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

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 323 121 199
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.48% 13.18% 11.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.66% 35.28% 40.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 84 130
10th Percentile £290 £263 £274
25th Percentile £413 £361 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.26% -13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £588
90th Percentile £687 £571 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -4.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 0 1
10th Percentile £48.20 - -
25th Percentile £55.75 - -
Median hourly rate £58.00 - £62.00
75th Percentile £68.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £53.50 £46.12
% change year-on-year +7.48% +16.01% -16.15%

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 932 343 492
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 41.79% 37.36% 28.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 654 242 336
10th Percentile £304 £263 £241
25th Percentile £404 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% - -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 10 7
10th Percentile £14.25 £24.86 £13.40
25th Percentile £31.86 £27.56 £14.25
Median hourly rate £56.50 £37.06 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.48% +147.03% -65.32%
75th Percentile £68.75 £98.08 £15.38
90th Percentile £71.90 £102.00 £34.25
England median hourly rate £39.75 £26.81 £21.00
% change year-on-year +48.25% +27.68% -16.00%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 +3 169 £500 +14.29% 137
South Yorkshire -1 107 £500 - 36
North Yorkshire +1 20 £450 +18.03% 16
East Yorkshire -5 15 £344 - 18
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 22 (6.81%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.26%) Confluence
3 15 (4.64%) 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 28 (8.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (2.79%) 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
5 1 (0.31%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 138 (42.72%) AWS
2 103 (31.89%) GCP
3 66 (20.43%) Entra ID
4 49 (15.17%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (14.24%) SaaS
6 45 (13.93%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (11.46%) GitHub
8 26 (8.05%) Power Platform
9 25 (7.74%) GitHub Actions
10 21 (6.50%) OpenShift
10 21 (6.50%) PaaS
10 21 (6.50%) Serverless
11 13 (4.02%) Azure AKS
11 13 (4.02%) Azure Data Factory
11 13 (4.02%) Azure Storage
11 13 (4.02%) IaaS
11 13 (4.02%) OneDrive
12 12 (3.72%) Azure Functions
12 12 (3.72%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (2.79%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.81%) Firewall
2 17 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 14 (4.33%) DNS
3 14 (4.33%) WAN
3 14 (4.33%) Wi-Fi
4 13 (4.02%) 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
8 5 (1.55%) VLAN
8 5 (1.55%) VPN
9 4 (1.24%) DHCP
9 4 (1.24%) VoIP
10 3 (0.93%) HTTP
10 3 (0.93%) Unified Communications
11 2 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.62%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.19%) Power BI
2 15 (4.64%) SQL Server
3 13 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (3.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (3.10%) NoSQL
6 7 (2.17%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.55%) Metadata
7 5 (1.55%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.55%) MySQL
8 4 (1.24%) BigQuery
8 4 (1.24%) Neo4j
8 4 (1.24%) Redis
9 3 (0.93%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.62%) Big Data
10 2 (0.62%) Cloud Spanner
10 2 (0.62%) DataStage
10 2 (0.62%) DB2
10 2 (0.62%) Parquet
10 2 (0.62%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (15.48%) Jenkins
2 42 (13.00%) JIRA
3 28 (8.67%) GitLab
4 21 (6.50%) Git
5 16 (4.95%) Selenium
6 14 (4.33%) Cucumber
7 13 (4.02%) Postman
8 12 (3.72%) REST Assured
9 8 (2.48%) Gatling
9 8 (2.48%) TestRail
10 5 (1.55%) JMeter
11 4 (1.24%) Artifactory
11 4 (1.24%) CircleCI
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 2 (0.62%) MSI
12 2 (0.62%) SpecFlow
General
1 114 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 49 (15.17%) Finance
3 32 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
3 32 (9.91%) Public Sector
4 29 (8.98%) Banking
5 20 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
6 15 (4.64%) Publishing
7 11 (3.41%) Legal
8 6 (1.86%) Law
9 5 (1.55%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.55%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.62%) Local Government
12 1 (0.31%) Military
12 1 (0.31%) Private Banking
12 1 (0.31%) Retail
12 1 (0.31%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.31%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (17.03%) Architect
2 38 (11.76%) Senior
3 30 (9.29%) Lead
4 21 (6.50%) Azure Engineer
5 20 (6.19%) Developer
6 19 (5.88%) Solutions Architect
7 16 (4.95%) Analyst
8 15 (4.64%) DevOps Engineer
9 14 (4.33%) Platform Engineer
10 13 (4.02%) Administrator
10 13 (4.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (3.72%) Software Engineer
12 11 (3.41%) Consultant
12 11 (3.41%) Project Manager
12 11 (3.41%) Senior Architect
13 10 (3.10%) 2nd Line Support
13 10 (3.10%) IT Support
14 9 (2.79%) Technical Architect
14 9 (2.79%) Test Automation Engineer
14 9 (2.79%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.46%) REST
2 29 (8.98%) OpenID
3 23 (7.12%) LDAP
4 21 (6.50%) .NET
4 21 (6.50%) OAuth
5 18 (5.57%) SAML
6 17 (5.26%) React
6 17 (5.26%) SailPoint
6 17 (5.26%) SAP Basis
7 15 (4.64%) RESTful
8 14 (4.33%) Node.js
9 10 (3.10%) Middleware
9 10 (3.10%) Playwright
9 10 (3.10%) Web Services
10 9 (2.79%) CSS
10 9 (2.79%) HTML
10 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Graph
10 9 (2.79%) OAuth2
11 8 (2.48%) JWT
12 7 (2.17%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 27 (8.36%) Cloud Native
3 24 (7.43%) Hybrid Cloud
4 23 (7.12%) Product Ownership
5 18 (5.57%) Taxonomies
6 12 (3.72%) Data Centre
6 12 (3.72%) NHS
7 11 (3.41%) Security Posture
8 9 (2.79%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.79%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.17%) CMDB
9 7 (2.17%) IoT
10 6 (1.86%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.86%) Management Information System
11 5 (1.55%) Cloud Security Posture
11 5 (1.55%) FlexPod
12 3 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
12 3 (0.93%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.76%) Windows
2 20 (6.19%) Linux
3 8 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (2.17%) VMS
5 5 (1.55%) CoreOS
5 5 (1.55%) Data ONTAP
5 5 (1.55%) Unix
5 5 (1.55%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.24%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.93%) Android
8 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.31%) CentOS
9 1 (0.31%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (37.15%) DevOps
2 113 (34.98%) CI/CD
3 73 (22.60%) Agile
4 61 (18.89%) Roadmaps
5 53 (16.41%) Migration
6 49 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (13.93%) Containerisation
8 42 (13.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 40 (12.38%) Cybersecurity
10 39 (12.07%) Microservices
11 37 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
12 35 (10.84%) Data Governance
12 35 (10.84%) Test Automation
13 32 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 31 (9.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (9.29%) Identity Access Management
16 27 (8.36%) Vulnerability Management
17 26 (8.05%) Analytics
17 26 (8.05%) Platform Engineering
18 25 (7.74%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 68 (21.05%) Python
2 59 (18.27%) SQL
3 41 (12.69%) Java
4 31 (9.60%) PowerShell
5 27 (8.36%) JavaScript
6 19 (5.88%) Bash
6 19 (5.88%) C#
7 16 (4.95%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.48%) PHP
8 8 (2.48%) Scala
9 6 (1.86%) Bicep
9 6 (1.86%) Go
9 6 (1.86%) Groovy
10 4 (1.24%) Cypher
11 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.93%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.62%) Rust
12 2 (0.62%) Solidity
12 2 (0.62%) XPath
13 1 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 30 (9.29%) Security Cleared
2 23 (7.12%) Degree
3 19 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.48%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.17%) CISSP
6 5 (1.55%) OCP
6 5 (1.55%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (1.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.24%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.24%) CISM
7 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.93%) CCNA
8 3 (0.93%) CCSK
8 3 (0.93%) CCSP
8 3 (0.93%) CEH
8 3 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.62%) CCNP
9 2 (0.62%) PMP
9 2 (0.62%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.12%) QA
2 17 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.48%) GDPR
4 7 (2.17%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.86%) HL7
5 6 (1.86%) NIST
6 5 (1.55%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.55%) SLA
6 5 (1.55%) SOC 2
7 4 (1.24%) WCAG
8 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.93%) GRC
8 3 (0.93%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.93%) PSD2
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
9 2 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.31%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.31%) NCSC
System Software
1 42 (13.00%) Docker
2 35 (10.84%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.95%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (4.02%) 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 64 (19.81%) Kubernetes
2 56 (17.34%) Terraform
3 30 (9.29%) Single Sign-On
4 29 (8.98%) Ansible
5 24 (7.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (4.33%) Grafana
7 6 (1.86%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.55%) Istio
8 5 (1.55%) SnapMirror
9 4 (1.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (1.24%) HAProxy
9 4 (1.24%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.62%) Argo
10 2 (0.62%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
11 1 (0.31%) Kibana
11 1 (0.31%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.31%) logstash
11 1 (0.31%) Podman
11 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 100 (30.96%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.53%) SAP
3 32 (9.91%) Google
4 24 (7.43%) ServiceNow
5 22 (6.81%) Okta
6 15 (4.64%) Splunk
7 14 (4.33%) VMware
8 13 (4.02%) Oracle
9 10 (3.10%) Cisco
10 9 (2.79%) Databricks
10 9 (2.79%) OpenAI
11 8 (2.48%) Red Hat
12 7 (2.17%) NetApp
13 6 (1.86%) Adobe
13 6 (1.86%) Brio
13 6 (1.86%) ESRI
13 6 (1.86%) Meraki
13 6 (1.86%) Veeam
14 5 (1.55%) Aruba
14 5 (1.55%) MobileIron