Microsoft Azure
Cheshire > Chester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | 16 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +1 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Chester | 8.57% | 1.35% | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 39.13% | 9.09% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £491 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £534 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £613 | £400 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +53.13% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £684 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £724 | - | - |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £445 | £483 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.82% | +1.63% | -4.04% |
All Cloud Skills
Chester
Azure 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 Chester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 23 | 11 | 9 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester | 21.90% | 14.86% | 12.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12 | 9 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £190 | £370 | £204 |
| 25th Percentile | £291 | £513 | £209 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £625 | £550 | £375 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.64% | +46.67% | -6.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £688 | £575 | £547 |
| 90th Percentile | £744 | £590 | £564 |
| Cheshire median daily rate | £425 | £455 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.59% | +1.11% | +5.88% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £25.49 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £28.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.00 | - | £33.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +51.52% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £36.50 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £38.60 |
| Cheshire median hourly rate | £16.00 | £24.18 | £23.61 |
| % change year-on-year | -33.83% | +2.41% | +5.45% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.
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Daily Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Azure.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Chester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Chester over the 6 months to 14 October 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing Azure.
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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: