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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 15 7
Rank change year-on-year +8 -8 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 385 116 201
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.37% 10.31% 11.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.86% 29.22% 40.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 78 147
10th Percentile £321 £263 £345
25th Percentile £430 £328 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £618 £538 £600
90th Percentile £700 £600 £647
England median daily rate £525 £525 £548
% change year-on-year - -4.11% -2.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 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 £35.00
% change year-on-year +27.78% +28.57% -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 1,017 397 499
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 37.96% 35.29% 28.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 679 272 352
10th Percentile £313 £258 £251
25th Percentile £413 £371 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £588
90th Percentile £669 £624 £642
England median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 8
10th Percentile £17.25 £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% -53.85%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.48 £17.31
90th Percentile £71.38 £79.33 £22.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £25.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year +58.00% +16.50% -38.69%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +7 194 £489 +8.61% 70
South Yorkshire +18 136 £522 +7.08% 27
North Yorkshire +8 23 £450 +44.00% 14
East Yorkshire +1 8 £344 - 6
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 38 (9.87%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.64%) Confluence
4 9 (2.34%) 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 20 (5.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.34%) 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
1 164 (42.60%) AWS
2 105 (27.27%) GCP
3 70 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 62 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (15.06%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (12.73%) GitHub
7 46 (11.95%) Power Platform
8 45 (11.69%) SaaS
9 40 (10.39%) GitHub Actions
10 27 (7.01%) Serverless
11 25 (6.49%) PowerApps
12 21 (5.45%) Microsoft Copilot
13 20 (5.19%) OneDrive
13 20 (5.19%) PaaS
14 16 (4.16%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (3.90%) Azure Functions
15 15 (3.90%) Power Automate
16 14 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (3.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 13 (3.38%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.42%) Firewall
2 14 (3.64%) WAN
3 12 (3.12%) DNS
3 12 (3.12%) TCP/IP
4 11 (2.86%) LAN
4 11 (2.86%) Network Security
4 11 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (2.34%) Kerberos
5 9 (2.34%) SAN
6 6 (1.56%) WLAN
7 5 (1.30%) IPsec
7 5 (1.30%) SSL
7 5 (1.30%) VPN
8 4 (1.04%) Unified Communications
8 4 (1.04%) VLAN
9 3 (0.78%) BIG-IP
9 3 (0.78%) Internet
9 3 (0.78%) NAS
9 3 (0.78%) OSPF
9 3 (0.78%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.53%) SQL Server
2 22 (5.71%) Power BI
3 19 (4.94%) PostgreSQL
4 18 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (3.38%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.34%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.08%) Big Data
7 8 (2.08%) Delta Lake
7 8 (2.08%) Metadata
8 7 (1.82%) Neo4j
9 5 (1.30%) MySQL
10 4 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
10 4 (1.04%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.04%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.78%) Parquet
11 3 (0.78%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 1 (0.26%) DynamoDB
13 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
13 1 (0.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (14.03%) Jenkins
2 47 (12.21%) JIRA
3 31 (8.05%) GitLab
4 24 (6.23%) Git
5 14 (3.64%) Gatling
5 14 (3.64%) Selenium
6 13 (3.38%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.38%) REST Assured
7 11 (2.86%) Postman
8 8 (2.08%) Maven
9 6 (1.56%) Artifactory
10 5 (1.30%) JMeter
10 5 (1.30%) TestRail
11 4 (1.04%) Bitbucket
11 4 (1.04%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.04%) NeoLoad
12 3 (0.78%) Browser DevTools
12 3 (0.78%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.78%) Fiddler
13 2 (0.52%) Terragrunt
General
1 111 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 87 (22.60%) Finance
3 34 (8.83%) Banking
4 33 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (8.05%) Public Sector
6 25 (6.49%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (3.64%) Publishing
8 13 (3.38%) Law
9 8 (2.08%) Legal
10 7 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.30%) Social Science
12 4 (1.04%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.78%) Military
13 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.52%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.52%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.52%) Retail
15 1 (0.26%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (16.10%) Architect
2 51 (13.25%) Lead
3 48 (12.47%) Senior
4 34 (8.83%) DevOps Engineer
5 33 (8.57%) Developer
6 23 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
7 21 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (5.19%) Analyst
9 17 (4.42%) Data Engineer
10 16 (4.16%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.38%) Delivery Manager
13 12 (3.12%) Consultant
14 11 (2.86%) Administrator
