Hybrid/Remote Azure Test Lead Contract Job Trends

Test Lead - Microsoft Azure
UK > Work from Home

The median Test Lead - Microsoft Azure daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £320, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 330 422
Rank change year-on-year +20 +92 +186
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Test Lead 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.010% 0.008% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.008% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £310 - £675
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £580 £700
Median % change year-on-year -44.83% -17.14% +21.74%
75th Percentile £330 - £725
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £320 £640 £628
% change year-on-year -50.00% +1.87% +9.26%

All DemandTrendContract 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 9,238 12,026 19,840
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.54% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,075 7,932 14,004
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -0.94% -2.75%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 325 474
10th Percentile £13.15 £17.90 £16.98
25th Percentile £18.54 £30.12 £24.53
Median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £67.50
90th Percentile £69.11 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Azure Test Lead
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Azure Test Lead trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure Test Lead
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Azure Test Lead job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Azure Test Lead job vacancies

Azure Test Lead Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 August 2025, Azure Test Lead 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Azure Test Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Azure Test Lead 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%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) JMeter
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Defect Tracking
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG