Azure Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Azure
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure 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 4 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 1,695 2,357 4,704
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 17.11% 15.36% 18.19%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.02% 42.41% 45.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,273 1,666 3,464
10th Percentile £364 £363 £400
25th Percentile £430 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £748
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 57
10th Percentile £35.00 £21.16 £27.85
25th Percentile £50.00 £22.61 £54.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £35.00 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -46.97% +0.70%
75th Percentile £70.63 - £70.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £47.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £33.25 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -5.00% -36.36% +2.33%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Azure 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%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Azure trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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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.

Azure daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Azure daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Azure hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Azure hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 102 (6.02%) SharePoint
2 59 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 34 (2.01%) Confluence
4 26 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 23 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
6 18 (1.06%) Apache
7 6 (0.35%) CMS
8 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.29%) IIS
8 5 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
9 3 (0.18%) Camunda
9 3 (0.18%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.18%) SAS
10 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.12%) Mule
10 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.12%) WordPress
11 1 (0.059%) Drupal
Applications
1 31 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.12%) MS Visio
3 10 (0.59%) Trello
4 9 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
6 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.059%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.059%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.059%) Notion
Business Applications
1 29 (1.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.65%) Aladdin
3 7 (0.41%) Endur
3 7 (0.41%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.35%) NetSuite
4 6 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (0.18%) Oracle EBS R12
7 3 (0.18%) Primavera
7 3 (0.18%) Unica
8 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.059%) Adobe Campaign
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.059%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 540 (31.86%) AWS
2 351 (20.71%) Azure DevOps
3 289 (17.05%) GCP
4 226 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 220 (12.98%) Entra ID
6 204 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
7 112 (6.61%) SaaS
8 95 (5.60%) Dynamics 365
8 95 (5.60%) GitHub
9 91 (5.37%) Azure Data Factory
10 78 (4.60%) PaaS
11 77 (4.54%) PowerApps
12 76 (4.48%) Serverless
13 73 (4.31%) IaaS
14 63 (3.72%) Azure AKS
15 60 (3.54%) Power Automate
16 59 (3.48%) Snowflake
17 57 (3.36%) Azure Logic Apps
18 52 (3.07%) Azure Monitor
18 52 (3.07%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 136 (8.02%) Firewall
2 92 (5.43%) DNS
3 70 (4.13%) VPN
4 61 (3.60%) DHCP
5 59 (3.48%) Network Security
6 52 (3.07%) TCP/IP
7 43 (2.54%) WAN
8 40 (2.36%) HTTP
9 33 (1.95%) BGP
10 27 (1.59%) LAN
11 26 (1.53%) OSPF
12 25 (1.47%) HTTPS
13 20 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
14 19 (1.12%) Wireless
15 17 (1.00%) SD-WAN
16 16 (0.94%) SSL
17 15 (0.88%) MPLS
18 12 (0.71%) Internet
18 12 (0.71%) SMTP
18 12 (0.71%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 145 (8.55%) Power BI
2 133 (7.85%) SQL Server
3 93 (5.49%) Data Lake
4 81 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
5 55 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
6 49 (2.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 48 (2.83%) Relational Database
8 40 (2.36%) Big Data
9 36 (2.12%) MongoDB
9 36 (2.12%) NoSQL
10 31 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 28 (1.65%) Redis
12 26 (1.53%) Hadoop
13 25 (1.47%) Oracle Database
14 21 (1.24%) Metadata
14 21 (1.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 20 (1.18%) MySQL
15 20 (1.18%) Neo4j
16 19 (1.12%) Tableau
17 12 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 121 (7.14%) Git
2 110 (6.49%) JIRA
3 83 (4.90%) Jenkins
4 57 (3.36%) GitLab
5 26 (1.53%) Selenium
6 23 (1.36%) Postman
7 20 (1.18%) JMeter
8 16 (0.94%) REST Assured
8 16 (0.94%) Visual Studio
9 14 (0.83%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.83%) Cypress.io
9 14 (0.83%) SonarQube
10 13 (0.77%) MSI
11 12 (0.71%) Cucumber
12 11 (0.65%) NUnit
12 11 (0.65%) SpecFlow
12 11 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
13 10 (0.59%) Maven
13 10 (0.59%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.53%) LoadRunner
General
1 439 (25.90%) Social Skills
2 331 (19.53%) Finance
3 193 (11.39%) Public Sector
4 179 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (6.19%) Banking
6 45 (2.65%) Retail
7 40 (2.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 39 (2.30%) Front Office
9 33 (1.95%) Marketing
10 30 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (1.65%) Investment Banking
12 27 (1.59%) Law
13 26 (1.53%) Manufacturing
13 26 (1.53%) Telecoms
14 24 (1.42%) Legal
15 21 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
17 17 (1.00%) Back Office
18 14 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
19 10 (0.59%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 316 (18.64%) Developer
2 303 (17.88%) Architect
3 184 (10.86%) Senior
4 148 (8.73%) Azure Engineer
5 124 (7.32%) Data Engineer
6 106 (6.25%) Lead
7 93 (5.49%) Analyst
8 92 (5.43%) Consultant
9 85 (5.01%) DevOps Engineer
10 84 (4.96%) Solutions Architect
11 64 (3.78%) Technical Architect
12 60 (3.54%) Azure Architect
13 59 (3.48%) Full-Stack Developer
14 57 (3.36%) Data Architect
15 54 (3.19%) .NET Developer
16 45 (2.65%) Cloud Architect
17 44 (2.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
17 44 (2.60%) Security Architect
18 42 (2.48%) Support Engineer
19 40 (2.36%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 166 (9.79%) .NET
2 85 (5.01%) React
3 84 (4.96%) REST
4 69 (4.07%) AngularJS
5 57 (3.36%) HTML
5 57 (3.36%) Kafka
6 53 (3.13%) CSS
7 51 (3.01%) RESTful
8 44 (2.60%) .NET Core
9 41 (2.42%) Node.js
9 41 (2.42%) OAuth
10 40 (2.36%) PySpark
10 40 (2.36%) SOAP
11 35 (2.06%) Web Services
12 31 (1.83%) ADO
13 30 (1.77%) .NET Framework
14 28 (1.65%) ARM Templates
15 27 (1.59%) JSON
15 27 (1.59%) Vue
16 24 (1.42%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 82 (4.84%) Cloud Native
2 67 (3.95%) Product Ownership
3 42 (2.48%) Data Centre
4 38 (2.24%) Security Posture
5 36 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 33 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
7 32 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
8 26 (1.53%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
10 24 (1.42%) Management Information System
11 23 (1.36%) Fixed Income
12 20 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
13 19 (1.12%) Algorithms
14 18 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
14 18 (1.06%) Hedge funds
15 17 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
16 15 (0.88%) Equities
16 15 (0.88%) PKI
17 14 (0.83%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 187 (11.03%) Windows
2 95 (5.60%) Linux
3 80 (4.72%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.83%) Unix
5 18 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 15 (0.88%) Android
7 14 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 12 (0.71%) VMS
8 12 (0.71%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.65%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (0.41%) AIX
10 7 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.24%) Solaris
