Azure Contract Job Trends in Stoke-on-Trent

Microsoft Azure
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent requiring Azure skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing Azure 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 8.33% - 4.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 100.00% - 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £435
25th Percentile £863 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +17.33%
75th Percentile £888 - £588
90th Percentile - - £595
Staffordshire median daily rate £450 £313 £438
% change year-on-year +44.00% -28.57% -4.16%

All Cloud Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1 4 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 8.33% 11.76% 25.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 10
10th Percentile - - £406
25th Percentile £863 £313 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £325 £575
Median % change year-on-year +169.23% -43.48% +121.15%
75th Percentile £888 £338 £625
90th Percentile - - £653
Staffordshire median daily rate £450 £388 £425
% change year-on-year +16.13% -8.82% +16.44%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Stoke-on-Trent

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stoke-on-Trent citing Azure

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Strategy