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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 397 159 199
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 13.99% 11.83% 11.75%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.67% 32.72% 38.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 108 144
10th Percentile £313 £311 £341
25th Percentile £450 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £613 £538 £600
90th Percentile £700 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 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 £43.23 £46.18
% change year-on-year +33.02% -6.40% -22.90%

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 1,054 486 523
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.14% 36.16% 30.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 680 333 362
10th Percentile £313 £263 £263
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 £675 £612 £645
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £27.82 £13.48
25th Percentile £23.00 £30.17 -
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.96 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +119.73% -33.36%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.48 £21.50
90th Percentile - £79.33 £22.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
% change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +4 200 £500 +1.01% 169
South Yorkshire +6 138 £527 +11.43% 85
North Yorkshire +4 28 £510 +63.20% 36
East Yorkshire -1 7 £338 - 28
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 (11.34%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.54%) Confluence
3 20 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.77%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.76%) Apache
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.50%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
6 2 (0.50%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.25%) CMS
7 1 (0.25%) IIS
7 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (4.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 161 (40.55%) AWS
2 102 (25.69%) GCP
3 67 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
4 63 (15.87%) Entra ID
5 62 (15.62%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (14.36%) Power Platform
7 55 (13.85%) GitHub
8 40 (10.08%) GitHub Actions
9 30 (7.56%) PowerApps
10 26 (6.55%) SaaS
11 24 (6.05%) Microsoft Copilot
11 24 (6.05%) Serverless
12 22 (5.54%) OneDrive
13 19 (4.79%) PaaS
14 18 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (3.78%) Copilot Studio
15 15 (3.78%) Power Automate
16 14 (3.53%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (3.27%) Azure Functions
17 13 (3.27%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.78%) Firewall
2 13 (3.27%) Network Security
3 12 (3.02%) WAN
4 11 (2.77%) DNS
4 11 (2.77%) LAN
5 9 (2.27%) SAN
5 9 (2.27%) VPN
5 9 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (2.02%) WLAN
7 7 (1.76%) Kerberos
8 6 (1.51%) IPsec
8 6 (1.51%) VLAN
9 5 (1.26%) BGP
9 5 (1.26%) OSPF
9 5 (1.26%) TCP/IP
10 4 (1.01%) DHCP
10 4 (1.01%) Internet
10 4 (1.01%) SSL
10 4 (1.01%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.76%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (8.31%) SQL Server
2 27 (6.80%) Power BI
3 18 (4.53%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.27%) Azure SQL Database
6 11 (2.77%) Metadata
7 10 (2.52%) Big Data
7 10 (2.52%) Data Lake
8 8 (2.02%) Delta Lake
9 7 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.01%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.01%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.76%) Neo4j
11 3 (0.76%) Parquet
11 3 (0.76%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.50%) Redis
12 2 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.50%) Trino
13 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 51 (12.85%) Jenkins
2 41 (10.33%) JIRA
3 23 (5.79%) Git
4 14 (3.53%) GitLab
5 10 (2.52%) Gatling
6 7 (1.76%) Maven
7 6 (1.51%) Artifactory
7 6 (1.51%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.01%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
9 3 (0.76%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.76%) Fiddler
9 3 (0.76%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.76%) Selenium
10 2 (0.50%) MSBuild
10 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
10 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.25%) Gradle
11 1 (0.25%) JMeter
11 1 (0.25%) Newman
General
1 103 (25.94%) Social Skills
2 92 (23.17%) Finance
3 32 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (7.56%) Public Sector
5 27 (6.80%) Banking
6 22 (5.54%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.77%) Law
8 8 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.02%) Publishing
9 7 (1.76%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.76%) Legal
10 6 (1.51%) Retail
10 6 (1.51%) Social Science
11 5 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.01%) Military
13 2 (0.50%) Billing
13 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.50%) Police
14 1 (0.25%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (18.64%) Architect
2 51 (12.85%) Senior
3 41 (10.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 40 (10.08%) Lead
5 38 (9.57%) Developer
6 27 (6.80%) Solutions Architect
7 26 (6.55%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (5.29%) Analyst
8 21 (5.29%) Data Engineer
9 19 (4.79%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (4.03%) Technical Architect
12 13 (3.27%) Cloud Engineer
13 12 (3.02%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (3.02%) Administrator
13 12 (3.02%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 12 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (2.77%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 10 (2.52%) Data Analyst
15 10 (2.52%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.82%) REST
2 24 (6.05%) .NET
3 17 (4.28%) OpenID
4 16 (4.03%) OAuth
4 16 (4.03%) Web Services
5 13 (3.27%) SAML
6 11 (2.77%) Kafka
6 11 (2.77%) OAuth2
6 11 (2.77%) PySpark
6 11 (2.77%) SAP Basis
6 11 (2.77%) SOAP
7 10 (2.52%) Playwright
7 10 (2.52%) React
8 9 (2.27%) .NET Core
8 9 (2.27%) ASP.NET
8 9 (2.27%) LDAP
8 9 (2.27%) Microsoft Graph
8 9 (2.27%) SailPoint
9 7 (1.76%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.76%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 52 (13.10%) Cloud Native
2 25 (6.30%) Data Centre
2 25 (6.30%) Onboarding
3 21 (5.29%) Product Ownership
4 18 (4.53%) Enterprise Software
5 15 (3.78%) Hybrid Cloud
6 13 (3.27%) Public Cloud
7 12 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.52%) AI Agents
8 10 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 9 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.27%) Taxonomies
10 7 (1.76%) Legacy Systems
10 7 (1.76%) NHS
10 7 (1.76%) Replication
11 6 (1.51%) 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
Operating Systems
1 48 (12.09%) Windows
2 25 (6.30%) Linux
3 18 (4.53%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.02%) Data ONTAP
4 8 (2.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.51%) CoreOS
5 6 (1.51%) VMS
6 4 (1.01%) Android
6 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.76%) AIX
7 3 (0.76%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.50%) Unix
8 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (40.30%) DevOps
2 150 (37.78%) CI/CD
3 94 (23.68%) Agile
4 74 (18.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 64 (16.12%) Roadmaps
6 60 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
7 54 (13.60%) Migration
8 51 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
9 50 (12.59%) AI
9 50 (12.59%) Observability
10 48 (12.09%) Platform Engineering
11 45 (11.34%) Analytics
12 42 (10.58%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 36 (9.07%) Identity Access Management
15 35 (8.82%) Containerisation
15 35 (8.82%) Data Pipeline
16 34 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (8.56%) Data Modelling
16 34 (8.56%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 82 (20.65%) Python
2 53 (13.35%) SQL
3 41 (10.33%) Java
4 39 (9.82%) PowerShell
5 22 (5.54%) C#
6 19 (4.79%) Bash
7 13 (3.27%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.52%) Bicep
8 10 (2.52%) Scala
9 7 (1.76%) Groovy
10 5 (1.26%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.26%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.01%) ABAP
11 4 (1.01%) Go
11 4 (1.01%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.25%) R
13 1 (0.25%) Ruby
13 1 (0.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 55 (13.85%) Security Cleared
2 34 (8.56%) SC Cleared
3 27 (6.80%) Degree
4 16 (4.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.77%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.52%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.02%) CISSP
8 7 (1.76%) DV Cleared
9 6 (1.51%) CISM
9 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.26%) OCP
10 5 (1.26%) Oracle Certification
10 5 (1.26%) PMP
11 4 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.01%) CCSP
11 4 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.76%) CCNP
12 3 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.78%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.02%) QA
3 10 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.27%) NIST
5 8 (2.02%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.02%) GDPR
6 7 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (1.51%) HIPAA
7 6 (1.51%) WCAG
8 5 (1.26%) GRC
8 5 (1.26%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.50%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.50%) SLA
10 2 (0.50%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 56 (14.11%) Active Directory
2 44 (11.08%) Docker
3 17 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (3.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (3.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (2.02%) NFS
6 8 (2.02%) vSphere
7 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.01%) RACF
8 3 (0.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.76%) SRDF
8 3 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.25%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.25%) Ceph
9 1 (0.25%) KVM
9 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 94 (23.68%) Terraform
2 75 (18.89%) Kubernetes
3 32 (8.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 28 (7.05%) Ansible
5 20 (5.04%) Single Sign-On
6 16 (4.03%) Jamf Pro
7 14 (3.53%) Grafana
7 14 (3.53%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.27%) HAProxy
9 8 (2.02%) SnapMirror
10 5 (1.26%) Kustomize
11 4 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.76%) Argo
12 3 (0.76%) EMC VPLEX
12 3 (0.76%) Istio
13 2 (0.50%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.50%) Podman
13 2 (0.50%) SnapVault
13 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 146 (36.78%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.56%) Databricks
3 33 (8.31%) Google
4 21 (5.29%) SAP
4 21 (5.29%) ServiceNow
5 16 (4.03%) CyberArk
5 16 (4.03%) Foundry
6 15 (3.78%) Okta
7 14 (3.53%) VMware
8 12 (3.02%) Oracle
8 12 (3.02%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.02%) NetApp
9 8 (2.02%) Splunk
10 7 (1.76%) Aruba
10 7 (1.76%) Citrix
10 7 (1.76%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.51%) Apple
11 6 (1.51%) BeyondTrust
11 6 (1.51%) Cisco
11 6 (1.51%) IBM