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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 282 169 251
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.53% 13.25% 13.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.80% 34.28% 42.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 106 180
10th Percentile £290 £353 £275
25th Percentile £381 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £550 £567 £600
90th Percentile £684 £659 £689
England median daily rate £520 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -3.26% -2.27% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £62.00
England median hourly rate £45.46 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +29.89% -24.21% -6.71%

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 746 493 595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 41.08% 38.67% 32.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 521 326 440
10th Percentile £205 £292 £231
25th Percentile £375 £400 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £567 £600
90th Percentile £613 £700 £675
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 3
10th Percentile - £18.86 £18.80
25th Percentile £14.25 £20.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £20.88 £27.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.09% +37.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £31.08 £96.64 £41.00
90th Percentile £115.93 £102.00 £53.60
England median hourly rate £25.47 £31.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -17.84% +24.00% +11.11%

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 7 December 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 7 December 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 +1 161 £500 - 243
South Yorkshire +9 93 £484 -11.08% 140
North Yorkshire -1 15 £315 +14.55% 57
East Yorkshire -9 4 £344 +19.57% 76
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 18 (6.38%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.03%) Confluence
3 10 (3.55%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.77%) Apache
4 5 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.42%) CMS
6 2 (0.71%) CICS
6 2 (0.71%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.71%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.35%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.42%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.06%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.71%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.35%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.35%) Magento
6 1 (0.35%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.35%) SAP MRS
6 1 (0.35%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 144 (51.06%) AWS
2 117 (41.49%) GCP
3 44 (15.60%) Azure DevOps
4 40 (14.18%) Entra ID
4 40 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
5 29 (10.28%) GitHub
6 21 (7.45%) Azure AKS
7 20 (7.09%) Power Platform
8 17 (6.03%) SaaS
8 17 (6.03%) Serverless
9 16 (5.67%) GitHub Actions
10 15 (5.32%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (4.96%) PaaS
12 11 (3.90%) OneDrive
12 11 (3.90%) OpenShift
13 10 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (3.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 9 (3.19%) Azure Functions
15 8 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
16 7 (2.48%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 31 (10.99%) Firewall
2 10 (3.55%) VPN
3 9 (3.19%) Network Security
3 9 (3.19%) TCP/IP
4 8 (2.84%) WAN
5 7 (2.48%) DNS
5 7 (2.48%) LAN
5 7 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (2.13%) HTTP
7 4 (1.42%) DHCP
7 4 (1.42%) VLAN
8 3 (1.06%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.06%) VoIP
9 2 (0.71%) BGP
9 2 (0.71%) iSCSI
9 2 (0.71%) Kerberos
9 2 (0.71%) OSPF
9 2 (0.71%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.71%) SAN
9 2 (0.71%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (8.16%) NoSQL
2 19 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
2 19 (6.74%) Power BI
3 15 (5.32%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.84%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.48%) BigQuery
6 6 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.77%) Metadata
7 5 (1.77%) Redis
7 5 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.77%) Tableau
8 4 (1.42%) Data Lake
9 3 (1.06%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (1.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.71%) DataStage
10 2 (0.71%) DB2
10 2 (0.71%) GIS
10 2 (0.71%) MySQL
10 2 (0.71%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (12.77%) Jenkins
2 30 (10.64%) JIRA
3 25 (8.87%) Git
4 12 (4.26%) Postman
5 9 (3.19%) GitLab
5 9 (3.19%) SoapUI
6 8 (2.84%) Selenium
7 6 (2.13%) CircleCI
8 5 (1.77%) JUnit
9 4 (1.42%) Mocha
9 4 (1.42%) Storybook
9 4 (1.42%) Zephyr
10 3 (1.06%) Maven
10 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (1.06%) TestNG
10 3 (1.06%) TestRail
11 2 (0.71%) JMeter
11 2 (0.71%) Log4j
11 2 (0.71%) MSI
11 2 (0.71%) Subversion
General
1 107 (37.94%) Social Skills
2 39 (13.83%) Finance
3 37 (13.12%) Public Sector
4 27 (9.57%) Banking
5 18 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.90%) Legal
7 10 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.48%) Retail
9 4 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Health Technology
10 3 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.06%) Law
10 3 (1.06%) Local Government
11 2 (0.71%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.71%) Police
11 2 (0.71%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.35%) Digital Health
12 1 (0.35%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 43 (15.25%) Architect
2 31 (10.99%) Analyst
2 31 (10.99%) Developer
3 27 (9.57%) Senior
4 22 (7.80%) DevOps Engineer
5 18 (6.38%) Lead
