Azure Storage Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Azure Storage
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Azure Storage skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Storage over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 309 437
Rank change year-on-year +18 +128 +122
Contract jobs citing Azure Storage 13 36 40
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.23% 0.15%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.33% 0.65% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 28 32
10th Percentile £525 £389 £413
25th Percentile £601 £509 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £605 £556
Median % change year-on-year +3.31% +8.76% +5.95%
75th Percentile £650 £608 £641
90th Percentile - £610 £695
UK median daily rate £575 £605 £600
% change year-on-year -4.96% +0.83% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Azure Storage falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,940 5,557 10,236
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.78% 36.21% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 3,982 7,514
10th Percentile £351 £350 £373
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 89 125
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £17.00 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.73% +83.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £50.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £64.37 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Azure Storage
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure Storage as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Azure Storage
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 Storage.

Azure Storage daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Storage
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure Storage over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Azure Storage daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Storage
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Functions
2 5 (38.46%) Azure Logic Apps
2 5 (38.46%) Serverless
3 4 (30.77%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (30.77%) GitHub
3 4 (30.77%) Power Automate
3 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 4 (30.77%) PowerApps
4 3 (23.08%) Azure Monitor
4 3 (23.08%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (23.08%) Entra ID
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (7.69%) AWS
6 1 (7.69%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (7.69%) Azure AKS
6 1 (7.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (7.69%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) DHCP
1 1 (7.69%) DNS
1 1 (7.69%) Firewall
1 1 (7.69%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) Azure SQL Database
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (30.77%) Data Lake
2 4 (30.77%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (30.77%) Power BI
2 4 (30.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (15.38%) MongoDB
General
1 5 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Architect
1 4 (30.77%) Data Engineer
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
1 4 (30.77%) Senior Data Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) Data Architect
3 2 (15.38%) Applications Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Azure Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Developer
3 2 (15.38%) Power Apps Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) .NET Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) Algorithmic Trading Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Data Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) SharePoint Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) ARM Templates
2 1 (7.69%) .NET
2 1 (7.69%) .NET Core
2 1 (7.69%) Blazor
2 1 (7.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (7.69%) PKI
2 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Taxonomies
2 1 (7.69%) TWAP
2 1 (7.69%) VWAP
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 1 (7.69%) VMS
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Analytics
1 6 (46.15%) CI/CD
1 6 (46.15%) Data Modelling
2 5 (38.46%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (30.77%) ETL
4 3 (23.08%) API Management
4 3 (23.08%) Batch Processing
4 3 (23.08%) Data Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Event-Driven
4 3 (23.08%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (23.08%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
5 2 (15.38%) DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) Log Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) User Stories
6 1 (7.69%) Computer Science
6 1 (7.69%) Data Protection
6 1 (7.69%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 2 (15.38%) Bicep
3 2 (15.38%) C#
4 1 (7.69%) C++
4 1 (7.69%) Go
4 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 1 (7.69%) PL/SQL
4 1 (7.69%) Python
4 1 (7.69%) T-SQL
4 1 (7.69%) VB
4 1 (7.69%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
4 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (7.69%) Master's Degree
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) HL7
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Kubernetes
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (15.38%) Terraform
3 1 (7.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (7.69%) SCCM
3 1 (7.69%) SCOM
3 1 (7.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Databricks
3 1 (7.69%) Cisco
3 1 (7.69%) Citrix
3 1 (7.69%) EMC
3 1 (7.69%) MuleSoft
3 1 (7.69%) NetApp
3 1 (7.69%) Oracle
3 1 (7.69%) Veeam
3 1 (7.69%) VMware