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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 5 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 323 134 216
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.78% 14.73% 12.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.30% 38.62% 40.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 90 145
10th Percentile £290 £275 £244
25th Percentile £413 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -2.63% -13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £688 £578 £683
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 1
10th Percentile £45.35 - -
25th Percentile £55.19 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £62.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +64.29% -24.21% -22.78%

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 915 347 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 41.88% 38.13% 30.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 236 373
10th Percentile £290 £263 £215
25th Percentile £400 £375 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £494 £488
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% +1.28% -7.14%
75th Percentile £539 £575 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £665
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 9 6
10th Percentile £14.25 £23.46 £14.25
25th Percentile £27.65 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £56.50 £32.81 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +72.20% +118.73% -65.32%
75th Percentile £68.75 £96.64 -
90th Percentile £73.48 £102.00 £38.50
England median hourly rate £37.58 £27.38 £21.37
% change year-on-year +37.28% +28.10% -14.52%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 6 March 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 0 166 £500 +11.11% 116
South Yorkshire 0 109 £500 -1.96% 49
North Yorkshire -1 19 £450 +63.64% 16
East Yorkshire -5 13 £344 - 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 24 (7.43%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.26%) Confluence
3 14 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 4 (1.24%) Apache
6 2 (0.62%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.31%) CMS
7 1 (0.31%) nginx
7 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.55%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 24 (7.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.93%) Cloudability
4 2 (0.62%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.62%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.31%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.31%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 147 (45.51%) AWS
2 115 (35.60%) GCP
3 65 (20.12%) Entra ID
4 49 (15.17%) Microsoft 365
5 44 (13.62%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (12.69%) SaaS
7 36 (11.15%) GitHub
8 24 (7.43%) GitHub Actions
9 20 (6.19%) OpenShift
9 20 (6.19%) Serverless
10 19 (5.88%) Power Platform
11 18 (5.57%) PaaS
12 15 (4.64%) Azure AKS
12 15 (4.64%) OneDrive
13 12 (3.72%) Azure Functions
13 12 (3.72%) IaaS
14 11 (3.41%) Azure Storage
14 11 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (2.79%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (2.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 25 (7.74%) Firewall
2 18 (5.57%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.02%) DNS
3 13 (4.02%) WAN
3 13 (4.02%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (3.72%) LAN
5 9 (2.79%) Kerberos
5 9 (2.79%) Network Security
6 7 (2.17%) SSL
7 6 (1.86%) IPsec
7 6 (1.86%) SAN
7 6 (1.86%) VPN
8 5 (1.55%) VLAN
9 4 (1.24%) DHCP
9 4 (1.24%) HTTP
9 4 (1.24%) VoIP
10 2 (0.62%) BGP
10 2 (0.62%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.62%) OSPF
10 2 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.95%) Power BI
2 14 (4.33%) NoSQL
3 11 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (3.10%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.55%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.55%) Metadata
6 5 (1.55%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.55%) MySQL
6 5 (1.55%) Redis
7 4 (1.24%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.24%) Neo4j
8 3 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 3 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (0.62%) Cloud Spanner
9 2 (0.62%) DataStage
9 2 (0.62%) DB2
9 2 (0.62%) GIS
9 2 (0.62%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 48 (14.86%) Jenkins
2 42 (13.00%) JIRA
3 27 (8.36%) GitLab
4 25 (7.74%) Git
5 16 (4.95%) Selenium
6 14 (4.33%) Cucumber
6 14 (4.33%) Postman
7 12 (3.72%) REST Assured
8 8 (2.48%) TestRail
9 7 (2.17%) CircleCI
10 5 (1.55%) JMeter
11 4 (1.24%) Gatling
11 4 (1.24%) LoadRunner
11 4 (1.24%) Maven
11 4 (1.24%) Mocha
11 4 (1.24%) NeoLoad
11 4 (1.24%) Zephyr
12 3 (0.93%) JUnit
13 2 (0.62%) MSI
13 2 (0.62%) Subversion
General
1 113 (34.98%) Social Skills
2 51 (15.79%) Finance
3 34 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.22%) Banking
5 27 (8.36%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.72%) Publishing
8 11 (3.41%) Legal
9 6 (1.86%) Law
9 6 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.55%) Health Technology
10 5 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.62%) Local Government
12 2 (0.62%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.31%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.31%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.31%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (16.72%) Architect
2 41 (12.69%) Senior
3 26 (8.05%) Developer
3 26 (8.05%) Lead
4 21 (6.50%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (5.57%) Azure Engineer
5 18 (5.57%) DevOps Engineer
6 14 (4.33%) Analyst
7 13 (4.02%) 2nd Line Support
8 12 (3.72%) IT Support
9 11 (3.41%) Consultant
9 11 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (3.41%) Project Manager
9 11 (3.41%) Senior Architect
9 11 (3.41%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.10%) Administrator
11 9 (2.79%) Data Engineer
11 9 (2.79%) Test Automation Engineer
11 9 (2.79%) Test Engineer
11 9 (2.79%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.76%) REST
2 28 (8.67%) OpenID
3 24 (7.43%) LDAP
4 21 (6.50%) .NET
4 21 (6.50%) OAuth
5 19 (5.88%) React
6 18 (5.57%) RESTful
6 18 (5.57%) SailPoint
6 18 (5.57%) SAML
7 17 (5.26%) Node.js
8 14 (4.33%) SAP Basis
9 11 (3.41%) Web Services
10 9 (2.79%) CSS
10 9 (2.79%) HTML
10 9 (2.79%) Middleware
11 8 (2.48%) JWT
11 8 (2.48%) Kafka
11 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (2.48%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.48%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.60%) Onboarding
2 29 (8.98%) Cloud Native
3 24 (7.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 19 (5.88%) Product Ownership
5 16 (4.95%) NHS
6 15 (4.64%) Taxonomies
7 12 (3.72%) Data Centre
8 11 (3.41%) Security Posture
9 10 (3.10%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (2.17%) CMDB
10 7 (2.17%) Public Cloud
11 6 (1.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 6 (1.86%) IoT
11 6 (1.86%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.55%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.55%) FlexPod
13 4 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
13 4 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
13 4 (1.24%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 41 (12.69%) Windows
2 25 (7.74%) Linux
3 8 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.17%) VMS
5 6 (1.86%) Unix
6 5 (1.55%) CoreOS
6 5 (1.55%) Data ONTAP
6 5 (1.55%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.24%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.93%) Android
9 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.31%) CentOS
10 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (37.46%) DevOps
2 112 (34.67%) CI/CD
3 78 (24.15%) Agile
4 57 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 50 (15.48%) Containerisation
6 49 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (13.93%) Migration
8 44 (13.62%) Infrastructure as Code
9 42 (13.00%) Microservices
10 41 (12.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 38 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
12 35 (10.84%) Test Automation
13 32 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (9.60%) Data Governance
14 31 (9.60%) ITIL
14 31 (9.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (8.36%) Identity Access Management
16 26 (8.05%) Mentoring
16 26 (8.05%) Observability
17 25 (7.74%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 73 (22.60%) Python
2 56 (17.34%) SQL
3 40 (12.38%) Java
4 33 (10.22%) PowerShell
5 29 (8.98%) JavaScript
6 25 (7.74%) Bash
7 18 (5.57%) C#
7 18 (5.57%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.48%) PHP
9 7 (2.17%) Bicep
9 7 (2.17%) Go
10 6 (1.86%) Groovy
11 4 (1.24%) Cypher
11 4 (1.24%) Scala
12 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.93%) Rust
12 3 (0.93%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.62%) Solidity
13 2 (0.62%) XPath
Qualifications
1 21 (6.50%) Security Cleared
2 20 (6.19%) Degree
3 12 (3.72%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.48%) CISSP
5 7 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.86%) OCP
6 6 (1.86%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (1.55%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.55%) CISM
7 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 4 (1.24%) CEH
8 4 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.93%) CCSK
9 3 (0.93%) CCSP
9 3 (0.93%) SAP Certification
10 2 (0.62%) CCNA
10 2 (0.62%) CCNP
10 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.50%) QA
2 17 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (3.10%) GDPR
4 7 (2.17%) Accessibility
4 7 (2.17%) NIST
4 7 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.86%) HL7
5 6 (1.86%) SOC 2
6 5 (1.55%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.55%) SLA
7 4 (1.24%) HIPAA
7 4 (1.24%) WCAG
8 3 (0.93%) GRC
8 3 (0.93%) PSD2
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) COBIT
10 1 (0.31%) NCSC
10 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (13.62%) Docker
2 37 (11.46%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
4 14 (4.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (2.79%) vSphere
6 6 (1.86%) NFS
7 5 (1.55%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 5 (1.55%) RACF
8 3 (0.93%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.62%) KVM
9 2 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.62%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.31%) Ceph
10 1 (0.31%) QEMU
10 1 (0.31%) XenApp
10 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 67 (20.74%) Kubernetes
2 58 (17.96%) Terraform
3 30 (9.29%) Ansible
4 28 (8.67%) Single Sign-On
5 27 (8.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 15 (4.64%) Grafana
7 8 (2.48%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.55%) Istio
8 5 (1.55%) SnapMirror
9 4 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.62%) Argo
11 2 (0.62%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.62%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.31%) Oracle Identity Manager
12 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.31%) Puppet
12 1 (0.31%) SCCM
12 1 (0.31%) SCOM
Vendors
1 84 (26.01%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.53%) Google
2 34 (10.53%) SAP
3 27 (8.36%) ServiceNow
4 19 (5.88%) Okta
5 15 (4.64%) Splunk
5 15 (4.64%) VMware
6 13 (4.02%) Oracle
7 10 (3.10%) Cisco
8 9 (2.79%) OpenAI
9 8 (2.48%) F5
9 8 (2.48%) Red Hat
10 7 (2.17%) Databricks
10 7 (2.17%) NetApp
11 6 (1.86%) Adobe
11 6 (1.86%) Brio
11 6 (1.86%) ESRI
11 6 (1.86%) HP
11 6 (1.86%) Meraki
11 6 (1.86%) Veeam