5 18 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (4.96%) 2nd Line Support
6 14 (4.96%) IT Support
7 13 (4.61%) Business Analyst
7 13 (4.61%) Software Engineer
8 12 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
9 9 (3.19%) AWS Engineer
9 9 (3.19%) Data Engineer
9 9 (3.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (3.19%) Test Analyst
10 8 (2.84%) .NET Software Engineer
10 8 (2.84%) Consultant
10 8 (2.84%) Security Architect
10 8 (2.84%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.28%) RESTful
2 24 (8.51%) React
3 21 (7.45%) Node.js
4 19 (6.74%) .NET
4 19 (6.74%) OAuth
5 18 (6.38%) SAML
6 16 (5.67%) REST
7 14 (4.96%) JSON
8 12 (4.26%) CSS
8 12 (4.26%) HTML
9 11 (3.90%) OpenID
10 9 (3.19%) AngularJS
10 9 (3.19%) Express.js
10 9 (3.19%) Kafka
10 9 (3.19%) PyTorch
10 9 (3.19%) TensorFlow
11 8 (2.84%) CSS3
11 8 (2.84%) Django
11 8 (2.84%) HTML5
11 8 (2.84%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 37 (13.12%) Cloud Native
2 20 (7.09%) Onboarding
3 19 (6.74%) Product Ownership
4 18 (6.38%) NHS
5 15 (5.32%) Hybrid Cloud
6 11 (3.90%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.84%) Data Centre
8 7 (2.48%) Public Cloud
9 6 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.77%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.42%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.42%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.42%) Replication
12 3 (1.06%) CMDB
12 3 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.06%) IoT
12 3 (1.06%) iPhone
12 3 (1.06%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.35%) Windows
2 24 (8.51%) Linux
3 6 (2.13%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.42%) Android
5 4 (1.42%) Unix
6 2 (0.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.71%) Solaris
6 2 (0.71%) VMS
6 2 (0.71%) zOS
7 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.35%) CentOS
7 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.35%) MVS
7 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (35.46%) DevOps
2 89 (31.56%) CI/CD
3 69 (24.47%) Agile
4 48 (17.02%) Infrastructure as Code
5 46 (16.31%) Containerisation
6 43 (15.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (14.18%) Microservices
8 38 (13.48%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (12.41%) Migration
10 32 (11.35%) Cybersecurity
10 32 (11.35%) Roadmaps
11 30 (10.64%) Cloud Security
11 30 (10.64%) DevSecOps
11 30 (10.64%) ITIL
12 28 (9.93%) Mentoring
13 24 (8.51%) Continuous Improvement
14 23 (8.16%) AI
15 22 (7.80%) Clean Code
16 21 (7.45%) Analytics
16 21 (7.45%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 72 (25.53%) Python
2 40 (14.18%) SQL
3 27 (9.57%) Java
3 27 (9.57%) PowerShell
4 23 (8.16%) Bash
5 21 (7.45%) C#
5 21 (7.45%) JavaScript
6 17 (6.03%) TypeScript
7 9 (3.19%) Bicep
8 4 (1.42%) Groovy
9 3 (1.06%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 3 (1.06%) Rust
9 3 (1.06%) Search Processing Language
10 2 (0.71%) PHP
10 2 (0.71%) Solidity
10 2 (0.71%) XPath
11 1 (0.35%) ABAP
11 1 (0.35%) C++
11 1 (0.35%) VB
11 1 (0.35%) VB6
Qualifications
1 19 (6.74%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.32%) CISSP
3 13 (4.61%) SC Cleared
4 12 (4.26%) CISM
5 10 (3.55%) ISTQB
6 9 (3.19%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.19%) Degree
7 7 (2.48%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.77%) CEH
8 5 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (1.06%) CCSK
10 3 (1.06%) CCSP
10 3 (1.06%) GIAC
10 3 (1.06%) GWAPT
10 3 (1.06%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.71%) CCNA
11 2 (0.71%) CCNP
11 2 (0.71%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.38%) GDPR
3 15 (5.32%) QA
4 13 (4.61%) NIST
4 13 (4.61%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.84%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.77%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.77%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.42%) HL7
7 4 (1.42%) WCAG
8 3 (1.06%) HIPAA
8 3 (1.06%) NCSC
8 3 (1.06%) PSD2
9 2 (0.71%) COBIT
9 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.71%) GRC
9 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 54 (19.15%) Docker
2 39 (13.83%) Active Directory
3 15 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.77%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.06%) KVM
6 3 (1.06%) vSphere
7 2 (0.71%) NFS
7 2 (0.71%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.35%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.35%) Ceph
8 1 (0.35%) QEMU
8 1 (0.35%) Snort
8 1 (0.35%) SRDF
8 1 (0.35%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.35%) Xen
8 1 (0.35%) XenApp
8 1 (0.35%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 71 (25.18%) Kubernetes
1 71 (25.18%) Terraform
2 27 (9.57%) Ansible
3 19 (6.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (4.61%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (3.55%) Grafana
5 10 (3.55%) Prometheus
6 7 (2.48%) NetBackup
6 7 (2.48%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (1.06%) Puppet
8 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.71%) Argo
8 2 (0.71%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.71%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.71%) SCCM
9 1 (0.35%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.35%) Istio
9 1 (0.35%) Kibana
9 1 (0.35%) logstash
9 1 (0.35%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (27.66%) Microsoft
2 36 (12.77%) Google
3 17 (6.03%) Oracle
4 16 (5.67%) CyberArk
4 16 (5.67%) F5
4 16 (5.67%) SAP
4 16 (5.67%) VMware
5 13 (4.61%) Databricks
6 12 (4.26%) Splunk
7 11 (3.90%) Cisco
8 8 (2.84%) Alibaba
8 8 (2.84%) BeyondTrust
8 8 (2.84%) Thycotic
9 7 (2.48%) HP
9 7 (2.48%) Veritas
10 6 (2.13%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.13%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.77%) Apple
11 5 (1.77%) Brio
11 5 (1.77%) MobileIron