Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Microsoft Azure Engineer
Merseyside > Liverpool

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in Liverpool is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 2 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 1.00% 2.63% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 2.81% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - - £439
25th Percentile - £163 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £250 £513
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -51.22% -4.65%
75th Percentile - £500 £559
90th Percentile - £568 £576
Merseyside median daily rate £400 £250 £513
% change year-on-year +60.00% -51.22% -4.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Liverpool

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Liverpool. 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 Liverpool with a recognized job title 189 178 139
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.50% 93.68% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 89 62
10th Percentile £134 £143 £201
25th Percentile £163 £163 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +3.13% -15.79%
75th Percentile £510 £538 £530
90th Percentile £650 £615 £636
Merseyside median daily rate £293 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -26.88% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 18 15
10th Percentile - £14.09 £12.70
25th Percentile £15.18 £16.63 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.24 £18.07 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% -4.92% +88.31%
75th Percentile £51.02 £23.00 £25.25
90th Percentile - £24.18 £42.00
Merseyside median hourly rate £30.95 £18.07 £18.75
% change year-on-year +71.31% -3.65% +14.68%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Liverpool.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in Liverpool

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Azure Engineer 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 Liverpool region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) NIST
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) QRadar
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Server Hardening
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Fintech
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Server Hardening
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) QRadar
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Darktrace
2 1 (50.00%) Zscaler