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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +1 | 0 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 5,893 | 9,057 | 14,747 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 13.60% | 16.30% | 16.82% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 42.00% | 44.71% | 43.84% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4,255 | 6,550 | 10,824 |
| 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% | - | +7.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £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 | 75 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.80 | £19.10 | £21.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.61 | £37.13 | £37.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.00 | £61.85 | £54.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -43.41% | +14.54% | +4.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.19 | £70.00 | £66.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £65.75 | £75.00 | £81.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £51.25 | £60.28 | £44.75 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.97% | +34.69% | -18.64% |
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 | 14,030 | 20,255 | 33,639 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 32.39% | 36.45% | 38.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,915 | 14,661 | 24,591 |
| 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 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +8.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 350 | 326 | 382 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.00 | £15.25 | £13.89 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.06 | £20.00 | £15.33 |
| Median hourly rate | £21.50 | £37.25 | £22.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -42.28% | +69.32% | +0.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £43.75 | £68.75 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £70.00 | £78.00 | £69.19 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £19.00 | £27.50 | £19.09 |
| % change year-on-year | -30.91% | +44.05% | -4.55% |
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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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 |
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| England | -1 | 5,040 | £545 | -2.68% | 3,102 |
| London | 0 | 2,981 | £550 | -8.33% | 1,100 |
| Work from Home | 0 | 2,285 | £538 | -2.27% | 1,897 |
| UK excluding London | -4 | 2,175 | £500 | -4.76% | 2,144 |
| South East | -3 | 587 | £550 | -4.35% | 427 |
| North of England | -5 | 532 | £500 | -4.76% | 664 |
| South West | -2 | 362 | £500 | -9.09% | 308 |
| North West | -7 | 300 | £500 | - | 374 |
| Midlands | -8 | 299 | £550 | +14.58% | 390 |
| Scotland | +1 | 250 | £450 | -10.00% | 145 |
| West Midlands | -8 | 209 | £550 | +5.77% | 238 |
| Yorkshire | +2 | 200 | £500 | -9.09% | 222 |
| East Midlands | -4 | 90 | £463 | +8.82% | 150 |
| East of England | -32 | 79 | £450 | - | 130 |
| Wales | +3 | 63 | £488 | -4.88% | 63 |
| North East | -2 | 39 | £533 | -11.25% | 70 |
| Northern Ireland | +2 | 29 | £575 | +35.29% | 53 |
| 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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