Microsoft Azure
North East > Durham
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Durham 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 10 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | -3 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham | - | 1.45% | 11.94% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | 7.69% | 66.67% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £459 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £613 | £500 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | £625 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +55.56% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £638 | £578 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £723 |
| North East median daily rate | £488 | £533 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.45% | -11.25% | +14.29% |
All Cloud Skills
Durham
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 Durham.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 5 | 13 | 12 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham | 13.51% | 18.84% | 17.91% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 7 | 10 |
| 10th Percentile | £223 | - | £342 |
| 25th Percentile | £288 | - | £429 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £300 | £190 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +57.89% | -62.93% | +156.25% |
| 75th Percentile | £456 | £616 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £633 | £733 | £708 |
| North East median daily rate | £484 | £500 | £565 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.25% | -11.50% | +13.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £20.77 | - |
| North East median hourly rate | £13.00 | £20.77 | £49.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.41% | -57.61% | +188.24% |
Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Durham.
Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Durham.