Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in the North East

Microsoft Azure Certification
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 41 32
Rank change year-on-year -13 -9 -
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.46% 0.63% 1.04%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.29% 1.65% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £339 -
25th Percentile £463 £359 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £488 £459 £475
90th Percentile - £476 -
England median daily rate £550 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +9.09%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 155 121 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 35.80% 38.41% 32.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 75 38
10th Percentile £190 £313 £291
25th Percentile £364 £400 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £549 £613 £650
90th Percentile £600 £738 £720
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 13
10th Percentile £49.90 £16.88 £11.46
25th Percentile £51.25 £32.15 £13.99
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% +122.34% -63.88%
75th Percentile £60.00 - £46.18
90th Percentile £62.85 £47.21 £57.24
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £50.00
% change year-on-year -46.91% -5.26% +11.11%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in the North East

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
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 Certification within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 January 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
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tyne and Wear -12 2 £475 +15.15% 20
Azure Certification
England

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore