Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Microsoft Azure Engineer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in Wiltshire is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 November 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 5 0 17
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.98% - 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% - 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 14
10th Percentile - - £506
25th Percentile £425 - £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £556
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.88%
75th Percentile £475 - £644
90th Percentile - - £650
South West median daily rate £670 £538 £550
% change year-on-year +24.65% -2.27% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 460 498 769
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.02% 86.16% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 341 557
10th Percentile £361 £356 £300
25th Percentile £513 £461 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.82% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £738 £724
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £525
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 11 24
10th Percentile £16.94 - £14.36
25th Percentile £20.58 - £43.40
Median hourly rate £24.00 £12.79 £49.25
Median % change year-on-year +87.65% -74.03% -21.83%
75th Percentile £25.15 £15.58 £58.13
90th Percentile - £25.00 £69.50
South West median hourly rate £33.00 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -49.23% +15.06% -10.33%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Wiltshire

Azure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 16 November 2025. 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
Salisbury - 3 - - 2
Swindon - 2 £450 - 2
Azure Engineer
South West

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 16 November 2025, Azure 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 Wiltshire region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) ARM Templates
3 3 (60.00%) Azure AKS
3 3 (60.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 3 (60.00%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (60.00%) Bicep
3 3 (60.00%) CISM
3 3 (60.00%) CISSP
3 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
3 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) IBM
3 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
3 3 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
3 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
3 3 (60.00%) Log Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Maximo
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (60.00%) NIST
3 3 (60.00%) NIST 800
3 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
3 3 (60.00%) RBAC
3 3 (60.00%) Red Hat
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure AKS
2 3 (60.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Monitor
2 3 (60.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 3 (60.00%) OpenShift
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) ARM Templates
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth
2 1 (20.00%) OAuth2
2 1 (20.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (60.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (60.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (60.00%) Log Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) RBAC
2 3 (60.00%) Security Operations
2 3 (60.00%) SIEM
2 3 (60.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Network Design
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Azure Certification
2 3 (60.00%) CISM
2 3 (60.00%) CISSP
2 3 (60.00%) DV Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (60.00%) NIST
1 3 (60.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 3 (60.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (20.00%) NetApp