Hybrid/Remote Azure Blueprints Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Blueprints
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Azure Blueprints skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 303 336
Rank change year-on-year -61 +33 +91
Contract jobs citing Azure Blueprints 7 1 1
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.052% 0.010% 0.008%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.19% 0.034% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile £531 - -
25th Percentile £578 - £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.58%
75th Percentile £593 - £688
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £585 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +17.39%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

Azure Blueprints falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,601 2,974 3,668
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.63% 30.17% 28.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,335 2,028 2,519
10th Percentile £375 £350 £340
25th Percentile £440 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% +0.92%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £775 £850
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 71 61
10th Percentile £45.72 £31.25 £36.25
25th Percentile £62.50 £41.00 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +51.16% -31.20%
75th Percentile £77.00 - £62.50
90th Percentile £89.50 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £65.83 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +25.39% -14.77% -1.83%

Azure Blueprints
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Blueprints and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Azure Blueprints job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Azure Blueprints
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Blueprints.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Blueprints

Azure Blueprints
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) AWS Control Tower
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
3 1 (14.29%) IaaS
3 1 (14.29%) PaaS
3 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Product Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Product Owner
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Governance Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Platform Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Cloud Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) CMDB
2 1 (14.29%) Data Fabric
2 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Alpine Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Ubuntu
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) RBAC
1 7 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (85.71%) Risk Management
2 6 (85.71%) Roadmaps
3 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 5 (71.43%) Backlog Management
3 5 (71.43%) Backlog Refinement
3 5 (71.43%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 5 (71.43%) Decision-Making
3 5 (71.43%) FinOps
4 4 (57.14%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 4 (57.14%) Product Management
5 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security
6 2 (28.57%) Information Security
6 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
6 2 (28.57%) SIEM
6 2 (28.57%) SOAR
6 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Bicep
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) DV Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) CISM
3 2 (28.57%) CISSP
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) AWS Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CCSP
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) IBM Certification
4 1 (14.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
4 1 (14.29%) ISSAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (14.29%) GDPR
2 1 (14.29%) GRC
2 1 (14.29%) HIPAA
2 1 (14.29%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (14.29%) Databricks
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Okta
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Rapid7
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk
2 1 (14.29%) Tenable
2 1 (14.29%) TOWER Software