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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 403 172 187
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.08% 11.31% 12.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.60% 32.21% 38.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 111 133
10th Percentile £341 £308 £380
25th Percentile £421 £372 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £598 £538 £610
90th Percentile £698 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £20.75 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £41.45 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.72% +18.43% -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 1,044 534 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 36.47% 35.11% 32.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 664 368 340
10th Percentile £319 £263 £275
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 5
10th Percentile £15.93 £37.07 £16.15
25th Percentile £18.50 £45.03 £20.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £62.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.91% +197.14% -1.20%
75th Percentile £68.75 £82.53 £22.00
90th Percentile - £92.15 -
England median hourly rate £35.50 £26.00 £24.59
% change year-on-year +36.54% +5.73% -23.92%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 £489 -2.25% 153
South Yorkshire +10 143 £518 +15.55% 49
North Yorkshire +8 31 £510 +63.20% 31
East Yorkshire -1 7 £338 - 16
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 44 (10.92%) SharePoint
2 26 (6.45%) Confluence
3 19 (4.71%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.73%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.99%) Apache
6 3 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.74%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.50%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.50%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.25%) CMS
8 1 (0.25%) IIS
8 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (0.50%) Chatbot
1 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 14 (3.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.23%) 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
1 153 (37.97%) AWS
2 106 (26.30%) GCP
3 71 (17.62%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 62 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 60 (14.89%) Azure DevOps
6 58 (14.39%) GitHub
7 36 (8.93%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (7.20%) PowerApps
9 25 (6.20%) Microsoft Copilot
10 21 (5.21%) OneDrive
11 20 (4.96%) SaaS
12 18 (4.47%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (4.22%) Serverless
14 15 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (3.72%) Copilot Studio
14 15 (3.72%) Power Automate
15 14 (3.47%) Azure AI
16 13 (3.23%) PaaS
17 11 (2.73%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.71%) Firewall
2 14 (3.47%) DNS
3 12 (2.98%) Network Security
4 11 (2.73%) LAN
4 11 (2.73%) VPN
4 11 (2.73%) WAN
5 10 (2.48%) WLAN
6 9 (2.23%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (1.99%) VLAN
8 7 (1.74%) BGP
8 7 (1.74%) OSPF
8 7 (1.74%) SAN
8 7 (1.74%) TCP/IP
9 6 (1.49%) DHCP
10 4 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (0.99%) Cisco Nexus
10 4 (0.99%) Internet
10 4 (0.99%) IPsec
10 4 (0.99%) VoIP
10 4 (0.99%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (8.44%) SQL Server
2 30 (7.44%) Power BI
3 17 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.23%) Metadata
6 12 (2.98%) Big Data
7 10 (2.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 10 (2.48%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (1.49%) Delta Lake
10 5 (1.24%) Neo4j
11 4 (0.99%) Relational Database
11 4 (0.99%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.99%) Tableau
12 3 (0.74%) Parquet
12 3 (0.74%) Semantic Layer
12 3 (0.74%) Spark SQL
12 3 (0.74%) Trino
13 2 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
13 2 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 47 (11.66%) Jenkins
1 47 (11.66%) JIRA
2 25 (6.20%) Git
3 13 (3.23%) GitLab
4 12 (2.98%) Gatling
5 7 (1.74%) Maven
5 7 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
6 6 (1.49%) Artifactory
7 4 (0.99%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.99%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.99%) Selenium
8 3 (0.74%) Browser DevTools
8 3 (0.74%) Fiddler
8 3 (0.74%) JMeter
9 2 (0.50%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.50%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.50%) Postman
9 2 (0.50%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.25%) Gradle
General
1 109 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 94 (23.33%) Finance
3 35 (8.68%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.20%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.45%) Banking
6 19 (4.71%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.47%) Law
8 9 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.23%) Telecoms
9 8 (1.99%) Retail
10 7 (1.74%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.49%) Publishing
11 6 (1.49%) Social Science
12 5 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.24%) Legal
13 3 (0.74%) Military
13 3 (0.74%) Police
14 2 (0.50%) Billing
14 2 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 65 (16.13%) Architect
2 51 (12.66%) Lead
3 46 (11.41%) Senior
4 37 (9.18%) Developer
5 36 (8.93%) DevOps Engineer
6 26 (6.45%) Solutions Architect
7 25 (6.20%) Analyst
8 24 (5.96%) Data Engineer
9 22 (5.46%) Azure Engineer
10 18 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (4.47%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (3.47%) Delivery Manager
12 13 (3.23%) Consultant
13 12 (2.98%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
