Azure Certification Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Azure Certification
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 87 100
Rank change year-on-year +27 +13 +28
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 19 9 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.05% 0.59% 0.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.22% 2.49% 3.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 10
10th Percentile £455 £371 £303
25th Percentile £511 £380 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £632 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.05% -5.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £712 £600 £566
90th Percentile £729 £619 £590
North West median daily rate £564 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +18.74% -5.00% -13.04%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Manchester

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Manchester.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 263 361 502
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 28.40% 23.80% 26.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 214 369
10th Percentile £300 £313 £338
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £619
90th Percentile £713 £805 £700
North West median daily rate £494 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -3.66% -1.44% +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 25 17
10th Percentile - £24.14 -
25th Percentile £31.25 £25.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £46.25 £49.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.61% +96.00% +54.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £73.75 £37.50
90th Percentile £74.13 £94.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% -5.60%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in Manchester

Azure Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Azure Certification in Manchester

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in Manchester

Azure Certification
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Salford - 7 £716 -
Azure Certification
North West

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Azure
2 11 (57.89%) Entra ID
2 11 (57.89%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (52.63%) IaaS
4 7 (36.84%) AWS
4 7 (36.84%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (57.89%) Firewall
1 11 (57.89%) Intrusion Detection
1 11 (57.89%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
General
1 18 (94.74%) Telecoms
2 7 (36.84%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (36.84%) Legal
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Architect
1 8 (42.11%) Solutions Architect
2 6 (31.58%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 5 (26.32%) Analyst
3 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (5.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
1 11 (57.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Business Continuity
1 11 (57.89%) Vulnerability Scanning
2 10 (52.63%) Change Management
3 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
3 9 (47.37%) Enterprise Architecture
4 8 (42.11%) BCP
4 8 (42.11%) Business Continuity Planning
4 8 (42.11%) Disaster Recovery
4 8 (42.11%) Information Security
4 8 (42.11%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (42.11%) Risk Assessment
5 7 (36.84%) Computer Science
5 7 (36.84%) High Availability
5 7 (36.84%) Line Management
5 7 (36.84%) Project Delivery
5 7 (36.84%) Software Engineering
5 7 (36.84%) Web Operations
6 5 (26.32%) Analytics
6 5 (26.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (5.26%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (89.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (36.84%) AWS Certification
2 7 (36.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 7 (36.84%) Computer Science Degree
2 7 (36.84%) Degree
3 6 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 1 (5.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
1 11 (57.89%) vSphere
2 9 (47.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (57.89%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (57.89%) VMware
3 7 (36.84%) Google