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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 311 139 221
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.04% 15.16% 12.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.42% 39.94% 39.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 95 146
10th Percentile £267 £275 £225
25th Percentile £400 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £588
90th Percentile £688 £590 £675
England median daily rate £522 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.98% -2.27% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £44.40 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £62.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +64.29% -24.21% -16.04%

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 878 348 561
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 42.46% 37.95% 30.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 616 237 397
10th Percentile £268 £263 £225
25th Percentile £400 £375 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £540 £567 £588
90th Percentile £625 £643 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 6
10th Percentile £14.25 £23.46 £14.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £32.81 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.20% +118.73% -70.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £96.64 -
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £38.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £27.50 £21.64
% change year-on-year +36.36% +27.08% -13.44%

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 19 February 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 19 February 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 19 February 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 -2 160 £500 +11.11% 98
South Yorkshire -3 104 £518 +1.47% 45
North Yorkshire -1 19 £450 +63.64% 15
East Yorkshire - 12 £344 - 17
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 21 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.79%) Confluence
3 11 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.61%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) nginx
6 1 (0.32%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.61%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 22 (7.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.96%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.64%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.64%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.32%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 148 (47.59%) AWS
2 118 (37.94%) GCP
3 61 (19.61%) Entra ID
4 45 (14.47%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (12.54%) Azure DevOps
5 39 (12.54%) SaaS
6 32 (10.29%) GitHub
7 21 (6.75%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (6.75%) Power Platform
8 20 (6.43%) Serverless
9 17 (5.47%) Azure AKS
10 16 (5.14%) OpenShift
11 15 (4.82%) OneDrive
12 14 (4.50%) PaaS
13 12 (3.86%) Azure Functions
14 11 (3.54%) Azure Storage
14 11 (3.54%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (3.54%) IaaS
15 9 (2.89%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 7 (2.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.65%) Firewall
2 18 (5.79%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.18%) DNS
3 13 (4.18%) WAN
3 13 (4.18%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (3.86%) LAN
5 9 (2.89%) Kerberos
5 9 (2.89%) Network Security
6 7 (2.25%) SSL
7 6 (1.93%) IPsec
7 6 (1.93%) VPN
8 5 (1.61%) HTTP
8 5 (1.61%) VLAN
9 4 (1.29%) DHCP
9 4 (1.29%) VoIP
10 3 (0.96%) HTTPS
10 3 (0.96%) SAN
11 2 (0.64%) BGP
11 2 (0.64%) OSPF
11 2 (0.64%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.79%) Power BI
2 15 (4.82%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.50%) NoSQL
4 13 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (1.93%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.61%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.61%) Metadata
7 5 (1.61%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.61%) MySQL
7 5 (1.61%) Redis
8 4 (1.29%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.29%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.29%) Relational Database
9 3 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.64%) DataStage
10 2 (0.64%) DB2
10 2 (0.64%) GIS
10 2 (0.64%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (15.76%) Jenkins
2 41 (13.18%) JIRA
3 27 (8.68%) GitLab
4 26 (8.36%) Git
5 16 (5.14%) Selenium
6 14 (4.50%) Cucumber
6 14 (4.50%) Postman
7 12 (3.86%) REST Assured
8 8 (2.57%) TestRail
9 7 (2.25%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.61%) JMeter
11 4 (1.29%) Gatling
11 4 (1.29%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.29%) Maven
11 4 (1.29%) Mocha
11 4 (1.29%) NeoLoad
11 4 (1.29%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.96%) JUnit
13 2 (0.64%) MSI
13 2 (0.64%) Subversion
General
1 113 (36.33%) Social Skills
2 52 (16.72%) Finance
3 34 (10.93%) Banking
4 33 (10.61%) Public Sector
5 28 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (5.14%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.54%) Legal
7 11 (3.54%) Publishing
8 6 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.61%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.61%) Law
9 5 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.64%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.64%) Local Government
11 2 (0.64%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 52 (16.72%) Architect
2 42 (13.50%) Senior
3 25 (8.04%) Developer
3 25 (8.04%) Lead
4 20 (6.43%) Solutions Architect
5 17 (5.47%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (5.14%) Analyst
7 13 (4.18%) 2nd Line Support
7 13 (4.18%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (3.86%) IT Support
9 11 (3.54%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.54%) Senior Architect
9 11 (3.54%) Software Engineer
10 9 (2.89%) Administrator
10 9 (2.89%) Test Automation Engineer
10 9 (2.89%) Test Engineer
11 8 (2.57%) Consultant
11 8 (2.57%) Data Engineer
11 8 (2.57%) Senior Developer
11 8 (2.57%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.25%) REST
2 28 (9.00%) OpenID
3 24 (7.72%) LDAP
4 21 (6.75%) OAuth
5 19 (6.11%) React
6 18 (5.79%) .NET
6 18 (5.79%) RESTful
6 18 (5.79%) SailPoint
6 18 (5.79%) SAML
7 17 (5.47%) Node.js
8 13 (4.18%) SAP Basis
9 9 (2.89%) CSS
9 9 (2.89%) HTML
9 9 (2.89%) JWT
10 8 (2.57%) FHIR
10 8 (2.57%) Kafka
10 8 (2.57%) Middleware
10 8 (2.57%) OAuth2
10 8 (2.57%) Spring Boot
10 8 (2.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.29%) Onboarding
2 29 (9.32%) Cloud Native
3 20 (6.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 16 (5.14%) Product Ownership
5 15 (4.82%) NHS
6 14 (4.50%) Taxonomies
7 11 (3.54%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.22%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.89%) Data Centre
10 7 (2.25%) CMDB
10 7 (2.25%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.93%) IoT
11 6 (1.93%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.61%) Algorithms
13 4 (1.29%) Cloud Security Posture
14 3 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (0.96%) iPhone
14 3 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 39 (12.54%) Windows
2 28 (9.00%) Linux
3 9 (2.89%) Unix
4 5 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.29%) VMS
5 4 (1.29%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.96%) Android
7 2 (0.64%) CoreOS
7 2 (0.64%) Data ONTAP
7 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) CentOS
8 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (37.62%) DevOps
2 110 (35.37%) CI/CD
3 75 (24.12%) Agile
4 55 (17.68%) Roadmaps
5 52 (16.72%) Containerisation
6 51 (16.40%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (13.83%) Cybersecurity
8 42 (13.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 42 (13.50%) Microservices
9 40 (12.86%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (12.86%) Migration
10 35 (11.25%) Test Automation
11 33 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (9.97%) ITIL
13 30 (9.65%) Data Governance
13 30 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (8.68%) Identity Access Management
14 27 (8.68%) Mentoring
15 25 (8.04%) AI
16 24 (7.72%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 78 (25.08%) Python
2 60 (19.29%) SQL
3 39 (12.54%) Java
4 35 (11.25%) PowerShell
5 30 (9.65%) JavaScript
6 28 (9.00%) Bash
7 18 (5.79%) TypeScript
8 15 (4.82%) C#
9 8 (2.57%) PHP
10 7 (2.25%) Bicep
11 6 (1.93%) Go
12 5 (1.61%) Groovy
13 4 (1.29%) Cypher
13 4 (1.29%) Scala
14 3 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.96%) Rust
14 3 (0.96%) Search Processing Language
14 3 (0.96%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.64%) Solidity
15 2 (0.64%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (6.11%) Degree
2 18 (5.79%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.22%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.57%) CISSP
5 7 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.61%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.61%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.61%) CEH
6 5 (1.61%) CISM
6 5 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.96%) CCSK
8 3 (0.96%) CCSP
8 3 (0.96%) GIAC
8 3 (0.96%) GWAPT
8 3 (0.96%) OCP
8 3 (0.96%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.96%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.64%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.43%) QA
2 16 (5.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.54%) GDPR
4 8 (2.57%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.25%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.25%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.93%) HIPAA
6 6 (1.93%) HL7
6 6 (1.93%) NIST
7 5 (1.61%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.61%) SLA
8 4 (1.29%) WCAG
9 3 (0.96%) GRC
9 3 (0.96%) PSD2
9 3 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.32%) COBIT
11 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 47 (15.11%) Docker
2 37 (11.90%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (4.18%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.61%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 5 (1.61%) RACF
5 5 (1.61%) vSphere
6 3 (0.96%) NFS
7 2 (0.64%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.64%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.32%) Ceph
8 1 (0.32%) KVM
8 1 (0.32%) QEMU
8 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.32%) XenApp
8 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 63 (20.26%) Kubernetes
2 57 (18.33%) Terraform
3 29 (9.32%) Ansible
4 27 (8.68%) Single Sign-On
5 26 (8.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (4.82%) Grafana
7 9 (2.89%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.93%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.93%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.29%) Istio
10 3 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.64%) Argo
11 2 (0.64%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.64%) SnapMirror
12 1 (0.32%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.32%) Kibana
12 1 (0.32%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.32%) Podman
12 1 (0.32%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 75 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.25%) Google
3 32 (10.29%) SAP
4 27 (8.68%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.79%) Okta
5 18 (5.79%) Oracle
6 17 (5.47%) Splunk
7 15 (4.82%) VMware
8 10 (3.22%) Cisco
8 10 (3.22%) F5
9 9 (2.89%) Databricks
9 9 (2.89%) OpenAI
10 7 (2.25%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.93%) Adobe
11 6 (1.93%) Brio
11 6 (1.93%) ESRI
11 6 (1.93%) HP
11 6 (1.93%) Meraki
11 6 (1.93%) Veeam
11 6 (1.93%) Veritas