Azure Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire
Microsoft Azure
West Midlands > Staffordshire
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 13 | 11 | 16 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | +5 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 15 | 4 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire | 7.77% | 6.67% | 2.42% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 38.46% | 33.33% | 8.82% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | £200 | £268 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £340 | £331 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £450 | £313 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.56% | +44.00% | -26.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £488 | £675 | £344 |
| 90th Percentile | £624 | £803 | £359 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £481 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -12.64% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 39 | 12 | 34 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire | 20.21% | 20.00% | 27.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 6 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £183 | £205 | £235 |
| 25th Percentile | £210 | £221 | £306 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £469 | £350 | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +33.93% | -17.65% | +3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £703 | £459 | £456 |
| 90th Percentile | £850 | £675 | £540 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £520 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.65% | +4.00% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £34.04 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £34.20 |
| Median hourly rate | - | - | £34.47 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £34.73 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £34.89 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £21.50 | £30.00 | £33.74 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.33% | -11.07% | +82.35% |
Azure Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Azure Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Azure.
Azure Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Azure Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke-on-Trent | -2 | 3 | £590 | -32.57% | 8 |
| Uttoxeter | - | 3 | £200 | - | |
| Azure West Midlands |
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Azure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 53.3% | 8 |
| 2 | Microsoft 365 | 46.7% | 7 |
| 3 | Entra ID | 13.3% | 2 |
| 3 | GCP | 13.3% | 2 |
| 5 | Azure DevOps | 6.7% | 1 |
| 5 | Boomi | 6.7% | 1 |
| 5 | OCI | 6.7% | 1 |
| 5 | Smartsheet | 6.7% | 1 |