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 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 301 134 235
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 15.38% 13.91% 13.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.48% 36.91% 41.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 87 163
10th Percentile £280 £275 £263
25th Percentile £400 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.74% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £570 £550 £600
90th Percentile £688 £635 £700
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -3.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 1
10th Percentile £43.45 - -
25th Percentile £54.25 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - £62.00
75th Percentile £60.69 - -
90th Percentile £68.75 - -
England median hourly rate £57.50 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year +64.29% -24.21% -16.04%

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 825 363 569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 42.16% 37.69% 31.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 586 241 418
10th Percentile £213 £270 £244
25th Percentile £400 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% -3.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £600
90th Percentile £625 £700 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 5
10th Percentile £14.25 £22.07 -
25th Percentile £23.25 £26.25 -
Median hourly rate £55.75 £36.91 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.06% +146.03% -47.83%
75th Percentile £60.69 £97.98 -
90th Percentile £74.60 £102.00 £43.20
England median hourly rate £33.09 £27.50 £23.23
% change year-on-year +20.31% +18.39% -3.30%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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 29 January 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 -2 152 £500 +8.11% 97
South Yorkshire +7 104 £500 -3.85% 44
North Yorkshire -1 19 £450 +63.64% 25
East Yorkshire - 10 £325 - 22
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 20 (6.64%) SharePoint
2 18 (5.98%) Confluence
3 9 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.33%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.33%) CMS
5 3 (1.00%) Apache
6 2 (0.66%) CICS
6 2 (0.66%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.66%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.66%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (6.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.33%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (1.00%) Cloudability
5 2 (0.66%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.66%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.33%) Magento
6 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 148 (49.17%) AWS
2 122 (40.53%) GCP
3 57 (18.94%) Entra ID
4 43 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 35 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (11.30%) GitHub
7 33 (10.96%) SaaS
8 22 (7.31%) GitHub Actions
9 18 (5.98%) Power Platform
9 18 (5.98%) Serverless
10 14 (4.65%) Azure AKS
10 14 (4.65%) OpenShift
11 13 (4.32%) OneDrive
12 10 (3.32%) Azure Storage
12 10 (3.32%) PaaS
13 9 (2.99%) Azure Functions
13 9 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
14 8 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
14 8 (2.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 7 (2.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (9.97%) Firewall
2 17 (5.65%) TCP/IP
3 12 (3.99%) DNS
3 12 (3.99%) WAN
4 11 (3.65%) LAN
4 11 (3.65%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (2.99%) Network Security
6 7 (2.33%) VPN
7 6 (1.99%) Kerberos
8 5 (1.66%) HTTP
9 4 (1.33%) DHCP
9 4 (1.33%) SSL
9 4 (1.33%) VLAN
10 3 (1.00%) HTTPS
10 3 (1.00%) IPsec
10 3 (1.00%) VoIP
11 2 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.66%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.66%) NAS
11 2 (0.66%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 17 (5.65%) NoSQL
2 17 (5.65%) Power BI
3 14 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (2.33%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.99%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.99%) MySQL
5 6 (1.99%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.66%) BigQuery
6 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.66%) Redis
7 4 (1.33%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.33%) Metadata
7 4 (1.33%) Neo4j
8 3 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.00%) Tableau
9 2 (0.66%) DataStage
9 2 (0.66%) GIS
9 2 (0.66%) Power Query
9 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 55 (18.27%) Jenkins
2 41 (13.62%) JIRA
3 27 (8.97%) Git
4 26 (8.64%) GitLab
5 16 (5.32%) Selenium
6 14 (4.65%) Postman
7 13 (4.32%) Cucumber
8 11 (3.65%) REST Assured
9 9 (2.99%) CircleCI
10 8 (2.66%) TestRail
11 5 (1.66%) JMeter
11 5 (1.66%) Zephyr
12 4 (1.33%) Gatling
12 4 (1.33%) LoadRunner
12 4 (1.33%) Maven
12 4 (1.33%) Mocha
12 4 (1.33%) NeoLoad
12 4 (1.33%) Storybook
13 3 (1.00%) JUnit
13 3 (1.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 112 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 48 (15.95%) Finance
3 37 (12.29%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.96%) Banking
5 26 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.98%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.65%) Legal
8 10 (3.32%) Publishing
9 7 (2.33%) Retail
10 6 (1.99%) Law
10 6 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.66%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.66%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.66%) Local Government
13 2 (0.66%) Police
13 2 (0.66%) Retail Banking
14 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 46 (15.28%) Architect
2 37 (12.29%) Senior
3 27 (8.97%) Developer
3 27 (8.97%) Lead
4 20 (6.64%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (5.98%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (4.98%) Analyst
7 14 (4.65%) 2nd Line Support
8 13 (4.32%) IT Support
9 11 (3.65%) Software Engineer
10 10 (3.32%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.99%) Test Automation Engineer
11 9 (2.99%) Test Engineer
12 8 (2.66%) Administrator
12 8 (2.66%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (2.66%) Consultant
12 8 (2.66%) IT Engineer
12 8 (2.66%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.66%) Tester
13 7 (2.33%) Automation Test Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (10.96%) REST
2 25 (8.31%) LDAP
2 25 (8.31%) React
3 24 (7.97%) OpenID
4 23 (7.64%) RESTful
5 21 (6.98%) .NET
5 21 (6.98%) Node.js
6 18 (5.98%) OAuth
7 17 (5.65%) SailPoint
8 15 (4.98%) SAML
9 13 (4.32%) CSS
9 13 (4.32%) HTML
10 12 (3.99%) SAP Basis
11 10 (3.32%) Kafka
11 10 (3.32%) Middleware
12 9 (2.99%) JWT
13 8 (2.66%) FHIR
13 8 (2.66%) Spring Boot
14 7 (2.33%) AngularJS
14 7 (2.33%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.63%) Cloud Native
2 30 (9.97%) Onboarding
3 18 (5.98%) Hybrid Cloud
4 17 (5.65%) NHS
5 15 (4.98%) Product Ownership
6 13 (4.32%) Taxonomies
7 11 (3.65%) Security Posture
8 10 (3.32%) Data Centre
8 10 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.66%) Public Cloud
10 7 (2.33%) CMDB
11 6 (1.99%) Management Information System
12 5 (1.66%) Algorithms
12 5 (1.66%) IoT
13 4 (1.33%) Cloud Security Posture
13 4 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.33%) Replication
14 3 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
14 3 (1.00%) Data Structures
14 3 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 40 (13.29%) Windows
2 29 (9.63%) Linux
3 9 (2.99%) Unix
4 5 (1.66%) Windows 10
5 4 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.00%) Android
7 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.66%) Solaris
7 2 (0.66%) VMS
7 2 (0.66%) zOS
8 1 (0.33%) CentOS
8 1 (0.33%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.33%) MVS
8 1 (0.33%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (36.21%) CI/CD
2 108 (35.88%) DevOps
3 68 (22.59%) Agile
4 53 (17.61%) Containerisation
5 49 (16.28%) Roadmaps
6 48 (15.95%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (15.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (12.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (12.96%) Microservices
9 38 (12.62%) Migration
10 37 (12.29%) Test Automation
11 35 (11.63%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (10.96%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (10.63%) ITIL
14 28 (9.30%) Mentoring
14 28 (9.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 26 (8.64%) Data Governance
15 26 (8.64%) DevSecOps
16 25 (8.31%) Identity Access Management
17 23 (7.64%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 76 (25.25%) Python
2 55 (18.27%) SQL
3 46 (15.28%) Java
4 33 (10.96%) PowerShell
5 28 (9.30%) JavaScript
6 27 (8.97%) Bash
7 18 (5.98%) TypeScript
8 16 (5.32%) C#
9 9 (2.99%) PHP
10 8 (2.66%) Bicep
11 6 (1.99%) Go
12 4 (1.33%) Cypher
12 4 (1.33%) Groovy
12 4 (1.33%) Scala
13 3 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (1.00%) Rust
13 3 (1.00%) Search Processing Language
13 3 (1.00%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.66%) Solidity
14 2 (0.66%) XPath
Qualifications
1 19 (6.31%) Security Cleared
2 17 (5.65%) Degree
3 10 (3.32%) SC Cleared
4 7 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (2.33%) CISSP
5 6 (1.99%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.66%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.66%) CEH
7 4 (1.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 4 (1.33%) CISM
7 4 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.00%) CCSK
8 3 (1.00%) CCSP
8 3 (1.00%) GIAC
8 3 (1.00%) GWAPT
8 3 (1.00%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.66%) CCNA
9 2 (0.66%) CCNP
9 2 (0.66%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.31%) QA
2 16 (5.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.65%) GDPR
4 8 (2.66%) SOC 2
5 7 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.33%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.99%) HIPAA
6 6 (1.99%) HL7
6 6 (1.99%) NIST
7 5 (1.66%) SLA
8 4 (1.33%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.33%) WCAG
9 3 (1.00%) GRC
9 3 (1.00%) PSD2
9 3 (1.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 2 (0.66%) COBIT
10 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.33%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 49 (16.28%) Docker
2 39 (12.96%) Active Directory
3 14 (4.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.66%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
6 4 (1.33%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.00%) KVM
7 3 (1.00%) vSphere
8 2 (0.66%) NFS
8 2 (0.66%) RACF
8 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.33%) Ceph
9 1 (0.33%) QEMU
9 1 (0.33%) SRDF
9 1 (0.33%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.33%) Xen
9 1 (0.33%) XenApp
9 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 64 (21.26%) Kubernetes
2 61 (20.27%) Terraform
3 34 (11.30%) Ansible
4 23 (7.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (7.31%) Single Sign-On
6 17 (5.65%) Grafana
7 11 (3.65%) Prometheus
8 6 (1.99%) NetBackup
8 6 (1.99%) Oracle RMAN
9 4 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (1.00%) Istio
11 2 (0.66%) Argo
11 2 (0.66%) CSIRT
11 2 (0.66%) Puppet
12 1 (0.33%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.33%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.33%) Kibana
12 1 (0.33%) logstash
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle Identity Manager
12 1 (0.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 73 (24.25%) Microsoft
2 34 (11.30%) Google
3 30 (9.97%) SAP
4 26 (8.64%) ServiceNow
5 21 (6.98%) Oracle
6 17 (5.65%) Splunk
7 16 (5.32%) Okta
8 15 (4.98%) F5
8 15 (4.98%) VMware
9 12 (3.99%) Cisco
10 8 (2.66%) OpenAI
11 7 (2.33%) CyberArk
11 7 (2.33%) Databricks
11 7 (2.33%) HP
12 6 (1.99%) Adobe
12 6 (1.99%) ESRI
12 6 (1.99%) Meraki
12 6 (1.99%) Salesforce
12 6 (1.99%) Veeam
12 6 (1.99%) Veritas