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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 434 210 197
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 14.88% 13.24% 13.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 41.89% 34.54% 37.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 129 135
10th Percentile £350 £311 £359
25th Percentile £413 £385 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £507
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -6.31% -7.82%
75th Percentile £589 £550 £597
90th Percentile £686 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - -
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £52.50 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +54.41% -2.86% -24.21%

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 1,036 608 525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 35.53% 38.34% 35.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 665 408 361
10th Percentile £324 £235 £300
25th Percentile £413 £367 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £567
90th Percentile £675 £612 £650
England median daily rate £525 £505 £530
% change year-on-year +3.96% -4.72% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 1 4
10th Percentile £13.45 - -
25th Percentile £14.41 - £20.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -90.50% +830.23% +1.15%
75th Percentile £32.50 - £23.69
90th Percentile £35.00 - £26.73
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%

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 2 October 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
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 2 October 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 -4 198 £500 - 251
South Yorkshire +9 178 £514 +8.21% 118
North Yorkshire +6 32 £475 +151.66% 53
East Yorkshire -2 3 £338 - 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 42 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 32 (7.37%) Confluence
3 17 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (3.00%) Apache Spark
5 8 (1.84%) Apache
6 6 (1.38%) Palantir Foundry
7 5 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (1.15%) Apache Superset
8 2 (0.46%) nginx
9 1 (0.23%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.23%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 191 (44.01%) AWS
2 137 (31.57%) GCP
3 75 (17.28%) GitHub
4 73 (16.82%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (16.13%) Azure DevOps
6 65 (14.98%) Entra ID
7 60 (13.82%) Power Platform
8 43 (9.91%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (5.53%) Microsoft Copilot
10 21 (4.84%) Azure Monitor
11 20 (4.61%) PowerApps
12 19 (4.38%) OneDrive
13 17 (3.92%) Serverless
14 14 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
14 14 (3.23%) Copilot Studio
15 13 (3.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 13 (3.00%) SaaS
16 12 (2.76%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 11 (2.53%) Azure AI
17 11 (2.53%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.37%) Firewall
2 29 (6.68%) DNS
3 22 (5.07%) Network Security
4 18 (4.15%) VPN
5 16 (3.69%) VLAN
6 14 (3.23%) DHCP
7 13 (3.00%) LAN
7 13 (3.00%) WAN
8 12 (2.76%) WLAN
9 11 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (2.30%) BGP
10 10 (2.30%) OSPF
11 9 (2.07%) TCP/IP
12 7 (1.61%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (1.61%) SAN
13 6 (1.38%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.38%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (1.38%) NAS
13 6 (1.38%) Wireless
14 5 (1.15%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.83%) Power BI
2 30 (6.91%) SQL Server
3 18 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (3.92%) Metadata
5 16 (3.69%) Big Data
6 13 (3.00%) Data Lake
6 13 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (1.84%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (1.84%) Relational Database
8 7 (1.61%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.15%) Neo4j
9 5 (1.15%) Semantic Layer
9 5 (1.15%) Tableau
9 5 (1.15%) Trino
10 4 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.92%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.92%) Redis
10 4 (0.92%) SAP BW
10 4 (0.92%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 55 (12.67%) JIRA
2 54 (12.44%) Jenkins
3 32 (7.37%) Git
4 17 (3.92%) GitLab
5 11 (2.53%) JMeter
5 11 (2.53%) Selenium
6 9 (2.07%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.07%) Gatling
6 9 (2.07%) Postman
7 8 (1.84%) Sonatype Nexus
8 7 (1.61%) Bitbucket
9 6 (1.38%) LoadRunner
9 6 (1.38%) SoapUI
10 5 (1.15%) Maven
11 4 (0.92%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
12 3 (0.69%) Newman
12 3 (0.69%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.46%) Applitools
13 2 (0.46%) MSBuild
General
1 135 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 124 (28.57%) Finance
3 43 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.99%) Banking
5 28 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 12 (2.76%) Financial Institution
6 12 (2.76%) Retail
7 11 (2.53%) Law
8 9 (2.07%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.07%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.38%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.92%) Military
11 4 (0.92%) Social Science
12 3 (0.69%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.69%) Legal
12 3 (0.69%) Police
13 2 (0.46%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 76 (17.51%) Architect
2 64 (14.75%) Senior
3 57 (13.13%) Lead
4 35 (8.06%) Developer
4 35 (8.06%) DevOps Engineer
5 34 (7.83%) Data Engineer
6 25 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
7 24 (5.53%) Azure Engineer
8 21 (4.84%) Analyst
9 19 (4.38%) Platform Engineer
10 16 (3.69%) Delivery Manager
10 16 (3.69%) Technical Architect
11 15 (3.46%) Cloud Engineer
12 14 (3.23%) Cloud Architect
12 14 (3.23%) Consultant
13 12 (2.76%) 2nd Line Support
13 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (2.53%) Data Architect
14 11 (2.53%) Security Engineer
15 10 (2.30%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (24.88%) Terraform
2 43 (9.91%) REST
3 28 (6.45%) Kafka
4 23 (5.30%) React
5 22 (5.07%) .NET
6 20 (4.61%) OAuth
7 16 (3.69%) OpenID
8 14 (3.23%) OAuth2
9 13 (3.00%) SailPoint
9 13 (3.00%) SAML
10 12 (2.76%) .NET Core
10 12 (2.76%) ASP.NET
10 12 (2.76%) Middleware
10 12 (2.76%) Playwright
10 12 (2.76%) PySpark
11 11 (2.53%) JSON
12 10 (2.30%) HTML
12 10 (2.30%) SOAP
12 10 (2.30%) Web Services
13 9 (2.07%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 69 (15.90%) Cloud Native
2 33 (7.60%) Data Centre
3 27 (6.22%) Enterprise Software
4 22 (5.07%) AI Agents
5 21 (4.84%) Data Protection Act
6 19 (4.38%) Product Ownership
7 18 (4.15%) Onboarding
7 18 (4.15%) Public Cloud
8 13 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
9 11 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
9 11 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
9 11 (2.53%) PKI
10 10 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (1.84%) Replication
12 7 (1.61%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
13 6 (1.38%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.38%) Mobile App
14 5 (1.15%) NHS
15 4 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 56 (12.90%) Windows
2 29 (6.68%) Linux
3 28 (6.45%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.38%) Android
4 6 (1.38%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.92%) Unix
6 3 (0.69%) AIX
6 3 (0.69%) Data ONTAP
6 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.23%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.23%) VMS
8 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 189 (43.55%) CI/CD
2 172 (39.63%) DevOps
3 114 (26.27%) Agile
4 101 (23.27%) Infrastructure as Code
5 90 (20.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 80 (18.43%) AI
7 76 (17.51%) Observability
8 72 (16.59%) Cybersecurity
9 64 (14.75%) Test Automation
10 63 (14.52%) Analytics
11 56 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (12.90%) Roadmaps
12 52 (11.98%) Migration
12 52 (11.98%) Software Engineering
13 51 (11.75%) Platform Engineering
14 49 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
14 49 (11.29%) Data Engineering
15 46 (10.60%) Validation
16 45 (10.37%) Microservices
17 43 (9.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 111 (25.58%) Python
2 61 (14.06%) SQL
3 58 (13.36%) Java
4 52 (11.98%) PowerShell
5 25 (5.76%) C#
6 24 (5.53%) JavaScript
7 19 (4.38%) Bash
8 15 (3.46%) Bicep
8 15 (3.46%) TypeScript
9 9 (2.07%) Groovy
10 8 (1.84%) Shell Script
11 7 (1.61%) Go
11 7 (1.61%) Kotlin
12 6 (1.38%) Scala
13 4 (0.92%) ABAP
13 4 (0.92%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.69%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 2 (0.46%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.23%) C
Qualifications
1 62 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 44 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 26 (5.99%) Degree
4 20 (4.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (3.46%) Azure Certification
5 15 (3.46%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.23%) AWS Certification
7 11 (2.53%) CISSP
8 10 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.30%) PMI Certification
8 10 (2.30%) PMP
9 9 (2.07%) CISM
10 8 (1.84%) CCNP
11 7 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 7 (1.61%) CCSP
11 7 (1.61%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.38%) CCSK
13 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 3 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 26 (5.99%) QA
3 13 (3.00%) GDPR
3 13 (3.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.76%) Accessibility
5 11 (2.53%) NIST
6 8 (1.84%) HIPAA
7 7 (1.61%) WCAG
8 6 (1.38%) GRC
8 6 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 5 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (1.15%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.69%) GxP
10 3 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.46%) IASME
11 2 (0.46%) ISO 20022
11 2 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 69 (15.90%) Active Directory
2 53 (12.21%) Docker
3 14 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (2.53%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (2.30%) Hyper-V
7 7 (1.61%) vSphere
8 5 (1.15%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.69%) EMC RecoverPoint
9 3 (0.69%) Firmware
9 3 (0.69%) NFS
9 3 (0.69%) SRDF
10 2 (0.46%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.23%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
11 1 (0.23%) Ceph
11 1 (0.23%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.23%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 94 (21.66%) Kubernetes
2 33 (7.60%) Ansible
2 33 (7.60%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (5.07%) Grafana
4 19 (4.38%) Prometheus
5 12 (2.76%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (1.84%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (1.61%) Kustomize
8 6 (1.38%) vCenter Server
9 5 (1.15%) HAProxy
10 3 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.69%) Argo
10 3 (0.69%) EMC VPLEX
10 3 (0.69%) Packer
10 3 (0.69%) SCCM
10 3 (0.69%) SnapMirror
10 3 (0.69%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 3 (0.69%) vMotion
11 2 (0.46%) Podman
11 2 (0.46%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 144 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 50 (11.52%) Databricks
3 30 (6.91%) ServiceNow
4 27 (6.22%) Google
5 18 (4.15%) CyberArk
6 17 (3.92%) Cisco
7 15 (3.46%) Foundry
7 15 (3.46%) SAP
7 15 (3.46%) VMware
8 13 (3.00%) Dynatrace
8 13 (3.00%) Splunk
9 10 (2.30%) IBM
9 10 (2.30%) Okta
10 9 (2.07%) Citrix
10 9 (2.07%) OpenAI
11 7 (1.61%) Centrify
11 7 (1.61%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.61%) Dell
11 7 (1.61%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.61%) Red Hat