Azure Specialist Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure Specialist
England > Yorkshire

The median Microsoft Azure Specialist daily rate in Yorkshire is £363, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 98 109
Rank change year-on-year -20 +11 +40
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Specialist 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.12% 0.070% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.077% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £356 £588 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £625 £500
Median % change year-on-year -42.00% +25.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £369 £663 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £531 £610
% change year-on-year +3.53% -12.91% +20.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,544 1,293 1,905
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 90.29% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 750 1,248
10th Percentile £260 £235 £247
25th Percentile £383 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £638 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 56 33
10th Percentile £17.48 £14.86 £13.92
25th Percentile £19.85 £16.25 £17.22
Median hourly rate £25.04 £23.34 £21.31
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +9.53% +11.63%
75th Percentile £81.25 £39.69 £23.75
90th Percentile - £48.75 £41.60
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £46.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -7.61% +59.17%

Azure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Azure Specialist job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Azure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Specialist job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Specialist job vacancies in Yorkshire

Azure Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Specialist within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 22 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire -12 1 - -
East Yorkshire - 1 £363 - 1
Azure Specialist
England

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, Azure Specialist 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 job ads across the Yorkshire region featuring Azure Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) IaaS
2 1 (50.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Aruba