14 11 (2.73%) Administrator
14 11 (2.73%) Technical Architect
15 10 (2.48%) Business Analyst
15 10 (2.48%) Data Analyst
15 10 (2.48%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (8.68%) REST
2 23 (5.71%) .NET
3 14 (3.47%) Playwright
3 14 (3.47%) React
4 13 (3.23%) Kafka
5 12 (2.98%) OAuth
5 12 (2.98%) Web Services
6 11 (2.73%) SailPoint
6 11 (2.73%) SOAP
7 10 (2.48%) .NET Core
7 10 (2.48%) ASP.NET
7 10 (2.48%) OpenID
7 10 (2.48%) PySpark
8 9 (2.23%) JSON
8 9 (2.23%) SAP Basis
9 8 (1.99%) AngularJS
9 8 (1.99%) LDAP
9 8 (1.99%) SAML
10 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (1.74%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.41%) Cloud Native
2 30 (7.44%) Product Ownership
3 25 (6.20%) Data Centre
4 23 (5.71%) Onboarding
5 21 (5.21%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 14 (3.47%) Data Protection Act
8 13 (3.23%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.98%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.99%) Taxonomies
11 7 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
11 7 (1.74%) Replication
12 6 (1.49%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.49%) NHS
12 6 (1.49%) PKI
13 5 (1.24%) Security Posture
14 4 (0.99%) Cyber Security Posture
14 4 (0.99%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.16%) Windows
2 25 (6.20%) Linux
3 22 (5.46%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.49%) Data ONTAP
4 6 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (1.24%) Android
5 5 (1.24%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.99%) CoreOS
6 4 (0.99%) VMS
7 3 (0.74%) AIX
7 3 (0.74%) 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
1 148 (36.72%) DevOps
2 146 (36.23%) CI/CD
3 92 (22.83%) Agile
4 73 (18.11%) Infrastructure as Code
5 68 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 63 (15.63%) AI
7 62 (15.38%) Roadmaps
8 54 (13.40%) Observability
9 51 (12.66%) Migration
10 49 (12.16%) Analytics
10 49 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
10 49 (12.16%) Platform Engineering
11 48 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
12 45 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 39 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (9.68%) Data Engineering
14 38 (9.43%) Data Pipeline
15 36 (8.93%) Containerisation
15 36 (8.93%) Software Engineering
16 34 (8.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 80 (19.85%) Python
2 49 (12.16%) SQL
3 45 (11.17%) Java
4 39 (9.68%) PowerShell
5 25 (6.20%) C#
6 18 (4.47%) Bash
7 17 (4.22%) JavaScript
8 10 (2.48%) Scala
9 9 (2.23%) Groovy
10 8 (1.99%) Bicep
10 8 (1.99%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.99%) TypeScript
11 6 (1.49%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.24%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.99%) ABAP
14 3 (0.74%) Go
14 3 (0.74%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.25%) Cypher
15 1 (0.25%) Ruby
15 1 (0.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 59 (14.64%) Security Cleared
2 37 (9.18%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.20%) Degree
4 16 (3.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (2.73%) AWS Certification
6 10 (2.48%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (1.74%) CISSP
7 7 (1.74%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.24%) CCNP
8 5 (1.24%) CISM
8 5 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.24%) PMP
9 4 (0.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (0.99%) CCSP
9 4 (0.99%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.74%) NCDA
10 3 (0.74%) NCIE
10 3 (0.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (4.96%) QA
2 17 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.73%) NIST
4 9 (2.23%) Accessibility
4 9 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.99%) GDPR
6 7 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 7 (1.74%) WCAG
7 5 (1.24%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.99%) GRC
8 4 (0.99%) HIPAA
9 3 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.74%) GxP
9 3 (0.74%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.50%) IASME
10 2 (0.50%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.50%) SLA
11 1 (0.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (14.64%) Active Directory
2 49 (12.16%) Docker
3 12 (2.98%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (2.48%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (1.74%) Hyper-V
7 6 (1.49%) NFS
7 6 (1.49%) vSphere
8 3 (0.74%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.74%) SRDF
8 3 (0.74%) 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 87 (21.59%) Terraform
2 78 (19.35%) Kubernetes
3 29 (7.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (6.70%) Ansible
5 16 (3.97%) Grafana
6 15 (3.72%) Prometheus
7 14 (3.47%) Jamf Pro
8 13 (3.23%) Single Sign-On
9 9 (2.23%) HAProxy
10 6 (1.49%) SnapMirror
11 4 (0.99%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.99%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 3 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.74%) Argo
12 3 (0.74%) EMC VPLEX
13 2 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
13 2 (0.50%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.50%) Podman
13 2 (0.50%) SnapVault
13 2 (0.50%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 146 (36.23%) Microsoft
2 36 (8.93%) Databricks
3 26 (6.45%) Google
4 21 (5.21%) ServiceNow
5 20 (4.96%) SAP
6 17 (4.22%) CyberArk
7 16 (3.97%) Foundry
8 13 (3.23%) Okta
9 12 (2.98%) VMware
10 11 (2.73%) Cisco
10 11 (2.73%) Oracle
11 10 (2.48%) Red Hat
12 8 (1.99%) Splunk
13 7 (1.74%) Aruba
13 7 (1.74%) Citrix
13 7 (1.74%) IBM
13 7 (1.74%) Palo Alto
14 6 (1.49%) BeyondTrust
14 6 (1.49%) Centrify
14 6 (1.49%) OpenAI