Microsoft Azure Certification
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 72 | 52 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -20 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure Certification | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | 1.06% | 0.96% | - |
| As % of the Qualifications category | 3.20% | 4.27% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £415 | £463 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £429 | £519 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £442 | £625 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -29.24% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £638 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £659 | - | - |
| North West median daily rate | £442 | £575 | £575 |
| % change year-on-year | -23.09% | - | +8.49% |
All Academic and Professional Certifications
Cheshire
Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications | 219 | 117 | 106 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 33.18% | 22.54% | 28.19% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 164 | 73 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £305 | £349 | £402 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £390 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £459 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.52% | - | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £627 | £575 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £716 | £638 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £21.38 |
| 25th Percentile | £15.50 | - | £29.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.58 | - | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +52.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.25 | - | £60.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £89.98 | - | £71.00 |
| North West median hourly rate | £27.19 | £46.18 | £45.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.13% | +0.65% | +20.74% |
Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Azure Certification.
Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Cheshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.
Azure Certification
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knutsford | - | 3 | £438 | - | |
| Warrington | -5 | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| Chester | - | 1 | £750 | - | 2 |
| Neston | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Azure Certification North West |
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Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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: