Microsoft Azure
North West > Cumbria
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cumbria requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 24 | 36 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +12 | -33 | +3 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 15 | 4 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cumbria | 7.69% | 1.54% | 26.32% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 75.00% | 20.00% | 93.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £231 | £464 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £486 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £522 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.67% | +22.71% | -10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £556 | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £568 | £457 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.76% | +5.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £68.75 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £72.50 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £76.25 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £71.25 | £18.00 | £65.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +295.83% | -72.52% | +191.11% |
All Cloud Skills
Cumbria
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 Cumbria.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 20 | 20 | 16 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria | 10.26% | 7.72% | 28.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £182 | £471 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £247 | £492 | £394 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £563 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.56% | +32.35% | -10.53% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £613 | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £470 |
| North West median daily rate | £473 | £487 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.03% | -2.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £40.89 | £12.70 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £45.53 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £56.55 | £13.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +334.96% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £68.03 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £72.96 | - | - |
| North West median hourly rate | £28.88 | £16.06 | £37.30 |
| % change year-on-year | +79.79% | -56.94% | +100.62% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cumbria.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Cumbria.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Cumbria
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Cumbria over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cumbria
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Cumbria.
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Contract Job Locations in Cumbria
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow-in-Furness | - | 5 | - | - | |
| Carlisle | - | 1 | £275 | - | 3 |
| Azure North West |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cumbria 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: