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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -6 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 426 191 201
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.70% 12.35% 13.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.20% 33.33% 38.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 114 138
10th Percentile £344 £314 £350
25th Percentile £413 £389 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £506
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.13% -8.00%
75th Percentile £594 £548 £600
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 1,034 573 525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 35.69% 37.04% 35.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 381 362
10th Percentile £305 £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 22 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 22 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 22 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 +1 197 £488 -2.50% 252
South Yorkshire +9 171 £518 +9.52% 95
North Yorkshire +7 30 £460 +143.71% 63
East Yorkshire -2 3 £338 - 23
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 (9.86%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.34%) Confluence
3 17 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (3.29%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.41%) Apache
5 6 (1.41%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.94%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.47%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 9 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 178 (41.78%) AWS
2 124 (29.11%) GCP
3 74 (17.37%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (16.20%) GitHub
5 65 (15.26%) Entra ID
6 64 (15.02%) Power Platform
7 63 (14.79%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (9.86%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (6.34%) Microsoft Copilot
10 24 (5.63%) PowerApps
11 20 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (4.69%) OneDrive
12 17 (3.99%) Serverless
13 16 (3.76%) Copilot Studio
14 15 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (3.29%) Azure AI
15 14 (3.29%) SaaS
16 12 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (2.82%) Power Automate
17 11 (2.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.81%) Firewall
2 28 (6.57%) DNS
3 20 (4.69%) Network Security
4 17 (3.99%) VPN
5 15 (3.52%) VLAN
6 13 (3.05%) DHCP
6 13 (3.05%) LAN
6 13 (3.05%) WAN
7 12 (2.82%) WLAN
8 11 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (2.35%) BGP
9 10 (2.35%) OSPF
10 9 (2.11%) TCP/IP
11 7 (1.64%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (1.64%) SAN
12 6 (1.41%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.41%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (1.41%) NAS
12 6 (1.41%) Wireless
13 5 (1.17%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.98%) Power BI
2 31 (7.28%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.99%) Big Data
4 17 (3.99%) Metadata
5 15 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (3.29%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.88%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.64%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.64%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.64%) Relational Database
9 5 (1.17%) Neo4j
9 5 (1.17%) Redis
9 5 (1.17%) Semantic Layer
9 5 (1.17%) Tableau
10 4 (0.94%) SAP HANA
10 4 (0.94%) Trino
11 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.70%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 53 (12.44%) Jenkins
2 49 (11.50%) JIRA
3 32 (7.51%) Git
4 16 (3.76%) GitLab
5 9 (2.11%) Gatling
6 8 (1.88%) JMeter
6 8 (1.88%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.41%) LoadRunner
7 6 (1.41%) Selenium
8 5 (1.17%) Bitbucket
8 5 (1.17%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.17%) Maven
8 5 (1.17%) Postman
9 4 (0.94%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.70%) Artifactory
10 3 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.70%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.70%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.47%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.47%) eggPlant
General
1 123 (28.87%) Social Skills
2 116 (27.23%) Finance
3 39 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.22%) Banking
5 31 (7.28%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.05%) Law
7 11 (2.58%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.58%) Retail
8 10 (2.35%) Financial Institution
9 9 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.41%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.41%) Social Science
11 5 (1.17%) Legal
12 4 (0.94%) Military
13 3 (0.70%) Police
14 2 (0.47%) Billing
14 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.23%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (16.20%) Architect
2 61 (14.32%) Senior
3 54 (12.68%) Lead
4 36 (8.45%) Developer
5 35 (8.22%) Data Engineer
6 34 (7.98%) DevOps Engineer
7 24 (5.63%) Analyst
8 23 (5.40%) Azure Engineer
8 23 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (4.23%) Platform Engineer
10 15 (3.52%) Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.52%) Technical Architect
11 14 (3.29%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (3.29%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (3.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.05%) Consultant
13 12 (2.82%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (2.82%) Security Engineer
14 10 (2.35%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 10 (2.35%) Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (25.12%) Terraform
2 41 (9.62%) REST
3 27 (6.34%) Kafka
4 23 (5.40%) React
5 21 (4.93%) .NET
6 20 (4.69%) OAuth
7 16 (3.76%) OpenID
8 14 (3.29%) OAuth2
9 13 (3.05%) PySpark
9 13 (3.05%) SailPoint
9 13 (3.05%) SAML
10 12 (2.82%) ASP.NET
11 11 (2.58%) .NET Core
11 11 (2.58%) JSON
11 11 (2.58%) Middleware
11 11 (2.58%) Playwright
12 10 (2.35%) RESTful
12 10 (2.35%) SOAP
12 10 (2.35%) Web Services
13 9 (2.11%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.73%) Cloud Native
2 32 (7.51%) Data Centre
3 26 (6.10%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (5.16%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.93%) AI Agents
6 20 (4.69%) Data Protection Act
6 20 (4.69%) Onboarding
7 15 (3.52%) Public Cloud
8 13 (3.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (2.35%) PKI
10 9 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.64%) Replication
12 6 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.41%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.41%) NHS
13 5 (1.17%) Data Structures
14 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.91%) Windows
2 30 (7.04%) Linux
3 28 (6.57%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.41%) Android
4 6 (1.41%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.70%) AIX
5 3 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.70%) Unix
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.23%) VMS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (41.78%) CI/CD
2 159 (37.32%) DevOps
3 103 (24.18%) Agile
4 100 (23.47%) Infrastructure as Code
5 82 (19.25%) AI
5 82 (19.25%) Stakeholder Management
6 75 (17.61%) Observability
7 68 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
8 63 (14.79%) Analytics
9 57 (13.38%) Roadmaps
10 55 (12.91%) Test Automation
11 54 (12.68%) Problem-Solving
12 51 (11.97%) Platform Engineering
13 50 (11.74%) Data Engineering
13 50 (11.74%) Migration
14 48 (11.27%) Software Engineering
15 47 (11.03%) Continuous Improvement
15 47 (11.03%) Data Pipeline
16 45 (10.56%) Validation
17 44 (10.33%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 102 (23.94%) Python
2 57 (13.38%) SQL
3 53 (12.44%) Java
4 50 (11.74%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.40%) C#
6 20 (4.69%) JavaScript
7 18 (4.23%) Bash
8 15 (3.52%) Bicep
9 12 (2.82%) TypeScript
10 9 (2.11%) Groovy
10 9 (2.11%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.64%) Go
12 6 (1.41%) Scala
13 5 (1.17%) Kotlin
14 4 (0.94%) ABAP
14 4 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.70%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.23%) C
Qualifications
1 58 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 40 (9.39%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.34%) Degree
4 18 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.52%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.29%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.82%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.58%) CISSP
9 9 (2.11%) CISM
9 9 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (1.88%) CCNP
11 7 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.64%) CCSP
11 7 (1.64%) DV Cleared
11 7 (1.64%) PMI Certification
11 7 (1.64%) PMP
12 6 (1.41%) CCSK
13 5 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.40%) QA
3 12 (2.82%) GDPR
3 12 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.58%) NIST
5 9 (2.11%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.88%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (1.64%) WCAG
8 6 (1.41%) GRC
8 6 (1.41%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.17%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.70%) GxP
10 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.47%) IASME
11 2 (0.47%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (16.20%) Active Directory
2 53 (12.44%) Docker
3 13 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.82%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.11%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.64%) vSphere
8 5 (1.17%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.70%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.70%) Firmware
9 3 (0.70%) NFS
9 3 (0.70%) SRDF
10 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
10 1 (0.23%) Ceph
10 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 91 (21.36%) Kubernetes
2 31 (7.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (7.04%) Ansible
4 20 (4.69%) Grafana
5 16 (3.76%) Prometheus
6 12 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.64%) Kustomize
9 6 (1.41%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.17%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.70%) Argo
12 3 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.70%) Packer
12 3 (0.70%) SCCM
12 3 (0.70%) SnapMirror
12 3 (0.70%) vMotion
13 2 (0.47%) Podman
13 2 (0.47%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 146 (34.27%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.74%) Databricks
3 30 (7.04%) ServiceNow
4 27 (6.34%) Google
5 19 (4.46%) CyberArk
6 18 (4.23%) Foundry
7 17 (3.99%) Cisco
8 15 (3.52%) SAP
9 14 (3.29%) VMware
10 13 (3.05%) Splunk
11 11 (2.58%) Okta
12 10 (2.35%) Dynatrace
12 10 (2.35%) IBM
13 9 (2.11%) OpenAI
13 9 (2.11%) Oracle
14 8 (1.88%) Citrix
15 7 (1.64%) CheckPoint
15 7 (1.64%) Dell
15 7 (1.64%) Red Hat
15 7 (1.64%) Salesforce