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

6 months to
18 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 6 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 298 136 237
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.40% 13.53% 13.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.16% 36.46% 42.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 89 165
10th Percentile £290 £295 £263
25th Percentile £400 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £700
England median daily rate £518 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.43% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £42.50 - -
25th Percentile £53.50 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £62.00
75th Percentile £57.63 - -
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
England median hourly rate £55.75 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +59.29% -24.21% -9.45%

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 802 373 559
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 41.45% 37.11% 31.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 567 251 414
10th Percentile £242 £275 £252
25th Percentile £386 £405 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £570 £600
90th Percentile £625 £700 £679
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 7 2
10th Percentile £14.25 £20.67 £19.70
25th Percentile £17.25 £26.25 £26.75
Median hourly rate £54.50 £41.00 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.93% +6.49% +54.00%
75th Percentile £57.25 £99.32 £50.25
90th Percentile £72.13 £102.00 £57.30
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.21 £24.02
% change year-on-year +6.36% +17.42% +6.14%

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 18 January 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 18 January 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 18 January 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 0 151 £500 +5.26% 129
South Yorkshire +10 103 £505 -2.88% 63
North Yorkshire -1 19 £450 +63.64% 54
East Yorkshire - 10 £325 - 50
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 18 (6.04%) Confluence
3 9 (3.02%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.34%) Apache
4 4 (1.34%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.34%) CMS
5 2 (0.67%) CICS
5 2 (0.67%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.67%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.34%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.01%) 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 19 (6.38%) 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
1 149 (50.00%) AWS
2 121 (40.60%) GCP
3 53 (17.79%) Entra ID
4 41 (13.76%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (11.74%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (10.74%) GitHub
7 31 (10.40%) SaaS
8 20 (6.71%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (6.04%) Power Platform
10 17 (5.70%) Serverless
11 14 (4.70%) OpenShift
12 13 (4.36%) OneDrive
13 12 (4.03%) Azure AKS
14 11 (3.69%) PaaS
15 9 (3.02%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (2.68%) Azure Functions
17 7 (2.35%) Azure Storage
17 7 (2.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 6 (2.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (11.07%) Firewall
2 17 (5.70%) TCP/IP
3 12 (4.03%) DNS
3 12 (4.03%) WAN
4 11 (3.69%) LAN
4 11 (3.69%) Network Security
4 11 (3.69%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (2.35%) VPN
6 5 (1.68%) HTTP
6 5 (1.68%) Kerberos
7 4 (1.34%) DHCP
7 4 (1.34%) VLAN
8 3 (1.01%) HTTPS
8 3 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
8 3 (1.01%) SSL
8 3 (1.01%) VoIP
9 2 (0.67%) BGP
9 2 (0.67%) IPsec
9 2 (0.67%) OSPF
9 2 (0.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.71%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.70%) NoSQL
2 17 (5.70%) Power BI
3 14 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.35%) MySQL
5 6 (2.01%) MongoDB
5 6 (2.01%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.68%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.68%) Redis
7 4 (1.34%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.34%) Metadata
7 4 (1.34%) Neo4j
7 4 (1.34%) Tableau
8 3 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.67%) DataStage
9 2 (0.67%) DB2
9 2 (0.67%) GIS
9 2 (0.67%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (17.79%) Jenkins
2 41 (13.76%) JIRA
3 30 (10.07%) Git
4 26 (8.72%) GitLab
5 19 (6.38%) 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 6 (2.01%) JUnit
12 5 (1.68%) JMeter
12 5 (1.68%) Zephyr
13 4 (1.34%) Gatling
13 4 (1.34%) LoadRunner
13 4 (1.34%) Maven
13 4 (1.34%) Mocha
13 4 (1.34%) NeoLoad
13 4 (1.34%) Storybook
14 3 (1.01%) TestNG
General
1 109 (36.58%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.77%) Finance
3 37 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 31 (10.40%) Banking
5 24 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (4.36%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.36%) Legal
8 9 (3.02%) Publishing
9 7 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (2.35%) Retail
10 6 (2.01%) Law
11 5 (1.68%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.01%) Local Government
13 2 (0.67%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.67%) Police
14 1 (0.34%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 46 (15.44%) Architect
2 32 (10.74%) Senior
