Azure Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 191 204
Rank change year-on-year -56 +13 -25
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 146 317 402
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 1.31% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.39% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 258 301
10th Percentile £363 £425 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £575 £617 £613
90th Percentile £625 £690 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £566 £550
% change year-on-year -7.16% +2.82% +7.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,251 22,726 29,670
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.14% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,918 20,742
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £390 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,230 1,187 1,502
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Azure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Azure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
North of England -10 51 £500 -9.09% 19
South East -22 35 £495 -8.97% 25
North West -9 30 £513 -2.38% 14
South West -13 24 £525 -4.55% 13
Yorkshire +11 20 £475 -20.83% 3
Midlands -4 17 £438 -13.37% 12
West Midlands +5 13 £425 -15.84% 7
East of England -2 9 £450 -10.00% 5
Scotland +27 7 £440 -12.00% 4
Wales +19 5 £600 +7.87% 5
East Midlands +21 4 £463 +3.35% 5
North East +19 1 £500 -16.67% 2
Azure Engineer
UK

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Azure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 146 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (41.78%) DevOps
3 48 (32.88%) Terraform
4 47 (32.19%) CI/CD
4 47 (32.19%) Microsoft
5 45 (30.82%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (25.34%) SQL
6 37 (25.34%) Infrastructure as Code
7 33 (22.60%) Python
8 30 (20.55%) PowerShell
9 29 (19.86%) Windows
9 29 (19.86%) Kubernetes
10 27 (18.49%) Azure Data Factory
11 24 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 23 (15.75%) Analytics
13 22 (15.07%) Active Directory
14 21 (14.38%) Docker
15 20 (13.70%) ETL
15 20 (13.70%) Agile
16 19 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
16 19 (13.01%) Databricks
16 19 (13.01%) Power Platform
17 18 (12.33%) Power BI
18 17 (11.64%) Entra ID
18 17 (11.64%) IaaS
18 17 (11.64%) Microsoft 365
19 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
19 16 (10.96%) Azure Certification
20 15 (10.27%) Data Modelling
20 15 (10.27%) Linux

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (4.79%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.05%) IIS
3 2 (1.37%) Apache
3 2 (1.37%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.37%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 146 (100.00%) Azure
2 45 (30.82%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (18.49%) Azure Data Factory
4 19 (13.01%) Power Platform
5 17 (11.64%) Entra ID
5 17 (11.64%) IaaS
5 17 (11.64%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (8.22%) PaaS
7 11 (7.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 8 (5.48%) AWS
9 7 (4.79%) Azure AKS
10 6 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (4.11%) Serverless
11 5 (3.42%) Azure Functions
11 5 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
12 4 (2.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 4 (2.74%) GitHub
13 3 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (2.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.90%) Firewall
2 11 (7.53%) DNS
3 7 (4.79%) Network Security
4 5 (3.42%) VPN
5 3 (2.05%) BGP
5 3 (2.05%) OSPF
6 2 (1.37%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.68%) DHCP
7 1 (0.68%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (0.68%) IPv4
7 1 (0.68%) MPLS
7 1 (0.68%) MQTT
7 1 (0.68%) RS-232
7 1 (0.68%) VLAN
7 1 (0.68%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.33%) Power BI
2 14 (9.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (8.90%) Data Lake
4 12 (8.22%) SQL Server
5 9 (6.16%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (2.05%) Redis
8 3 (2.05%) Relational Database
9 2 (1.37%) DTS
10 1 (0.68%) Big Data
10 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.68%) MySQL
10 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.68%) OLAP
10 1 (0.68%) OLAP Cube
10 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (7.53%) Jenkins
2 7 (4.79%) Git
3 5 (3.42%) GitLab
4 3 (2.05%) JIRA
4 3 (2.05%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.37%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.37%) Selenium
5 2 (1.37%) Snyk
5 2 (1.37%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.37%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.68%) AppScan
6 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.68%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.68%) Hudson
6 1 (0.68%) NUnit
6 1 (0.68%) Postman
6 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 14 (9.59%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.53%) Public Sector
3 10 (6.85%) Finance
4 7 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.11%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.37%) Banking
6 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.37%) Electronics
6 2 (1.37%) Law
6 2 (1.37%) Legal
6 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.37%) Marketing
6 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.68%) Automotive
7 1 (0.68%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) .NET
1 8 (5.48%) ARM Templates
2 7 (4.79%) YAML
3 5 (3.42%) JSON
4 4 (2.74%) XML
5 3 (2.05%) PySpark
5 3 (2.05%) pytest
6 2 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (1.37%) React
7 1 (0.68%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.68%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.68%) Hugging Face
7 1 (0.68%) J2EE
7 1 (0.68%) LangChain
7 1 (0.68%) Playwright
7 1 (0.68%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.68%) TensorFlow
7 1 (0.68%) WinForms
7 1 (0.68%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.48%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.74%) Smart Meter
4 3 (2.05%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (2.05%) NHS
5 2 (1.37%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.37%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) BYOD
6 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.68%) PKI
6 1 (0.68%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.68%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 29 (19.86%) Windows
2 15 (10.27%) Linux
3 10 (6.85%) Windows Server
4 8 (5.48%) Windows 10
5 5 (3.42%) Windows 7
6 4 (2.74%) Unix
6 4 (2.74%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.05%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.37%) Alpine Linux
8 2 (1.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.37%) VMS
8 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (41.78%) DevOps
2 47 (32.19%) CI/CD
3 37 (25.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 24 (16.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 23 (15.75%) Analytics
6 20 (13.70%) Agile
6 20 (13.70%) ETL
7 19 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (10.27%) Data Modelling
8 15 (10.27%) Migration
9 14 (9.59%) Scrum
10 13 (8.90%) Cloud Security
10 13 (8.90%) Platform Engineering
11 11 (7.53%) Data Pipeline
12 10 (6.85%) Containerisation
12 10 (6.85%) Continuous Integration
12 10 (6.85%) Network Virtualisation
13 9 (6.16%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 8 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (4.79%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 37 (25.34%) SQL
2 33 (22.60%) Python
3 30 (20.55%) PowerShell
4 12 (8.22%) Bicep
5 9 (6.16%) Bash
6 7 (4.79%) Java
7 6 (4.11%) C#
8 4 (2.74%) Go
9 2 (1.37%) C
9 2 (1.37%) C++
9 2 (1.37%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.37%) Julia
9 2 (1.37%) Perl
9 2 (1.37%) Scala
9 2 (1.37%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.68%) C++/CLI
10 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.68%) VB
10 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (10.96%) Azure Certification
1 16 (10.96%) Security Cleared
2 12 (8.22%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.16%) Degree
4 8 (5.48%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.68%) CCIE
7 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.68%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.68%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.74%) GDPR
2 3 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (1.37%) QA
4 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.68%) GRC
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (15.07%) Active Directory
2 21 (14.38%) Docker
3 9 (6.16%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (5.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 48 (32.88%) Terraform
2 29 (19.86%) Kubernetes
3 10 (6.85%) Ansible
4 9 (6.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (6.16%) SCCM
5 6 (4.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (3.42%) Grafana
6 5 (3.42%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.42%) SCOM
7 4 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.05%) Argo
8 3 (2.05%) Puppet
8 3 (2.05%) WSUS
9 1 (0.68%) Graylog
9 1 (0.68%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.68%) Istio
9 1 (0.68%) Nessus
9 1 (0.68%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.68%) SELinux
9 1 (0.68%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 47 (32.19%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.01%) Databricks
3 6 (4.11%) VMware
4 5 (3.42%) Ab Initio
5 3 (2.05%) CA
5 3 (2.05%) F5
6 2 (1.37%) Cisco
6 2 (1.37%) Citrix
6 2 (1.37%) SAP
6 2 (1.37%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.37%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.37%) WSO2
7 1 (0.68%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.68%) BMC
7 1 (0.68%) Cognos
7 1 (0.68%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.68%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.68%) Informatica
7 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.68%) Veracode