Microsoft Azure
England > North West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 5 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 12 | 7 | 3 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -5 | -4 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 228 | 326 | 545 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West | 10.84% | 11.80% | 17.74% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 33.53% | 36.67% | 47.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 167 | 256 | 418 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £350 | £363 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £419 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £500 |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £594 | £570 |
| 90th Percentile | £666 | £675 | £650 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -2.27% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £67.63 | £17.58 | £16.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £67.81 | £19.56 | £19.06 |
| Median hourly rate | £71.25 | £24.25 | £43.34 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +193.81% | -44.05% | +131.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.31 | £29.06 | £66.81 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.88 | £31.13 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £45.00 | £42.34 | £60.35 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.28% | -29.84% | +26.03% |
All Cloud Skills
North West
Azure 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 | 680 | 889 | 1,136 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West | 32.33% | 32.18% | 36.98% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 516 | 628 | 851 |
| 10th Percentile | £313 | £284 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £392 | £388 | £410 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £457 | £475 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.74% | -5.00% | -1.96% |
| 75th Percentile | £548 | £575 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £656 |
| England median daily rate | £515 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 60 | 38 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.82 | £15.25 | £15.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.33 | - | £16.34 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.75 | £16.06 | £22.47 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +79.02% | -28.53% | -12.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £47.12 | £26.50 | £42.44 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £71.54 | £63.83 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £22.00 | £33.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.32% | -33.33% | +54.48% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North West.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North West over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North West.
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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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 5 July 2025. 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 |
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| Manchester | -5 | 118 | £525 | +5.00% | 794 |
| Cheshire | -14 | 49 | £475 | -2.86% | 183 |
| Merseyside | +10 | 22 | £425 | - | 146 |
| Lancashire | +1 | 16 | £475 | -27.47% | 270 |
| Cumbria | +19 | 13 | £525 | -0.57% | 12 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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