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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +7 -7 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 386 108 200
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.67% 10.26% 11.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.92% 29.19% 42.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 75 145
10th Percentile £328 £263 £321
25th Percentile £431 £325 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -8.26%
75th Percentile £600 £531 £600
90th Percentile £694 £550 £645
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 0 0
10th Percentile £18.95 - -
25th Percentile £44.88 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +53.33% +7.14% -44.44%

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 1,018 370 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 38.68% 35.14% 28.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 693 260 333
10th Percentile £321 £258 £263
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £560 £538 £588
90th Percentile £661 £626 £644
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 4 8
10th Percentile £17.23 £27.82 £13.43
25th Percentile £23.00 £30.17 £14.63
Median hourly rate £56.50 £32.96 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.42% +119.73% -60.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.48 £17.31
90th Percentile £70.33 £79.33 £22.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -38.58%

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 28 May 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 28 May 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 28 May 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 +6 188 £500 +11.11% 72
South Yorkshire +16 143 £512 +13.78% 29
North Yorkshire +5 19 £450 +50.00% 9
East Yorkshire +1 14 £325 - 5
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 34 (8.81%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.66%) Confluence
3 15 (3.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (2.07%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.52%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.52%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.26%) Apache
6 1 (0.26%) CMS
6 1 (0.26%) IIS
6 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (1.04%) Acrobat
1 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.52%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 26 (6.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.78%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 170 (44.04%) AWS
2 114 (29.53%) GCP
3 68 (17.62%) Entra ID
4 54 (13.99%) Azure DevOps
4 54 (13.99%) Microsoft 365
5 48 (12.44%) GitHub
5 48 (12.44%) SaaS
6 39 (10.10%) Power Platform
7 36 (9.33%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (6.48%) Serverless
9 23 (5.96%) OpenShift
10 20 (5.18%) PaaS
11 19 (4.92%) PowerApps
12 17 (4.40%) OneDrive
13 15 (3.89%) Microsoft Copilot
14 14 (3.63%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (3.63%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.37%) Azure Monitor
15 13 (3.37%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 13 (3.37%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (4.15%) Firewall
2 13 (3.37%) DNS
2 13 (3.37%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.37%) WAN
3 11 (2.85%) LAN
3 11 (2.85%) Network Security
4 10 (2.59%) SAN
4 10 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (2.07%) Kerberos
6 5 (1.30%) IPsec
6 5 (1.30%) SSL
6 5 (1.30%) VPN
6 5 (1.30%) WLAN
7 4 (1.04%) NAS
7 4 (1.04%) Unified Communications
7 4 (1.04%) VLAN
8 3 (0.78%) Internet
8 3 (0.78%) PSTN
9 2 (0.52%) DHCP
9 2 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.77%) SQL Server
2 20 (5.18%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (5.18%) Power BI
3 18 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (3.37%) Azure SQL Database
5 9 (2.33%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.07%) Delta Lake
6 8 (2.07%) Metadata
7 7 (1.81%) Big Data
7 7 (1.81%) Neo4j
8 5 (1.30%) MySQL
9 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
10 3 (0.78%) Parquet
10 3 (0.78%) Spark SQL
11 2 (0.52%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.26%) DataStage
12 1 (0.26%) DB2
12 1 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 58 (15.03%) Jenkins
2 51 (13.21%) JIRA
3 33 (8.55%) GitLab
4 27 (6.99%) Git
5 14 (3.63%) Gatling
5 14 (3.63%) Selenium
6 13 (3.37%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.37%) REST Assured
7 11 (2.85%) Postman
8 8 (2.07%) Maven
9 6 (1.55%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.30%) JMeter
10 5 (1.30%) TestRail
11 4 (1.04%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.04%) CircleCI
11 4 (1.04%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.04%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (0.78%) Fiddler
13 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
General
1 117 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 85 (22.02%) Finance
3 36 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (8.81%) Banking
5 30 (7.77%) Public Sector
6 24 (6.22%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (4.15%) Publishing
8 9 (2.33%) Law
9 7 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (1.81%) Legal
10 5 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.04%) Financial Institution
11 4 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.78%) Military
13 2 (0.52%) Health Technology
13 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.52%) Retail
13 2 (0.52%) Social Science
14 1 (0.26%) Digital Healthcare
14 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 59 (15.28%) Architect
2 48 (12.44%) Lead
3 47 (12.18%) Senior
4 35 (9.07%) DevOps Engineer
5 33 (8.55%) Developer
6 21 (5.44%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (4.92%) Analyst
7 19 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (4.40%) Data Engineer
9 15 (3.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (3.63%) Administrator
10 14 (3.63%) Platform Engineer
11 13 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (2.85%) Consultant
13 10 (2.59%) Data Analyst
13 10 (2.59%) Project Manager
13 10 (2.59%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.59%) Test Automation Engineer
13 10 (2.59%) Test Engineer
14 9 (2.33%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (10.36%) REST
2 32 (8.29%) OpenID
3 23 (5.96%) .NET
3 23 (5.96%) LDAP
4 19 (4.92%) OAuth
5 18 (4.66%) SailPoint
5 18 (4.66%) SAP Basis
6 15 (3.89%) SAML
7 14 (3.63%) Playwright
8 12 (3.11%) OAuth2
8 12 (3.11%) Web Services
9 11 (2.85%) Kafka
9 11 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
9 11 (2.85%) React
10 10 (2.59%) Middleware
10 10 (2.59%) PySpark
11 9 (2.33%) RESTful
11 9 (2.33%) SOAP
12 8 (2.07%) JSON
13 7 (1.81%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 41 (10.62%) Onboarding
2 40 (10.36%) Cloud Native
3 26 (6.74%) Product Ownership
4 23 (5.96%) Data Centre
5 21 (5.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 20 (5.18%) Taxonomies
7 12 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.81%) NHS
9 7 (1.81%) Public Cloud
10 6 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.55%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.55%) Replication
10 6 (1.55%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.30%) CMDB
11 5 (1.30%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.30%) FlexPod
11 5 (1.30%) IoT
12 4 (1.04%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.36%) Windows
2 28 (7.25%) Linux
3 8 (2.07%) Data ONTAP
3 8 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.07%) VMS
4 6 (1.55%) CoreOS
4 6 (1.55%) Unix
5 5 (1.30%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.30%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.04%) Android
6 4 (1.04%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.78%) AIX
8 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (42.23%) DevOps
2 152 (39.38%) CI/CD
3 97 (25.13%) Agile
4 72 (18.65%) Roadmaps
5 58 (15.03%) Infrastructure as Code
5 58 (15.03%) Problem-Solving
6 54 (13.99%) Migration
7 50 (12.95%) Containerisation
8 49 (12.69%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 47 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (11.66%) Observability
11 43 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
12 42 (10.88%) Identity Access Management
13 40 (10.36%) Data Pipeline
13 40 (10.36%) Test Automation
14 39 (10.10%) Data Governance
14 39 (10.10%) Microservices
15 37 (9.59%) Platform Engineering
16 36 (9.33%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 86 (22.28%) Python
2 66 (17.10%) SQL
3 59 (15.28%) Java
4 37 (9.59%) PowerShell
5 23 (5.96%) Bash
6 20 (5.18%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.92%) C#
8 14 (3.63%) Scala
9 8 (2.07%) Go
9 8 (2.07%) PHP
10 7 (1.81%) Bicep
10 7 (1.81%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.30%) Groovy
11 5 (1.30%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.30%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.04%) Cypher
13 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.26%) ABAP
14 1 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 41 (10.62%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.25%) Degree
3 27 (6.99%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.07%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.81%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.81%) CISSP
7 6 (1.55%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.55%) CISM
7 6 (1.55%) PMP
8 5 (1.30%) OCP
8 5 (1.30%) Oracle Certification
9 4 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 4 (1.04%) CCSP
9 4 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.04%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.78%) CCSK
10 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.78%) NCDA
10 3 (0.78%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.44%) QA
2 14 (3.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.07%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.07%) NIST
4 7 (1.81%) HIPAA
4 7 (1.81%) SLA
5 6 (1.55%) GDPR
5 6 (1.55%) PCI DSS
6 5 (1.30%) Accessibility
7 4 (1.04%) GRC
7 4 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 4 (1.04%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.78%) HL7
8 3 (0.78%) WCAG
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
9 2 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.26%) NCSC
10 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (11.14%) Docker
2 38 (9.84%) Active Directory
3 18 (4.66%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (3.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.33%) NFS
6 8 (2.07%) vSphere
7 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (1.30%) Hyper-V
7 5 (1.30%) RACF
7 5 (1.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.78%) SRDF
8 3 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.26%) Ceph
9 1 (0.26%) KVM
9 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 81 (20.98%) Terraform
2 79 (20.47%) Kubernetes
3 32 (8.29%) Single Sign-On
4 30 (7.77%) Ansible
5 24 (6.22%) Microsoft Intune
6 18 (4.66%) Grafana
7 12 (3.11%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.33%) HAProxy
8 9 (2.33%) Jamf Pro
9 8 (2.07%) SnapMirror
10 4 (1.04%) Istio
10 4 (1.04%) Kustomize
11 3 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.78%) Argo
11 3 (0.78%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 2 (0.52%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (0.52%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.52%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.52%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 127 (32.90%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.59%) ServiceNow
3 34 (8.81%) SAP
4 33 (8.55%) Google
5 27 (6.99%) Databricks
6 26 (6.74%) Okta
7 17 (4.40%) Oracle
8 15 (3.89%) VMware
9 11 (2.85%) Red Hat
10 10 (2.59%) Splunk
11 9 (2.33%) NetApp
11 9 (2.33%) OpenAI
12 8 (2.07%) Cisco
13 7 (1.81%) Foundry
13 7 (1.81%) Veeam
14 6 (1.55%) Adobe
14 6 (1.55%) Aruba
14 6 (1.55%) CyberArk
14 6 (1.55%) IBM
15 5 (1.30%) Salesforce