Azure Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 15 September 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 4 7 9
Rank change year-on-year +3 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 356 391 472
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 16.12% 13.96% 11.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.82% 48.51% 35.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 295 386
10th Percentile £404 £418 £363
25th Percentile £488 £501 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £638
90th Percentile £650 £750 £714
South East median daily rate £525 £588 £525
% change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
10th Percentile £31.88 £63.60 -
25th Percentile £38.08 £66.75 £11.00
Median hourly rate £48.94 £72.00 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.03% +132.26% -56.34%
75th Percentile £59.58 £75.60 £63.94
90th Percentile £65.64 £77.75 £79.28
South East median hourly rate £53.00 £70.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -24.29% +37.25% -22.14%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 674 806 1,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 30.51% 28.78% 32.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 569 1,005
10th Percentile £363 £232 £283
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £633
90th Percentile £663 £725 £675
South East median daily rate £513 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 21 24
10th Percentile £18.50 £17.25 £11.00
25th Percentile £20.39 £19.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.30 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.91% +53.81% -16.00%
75th Percentile £60.72 £35.00 £23.19
90th Percentile £64.73 £64.50 £57.45
South East median hourly rate £40.50 £27.83 £21.00
% change year-on-year +45.53% +32.52% -56.48%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 September 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 September 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

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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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 September 2024. 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
Berkshire +1 269 £600 - 69
Buckinghamshire +11 75 £473 -15.87% 61
Oxfordshire -1 12 £465 -18.24% 32
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 35 (9.83%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.12%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.12%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.84%) Apache
5 2 (0.56%) Confluence
5 2 (0.56%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.28%) IIS
6 1 (0.28%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.28%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.53%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (2.25%) Oracle EBS R12
3 6 (1.69%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.28%) Maximo
6 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 71 (19.94%) Azure DevOps
1 71 (19.94%) Microsoft 365
2 66 (18.54%) Azure Data Factory
3 65 (18.26%) Entra ID
4 64 (17.98%) AWS
5 54 (15.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 53 (14.89%) Azure Monitor
7 50 (14.04%) Power Platform
8 44 (12.36%) Serverless
9 41 (11.52%) Azure Functions
10 25 (7.02%) Azure Storage
11 20 (5.62%) GCP
11 20 (5.62%) PaaS
12 19 (5.34%) Azure Service Bus
12 19 (5.34%) OCI
13 18 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
13 18 (5.06%) IaaS
14 17 (4.78%) Azure API Management
14 17 (4.78%) PowerApps
15 15 (4.21%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.96%) Firewall
2 31 (8.71%) DNS
3 28 (7.87%) DHCP
4 17 (4.78%) VPN
5 13 (3.65%) SAN
6 11 (3.09%) Network Security
7 8 (2.25%) BGP
7 8 (2.25%) MPLS
7 8 (2.25%) WAN
8 6 (1.69%) VSAN
9 5 (1.40%) SD-WAN
9 5 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (1.12%) Ethernet VPN
10 4 (1.12%) IPsec
10 4 (1.12%) Reverse Proxy
10 4 (1.12%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.84%) DMVPN
11 3 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 3 (0.84%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.58%) Power BI
2 25 (7.02%) NoSQL
3 20 (5.62%) SQL Server
4 18 (5.06%) Data Lake
5 15 (4.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 12 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.53%) Big Data
8 6 (1.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.69%) Tableau
9 5 (1.40%) MongoDB
9 5 (1.40%) Power Query
10 4 (1.12%) Delta Lake
10 4 (1.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
10 4 (1.12%) Oracle Discoverer
10 4 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
10 4 (1.12%) SQLPlus
10 4 (1.12%) SSDT
11 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.56%) Metadata
12 2 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 34 (9.55%) Git
2 31 (8.71%) Selenium
3 25 (7.02%) JIRA
4 11 (3.09%) GitLab
4 11 (3.09%) Visual Studio
5 10 (2.81%) Jenkins
6 9 (2.53%) Cucumber
7 6 (1.69%) Postman
8 5 (1.40%) ERwin
9 4 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (1.12%) REST Assured
9 4 (1.12%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.84%) JMeter
10 3 (0.84%) Maven
10 3 (0.84%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.84%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
11 2 (0.56%) LoadRunner
11 2 (0.56%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.28%) Appium
General
1 93 (26.12%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.10%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (5.62%) Finance
4 16 (4.49%) Public Sector
5 7 (1.97%) Telecoms
6 5 (1.40%) Marketing
6 5 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (1.12%) Billing
7 4 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.12%) Law
7 4 (1.12%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (1.12%) Police
8 3 (0.84%) General Ledger
8 3 (0.84%) Publishing
9 2 (0.56%) Automotive
9 2 (0.56%) Electronics
10 1 (0.28%) Back Office
10 1 (0.28%) Legal
10 1 (0.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 69 (19.38%) Developer
2 49 (13.76%) Architect
3 48 (13.48%) Azure Engineer
4 42 (11.80%) Senior
5 33 (9.27%) Active Directory Support
5 33 (9.27%) Azure Developer
6 31 (8.71%) Analyst
7 30 (8.43%) Support Engineer
8 29 (8.15%) Full-Stack Developer
9 27 (7.58%) Lead
10 26 (7.30%) Active Directory Engineer
11 25 (7.02%) Active Directory Support Engineer
12 18 (5.06%) Azure Specialist
12 18 (5.06%) Consultant
12 18 (5.06%) Python Developer
13 16 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
13 16 (4.49%) Full-Stack Python Developer
14 15 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 14 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
16 13 (3.65%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.27%) .NET
2 26 (7.30%) ARM Templates
2 26 (7.30%) React
3 15 (4.21%) XML
4 14 (3.93%) REST
5 11 (3.09%) .NET Framework
6 10 (2.81%) ADO
7 9 (2.53%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.53%) HTML
8 8 (2.25%) CSS
8 8 (2.25%) SOAP
8 8 (2.25%) Web Services
9 7 (1.97%) Entity Framework
9 7 (1.97%) JSON
9 7 (1.97%) Node.js
9 7 (1.97%) PySpark
10 6 (1.69%) Kafka
10 6 (1.69%) YAML
11 5 (1.40%) GraphQL
11 5 (1.40%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (9.55%) Product Ownership
2 26 (7.30%) Public Cloud
3 24 (6.74%) PKI
4 15 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
5 13 (3.65%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
6 8 (2.25%) Hybrid Cloud
6 8 (2.25%) Smartphone
7 7 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.40%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.40%) YubiKey
9 3 (0.84%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 3 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.84%) IoT
9 3 (0.84%) Operational Technology
9 3 (0.84%) Wiki
10 2 (0.56%) CSOC
10 2 (0.56%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.56%) Replication
10 2 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 74 (20.79%) Windows
2 45 (12.64%) Windows Server
3 44 (12.36%) Linux
4 38 (10.67%) Windows 10
5 26 (7.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 26 (7.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (2.81%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (1.97%) Windows XP
9 5 (1.40%) Unix
10 4 (1.12%) CentOS
11 3 (0.84%) Android
12 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.28%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (41.85%) DevOps
2 106 (29.78%) Agile
3 86 (24.16%) CI/CD
4 74 (20.79%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (14.33%) Migration
6 47 (13.20%) Infrastructure as Code
7 44 (12.36%) Microservices
8 42 (11.80%) Analytics
8 42 (11.80%) ITIL
9 39 (10.96%) Test Automation
10 38 (10.67%) Scrum
11 33 (9.27%) Business Intelligence
12 29 (8.15%) Cybersecurity
12 29 (8.15%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (7.87%) SDLC
14 26 (7.30%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (6.74%) Unit Testing
16 22 (6.18%) Change Management
17 21 (5.90%) ETL
17 21 (5.90%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (21.35%) SQL
2 62 (17.42%) Python
3 51 (14.33%) PowerShell
4 39 (10.96%) C#
5 31 (8.71%) Java
6 17 (4.78%) Bicep
6 17 (4.78%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.49%) VBScript
8 15 (4.21%) VB
9 9 (2.53%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (1.97%) PHP
11 6 (1.69%) T-SQL
12 5 (1.40%) C
12 5 (1.40%) PL/SQL
13 4 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.84%) Bash
14 3 (0.84%) Ruby
15 2 (0.56%) R
16 1 (0.28%) Groovy
16 1 (0.28%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 107 (30.06%) Security Cleared
2 91 (25.56%) SC Cleared
3 72 (20.22%) DV Cleared
4 42 (11.80%) Degree
5 15 (4.21%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.21%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (3.93%) CCNA
6 14 (3.93%) CCNP
7 10 (2.81%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.69%) MCSE
9 6 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (1.12%) CISSP
11 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
11 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.84%) CISM
11 3 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.56%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.53%) Data Quality
2 8 (2.25%) NIST
2 8 (2.25%) QA
3 7 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (1.97%) NCSC
4 5 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.56%) COBIT
5 2 (0.56%) GDPR
5 2 (0.56%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (26.97%) Active Directory
2 28 (7.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (6.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 21 (5.90%) Virtual Machines
5 16 (4.49%) Docker
6 15 (4.21%) Hyper-V
7 13 (3.65%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.69%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 40 (11.24%) Kubernetes
2 35 (9.83%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (8.99%) SCCM
4 27 (7.58%) SCOM
4 27 (7.58%) WSUS
5 24 (6.74%) Terraform
6 16 (4.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 12 (3.37%) Ansible
8 11 (3.09%) EMC NetWorker
8 11 (3.09%) NetBackup
8 11 (3.09%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.12%) Docker Swarm
10 4 (1.12%) Podman
10 4 (1.12%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.84%) Grafana
12 2 (0.56%) Argo
12 2 (0.56%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.28%) QRadar
Vendors
1 118 (33.15%) Microsoft
2 30 (8.43%) VMware
3 27 (7.58%) Oracle
4 24 (6.74%) Cisco
5 23 (6.46%) Palo Alto
6 17 (4.78%) Databricks
7 14 (3.93%) Juniper
8 11 (3.09%) 3PAR
8 11 (3.09%) Apple
8 11 (3.09%) Dell
8 11 (3.09%) EMC
8 11 (3.09%) Extreme Networks
8 11 (3.09%) Google
8 11 (3.09%) HP
8 11 (3.09%) Symantec
9 7 (1.97%) Veeam
10 5 (1.40%) CheckPoint
10 5 (1.40%) Genesys
11 4 (1.12%) SAP
11 4 (1.12%) Zscaler