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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 6 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 303 159 249
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 16.39% 13.50% 13.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 39.40% 35.25% 42.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 104 177
10th Percentile £290 £333 £270
25th Percentile £378 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% - -7.41%
75th Percentile £550 £567 £600
90th Percentile £681 £660 £688
England median daily rate £520 £529 £550
% change year-on-year -1.70% -3.82% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £37.18 - -
25th Percentile £44.88 - -
Median hourly rate £54.50 - £62.00
75th Percentile £56.94 - -
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
England median hourly rate £45.73 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +30.66% -24.21% -9.45%

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 769 451 588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 41.59% 38.29% 32.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 301 434
10th Percentile £213 £281 £231
25th Percentile £375 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £595
90th Percentile £600 £700 £673
England median daily rate £500 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 3
10th Percentile - £18.04 £18.80
25th Percentile £14.25 £24.81 £19.25
Median hourly rate £38.43 £34.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% +71.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £56.31 £97.98 £41.00
90th Percentile £57.25 £102.00 £53.60
England median hourly rate £26.50 £30.94 £23.24
% change year-on-year -14.34% +33.12% +3.29%

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 16 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

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 16 December 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 0 164 £500 - 93
South Yorkshire +12 104 £485 -11.82% 47
North Yorkshire -1 16 £315 +14.55% 15
East Yorkshire -7 10 £325 +13.04% 35
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 19 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.94%) Confluence
3 11 (3.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.65%) Apache
4 5 (1.65%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.32%) CMS
6 2 (0.66%) CICS
6 2 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.33%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.99%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.66%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.33%) Magento
6 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.33%) SAP MRS
6 1 (0.33%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 154 (50.83%) AWS
2 126 (41.58%) GCP
3 44 (14.52%) Azure DevOps
4 43 (14.19%) Entra ID
5 40 (13.20%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (10.23%) GitHub
7 20 (6.60%) Power Platform
7 20 (6.60%) SaaS
8 18 (5.94%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (5.28%) Serverless
10 15 (4.95%) Azure AKS
11 14 (4.62%) OpenShift
12 12 (3.96%) PaaS
13 11 (3.63%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (3.63%) OneDrive
14 10 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (2.97%) Azure Functions
16 7 (2.31%) Power Automate
17 6 (1.98%) Azure Logic Apps
17 6 (1.98%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.89%) Firewall
2 11 (3.63%) TCP/IP
3 10 (3.30%) VPN
4 9 (2.97%) DNS
4 9 (2.97%) Network Security
5 8 (2.64%) WAN
6 7 (2.31%) LAN
6 7 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (1.98%) HTTP
8 4 (1.32%) DHCP
8 4 (1.32%) Kerberos
8 4 (1.32%) VLAN
9 3 (0.99%) HTTPS
9 3 (0.99%) VoIP
10 2 (0.66%) BGP
10 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.66%) OSPF
10 2 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
10 2 (0.66%) SAN
10 2 (0.66%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (7.92%) NoSQL
2 21 (6.93%) PostgreSQL
2 21 (6.93%) SQL Server
3 19 (6.27%) Power BI
4 10 (3.30%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.31%) BigQuery
5 7 (2.31%) MySQL
6 5 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.65%) Metadata
6 5 (1.65%) Redis
6 5 (1.65%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.65%) Tableau
7 4 (1.32%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.66%) DataStage
9 2 (0.66%) DB2
9 2 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
9 2 (0.66%) GIS
9 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 47 (15.51%) Jenkins
2 41 (13.53%) JIRA
3 29 (9.57%) Git
4 18 (5.94%) GitLab
4 18 (5.94%) Postman
5 17 (5.61%) Selenium
6 10 (3.30%) Cucumber
6 10 (3.30%) SoapUI
7 8 (2.64%) CircleCI
7 8 (2.64%) REST Assured
7 8 (2.64%) TestRail
8 6 (1.98%) JUnit
9 5 (1.65%) Zephyr
10 4 (1.32%) Maven
10 4 (1.32%) Mocha
10 4 (1.32%) Storybook
11 3 (0.99%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.99%) TestNG
12 2 (0.66%) git-flow
12 2 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 111 (36.63%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.85%) Finance
3 39 (12.87%) Public Sector
4 32 (10.56%) Banking
5 20 (6.60%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (3.63%) Legal
7 9 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.31%) Retail
9 5 (1.65%) Law
9 5 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.32%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.99%) Local Government
12 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.66%) Police
12 2 (0.66%) Publishing
12 2 (0.66%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.33%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 42 (13.86%) Architect
2 33 (10.89%) Developer
3 31 (10.23%) Senior
4 28 (9.24%) Analyst
5 27 (8.91%) Lead
6 23 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (6.27%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.62%) 2nd Line Support
8 14 (4.62%) IT Support
8 14 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 12 (3.96%) Azure Engineer
10 10 (3.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (2.97%) AWS Engineer
11 9 (2.97%) Consultant
11 9 (2.97%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.97%) Test Analyst
12 8 (2.64%) .NET Software Engineer
12 8 (2.64%) IT Engineer
12 8 (2.64%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.64%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (9.90%) RESTful
2 26 (8.58%) React
3 24 (7.92%) .NET
3 24 (7.92%) REST
4 22 (7.26%) Node.js
5 18 (5.94%) LDAP
6 16 (5.28%) OAuth
7 15 (4.95%) OpenID
8 13 (4.29%) CSS
8 13 (4.29%) HTML
8 13 (4.29%) SAML
9 11 (3.63%) Kafka
10 10 (3.30%) AngularJS
10 10 (3.30%) SailPoint
11 9 (2.97%) Express.js
11 9 (2.97%) JSON
11 9 (2.97%) PyTorch
11 9 (2.97%) TensorFlow
12 8 (2.64%) Django
12 8 (2.64%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.57%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.26%) Onboarding
2 22 (7.26%) Product Ownership
3 19 (6.27%) NHS
4 18 (5.94%) Hybrid Cloud
5 11 (3.63%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.64%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.31%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.65%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.65%) Taxonomies
10 4 (1.32%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.32%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.32%) IoT
10 4 (1.32%) Replication
11 3 (0.99%) CMDB
11 3 (0.99%) iPhone
11 3 (0.99%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (11.55%) Windows
2 27 (8.91%) Linux
3 6 (1.98%) Unix
3 6 (1.98%) Windows 10
4 5 (1.65%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.32%) Android
6 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.66%) Solaris
6 2 (0.66%) VMS
6 2 (0.66%) zOS
7 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.33%) CentOS
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.33%) MVS
7 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (34.32%) DevOps
2 102 (33.66%) CI/CD
3 75 (24.75%) Agile
4 52 (17.16%) Containerisation
5 45 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (14.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (13.53%) Microservices
7 41 (13.53%) Roadmaps
8 39 (12.87%) Migration
8 39 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (11.22%) Cybersecurity
9 34 (11.22%) DevSecOps
10 31 (10.23%) ITIL
10 31 (10.23%) Mentoring
11 30 (9.90%) Cloud Security
11 30 (9.90%) Test Automation
12 27 (8.91%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (8.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 24 (7.92%) AI
14 24 (7.92%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 80 (26.40%) Python
2 50 (16.50%) SQL
3 38 (12.54%) Java
4 29 (9.57%) PowerShell
5 27 (8.91%) JavaScript
6 25 (8.25%) Bash
7 20 (6.60%) C#
8 17 (5.61%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.97%) Bicep
10 8 (2.64%) PHP
11 4 (1.32%) Groovy
12 3 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.99%) Go
12 3 (0.99%) Rust
12 3 (0.99%) Search Processing Language
13 2 (0.66%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.66%) Solidity
13 2 (0.66%) XPath
14 1 (0.33%) C++
14 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 21 (6.93%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.95%) CISSP
3 13 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 12 (3.96%) CISM
5 11 (3.63%) ISTQB
6 9 (2.97%) Azure Certification
6 9 (2.97%) Degree
7 7 (2.31%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.98%) AWS Certification
8 6 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (1.65%) CEH
10 4 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.99%) CCSK
11 3 (0.99%) CCSP
11 3 (0.99%) GIAC
11 3 (0.99%) GWAPT
11 3 (0.99%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.66%) CCNA
12 2 (0.66%) CCNP
12 2 (0.66%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.93%) QA
2 20 (6.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (5.94%) GDPR
4 14 (4.62%) PCI DSS
5 13 (4.29%) NIST
6 8 (2.64%) Accessibility
7 6 (1.98%) SOC 2
8 5 (1.65%) Data Quality
8 5 (1.65%) HL7
9 4 (1.32%) WCAG
10 3 (0.99%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.99%) PSD2
11 2 (0.66%) COBIT
11 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.66%) GRC
11 2 (0.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.66%) SLA
12 1 (0.33%) NCSC
12 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (19.14%) Docker
2 37 (12.21%) Active Directory
3 15 (4.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.65%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.99%) KVM
6 3 (0.99%) vSphere
7 2 (0.66%) NFS
7 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 1 (0.33%) Ceph
8 1 (0.33%) QEMU
8 1 (0.33%) Snort
8 1 (0.33%) SRDF
8 1 (0.33%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.33%) Xen
8 1 (0.33%) XenApp
8 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 71 (23.43%) Kubernetes
2 67 (22.11%) Terraform
3 30 (9.90%) Ansible
4 20 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.62%) Grafana
6 13 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (3.96%) Prometheus
8 7 (2.31%) NetBackup
8 7 (2.31%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.99%) Puppet
11 2 (0.66%) Argo
11 2 (0.66%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.66%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.66%) SCCM
12 1 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.33%) Istio
12 1 (0.33%) Kibana
12 1 (0.33%) logstash
12 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 81 (26.73%) Microsoft
2 36 (11.88%) Google
3 23 (7.59%) SAP
4 19 (6.27%) Oracle
5 16 (5.28%) CyberArk
5 16 (5.28%) F5
5 16 (5.28%) ServiceNow
5 16 (5.28%) VMware
6 14 (4.62%) Splunk
7 11 (3.63%) Cisco
7 11 (3.63%) Databricks
8 8 (2.64%) BeyondTrust
8 8 (2.64%) Thycotic
9 7 (2.31%) HP
9 7 (2.31%) Veritas
10 6 (1.98%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.65%) Apple
11 5 (1.65%) ESRI
11 5 (1.65%) MobileIron
11 5 (1.65%) Okta