Microsoft Azure
North West > Lancashire
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 15 | 14 | 13 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -1 | -1 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 17 | 21 | 30 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire | 8.72% | 8.68% | 11.54% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 29.82% | 36.84% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 13 | 13 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £373 | £140 | £410 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £350 | £443 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £650 | £500 | £650 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.00% | -23.08% | +36.84% |
| 75th Percentile | £740 | £644 | £700 |
| 90th Percentile | £770 | £695 | £750 |
| North West median daily rate | £500 | £525 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +5.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £20.93 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £26.81 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £37.75 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £48.81 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £54.78 |
| North West median hourly rate | £18.00 | £65.50 | £22.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -72.52% | +191.11% | -61.21% |
All Cloud Skills
Lancashire
Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire with a requirement for cloud computing skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 57 | 57 | 83 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire | 29.23% | 23.55% | 31.92% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 31 | 36 | 67 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £173 | £167 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £300 | £250 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £495 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +21.21% | +10.00% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £740 | £775 | £706 |
| North West median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | - | +11.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 21 | 2 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £47.18 | £17.18 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £48.72 | £17.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £16.06 | £52.99 | £18.59 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -69.69% | +184.98% | -53.23% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £55.55 | £20.16 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £56.06 | £32.35 |
| North West median hourly rate | £16.06 | £37.30 | £18.59 |
| % change year-on-year | -56.94% | +100.62% | +7.01% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Lancashire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Lancashire.
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Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Lancashire.
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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 within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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 | +14 | 8 | £608 | +62.00% | 11 |
| Blackpool | +5 | 3 | £650 | -3.70% | 3 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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: