Azure Contract Job Trends in Sunderland
Microsoft Azure
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Sunderland requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 4 | 2 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -2 | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Sunderland | 23.33% | 16.67% | - |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 70.00% | 50.00% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £419 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £428 | £525 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £550 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.91% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £503 | £575 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £516 | - | - |
| Tyne and Wear median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £395 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.58% | -24.76% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
Sunderland
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 Sunderland.
| 6 months to 18 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sunderland | 33.33% | 33.33% | 5.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £221 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £272 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £373 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.38% | -25.50% | +53.85% |
| 75th Percentile | £438 | £482 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £490 | £538 | - |
| Tyne and Wear median daily rate | £425 | £500 | £440 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.00% | +13.64% | +8.64% |
Azure Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sunderland.
Azure Daily Rate Trend in Sunderland
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sunderland citing Azure.
Azure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sunderland 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 | Entra ID | 85.7% | 6 |
| 2 | Azure Monitor | 57.1% | 4 |
| 2 | IaaS | 57.1% | 4 |
| 2 | PaaS | 57.1% | 4 |
| 5 | Amazon EC2 | 14.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Amazon S3 | 14.3% | 1 |
| 5 | AWS | 14.3% | 1 |
| 5 | AWS Direct Connect | 14.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Route 53 | 14.3% | 1 |
| 5 | Virtual Private Cloud | 14.3% | 1 |