Azure Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Microsoft Azure Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in Work from Home is £540 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 259 314 350
Rank change year-on-year +55 +36 -40
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 88 155 291
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.59% 0.63% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.66% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 125 233
10th Percentile £408 £405 £401
25th Percentile £481 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £570 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +16.76%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £625
90th Percentile £688 £745 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £575 £538
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +10.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,848 23,488 42,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.30% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,603 30,429
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 558 537 595
10th Percentile £14.26 £17.50 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.64 £25.71 £19.30
Median hourly rate £44.37 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.83% +54.29% +44.33%
75th Percentile £64.88 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £68.55
UK median hourly rate £36.58 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -18.72% +87.50% +6.67%

Azure Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Azure Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Developer.

Azure Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Azure Developer over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Azure Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Azure Developer.

Azure Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 88 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (69.32%) C#
3 58 (65.91%) DevOps
4 56 (63.64%) .NET
5 49 (55.68%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (38.64%) Microsoft
7 33 (37.50%) SQL Server
7 33 (37.50%) CI/CD
8 25 (28.41%) Agile
8 25 (28.41%) SQL
9 23 (26.14%) Git
10 22 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
11 20 (22.73%) PowerShell
11 20 (22.73%) Scrum
12 19 (21.59%) Finance
13 18 (20.45%) React
13 18 (20.45%) Entra ID
13 18 (20.45%) Active Directory
13 18 (20.45%) Product Ownership
14 17 (19.32%) Azure API Management
14 17 (19.32%) .NET Framework
14 17 (19.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 16 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
15 16 (18.18%) XML
16 15 (17.05%) JavaScript
16 15 (17.05%) .NET Core
17 14 (15.91%) B2C
17 14 (15.91%) Azure Monitor
18 13 (14.77%) Full Stack Development
18 13 (14.77%) Azure Data Factory

Azure Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (7.95%) CMS
2 5 (5.68%) Headless CMS
2 5 (5.68%) Kentico
3 1 (1.14%) SAS
3 1 (1.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.14%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Shopify
2 1 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.14%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 88 (100.00%) Azure
2 49 (55.68%) Azure DevOps
3 22 (25.00%) Azure Service Bus
4 18 (20.45%) Entra ID
5 17 (19.32%) Azure API Management
5 17 (19.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 16 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
7 14 (15.91%) Azure Monitor
8 13 (14.77%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (14.77%) Azure Functions
8 13 (14.77%) Serverless
9 6 (6.82%) Azure Key Vault
9 6 (6.82%) PaaS
9 6 (6.82%) Power Platform
10 4 (4.55%) Azure AKS
10 4 (4.55%) NuGet
11 3 (3.41%) PowerApps
12 2 (2.27%) Azure Pipelines
12 2 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (2.27%) IaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 11 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (10.23%) NoSQL
4 4 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (4.55%) Relational Database
5 2 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (2.27%) Power BI
5 2 (2.27%) Redis
5 2 (2.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.14%) Big Data
6 1 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.14%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.14%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 23 (26.14%) Git
2 7 (7.95%) Visual Studio
3 5 (5.68%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (4.55%) SpecFlow
5 2 (2.27%) Postman
5 2 (2.27%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (1.14%) Cucumber
6 1 (1.14%) git-flow
6 1 (1.14%) Moq
6 1 (1.14%) MSTest
6 1 (1.14%) NUnit
6 1 (1.14%) Selenium
6 1 (1.14%) Visual Studio Team System
6 1 (1.14%) WebDriver
General
1 19 (21.59%) Finance
2 12 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.36%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.82%) Law
5 5 (5.68%) Front Office
5 5 (5.68%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (4.55%) Marketing
7 3 (3.41%) Back Office
7 3 (3.41%) Electronics
7 3 (3.41%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.41%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.27%) Banking
8 2 (2.27%) Danish Language
9 1 (1.14%) Advertising
9 1 (1.14%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (1.14%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (63.64%) .NET
2 18 (20.45%) React
3 17 (19.32%) .NET Framework
4 16 (18.18%) XML
5 15 (17.05%) .NET Core
6 11 (12.50%) CSS
6 11 (12.50%) HTML
7 10 (11.36%) AngularJS
8 9 (10.23%) GraphQL
8 9 (10.23%) REST
9 7 (7.95%) YAML
10 6 (6.82%) ASP.NET
11 5 (5.68%) ARM Templates
11 5 (5.68%) DOM
11 5 (5.68%) GatsbyJS
12 4 (4.55%) Swagger
13 3 (3.41%) Entity Framework
13 3 (3.41%) jQuery
13 3 (3.41%) Web Services
14 2 (2.27%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.45%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.82%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.27%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.27%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.14%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.14%) Contactless
4 1 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.14%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.14%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.27%) Linux
1 2 (2.27%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (65.91%) DevOps
2 33 (37.50%) CI/CD
3 25 (28.41%) Agile
4 20 (22.73%) Scrum
5 14 (15.91%) B2C
6 13 (14.77%) Full Stack Development
6 13 (14.77%) Microservices
7 12 (13.64%) SOLID
8 11 (12.50%) API Management
8 11 (12.50%) SDLC
9 10 (11.36%) TDD
9 10 (11.36%) Test Automation
10 8 (9.09%) OO
10 8 (9.09%) Unit Testing
11 7 (7.95%) Front End Development
11 7 (7.95%) Product Backlog
11 7 (7.95%) Software Engineering
12 6 (6.82%) Asset Management
13 5 (5.68%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (5.68%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 61 (69.32%) C#
2 25 (28.41%) SQL
3 20 (22.73%) PowerShell
4 15 (17.05%) JavaScript
5 11 (12.50%) Bicep
6 9 (10.23%) Python
7 6 (6.82%) TypeScript
8 5 (5.68%) Java
9 2 (2.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (6.82%) SC Cleared
1 6 (6.82%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.14%) Azure Certification
2 1 (1.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.27%) Accessibility
1 2 (2.27%) WCAG
2 1 (1.14%) GDPR
2 1 (1.14%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 18 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.41%) Docker
3 2 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (10.23%) Terraform
2 6 (6.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (38.64%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.41%) SAP
3 1 (1.14%) Databricks
3 1 (1.14%) ION Trading
3 1 (1.14%) mParticle
3 1 (1.14%) MuleSoft
3 1 (1.14%) OpenAI
3 1 (1.14%) OpenLink
3 1 (1.14%) Oracle
3 1 (1.14%) Salesforce