Azure Contract Job Trends in Stockport

Microsoft Azure
Manchester > Stockport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stockport requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure 1 5 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 9.09% 45.45% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.33% 83.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
Manchester median daily rate £460 £500 £493
% change year-on-year -8.00% +1.52% -6.19%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 27.27% 54.55% 19.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £172 - £289
25th Percentile £202 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £253 £400 £356
Median % change year-on-year -36.88% +12.28% +1.79%
75th Percentile £302 - £453
90th Percentile £331 £450 £526
Manchester median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -2.44%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport.

Azure job vacancy trend in Stockport

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing Azure

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Veeam