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 2 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 342 112 194
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.06% 10.95% 11.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.81% 29.40% 41.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 79 135
10th Percentile £326 £263 £268
25th Percentile £428 £325 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £525 £591
90th Percentile £688 £550 £645
England median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -3.56%
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 £53.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +7.48% +52.86% -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 955 381 468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 39.27% 37.24% 27.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 660 270 327
10th Percentile £313 £242 £240
25th Percentile £413 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £558 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £640
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -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 £46.40 £25.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +81.96% +22.77% -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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +3 167 £488 +14.71% 115
South Yorkshire +10 128 £505 +12.22% 43
North Yorkshire +2 19 £450 +24.14% 21
East Yorkshire -1 14 £325 - 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 20 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 17 (4.97%) Confluence
3 12 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.75%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.58%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.29%) Apache
6 1 (0.29%) CMS
6 1 (0.29%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (2.05%) 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 27 (7.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.88%) 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
1 157 (45.91%) AWS
2 108 (31.58%) GCP
3 59 (17.25%) Entra ID
4 49 (14.33%) SaaS
5 47 (13.74%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (11.99%) GitHub
6 41 (11.99%) Microsoft 365
7 34 (9.94%) Power Platform
8 29 (8.48%) GitHub Actions
9 22 (6.43%) Serverless
10 21 (6.14%) OpenShift
10 21 (6.14%) PaaS
11 15 (4.39%) Azure Data Factory
12 14 (4.09%) Azure AKS
12 14 (4.09%) PowerApps
13 13 (3.80%) Azure Functions
13 13 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (3.80%) IaaS
14 12 (3.51%) Microsoft Copilot
14 12 (3.51%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.09%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.80%) Firewall
3 11 (3.22%) DNS
3 11 (3.22%) WAN
3 11 (3.22%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (2.92%) LAN
5 9 (2.63%) Kerberos
6 7 (2.05%) SAN
7 6 (1.75%) Network Security
7 6 (1.75%) SSL
8 5 (1.46%) IPsec
9 4 (1.17%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.17%) VPN
10 3 (0.88%) Internet
10 3 (0.88%) PSTN
11 2 (0.58%) NAS
11 2 (0.58%) Reverse Proxy
11 2 (0.58%) VoIP
12 1 (0.29%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.29%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.60%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.85%) Power BI
3 18 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.97%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (3.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.34%) 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 (0.88%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.88%) 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%) Parquet
12 1 (0.29%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 57 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 44 (12.87%) JIRA
3 30 (8.77%) GitLab
4 23 (6.73%) Git
5 14 (4.09%) Gatling
5 14 (4.09%) Selenium
6 13 (3.80%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.80%) REST Assured
7 12 (3.51%) Postman
8 8 (2.34%) Maven
9 7 (2.05%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.46%) JMeter
10 5 (1.46%) TestRail
11 4 (1.17%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.17%) CircleCI
11 4 (1.17%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.17%) NeoLoad
12 2 (0.58%) Fiddler
12 2 (0.58%) JUnit
12 2 (0.58%) SoapUI
General
1 115 (33.63%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.88%) Finance
3 35 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (9.06%) Public Sector
5 28 (8.19%) Banking
6 21 (6.14%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.68%) Publishing
8 9 (2.63%) Legal
9 7 (2.05%) Law
10 5 (1.46%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.88%) Military
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%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (13.16%) Architect
2 41 (11.99%) Senior
3 39 (11.40%) Lead
4 30 (8.77%) Developer
5 27 (7.89%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (6.43%) Azure Engineer
7 18 (5.26%) Analyst
8 15 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (4.09%) Administrator
9 14 (4.09%) Data Engineer
9 14 (4.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (2.92%) Technical Architect
11 10 (2.92%) Test Automation Engineer
11 10 (2.92%) Test Engineer
12 9 (2.63%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (2.63%) Senior Architect
12 9 (2.63%) Software Engineer
13 8 (2.34%) Consultant
13 8 (2.34%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.82%) REST
2 31 (9.06%) OpenID
3 25 (7.31%) LDAP
4 22 (6.43%) .NET
5 19 (5.56%) OAuth
6 18 (5.26%) SAP Basis
7 16 (4.68%) SailPoint
8 14 (4.09%) Playwright
8 14 (4.09%) SAML
9 12 (3.51%) OAuth2
10 11 (3.22%) RESTful
11 10 (2.92%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (2.92%) Middleware
12 9 (2.63%) React
12 9 (2.63%) Web Services
13 8 (2.34%) Node.js
14 7 (2.05%) FHIR
14 7 (2.05%) Kafka
14 7 (2.05%) SOAP
14 7 (2.05%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 38 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 37 (10.82%) Onboarding
3 28 (8.19%) Product Ownership
4 20 (5.85%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (5.56%) Taxonomies
6 14 (4.09%) Data Centre
7 12 (3.51%) NHS
8 10 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (2.63%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (2.05%) IoT
11 6 (1.75%) CMDB
11 6 (1.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.75%) Security Posture
12 5 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (1.46%) Data Structures
12 5 (1.46%) FlexPod
12 5 (1.46%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.46%) Public Cloud
13 4 (1.17%) AI Agents
14 3 (0.88%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 33 (9.65%) Windows
2 28 (8.19%) Linux
3 8 (2.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.34%) VMS
4 6 (1.75%) CoreOS
4 6 (1.75%) Data ONTAP
4 6 (1.75%) Unix
5 5 (1.46%) Android
5 5 (1.46%) Mac OS
6 4 (1.17%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.88%) AIX
7 3 (0.88%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (42.11%) DevOps
2 137 (40.06%) CI/CD
3 87 (25.44%) Agile
4 66 (19.30%) Roadmaps
5 50 (14.62%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (14.33%) Containerisation
6 49 (14.33%) Migration
7 47 (13.74%) Infrastructure as Code
8 41 (11.99%) Cybersecurity
9 40 (11.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 38 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
10 38 (11.11%) Test Automation
11 36 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
11 36 (10.53%) Microservices
12 34 (9.94%) Analytics
12 34 (9.94%) Data Governance
12 34 (9.94%) Data Pipeline
12 34 (9.94%) Observability
13 32 (9.36%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 81 (23.68%) Python
2 57 (16.67%) SQL
3 56 (16.37%) Java
4 33 (9.65%) PowerShell
5 23 (6.73%) Bash
6 18 (5.26%) JavaScript
7 17 (4.97%) C#
8 13 (3.80%) Scala
9 8 (2.34%) Bicep
9 8 (2.34%) PHP
9 8 (2.34%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.05%) Go
11 5 (1.46%) Groovy
11 5 (1.46%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.17%) Cypher
12 4 (1.17%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.29%) R
14 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (10.23%) Security Cleared
2 25 (7.31%) Degree
3 22 (6.43%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.46%) OCP
6 5 (1.46%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (1.17%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.17%) CISSP
7 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (0.88%) CCSP
8 3 (0.88%) CISM
8 3 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.88%) PMP
9 2 (0.58%) CCNA
9 2 (0.58%) CCSK
9 2 (0.58%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (5.85%) QA
2 16 (4.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.05%) Data Quality
3 7 (2.05%) HIPAA
3 7 (2.05%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.75%) HL7
4 6 (1.75%) NIST
5 5 (1.46%) SLA
6 4 (1.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 4 (1.17%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.88%) GDPR
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%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.29%) NCSC
System Software
1 45 (13.16%) Docker
2 28 (8.19%) Active Directory
3 18 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.34%) NFS
6 7 (2.05%) vSphere
7 5 (1.46%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (1.46%) RACF
8 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.29%) Ceph
10 1 (0.29%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.29%) KVM
10 1 (0.29%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.29%) SRDF
10 1 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.29%) XenApp
10 1 (0.29%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 74 (21.64%) Kubernetes
2 68 (19.88%) Terraform
3 31 (9.06%) Single Sign-On
4 27 (7.89%) Ansible
5 20 (5.85%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (4.09%) Grafana
7 9 (2.63%) HAProxy
8 8 (2.34%) Prometheus
9 6 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
9 6 (1.75%) SnapMirror
10 5 (1.46%) Istio
11 4 (1.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.58%) Argo
12 2 (0.58%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.58%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 1 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
13 1 (0.29%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.29%) NetBackup
13 1 (0.29%) Puppet
13 1 (0.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 115 (33.63%) Microsoft
2 34 (9.94%) Google
3 33 (9.65%) SAP
4 31 (9.06%) ServiceNow
5 25 (7.31%) Okta
6 17 (4.97%) Databricks
6 17 (4.97%) Oracle
7 13 (3.80%) VMware
8 10 (2.92%) OpenAI
8 10 (2.92%) Splunk
9 9 (2.63%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.34%) Brio
11 7 (2.05%) NetApp
11 7 (2.05%) Veeam
12 6 (1.75%) Adobe
12 6 (1.75%) Cisco
13 5 (1.46%) Aruba
13 5 (1.46%) Foundry
13 5 (1.46%) IBM
13 5 (1.46%) Meraki