Azure Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 18 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 7 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 336 423 458
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.15% 14.25% 13.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.84% 49.88% 41.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 340 382
10th Percentile £356 £365 £360
25th Percentile £458 £475 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £619
90th Percentile £675 £707 £660
South East median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 5
10th Percentile £22.97 £60.51 -
25th Percentile £56.50 £72.52 £12.50
Median hourly rate £58.30 £79.19 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% +427.93% -40.00%
75th Percentile £61.60 - £87.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £44.25 £67.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year -34.44% +33.66% +102.00%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 803 848 1,095
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 29.03% 28.56% 31.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 623 847
10th Percentile £265 £300 £170
25th Percentile £413 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 19 22
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.81 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.74 £20.50 £17.19
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% +18.91% -0.12%
75th Percentile £60.73 £57.00 £46.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £79.11
South East median hourly rate £23.22 £23.00 £21.05
% change year-on-year +0.93% +9.26% -

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

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
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

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 18 April 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 18 April 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 0 271 £575 +0.44% 74
Buckinghamshire -5 42 £450 -11.76% 42
Oxfordshire -2 23 £458 +1.67% 41
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 25 (7.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (2.38%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.19%) Confluence
4 3 (0.89%) SAS
5 2 (0.60%) CMS
5 2 (0.60%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.60%) Kentico
5 2 (0.60%) nginx
6 1 (0.30%) Apache
6 1 (0.30%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.30%) Jadu
Applications
1 13 (3.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.89%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
4 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (2.68%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (2.38%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (2.38%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.60%) Sage X3
4 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 92 (27.38%) Azure DevOps
2 56 (16.67%) AWS
3 47 (13.99%) Azure Monitor
4 40 (11.90%) Entra ID
5 31 (9.23%) Azure Data Factory
6 26 (7.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 26 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
7 21 (6.25%) Azure Functions
7 21 (6.25%) Power Platform
7 21 (6.25%) Serverless
8 17 (5.06%) Azure AKS
8 17 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
8 17 (5.06%) Azure Storage
8 17 (5.06%) PaaS
9 14 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (3.87%) OpenShift
11 12 (3.57%) GCP
12 11 (3.27%) IaaS
12 11 (3.27%) OCI
13 10 (2.98%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 41 (12.20%) Firewall
2 35 (10.42%) DNS
3 31 (9.23%) DHCP
4 15 (4.46%) SAN
5 8 (2.38%) SSL
6 7 (2.08%) WAN
7 6 (1.79%) VPN
8 4 (1.19%) LAN
8 4 (1.19%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.89%) Network Security
9 3 (0.89%) Wireless
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco IOS
10 2 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.95%) Power BI
2 17 (5.06%) NoSQL
2 17 (5.06%) SQL Server
3 15 (4.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.57%) Redis
6 8 (2.38%) Relational Database
7 6 (1.79%) MySQL
8 5 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (1.19%) Big Data
9 4 (1.19%) GIS
10 3 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.89%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.89%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.60%) Tableau
12 1 (0.30%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 29 (8.63%) Git
2 27 (8.04%) JIRA
3 21 (6.25%) Selenium
4 20 (5.95%) Jenkins
5 15 (4.46%) GitLab
6 14 (4.17%) SonarQube
7 13 (3.87%) Cucumber
8 12 (3.57%) REST Assured
9 10 (2.98%) Visual Studio
10 8 (2.38%) SpecFlow
11 7 (2.08%) Oracle Forms
12 6 (1.79%) Postman
13 5 (1.49%) Bitbucket
14 4 (1.19%) Artifactory
15 3 (0.89%) JMeter
15 3 (0.89%) Robot Framework
15 3 (0.89%) Visual Studio Code
16 2 (0.60%) Axure RP
17 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
17 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
General
1 98 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.48%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (7.14%) Finance
4 20 (5.95%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (2.98%) Law
7 9 (2.68%) Police
7 9 (2.68%) Telecoms
8 8 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.79%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (1.19%) Retail
12 3 (0.89%) Automotive
12 3 (0.89%) Marketing
13 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.60%) Legal
14 1 (0.30%) Advertising
14 1 (0.30%) Banking
14 1 (0.30%) French Language
14 1 (0.30%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 64 (19.05%) Developer
2 38 (11.31%) Architect
