Azure Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 12 5
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 421 191 205
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.66% 12.34% 13.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.07% 33.33% 38.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 114 142
10th Percentile £341 £314 £351
25th Percentile £413 £389 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.13% -8.00%
75th Percentile £594 £548 £604
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £21.50 - -
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile £46.88 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £33.39 £38.50
% change year-on-year +57.26% -13.29% -16.63%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Yorkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,025 573 529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 35.69% 37.02% 35.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 381 366
10th Percentile £303 £235 £288
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -3.55% -6.19%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £567
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £501 £530
% change year-on-year +4.90% -5.57% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 1 5
10th Percentile £13.45 - -
25th Percentile £14.69 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -90.50% +809.09% +3.51%
75th Percentile £35.00 - -
90th Percentile - - £26.05
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +30.73% -21.21% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Yorkshire

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Yorkshire

Azure
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 within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 2026. 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 0 196 £489 -2.25% 257
South Yorkshire +9 167 £518 +9.52% 88
North Yorkshire +7 30 £460 +143.71% 59
East Yorkshire -2 3 £338 - 18
Azure
England

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 42 (9.98%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.41%) Confluence
3 17 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (3.33%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.43%) Apache
5 6 (1.43%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.95%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.48%) nginx
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.48%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 175 (41.57%) AWS
2 120 (28.50%) GCP
3 74 (17.58%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (16.15%) GitHub
5 64 (15.20%) Power Platform
6 63 (14.96%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (14.96%) Entra ID
7 41 (9.74%) GitHub Actions
8 27 (6.41%) Microsoft Copilot
9 24 (5.70%) PowerApps
10 20 (4.75%) Azure Monitor
10 20 (4.75%) OneDrive
11 17 (4.04%) Serverless
12 16 (3.80%) Copilot Studio
13 15 (3.56%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (3.33%) Azure AI
14 14 (3.33%) SaaS
15 12 (2.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (2.85%) Power Automate
16 10 (2.38%) Azure Databricks
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.89%) Firewall
2 28 (6.65%) DNS
3 20 (4.75%) Network Security
4 17 (4.04%) VPN
5 15 (3.56%) VLAN
6 13 (3.09%) DHCP
6 13 (3.09%) LAN
6 13 (3.09%) WAN
7 12 (2.85%) WLAN
8 11 (2.61%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (2.38%) BGP
9 10 (2.38%) OSPF
10 9 (2.14%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.66%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (1.66%) SAN
12 6 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (1.43%) NAS
12 6 (1.43%) Wireless
13 5 (1.19%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.08%) Power BI
2 31 (7.36%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.04%) Metadata
5 16 (3.80%) Big Data
6 15 (3.56%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.33%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.90%) Delta Lake
9 7 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (1.66%) Azure SQL Database
9 7 (1.66%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.19%) Neo4j
10 5 (1.19%) Redis
10 5 (1.19%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (0.95%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.95%) Tableau
11 4 (0.95%) Trino
12 3 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
12 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.71%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 52 (12.35%) Jenkins
2 49 (11.64%) JIRA
3 31 (7.36%) Git
4 16 (3.80%) GitLab
5 8 (1.90%) Gatling
5 8 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (1.66%) JMeter
7 6 (1.43%) Selenium
8 5 (1.19%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.19%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.19%) LoadRunner
8 5 (1.19%) Maven
8 5 (1.19%) Postman
9 4 (0.95%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.71%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.71%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.71%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.71%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.48%) Newman
11 2 (0.48%) REST Assured
General
1 121 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 114 (27.08%) Finance
3 37 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.84%) Banking
5 31 (7.36%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.09%) Law
7 11 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.61%) Retail
8 10 (2.38%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.14%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.43%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.43%) Social Science
11 5 (1.19%) Legal
12 4 (0.95%) Military
13 3 (0.71%) Police
14 2 (0.48%) Billing
14 2 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.24%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (16.15%) Architect
2 61 (14.49%) Senior
3 54 (12.83%) Lead
4 35 (8.31%) Data Engineer
5 34 (8.08%) Developer
5 34 (8.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 24 (5.70%) Analyst
7 23 (5.46%) Azure Engineer
7 23 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
8 18 (4.28%) Platform Engineer
9 15 (3.56%) Technical Architect
10 14 (3.33%) Cloud Architect
