Azure Developer Contracts in England

Microsoft Azure Developer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in England is £580 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 384 406 407
Rank change year-on-year +22 +1 -28
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 156 261 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.54% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.57% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 221 355
10th Percentile £425 £450 £400
25th Percentile £500 £488 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year +0.87% +6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £651 £675 £625
90th Percentile £688 £740 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -22.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 33,742 45,591 67,107
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,367 32,416 47,845
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,431 1,343 1,853
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.39 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.62
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.23
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +93.72% +5.59%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.40 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Azure Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Developer in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Developer in England

Azure Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
London +62 94 £550 -8.33% 12
South East -2 34 £625 +4.17% 8
North of England 0 11 £475 -5.00% 6
Midlands +23 8 £580 +10.48% 9
West Midlands +22 8 £580 +10.48% 9
North West +12 6 £475 -9.52% 4
Yorkshire -5 4 £350 -26.32% 1
North East +11 1 - - 1
East of England +9 1 £600 -
South West -4 1 - - 4
Azure Developer
UK

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2024, Azure Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 156 (100.00%) Azure
2 96 (61.54%) DevOps
3 83 (53.21%) C#
4 81 (51.92%) .NET
5 70 (44.87%) Agile
5 70 (44.87%) Azure DevOps
6 63 (40.38%) CI/CD
7 58 (37.18%) Microsoft
8 53 (33.97%) SQL Server
9 48 (30.77%) Full Stack Development
10 41 (26.28%) Active Directory
11 40 (25.64%) Finance
12 39 (25.00%) Entra ID
12 39 (25.00%) Git
13 38 (24.36%) React
14 37 (23.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 37 (23.72%) Serverless
15 36 (23.08%) Azure Functions
15 36 (23.08%) PowerShell
16 35 (22.44%) SQL
16 35 (22.44%) Product Ownership
17 34 (21.79%) Azure Service Bus
17 34 (21.79%) Microservices
18 33 (21.15%) Scrum
19 32 (20.51%) Python
19 32 (20.51%) Azure Data Factory
20 30 (19.23%) Azure Monitor
20 30 (19.23%) XML
21 27 (17.31%) .NET Framework
22 26 (16.67%) NoSQL

Azure Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.92%) CMS
1 3 (1.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.28%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 156 (100.00%) Azure
2 70 (44.87%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (25.00%) Entra ID
4 37 (23.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 37 (23.72%) Serverless
5 36 (23.08%) Azure Functions
6 34 (21.79%) Azure Service Bus
7 32 (20.51%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (19.23%) Azure Monitor
9 23 (14.74%) Azure Logic Apps
10 21 (13.46%) Azure API Management
11 13 (8.33%) Power Platform
12 8 (5.13%) PaaS
13 7 (4.49%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (3.85%) Azure AKS
15 5 (3.21%) Azure App Service
16 4 (2.56%) Azure Pipelines
16 4 (2.56%) Azure Storage
16 4 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
16 4 (2.56%) NuGet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (33.97%) SQL Server
2 26 (16.67%) NoSQL
3 14 (8.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (6.41%) Power BI
5 7 (4.49%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.49%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.85%) Redis
7 5 (3.21%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.28%) Big Data
9 2 (1.28%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.28%) GIS
9 2 (1.28%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (1.28%) OLTP
9 2 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (25.00%) Git
2 7 (4.49%) Selenium
2 7 (4.49%) Visual Studio
3 5 (3.21%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.28%) Postman
4 2 (1.28%) Visual Studio Team System
5 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.64%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.64%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.64%) git-flow
5 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.64%) Moq
5 1 (0.64%) MSTest
5 1 (0.64%) NUnit
5 1 (0.64%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.64%) Pylint
5 1 (0.64%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.64%) WebDriver
General
1 40 (25.64%) Finance
2 21 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (12.82%) Social Skills
4 10 (6.41%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.77%) Marketing
6 7 (4.49%) Law
7 6 (3.85%) Banking
8 5 (3.21%) Front Office
8 5 (3.21%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (2.56%) Back Office
10 3 (1.92%) Electronics
10 3 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.92%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.92%) Music Industry
10 3 (1.92%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.28%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.64%) Advertising
12 1 (0.64%) International Banking
12 1 (0.64%) Legal
12 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (51.92%) .NET
2 38 (24.36%) React
3 30 (19.23%) XML
4 27 (17.31%) .NET Framework
5 26 (16.67%) .NET Core
6 17 (10.90%) AngularJS
6 17 (10.90%) HTML
7 14 (8.97%) CSS
8 12 (7.69%) REST
9 10 (6.41%) ASP.NET
10 9 (5.77%) ARM Templates
11 7 (4.49%) Node.js
12 6 (3.85%) Kafka
12 6 (3.85%) YAML
13 5 (3.21%) Entity Framework
13 5 (3.21%) Express.js
13 5 (3.21%) JSON
13 5 (3.21%) koa
13 5 (3.21%) OpenID
13 5 (3.21%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (22.44%) Product Ownership
2 8 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.28%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.28%) Contactless
4 2 (1.28%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.28%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.28%) Tandem
5 1 (0.64%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.64%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.64%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (0.64%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.64%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (61.54%) DevOps
2 70 (44.87%) Agile
3 63 (40.38%) CI/CD
4 48 (30.77%) Full Stack Development
5 34 (21.79%) Microservices
6 33 (21.15%) Scrum
7 25 (16.03%) B2C
8 23 (14.74%) SDLC
9 21 (13.46%) Test Automation
10 20 (12.82%) API Management
10 20 (12.82%) Unit Testing
11 17 (10.90%) Product Backlog
12 16 (10.26%) TDD
13 15 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (8.97%) Change Management
14 14 (8.97%) SOLID
15 13 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
15 13 (8.33%) Clean Code
16 12 (7.69%) OO
Programming Languages
1 83 (53.21%) C#
2 36 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 35 (22.44%) SQL
4 32 (20.51%) Python
5 19 (12.18%) JavaScript
6 17 (10.90%) Java
7 16 (10.26%) Bicep
8 15 (9.62%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.92%) C
10 2 (1.28%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.64%) Go
11 1 (0.64%) Scala
Qualifications
1 3 (1.92%) Azure Certification
2 2 (1.28%) Degree
2 2 (1.28%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.28%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.92%) Accessibility
1 3 (1.92%) WCAG
2 2 (1.28%) QA
3 1 (0.64%) GDPR
3 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 41 (26.28%) Active Directory
2 8 (5.13%) Docker
3 3 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.13%) Terraform
3 1 (0.64%) Ansible
3 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 58 (37.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (1.92%) Databricks
2 3 (1.92%) SAP
3 1 (0.64%) Alteryx
3 1 (0.64%) ION Trading
3 1 (0.64%) mParticle
3 1 (0.64%) MuleSoft
3 1 (0.64%) OpenLink
3 1 (0.64%) Oracle
3 1 (0.64%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.64%) Virgin Media