Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Microsoft Azure Certification
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 37 26
Rank change year-on-year -12 -11 -
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 2 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.51% 0.88% 1.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.43% 2.20% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile - £339 -
25th Percentile £463 £359 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £488 £459 £475
90th Percentile - £476 -
North East median daily rate £475 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +15.15% -8.33% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Tyne and Wear

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 140 91 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 35.62% 39.91% 39.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 62 36
10th Percentile £174 £313 £261
25th Percentile £364 £363 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £508 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.84% -7.68% -4.35%
75th Percentile £525 £612 £668
90th Percentile £595 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 6
10th Percentile £49.23 - £12.15
25th Percentile £51.25 £46.25 £13.47
Median hourly rate £55.00 £47.50 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +239.53% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £48.75 £48.50
90th Percentile - - £60.00
North East median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £20.77
% change year-on-year +19.10% +122.34% -63.88%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Azure Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 2 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (100.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) API Integration
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Sitecore