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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 298 137 238
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.22% 14.32% 12.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.12% 37.64% 41.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 92 163
10th Percentile £225 £278 £263
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.73% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £623 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.90% -4.55% -3.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £43.45 - -
25th Percentile £54.25 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £62.00
75th Percentile £60.69 - -
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +64.29% -24.21% -14.76%

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 825 364 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 42.13% 38.04% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 580 244 422
10th Percentile £213 £272 £251
25th Percentile £400 £404 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £486 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.15% -2.75% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £574 £600
90th Percentile £623 £696 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 8 5
10th Percentile £14.25 £22.07 -
25th Percentile £26.25 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £36.91 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.10% +146.03% -47.83%
75th Percentile £68.75 £97.98 -
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £43.20
England median hourly rate £33.32 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +21.15% +22.22% -10.00%

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 1 February 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 1 February 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 1 February 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 -2 152 £500 +11.11% 84
South Yorkshire -1 101 £500 -3.85% 39
North Yorkshire -1 19 £450 +63.64% 18
East Yorkshire - 10 £325 - 12
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 (6.71%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.70%) Confluence
3 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.34%) CMS
5 3 (1.01%) Apache
6 1 (0.34%) CICS
6 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.34%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.34%) WebSphere
Applications
1 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.68%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.34%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (6.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.34%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.01%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.67%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.67%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.34%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.34%) Magento
6 1 (0.34%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 145 (48.66%) AWS
2 119 (39.93%) GCP
3 56 (18.79%) Entra ID
4 43 (14.43%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (12.08%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (11.07%) GitHub
6 33 (11.07%) SaaS
7 22 (7.38%) GitHub Actions
8 18 (6.04%) Power Platform
8 18 (6.04%) Serverless
9 15 (5.03%) Azure AKS
10 14 (4.70%) OpenShift
11 13 (4.36%) OneDrive
12 10 (3.36%) Azure Storage
13 9 (3.02%) Azure Functions
13 9 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (3.02%) PaaS
14 8 (2.68%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 7 (2.35%) Azure Data Factory
16 6 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 29 (9.73%) Firewall
2 17 (5.70%) TCP/IP
3 12 (4.03%) DNS
4 11 (3.69%) WAN
4 11 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
5 10 (3.36%) LAN
6 9 (3.02%) Network Security
7 7 (2.35%) VPN
8 6 (2.01%) Kerberos
9 5 (1.68%) HTTP
10 4 (1.34%) DHCP
10 4 (1.34%) SSL
10 4 (1.34%) VLAN
10 4 (1.34%) VoIP
11 3 (1.01%) HTTPS
11 3 (1.01%) IPsec
12 2 (0.67%) BGP
12 2 (0.67%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.67%) OSPF
12 2 (0.67%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.38%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.70%) Power BI
3 16 (5.37%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.35%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.01%) MongoDB
6 6 (2.01%) MySQL
6 6 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.68%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.68%) Redis
8 4 (1.34%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.34%) Metadata
8 4 (1.34%) Neo4j
9 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.01%) Tableau
10 2 (0.67%) DataStage
10 2 (0.67%) DB2
10 2 (0.67%) GIS
10 2 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 52 (17.45%) Jenkins
2 40 (13.42%) JIRA
3 27 (9.06%) Git
4 26 (8.72%) GitLab
5 16 (5.37%) Selenium
6 14 (4.70%) Postman
7 13 (4.36%) Cucumber
8 11 (3.69%) REST Assured
9 9 (3.02%) CircleCI
10 8 (2.68%) TestRail
11 5 (1.68%) JMeter
11 5 (1.68%) Zephyr
12 4 (1.34%) Gatling
12 4 (1.34%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.34%) Maven
12 4 (1.34%) Mocha
12 4 (1.34%) NeoLoad
12 4 (1.34%) Storybook
13 3 (1.01%) JUnit
14 2 (0.67%) MSI
General
1 113 (37.92%) Social Skills
2 48 (16.11%) Finance
3 36 (12.08%) Public Sector
4 33 (11.07%) Banking
5 26 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (5.03%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.69%) Legal
8 10 (3.36%) Publishing
9 7 (2.35%) Retail
10 6 (2.01%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.68%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.68%) Law
11 5 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.67%) Local Government
13 2 (0.67%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.34%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 45 (15.10%) Architect
2 37 (12.42%) Senior
3 27 (9.06%) Developer
3 27 (9.06%) Lead
4 19 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (5.37%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (5.03%) Analyst
7 14 (4.70%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (4.36%) IT Support
9 11 (3.69%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.36%) Project Manager
11 9 (3.02%) Test Automation Engineer
11 9 (3.02%) Test Engineer
12 8 (2.68%) Administrator
12 8 (2.68%) Consultant
12 8 (2.68%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.68%) Tester
13 7 (2.35%) Data Engineer
13 7 (2.35%) SAP Administrator
13 7 (2.35%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (11.07%) REST
2 25 (8.39%) React
3 24 (8.05%) LDAP
3 24 (8.05%) OpenID
4 23 (7.72%) RESTful
5 21 (7.05%) .NET
5 21 (7.05%) Node.js
6 18 (6.04%) OAuth
7 17 (5.70%) SailPoint
8 15 (5.03%) SAML
9 13 (4.36%) CSS
9 13 (4.36%) HTML
10 12 (4.03%) SAP Basis
11 10 (3.36%) Kafka
12 9 (3.02%) JWT
12 9 (3.02%) Middleware
13 8 (2.68%) FHIR
13 8 (2.68%) Spring Boot
14 7 (2.35%) AngularJS
14 7 (2.35%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.74%) Cloud Native
2 31 (10.40%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.70%) NHS
5 15 (5.03%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.36%) Taxonomies
7 11 (3.69%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (3.02%) Data Centre
10 7 (2.35%) CMDB
10 7 (2.35%) Public Cloud
11 6 (2.01%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.68%) IoT
13 4 (1.34%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
14 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 3 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (1.01%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.42%) Windows
2 28 (9.40%) Linux
3 9 (3.02%) Unix
4 5 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.01%) Android
7 2 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.67%) VMS
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.34%) Solaris
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.34%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (35.91%) DevOps
2 106 (35.57%) CI/CD
3 69 (23.15%) Agile
4 53 (17.79%) Containerisation
5 49 (16.44%) Roadmaps
6 48 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
7 43 (14.43%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (13.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (13.09%) Microservices
9 38 (12.75%) Migration
10 36 (12.08%) Cybersecurity
10 36 (12.08%) Test Automation
11 33 (11.07%) Stakeholder Management
12 32 (10.74%) ITIL
13 28 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (9.06%) Mentoring
15 26 (8.72%) Data Governance
15 26 (8.72%) DevSecOps
16 24 (8.05%) Identity Access Management
17 23 (7.72%) Event-Driven
Programming Languages
1 75 (25.17%) Python
2 54 (18.12%) SQL
3 43 (14.43%) Java
4 32 (10.74%) PowerShell
5 28 (9.40%) JavaScript
6 27 (9.06%) Bash
7 18 (6.04%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.37%) C#
9 9 (3.02%) PHP
10 7 (2.35%) Bicep
11 6 (2.01%) Go
12 4 (1.34%) Cypher
12 4 (1.34%) Groovy
12 4 (1.34%) Scala
13 3 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.01%) Rust
13 3 (1.01%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (1.01%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.67%) Solidity
14 2 (0.67%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (6.38%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.70%) Degree
3 10 (3.36%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (2.35%) CISSP
5 6 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.68%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.68%) CEH
7 4 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.34%) CISM
7 4 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.01%) CCSK
8 3 (1.01%) CCSP
8 3 (1.01%) GIAC
8 3 (1.01%) GWAPT
8 3 (1.01%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.67%) CCNP
9 2 (0.67%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.38%) QA
2 16 (5.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.69%) GDPR
4 8 (2.68%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.35%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.01%) HIPAA
6 6 (2.01%) HL7
6 6 (2.01%) NIST
7 5 (1.68%) SLA
8 4 (1.34%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.34%) WCAG
9 3 (1.01%) GRC
9 3 (1.01%) PSD2
9 3 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.67%) COBIT
10 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 49 (16.44%) Docker
2 36 (12.08%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.35%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.68%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 3 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.01%) vSphere
7 2 (0.67%) KVM
7 2 (0.67%) RACF
7 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.34%) Ceph
8 1 (0.34%) NFS
8 1 (0.34%) QEMU
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.34%) XenApp
8 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (21.48%) Kubernetes
2 57 (19.13%) Terraform
3 31 (10.40%) Ansible
4 23 (7.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (7.38%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (5.70%) Grafana
7 11 (3.69%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.01%) NetBackup
8 6 (2.01%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.01%) Istio
11 2 (0.67%) Argo
11 2 (0.67%) CSIRT
12 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.34%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.34%) Kibana
12 1 (0.34%) Kustomize
12 1 (0.34%) logstash
12 1 (0.34%) Podman
12 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 71 (23.83%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.74%) Google
3 30 (10.07%) SAP
4 26 (8.72%) ServiceNow
5 20 (6.71%) Oracle
6 17 (5.70%) Splunk
7 16 (5.37%) Okta
8 14 (4.70%) F5
8 14 (4.70%) VMware
9 11 (3.69%) Cisco
10 8 (2.68%) OpenAI
11 7 (2.35%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.35%) Databricks
11 7 (2.35%) HP
12 6 (2.01%) Adobe
12 6 (2.01%) ESRI
12 6 (2.01%) Meraki
12 6 (2.01%) Salesforce
12 6 (2.01%) Veeam
12 6 (2.01%) Veritas