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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 8 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 335 114 186
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.45% 11.79% 11.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.30% 32.57% 40.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 79 126
10th Percentile £313 £263 £263
25th Percentile £425 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £456
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -6.85% -15.51%
75th Percentile £588 £506 £575
90th Percentile £678 £550 £625
England median daily rate £525 £525 £543
% change year-on-year - -3.23% -3.64%
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% -35.39%

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 949 350 463
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 40.94% 36.19% 28.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 253 318
10th Percentile £306 £259 £213
25th Percentile £407 £363 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -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 £43.61 £26.50 £20.77
% change year-on-year +64.57% +27.59% -24.47%

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 April 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 April 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 April 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 +3 171 £480 +12.94% 111
South Yorkshire +11 116 £500 +11.11% 38
North Yorkshire +4 22 £450 +18.03% 13
East Yorkshire -2 15 £344 - 19
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 18 (5.37%) SharePoint
2 16 (4.78%) Confluence
3 12 (3.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.09%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.60%) Apache
5 2 (0.60%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
6 1 (0.30%) nginx
6 1 (0.30%) OpenStack
Applications
1 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.49%) Acrobat
2 5 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.30%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 25 (7.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (3.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.90%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.60%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.30%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 143 (42.69%) AWS
2 106 (31.64%) GCP
3 63 (18.81%) Entra ID
4 50 (14.93%) SaaS
5 48 (14.33%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (12.54%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (11.04%) GitHub
8 32 (9.55%) Power Platform
9 27 (8.06%) GitHub Actions
10 23 (6.87%) PaaS
11 22 (6.57%) Serverless
12 21 (6.27%) OpenShift
13 14 (4.18%) Azure Data Factory
13 14 (4.18%) Azure Storage
13 14 (4.18%) IaaS
13 14 (4.18%) PowerApps
14 13 (3.88%) Azure AKS
14 13 (3.88%) Azure Functions
14 13 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (2.99%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.37%) Firewall
2 17 (5.07%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.18%) DNS
3 14 (4.18%) WAN
4 13 (3.88%) LAN
5 12 (3.58%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (2.69%) Kerberos
7 7 (2.09%) Network Security
7 7 (2.09%) SAN
7 7 (2.09%) SSL
8 6 (1.79%) IPsec
9 4 (1.19%) DHCP
9 4 (1.19%) Unified Communications
9 4 (1.19%) VoIP
9 4 (1.19%) VPN
10 3 (0.90%) Internet
10 3 (0.90%) PSTN
10 3 (0.90%) VLAN
10 3 (0.90%) VSAN
11 2 (0.60%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.27%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.97%) Power BI
3 15 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (3.28%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (2.39%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.49%) Delta Lake
7 5 (1.49%) Metadata
7 5 (1.49%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.49%) MySQL
8 4 (1.19%) Big Data
8 4 (1.19%) Neo4j
9 3 (0.90%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.90%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.60%) Cloud Spanner
10 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.60%) Tableau
11 1 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 53 (15.82%) Jenkins
2 46 (13.73%) JIRA
3 28 (8.36%) GitLab
4 23 (6.87%) Git
5 16 (4.78%) Selenium
6 15 (4.48%) Cucumber
7 14 (4.18%) Postman
8 13 (3.88%) REST Assured
9 9 (2.69%) Gatling
10 8 (2.39%) TestRail
11 5 (1.49%) JMeter
11 5 (1.49%) Maven
12 4 (1.19%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.19%) CircleCI
12 4 (1.19%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.19%) NeoLoad
12 4 (1.19%) Zephyr
13 2 (0.60%) MSI
13 2 (0.60%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.60%) SpecFlow
General
1 111 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 58 (17.31%) Finance
3 35 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 34 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (8.06%) Banking
6 22 (6.57%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.78%) Publishing
8 12 (3.58%) Legal
9 8 (2.39%) Law
10 5 (1.49%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.90%) Military
13 2 (0.60%) Retail
13 2 (0.60%) Social Science
14 1 (0.30%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.30%) Local Government
14 1 (0.30%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 49 (14.63%) Architect
2 38 (11.34%) Senior
3 34 (10.15%) Lead
4 22 (6.57%) Azure Engineer
4 22 (6.57%) Developer
5 21 (6.27%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (5.37%) Analyst
7 14 (4.18%) Administrator
7 14 (4.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (4.18%) Platform Engineer
8 13 (3.88%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (2.99%) Consultant
10 10 (2.99%) Technical Architect
10 10 (2.99%) Test Automation Engineer
10 10 (2.99%) Test Engineer
11 9 (2.69%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 9 (2.69%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.69%) Senior Architect
11 9 (2.69%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.34%) REST
2 30 (8.96%) OpenID
3 26 (7.76%) LDAP
4 23 (6.87%) OAuth
5 22 (6.57%) .NET
6 19 (5.67%) SAML
7 18 (5.37%) SAP Basis
8 17 (5.07%) SailPoint
9 12 (3.58%) React
9 12 (3.58%) RESTful
10 11 (3.28%) OAuth2
10 11 (3.28%) Playwright
11 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Graph
11 10 (2.99%) Middleware
12 9 (2.69%) JWT
12 9 (2.69%) Web Services
13 8 (2.39%) Node.js
14 7 (2.09%) JSON
14 7 (2.09%) Kafka
14 7 (2.09%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.75%) Onboarding
2 35 (10.45%) Cloud Native
3 24 (7.16%) Product Ownership
4 21 (6.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 19 (5.67%) Taxonomies
6 14 (4.18%) NHS
7 13 (3.88%) Data Centre
8 12 (3.58%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (2.99%) Security Posture
10 8 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (2.39%) IoT
11 7 (2.09%) Management Information System
12 6 (1.79%) CMDB
12 6 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.79%) Public Cloud
13 5 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
13 5 (1.49%) FlexPod
14 4 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
14 4 (1.19%) Data Structures
15 3 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (10.75%) Windows
2 25 (7.46%) Linux
3 8 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.09%) VMS
5 6 (1.79%) Android
5 6 (1.79%) Data ONTAP
5 6 (1.79%) Unix
6 5 (1.49%) CoreOS
6 5 (1.49%) Mac OS
6 5 (1.49%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.19%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.90%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.30%) CentOS
9 1 (0.30%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (39.70%) DevOps
2 128 (38.21%) CI/CD
3 78 (23.28%) Agile
4 61 (18.21%) Roadmaps
5 53 (15.82%) Migration
6 51 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (14.03%) Cybersecurity
7 47 (14.03%) Infrastructure as Code
8 44 (13.13%) Containerisation
9 40 (11.94%) Test Automation
10 39 (11.64%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (11.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 35 (10.45%) Analytics
12 35 (10.45%) Data Governance
13 32 (9.55%) Data Pipeline
13 32 (9.55%) Identity Access Management
13 32 (9.55%) Microservices
14 31 (9.25%) AI
14 31 (9.25%) Observability
14 31 (9.25%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (23.28%) Python
2 53 (15.82%) SQL
3 45 (13.43%) Java
4 34 (10.15%) PowerShell
5 23 (6.87%) JavaScript
6 21 (6.27%) Bash
7 19 (5.67%) C#
8 11 (3.28%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.39%) PHP
9 8 (2.39%) Scala
10 7 (2.09%) Bicep
11 6 (1.79%) Go
12 5 (1.49%) Groovy
13 4 (1.19%) Cypher
13 4 (1.19%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.90%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.60%) Rust
15 2 (0.60%) Solidity
15 2 (0.60%) XPath
16 1 (0.30%) X++
Qualifications
1 35 (10.45%) Security Cleared
2 23 (6.87%) Degree
3 22 (6.57%) SC Cleared
4 6 (1.79%) CISSP
5 5 (1.49%) AWS Certification
5 5 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 5 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (1.49%) OCP
5 5 (1.49%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (0.90%) CCSP
7 3 (0.90%) CISM
7 3 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.60%) CCSK
8 2 (0.60%) CEH
8 2 (0.60%) CISA
8 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.60%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.57%) QA
2 19 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (2.69%) GDPR
3 9 (2.69%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.39%) NIST
5 7 (2.09%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.79%) HIPAA
6 6 (1.79%) HL7
7 5 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.49%) SLA
7 5 (1.49%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.90%) PSD2
9 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.60%) PMO
10 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.30%) GRC
10 1 (0.30%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (12.54%) Docker
2 31 (9.25%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (3.58%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.69%) vSphere
6 7 (2.09%) NFS
7 5 (1.49%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (1.49%) RACF
8 3 (0.90%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.60%) KVM
9 2 (0.60%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.30%) Ceph
10 1 (0.30%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 1 (0.30%) QEMU
10 1 (0.30%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.30%) SRDF
10 1 (0.30%) XenApp
10 1 (0.30%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 65 (19.40%) Kubernetes
2 63 (18.81%) Terraform
3 32 (9.55%) Single Sign-On
4 27 (8.06%) Ansible
5 18 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (4.48%) Grafana
7 7 (2.09%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.79%) SnapMirror
9 5 (1.49%) Istio
9 5 (1.49%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.19%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.60%) Argo
11 2 (0.60%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.60%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.30%) EMC VPLEX
12 1 (0.30%) Kibana
12 1 (0.30%) logstash
12 1 (0.30%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 110 (32.84%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.15%) Google
3 31 (9.25%) SAP
4 29 (8.66%) ServiceNow
5 23 (6.87%) Okta
6 17 (5.07%) Splunk
7 16 (4.78%) Databricks
7 16 (4.78%) Oracle
8 13 (3.88%) VMware
9 9 (2.69%) Cisco
9 9 (2.69%) OpenAI
9 9 (2.69%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.39%) Brio
10 8 (2.39%) NetApp
11 6 (1.79%) Adobe
11 6 (1.79%) Veeam
12 5 (1.49%) Aruba
12 5 (1.49%) Foundry
12 5 (1.49%) IBM
12 5 (1.49%) Meraki