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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 273 176 258
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.07% 13.08% 13.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.02% 34.04% 42.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 109 190
10th Percentile £290 £356 £313
25th Percentile £378 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £523
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -4.31% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £609
90th Percentile £688 £657 £700
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.55
25th Percentile - - £46.63
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £57.63
90th Percentile - - £60.25
England median hourly rate £45.73 £40.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year +12.66% -12.10% -8.55%

All Cloud 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 718 517 611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 39.65% 38.41% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 496 340 453
10th Percentile £203 £288 £225
25th Percentile £360 £400 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.68% -5.00% -2.91%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £600
90th Percentile £625 £688 £686
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £17.85 £18.86 £18.95
25th Percentile £23.25 £20.50 £19.63
Median hourly rate £29.68 £27.50 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.93% -12.70% +40.00%
75th Percentile £73.90 £96.64 £48.88
90th Percentile £149.56 £102.00 £56.75
England median hourly rate £25.47 £33.93 £26.75
% change year-on-year -24.93% +26.84% +18.89%

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 23 November 2025.

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
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 23 November 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 0 162 £500 - 85
South Yorkshire +2 82 £497 -9.73% 38
North Yorkshire -1 16 £315 +14.55% 11
East Yorkshire -10 3 £363 +26.09% 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 17 (6.23%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.13%) Confluence
3 9 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.20%) Apache
5 5 (1.83%) Apache Spark
6 4 (1.47%) CMS
7 2 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.73%) CICS
7 2 (0.73%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.73%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.47%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.73%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.73%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.37%) Magento
5 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.37%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 129 (47.25%) AWS
2 104 (38.10%) GCP
3 47 (17.22%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 41 (15.02%) Entra ID
6 29 (10.62%) GitHub
7 22 (8.06%) Power Platform
8 20 (7.33%) Azure AKS
9 18 (6.59%) GitHub Actions
10 17 (6.23%) SaaS
11 16 (5.86%) Serverless
12 15 (5.49%) AWS CloudFormation
13 14 (5.13%) PaaS
14 13 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (4.03%) OneDrive
16 10 (3.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 8 (2.93%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (2.93%) Azure Functions
17 8 (2.93%) Power Automate
18 7 (2.56%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 31 (11.36%) Firewall
2 12 (4.40%) VPN
3 9 (3.30%) Network Security
3 9 (3.30%) TCP/IP
3 9 (3.30%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (2.93%) WAN
5 7 (2.56%) LAN
6 6 (2.20%) DNS
7 5 (1.83%) HTTP
8 4 (1.47%) DHCP
8 4 (1.47%) VLAN
9 3 (1.10%) HTTPS
9 3 (1.10%) SAN
9 3 (1.10%) VoIP
10 2 (0.73%) BGP
10 2 (0.73%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.73%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.73%) OSPF
10 2 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.73%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.06%) NoSQL
2 18 (6.59%) PostgreSQL
2 18 (6.59%) Power BI
3 14 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.93%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.20%) BigQuery
5 6 (2.20%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.83%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.83%) Redis
6 5 (1.83%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.83%) Tableau
7 4 (1.47%) Metadata
8 3 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.73%) Cloud Spanner
9 2 (0.73%) GIS
9 2 (0.73%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.73%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 34 (12.45%) Jenkins
2 28 (10.26%) JIRA
3 23 (8.42%) Git
4 12 (4.40%) Postman
5 9 (3.30%) Selenium
5 9 (3.30%) SoapUI
6 5 (1.83%) CircleCI
6 5 (1.83%) GitLab
6 5 (1.83%) JUnit
7 4 (1.47%) Mocha
7 4 (1.47%) Storybook
7 4 (1.47%) Zephyr
8 3 (1.10%) Maven
8 3 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
8 3 (1.10%) SpecFlow
8 3 (1.10%) TestNG
8 3 (1.10%) TestRail
9 2 (0.73%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.73%) Gradle
9 2 (0.73%) SonarQube
General
1 96 (35.16%) Social Skills
2 41 (15.02%) Finance
3 36 (13.19%) Public Sector
4 26 (9.52%) Banking
5 16 (5.86%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.03%) Legal
7 10 (3.66%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (3.30%) Retail
9 6 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.83%) Law
11 3 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.10%) Local Government
12 2 (0.73%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.73%) Health Technology
12 2 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Police
12 2 (0.73%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.37%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (15.38%) Architect
2 33 (12.09%) Analyst
3 31 (11.36%) Developer
4 25 (9.16%) Senior
5 20 (7.33%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (6.59%) Lead
6 18 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.13%) 2nd Line Support
7 14 (5.13%) IT Support
8 13 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (4.76%) Business Analyst
9 12 (4.40%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.66%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.66%) Test Analyst
11 9 (3.30%) AWS Engineer
11 9 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) .NET Software Engineer
12 8 (2.93%) Consultant
12 8 (2.93%) Security Architect
12 8 (2.93%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.89%) RESTful
2 22 (8.06%) React
3 20 (7.33%) Node.js
4 19 (6.96%) .NET
5 17 (6.23%) OAuth
6 16 (5.86%) SAML
7 13 (4.76%) JSON
7 13 (4.76%) REST
8 12 (4.40%) CSS
8 12 (4.40%) HTML
9 9 (3.30%) AngularJS
9 9 (3.30%) Express.js
9 9 (3.30%) Kafka
9 9 (3.30%) OpenID
9 9 (3.30%) PyTorch
9 9 (3.30%) TensorFlow
10 8 (2.93%) CSS3
10 8 (2.93%) Django
10 8 (2.93%) HTML5
10 8 (2.93%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 36 (13.19%) Cloud Native
2 19 (6.96%) Onboarding
3 17 (6.23%) NHS
4 16 (5.86%) Product Ownership
5 12 (4.40%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (4.40%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.93%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.56%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.83%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.47%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (1.10%) CMDB
11 3 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 3 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.10%) iPhone
11 3 (1.10%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.10%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.10%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 34 (12.45%) Windows
2 21 (7.69%) Linux
3 8 (2.93%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.83%) Android
4 5 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.47%) Unix
6 2 (0.73%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.73%) Solaris
6 2 (0.73%) zOS
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.37%) MVS
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (34.80%) DevOps
2 81 (29.67%) CI/CD
3 69 (25.27%) Agile
4 46 (16.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (15.02%) Stakeholder Management
6 35 (12.82%) Containerisation
7 34 (12.45%) Microservices
7 34 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
9 30 (10.99%) Migration
10 29 (10.62%) Cloud Security
10 29 (10.62%) ITIL
11 28 (10.26%) DevSecOps
12 26 (9.52%) Roadmaps
13 25 (9.16%) Mentoring
14 23 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
15 21 (7.69%) AI
15 21 (7.69%) Test Automation
15 21 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
16 20 (7.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 72 (26.37%) Python
2 41 (15.02%) SQL
3 27 (9.89%) PowerShell
4 26 (9.52%) Java
5 22 (8.06%) JavaScript
6 20 (7.33%) C#
7 19 (6.96%) Bash
8 16 (5.86%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.30%) Bicep
10 3 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.10%) Rust
10 3 (1.10%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.73%) Groovy
11 2 (0.73%) PHP
11 2 (0.73%) Solidity
11 2 (0.73%) XPath
12 1 (0.37%) ABAP
12 1 (0.37%) C++
12 1 (0.37%) Go
12 1 (0.37%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.49%) CISSP
3 13 (4.76%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.40%) CISM
5 11 (4.03%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.66%) ISTQB
7 8 (2.93%) Degree
8 7 (2.56%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.83%) CEH
10 4 (1.47%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.10%) CCSK
11 3 (1.10%) CCSP
11 3 (1.10%) GIAC
11 3 (1.10%) GWAPT
11 3 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.10%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.73%) CCNA
12 2 (0.73%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.96%) GDPR
2 18 (6.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.76%) NIST
3 13 (4.76%) PCI DSS
3 13 (4.76%) QA
4 8 (2.93%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.20%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.83%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.47%) WCAG
8 3 (1.10%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.10%) HL7
8 3 (1.10%) NCSC
8 3 (1.10%) PSD2
9 2 (0.73%) COBIT
9 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.73%) GRC
9 2 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 49 (17.95%) Docker
2 40 (14.65%) Active Directory
3 14 (5.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.20%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.47%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.10%) KVM
6 3 (1.10%) vSphere
7 2 (0.73%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.37%) Ceph
8 1 (0.37%) NFS
8 1 (0.37%) QEMU
8 1 (0.37%) Snort
8 1 (0.37%) SRDF
8 1 (0.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.37%) Xen
8 1 (0.37%) XenApp
8 1 (0.37%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 68 (24.91%) Terraform
2 60 (21.98%) Kubernetes
3 24 (8.79%) Ansible
4 21 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.93%) Grafana
6 8 (2.93%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.56%) NetBackup
7 7 (2.56%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.73%) Argo
8 2 (0.73%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.73%) Puppet
8 2 (0.73%) SCCM
9 1 (0.37%) Istio
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Manager
9 1 (0.37%) Podman
9 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.37%) SCOM
9 1 (0.37%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 80 (29.30%) Microsoft
2 35 (12.82%) Google
3 16 (5.86%) CyberArk
3 16 (5.86%) Databricks
3 16 (5.86%) F5
3 16 (5.86%) Oracle
4 15 (5.49%) SAP
4 15 (5.49%) VMware
5 13 (4.76%) Cisco
6 11 (4.03%) Splunk
7 8 (2.93%) Alibaba
7 8 (2.93%) BeyondTrust
7 8 (2.93%) Thycotic
8 7 (2.56%) HP
8 7 (2.56%) Salesforce
8 7 (2.56%) Veritas
9 6 (2.20%) ServiceNow
10 5 (1.83%) Apple
10 5 (1.83%) Brio
10 5 (1.83%) MobileIron