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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 11 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 396 135 207
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.26% 10.90% 12.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.57% 30.61% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 86 151
10th Percentile £313 £263 £350
25th Percentile £450 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.37% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £628 £538 £600
90th Percentile £700 £600 £645
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £23.00 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £49.25 £38.50
% change year-on-year +16.75% +27.92% -36.57%

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 1,054 441 518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.95% 35.59% 30.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 299 363
10th Percentile £313 £258 £253
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £578
90th Percentile £688 £620 £642
England median daily rate £519 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.68% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 4 9
10th Percentile £18.50 £27.82 £13.45
25th Percentile £23.00 £30.17 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £32.96 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.42% +119.73% -53.85%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.48 £21.50
90th Percentile - £79.33 £22.00
England median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +63.26% +14.32% -31.89%

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 30 June 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 30 June 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 30 June 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 +8 200 £500 +5.26% 60
South Yorkshire +11 139 £530 +17.78% 45
North Yorkshire +5 26 £505 +61.60% 19
East Yorkshire 0 7 £338 - 13
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 43 (10.86%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.05%) Confluence
3 17 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.27%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.51%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.51%) Acrobat
2 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 20 (5.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 161 (40.66%) AWS
2 104 (26.26%) GCP
3 70 (17.68%) Entra ID
4 65 (16.41%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (15.40%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (13.38%) GitHub
6 53 (13.38%) Power Platform
7 40 (10.10%) GitHub Actions
8 32 (8.08%) SaaS
9 30 (7.58%) PowerApps
10 26 (6.57%) Microsoft Copilot
11 25 (6.31%) Serverless
12 23 (5.81%) OneDrive
13 19 (4.80%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (4.80%) PaaS
14 15 (3.79%) Copilot Studio
14 15 (3.79%) Power Automate
15 14 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (3.54%) Azure Functions
16 13 (3.28%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.54%) Network Security
1 14 (3.54%) WAN
2 13 (3.28%) Firewall
3 11 (2.78%) LAN
4 9 (2.27%) SAN
4 9 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.02%) DNS
6 7 (1.77%) Kerberos
6 7 (1.77%) VPN
7 6 (1.52%) WLAN
8 5 (1.26%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.01%) Internet
9 4 (1.01%) IPsec
9 4 (1.01%) SSL
9 4 (1.01%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.01%) VLAN
10 3 (0.76%) BGP
10 3 (0.76%) BIG-IP
10 3 (0.76%) NAS
10 3 (0.76%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.08%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.81%) Power BI
3 17 (4.29%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.27%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.27%) Metadata
7 8 (2.02%) Big Data
7 8 (2.02%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.77%) Neo4j
9 6 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.01%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.01%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.76%) Parquet
11 3 (0.76%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.25%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.25%) Redis
13 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (13.13%) Jenkins
2 43 (10.86%) JIRA
3 23 (5.81%) Git
4 19 (4.80%) GitLab
5 14 (3.54%) Gatling
6 7 (1.77%) Maven
7 6 (1.52%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.26%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.26%) JMeter
8 5 (1.26%) Postman
8 5 (1.26%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.26%) Selenium
8 5 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.01%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.01%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.01%) NeoLoad
10 3 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.76%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.51%) MSBuild
11 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
General
1 108 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 96 (24.24%) Finance
3 32 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.07%) Banking
5 27 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.06%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.78%) Law
7 11 (2.78%) Publishing
8 8 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.02%) Legal
9 6 (1.52%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.52%) Retail
9 6 (1.52%) Social Science
10 5 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.01%) Military
12 2 (0.51%) Billing
12 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 73 (18.43%) Architect
2 51 (12.88%) Senior
3 41 (10.35%) Lead
4 39 (9.85%) DevOps Engineer
5 37 (9.34%) Developer
6 26 (6.57%) Azure Engineer
7 25 (6.31%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (5.05%) Analyst
9 18 (4.55%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.29%) Data Engineer
11 16 (4.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Administrator
12 13 (3.28%) Technical Architect
13 12 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.03%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (2.78%) Azure Platform Engineer
14 11 (2.78%) Consultant
15 10 (2.53%) Data Architect
15 10 (2.53%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.85%) REST
2 24 (6.06%) OpenID
3 23 (5.81%) .NET
4 17 (4.29%) OAuth
5 15 (3.79%) LDAP
5 15 (3.79%) Web Services
6 14 (3.54%) Playwright
6 14 (3.54%) SailPoint
6 14 (3.54%) SAML
6 14 (3.54%) SAP Basis
7 12 (3.03%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (3.03%) OAuth2
8 11 (2.78%) PySpark
8 11 (2.78%) SOAP
9 9 (2.27%) Kafka
9 9 (2.27%) Middleware
9 9 (2.27%) React
10 8 (2.02%) .NET Core
10 8 (2.02%) ASP.NET
11 7 (1.77%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.64%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.58%) Onboarding
3 25 (6.31%) Data Centre
4 20 (5.05%) Product Ownership
5 19 (4.80%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (3.03%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.03%) Taxonomies
8 10 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.27%) AI Agents
10 8 (2.02%) Data Protection Act
10 8 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.77%) NHS
11 7 (1.77%) Replication
12 5 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.26%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 5 (1.26%) FlexPod
13 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
13 4 (1.01%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.36%) Windows
2 24 (6.06%) Linux
3 14 (3.54%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.02%) Data ONTAP
4 8 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.52%) CoreOS
5 6 (1.52%) VMS
6 4 (1.01%) Android
6 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.01%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.76%) AIX
8 2 (0.51%) Unix
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (40.66%) DevOps
2 150 (37.88%) CI/CD
3 91 (22.98%) Agile
4 71 (17.93%) Infrastructure as Code
5 65 (16.41%) Roadmaps
6 57 (14.39%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (13.38%) Migration
8 51 (12.88%) Platform Engineering
9 50 (12.63%) Observability
10 48 (12.12%) Cybersecurity
11 47 (11.87%) AI
12 44 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
13 42 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 41 (10.35%) Analytics
14 41 (10.35%) Identity Access Management
15 38 (9.60%) Containerisation
16 37 (9.34%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (8.84%) Data Pipeline
17 35 (8.84%) Test Automation
18 34 (8.59%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 89 (22.47%) Python
2 55 (13.89%) SQL
3 47 (11.87%) Java
4 43 (10.86%) PowerShell
5 22 (5.56%) C#
6 20 (5.05%) Bash
7 14 (3.54%) Scala
8 13 (3.28%) JavaScript
9 11 (2.78%) Bicep
10 8 (2.02%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.26%) Go
11 5 (1.26%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.01%) ABAP
12 4 (1.01%) Cypher
12 4 (1.01%) Groovy
13 3 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.25%) Ruby
15 1 (0.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 48 (12.12%) Security Cleared
2 30 (7.58%) Degree
2 30 (7.58%) SC Cleared
3 15 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (2.53%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.27%) Azure Certification
6 8 (2.02%) CISSP
7 6 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.52%) CISM
7 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.52%) PMP
8 5 (1.26%) OCP
8 5 (1.26%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.01%) CCSP
9 4 (1.01%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.01%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.76%) CCSK
10 3 (0.76%) NCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.55%) QA
2 12 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.27%) NIST
5 8 (2.02%) GDPR
6 7 (1.77%) Accessibility
6 7 (1.77%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (1.26%) GRC
7 5 (1.26%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.26%) WCAG
8 4 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.76%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.51%) SLA
11 1 (0.25%) GxP
11 1 (0.25%) HL7
System Software
1 54 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 39 (9.85%) Docker
3 18 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (3.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (2.02%) NFS
6 8 (2.02%) vSphere
7 5 (1.26%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.01%) RACF
9 3 (0.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.76%) SRDF
9 3 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.25%) Ceph
10 1 (0.25%) KVM
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 95 (23.99%) Terraform
2 70 (17.68%) Kubernetes
3 30 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (6.82%) Ansible
5 23 (5.81%) Single Sign-On
6 13 (3.28%) Jamf Pro
7 11 (2.78%) Grafana
7 11 (2.78%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.27%) HAProxy
9 8 (2.02%) SnapMirror
10 4 (1.01%) Istio
10 4 (1.01%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.76%) Argo
11 3 (0.76%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.51%) Podman
12 2 (0.51%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.51%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 146 (36.87%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.34%) Google
3 28 (7.07%) Databricks
3 28 (7.07%) ServiceNow
4 26 (6.57%) SAP
5 19 (4.80%) Okta
6 16 (4.04%) Foundry
7 14 (3.54%) VMware
8 13 (3.28%) CyberArk
9 12 (3.03%) Oracle
9 12 (3.03%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.02%) NetApp
10 8 (2.02%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.77%) Aruba
11 7 (1.77%) Splunk
12 6 (1.52%) Cisco
13 5 (1.26%) Centrify
13 5 (1.26%) IBM
13 5 (1.26%) Salesforce
13 5 (1.26%) Veeam