Platform Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK
The median Platform Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in the UK is £488 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 | 553 | 666 | 756 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +113 | +90 | -140 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Azure Platform Engineer | 26 | 34 | 104 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.060% | 0.057% | 0.12% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.064% | 0.060% | 0.12% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 18 | 26 | 79 |
| 10th Percentile | £360 | £491 | £463 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £525 | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | £581 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.13% | +5.68% | -3.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £613 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £643 | £703 | £783 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £575 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.04% | +9.52% | +0.48% |
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 | 40,413 | 56,730 | 84,732 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.78% | 94.61% | 95.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,320 | 39,605 | 59,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £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 | £726 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,653 | 1,602 | 2,109 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.28 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.96 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.09% | +95.65% | +0.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.25 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.50 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.00 | £42.37 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.30% | +117.26% | +2.47% |
Azure Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Azure Platform Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Azure Platform Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Platform Engineer.
Azure Platform Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Platform Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Azure Platform Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Platform Engineer within the UK 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 |
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| England | +106 | 23 | £500 | -13.98% | 16 |
| London | +112 | 14 | £488 | -6.02% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 11 | £440 | -26.67% | 14 |
| UK excluding London | +67 | 11 | £500 | -13.04% | 14 |
| North of England | +21 | 4 | £575 | - | 5 |
| West Midlands | - | 4 | £375 | - | 1 |
| Midlands | - | 4 | £375 | - | 1 |
| Yorkshire | +20 | 3 | £500 | -13.04% | 1 |
| Scotland | +34 | 2 | £440 | - | 3 |
| South East | +25 | 2 | £525 | +5.00% | 1 |
| North West | +14 | 1 | £650 | +11.83% | 3 |
| South West | - | 1 | £500 | - | 2 |
Azure Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Azure Platform 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 Platform Engineer in the job title.
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Azure Platform 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:
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