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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 31 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | 0 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,868 | 9,152 | 14,810 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.65% | 16.32% | 16.90% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 42.05% | 44.85% | 43.96% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,253 | 6,647 | 10,831 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +7.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £743 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 50 | 91 | 86 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £19.00 | £19.89 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.61 | £36.50 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £63.00 | £53.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -44.44% | +18.87% | +6.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.19 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £80.63 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £51.25 | £60.63 | £44.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.46% | +36.24% | -13.59% |
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 | 13,954 | 20,405 | 33,686 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.46% | 36.39% | 38.44% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,918 | 14,764 | 24,592 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £650 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £745 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +9.89% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 345 | 331 | 395 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £19.00 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.46 | £38.00 | £22.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.53% | +69.64% | +1.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £42.50 | £68.75 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £69.80 | £78.00 | £68.63 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.80 | £27.50 | £19.63 |
| % change year-on-year | -35.27% | +40.13% | -1.88% |
Azure
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.
Azure
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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 31 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 |
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| England | -1 | 5,008 | £550 | -1.79% | 3,411 |
| London | 0 | 2,962 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,294 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,283 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,201 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 2,162 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,258 |
| South East | -3 | 593 | £550 | -3.51% | 475 |
| North of England | -5 | 518 | £500 | -4.76% | 688 |
| South West | -2 | 363 | £500 | -9.91% | 307 |
| Midlands | -8 | 294 | £525 | +9.38% | 403 |
| North West | -9 | 286 | £500 | - | 384 |
| Scotland | +2 | 251 | £450 | -10.00% | 162 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 210 | £550 | +4.76% | 251 |
| Yorkshire | +1 | 203 | £500 | -9.09% | 229 |
| East Midlands | -6 | 85 | £455 | +2.25% | 152 |
| East of England | -34 | 78 | £451 | +0.28% | 161 |
| Wales | +3 | 64 | £488 | -7.14% | 63 |
| North East | -2 | 35 | £533 | -11.25% | 80 |
| Northern Ireland | +7 | 29 | £588 | +38.24% | 45 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 4 |
Azure
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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