Hybrid/Remote Azure Consultant Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Azure Consultant daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £598, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 288 310
Rank change year-on-year -9 +22 +191
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Consultant 17 26 64
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.17% 0.22% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.24% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 17 45
10th Percentile £480 £423 £405
25th Percentile £530 £525 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.33% +20.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £628 £650 £544
90th Percentile £649 £710 £598
UK median daily rate £541 £568 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% +8.10% -0.94%

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,533 10,861 16,124
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.27% 93.14% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,194 6,881 11,057
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £622 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 197 360
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.59
25th Percentile £20.50 £23.50 £27.19
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.25
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.52% -3.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.55
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

Azure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Azure Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Azure Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Azure Consultant job vacancies

Azure Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Azure Consultant over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Azure Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Azure Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Azure Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Azure Consultant job vacancies

Azure Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Azure Consultant 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Azure Consultant in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
3 7 (41.18%) Python
4 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
4 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
5 5 (29.41%) CI/CD
5 5 (29.41%) DevOps
5 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (29.41%) VMware
5 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
6 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (23.53%) Firewall
6 4 (23.53%) Migration
6 4 (23.53%) SQL
6 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (23.53%) Terraform
7 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
7 3 (17.65%) Deployment Automation
7 3 (17.65%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (17.65%) GitHub
7 3 (17.65%) GitHub Actions
7 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL
7 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
7 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (17.65%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (17.65%) VPN
7 3 (17.65%) vRealize

Azure Consultant Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 17 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (17.65%) GitHub
3 3 (17.65%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (11.76%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
4 2 (11.76%) IaaS
4 2 (11.76%) Nutanix
5 1 (5.88%) Azure AI
5 1 (5.88%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Machine Learning
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (5.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.88%) PowerApps
5 1 (5.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Firewall
2 3 (17.65%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (17.65%) VPN
3 2 (11.76%) DHCP
3 2 (11.76%) DNS
3 2 (11.76%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (5.88%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.88%) Azure Blueprints
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) CI/CD
1 5 (29.41%) DevOps
1 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure as Code
2 4 (23.53%) Migration
2 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) Cloud Security
3 3 (17.65%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (17.65%) ITIL
4 2 (11.76%) Information Security
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 2 (11.76%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (11.76%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (11.76%) Runbook
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (5.88%) AI
5 1 (5.88%) Natural Language Processing
5 1 (5.88%) Network Architecture
5 1 (5.88%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) PowerShell
1 7 (41.18%) Python
2 4 (23.53%) SQL
3 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 2 (11.76%) Bicep
5 1 (5.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) SC Cleared
1 6 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (11.76%) CCNA
3 2 (11.76%) CCNP
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) HP ASE
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Terraform
2 3 (17.65%) Failover Clustering
2 3 (17.65%) vRealize
3 2 (11.76%) Ansible
3 2 (11.76%) FortiGate
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) VMware
3 2 (11.76%) 3PAR
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) Fortinet
3 2 (11.76%) Nimble Storage
3 2 (11.76%) ProCurve
4 1 (5.88%) Databricks