10 14 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 13 (3.09%) Consultant
12 12 (2.85%) 2nd Line Support
12 12 (2.85%) Security Engineer
13 10 (2.38%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.38%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (24.94%) Terraform
2 41 (9.74%) REST
3 26 (6.18%) Kafka
4 21 (4.99%) .NET
4 21 (4.99%) React
5 18 (4.28%) OAuth
6 14 (3.33%) OpenID
7 13 (3.09%) PySpark
7 13 (3.09%) SailPoint
8 12 (2.85%) ASP.NET
8 12 (2.85%) OAuth2
9 11 (2.61%) .NET Core
9 11 (2.61%) JSON
9 11 (2.61%) Playwright
9 11 (2.61%) SAML
10 10 (2.38%) SOAP
10 10 (2.38%) Web Services
11 9 (2.14%) AngularJS
11 9 (2.14%) Spring
11 9 (2.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 65 (15.44%) Cloud Native
2 31 (7.36%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.18%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (5.23%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.99%) AI Agents
6 20 (4.75%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (4.75%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.56%) Public Cloud
8 13 (3.09%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.38%) PKI
10 7 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.66%) Replication
11 6 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
11 6 (1.43%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.43%) NHS
12 5 (1.19%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.95%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 54 (12.83%) Windows
2 29 (6.89%) Linux
3 27 (6.41%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.43%) Android
4 6 (1.43%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.71%) AIX
5 3 (0.71%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.71%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.71%) Unix
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.24%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.24%) VMS
7 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (41.57%) CI/CD
2 156 (37.05%) DevOps
3 100 (23.75%) Agile
4 97 (23.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 81 (19.24%) AI
5 81 (19.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 72 (17.10%) Observability
7 67 (15.91%) Cybersecurity
8 63 (14.96%) Analytics
9 56 (13.30%) Roadmaps
10 54 (12.83%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (12.35%) Test Automation
12 51 (12.11%) Platform Engineering
13 50 (11.88%) Data Engineering
14 49 (11.64%) Migration
15 48 (11.40%) Software Engineering
16 47 (11.16%) Data Pipeline
17 46 (10.93%) Continuous Improvement
18 44 (10.45%) DevSecOps
19 43 (10.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 99 (23.52%) Python
2 57 (13.54%) SQL
3 53 (12.59%) Java
4 50 (11.88%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.46%) C#
6 19 (4.51%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.28%) Bash
8 15 (3.56%) Bicep
9 12 (2.85%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.14%) Groovy
10 9 (2.14%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.43%) Scala
12 5 (1.19%) Go
12 5 (1.19%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.95%) ABAP
13 4 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.71%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.48%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.24%) C
Qualifications
1 57 (13.54%) Security Cleared
2 39 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.70%) Degree
4 17 (4.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.56%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.33%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.85%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.61%) CISSP
9 9 (2.14%) CISM
10 8 (1.90%) CCNP
11 7 (1.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.66%) CCSP
11 7 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 7 (1.66%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.43%) CCSK
12 6 (1.43%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.43%) PMP
13 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.41%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.46%) QA
3 12 (2.85%) GDPR
4 11 (2.61%) NIST
5 10 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (2.14%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (1.66%) WCAG
8 6 (1.43%) HIPAA
8 6 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.19%) GRC
10 4 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.71%) GxP
11 3 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.48%) IASME
12 2 (0.48%) PMO
12 2 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (16.39%) Active Directory
2 52 (12.35%) Docker
3 12 (2.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (2.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.90%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.43%) vSphere
7 5 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.71%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.71%) Firmware
8 3 (0.71%) NFS
8 3 (0.71%) SRDF
9 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.24%) Ceph
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.24%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 88 (20.90%) Kubernetes
2 30 (7.13%) Ansible
2 30 (7.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 19 (4.51%) Grafana
4 16 (3.80%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.85%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.66%) Kustomize
8 6 (1.43%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.19%) HAProxy
10 4 (0.95%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.71%) Argo
11 3 (0.71%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.71%) Packer
11 3 (0.71%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.71%) vMotion
12 2 (0.48%) Podman
12 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.48%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 146 (34.68%) Microsoft
2 49 (11.64%) Databricks
3 27 (6.41%) ServiceNow
4 25 (5.94%) Google
5 19 (4.51%) CyberArk
6 18 (4.28%) Foundry
7 17 (4.04%) Cisco
8 15 (3.56%) SAP
9 13 (3.09%) VMware
10 12 (2.85%) Splunk
11 9 (2.14%) Dynatrace
11 9 (2.14%) IBM
11 9 (2.14%) Okta
11 9 (2.14%) OpenAI
11 9 (2.14%) Oracle
12 8 (1.90%) Citrix
13 7 (1.66%) CheckPoint
13 7 (1.66%) Dell
13 7 (1.66%) Red Hat
13 7 (1.66%) Salesforce