The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
15
14
12
Rank change year-on-year
-1
-2
-2
Contract jobs citing Azure
1
4
14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in 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.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills
22
23
45
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire
32.84%
21.90%
31.03%
Number of daily rates quoted
7
20
33
10th Percentile
£390
£296
-
25th Percentile
-
£325
£160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£400
£363
£325
Median % change year-on-year
+10.34%
+11.54%
-7.14%
75th Percentile
£544
£428
£500
90th Percentile
£560
£526
£625
West Midlands median daily rate
£500
£457
£500
% change year-on-year
+9.53%
-8.75%
+2.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted
6
0
0
10th Percentile
£16.51
-
-
25th Percentile
£16.81
-
-
Median hourly rate
£18.00
-
-
75th Percentile
£19.93
-
-
90th Percentile
£20.24
-
-
West Midlands median hourly rate
£18.07
£26.00
£20.24
% change year-on-year
-30.52%
+28.46%
+15.66%
Azure Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
Azure Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Staffordshire.
Azure Top 8 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Azure also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region with a requirement for Azure.
Azure Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:
