Microsoft Azure
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 16 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,891 | 10,226 | 15,203 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.43% | 16.64% | 16.92% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.46% | 45.00% | 43.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,253 | 7,451 | 11,012 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £398 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.18% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +6.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 54 | 113 | 94 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.79 | £17.73 | £19.35 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.35 | £24.62 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £54.00 | £53.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.19% | +0.47% | +13.16% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £77.88 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £51.25 | £58.65 | £45.14 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.62% | +29.93% | +7.48% |
All Cloud Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 14,210 | 22,722 | 34,817 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.39% | 36.98% | 38.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10,073 | 16,377 | 25,275 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £351 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £635 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £501 | £491 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +1.93% | +9.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 347 | 378 | 454 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.36 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.03 | £18.13 | £15.27 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.00 | £30.13 | £21.31 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -30.29% | +41.35% | -6.36% |
| 75th Percentile | £35.00 | £65.75 | £47.78 |
| 90th Percentile | £60.60 | £75.15 | £66.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.69 | £23.23 | £18.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.83% | +25.54% | -7.50% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.
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Top 18 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the UK over the 6 months to 16 April 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 |
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| England | +1 | 4,956 | £545 | -3.20% | 3,398 |
| London | 0 | 2,861 | £563 | -6.25% | 1,253 |
| Work from Home | -1 | 2,408 | £525 | -4.55% | 1,932 |
| UK excluding London | -6 | 2,203 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,357 |
| South East | -2 | 587 | £540 | -1.82% | 508 |
| North of England | -6 | 509 | £488 | -7.14% | 673 |
| South West | -5 | 370 | £500 | -9.09% | 315 |
| Midlands | -5 | 316 | £525 | +5.00% | 390 |
| North West | -9 | 296 | £500 | -4.76% | 386 |
| Scotland | +3 | 256 | £475 | -5.00% | 180 |
| West Midlands | -2 | 237 | £550 | +4.76% | 232 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 188 | £456 | -15.51% | 222 |
| East of England | -22 | 89 | £475 | -5.00% | 196 |
| Wales | +7 | 82 | £500 | +6.38% | 94 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 75 | £500 | +11.11% | 158 |
| North East | +1 | 31 | £533 | -11.25% | 71 |
| Northern Ireland | +10 | 20 | £575 | +35.29% | 44 |
| Isle of Man | - | 5 | £388 | - | 2 |
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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:
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