Microsoft Azure Cognitive Search (formerly Azure Search)
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure Cognitive Search skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Cognitive Search over the 6 months leading up to 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 133 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | - | 0.19% | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | 0.70% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £600 | - |
| South East median daily rate | - | £600 | - |
All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley
Azure Cognitive Search 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 the Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 498 | 712 | 840 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 33.20% | 27.35% | 30.05% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 324 | 495 | 612 |
| 10th Percentile | £290 | £275 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £412 | £413 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £501 | £500 | £543 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.10% | -7.83% | +8.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £608 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £663 | £675 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 17 | 30 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.20 | £15.99 | £17.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.11 | £19.37 | £20.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £32.05 | £42.50 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -24.59% | +70.00% | +19.05% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.50 | £59.95 | £56.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £76.18 | £61.60 | £79.19 |
| South East median hourly rate | £28.50 | £23.22 | £23.65 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.77% | -1.84% | +12.62% |
Azure Cognitive Search
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing Azure Cognitive Search as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
Azure Cognitive Search
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search in the Thames Valley.