Azure Architect Contract Job Trends in Preston

Microsoft Azure Architect
Lancashire > Preston

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in Preston is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 1.80% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £519 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 - -
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile £519 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £519 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 96 64 53
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.49% 95.52% 71.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 39 31
10th Percentile £309 £318 £241
25th Percentile £563 £419 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -8.70% +31.43%
75th Percentile £950 £630 £639
90th Percentile - £663 £775
Lancashire median daily rate £600 £525 £475
% change year-on-year +14.19% +10.53% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 12 14
10th Percentile £31.07 - £11.77
25th Percentile £37.25 £26.88 £14.74
Median hourly rate £52.09 £34.67 £34.13
Median % change year-on-year +50.25% +1.60% -15.93%
75th Percentile £71.50 £52.88 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.22 £47.45
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.56 £28.75 £40.33
% change year-on-year +58.45% -28.70% -2.53%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Azure Architect job vacancy trend in Preston

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Preston.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Preston

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 29 June 2026, Azure Architect 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 Preston region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) Bicep
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub
2 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (50.00%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 2 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Zero Trust
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Key Management
2 1 (50.00%) Log Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Network Virtualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Observability
2 1 (50.00%) RBAC
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) SABSA
2 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft