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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 18 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +1 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,790 | 9,425 | 14,844 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.60% | 16.55% | 16.96% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 41.77% | 45.07% | 44.04% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,178 | 6,847 | 10,813 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £385 | £396 |
| 25th Percentile | £438 | £463 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.27% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £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 | 92 | 85 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £19.10 | £19.78 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.35 | £30.94 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £61.85 | £53.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.41% | +15.61% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £59.95 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £77.59 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £48.09 | £60.63 | £45.07 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.68% | +34.51% | -7.49% |
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 | 13,862 | 20,912 | 33,706 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.56% | 36.72% | 38.50% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,858 | 15,137 | 24,583 |
| 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 | £746 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 348 | 333 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.88 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.05 | £18.50 | £15.34 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.37 | £35.00 | £22.19 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -38.94% | +57.73% | -1.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £36.16 | £66.00 | £54.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £78.00 | £67.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £17.72 | £25.87 | £19.25 |
| % change year-on-year | -31.49% | +34.38% | -3.76% |
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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 18 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 18 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 18 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 | 0 | 4,933 | £545 | -3.11% | 3,743 |
| London | 0 | 2,910 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,460 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,282 | £538 | -2.27% | 2,292 |
| UK excluding London | -5 | 2,120 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,681 |
| South East | -3 | 583 | £550 | -2.22% | 709 |
| North of England | -5 | 505 | £500 | -4.76% | 695 |
| South West | -2 | 353 | £500 | -9.09% | 339 |
| Midlands | -7 | 296 | £525 | +9.38% | 491 |
| North West | -8 | 280 | £497 | -0.55% | 371 |
| Scotland | +2 | 243 | £460 | -8.00% | 154 |
| West Midlands | -7 | 216 | £550 | +4.76% | 310 |
| Yorkshire | -1 | 199 | £500 | -9.09% | 243 |
| East Midlands | -5 | 81 | £445 | -1.11% | 180 |
| East of England | -29 | 79 | £500 | +11.11% | 185 |
| Wales | +4 | 63 | £475 | -9.52% | 95 |
| North East | -1 | 32 | £533 | -11.25% | 84 |
| Northern Ireland | +8 | 27 | £588 | +34.29% | 62 |
| Isle of Man | 0 | 5 | £388 | +96.20% | 4 |
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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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