Microsoft Purview Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Purview (formerly Azure Purview)
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Microsoft Purview skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 70 53
Rank change year-on-year -6 -17 -
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Purview 5 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 0.59% 0.63% 0.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.19% 1.86% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £413 £440 £617
25th Percentile £431 £453 £624
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £645
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -26.74% -
75th Percentile £513 £489 £664
90th Percentile £528 £492 £669
North West median daily rate £575 £454 £600
% change year-on-year +26.72% -24.38% +20.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Cheshire

Microsoft Purview falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 228 215 152
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 26.86% 33.86% 29.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 173 111
10th Percentile £282 £304 £341
25th Percentile £363 £358 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £415 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.43% -7.78% -
75th Percentile £573 £488 £550
90th Percentile £640 £537 £638
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 0
10th Percentile £16.99 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 £12.82 -
Median hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% - -
75th Percentile £26.50 £18.87 -
90th Percentile £28.75 £62.41 -
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £44.09 £33.50
% change year-on-year +13.40% +31.61% +34.73%

Microsoft Purview
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Purview relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Microsoft Purview job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Microsoft Purview
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Purview.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview
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 Microsoft Purview within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 11 September 2026. 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
Warrington - 4 £463 - 1
Microsoft Purview
North West

Microsoft Purview
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
3 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Miro
4 1 (20.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (20.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365 Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Security Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
3 1 (20.00%) Information Management
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) SABSA
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft