Azure API Management Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Microsoft Azure API Management (Azure APIM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Azure API Management skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 161 181
Rank change year-on-year -58 +20 -
Contract jobs citing Azure API Management 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.071% 0.031% 0.041%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.19% 0.088% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £433
25th Percentile £645 £488 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £691 £502 £556
Median % change year-on-year +37.79% -9.84% -
75th Percentile £725 £515 £648
90th Percentile £748 - £694
England median daily rate £488 £588 £620
% change year-on-year -17.02% -5.24% +3.33%

All Cloud Computing Skills
North of England

Azure API Management falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 2,072 1,132 1,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 36.65% 34.99% 30.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,466 827 1,088
10th Percentile £255 £261 £263
25th Percentile £399 £385 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.52%
75th Percentile £554 £575 £560
90th Percentile £638 £650 £645
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 30 85
10th Percentile £17.54 £12.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.88 £24.18 £16.06
Median hourly rate £57.75 £28.75 £17.29
Median % change year-on-year +100.87% +66.33% -64.93%
75th Percentile £73.38 £65.22 £26.50
90th Percentile £80.70 £96.83 £46.18
England median hourly rate £37.54 £26.81 £21.37
% change year-on-year +40.01% +25.47% -14.52%

Azure API Management
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Azure API Management job vacancy trend in the North of England

Azure API Management
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure API Management.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Azure API Management

Azure API Management
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure API Management within the North of England region over the 6 months to 18 March 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
North West -34 2 £737 +47.04% 1
Yorkshire - 2 £670 -
Azure API Management
England

Azure API Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (50.00%) SAP ERP
1 2 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Apigee
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (50.00%) GCP
2 2 (50.00%) Kong
2 2 (50.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) GIS
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) CRM Architect
2 2 (50.00%) CRM Solutions Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics 365 Solution Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Security Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) JWT
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (50.00%) OpenID
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) API Management
2 2 (50.00%) API Development
2 2 (50.00%) API Integration
2 2 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) DevSecOps
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Governance
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) SABSA
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Threat Modelling
2 2 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 2 (50.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) CISSP
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) GIAC
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ESRI
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) MuleSoft
1 2 (50.00%) SAP