Azure AKS Contract Job Trends in the North East
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
England > North East
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East citing Azure AKS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 80 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure AKS | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the North East | 0.48% | - | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 1.38% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £505 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | £513 | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £538 | £523 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.87% | -12.92% | +9.09% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
North East
Azure AKS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing cloud computing skills in the North East.
| 6 months to 13 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills | 289 | 150 | 95 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East | 34.99% | 42.61% | 32.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 200 | 99 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £285 | £249 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £400 | £354 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £425 | £475 | £452 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.53% | +5.09% | +13.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £575 | £586 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £700 | £625 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £535 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.54% | +1.90% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 27 | 4 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | £48.00 | £38.55 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £62.50 | £42.38 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £50.25 | £46.18 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +39.30% | +8.81% | +42.09% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £54.06 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | £54.63 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £35.00 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +39.17% | -28.14% | +9.38% |
Azure AKS Job Vacancy Trend in the North East
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure AKS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.
Azure AKS Daily Rate Trend in the North East
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure AKS.
Azure AKS Contract Job Locations in the North East
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure AKS within the North East region over the 6 months to 13 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyne and Wear | - | 3 | £500 | - | 3 |
| Durham | - | 1 | £513 | - | |
| Azure AKS England |
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Azure AKS Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 4 |
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 4 |
| 3 | Amazon CloudWatch | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Amazon EKS | 75.0% | 3 |
| 3 | Azure Monitor | 75.0% | 3 |
| 6 | Azure DevOps | 25.0% | 1 |