Azure Specialist Contract Job Trends in the North West

Microsoft Azure Specialist
England > North West

As of 17 June 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Microsoft Azure Specialist daily rate in the North West.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 124 136
Rank change year-on-year -38 +12 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Specialist 1 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.029% 0.050% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.054% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £615
25th Percentile - - £619
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
75th Percentile - - £813
90th Percentile - - £895
England median daily rate £675 £625 £605
% change year-on-year +8.00% +3.31% +30.81%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 3,197 1,850 2,660
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 92.92% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,793 1,237 1,638
10th Percentile £304 £273 £268
25th Percentile £400 £375 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £484
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.98% -3.25%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £663 £669
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 325 121 314
10th Percentile £18.07 £13.00 £11.77
25th Percentile £25.38 £14.13 £15.00
Median hourly rate £45.56 £28.75 £32.95
Median % change year-on-year +58.45% -12.74% +16.26%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £48.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £81.00 £71.87
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
% change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -12.11%

Azure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Azure Specialist job vacancy trend in the North West

Azure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Specialist job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Specialist job vacancies in the North West

Azure Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Specialist within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Manchester - 1 - -
Azure Specialist
England

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 17 June 2026, Azure Specialist 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 North West region featuring Azure Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Argo
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) GitOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Argo
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform