Azure Administrator Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Azure Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Azure Administrator daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 336 438
Rank change year-on-year +32 +102 +164
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Administrator 1 8 36
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.053% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.056% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 26
10th Percentile - £548 £385
25th Percentile - £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £625 £400
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +56.25% -18.37%
75th Percentile - £638 £428
90th Percentile - - £550
UK median daily rate £400 £625 £400
% change year-on-year -36.00% +56.25% -19.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,252 14,237 24,337
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 93.51% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,330 9,551 17,175
10th Percentile £338 £325 £358
25th Percentile £413 £425 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £775 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 577 560
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £17.70
25th Percentile £17.87 £23.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £35.13 £43.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -21.10% +55.71%
75th Percentile £66.00 £62.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +88.21%

Azure Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Azure Administrator in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Administrator trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure Administrator
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Administrator.

Azure Administrator daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Administrator Skill Set
Top 9 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Azure Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring Azure Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Azure Administrator Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Identity Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft