Azure Engineer Contracts

Microsoft Azure Engineer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 150 158
Rank change year-on-year -56 +8 -29
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 506 1,054 1,635
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.17% 1.76% 1.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.86% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 392 809 1,157
10th Percentile £375 £449 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £720 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £61.00 £78.75
Median % change year-on-year - -22.54% +215.00%
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer.

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Engineer in the UK

Azure Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 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
England -39 442 £525 -8.70% 129
London -22 282 £550 -7.56% 54
Work from Home -41 195 £525 -4.55% 92
UK excluding London -58 146 £500 -9.09% 83
North of England -2 51 £500 -9.09% 19
South East -21 35 £495 -8.97% 26
North West -12 30 £513 -2.38% 14
South West -14 24 £525 -4.55% 13
Yorkshire +11 20 £475 -20.83% 3
Midlands -9 17 £438 -13.37% 12
West Midlands +4 13 £425 -15.84% 7
East of England +3 9 £450 -10.00% 5
Scotland +28 7 £440 -12.00% 5
Wales +19 5 £600 +7.87% 5
East Midlands +17 4 £463 +3.35% 5
North East +18 1 £500 -16.67% 2

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 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 featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 506 (100.00%) Azure
2 250 (49.41%) DevOps
3 172 (33.99%) Azure DevOps
4 152 (30.04%) Microsoft
5 151 (29.84%) SQL
6 150 (29.64%) Python
7 139 (27.47%) CI/CD
8 128 (25.30%) Terraform
9 106 (20.95%) Databricks
10 105 (20.75%) PowerShell
11 102 (20.16%) Azure Data Factory
12 99 (19.57%) Finance
13 94 (18.58%) Infrastructure as Code
14 92 (18.18%) Kubernetes
15 91 (17.98%) Agile
16 88 (17.39%) Social Skills
17 76 (15.02%) Analytics
18 73 (14.43%) Windows
19 71 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
20 70 (13.83%) Docker
21 69 (13.64%) ETL
22 67 (13.24%) Active Directory
23 62 (12.25%) Data Lake
24 59 (11.66%) Power Platform
24 59 (11.66%) Public Sector
25 58 (11.46%) Data Engineering
26 56 (11.07%) Power BI
27 54 (10.67%) Data Pipeline
28 52 (10.28%) Security Cleared
29 51 (10.08%) Entra ID

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 18 (3.56%) Apache Spark
2 15 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.17%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.98%) IIS
5 6 (1.19%) Apache
6 5 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.79%) Confluence
7 4 (0.79%) Luigi
8 2 (0.40%) nginx
8 2 (0.40%) SAS
9 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.20%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.79%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 506 (100.00%) Azure
2 172 (33.99%) Azure DevOps
3 102 (20.16%) Azure Data Factory
4 59 (11.66%) Power Platform
5 51 (10.08%) Entra ID
6 46 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 41 (8.10%) AWS
7 41 (8.10%) PaaS
8 33 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (5.93%) Azure AKS
10 28 (5.53%) IaaS
10 28 (5.53%) Serverless
11 27 (5.34%) GitHub
12 26 (5.14%) Azure Monitor
13 21 (4.15%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (3.56%) Azure Functions
14 18 (3.56%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (3.36%) GCP
16 15 (2.96%) Azure Logic Apps
17 14 (2.77%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 39 (7.71%) Firewall
2 33 (6.52%) DNS
3 17 (3.36%) VPN
4 14 (2.77%) Network Security
5 7 (1.38%) TCP/IP
6 6 (1.19%) HTTP
6 6 (1.19%) MPLS
7 5 (0.99%) BGP
7 5 (0.99%) Internet
7 5 (0.99%) OSPF
7 5 (0.99%) SSH
8 4 (0.79%) IPv4
9 3 (0.59%) WAN
9 3 (0.59%) Wireless
10 2 (0.40%) DHCP
10 2 (0.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (0.40%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.40%) VRRP
11 1 (0.20%) iSCSI
11 1 (0.20%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (12.25%) Data Lake
2 56 (11.07%) Power BI
3 47 (9.29%) Azure SQL Database
4 41 (8.10%) SQL Server
5 34 (6.72%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.36%) Delta Lake
7 15 (2.96%) Big Data
7 15 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 10 (1.98%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.98%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.98%) Spark SQL
10 8 (1.58%) Power Query
11 7 (1.38%) Data Mart
11 7 (1.38%) Redis
12 6 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.99%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (7.71%) Git
2 26 (5.14%) GitLab
3 25 (4.94%) Jenkins
4 9 (1.78%) Selenium
5 7 (1.38%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.19%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.19%) JIRA
7 5 (0.99%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.59%) Burp Suite
8 3 (0.59%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.59%) NUnit
8 3 (0.59%) Postman
8 3 (0.59%) Robot Framework
8 3 (0.59%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.40%) AppScan
9 2 (0.40%) MLflow
9 2 (0.40%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.40%) Snyk
9 2 (0.40%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 99 (19.57%) Finance
2 88 (17.39%) Social Skills
3 59 (11.66%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.13%) Marketing
5 30 (5.93%) Banking
6 22 (4.35%) Telecoms
7 19 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (3.56%) Electronics
8 18 (3.56%) Manufacturing
9 8 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
10 7 (1.38%) Investment Banking
10 7 (1.38%) Law
11 6 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (0.79%) Legal
12 4 (0.79%) Retail
13 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.40%) Back Office
14 2 (0.40%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.88%) .NET
2 49 (9.68%) PySpark
3 32 (6.32%) ARM Templates
4 26 (5.14%) YAML
5 22 (4.35%) Kafka
6 21 (4.15%) JSON
7 16 (3.16%) Node.js
8 13 (2.57%) React
9 12 (2.37%) CSS
9 12 (2.37%) HTML
10 11 (2.17%) .NET Core
11 8 (1.58%) HTML5
12 6 (1.19%) PyTorch
12 6 (1.19%) RESTful
12 6 (1.19%) XML
13 5 (0.99%) AngularJS
13 5 (0.99%) GraphQL
13 5 (0.99%) Hugging Face
13 5 (0.99%) LangChain
13 5 (0.99%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.74%) Greenfield Project
2 11 (2.17%) Product Ownership
3 9 (1.78%) Data Centre
3 9 (1.78%) Linux Command Line
4 7 (1.38%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (1.19%) Market Risk
5 6 (1.19%) Onboarding
6 5 (0.99%) NHS
6 5 (0.99%) Public Cloud
6 5 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.79%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.59%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.59%) Tandem
9 2 (0.40%) Genomics
9 2 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 73 (14.43%) Windows
2 47 (9.29%) Linux
3 33 (6.52%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.57%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.98%) Unix
6 9 (1.78%) Windows 7
7 6 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.99%) Alpine Linux
8 5 (0.99%) VMS
8 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
8 5 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.59%) CentOS
9 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.20%) Debian
10 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (49.41%) DevOps
2 139 (27.47%) CI/CD
3 94 (18.58%) Infrastructure as Code
4 91 (17.98%) Agile
5 76 (15.02%) Analytics
6 71 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
7 69 (13.64%) ETL
8 58 (11.46%) Data Engineering
9 54 (10.67%) Data Pipeline
10 51 (10.08%) Data Modelling
11 49 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 48 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
13 44 (8.70%) Migration
14 41 (8.10%) Software Engineering
15 32 (6.32%) Continuous Integration
15 32 (6.32%) Platform Engineering
15 32 (6.32%) Scrum
16 29 (5.73%) Containerisation
17 26 (5.14%) Computer Science
18 25 (4.94%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 151 (29.84%) SQL
2 150 (29.64%) Python
3 105 (20.75%) PowerShell
4 50 (9.88%) C#
5 26 (5.14%) Bash
6 25 (4.94%) Bicep
7 19 (3.75%) Java
8 13 (2.57%) JavaScript
8 13 (2.57%) Scala
9 12 (2.37%) TypeScript
10 11 (2.17%) T-SQL
11 9 (1.78%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (1.38%) Go
13 6 (1.19%) C++
13 6 (1.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.99%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.79%) Perl
15 4 (0.79%) R
16 3 (0.59%) C
17 2 (0.40%) VB
Qualifications
1 52 (10.28%) Security Cleared
2 51 (10.08%) Azure Certification
3 45 (8.89%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.92%) Degree
5 17 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.78%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 4 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 4 (0.79%) CISSP
7 4 (0.79%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.20%) CCIE
9 1 (0.20%) CISA
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.20%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.17%) Data Quality
2 9 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.19%) GDPR
3 6 (1.19%) QA
4 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.20%) GRC
6 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.20%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 70 (13.83%) Docker
2 67 (13.24%) Active Directory
3 21 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
4 18 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (1.38%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.19%) vSphere
7 5 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (0.79%) NFS
9 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 128 (25.30%) Terraform
2 92 (18.18%) Kubernetes
3 30 (5.93%) Ansible
4 19 (3.75%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (3.56%) SCCM
6 12 (2.37%) Grafana
6 12 (2.37%) Prometheus
7 10 (1.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 10 (1.98%) Puppet
8 8 (1.58%) SCOM
8 8 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.79%) Argo
9 4 (0.79%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.59%) WSUS
11 2 (0.40%) Graylog
11 2 (0.40%) HP Fortify
11 2 (0.40%) Nessus
11 2 (0.40%) Netcool
11 2 (0.40%) WebInspect
12 1 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 152 (30.04%) Microsoft
2 106 (20.95%) Databricks
3 18 (3.56%) SAP
4 15 (2.96%) VMware
5 10 (1.98%) Splunk
6 8 (1.58%) F5
7 7 (1.38%) Dynatrace
7 7 (1.38%) Oracle
8 5 (0.99%) Ab Initio
8 5 (0.99%) CA
8 5 (0.99%) Cisco
8 5 (0.99%) HP
9 4 (0.79%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.59%) Checkmarx
10 3 (0.59%) Citrix
10 3 (0.59%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.59%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.59%) Veracode
11 2 (0.40%) Virgin Media
11 2 (0.40%) WSO2