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 11 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 6 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 268 178 261
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.03% 13.17% 13.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.18% 36.25% 42.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 114 191
10th Percentile £290 £358 £313
25th Percentile £377 £406 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £552 £567 £614
90th Percentile £688 £655 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £43.55
25th Percentile - - £46.63
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £57.63
90th Percentile - - £60.25
England median hourly rate £34.24 £40.59 £46.18
% change year-on-year -15.64% -12.10% -16.04%

All Cloud 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 702 491 619
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 39.37% 36.32% 32.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 330 455
10th Percentile £206 £300 £225
25th Percentile £362 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.24% -3.00% -0.79%
75th Percentile £538 £556 £600
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
England median daily rate £500 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile £43.63 £16.40 £19.10
25th Percentile £69.69 £20.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £113.75 £24.25 £22.51
Median % change year-on-year +369.07% +7.73% +0.04%
75th Percentile £157.19 £28.75 £44.50
90th Percentile £182.88 £35.13 £55.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £29.72
% change year-on-year -28.14% +17.77% +35.09%

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 11 November 2025.

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 11 November 2025. 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 -1 160 £500 - 144
South Yorkshire +5 80 £497 -3.83% 45
North Yorkshire +2 15 £345 +25.45% 22
East Yorkshire -11 3 £363 +26.09% 21
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 15 (5.60%) Confluence
2 14 (5.22%) SharePoint
3 9 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (2.61%) Apache Spark
5 6 (2.24%) Apache
6 4 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (1.49%) CMS
7 2 (0.75%) CICS
7 2 (0.75%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.75%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.37%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.37%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (1.49%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.75%) Magento
4 2 (0.75%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.37%) Cloudability
5 1 (0.37%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.37%) SAP MRS
5 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 131 (48.88%) AWS
2 104 (38.81%) GCP
3 45 (16.79%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (14.55%) Microsoft 365
5 38 (14.18%) Entra ID
6 27 (10.07%) GitHub
7 19 (7.09%) Azure AKS
8 17 (6.34%) Power Platform
9 16 (5.97%) SaaS
10 15 (5.60%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (5.60%) Serverless
11 14 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
12 12 (4.48%) PaaS
13 9 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (3.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 9 (3.36%) OneDrive
14 8 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
14 8 (2.99%) Azure Functions
15 7 (2.61%) Power Automate
16 6 (2.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.19%) Firewall
2 10 (3.73%) VPN
3 8 (2.99%) Network Security
3 8 (2.99%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.99%) WAN
3 8 (2.99%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (2.61%) LAN
5 5 (1.87%) DNS
5 5 (1.87%) HTTP
6 4 (1.49%) DHCP
6 4 (1.49%) VLAN
7 3 (1.12%) HTTPS
7 3 (1.12%) SAN
7 3 (1.12%) VoIP
8 2 (0.75%) BGP
8 2 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.75%) OSPF
8 2 (0.75%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.75%) VSAN
8 2 (0.75%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (9.33%) NoSQL
2 22 (8.21%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (5.60%) SQL Server
4 13 (4.85%) Power BI
5 12 (4.48%) MongoDB
6 7 (2.61%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.61%) Relational Database
7 6 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.24%) MySQL
8 5 (1.87%) Data Lake
8 5 (1.87%) Redis
9 4 (1.49%) Metadata
9 4 (1.49%) RDBMS
9 4 (1.49%) Tableau
10 3 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 2 (0.75%) Electronic Patient Records
11 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.75%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 37 (13.81%) Jenkins
2 31 (11.57%) JIRA
3 30 (11.19%) Git
4 11 (4.10%) Postman
5 9 (3.36%) GitLab
5 9 (3.36%) Selenium
5 9 (3.36%) SoapUI
6 6 (2.24%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.87%) CircleCI
7 5 (1.87%) JUnit
7 5 (1.87%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (1.49%) Artifactory
8 4 (1.49%) Maven
8 4 (1.49%) Mocha
8 4 (1.49%) Storybook
8 4 (1.49%) Zephyr
9 3 (1.12%) git-flow
9 3 (1.12%) SpecFlow
9 3 (1.12%) TestNG
9 3 (1.12%) TestRail
General
1 89 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 39 (14.55%) Finance
3 33 (12.31%) Public Sector
4 25 (9.33%) Banking
5 16 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (3.73%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.73%) Legal
7 9 (3.36%) Retail
8 6 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.49%) Law
10 3 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Health Technology
11 2 (0.75%) Local Government
11 2 (0.75%) Police
11 2 (0.75%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.37%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.37%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (16.04%) Architect
2 38 (14.18%) Developer
3 31 (11.57%) Analyst
4 25 (9.33%) Senior
5 20 (7.46%) DevOps Engineer
6 18 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (6.34%) Lead
8 13 (4.85%) IT Support
9 12 (4.48%) 2nd Line Support
9 12 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 11 (4.10%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.73%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.73%) Test Analyst
12 9 (3.36%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.36%) Senior Developer
13 8 (2.99%) .NET Software Engineer
13 8 (2.99%) Security Architect
13 8 (2.99%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (10.82%) RESTful
2 23 (8.58%) Node.js
3 22 (8.21%) .NET
4 21 (7.84%) React
5 16 (5.97%) SAML
6 15 (5.60%) OAuth
7 13 (4.85%) JSON
8 12 (4.48%) CSS
8 12 (4.48%) HTML
8 12 (4.48%) REST
9 11 (4.10%) Kafka
10 9 (3.36%) Express.js
10 9 (3.36%) OpenID
10 9 (3.36%) PyTorch
10 9 (3.36%) TensorFlow
11 8 (2.99%) AngularJS
11 8 (2.99%) CSS3
11 8 (2.99%) HTML5
11 8 (2.99%) Next.js
11 8 (2.99%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 34 (12.69%) Cloud Native
2 18 (6.72%) Onboarding
3 17 (6.34%) Product Ownership
4 16 (5.97%) NHS
5 12 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.73%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.99%) Data Centre
7 8 (2.99%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.87%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.12%) CMDB
10 3 (1.12%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.12%) iPhone
10 3 (1.12%) Replication
11 2 (0.75%) Clustering
11 2 (0.75%) Mainframe
11 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 32 (11.94%) Windows
2 21 (7.84%) Linux
3 7 (2.61%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.24%) Unix
5 5 (1.87%) Android
5 5 (1.87%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.75%) Solaris
6 2 (0.75%) zOS
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
7 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.37%) MVS
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (35.07%) DevOps
2 82 (30.60%) CI/CD
3 68 (25.37%) Agile
4 45 (16.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 38 (14.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 36 (13.43%) Microservices
7 35 (13.06%) Containerisation
8 34 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
9 32 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
10 28 (10.45%) Cloud Security
11 26 (9.70%) DevSecOps
12 25 (9.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (9.33%) ITIL
12 25 (9.33%) Mentoring
12 25 (9.33%) Migration
12 25 (9.33%) Roadmaps
13 22 (8.21%) Test Automation
14 21 (7.84%) Clean Code
14 21 (7.84%) Translating Business Requirements
15 20 (7.46%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 71 (26.49%) Python
2 45 (16.79%) SQL
3 31 (11.57%) Java
4 27 (10.07%) JavaScript
5 25 (9.33%) PowerShell
6 20 (7.46%) C#
7 18 (6.72%) Bash
8 17 (6.34%) TypeScript
9 9 (3.36%) Bicep
10 3 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (1.12%) Rust
10 3 (1.12%) Search Processing Language
11 2 (0.75%) ANSI SQL
11 2 (0.75%) Groovy
11 2 (0.75%) PHP
11 2 (0.75%) Scala
11 2 (0.75%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.75%) Solidity
11 2 (0.75%) XPath
12 1 (0.37%) C++
Qualifications
1 24 (8.96%) Security Cleared
2 16 (5.97%) SC Cleared
3 15 (5.60%) CISSP
4 12 (4.48%) CISM
5 11 (4.10%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.73%) ISTQB
7 7 (2.61%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (2.24%) Degree
9 5 (1.87%) CEH
10 4 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.12%) CCSK
11 3 (1.12%) CCSP
11 3 (1.12%) GIAC
11 3 (1.12%) GWAPT
11 3 (1.12%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.75%) CISA
12 2 (0.75%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.09%) GDPR
2 16 (5.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (4.85%) NIST
3 13 (4.85%) QA
4 12 (4.48%) PCI DSS
5 8 (2.99%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.24%) Data Quality
7 5 (1.87%) SOC 2
8 4 (1.49%) WCAG
9 3 (1.12%) HIPAA
9 3 (1.12%) NCSC
9 3 (1.12%) PSD2
10 2 (0.75%) COBIT
10 2 (0.75%) GRC
10 2 (0.75%) HL7
10 2 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 46 (17.16%) Docker
2 37 (13.81%) Active Directory
3 13 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.49%) Hyper-V
6 3 (1.12%) KVM
6 3 (1.12%) vSphere
7 2 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.75%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.37%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.37%) Ceph
8 1 (0.37%) NFS
8 1 (0.37%) QEMU
8 1 (0.37%) Snort
8 1 (0.37%) SRDF
8 1 (0.37%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.37%) Xen
Systems Management
1 66 (24.63%) Terraform
2 58 (21.64%) Kubernetes
3 23 (8.58%) Ansible
4 19 (7.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (4.48%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (2.99%) Grafana
6 8 (2.99%) Prometheus
7 7 (2.61%) NetBackup
7 7 (2.61%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.75%) Argo
8 2 (0.75%) Control-M
8 2 (0.75%) CSIRT
8 2 (0.75%) Puppet
8 2 (0.75%) SCCM
8 2 (0.75%) SCOM
8 2 (0.75%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle Identity Manager
9 1 (0.37%) Podman
9 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 77 (28.73%) Microsoft
2 34 (12.69%) Google
3 16 (5.97%) CyberArk
3 16 (5.97%) Databricks
4 15 (5.60%) F5
4 15 (5.60%) Oracle
5 14 (5.22%) Cisco
5 14 (5.22%) VMware
6 13 (4.85%) SAP
7 11 (4.10%) Splunk
8 8 (2.99%) Alibaba
8 8 (2.99%) BeyondTrust
8 8 (2.99%) HP
8 8 (2.99%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.99%) Thycotic
9 7 (2.61%) Veritas
10 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow
11 5 (1.87%) Apple
11 5 (1.87%) Brio
11 5 (1.87%) MobileIron