Azure Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in West Yorkshire is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 66 74
Rank change year-on-year -24 +8 -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Infrastructure Engineer 5 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.40% 0.32% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.33% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £310 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £320 £475
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -32.63% -
75th Percentile - £330 £488
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £431 £320 £475
% change year-on-year +34.77% -32.63% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,155 602 894
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.15% 96.63% 92.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 690 386 564
10th Percentile £313 £300 £288
25th Percentile £406 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £495
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -2.02% -5.71%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £650 £618 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 17 29
10th Percentile £16.62 - £11.75
25th Percentile £17.94 - £12.53
Median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £18.27
Median % change year-on-year +16.40% +21.18% -8.65%
75th Percentile £28.00 £34.15 £48.75
90th Percentile £46.25 £81.25 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £21.69 £17.50
% change year-on-year +18.81% +23.94% -17.88%

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Infrastructure Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Huddersfield -3 4 - -
Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Yorkshire

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 29 June 2026, Azure Infrastructure Engineer 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Azure Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Terraform

Azure Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 4 (80.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft