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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 409 164 204
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.35% 11.63% 12.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.58% 32.80% 39.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 257 111 146
10th Percentile £321 £313 £350
25th Percentile £420 £380 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £599
90th Percentile £700 £600 £645
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £21.88 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £43.23 £35.00
% change year-on-year +33.02% +23.50% -41.67%

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 1,060 500 519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.19% 35.46% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 679 341 355
10th Percentile £313 £265 £255
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £678 £600 £645
England median daily rate £523 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.05% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 3 7
10th Percentile £17.83 £27.35 £13.40
25th Percentile £19.63 £29.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.11 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +57.67% +5.00%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.51 £21.75
90th Percentile - £85.74 £22.00
England median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +55.07% +14.32% -36.96%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 24 July 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 +5 211 £488 -2.50% 127
South Yorkshire +7 141 £522 +11.06% 40
North Yorkshire +5 28 £510 +63.20% 25
East Yorkshire -3 6 £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 45 (11.00%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.36%) Confluence
3 20 (4.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.69%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.73%) Apache
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.49%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.49%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.49%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.24%) IIS
7 1 (0.24%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.49%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (3.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.24%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.24%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 167 (40.83%) AWS
2 106 (25.92%) GCP
3 68 (16.63%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (15.16%) Entra ID
5 61 (14.91%) Power Platform
6 60 (14.67%) Azure DevOps
7 54 (13.20%) GitHub
8 39 (9.54%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (7.33%) PowerApps
10 25 (6.11%) SaaS
11 24 (5.87%) Microsoft Copilot
12 22 (5.38%) OneDrive
12 22 (5.38%) Serverless
13 19 (4.65%) PaaS
14 18 (4.40%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (3.67%) Copilot Studio
15 15 (3.67%) Power Automate
16 14 (3.42%) Azure AI
17 13 (3.18%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (3.18%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.16%) Firewall
2 14 (3.42%) DNS
3 13 (3.18%) LAN
3 13 (3.18%) WAN
4 12 (2.93%) Network Security
5 11 (2.69%) VPN
5 11 (2.69%) Wi-Fi
6 10 (2.44%) WLAN
7 9 (2.20%) SAN
8 8 (1.96%) IPsec
8 8 (1.96%) VLAN
9 7 (1.71%) BGP
9 7 (1.71%) Kerberos
9 7 (1.71%) OSPF
9 7 (1.71%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.47%) DHCP
11 5 (1.22%) VoIP
12 4 (0.98%) Internet
12 4 (0.98%) SSL
12 4 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.07%) SQL Server
2 29 (7.09%) Power BI
3 18 (4.40%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.18%) Metadata
6 10 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
6 10 (2.44%) Big Data
6 10 (2.44%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.71%) Delta Lake
8 4 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.98%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.73%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.73%) Parquet
9 3 (0.73%) Spark SQL
10 2 (0.49%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.49%) Redis
10 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.49%) Tableau
10 2 (0.49%) Trino
Development Applications
1 50 (12.22%) Jenkins
2 44 (10.76%) JIRA
3 22 (5.38%) Git
4 13 (3.18%) GitLab
5 10 (2.44%) Gatling
6 7 (1.71%) Maven
7 6 (1.47%) Artifactory
7 6 (1.47%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.98%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.73%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.73%) Fiddler
10 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.49%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.49%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.49%) Selenium
10 2 (0.49%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.49%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.24%) JMeter
11 1 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 106 (25.92%) Social Skills
2 96 (23.47%) Finance
3 34 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.58%) Public Sector
5 28 (6.85%) Banking
6 20 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.69%) Law
8 9 (2.20%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.71%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.71%) Publishing
10 7 (1.71%) Retail
11 6 (1.47%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.47%) Social Science
12 5 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.22%) Legal
13 4 (0.98%) Military
14 3 (0.73%) Police
15 2 (0.49%) Billing
15 2 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 71 (17.36%) Architect
2 54 (13.20%) Senior
3 44 (10.76%) Lead
4 39 (9.54%) DevOps Engineer
5 37 (9.05%) Developer
6 25 (6.11%) Azure Engineer
6 25 (6.11%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (5.87%) Analyst
8 22 (5.38%) Data Engineer
9 20 (4.89%) Platform Engineer
10 18 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (3.91%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
13 13 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.93%) 2nd Line Support
14 12 (2.93%) Administrator
14 12 (2.93%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 11 (2.69%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 11 (2.69%) Consultant
15 11 (2.69%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (8.80%) REST
2 22 (5.38%) .NET
3 16 (3.91%) OAuth
3 16 (3.91%) Web Services
4 15 (3.67%) OpenID
5 12 (2.93%) SAML
6 11 (2.69%) Kafka
6 11 (2.69%) Playwright
6 11 (2.69%) PySpark
6 11 (2.69%) React
6 11 (2.69%) SOAP
7 10 (2.44%) OAuth2
7 10 (2.44%) SailPoint
7 10 (2.44%) SAP Basis
8 9 (2.20%) .NET Core
8 9 (2.20%) ASP.NET
8 9 (2.20%) Microsoft Graph
9 8 (1.96%) JSON
9 8 (1.96%) LDAP
10 7 (1.71%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.22%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.85%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.11%) Data Centre
4 24 (5.87%) Onboarding
5 19 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.67%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (2.93%) AI Agents
7 12 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
7 12 (2.93%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.96%) Taxonomies
9 7 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (1.71%) Replication
10 6 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
10 6 (1.47%) NHS
10 6 (1.47%) PKI
11 5 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 5 (1.22%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.22%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.98%) Windows
2 25 (6.11%) Linux
3 19 (4.65%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.96%) Data ONTAP
4 8 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.47%) CoreOS
5 6 (1.47%) VMS
6 4 (0.98%) Android
6 4 (0.98%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.73%) AIX
7 3 (0.73%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.49%) Unix
8 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.24%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (39.12%) DevOps
2 152 (37.16%) CI/CD
3 98 (23.96%) Agile
4 70 (17.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 67 (16.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 64 (15.65%) AI
6 64 (15.65%) Roadmaps
7 54 (13.20%) Observability
8 53 (12.96%) Cybersecurity
8 53 (12.96%) Migration
9 49 (11.98%) Platform Engineering
10 48 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (11.49%) Analytics
12 44 (10.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 39 (9.54%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (9.29%) Software Engineering
15 36 (8.80%) Data Engineering
16 35 (8.56%) Containerisation
16 35 (8.56%) Data Pipeline
17 34 (8.31%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 84 (20.54%) Python
2 52 (12.71%) SQL
3 42 (10.27%) Java
4 39 (9.54%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.62%) C#
6 18 (4.40%) Bash
7 14 (3.42%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.44%) Scala
9 9 (2.20%) Bicep
10 8 (1.96%) Groovy
11 6 (1.47%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.22%) Kotlin
12 5 (1.22%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.98%) ABAP
14 3 (0.73%) Go
14 3 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.73%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.24%) Ruby
15 1 (0.24%) X++
Qualifications
1 58 (14.18%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.05%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.60%) Degree
4 16 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.69%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.44%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.96%) CISSP
8 7 (1.71%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.47%) CISM
10 5 (1.22%) CCNP
10 5 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.22%) OCP
10 5 (1.22%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (1.22%) PMP
11 4 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.98%) CCSP
11 4 (0.98%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.40%) QA
2 16 (3.91%) Data Quality
3 9 (2.20%) Accessibility
3 9 (2.20%) NIST
4 8 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.71%) GDPR
5 7 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 7 (1.71%) WCAG
6 5 (1.22%) GRC
6 5 (1.22%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.98%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.73%) GxP
8 3 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.49%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.49%) SLA
10 1 (0.24%) NCSC
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 56 (13.69%) Active Directory
2 45 (11.00%) Docker
3 15 (3.67%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (2.93%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (1.96%) NFS
6 8 (1.96%) vSphere
7 4 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.98%) RACF
8 3 (0.73%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.73%) SRDF
8 3 (0.73%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.24%) Ceph
9 1 (0.24%) KVM
9 1 (0.24%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 89 (21.76%) Terraform
2 75 (18.34%) Kubernetes
3 32 (7.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (6.85%) Ansible
5 19 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (3.91%) Jamf Pro
7 14 (3.42%) Grafana
7 14 (3.42%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.20%) HAProxy
9 8 (1.96%) SnapMirror
10 4 (0.98%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.73%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.73%) Argo
11 3 (0.73%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (0.49%) Istio
12 2 (0.49%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.49%) Podman
12 2 (0.49%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 143 (34.96%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.31%) Databricks
3 28 (6.85%) Google
4 22 (5.38%) ServiceNow
5 20 (4.89%) SAP
6 16 (3.91%) CyberArk
6 16 (3.91%) Foundry
7 14 (3.42%) Okta
7 14 (3.42%) VMware
8 12 (2.93%) Oracle
8 12 (2.93%) Red Hat
9 9 (2.20%) OpenAI
10 8 (1.96%) Cisco
10 8 (1.96%) NetApp
11 7 (1.71%) Aruba
11 7 (1.71%) Citrix
11 7 (1.71%) Splunk
12 6 (1.47%) Apple
12 6 (1.47%) BeyondTrust
12 6 (1.47%) IBM