Azure Storage Contracts

Microsoft Azure Storage
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Azure Storage skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Storage over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 500 598
Rank change year-on-year +22 +98 +75
Contract jobs citing Azure Storage 42 82 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.19% 0.20%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.38% 0.58% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 51 82
10th Percentile £408 £386 £413
25th Percentile £434 £475 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £605 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.96% +0.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £663
90th Percentile £700 £738 £795
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £605 £588
% change year-on-year -25.62% +2.98% +14.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Cloud Skills
UK

Azure Storage 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 11,005 14,070 22,025
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.59% 32.30% 36.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,639 9,993 15,919
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £633 £650
90th Percentile £731 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 346 350
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%
75th Percentile £47.58 £35.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £61.60 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £17.72 £24.62
% change year-on-year +21.11% -28.03% +31.31%

Azure Storage
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Storage in the UK

Azure Storage
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Storage in the UK

Azure Storage
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Storage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Storage in the UK

Azure Storage
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Storage in the UK

Azure Storage
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Storage within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +19 40 £588 -2.89% 29
London +16 22 £650 +9.47% 13
UK excluding London +51 15 £450 -25.62% 19
Work from Home +18 13 £625 +3.31% 18
South East +38 8 £425 -29.75% 4
North of England +22 5 £450 -12.20% 8
North West +19 4 £488 -4.88% 3
South West +41 3 £450 -13.25% 2
Midlands +22 1 - - 3
West Midlands +14 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £438 - 3

Azure Storage
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 5 (11.90%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.38%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 42 (100.00%) Azure
2 14 (33.33%) Azure App Service
2 14 (33.33%) Serverless
3 13 (30.95%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (30.95%) Azure Functions
4 12 (28.57%) Azure Logic Apps
5 11 (26.19%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (23.81%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (19.05%) Azure AKS
7 8 (19.05%) Entra ID
8 7 (16.67%) AWS
8 7 (16.67%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (16.67%) GitHub
8 7 (16.67%) IaaS
8 7 (16.67%) Power Platform
9 6 (14.29%) Power Automate
10 5 (11.90%) AWS Lambda
10 5 (11.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (11.90%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (23.81%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) DNS
3 1 (2.38%) DHCP
3 1 (2.38%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (42.86%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (19.05%) SQL Server
3 7 (16.67%) MongoDB
3 7 (16.67%) Power BI
4 5 (11.90%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (9.52%) Data Lake
5 4 (9.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.38%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (2.38%) Apache Hive
6 1 (2.38%) Big Data
6 1 (2.38%) Hadoop
6 1 (2.38%) HBase
6 1 (2.38%) HDInsight
6 1 (2.38%) Impala
6 1 (2.38%) Metadata
6 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
6 1 (2.38%) Parquet
6 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Git
2 2 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 13 (30.95%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
3 2 (4.76%) Front Office
4 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (40.48%) Architect
2 12 (28.57%) Azure Architect
3 9 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
4 8 (19.05%) Developer
4 8 (19.05%) Senior
5 5 (11.90%) .NET Developer
5 5 (11.90%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Site Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Data Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Senior Data Engineer
6 4 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (7.14%) Data Architect
7 3 (7.14%) Senior .NET Developer
7 3 (7.14%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.76%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
8 2 (4.76%) Applications Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) React Developer
8 2 (4.76%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (38.10%) ARM Templates
2 12 (28.57%) .NET
2 12 (28.57%) .NET Core
3 5 (11.90%) ADO
3 5 (11.90%) Blazor
3 5 (11.90%) RESTful
4 3 (7.14%) OAuth
5 2 (4.76%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
5 2 (4.76%) ASP.NET
5 2 (4.76%) Entity Framework
5 2 (4.76%) PySpark
5 2 (4.76%) React
5 2 (4.76%) YAML
6 1 (2.38%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (2.38%) CSS
6 1 (2.38%) CSS3
6 1 (2.38%) Kafka
6 1 (2.38%) React Native
6 1 (2.38%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 3 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (7.14%) TWAP
2 3 (7.14%) VWAP
3 2 (4.76%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.76%) Clustering
3 2 (4.76%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.38%) NHS
4 1 (2.38%) PKI
4 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.38%) Taxonomies
4 1 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.38%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
2 3 (7.14%) VMS
3 1 (2.38%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.38%) Unix
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (2.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (45.24%) CI/CD
2 17 (40.48%) Infrastructure as Code
3 15 (35.71%) DevOps
4 11 (26.19%) Cloud Security
4 11 (26.19%) RBAC
5 10 (23.81%) Agile
6 9 (21.43%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (19.05%) Analytics
8 7 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (16.67%) Data Modelling
8 7 (16.67%) Microservices
8 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
10 5 (11.90%) Algorithmic Trading
10 5 (11.90%) API Management
10 5 (11.90%) Data Development
10 5 (11.90%) ETL
10 5 (11.90%) Event-Driven
10 5 (11.90%) Multithreading
10 5 (11.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (47.62%) SQL
2 15 (35.71%) Bicep
3 11 (26.19%) Python
4 10 (23.81%) C#
5 8 (19.05%) PowerShell
6 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
7 5 (11.90%) C++
7 5 (11.90%) Go
7 5 (11.90%) PL/SQL
7 5 (11.90%) T-SQL
8 4 (9.52%) Bash
9 1 (2.38%) Perl
9 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
9 1 (2.38%) VB
9 1 (2.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (40.48%) Security Cleared
2 16 (38.10%) SC Cleared
3 6 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.76%) Degree
6 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) HL7
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 8 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.38%) Apache Flume
4 1 (2.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (42.86%) Terraform
2 13 (30.95%) Kubernetes
3 2 (4.76%) Ansible
3 2 (4.76%) Grafana
3 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.76%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (2.38%) SCCM
4 1 (2.38%) SCOM
4 1 (2.38%) WSUS
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.29%) Databricks
3 5 (11.90%) MuleSoft
3 5 (11.90%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Cisco
4 1 (2.38%) Citrix
4 1 (2.38%) EMC
4 1 (2.38%) Google
4 1 (2.38%) NetApp
4 1 (2.38%) StreamSets
4 1 (2.38%) Veeam
4 1 (2.38%) VMware