Azure Architect Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Microsoft Azure Architect
North West > Lancashire

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in Lancashire is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.66% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £519 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile £519 - -
North West median daily rate £543 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +14.41% -20.83% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Lancashire with a recognized job title 267 174 216
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.41% 95.08% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 93 77
10th Percentile £316 £153 £200
25th Percentile £472 £425 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year +14.19% +10.53% -2.56%
75th Percentile £800 £600 £614
90th Percentile £950 £653 £669
North West median daily rate £478 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +6.17% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 22 82
10th Percentile £21.14 £15.30 £15.00
25th Percentile £26.90 £22.81 £18.00
Median hourly rate £45.56 £28.75 £40.33
Median % change year-on-year +58.45% -28.70% -2.53%
75th Percentile £71.60 £59.03 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.55 £75.79 £76.75
North West median hourly rate £45.53 £28.75 £32.90
% change year-on-year +58.36% -12.60% +12.27%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.

Azure Architect job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Lancashire

Azure Architect
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 June 2026. 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
Preston - 2 £519 -
Azure Architect
North West

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 29 June 2026, Azure Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Lancashire region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) Bicep
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft