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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 440 231 196
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.16% 13.73% 13.35%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.43% 35.32% 37.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 143 134
10th Percentile £350 £290 £366
25th Percentile £413 £385 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% -6.82%
75th Percentile £588 £563 £609
90th Percentile £685 £688 £650
England median daily rate £529 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +0.81% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £34.24 £35.00
% change year-on-year +53.33% -2.17% -24.21%

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 1,037 654 528
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 35.72% 38.86% 35.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 665 434 361
10th Percentile £316 £235 £300
25th Percentile £413 £370 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -2.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £573
90th Percentile £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 2 5
10th Percentile £13.45 £43.63 £15.58
25th Percentile £14.41 £69.69 £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £113.75 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -83.30% +441.67% -6.71%
75th Percentile £32.50 £157.19 £28.75
90th Percentile £35.00 £182.88 -
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.36%

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 October 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
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 October 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 -2 205 £490 -2.00% 68
South Yorkshire +12 180 £513 +7.89% 31
North Yorkshire +4 30 £475 +150.00% 21
East Yorkshire -1 3 £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 43 (9.77%) SharePoint
2 35 (7.95%) Confluence
3 19 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (2.95%) Apache Spark
5 9 (2.05%) Apache
6 6 (1.36%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.14%) Apache Superset
8 2 (0.45%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.45%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 185 (42.05%) AWS
2 135 (30.68%) GCP
3 80 (18.18%) GitHub
4 79 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
5 77 (17.50%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (14.77%) Entra ID
7 62 (14.09%) Power Platform
8 43 (9.77%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (5.91%) Microsoft Copilot
10 25 (5.68%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (4.55%) OneDrive
11 20 (4.55%) PowerApps
12 18 (4.09%) Serverless
13 16 (3.64%) Copilot Studio
14 15 (3.41%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (2.95%) Azure AI
15 13 (2.95%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 12 (2.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 11 (2.50%) Power Automate
18 10 (2.27%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (7.73%) Firewall
2 31 (7.05%) DNS
3 23 (5.23%) Network Security
4 18 (4.09%) VPN
5 16 (3.64%) VLAN
6 14 (3.18%) DHCP
7 12 (2.73%) LAN
7 12 (2.73%) WAN
7 12 (2.73%) WLAN
8 10 (2.27%) BGP
8 10 (2.27%) OSPF
8 10 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (2.05%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.59%) Cisco Nexus
11 6 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.36%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (1.36%) SAN
11 6 (1.36%) Wireless
12 5 (1.14%) IPsec
12 5 (1.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (8.41%) Power BI
2 30 (6.82%) SQL Server
3 20 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.86%) Metadata
5 15 (3.41%) Big Data
6 13 (2.95%) Data Lake
7 11 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (1.82%) Amazon RDS
8 8 (1.82%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.59%) Neo4j
10 6 (1.36%) Delta Lake
11 5 (1.14%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (1.14%) Tableau
11 5 (1.14%) Trino
12 4 (0.91%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.91%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.91%) Redis
12 4 (0.91%) SAP BW
12 4 (0.91%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 56 (12.73%) JIRA
2 53 (12.05%) Jenkins
3 34 (7.73%) Git
4 16 (3.64%) GitLab
5 12 (2.73%) JMeter
5 12 (2.73%) Selenium
6 9 (2.05%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.05%) Postman
7 8 (1.82%) Gatling
7 8 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (1.59%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.36%) Cypress.io
9 6 (1.36%) LoadRunner
10 5 (1.14%) SoapUI
11 4 (0.91%) Maven
12 3 (0.68%) Applitools
12 3 (0.68%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.68%) Newman
12 3 (0.68%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.45%) Browser DevTools
General
1 141 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 135 (30.68%) Finance
3 47 (10.68%) Banking
4 43 (9.77%) Analytical Skills
5 28 (6.36%) Public Sector
6 13 (2.95%) Financial Institution
7 12 (2.73%) Law
8 11 (2.50%) Retail
9 10 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.05%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.14%) Legal
14 4 (0.91%) Investment Banking
14 4 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.91%) Social Science
15 3 (0.68%) Police
16 2 (0.45%) Marketing
16 2 (0.45%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 80 (18.18%) Architect
2 61 (13.86%) Senior
3 56 (12.73%) Lead
4 36 (8.18%) Developer
5 34 (7.73%) Data Engineer
6 32 (7.27%) DevOps Engineer
7 29 (6.59%) Solutions Architect
8 26 (5.91%) Azure Engineer
9 22 (5.00%) Platform Engineer
10 21 (4.77%) Analyst
11 17 (3.86%) Cloud Engineer
12 16 (3.64%) Technical Architect
13 14 (3.18%) Cloud Architect
13 14 (3.18%) Consultant
13 14 (3.18%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (2.73%) 2nd Line Support
15 11 (2.50%) Data Architect
15 11 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (2.50%) Security Engineer
16 10 (2.27%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (25.00%) Terraform
2 45 (10.23%) REST
3 28 (6.36%) Kafka
3 28 (6.36%) React
4 27 (6.14%) .NET
5 20 (4.55%) OAuth
6 17 (3.86%) OpenID
7 15 (3.41%) Playwright
8 14 (3.18%) ASP.NET
8 14 (3.18%) OAuth2
8 14 (3.18%) SAML
9 13 (2.95%) .NET Core
9 13 (2.95%) SailPoint
10 12 (2.73%) RESTful
11 11 (2.50%) Middleware
11 11 (2.50%) Node.js
11 11 (2.50%) PySpark
12 10 (2.27%) JSON
12 10 (2.27%) Web Services
12 10 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (15.45%) Cloud Native
2 31 (7.05%) Data Centre
2 31 (7.05%) Enterprise Software
3 24 (5.45%) AI Agents
4 23 (5.23%) Data Protection Act
5 21 (4.77%) Product Ownership
6 19 (4.32%) Public Cloud
7 18 (4.09%) Onboarding
8 13 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
9 12 (2.73%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (2.73%) PKI
10 11 (2.50%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.59%) Replication
12 6 (1.36%) Data Structures
12 6 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (1.36%) Mobile App
13 4 (0.91%) Autonomous Agent
13 4 (0.91%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (10.91%) Windows
2 28 (6.36%) Windows Server
3 27 (6.14%) Linux
4 3 (0.68%) AIX
4 3 (0.68%) Android
4 3 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (0.68%) Unix
5 2 (0.45%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.23%) VMS
6 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (43.64%) CI/CD
2 180 (40.91%) DevOps
3 123 (27.95%) Agile
4 104 (23.64%) Infrastructure as Code
5 101 (22.95%) Stakeholder Management
6 85 (19.32%) AI
7 76 (17.27%) Observability
8 72 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
9 69 (15.68%) Test Automation
10 64 (14.55%) Analytics
11 59 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
12 58 (13.18%) Roadmaps
13 55 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
14 54 (12.27%) Software Engineering
15 51 (11.59%) Migration
15 51 (11.59%) Platform Engineering
16 47 (10.68%) Validation
17 45 (10.23%) Data Engineering
17 45 (10.23%) Microservices
18 43 (9.77%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 112 (25.45%) Python
2 66 (15.00%) SQL
3 54 (12.27%) Java
4 49 (11.14%) PowerShell
5 32 (7.27%) C#
6 30 (6.82%) JavaScript
7 24 (5.45%) TypeScript
8 18 (4.09%) Bash
9 14 (3.18%) Bicep
10 9 (2.05%) Groovy
11 8 (1.82%) Go
11 8 (1.82%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.59%) Kotlin
13 6 (1.36%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (1.36%) Scala
14 4 (0.91%) ABAP
15 3 (0.68%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 2 (0.45%) Gremlin
16 2 (0.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 45 (10.23%) SC Cleared
3 29 (6.59%) Degree
4 20 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (3.64%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.95%) PMI Certification
7 13 (2.95%) PMP
8 12 (2.73%) AWS Certification
9 11 (2.50%) CISSP
10 10 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (2.05%) CISM
12 8 (1.82%) CCNP
13 7 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (1.59%) CCSP
13 7 (1.59%) DV Cleared
14 6 (1.36%) CCSK
15 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
16 3 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
16 3 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (6.82%) QA
2 29 (6.59%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.95%) Accessibility
3 13 (2.95%) GDPR
4 11 (2.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.05%) NIST
6 7 (1.59%) WCAG
7 6 (1.36%) GRC
8 5 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.14%) HIPAA
8 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 5 (1.14%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.91%) PCI DSS
10 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.68%) GxP
11 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.45%) IASME
11 2 (0.45%) PMO
11 2 (0.45%) SLA
12 1 (0.23%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 68 (15.45%) Active Directory
2 53 (12.05%) Docker
3 13 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (2.05%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.36%) vSphere
8 4 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.68%) Firmware
10 2 (0.45%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (0.45%) NFS
10 2 (0.45%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.45%) SRDF
11 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.23%) Ceph
11 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 96 (21.82%) Kubernetes
2 33 (7.50%) Ansible
3 32 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (5.23%) Grafana
5 20 (4.55%) Prometheus
6 11 (2.50%) Jamf Pro
7 9 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (1.59%) Kustomize
9 5 (1.14%) HAProxy
9 5 (1.14%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.68%) Argo
10 3 (0.68%) Packer
10 3 (0.68%) SCCM
10 3 (0.68%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.68%) vMotion
11 2 (0.45%) EMC VPLEX
11 2 (0.45%) Podman
11 2 (0.45%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.45%) SnapMirror
Vendors
1 152 (34.55%) Microsoft
2 48 (10.91%) Databricks
3 28 (6.36%) Google
4 27 (6.14%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.86%) Dynatrace
6 16 (3.64%) Cisco
7 15 (3.41%) CyberArk
7 15 (3.41%) Foundry
7 15 (3.41%) SAP
8 13 (2.95%) Splunk
8 13 (2.95%) VMware
9 11 (2.50%) OpenAI
10 10 (2.27%) Okta
11 9 (2.05%) Citrix
11 9 (2.05%) IBM
12 7 (1.59%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.59%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.36%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (1.36%) Centrify
13 6 (1.36%) Palantir