Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in Chester

Microsoft Azure Certification
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Chester with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Chester 1.19% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £442 £625 -
% change year-on-year -29.24% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Chester

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 Chester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 36 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 42.86% 7.14% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 2 4
10th Percentile £190 £665 -
25th Percentile £325 £668 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £680 £500
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +36.00% +42.86%
75th Percentile £638 £687 £520
90th Percentile £730 £687 £556
Cheshire median daily rate £453 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -13.71% - +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £13.77 - £21.80
25th Percentile £15.67 - £28.63
Median hourly rate £18.96 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +214.22%
75th Percentile £22.12 - -
90th Percentile £23.94 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £28.58 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - +52.38%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Chester.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in Chester

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes