Azure Contract Job Trends in West Lothian

Microsoft Azure
Scotland > West Lothian

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Lothian requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - 20
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Lothian 7.14% - 1.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 100.00% - 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £525 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +13.02% -7.10% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
West Lothian

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 in West Lothian.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian 7.14% 4.17% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 £331 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £338 £70
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +382.14% -88.45%
75th Percentile £238 £344 -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £500 £450 £490
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.16% +3.16%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in West Lothian

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Lothian.

Azure job vacancy trend in West Lothian

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in West Lothian

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Lothian citing Azure

Azure
Contract Job Locations in West Lothian

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the West Lothian region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Livingston - 1 £225 - 6
Azure
Scotland

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Lothian 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware