Azure Developer Contracts

Microsoft Azure Developer
UK

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 427 435
Rank change year-on-year +14 +8 -42
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 174 285 482
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.51% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.54% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 237 377
10th Percentile £421 £450 £397
25th Percentile £496 £488 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +8.49% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £625
90th Percentile £688 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £580 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -3.33% +26.32% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Developer in the UK

Azure Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Developer in the UK

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Developer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Developer in the UK

Azure Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure Developer in the UK

Azure Developer
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England 0 153 £580 -0.85% 45
London +37 91 £550 -8.33% 11
Work from Home +43 79 £530 -7.83% 34
UK excluding London -24 55 £580 -3.33% 33
South East 0 33 £625 +4.17% 13
West Midlands +19 8 £580 -3.33% 8
Midlands +18 8 £580 -3.33% 9
North of England -8 7 £475 -2.56% 9
North West +9 5 £475 -9.52% 4
South West -8 5 £450 -18.18% 2
Yorkshire -3 2 - - 4
Scotland +46 1 £375 -31.82%
East of England +4 1 £600 +29.73%

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 174 (100.00%) Azure
2 100 (57.47%) DevOps
3 83 (47.70%) C#
3 83 (47.70%) .NET
4 74 (42.53%) Agile
5 73 (41.95%) Azure DevOps
6 66 (37.93%) CI/CD
7 59 (33.91%) Microsoft
8 54 (31.03%) SQL Server
9 50 (28.74%) Full Stack Development
10 44 (25.29%) Git
11 42 (24.14%) Active Directory
12 41 (23.56%) React
12 41 (23.56%) Entra ID
13 40 (22.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 38 (21.84%) Serverless
15 37 (21.26%) Azure Functions
15 37 (21.26%) Product Ownership
15 37 (21.26%) Finance
16 36 (20.69%) PowerShell
17 35 (20.11%) Microservices
17 35 (20.11%) Python
18 34 (19.54%) Azure Service Bus
19 33 (18.97%) SQL
19 33 (18.97%) Scrum
20 30 (17.24%) Azure Monitor
20 30 (17.24%) Azure Data Factory
20 30 (17.24%) XML
21 28 (16.09%) .NET Framework
22 25 (14.37%) B2C

Azure Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (4.02%) CMS
2 4 (2.30%) Headless CMS
2 4 (2.30%) Kentico
3 3 (1.72%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.57%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (1.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 4 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.15%) Endur
2 2 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 174 (100.00%) Azure
2 73 (41.95%) Azure DevOps
3 41 (23.56%) Entra ID
4 40 (22.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 38 (21.84%) Serverless
6 37 (21.26%) Azure Functions
7 34 (19.54%) Azure Service Bus
8 30 (17.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 30 (17.24%) Azure Monitor
9 21 (12.07%) Azure Logic Apps
10 18 (10.34%) Azure API Management
11 15 (8.62%) Power Platform
12 7 (4.02%) Azure AKS
12 7 (4.02%) Azure Key Vault
13 6 (3.45%) Azure App Service
13 6 (3.45%) PaaS
14 5 (2.87%) Azure Event Grid
15 4 (2.30%) Azure Pipelines
15 4 (2.30%) Azure Storage
15 4 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (31.03%) SQL Server
2 25 (14.37%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (5.75%) Power BI
5 6 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.45%) MongoDB
5 6 (3.45%) Redis
6 5 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.30%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.15%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.15%) Big Data
9 2 (1.15%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.15%) GIS
9 2 (1.15%) InterSystems Cache
9 2 (1.15%) OLTP
9 2 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (25.29%) Git
2 12 (6.90%) Selenium
3 8 (4.60%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.87%) SpecFlow
5 4 (2.30%) Cucumber
5 4 (2.30%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.30%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.72%) JUnit
6 3 (1.72%) Maven
7 2 (1.15%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (1.15%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.15%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.15%) Visual Studio Team System
8 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.57%) git-flow
8 1 (0.57%) MSTest
8 1 (0.57%) Postman
8 1 (0.57%) Pylint
8 1 (0.57%) WebDriver
General
1 37 (21.26%) Finance
2 23 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (12.07%) Social Skills
4 15 (8.62%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.17%) Marketing
6 6 (3.45%) Law
7 5 (2.87%) Banking
7 5 (2.87%) Front Office
8 4 (2.30%) Back Office
8 4 (2.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (1.72%) Electronics
9 3 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.72%) Music Industry
9 3 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.15%) Danish Language
10 2 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.15%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.57%) International Banking
11 1 (0.57%) Legal
11 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (47.70%) .NET
2 41 (23.56%) React
3 30 (17.24%) XML
4 28 (16.09%) .NET Framework
5 24 (13.79%) .NET Core
6 22 (12.64%) HTML
7 20 (11.49%) AngularJS
8 19 (10.92%) CSS
9 15 (8.62%) REST
10 10 (5.75%) ASP.NET
11 8 (4.60%) ARM Templates
11 8 (4.60%) Node.js
12 7 (4.02%) GraphQL
12 7 (4.02%) Kafka
13 6 (3.45%) YAML
14 5 (2.87%) Spring
15 4 (2.30%) DOM
15 4 (2.30%) Entity Framework
15 4 (2.30%) jQuery
15 4 (2.30%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 37 (21.26%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.60%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (1.72%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.15%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.15%) Contactless
4 2 (1.15%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.15%) Tandem
5 1 (0.57%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.57%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.57%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.57%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.57%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.72%) Linux
2 2 (1.15%) Windows
3 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (57.47%) DevOps
2 74 (42.53%) Agile
3 66 (37.93%) CI/CD
4 50 (28.74%) Full Stack Development
5 35 (20.11%) Microservices
6 33 (18.97%) Scrum
7 25 (14.37%) B2C
8 24 (13.79%) SDLC
9 22 (12.64%) Test Automation
9 22 (12.64%) Unit Testing
10 19 (10.92%) API Management
11 18 (10.34%) Product Backlog
12 17 (9.77%) TDD
13 16 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (9.20%) Problem-Solving
14 15 (8.62%) Change Management
15 13 (7.47%) Business Intelligence
15 13 (7.47%) Clean Code
16 11 (6.32%) Front End Development
16 11 (6.32%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 83 (47.70%) C#
2 36 (20.69%) PowerShell
3 35 (20.11%) Python
4 33 (18.97%) SQL
5 22 (12.64%) Java
5 22 (12.64%) JavaScript
6 17 (9.77%) Bicep
7 15 (8.62%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.72%) C
9 2 (1.15%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.57%) Go
10 1 (0.57%) Scala
10 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (2.87%) SC Cleared
1 5 (2.87%) Security Cleared
2 3 (1.72%) Degree
3 2 (1.15%) Azure Certification
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.30%) Accessibility
1 4 (2.30%) QA
1 4 (2.30%) WCAG
2 1 (0.57%) GDPR
2 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 8 (4.60%) Docker
3 3 (1.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (8.62%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.32%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) Ansible
3 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 59 (33.91%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.87%) Databricks
3 3 (1.72%) SAP
4 1 (0.57%) Alteryx
4 1 (0.57%) Informatica
4 1 (0.57%) ION Trading
4 1 (0.57%) MuleSoft
4 1 (0.57%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.57%) OpenLink
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle
4 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.57%) Virgin Media