Azure Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)
Cheshire > Knutsford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Knutsford requiring Azure Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 26 -
Rank change year-on-year -27 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Machine Learning 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 0.39% 1.87% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.78% 4.35% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £356 -
Median % change year-on-year +61.52% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £575 £356 -
% change year-on-year +61.52% - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Knutsford

Azure Machine Learning 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 Knutsford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 128 46 47
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford 49.42% 42.99% 39.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 38 34
10th Percentile £350 £331 £424
25th Percentile £358 £356 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £373 £495
Median % change year-on-year +20.81% -24.75% -9.67%
75th Percentile £551 £495 £538
90th Percentile £630 £611 £582
Cheshire median daily rate £447 £425 £478
% change year-on-year +5.18% -10.99% -2.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £80.00 -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £19.86
% change year-on-year -33.83% +21.75% -53.54%

Azure Machine Learning
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) IBM Watson
1 1 (100.00%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Gen AI Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Security Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) LangChain
1 1 (100.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (100.00%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Ingestion
1 1 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) IBM