%	6
3	CI/CD	83.3%	5
3	Microsoft	83.3%	5
5	Full-Stack Development	66.7%	4
5	OpenAI	66.7%	4
7	DevOps	50.0%	3
7	Foundry	50.0%	3
7	LLM	50.0%	3
7	Python	50.0%	3
11	Agile	33.3%	2
11	Analytics	33.3%	2
11	Anthropic Claude	33.3%	2
11	Architectural Patterns	33.3%	2
11	Architecture Governance	33.3%	2
11	Artificial Intelligence Engineering	33.3%	2
11	Collaborative Working	33.3%	2
11	Cost Optimisation	33.3%	2
11	CrewAI	33.3%	2
11	Data Extraction	33.3%	2
11	Data Loss Prevention	33.3%	2
11	Data Modelling	33.3%	2
11	Design Patterns	33.3%	2
11	Digital Transformation Programme	33.3%	2
11	Docker	33.3%	2
11	FastAPI	33.3%	2
11	Generative AI	33.3%	2
11	Google Gemini	33.3%	2
11	Human-in-the-Loop	33.3%	2
11	JavaScript	33.3%	2

Azure AI Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Cloud Services

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Azure	100.0%	6
2	Anthropic Claude	33.3%	2
2	Google Gemini	33.3%	2
4	AuraDB	16.7%	1
4	Azure Data Factory	16.7%	1
4	Azure DevOps	16.7%	1
4	Azure Functions	16.7%	1
4	Azure Key Vault	16.7%	1
4	Entra ID	16.7%	1
4	Serverless	16.7%	1