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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +3 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 395 147 208
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.21% 11.47% 12.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.44% 31.82% 39.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 95 152
10th Percentile £313 £281 £351
25th Percentile £450 £374 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.37% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £624 £538 £600
90th Percentile £700 £600 £645
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 0 0
10th Percentile £18.50 - -
25th Percentile £23.00 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £45.00 £38.50
% change year-on-year +27.78% +16.88% -37.75%

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 1,055 462 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.95% 36.04% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 316 369
10th Percentile £313 £261 £250
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £688 £618 £638
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 4 10
10th Percentile £18.50 £27.82 £13.48
25th Percentile £23.00 £30.17 -
Median hourly rate £45.75 £32.96 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.80% +119.73% -54.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.48 £21.50
90th Percentile - £79.33 £22.00
England median hourly rate £40.53 £25.33 £22.00
% change year-on-year +60.04% +15.11% -31.89%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +6 202 £500 +5.26% 93
South Yorkshire +7 138 £530 +14.59% 54
North Yorkshire +5 25 £510 +63.20% 26
East Yorkshire 0 7 £338 - 17
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 44 (11.14%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.06%) Confluence
3 18 (4.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (2.28%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.51%) Palantir Foundry
5 2 (0.51%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.25%) Apache
6 1 (0.25%) CMS
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
6 1 (0.25%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.51%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (4.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.25%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 161 (40.76%) AWS
2 104 (26.33%) GCP
3 70 (17.72%) Entra ID
4 65 (16.46%) Microsoft 365
5 62 (15.70%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (13.42%) GitHub
6 53 (13.42%) Power Platform
7 40 (10.13%) GitHub Actions
8 30 (7.59%) PowerApps
9 28 (7.09%) SaaS
10 25 (6.33%) Microsoft Copilot
10 25 (6.33%) Serverless
11 23 (5.82%) OneDrive
12 19 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
12 19 (4.81%) PaaS
13 15 (3.80%) Copilot Studio
13 15 (3.80%) Power Automate
14 14 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (3.54%) Azure Functions
15 13 (3.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.54%) Firewall
1 14 (3.54%) Network Security
2 12 (3.04%) WAN
3 10 (2.53%) LAN
4 9 (2.28%) DNS
4 9 (2.28%) SAN
5 8 (2.03%) VPN
5 8 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (1.77%) Kerberos
6 7 (1.77%) WLAN
7 5 (1.27%) IPsec
7 5 (1.27%) VLAN
8 4 (1.01%) BGP
8 4 (1.01%) Internet
8 4 (1.01%) OSPF
8 4 (1.01%) SSL
8 4 (1.01%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.01%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 3 (0.76%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.10%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.82%) Power BI
3 17 (4.30%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
5 13 (3.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.28%) Data Lake
6 9 (2.28%) Metadata
7 8 (2.03%) Big Data
7 8 (2.03%) Delta Lake
8 7 (1.77%) Neo4j
9 6 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.01%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.01%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.76%) Parquet
11 3 (0.76%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.25%) RDBMS
13 1 (0.25%) Redis
13 1 (0.25%) SAP BW
13 1 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 52 (13.16%) Jenkins
2 44 (11.14%) JIRA
3 23 (5.82%) Git
4 19 (4.81%) GitLab
5 14 (3.54%) Gatling
6 7 (1.77%) Maven
7 6 (1.52%) Artifactory
8 5 (1.27%) Cucumber
8 5 (1.27%) JMeter
8 5 (1.27%) Postman
8 5 (1.27%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.27%) Selenium
8 5 (1.27%) Sonatype Nexus
9 4 (1.01%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.01%) LoadRunner
9 4 (1.01%) NeoLoad
10 3 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
10 3 (0.76%) Fiddler
11 2 (0.51%) Terragrunt
11 2 (0.51%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (26.58%) Social Skills
2 94 (23.80%) Finance
3 31 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (7.34%) Public Sector
5 28 (7.09%) Banking
6 23 (5.82%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.78%) Law
8 10 (2.53%) Publishing
9 8 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.03%) Legal
10 6 (1.52%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.52%) Retail
10 6 (1.52%) Social Science
11 5 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.01%) Military
13 2 (0.51%) Billing
13 2 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 74 (18.73%) Architect
2 52 (13.16%) Senior
3 41 (10.38%) Lead
4 39 (9.87%) DevOps Engineer
5 37 (9.37%) Developer
6 26 (6.58%) Azure Engineer
7 25 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (5.06%) Analyst
9 18 (4.56%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.30%) Data Engineer
11 16 (4.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (3.54%) Technical Architect
13 13 (3.29%) Administrator
14 12 (3.04%) Cloud Engineer
14 12 (3.04%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 12 (3.04%) Delivery Manager
15 11 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support
15 11 (2.78%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 11 (2.78%) Consultant
16 10 (2.53%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (9.87%) REST
2 24 (6.08%) OpenID
3 23 (5.82%) .NET
4 17 (4.30%) OAuth
5 15 (3.80%) LDAP
5 15 (3.80%) Web Services
6 14 (3.54%) Playwright
6 14 (3.54%) SailPoint
6 14 (3.54%) SAML
7 13 (3.29%) SAP Basis
8 12 (3.04%) OAuth2
9 11 (2.78%) Microsoft Graph
9 11 (2.78%) PySpark
9 11 (2.78%) SOAP
10 9 (2.28%) Kafka
10 9 (2.28%) Middleware
10 9 (2.28%) React
11 8 (2.03%) .NET Core
11 8 (2.03%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.77%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 54 (13.67%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.84%) Onboarding
3 26 (6.58%) Data Centre
4 20 (5.06%) Product Ownership
5 17 (4.30%) Enterprise Software
6 15 (3.80%) Hybrid Cloud
7 12 (3.04%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.78%) Taxonomies
9 10 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.28%) AI Agents
10 9 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.77%) NHS
12 7 (1.77%) Replication
13 5 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
13 5 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 5 (1.27%) FlexPod
14 4 (1.01%) Data Structures
14 4 (1.01%) Enterprise Cloud
14 4 (1.01%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.39%) Windows
2 24 (6.08%) Linux
3 15 (3.80%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.03%) Data ONTAP
4 8 (2.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.52%) CoreOS
5 6 (1.52%) VMS
6 4 (1.01%) Android
6 4 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.01%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.76%) AIX
8 2 (0.51%) Unix
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 162 (41.01%) DevOps
2 150 (37.97%) CI/CD
3 92 (23.29%) Agile
4 71 (17.97%) Infrastructure as Code
5 64 (16.20%) Roadmaps
6 57 (14.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (13.16%) Migration
8 51 (12.91%) Platform Engineering
9 49 (12.41%) Observability
10 47 (11.90%) AI
11 46 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
12 43 (10.89%) Problem-Solving
13 42 (10.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 41 (10.38%) Analytics
14 41 (10.38%) Identity Access Management
15 38 (9.62%) Containerisation
16 35 (8.86%) Test Automation
17 34 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
17 34 (8.61%) Data Pipeline
17 34 (8.61%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 89 (22.53%) Python
2 55 (13.92%) SQL
3 47 (11.90%) Java
4 42 (10.63%) PowerShell
5 22 (5.57%) C#
6 20 (5.06%) Bash
7 14 (3.54%) Scala
8 13 (3.29%) JavaScript
9 11 (2.78%) Bicep
10 8 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 5 (1.27%) Go
11 5 (1.27%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.01%) ABAP
12 4 (1.01%) Cypher
12 4 (1.01%) Groovy
13 3 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
15 1 (0.25%) Ruby
15 1 (0.25%) X++
Qualifications
1 51 (12.91%) Security Cleared
2 32 (8.10%) SC Cleared
3 29 (7.34%) Degree
4 15 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.53%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.28%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.03%) CISSP
8 7 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (1.52%) CISM
9 6 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.52%) PMP
10 5 (1.27%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.27%) OCP
10 5 (1.27%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (1.01%) CCSP
11 4 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.76%) NCDA
12 3 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.56%) QA
2 12 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.28%) NIST
5 8 (2.03%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.03%) GDPR
6 7 (1.77%) HIPAA
6 7 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (1.52%) WCAG
8 5 (1.27%) GRC
8 5 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 4 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.76%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.51%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.51%) SLA
12 1 (0.25%) GxP
12 1 (0.25%) HL7
System Software
1 55 (13.92%) Active Directory
2 39 (9.87%) Docker
3 18 (4.56%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (3.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (2.03%) NFS
6 8 (2.03%) vSphere
7 5 (1.27%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
8 4 (1.01%) Hyper-V
8 4 (1.01%) RACF
9 3 (0.76%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.76%) SRDF
9 3 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.25%) Ceph
10 1 (0.25%) KVM
10 1 (0.25%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.25%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.25%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 95 (24.05%) Terraform
2 70 (17.72%) Kubernetes
3 30 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (6.84%) Ansible
5 22 (5.57%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (3.54%) Jamf Pro
7 11 (2.78%) Grafana
7 11 (2.78%) Prometheus
8 9 (2.28%) HAProxy
9 8 (2.03%) SnapMirror
10 4 (1.01%) Istio
10 4 (1.01%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.01%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 3 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.76%) Argo
11 3 (0.76%) EMC VPLEX
12 2 (0.51%) EMC NetWorker
12 2 (0.51%) NetBackup
12 2 (0.51%) SCCM
12 2 (0.51%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 144 (36.46%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.37%) Google
3 28 (7.09%) Databricks
3 28 (7.09%) ServiceNow
4 25 (6.33%) SAP
5 18 (4.56%) Okta
6 16 (4.05%) Foundry
7 14 (3.54%) CyberArk
7 14 (3.54%) VMware
8 12 (3.04%) Oracle
8 12 (3.04%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.03%) NetApp
9 8 (2.03%) OpenAI
10 7 (1.77%) Aruba
10 7 (1.77%) Splunk
11 5 (1.27%) Centrify
11 5 (1.27%) Cisco
11 5 (1.27%) Citrix
11 5 (1.27%) IBM
11 5 (1.27%) Salesforce