12 4 (0.24%) Windows 7
12 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
13 3 (0.18%) Mac OS
14 2 (0.12%) CentOS
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 561 (33.10%) DevOps
2 434 (25.60%) Agile
3 322 (19.00%) CI/CD
4 310 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
5 225 (13.27%) Migration
6 188 (11.09%) Analytics
7 167 (9.85%) Infrastructure as Code
8 144 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
9 143 (8.44%) Data Modelling
10 134 (7.91%) Containerisation
11 122 (7.20%) Stakeholder Management
12 117 (6.90%) Test Automation
13 114 (6.73%) Software Engineering
14 110 (6.49%) Microservices
15 107 (6.31%) Machine Learning
16 103 (6.08%) ETL
17 98 (5.78%) Scrum
18 96 (5.66%) Cloud Security
19 94 (5.55%) Artificial Intelligence
20 93 (5.49%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 351 (20.71%) Python
2 331 (19.53%) SQL
3 212 (12.51%) PowerShell
4 194 (11.45%) C#
5 158 (9.32%) JavaScript
6 152 (8.97%) Java
7 68 (4.01%) Bash
8 66 (3.89%) TypeScript
9 59 (3.48%) Bicep
10 25 (1.47%) C++
10 25 (1.47%) T-SQL
11 24 (1.42%) Scala
12 20 (1.18%) PL/SQL
13 14 (0.83%) R
13 14 (0.83%) Ruby
13 14 (0.83%) Shell Script
14 13 (0.77%) Go
15 10 (0.59%) Perl
16 9 (0.53%) PHP
17 8 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 281 (16.58%) Security Cleared
2 247 (14.57%) SC Cleared
3 118 (6.96%) Degree
4 97 (5.72%) Azure Certification
5 62 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 50 (2.95%) AWS Certification
7 49 (2.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.48%) CISSP
9 35 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
10 22 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 21 (1.24%) CISM
12 20 (1.18%) Master's Degree
13 18 (1.06%) CCNP
13 18 (1.06%) DV Cleared
14 13 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (0.71%) CCNA
16 10 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
17 9 (0.53%) GIAC
18 8 (0.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (3.95%) GDPR
2 63 (3.72%) QA
3 53 (3.13%) NIST
4 51 (3.01%) Data Quality
5 47 (2.77%) Accessibility
6 29 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 24 (1.42%) PCI DSS
8 21 (1.24%) HIPAA
9 17 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 12 (0.71%) SLA
11 9 (0.53%) GRC
11 9 (0.53%) NCSC
12 7 (0.41%) PMO
13 6 (0.35%) WCAG
14 5 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.29%) HL7
14 5 (0.29%) SOC 2
15 4 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
15 4 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
15 4 (0.24%) ITGC
System Software
1 210 (12.39%) Active Directory
2 158 (9.32%) Docker
3 51 (3.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
5 21 (1.24%) vSphere
6 18 (1.06%) Hyper-V
6 18 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
7 8 (0.47%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
8 7 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (0.24%) NFS
9 4 (0.24%) RACF
9 4 (0.24%) XenDesktop
10 3 (0.18%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.18%) XenApp
11 2 (0.12%) Firmware
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.12%) Platform Symphony
Systems Management
1 233 (13.75%) Terraform
2 214 (12.63%) Kubernetes
3 96 (5.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 71 (4.19%) Ansible
5 42 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
6 38 (2.24%) Grafana
7 34 (2.01%) SCCM
8 30 (1.77%) Prometheus
9 26 (1.53%) Puppet
10 21 (1.24%) Progress Chef
11 12 (0.71%) FortiGate
12 9 (0.53%) Kibana
12 9 (0.53%) WSUS
13 8 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 7 (0.41%) Perfmon
15 6 (0.35%) Istio
16 5 (0.29%) Docker Swarm
16 5 (0.29%) Nessus
16 5 (0.29%) Podman
17 4 (0.24%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 510 (30.09%) Microsoft
2 141 (8.32%) Databricks
3 84 (4.96%) VMware
4 78 (4.60%) Google
5 72 (4.25%) Oracle
6 60 (3.54%) Cisco
7 56 (3.30%) Palo Alto
8 39 (2.30%) SAP
9 37 (2.18%) ServiceNow
10 36 (2.12%) CyberArk
11 34 (2.01%) CheckPoint
12 32 (1.89%) Fortinet
13 30 (1.77%) Splunk
14 25 (1.47%) Citrix
15 23 (1.36%) IBM
16 16 (0.94%) Okta
16 16 (0.94%) Qualys
16 16 (0.94%) Red Hat
17 13 (0.77%) Informatica
17 13 (0.77%) Zscaler