Azure Stack Contracts

Microsoft Azure Stack
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Azure Stack skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Stack over the 6 months leading up to 8 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 507 544 579
Rank change year-on-year +37 +35 +173
Contract jobs citing Azure Stack 39 52 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.12% 0.12% 0.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.32% 0.36% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 47 97
10th Percentile £400 £430 £425
25th Percentile £438 £463 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £495 £640
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -22.66% +16.36%
75th Percentile £645 £575 £688
90th Percentile £770 £643 £742
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £483 £650
% change year-on-year +13.99% -25.77% +14.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 - -
Median hourly rate £74.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £74.00 - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Stack 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,039 14,268 20,845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.62% 33.08% 36.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,053 10,018 15,067
10th Percentile £313 £300 £320
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 355 350
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.16 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.41 £16.06 £18.95
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -37.14% +56.25%
75th Percentile £47.22 £47.47 £66.00
90th Percentile £71.38 £70.00 £78.79
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.87 £20.99 £26.48
% change year-on-year -10.08% -20.75% +37.59%

Azure Stack
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Stack as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Stack in the UK

Azure Stack
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Stack in the UK

Azure Stack
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Stack over the 6 months to 8 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Stack in the UK

Azure Stack
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Stack in the UK

Azure Stack
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 Stack within the UK over the 6 months to 8 July 2025. 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 +35 35 £575 +15.58% 20
London +30 21 £575 +4.55% 6
UK excluding London +32 14 £550 +13.99% 16
Work from Home +33 11 £600 +21.21% 14
South East +42 6 £394 -26.74% 6
West Midlands - 5 £800 - 4
Midlands - 5 £800 - 5
South West +28 4 £800 +68.42% 2
North of England +7 2 £525 +34.62% 2
North West +4 1 £500 +28.21%
Yorkshire - 1 £550 - 2
Scotland - 1 £350 -

Azure Stack
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 39 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (23.08%) SaaS
3 7 (17.95%) Power Platform
4 6 (15.38%) Azure Data Factory
5 5 (12.82%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (12.82%) Entra ID
6 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (10.26%) Power Automate
6 4 (10.26%) PowerApps
6 4 (10.26%) Tricentis Tosca
7 3 (7.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (5.13%) IaaS
8 2 (5.13%) PaaS
8 2 (5.13%) Snowflake
9 1 (2.56%) AWS
9 1 (2.56%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.56%) GCP
9 1 (2.56%) iPaaS
9 1 (2.56%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.26%) Firewall
2 1 (2.56%) DHCP
2 1 (2.56%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) Power BI
2 4 (10.26%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (5.13%) Data Lake
3 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.56%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (2.56%) Big Data
4 1 (2.56%) BigQuery
4 1 (2.56%) Data Vault
4 1 (2.56%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Cypress.io
1 2 (5.13%) Git
1 2 (5.13%) Moq
1 2 (5.13%) Visual Studio
1 2 (5.13%) Visual Studio Code
2 1 (2.56%) CMake
General
1 12 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.69%) Finance
4 2 (5.13%) Law
4 2 (5.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.56%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (35.90%) Senior
2 10 (25.64%) Architect
3 8 (20.51%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Data Engineer
4 7 (17.95%) Developer
5 5 (12.82%) Analyst
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Azure Developer
6 4 (10.26%) Dynamics 365 Architect
6 4 (10.26%) Platform Architect
6 4 (10.26%) Power Platform Architect
6 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared Test Analyst
6 4 (10.26%) Test Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Applications Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Applications Developer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Data Engineer
7 3 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Security Architect
8 2 (5.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.38%) .NET
2 4 (10.26%) JSON
2 4 (10.26%) XML
3 2 (5.13%) .NET Core
3 2 (5.13%) AngularJS
3 2 (5.13%) ASP.NET
3 2 (5.13%) CSS
3 2 (5.13%) HTML
3 2 (5.13%) PySpark
3 2 (5.13%) RESTful
3 2 (5.13%) YAML
4 1 (2.56%) Middleware
4 1 (2.56%) Murex Flex
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.13%) NHS
2 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.13%) Private Cloud
2 2 (5.13%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.13%) Replication
2 2 (5.13%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.56%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.69%) Linux
1 3 (7.69%) Windows
1 3 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) Agile
1 7 (17.95%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (17.95%) CI/CD
1 7 (17.95%) DevOps
1 7 (17.95%) Test Automation
2 5 (12.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (10.26%) Analytics
3 4 (10.26%) Customer Engagement
3 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
3 4 (10.26%) Data Modelling
3 4 (10.26%) Data Pipeline
3 4 (10.26%) Software Engineering
4 3 (7.69%) Data Engineering
4 3 (7.69%) ETL
4 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 3 (7.69%) Integration Testing
4 3 (7.69%) Project Management
4 3 (7.69%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (5.13%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (5.13%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.08%) SQL
2 5 (12.82%) C#
3 4 (10.26%) Python
4 2 (5.13%) ActionScript
4 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
4 2 (5.13%) PowerShell
4 2 (5.13%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) DV Cleared
4 3 (7.69%) Azure Certification
5 2 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (5.13%) Degree
5 2 (5.13%) ISEB
5 2 (5.13%) ISTQB
5 2 (5.13%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (5.13%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (5.13%) PMP
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (5.13%) GDPR
1 2 (5.13%) HIPAA
1 2 (5.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (5.13%) NIST
1 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.56%) NCSC
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Hyper-V
2 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.13%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.95%) Databricks
3 2 (5.13%) Infor
3 2 (5.13%) VMware
4 1 (2.56%) Informatica
4 1 (2.56%) Murex
4 1 (2.56%) Oracle
4 1 (2.56%) Quark
4 1 (2.56%) SAP