3 33 (9.82%) Senior
4 29 (8.63%) Analyst
5 26 (7.74%) Lead
6 25 (7.44%) Active Directory Support
6 25 (7.44%) Azure Specialist
6 25 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (6.85%) Active Directory Specialist
7 23 (6.85%) Support Specialist
8 21 (6.25%) Azure Engineer
9 17 (5.06%) Azure Developer
10 16 (4.76%) Consultant
11 14 (4.17%) Administrator
11 14 (4.17%) Full Stack Developer
12 13 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
12 13 (3.87%) Systems Administrator
13 11 (3.27%) Senior Systems Administrator
14 10 (2.98%) Functional Consultant
14 10 (2.98%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.52%) ARM Templates
2 21 (6.25%) .NET
3 20 (5.95%) Node.js
3 20 (5.95%) React
4 17 (5.06%) REST
5 13 (3.87%) AngularJS
5 13 (3.87%) Itk
5 13 (3.87%) Java EE
6 12 (3.57%) CSS
6 12 (3.57%) HTML
7 11 (3.27%) Web Services
8 8 (2.38%) XML
9 6 (1.79%) ASP.NET
9 6 (1.79%) YAML
10 5 (1.49%) JSON
11 4 (1.19%) Django
11 4 (1.19%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (1.19%) OAuth
11 4 (1.19%) OpenID
11 4 (1.19%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.14%) PKI
2 23 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.36%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.17%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
5 12 (3.57%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.08%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.49%) Smart Meter
9 3 (0.89%) IoT
9 3 (0.89%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.60%) CCTV
10 2 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.60%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.60%) Robotics
11 1 (0.30%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.30%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 77 (22.92%) Windows
2 54 (16.07%) Linux
2 54 (16.07%) Windows Server
3 32 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 30 (8.93%) Windows Server 2016
5 20 (5.95%) Windows 10
6 13 (3.87%) Windows Server 2012
7 11 (3.27%) Windows XP
8 9 (2.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.19%) Unix
10 3 (0.89%) Android
11 2 (0.60%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.60%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (52.08%) DevOps
2 94 (27.98%) Agile
3 63 (18.75%) CI/CD
4 55 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
5 46 (13.69%) Infrastructure as Code
6 41 (12.20%) Test Automation
7 33 (9.82%) Analytics
8 31 (9.23%) ITIL
9 30 (8.93%) Containerisation
10 29 (8.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 28 (8.33%) Project Management
12 27 (8.04%) Microservices
12 27 (8.04%) Scrum
13 24 (7.14%) Release Management
14 22 (6.55%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (6.55%) Technical Leadership
15 20 (5.95%) Continuous Integration
15 20 (5.95%) Migration
16 19 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
16 19 (5.65%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 47 (13.99%) C#
1 47 (13.99%) PowerShell
2 40 (11.90%) SQL
3 38 (11.31%) Python
4 22 (6.55%) Java
4 22 (6.55%) VBScript
5 16 (4.76%) C
6 15 (4.46%) Bicep
6 15 (4.46%) VB
7 13 (3.87%) JavaScript
8 9 (2.68%) C++
9 8 (2.38%) PHP
9 8 (2.38%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.19%) T-SQL
11 3 (0.89%) R
12 2 (0.60%) Bash
12 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.60%) Ruby
13 1 (0.30%) Go
13 1 (0.30%) Scala
Qualifications
1 99 (29.46%) Security Cleared
2 67 (19.94%) SC Cleared
3 61 (18.15%) DV Cleared
4 52 (15.48%) Degree
5 15 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (4.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 14 (4.17%) CCNP
7 12 (3.57%) CCNA
8 7 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.79%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.89%) MCSE
10 3 (0.89%) PMP
11 2 (0.60%) A+ Certification
11 2 (0.60%) CBAP
11 2 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.60%) MCITP
11 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.30%) CSPO
12 1 (0.30%) CSSLP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (5.06%) QA
2 9 (2.68%) PMO
3 5 (1.49%) GDPR
4 3 (0.89%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.89%) NCSC
4 3 (0.89%) NIST
4 3 (0.89%) SLA
5 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) COBIT
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 88 (26.19%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 29 (8.63%) Docker
4 21 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
5 15 (4.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (4.17%) Hyper-V
7 13 (3.87%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.60%) vSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 50 (14.88%) Kubernetes
2 39 (11.61%) SCCM
3 32 (9.52%) Terraform
3 32 (9.52%) WSUS
4 27 (8.04%) SCOM
5 24 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 22 (6.55%) Ansible
7 16 (4.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 14 (4.17%) vCenter Server
9 12 (3.57%) Docker Swarm
9 12 (3.57%) Podman
10 11 (3.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (3.27%) Istio
10 11 (3.27%) NetBackup
11 8 (2.38%) Grafana
12 7 (2.08%) Rancher
13 5 (1.49%) Prometheus
14 3 (0.89%) Graylog
14 3 (0.89%) Nagios
15 2 (0.60%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 101 (30.06%) Microsoft
2 42 (12.50%) VMware
3 34 (10.12%) Oracle
4 20 (5.95%) Cisco
5 13 (3.87%) HP
5 13 (3.87%) Veeam
6 12 (3.57%) Palo Alto
7 11 (3.27%) 3PAR
7 11 (3.27%) Dell
7 11 (3.27%) EMC
7 11 (3.27%) Extreme Networks
7 11 (3.27%) Google
7 11 (3.27%) Juniper
7 11 (3.27%) Symantec
8 9 (2.68%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.68%) SAP
9 6 (1.79%) Ab Initio
10 5 (1.49%) Databricks
11 4 (1.19%) Okta
11 4 (1.19%) ServiceNow