15 10 (2.60%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 10 (2.60%) Data Analyst
15 10 (2.60%) Security Engineer
15 10 (2.60%) Technical Architect
15 10 (2.60%) Test Automation Engineer
15 10 (2.60%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (10.13%) REST
2 34 (8.83%) OpenID
3 25 (6.49%) LDAP
4 21 (5.45%) .NET
5 20 (5.19%) OAuth
6 18 (4.68%) SailPoint
7 16 (4.16%) SAML
8 14 (3.64%) Playwright
8 14 (3.64%) SAP Basis
9 12 (3.12%) Microsoft Graph
9 12 (3.12%) OAuth2
9 12 (3.12%) Web Services
10 11 (2.86%) Kafka
10 11 (2.86%) PySpark
11 10 (2.60%) React
12 9 (2.34%) Middleware
12 9 (2.34%) SOAP
13 8 (2.08%) RESTful
14 7 (1.82%) JSON
15 6 (1.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 42 (10.91%) Cloud Native
2 37 (9.61%) Onboarding
3 24 (6.23%) Data Centre
4 19 (4.94%) Product Ownership
5 15 (3.90%) Taxonomies
6 14 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
7 13 (3.38%) Enterprise Software
8 10 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (2.34%) Public Cloud
10 7 (1.82%) NHS
11 6 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.56%) Replication
11 6 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (1.30%) CMDB
12 5 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (1.30%) FlexPod
13 4 (1.04%) Data Structures
13 4 (1.04%) IoT
13 4 (1.04%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (11.69%) Windows
2 25 (6.49%) Linux
3 8 (2.08%) Data ONTAP
3 8 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 8 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.56%) CoreOS
4 6 (1.56%) Unix
4 6 (1.56%) VMS
5 5 (1.30%) Mac OS
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
1 159 (41.30%) DevOps
2 148 (38.44%) CI/CD
3 93 (24.16%) Agile
4 66 (17.14%) Roadmaps
5 61 (15.84%) Infrastructure as Code
6 54 (14.03%) Migration
7 52 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
8 50 (12.99%) Problem-Solving
9 48 (12.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 48 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 47 (12.21%) Observability
11 44 (11.43%) Identity Access Management
12 41 (10.65%) AI
13 40 (10.39%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (10.39%) Platform Engineering
14 39 (10.13%) Containerisation
14 39 (10.13%) Test Automation
15 38 (9.87%) Analytics
15 38 (9.87%) Data Pipeline
16 35 (9.09%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 86 (22.34%) Python
2 65 (16.88%) SQL
3 60 (15.58%) Java
4 39 (10.13%) PowerShell
5 20 (5.19%) Bash
5 20 (5.19%) JavaScript
6 19 (4.94%) C#
7 14 (3.64%) Scala
8 8 (2.08%) Go
8 8 (2.08%) PHP
8 8 (2.08%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.82%) Bicep
10 5 (1.30%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.30%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.04%) Cypher
12 3 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.78%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.52%) Groovy
14 1 (0.26%) Ruby
14 1 (0.26%) X++
Qualifications
1 45 (11.69%) Security Cleared
2 31 (8.05%) Degree
3 29 (7.53%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.08%) AWS Certification
6 7 (1.82%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.82%) CISSP
7 6 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.56%) CISM
7 6 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (1.56%) PMP
8 5 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
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%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.78%) NCDA
10 3 (0.78%) NCIE
10 3 (0.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.94%) QA
2 13 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.60%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.34%) GDPR
4 9 (2.34%) NIST
5 7 (1.82%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.82%) HIPAA
5 7 (1.82%) SLA
6 6 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 6 (1.56%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.30%) WCAG
8 4 (1.04%) GRC
8 4 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (1.04%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.52%) HL7
9 2 (0.52%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (11.69%) Active Directory
2 39 (10.13%) Docker
3 17 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (2.08%) NFS
5 8 (2.08%) vSphere
6 6 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (1.30%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (1.30%) RACF
8 4 (1.04%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.78%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.78%) SRDF
9 3 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.26%) Ceph
10 1 (0.26%) KVM
10 1 (0.26%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 83 (21.56%) Terraform
2 66 (17.14%) Kubernetes
3 28 (7.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 26 (6.75%) Single Sign-On
5 25 (6.49%) Ansible
6 15 (3.90%) Grafana
7 10 (2.60%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (2.34%) HAProxy
8 9 (2.34%) Prometheus
9 8 (2.08%) SnapMirror
10 4 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (1.04%) Istio
10 4 (1.04%) Kustomize
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%) SnapVault
12 2 (0.52%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 135 (35.06%) Microsoft
2 37 (9.61%) ServiceNow
3 34 (8.83%) Google
4 28 (7.27%) Databricks
5 27 (7.01%) SAP
6 21 (5.45%) Okta
7 16 (4.16%) Oracle
8 14 (3.64%) VMware
9 11 (2.86%) Foundry
9 11 (2.86%) Red Hat
10 9 (2.34%) Splunk
11 8 (2.08%) Cisco
11 8 (2.08%) NetApp
11 8 (2.08%) OpenAI
12 7 (1.82%) Aruba
12 7 (1.82%) Veeam
13 6 (1.56%) Adobe
13 6 (1.56%) CyberArk
14 5 (1.30%) IBM
14 5 (1.30%) Salesforce