Azure Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Microsoft Azure Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in Manchester is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 86 98
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 +29
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 4 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.36% 0.084% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.089% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £405 - £319
25th Percentile £434 £413 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £431
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -1.45% -17.86%
75th Percentile £539 £438 £495
90th Percentile £564 - £528
North West median daily rate £500 £400 £481
% change year-on-year +25.00% -16.88% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,018 1,118 1,521
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.38% 93.87% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 645 1,114
10th Percentile £303 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £580 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £675 £671
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 42 66
10th Percentile £16.44 £15.91 £15.21
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.20
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £31.40 £48.44 £46.88
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.63
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £30.50 £33.54
% change year-on-year -2.95% -9.06% +67.70%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Azure Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Developer in Manchester

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, Azure Developer 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 Manchester region featuring Azure Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) Virgin Media
3 2 (50.00%) Microservices
3 2 (50.00%) Spring
3 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
4 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (25.00%) Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (25.00%) ETL
4 1 (25.00%) ETL Development
4 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (25.00%) Node.js
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 1 (25.00%) Power BI
4 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Schema
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (25.00%) Visualisation

Azure Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Snowflake Schema
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (25.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (25.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) ETL
2 1 (25.00%) ETL Development
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Virgin Media