3 29 (9.73%) Lead
4 27 (9.06%) Developer
5 19 (6.38%) DevOps Engineer
5 19 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
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 9 (3.02%) Consultant
10 9 (3.02%) Data Engineer
10 9 (3.02%) Project Manager
10 9 (3.02%) Test Automation Engineer
10 9 (3.02%) Test Engineer
11 8 (2.68%) IT Engineer
11 8 (2.68%) Senior Developer
11 8 (2.68%) Tester
12 7 (2.35%) Administrator
12 7 (2.35%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (10.40%) REST
2 25 (8.39%) LDAP
2 25 (8.39%) React
2 25 (8.39%) RESTful
3 23 (7.72%) .NET
4 22 (7.38%) OpenID
5 20 (6.71%) Node.js
6 17 (5.70%) SailPoint
7 16 (5.37%) OAuth
8 13 (4.36%) CSS
8 13 (4.36%) HTML
8 13 (4.36%) SAML
9 11 (3.69%) SAP Basis
10 10 (3.36%) Kafka
11 9 (3.02%) Middleware
12 8 (2.68%) FHIR
12 8 (2.68%) JWT
13 7 (2.35%) Express.js
13 7 (2.35%) Playwright
13 7 (2.35%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.07%) Cloud Native
2 29 (9.73%) Onboarding
3 18 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
3 18 (6.04%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.70%) NHS
5 12 (4.03%) Taxonomies
6 10 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.36%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.02%) Data Centre
8 8 (2.68%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.35%) CMDB
10 6 (2.01%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.68%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.68%) IoT
11 5 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.34%) Cloud Security Posture
12 4 (1.34%) Replication
13 3 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.01%) Data Structures
13 3 (1.01%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.42%) Windows
2 29 (9.73%) 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%) Solaris
7 2 (0.67%) VMS
7 2 (0.67%) zOS
8 1 (0.34%) CentOS
8 1 (0.34%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.34%) MVS
8 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (35.23%) DevOps
2 104 (34.90%) CI/CD
3 63 (21.14%) Agile
4 54 (18.12%) Containerisation
5 49 (16.44%) Roadmaps
6 48 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (15.10%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (13.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (13.09%) Test Automation
9 38 (12.75%) Microservices
9 38 (12.75%) Migration
10 33 (11.07%) ITIL
11 32 (10.74%) Cybersecurity
12 31 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
13 28 (9.40%) Mentoring
13 28 (9.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 27 (9.06%) DevSecOps
15 25 (8.39%) Cloud Security
16 24 (8.05%) Data Governance
16 24 (8.05%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (24.83%) Python
2 54 (18.12%) SQL
3 48 (16.11%) Java
4 31 (10.40%) PowerShell
5 28 (9.40%) JavaScript
6 26 (8.72%) Bash
7 18 (6.04%) TypeScript
8 17 (5.70%) C#
9 10 (3.36%) PHP
10 8 (2.68%) Bicep
11 5 (1.68%) 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 18 (6.04%) Security Cleared
2 15 (5.03%) Degree
3 10 (3.36%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (2.35%) CISSP
5 6 (2.01%) Azure Certification
6 5 (1.68%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.68%) CEH
6 5 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.34%) CISM
8 3 (1.01%) CCSK
8 3 (1.01%) CCSP
8 3 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.01%) GIAC
8 3 (1.01%) GWAPT
8 3 (1.01%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.01%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.67%) CCNP
9 2 (0.67%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.72%) QA
2 15 (5.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.36%) GDPR
4 8 (2.68%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.35%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.35%) SOC 2
6 6 (2.01%) Data Quality
6 6 (2.01%) HL7
6 6 (2.01%) NIST
7 5 (1.68%) SLA
8 4 (1.34%) HIPAA
8 4 (1.34%) WCAG
9 3 (1.01%) PSD2
10 2 (0.67%) COBIT
10 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.67%) GRC
10 2 (0.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 53 (17.79%) Docker
2 37 (12.42%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.68%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 4 (1.34%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.01%) KVM
6 3 (1.01%) vSphere
7 2 (0.67%) NFS
7 2 (0.67%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.34%) QEMU
8 1 (0.34%) RACF
8 1 (0.34%) Snort
8 1 (0.34%) SRDF
8 1 (0.34%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.34%) Xen
8 1 (0.34%) XenApp
8 1 (0.34%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (21.48%) Kubernetes
2 61 (20.47%) Terraform
3 34 (11.41%) Ansible
4 22 (7.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (6.38%) 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
11 2 (0.67%) Puppet
12 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.34%) Oracle Identity Manager
12 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.34%) SCCM
12 1 (0.34%) SCOM
12 1 (0.34%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 74 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 35 (11.74%) Google
3 29 (9.73%) SAP
4 24 (8.05%) ServiceNow
5 21 (7.05%) Oracle
6 17 (5.70%) Splunk
7 16 (5.37%) F5
8 15 (5.03%) Cisco
8 15 (5.03%) VMware
9 13 (4.36%) Okta
10 10 (3.36%) Databricks
11 7 (2.35%) CyberArk
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
13 5 (1.68%) MobileIron