Azure Contracts in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 7 6 9
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure 335 438 439
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 12.89% 15.64% 12.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.25% 52.21% 40.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 345 366
10th Percentile £388 £367 £363
25th Percentile £473 £488 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £623
90th Percentile £675 £725 £675
South East median daily rate £550 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 4 2
10th Percentile £22.97 £66.81 £20.27
25th Percentile £56.50 £74.77 £30.64
Median hourly rate £58.30 £79.19 £49.35
Median % change year-on-year -26.38% +60.47% +97.40%
75th Percentile £61.60 - £69.14
90th Percentile - - £80.16
South East median hourly rate £38.50 £75.00 £53.50
% change year-on-year -48.67% +40.19% +87.72%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 709 839 1,084
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.28% 29.96% 31.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 493 612 845
10th Percentile £275 £301 £185
25th Percentile £413 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £543 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +8.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 21 17
10th Percentile £15.99 £17.25 £12.31
25th Percentile £19.37 £20.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% +19.05% -0.24%
75th Percentile £59.95 £56.50 £26.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £72.66
South East median hourly rate £23.22 £23.65 £21.05
% change year-on-year -1.84% +12.35% -2.21%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the Thames Valley

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -2 266 £600 +1.48% 77
Buckinghamshire -4 48 £475 -9.52% 62
Oxfordshire -2 21 £458 +1.67% 40
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 25 (7.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.90%) SAS
4 2 (0.60%) CMS
4 2 (0.60%) Confluence
4 2 (0.60%) Headless CMS
4 2 (0.60%) Kentico
5 1 (0.30%) Apache
5 1 (0.30%) Jadu
5 1 (0.30%) Jupyter
Applications
1 13 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.30%) PlantUML
3 1 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (5.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 9 (2.69%) Oracle EBS R12
3 8 (2.39%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (2.39%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.30%) Maximo
5 1 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 92 (27.46%) Azure DevOps
2 58 (17.31%) AWS
3 53 (15.82%) Azure Monitor
4 51 (15.22%) Entra ID
5 42 (12.54%) Azure Data Factory
6 31 (9.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 31 (9.25%) Azure Functions
6 31 (9.25%) Serverless
7 27 (8.06%) Power Platform
8 25 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
9 21 (6.27%) PaaS
10 17 (5.07%) Azure Storage
11 15 (4.48%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (4.18%) OCI
12 14 (4.18%) OpenShift
13 13 (3.88%) GCP
13 13 (3.88%) IaaS
14 12 (3.58%) Azure API Management
14 12 (3.58%) Azure Key Vault
15 10 (2.99%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (12.84%) Firewall
2 38 (11.34%) DNS
3 34 (10.15%) DHCP
4 16 (4.78%) SAN
5 9 (2.69%) SSL
6 7 (2.09%) Network Security
6 7 (2.09%) VPN
7 4 (1.19%) WAN
7 4 (1.19%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.90%) LAN
8 3 (0.90%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.60%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.60%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco Firepower
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.30%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.30%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.30%) Wireless
10 1 (0.30%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.76%) NoSQL
2 23 (6.87%) Power BI
3 15 (4.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (2.99%) SQL Server
5 9 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.49%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.49%) Redis
8 4 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.19%) GIS
8 4 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.90%) Big Data
9 3 (0.90%) SAS Enterprise Guide
9 3 (0.90%) Tableau
10 2 (0.60%) MySQL
11 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 1 (0.30%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 36 (10.75%) Git
2 27 (8.06%) Selenium
3 25 (7.46%) JIRA
4 21 (6.27%) Jenkins
5 14 (4.18%) GitLab
6 13 (3.88%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.88%) SonarQube
7 12 (3.58%) REST Assured
8 11 (3.28%) Visual Studio
9 7 (2.09%) Oracle Forms
9 7 (2.09%) Postman
10 6 (1.79%) SpecFlow
11 5 (1.49%) Bitbucket
12 4 (1.19%) Artifactory
12 4 (1.19%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.90%) JMeter
13 3 (0.90%) Robot Framework
14 2 (0.60%) SoapUI
15 1 (0.30%) TeamCity
15 1 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 99 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 54 (16.12%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (7.16%) Public Sector
4 20 (5.97%) Finance
5 10 (2.99%) Law
6 9 (2.69%) Police
6 9 (2.69%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (2.39%) Telecoms
8 6 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 6 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.90%) Marketing
11 2 (0.60%) Automotive
11 2 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.60%) Retail
12 1 (0.30%) Advertising
12 1 (0.30%) Aviation
12 1 (0.30%) French Language
12 1 (0.30%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.30%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 64 (19.10%) Developer
2 39 (11.64%) Architect
2 39 (11.64%) Senior
3 31 (9.25%) Active Directory Support
4 30 (8.96%) Analyst
5 26 (7.76%) Active Directory Specialist
5 26 (7.76%) Azure Specialist
5 26 (7.76%) Support Specialist
6 25 (7.46%) Azure Developer
6 25 (7.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (7.16%) Azure Engineer
8 23 (6.87%) Full Stack Developer
9 21 (6.27%) Lead
10 15 (4.48%) Consultant
11 14 (4.18%) Administrator
11 14 (4.18%) Python Developer
12 13 (3.88%) Systems Administrator
13 12 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (3.58%) Test Analyst
14 11 (3.28%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.04%) ARM Templates
2 29 (8.66%) React
3 21 (6.27%) .NET
4 17 (5.07%) REST
5 13 (3.88%) Itk
5 13 (3.88%) Java EE
6 12 (3.58%) Web Services
7 9 (2.69%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.69%) CSS
7 9 (2.69%) Node.js
7 9 (2.69%) XML
8 8 (2.39%) HTML
9 7 (2.09%) YAML
10 6 (1.79%) Django
10 6 (1.79%) JSON
11 5 (1.49%) OAuth
11 5 (1.49%) OpenID
11 5 (1.49%) SOAP
12 4 (1.19%) Celery
12 4 (1.19%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.06%) Product Ownership
2 25 (7.46%) PKI
3 18 (5.37%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (5.07%) Data Centre
5 12 (3.58%) Cloud Native
6 11 (3.28%) Data Protection Act
6 11 (3.28%) Public Cloud
7 7 (2.09%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.49%) Smart Meter
9 4 (1.19%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.90%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
11 2 (0.60%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 2 (0.60%) IoT
11 2 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.60%) Robotics
12 1 (0.30%) CSOC
12 1 (0.30%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.30%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 74 (22.09%) Windows
2 60 (17.91%) Linux
3 55 (16.42%) Windows Server
4 37 (11.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 37 (11.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 23 (6.87%) Windows 10
6 14 (4.18%) Windows Server 2012
6 14 (4.18%) Windows XP
7 7 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.19%) Unix
9 1 (0.30%) Android
9 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.30%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 185 (55.22%) DevOps
2 91 (27.16%) Agile
3 78 (23.28%) CI/CD
4 55 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (15.82%) Infrastructure as Code
6 42 (12.54%) Test Automation
7 36 (10.75%) Analytics
8 33 (9.85%) ITIL
9 29 (8.66%) Microservices
10 27 (8.06%) Full Stack Development
10 27 (8.06%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 26 (7.76%) Release Management
11 26 (7.76%) SDLC
12 24 (7.16%) Containerisation
12 24 (7.16%) Project Management
13 22 (6.57%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (6.57%) Scrum
13 22 (6.57%) Technical Leadership
14 21 (6.27%) Change Management
14 21 (6.27%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (16.42%) PowerShell
2 52 (15.52%) Python
3 47 (14.03%) C#
4 37 (11.04%) SQL
5 27 (8.06%) Java
6 24 (7.16%) VBScript
7 19 (5.67%) Bicep
8 18 (5.37%) C
9 17 (5.07%) VB
10 9 (2.69%) C++
10 9 (2.69%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.79%) PHP
12 3 (0.90%) Bash
12 3 (0.90%) Ruby
12 3 (0.90%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.30%) Go
14 1 (0.30%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.30%) R
14 1 (0.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 107 (31.94%) Security Cleared
2 72 (21.49%) SC Cleared
3 71 (21.19%) DV Cleared
4 57 (17.01%) Degree
5 18 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (5.07%) CCNP
6 17 (5.07%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 15 (4.48%) CCNA
8 7 (2.09%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.90%) MCSE
10 3 (0.90%) PMP
11 2 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.60%) CBAP
11 2 (0.60%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.30%) CEH
12 1 (0.30%) CSPO
12 1 (0.30%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.18%) QA
2 5 (1.49%) GDPR
2 5 (1.49%) PMO
3 4 (1.19%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.90%) NCSC
4 3 (0.90%) NIST
4 3 (0.90%) SLA
5 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.30%) COBIT
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 97 (28.96%) Active Directory
2 32 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (9.25%) Docker
4 23 (6.87%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (5.37%) Hyper-V
6 17 (5.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (4.78%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.60%) vSphere
9 1 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 51 (15.22%) Kubernetes
2 38 (11.34%) SCCM
3 34 (10.15%) WSUS
4 33 (9.85%) Terraform
5 32 (9.55%) SCOM
6 23 (6.87%) Microsoft Intune
7 22 (6.57%) Ansible
8 18 (5.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 16 (4.78%) vCenter Server
10 14 (4.18%) EMC NetWorker
10 14 (4.18%) NetBackup
11 12 (3.58%) Docker Swarm
11 12 (3.58%) Podman
12 11 (3.28%) Istio
13 8 (2.39%) Grafana
14 7 (2.09%) Rancher
15 4 (1.19%) Prometheus
15 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
16 2 (0.60%) Argo
16 2 (0.60%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 102 (30.45%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.24%) VMware
3 37 (11.04%) Oracle
4 20 (5.97%) Cisco
5 16 (4.78%) Palo Alto
6 14 (4.18%) 3PAR
6 14 (4.18%) Dell
6 14 (4.18%) EMC
6 14 (4.18%) Extreme Networks
6 14 (4.18%) HP
6 14 (4.18%) Juniper
6 14 (4.18%) Symantec
6 14 (4.18%) Veeam
7 11 (3.28%) Google
8 8 (2.39%) SAP
9 7 (2.09%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.79%) Ab Initio
10 6 (1.79%) Databricks
11 4 (1.19%) Okta
11 4 (1.19%) Salesforce