Azure Consultant Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Consultant
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 489 540
Rank change year-on-year -94 +51 +91
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Consultant 42 30 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 42
10th Percentile £455 £490 £413
25th Percentile £500 £522 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £625
90th Percentile £638 £635 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 £625
% change year-on-year -8.70% -8.00% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 41,143 26,962 41,094
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 92.84% 92.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,657 17,725 26,925
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -3.54%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £485 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,568 945 2,533
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.03 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.74 £20.94 £16.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £32.50 £32.90
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% -1.20% -25.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.81 £71.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +25.94% -3.45% -21.68%

Azure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Azure Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Consultant over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Consultant in the UK

Azure Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Azure Consultant job vacancies in the UK

Azure Consultant
Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. 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
Work from Home -33 30 £596 +8.36% 1
England -107 24 £550 -8.33% 6
London -62 19 £550 -8.33% 4
UK excluding London -96 6 £525 -8.70% 5
North of England -68 2 £550 +22.22%
Midlands -73 2 £500 -24.53%
Yorkshire - 2 £550 -
South West -25 1 - -
East Midlands -33 1 - -
West Midlands -59 1 £500 -18.37%
Scotland - 1 £425 -

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 April 2026, Azure Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Azure Consultant in the job title.

1 42 (100.00%) Azure
2 18 (42.86%) SC Cleared
2 18 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
4 13 (30.95%) PowerShell
5 12 (28.57%) Python
5 12 (28.57%) Terraform
6 10 (23.81%) DevOps
6 10 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
6 10 (23.81%) VMware
7 9 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (21.43%) CI/CD
7 9 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 8 (19.05%) Failover Clustering
8 8 (19.05%) Hyper-V
8 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
8 8 (19.05%) Software-Defined Networking
8 8 (19.05%) vRealize
9 7 (16.67%) Entra ID
10 6 (14.29%) Firewall
10 6 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
10 6 (14.29%) SQL
11 5 (11.90%) ITIL
11 5 (11.90%) Migration
11 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
11 5 (11.90%) VPN
12 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
12 4 (9.52%) Agile
12 4 (9.52%) Azure Blueprints
12 4 (9.52%) Azure Monitor

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 42 (100.00%) Azure
2 9 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
5 4 (9.52%) Azure Monitor
5 4 (9.52%) GitHub
5 4 (9.52%) GitHub Actions
6 3 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 3 (7.14%) IaaS
6 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (7.14%) Power Automate
6 3 (7.14%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (4.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (4.76%) Nutanix
8 1 (2.38%) Azure AI
8 1 (2.38%) Azure AKS
8 1 (2.38%) Azure API Management
8 1 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) Software-Defined Networking
2 6 (14.29%) Firewall
3 5 (11.90%) VPN
4 2 (4.76%) Network Security
5 1 (2.38%) DHCP
5 1 (2.38%) DNS
5 1 (2.38%) SAN
5 1 (2.38%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.38%) SSH
5 1 (2.38%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.52%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (2.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Git
2 1 (2.38%) Appium
2 1 (2.38%) MSTest
2 1 (2.38%) NUnit
General
1 15 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.52%) Finance
3 3 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.76%) Banking
5 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (9.52%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (4.76%) ARM Templates
2 2 (4.76%) REST
3 1 (2.38%) .NET
3 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.38%) ADO
3 1 (2.38%) JSON
3 1 (2.38%) RESTful
3 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
2 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) VMS
2 1 (2.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.81%) DevOps
1 10 (23.81%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (21.43%) CI/CD
3 6 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
4 5 (11.90%) ITIL
4 5 (11.90%) Migration
5 4 (9.52%) Agile
5 4 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (9.52%) Cloud Security
5 4 (9.52%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (9.52%) RBAC
5 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (7.14%) Analytics
6 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.14%) Data Modelling
6 3 (7.14%) Data Pipeline
6 3 (7.14%) Identity Management
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (7.14%) Machine Learning
6 3 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) PowerShell
2 12 (28.57%) Python
3 8 (19.05%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.29%) SQL
5 3 (7.14%) Bicep
6 2 (4.76%) Bash
7 1 (2.38%) C#
7 1 (2.38%) Korn
Qualifications
1 18 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 18 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 9 (21.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
4 2 (4.76%) CCNA
4 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.76%) Degree
5 1 (2.38%) CCNP
5 1 (2.38%) CISSP
5 1 (2.38%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
1 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (4.76%) NCSC
2 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (19.05%) Hyper-V
2 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (28.57%) Terraform
2 8 (19.05%) Failover Clustering
2 8 (19.05%) vRealize
3 2 (4.76%) Ansible
3 2 (4.76%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.38%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.38%) Packer
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.81%) VMware
3 1 (2.38%) 3PAR
3 1 (2.38%) Citrix
3 1 (2.38%) Databricks
3 1 (2.38%) Fortinet
3 1 (2.38%) Nimble Storage
3 1 (2.38%) ProCurve