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 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 158 154
Rank change year-on-year -43 -4 -18
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 506 1,035 1,627
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.17% 1.75% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 1.85% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 394 798 1,166
10th Percentile £375 £431 £413
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +7.84%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £650
90th Percentile £716 £725 £753
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 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -43 443 £525 -7.12% 134
London -28 282 £550 -6.58% 66
Work from Home -31 195 £525 -4.55% 83
UK excluding London -56 148 £500 -9.09% 74
North of England -9 50 £500 -9.09% 19
South East -19 38 £500 -4.76% 18
North West -5 29 £506 -3.57% 13
South West -8 25 £525 -5.62% 12
Yorkshire +14 20 £475 -20.83% 5
Midlands +1 17 £438 -13.37% 14
West Midlands -4 13 £425 -22.73% 9
East of England -3 9 £450 -10.00% 4
Scotland +30 7 £440 -2.22% 3
Wales +18 4 £513 -7.87% 5
East Midlands +18 4 £463 +3.35% 5
North East +15 1 £500 -16.67% 1

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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
2 247 (48.81%) DevOps
3 166 (32.81%) Azure DevOps
4 154 (30.43%) Python
5 153 (30.24%) SQL
6 152 (30.04%) Microsoft
7 141 (27.87%) CI/CD
8 123 (24.31%) Terraform
9 109 (21.54%) Databricks
10 106 (20.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 103 (20.36%) PowerShell
12 96 (18.97%) Finance
13 94 (18.58%) Kubernetes
14 91 (17.98%) Agile
15 89 (17.59%) Social Skills
15 89 (17.59%) Infrastructure as Code
16 78 (15.42%) Analytics
17 74 (14.62%) Windows
18 72 (14.23%) ETL
19 71 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
20 69 (13.64%) Active Directory
20 69 (13.64%) Docker
21 65 (12.85%) Data Lake
22 60 (11.86%) Data Pipeline
23 59 (11.66%) Power Platform
23 59 (11.66%) Data Engineering
24 56 (11.07%) Public Sector
24 56 (11.07%) Power BI
25 53 (10.47%) Security Cleared
26 52 (10.28%) 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 22 (4.35%) Apache Spark
2 16 (3.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (2.17%) SharePoint
4 10 (1.98%) Apache
4 10 (1.98%) IIS
5 5 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.79%) Confluence
6 4 (0.79%) Luigi
7 2 (0.40%) nginx
8 1 (0.20%) JBoss
8 1 (0.20%) SAS
8 1 (0.20%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
8 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
2 166 (32.81%) Azure DevOps
3 106 (20.95%) Azure Data Factory
4 59 (11.66%) Power Platform
5 52 (10.28%) Entra ID
6 49 (9.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 41 (8.10%) AWS
8 40 (7.91%) PaaS
9 34 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (5.73%) Azure AKS
11 27 (5.34%) Serverless
12 26 (5.14%) GitHub
12 26 (5.14%) IaaS
13 25 (4.94%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (3.75%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (3.36%) Azure Functions
15 17 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
16 16 (3.16%) Azure Logic Apps
16 16 (3.16%) GCP
17 15 (2.96%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 40 (7.91%) Firewall
2 33 (6.52%) DNS
3 17 (3.36%) VPN
4 13 (2.57%) 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%) DHCP
9 3 (0.59%) WAN
9 3 (0.59%) Wireless
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 65 (12.85%) Data Lake
2 56 (11.07%) Power BI
3 49 (9.68%) Azure SQL Database
4 40 (7.91%) SQL Server
5 35 (6.92%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.16%) Big Data
6 16 (3.16%) Delta Lake
7 15 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
8 13 (2.57%) NoSQL
9 12 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.98%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.98%) Spark SQL
11 7 (1.38%) Power Query
11 7 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 6 (1.19%) Data Mart
12 6 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (1.19%) Redis
12 6 (1.19%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Analysis Services
13 5 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (7.91%) 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%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.40%) Deequ
9 2 (0.40%) MLflow
9 2 (0.40%) Snyk
9 2 (0.40%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 96 (18.97%) Finance
2 89 (17.59%) Social Skills
3 56 (11.07%) Public Sector
4 31 (6.13%) Banking
5 29 (5.73%) Marketing
6 20 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 16 (3.16%) Electronics
7 16 (3.16%) Manufacturing
8 8 (1.58%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.38%) Investment Banking
9 7 (1.38%) Law
10 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (0.79%) Legal
12 3 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (0.59%) Retail
13 2 (0.40%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.40%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (10.28%) PySpark
2 51 (10.08%) .NET
3 34 (6.72%) 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 10 (1.98%) 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%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.19%) Public Cloud
5 6 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (0.99%) Market Risk
6 5 (0.99%) NHS
7 4 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (0.79%) Smart Meter
8 3 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.59%) PKI
8 3 (0.59%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.59%) Tandem
9 2 (0.40%) Genomics
9 2 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 74 (14.62%) Windows
2 48 (9.49%) Linux
3 32 (6.32%) Windows Server
4 13 (2.57%) Windows 10
5 10 (1.98%) Unix
6 9 (1.78%) Windows 7
7 7 (1.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 6 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.99%) Alpine Linux
9 5 (0.99%) VMS
10 3 (0.59%) CentOS
10 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.20%) Debian
11 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (48.81%) DevOps
2 141 (27.87%) CI/CD
3 91 (17.98%) Agile
4 89 (17.59%) Infrastructure as Code
5 78 (15.42%) Analytics
6 72 (14.23%) ETL
7 71 (14.03%) Business Intelligence
8 60 (11.86%) Data Pipeline
9 59 (11.66%) Data Engineering
10 52 (10.28%) Data Modelling
11 49 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 47 (9.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 46 (9.09%) Migration
14 43 (8.50%) Software Engineering
15 35 (6.92%) Continuous Integration
16 33 (6.52%) Scrum
17 30 (5.93%) Platform Engineering
18 28 (5.53%) Containerisation
19 25 (4.94%) Computer Science
20 24 (4.74%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 154 (30.43%) Python
2 153 (30.24%) SQL
3 103 (20.36%) PowerShell
4 51 (10.08%) C#
5 27 (5.34%) Bash
6 26 (5.14%) Bicep
7 19 (3.75%) Java
8 16 (3.16%) Scala
9 13 (2.57%) JavaScript
9 13 (2.57%) T-SQL
10 12 (2.37%) TypeScript
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%) R
14 5 (0.99%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.79%) Perl
16 3 (0.59%) C
16 3 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 53 (10.47%) Security Cleared
2 49 (9.68%) Azure Certification
3 46 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 35 (6.92%) Degree
5 16 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (1.98%) DV Cleared
7 9 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.79%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.79%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 4 (0.79%) CISSP
8 4 (0.79%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.20%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.20%) CISA
11 1 (0.20%) CISM
11 1 (0.20%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.20%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.77%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.19%) GDPR
3 6 (1.19%) QA
4 3 (0.59%) Accessibility
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%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.20%) NIST
6 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.20%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (13.64%) Active Directory
1 69 (13.64%) Docker
2 22 (4.35%) Virtual Machines
3 18 (3.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.19%) vSphere
6 5 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.79%) NFS
8 2 (0.40%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 123 (24.31%) Terraform
2 94 (18.58%) Kubernetes
3 29 (5.73%) Ansible
4 20 (3.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (3.75%) SCCM
6 11 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 11 (2.17%) Grafana
6 11 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.17%) Puppet
7 9 (1.78%) SCOM
8 8 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.79%) Argo
9 4 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.79%) WSUS
10 2 (0.40%) Graylog
10 2 (0.40%) HP Fortify
10 2 (0.40%) Nessus
10 2 (0.40%) Netcool
10 2 (0.40%) WebInspect
11 1 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 152 (30.04%) Microsoft
2 109 (21.54%) Databricks
3 16 (3.16%) SAP
4 15 (2.96%) VMware
5 10 (1.98%) Splunk
6 8 (1.58%) F5
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%) Dynatrace
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