Microsoft Azure Cognitive Search (formerly Azure Search)
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Azure Cognitive Search skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Cognitive Search over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 151 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | - | - | 0.032% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | - | 0.086% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £575 |
| England median daily rate | £425 | £600 | £570 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.17% | +5.26% | -15.56% |
All Cloud Skills
North West
Azure Cognitive Search 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 West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 627 | 855 | 1,165 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 32.12% | 31.90% | 37.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 485 | 618 | 861 |
| 10th Percentile | £238 | £284 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £393 | £388 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £480 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.04% | -4.00% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £638 | £655 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 12 | 65 | 32 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.23 | £13.00 | £16.19 |
| 25th Percentile | £26.88 | - | £18.31 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £16.06 | £37.30 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +79.02% | -56.94% | +97.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £50.66 | £26.50 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.88 | £60.40 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.50 | £21.00 | £32.30 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.43% | -34.98% | +50.93% |
Azure Cognitive Search
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Azure Cognitive Search as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
Azure Cognitive Search
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Cognitive Search in the North West.