Azure Contract Job Trends
Microsoft Azure
UK
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | 0 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 8,366 | 5,142 | 5,495 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 15.22% | 15.44% | 14.68% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 43.84% | 40.15% | 42.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,840 | 3,498 | 3,714 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £338 |
| 25th Percentile | £440 | £419 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £529 | £520 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.73% | -0.95% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £713 | £723 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £510 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.03% | - | -4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 194 | 46 | 36 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.25 | £15.50 | £19.79 |
| 25th Percentile | £23.00 | £26.00 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £46.00 | £35.99 | £33.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +27.81% | +9.06% | -28.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £78.75 | £67.25 | £58.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £100.00 | £93.75 | £81.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £39.50 | £41.45 | £38.59 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.70% | +7.41% | -16.44% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
UK
Azure 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.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 19,083 | 12,808 | 13,039 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 34.72% | 38.47% | 34.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12,688 | 8,553 | 8,611 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £308 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £409 | £419 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £613 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £715 | £713 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 652 | 297 | 181 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £15.17 | £16.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.95 | £18.87 | £22.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +19.28% | -28.14% | +8.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £43.75 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £67.00 | £70.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.00 | £20.00 | £33.93 |
| % change year-on-year | +50.00% | -41.06% | +50.73% |
Azure Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Azure Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure.
Azure Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
Azure Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure.
Azure Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 18 October 2026.
Azure Top 18 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -2 | 7,111 | £530 | +0.95% | 6,128 |
| London | 0 | 3,775 | £550 | +0.46% | 2,886 |
| UK excluding London | 0 | 3,472 | £510 | +2.03% | 3,563 |
| Work from Home | -2 | 2,566 | £525 | +5.00% | 3,079 |
| North of England | +4 | 1,013 | £500 | +5.26% | 1,035 |
| South East | +1 | 908 | £538 | +7.50% | 795 |
| Midlands | +1 | 634 | £493 | -5.29% | 518 |
| North West | +4 | 493 | £500 | +5.26% | 518 |
| West Midlands | +1 | 491 | £480 | -12.73% | 336 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 434 | £500 | - | 373 |
| South West | +1 | 396 | £550 | +5.77% | 386 |
| Scotland | -1 | 285 | £500 | - | 316 |
| East of England | -2 | 178 | £500 | - | 278 |
| East Midlands | 0 | 139 | £500 | +11.11% | 182 |
| North East | -2 | 95 | £506 | +1.25% | 151 |
| Wales | -3 | 81 | £450 | -1.37% | 144 |
| Northern Ireland | +12 | 12 | £650 | - | 117 |
| Channel Islands | -8 | 3 | £500 | -21.88% | 6 |
Azure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 35.3% | 2,957 |
| 2 | Azure DevOps | 21.6% | 1,803 |
| 3 | GCP | 17.7% | 1,484 |
| 4 | Entra ID | 14.1% | 1,177 |
| 5 | Power Platform | 13.1% | 1,092 |
| 6 | Microsoft 365 | 11.0% | 921 |
| 7 | GitHub | 10.8% | 903 |
| 8 | GitHub Actions | 6.1% | 511 |
| 9 | Azure Data Factory | 5.6% | 467 |
| 10 | Serverless | 4.6% | 381 |
| 11 | SaaS | 4.4% | 366 |
| 12 | Azure Monitor | 4.2% | 353 |
| 13 | Dynamics 365 | 3.8% | 315 |
| 14 | Power Automate | 3.7% | 308 |
| 15 | Snowflake | 3.7% | 306 |
| 16 | Azure AKS | 3.6% | 298 |
| 17 | Azure Synapse Analytics | 3.5% | 294 |
| 18 | PowerApps | 3.5% | 293 |
| 19 | Azure AI | 3.3% | 275 |
| 20 | Microsoft Copilot | 3.1% | 260 |