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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 343 111 197
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.12% 10.94% 11.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.51% 29.44% 42.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 79 137
10th Percentile £323 £263 £263
25th Percentile £425 £325 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £588 £518 £588
90th Percentile £682 £550 £645
England median daily rate £523 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -0.48% -3.67% -3.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 0 0
10th Percentile £49.15 - -
25th Percentile £55.75 - -
Median hourly rate £62.75 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £57.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.88% +62.86% -36.36%

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 966 377 465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 39.75% 37.14% 27.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 274 322
10th Percentile £313 £247 £250
25th Percentile £413 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £588
90th Percentile £630 £646 £642
England median daily rate £504 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.95% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 8 8
10th Percentile £14.25 £29.90 £13.43
25th Percentile £42.50 £31.69 £14.63
Median hourly rate £56.50 £65.71 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.01% +338.05% -65.32%
75th Percentile £68.75 £99.42 £17.31
90th Percentile £71.90 £102.00 £22.00
England median hourly rate £43.15 £26.45 £20.77
% change year-on-year +63.13% +27.35% -35.70%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 +5 167 £494 +16.18% 107
South Yorkshire +14 128 £505 +12.22% 27
North Yorkshire +4 22 £450 +24.14% 11
East Yorkshire -2 14 £325 - 11
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 (5.25%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.96%) Confluence
3 12 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.04%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.58%) Apache
5 2 (0.58%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
6 1 (0.29%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.46%) Acrobat
3 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.58%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 25 (7.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.87%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.58%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 155 (45.19%) AWS
2 108 (31.49%) GCP
3 62 (18.08%) Entra ID
4 50 (14.58%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (14.29%) SaaS
6 44 (12.83%) GitHub
7 39 (11.37%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (9.62%) Power Platform
9 32 (9.33%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (6.71%) OpenShift
11 22 (6.41%) Serverless
12 21 (6.12%) PaaS
13 15 (4.37%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (4.08%) Azure AKS
15 13 (3.79%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
15 13 (3.79%) IaaS
15 13 (3.79%) PowerApps
16 11 (3.21%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (3.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.96%) Firewall
2 14 (4.08%) TCP/IP
3 13 (3.79%) DNS
3 13 (3.79%) WAN
4 11 (3.21%) LAN
4 11 (3.21%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (2.62%) Kerberos
6 7 (2.04%) SAN
6 7 (2.04%) SSL
7 6 (1.75%) IPsec
7 6 (1.75%) Network Security
8 5 (1.46%) VPN
9 4 (1.17%) Internet
9 4 (1.17%) Unified Communications
10 3 (0.87%) PSTN
10 3 (0.87%) VSAN
10 3 (0.87%) VXLAN
11 2 (0.58%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.58%) Ethernet VPN
11 2 (0.58%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.58%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.83%) Power BI
3 18 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.96%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.33%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.75%) Delta Lake
7 6 (1.75%) Metadata
8 5 (1.46%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.46%) MySQL
9 4 (1.17%) Big Data
9 4 (1.17%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.87%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.87%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.58%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.58%) Tableau
12 1 (0.29%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.29%) Redis
12 1 (0.29%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 59 (17.20%) Jenkins
2 47 (13.70%) JIRA
3 30 (8.75%) GitLab
4 24 (7.00%) Git
5 16 (4.66%) Selenium
6 15 (4.37%) Cucumber
7 14 (4.08%) Gatling
7 14 (4.08%) Postman
8 13 (3.79%) REST Assured
9 8 (2.33%) Maven
9 8 (2.33%) TestRail
10 7 (2.04%) Artifactory
11 5 (1.46%) JMeter
12 4 (1.17%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.17%) CircleCI
12 4 (1.17%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.17%) NeoLoad
12 4 (1.17%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
13 2 (0.58%) SpecFlow
General
1 112 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 62 (18.08%) Finance
3 38 (11.08%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 29 (8.45%) Banking
6 22 (6.41%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.66%) Publishing
8 9 (2.62%) Legal
9 7 (2.04%) Law
10 5 (1.46%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.87%) Military
11 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Retail
12 2 (0.58%) Social Science
13 1 (0.29%) Digital Healthcare
13 1 (0.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.29%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.29%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 45 (13.12%) Architect
2 40 (11.66%) Senior
3 36 (10.50%) Lead
4 29 (8.45%) Developer
5 26 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (6.41%) Azure Engineer
7 17 (4.96%) Analyst
8 16 (4.66%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (4.08%) Administrator
9 14 (4.08%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.92%) Technical Architect
11 10 (2.92%) Test Automation Engineer
11 10 (2.92%) Test Engineer
12 9 (2.62%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 9 (2.62%) Consultant
12 9 (2.62%) Senior Architect
12 9 (2.62%) Software Engineer
13 8 (2.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.37%) REST
2 30 (8.75%) OpenID
3 25 (7.29%) LDAP
4 22 (6.41%) .NET
5 18 (5.25%) OAuth
5 18 (5.25%) SAP Basis
6 16 (4.66%) Playwright
6 16 (4.66%) SailPoint
7 14 (4.08%) SAML
8 12 (3.50%) OAuth2
9 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
9 10 (2.92%) Middleware
9 10 (2.92%) React
9 10 (2.92%) RESTful
10 9 (2.62%) Web Services
11 8 (2.33%) Kafka
11 8 (2.33%) Node.js
12 7 (2.04%) JSON
12 7 (2.04%) SOAP
12 7 (2.04%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.79%) Cloud Native
1 37 (10.79%) Onboarding
2 28 (8.16%) Product Ownership
3 22 (6.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (5.54%) Taxonomies
5 15 (4.37%) Data Centre
6 14 (4.08%) NHS
7 11 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.62%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.62%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.04%) IoT
10 6 (1.75%) CMDB
10 6 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.46%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.46%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.46%) Public Cloud
12 4 (1.17%) AI Agents
12 4 (1.17%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.33%) Windows
2 30 (8.75%) Linux
3 10 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.33%) VMS
5 6 (1.75%) CoreOS
5 6 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
5 6 (1.75%) Unix
6 5 (1.46%) Android
6 5 (1.46%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.87%) AIX
8 3 (0.87%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.29%) CentOS
10 1 (0.29%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (42.57%) DevOps
2 137 (39.94%) CI/CD
3 89 (25.95%) Agile
4 67 (19.53%) Roadmaps
5 53 (15.45%) Migration
6 52 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (14.58%) Infrastructure as Code
8 49 (14.29%) Containerisation
9 42 (12.24%) Test Automation
10 40 (11.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (11.66%) Cybersecurity
11 39 (11.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 37 (10.79%) Identity Access Management
13 36 (10.50%) Analytics
14 35 (10.20%) Data Governance
14 35 (10.20%) Microservices
15 34 (9.91%) Data Pipeline
15 34 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 33 (9.62%) Observability
16 33 (9.62%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 84 (24.49%) Python
2 58 (16.91%) Java
3 56 (16.33%) SQL
4 32 (9.33%) PowerShell
5 24 (7.00%) Bash
6 20 (5.83%) JavaScript
7 19 (5.54%) C#
8 13 (3.79%) Scala
9 10 (2.92%) TypeScript
10 8 (2.33%) PHP
11 7 (2.04%) Bicep
11 7 (2.04%) Go
12 5 (1.46%) Groovy
12 5 (1.46%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.17%) Cypher
13 4 (1.17%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.58%) XPath
16 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.29%) X++
Qualifications
1 37 (10.79%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.29%) Degree
3 24 (7.00%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.46%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.46%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.46%) OCP
5 5 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.87%) PMP
8 2 (0.58%) CCNA
8 2 (0.58%) CCNP
8 2 (0.58%) CISSP
8 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.29%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.29%) NCDA
9 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.12%) QA
2 16 (4.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.04%) HIPAA
3 7 (2.04%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.75%) HL7
5 5 (1.46%) NIST
5 5 (1.46%) SLA
6 4 (1.17%) GDPR
6 4 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.58%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.58%) PMO
9 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.29%) GRC
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
9 1 (0.29%) PSD2
System Software
1 48 (13.99%) Docker
2 28 (8.16%) Active Directory
3 18 (5.25%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (4.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.62%) vSphere
6 8 (2.33%) NFS
7 5 (1.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (1.46%) RACF
8 3 (0.87%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.58%) Ceph
9 2 (0.58%) KVM
9 2 (0.58%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.29%) QEMU
10 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.29%) SRDF
10 1 (0.29%) XenApp
10 1 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 74 (21.57%) Kubernetes
2 71 (20.70%) Terraform
3 33 (9.62%) Single Sign-On
4 31 (9.04%) Ansible
5 18 (5.25%) Microsoft Intune
6 16 (4.66%) Grafana
7 9 (2.62%) HAProxy
8 8 (2.33%) Prometheus
9 6 (1.75%) SnapMirror
10 5 (1.46%) Istio
10 5 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.87%) Argo
13 2 (0.58%) Podman
13 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
13 2 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 2 (0.58%) vCenter Server
14 1 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
14 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
14 1 (0.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 117 (34.11%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.91%) Google
3 31 (9.04%) SAP
3 31 (9.04%) ServiceNow
4 25 (7.29%) Okta
5 17 (4.96%) Databricks
6 16 (4.66%) Oracle
7 15 (4.37%) VMware
8 12 (3.50%) Splunk
9 11 (3.21%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.92%) OpenAI
11 9 (2.62%) Cisco
12 8 (2.33%) Brio
12 8 (2.33%) NetApp
13 7 (2.04%) Veeam
14 6 (1.75%) Adobe
15 5 (1.46%) Aruba
15 5 (1.46%) Foundry
15 5 (1.46%) IBM
15 5 (1.46%) Meraki