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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 430 191 204
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.88% 12.38% 13.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.99% 33.04% 38.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 118 143
10th Percentile £336 £310 £351
25th Percentile £413 £376 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -7.82%
75th Percentile £594 £543 £603
90th Percentile £689 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 - -
75th Percentile £46.88 - -
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £33.39 £38.50
% change year-on-year +57.26% -13.29% -16.63%

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 1,049 578 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 36.30% 37.46% 35.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 390 365
10th Percentile £306 £235 £288
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £567
90th Percentile £675 £600 £650
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 1 6
10th Percentile £13.45 - £16.88
25th Percentile £14.97 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -90.50% +830.23% +1.15%
75th Percentile £35.00 - £22.00
90th Percentile £38.38 - £25.38
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.24% -20.30% -

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +1 203 £488 -2.50% 254
South Yorkshire +8 166 £519 +15.33% 85
North Yorkshire +6 33 £488 +156.58% 56
East Yorkshire -3 2 £313 - 19
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 43 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 27 (6.28%) Confluence
3 18 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (3.26%) Apache Spark
5 6 (1.40%) Apache
5 6 (1.40%) Palantir Foundry
6 4 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.93%) Apache Superset
7 2 (0.47%) nginx
8 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.47%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 182 (42.33%) AWS
2 122 (28.37%) GCP
3 74 (17.21%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (16.51%) GitHub
5 64 (14.88%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (14.65%) Power Platform
7 62 (14.42%) Entra ID
8 45 (10.47%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (6.28%) Microsoft Copilot
10 25 (5.81%) PowerApps
11 21 (4.88%) OneDrive
12 20 (4.65%) Azure Monitor
13 18 (4.19%) Serverless
14 16 (3.72%) Azure Data Factory
14 16 (3.72%) Copilot Studio
15 15 (3.49%) SaaS
16 14 (3.26%) Azure AI
17 12 (2.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (2.79%) Power Automate
18 10 (2.33%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (6.74%) DNS
2 28 (6.51%) Firewall
3 20 (4.65%) Network Security
4 17 (3.95%) VPN
5 14 (3.26%) LAN
5 14 (3.26%) VLAN
5 14 (3.26%) WAN
6 13 (3.02%) DHCP
7 12 (2.79%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (2.79%) WLAN
8 10 (2.33%) BGP
8 10 (2.33%) OSPF
9 8 (1.86%) TCP/IP
10 7 (1.63%) Cisco Nexus
10 7 (1.63%) SAN
11 6 (1.40%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (1.40%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (1.40%) NAS
11 6 (1.40%) Wireless
12 5 (1.16%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.14%) SQL Server
2 33 (7.67%) Power BI
3 22 (5.12%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (4.19%) Metadata
5 16 (3.72%) Big Data
5 16 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (3.02%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.86%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.63%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (1.63%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (1.40%) Relational Database
10 5 (1.16%) Neo4j
10 5 (1.16%) Redis
10 5 (1.16%) Semantic Layer
11 4 (0.93%) SAP HANA
11 4 (0.93%) Tableau
11 4 (0.93%) Trino
12 3 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.70%) NoSQL
12 3 (0.70%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 58 (13.49%) Jenkins
2 48 (11.16%) JIRA
3 32 (7.44%) Git
4 17 (3.95%) GitLab
5 12 (2.79%) Gatling
6 8 (1.86%) Maven
6 8 (1.86%) Sonatype Nexus
7 6 (1.40%) Artifactory
7 6 (1.40%) JMeter
7 6 (1.40%) Selenium
8 5 (1.16%) LoadRunner
9 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.93%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.93%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.93%) Postman
10 3 (0.70%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.70%) Fiddler
10 3 (0.70%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.47%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.47%) MSBuild
General
1 121 (28.14%) Social Skills
2 116 (26.98%) Finance
3 36 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.44%) Banking
4 32 (7.44%) Public Sector
5 13 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (3.02%) Law
6 11 (2.56%) Retail
7 10 (2.33%) Financial Institution
8 9 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.09%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.40%) Legal
9 6 (1.40%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.40%) Social Science
10 4 (0.93%) Military
11 3 (0.70%) Police
12 2 (0.47%) Billing
12 2 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.47%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 69 (16.05%) Architect
2 62 (14.42%) Senior
3 53 (12.33%) Lead
4 36 (8.37%) DevOps Engineer
5 35 (8.14%) Data Engineer
6 33 (7.67%) Developer
7 26 (6.05%) Analyst
8 24 (5.58%) Solutions Architect
9 22 (5.12%) Azure Engineer
10 21 (4.88%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (3.72%) Technical Architect
12 14 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
12 14 (3.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 13 (3.02%) Cloud Architect
13 13 (3.02%) Consultant
14 12 (2.79%) 2nd Line Support
15 11 (2.56%) Data Analyst
15 11 (2.56%) Security Engineer
16 10 (2.33%) Azure Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (25.12%) Terraform
2 40 (9.30%) REST
3 26 (6.05%) Kafka
4 23 (5.35%) .NET
5 20 (4.65%) React
6 16 (3.72%) OAuth
7 14 (3.26%) Playwright
8 13 (3.02%) OpenID
8 13 (3.02%) PySpark
8 13 (3.02%) SailPoint
9 12 (2.79%) .NET Core
9 12 (2.79%) ASP.NET
10 11 (2.56%) JSON
11 10 (2.33%) OAuth2
11 10 (2.33%) SAML
11 10 (2.33%) SOAP
11 10 (2.33%) Web Services
12 9 (2.09%) AngularJS
12 9 (2.09%) Spring
12 9 (2.09%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 67 (15.58%) Cloud Native
2 31 (7.21%) Data Centre
3 27 (6.28%) Enterprise Software
4 23 (5.35%) Product Ownership
5 21 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 20 (4.65%) AI Agents
7 19 (4.42%) Data Protection Act
8 17 (3.95%) Public Cloud
9 13 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
10 12 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
11 10 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (2.09%) PKI
13 8 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (1.63%) Replication
15 6 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (1.40%) Data Structures
15 6 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
15 6 (1.40%) NHS
16 4 (0.93%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 55 (12.79%) Windows
2 30 (6.98%) Linux
3 27 (6.28%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.40%) Android
4 6 (1.40%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.70%) AIX
5 3 (0.70%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (0.70%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.70%) Unix
6 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.23%) VMS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 177 (41.16%) CI/CD
2 160 (37.21%) DevOps
3 101 (23.49%) Agile
4 98 (22.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 82 (19.07%) Stakeholder Management
6 79 (18.37%) AI
7 71 (16.51%) Observability
8 68 (15.81%) Cybersecurity
9 63 (14.65%) Analytics
9 63 (14.65%) Roadmaps
10 53 (12.33%) Platform Engineering
11 52 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
12 51 (11.86%) Migration
12 51 (11.86%) Test Automation
13 48 (11.16%) Data Engineering
13 48 (11.16%) Data Pipeline
13 48 (11.16%) Software Engineering
14 46 (10.70%) DevSecOps
15 45 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
15 45 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 104 (24.19%) Python
2 58 (13.49%) Java
3 55 (12.79%) SQL
4 51 (11.86%) PowerShell
5 22 (5.12%) C#
6 18 (4.19%) Bash
6 18 (4.19%) JavaScript
7 15 (3.49%) Bicep
8 12 (2.79%) TypeScript
9 10 (2.33%) Scala
10 9 (2.09%) Groovy
10 9 (2.09%) Shell Script
11 5 (1.16%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.93%) ABAP
12 4 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.70%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.70%) Go
14 2 (0.47%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.23%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 64 (14.88%) Security Cleared
2 45 (10.47%) SC Cleared
3 24 (5.58%) Degree
4 19 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (3.72%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (3.49%) Azure Certification
7 12 (2.79%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.56%) CISSP
9 9 (2.09%) CISM
10 8 (1.86%) CCNP
11 7 (1.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.63%) CCSP
11 7 (1.63%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.40%) CCSK
12 6 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.40%) PMI Certification
12 6 (1.40%) PMP
13 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.05%) Data Quality
2 23 (5.35%) QA
3 12 (2.79%) GDPR
4 11 (2.56%) NIST
5 10 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.86%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 7 (1.63%) WCAG
8 6 (1.40%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.16%) GRC
9 5 (1.16%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.70%) GxP
11 3 (0.70%) PMO
11 3 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 2 (0.47%) IASME
12 2 (0.47%) SLA
12 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
System Software
1 68 (15.81%) Active Directory
2 57 (13.26%) Docker
3 12 (2.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 12 (2.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (1.86%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.40%) vSphere
7 5 (1.16%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.70%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 3 (0.70%) Firmware
8 3 (0.70%) NFS
8 3 (0.70%) SRDF
9 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
9 1 (0.23%) Ceph
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 94 (21.86%) Kubernetes
2 30 (6.98%) Ansible
2 30 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (4.88%) Grafana
4 18 (4.19%) Prometheus
5 13 (3.02%) Jamf Pro
6 10 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.09%) HAProxy
8 7 (1.63%) Kustomize
9 6 (1.40%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.93%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.70%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.70%) Argo
11 3 (0.70%) EMC VPLEX
11 3 (0.70%) Packer
11 3 (0.70%) SnapMirror
11 3 (0.70%) vMotion
12 2 (0.47%) Podman
12 2 (0.47%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.47%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 152 (35.35%) Microsoft
2 47 (10.93%) Databricks
3 26 (6.05%) Google
3 26 (6.05%) ServiceNow
4 19 (4.42%) CyberArk
5 18 (4.19%) Foundry
6 17 (3.95%) Cisco
7 16 (3.72%) SAP
8 13 (3.02%) Splunk
8 13 (3.02%) VMware
9 10 (2.33%) Oracle
10 9 (2.09%) Dynatrace
10 9 (2.09%) IBM
10 9 (2.09%) Okta
10 9 (2.09%) OpenAI
11 8 (1.86%) Citrix
12 7 (1.63%) CheckPoint
12 7 (1.63%) Dell
12 7 (1.63%) Red Hat
12 7 (1.63%) Salesforce