Microsoft Azure
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 7 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
6 months to 7 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
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Rank | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Rank change year-on-year | 0 | 0 | +1 |
Contract jobs citing Azure | 6,707 | 12,448 | 14,865 |
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 14.94% | 16.21% | 16.59% |
As % of the Cloud Services category | 43.21% | 43.21% | 42.75% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 4,919 | 9,053 | 10,814 |
10th Percentile | £350 | £395 | £375 |
25th Percentile | £435 | £463 | £450 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £563 | £533 |
Median % change year-on-year | -2.22% | +5.63% | +6.50% |
75th Percentile | £650 | £656 | £638 |
90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £706 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £520 | £525 | £490 |
% change year-on-year | -0.95% | +7.14% | +8.89% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 77 | 112 | 103 |
10th Percentile | £17.75 | £16.28 | £15.62 |
25th Percentile | £22.50 | £19.69 | £31.00 |
Median hourly rate | £46.18 | £35.00 | £55.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | +31.94% | -36.36% | +5.77% |
75th Percentile | £62.50 | £67.50 | £65.25 |
90th Percentile | £77.50 | £70.00 | £75.85 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £46.18 | £49.00 | £55.00 |
% change year-on-year | -5.76% | -10.91% | +10.00% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 15,521 | 28,806 | 34,770 |
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.58% | 37.52% | 38.81% |
Number of daily rates quoted | 11,184 | 20,583 | 25,292 |
10th Percentile | £300 | £338 | £345 |
25th Percentile | £419 | £450 | £430 |
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £525 |
Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £625 |
90th Percentile | £737 | £744 | £700 |
UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
% change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +5.56% |
Number of hourly rates quoted | 286 | 409 | 496 |
10th Percentile | £14.31 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
25th Percentile | £17.56 | £15.75 | £15.00 |
Median hourly rate | £25.00 | £22.16 | £21.00 |
Median % change year-on-year | +12.82% | +5.52% | -10.26% |
75th Percentile | £53.75 | £43.63 | £46.50 |
90th Percentile | £78.00 | £70.00 | £65.00 |
UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.00 | £19.21 | £18.17 |
% change year-on-year | +9.35% | +5.73% | -9.18% |
Azure
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.
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Top 17 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 | 0 | 5,663 | £550 | -3.46% | 4,140 |
London | +1 | 3,189 | £568 | -5.42% | 1,515 |
Work from Home | +1 | 2,924 | £525 | -4.55% | 2,538 |
UK excluding London | 0 | 2,579 | £520 | -0.95% | 2,942 |
North of England | -1 | 680 | £500 | -4.76% | 766 |
South East | -3 | 573 | £550 | +4.76% | 832 |
Midlands | +3 | 433 | £475 | -5.00% | 535 |
North West | -1 | 407 | £495 | -5.71% | 375 |
South West | +1 | 404 | £550 | +0.05% | 308 |
West Midlands | +4 | 326 | £500 | - | 323 |
Scotland | -1 | 280 | £500 | +3.09% | 178 |
Yorkshire | -2 | 250 | £510 | -6.42% | 285 |
East of England | -10 | 140 | £464 | -15.68% | 239 |
East Midlands | -1 | 98 | £425 | -19.05% | 208 |
Wales | +2 | 79 | £450 | -18.18% | 99 |
North East | +3 | 28 | £425 | -22.73% | 116 |
Northern Ireland | 0 | 7 | £500 | - | 39 |
Azure
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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