Azure Contracts in Manchester

Microsoft Azure
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 1 5
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 200 354 397
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 13.85% 19.80% 15.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 37.52% 47.90% 39.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 166 279 322
10th Percentile £350 £375 £284
25th Percentile £413 £456 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% +4.12%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £618
90th Percentile £650 £650 £674
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 4
10th Percentile - £20.00 £21.50
25th Percentile - £57.50 £23.75
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £38.75
Median % change year-on-year - +80.65% -42.59%
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £17.50 £55.84 £22.50
% change year-on-year -68.66% +148.18% -66.34%

All Cloud Skills
Manchester

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 533 739 1,015
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 36.91% 41.33% 38.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 420 563 817
10th Percentile £313 £325 £275
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +12.90%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £613
90th Percentile £650 £650 £673
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 17 26
10th Percentile £22.90 £15.89 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.50 £18.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £67.00 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.43% +27.27% +71.88%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £74.10 - £81.00
North West median hourly rate £16.06 £24.87 £26.40
% change year-on-year -35.41% -5.80% +44.63%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Manchester

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Manchester

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Manchester

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Manchester

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wigan 0 6 £400 - 3
Oldham - 3 £450 - 1
Bolton -4 2 £525 - 4
Bury - 1 £325 - 3
Cheadle - 1 £400 -
Azure
North West

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (5.50%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.50%) Confluence
4 3 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.00%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.00%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.00%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.50%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (4.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 52 (26.00%) AWS
2 36 (18.00%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (13.50%) Power Platform
4 26 (13.00%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (9.50%) GCP
6 15 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
7 14 (7.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 13 (6.50%) Entra ID
9 11 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (5.50%) SaaS
10 9 (4.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 8 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (3.50%) IaaS
12 7 (3.50%) PaaS
13 6 (3.00%) Mimecast
13 6 (3.00%) Serverless
14 4 (2.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (2.00%) Azure Stack
14 4 (2.00%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (2.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.50%) WAN
2 10 (5.00%) LAN
2 10 (5.00%) VPN
3 9 (4.50%) Firewall
4 8 (4.00%) OSPF
5 7 (3.50%) DNS
5 7 (3.50%) Ethernet
5 7 (3.50%) Wireless
5 7 (3.50%) Wireless Security
6 6 (3.00%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.50%) Network Security
8 4 (2.00%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.50%) SAN
9 3 (1.50%) VLAN
9 3 (1.50%) VoIP
10 2 (1.00%) NAS
11 1 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.50%) HTTP
11 1 (0.50%) SNMP
11 1 (0.50%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (13.00%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (10.00%) Power BI
3 15 (7.50%) Data Lake
4 12 (6.00%) Azure SQL Database
4 12 (6.00%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.00%) Snowflake Schema
6 7 (3.50%) MySQL
7 4 (2.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.50%) GIS
8 3 (1.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 3 (1.50%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.50%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (1.50%) Star Schema
9 2 (1.00%) Big Data
9 2 (1.00%) Hadoop
9 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.00%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (3.50%) GitLab
2 6 (3.00%) Hudson
2 6 (3.00%) JIRA
3 5 (2.50%) Git
4 4 (2.00%) Bitbucket
5 3 (1.50%) Octopus Deploy
5 3 (1.50%) Selenium
5 3 (1.50%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.00%) AdminStudio
6 2 (1.00%) ER Studio
6 2 (1.00%) InstallShield
6 2 (1.00%) MSI
7 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.50%) JMeter
7 1 (0.50%) Maven
7 1 (0.50%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.50%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 39 (19.50%) Social Skills
2 15 (7.50%) Public Sector
3 14 (7.00%) Finance
4 10 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.50%) Banking
5 5 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (2.50%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.00%) Legal
7 3 (1.50%) Law
7 3 (1.50%) Retail
8 2 (1.00%) German Language
8 2 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.50%) Advertising
9 1 (0.50%) Automotive
9 1 (0.50%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 39 (19.50%) Architect
2 27 (13.50%) Developer
3 24 (12.00%) DevOps Engineer
4 22 (11.00%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (9.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (9.00%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (8.50%) Senior
8 16 (8.00%) Analyst
9 14 (7.00%) Lead
10 11 (5.50%) Azure Architect
11 10 (5.00%) Network Engineer
12 9 (4.50%) Data Architect
12 9 (4.50%) Data Engineer
13 8 (4.00%) .NET Developer
13 8 (4.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 7 (3.50%) Software Engineer
15 6 (3.00%) Consultant
15 6 (3.00%) Support Engineer
16 5 (2.50%) Integration Developer
16 5 (2.50%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.00%) .NET
2 8 (4.00%) HTML
3 7 (3.50%) PySpark
4 6 (3.00%) .NET Framework
4 6 (3.00%) CSS
4 6 (3.00%) Entity Framework
4 6 (3.00%) JSON
4 6 (3.00%) REST
4 6 (3.00%) XML
5 5 (2.50%) Node.js
5 5 (2.50%) RESTful
5 5 (2.50%) SailPoint
6 4 (2.00%) ARM Templates
6 4 (2.00%) SOAP
7 3 (1.50%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.50%) pytest
7 3 (1.50%) React
7 3 (1.50%) Spring
8 2 (1.00%) Lambda Expressions
8 2 (1.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.50%) Product Ownership
2 5 (2.50%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.00%) Clustering
3 4 (2.00%) Data Structures
3 4 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
3 4 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.00%) Reference Data
3 4 (2.00%) Security Posture
3 4 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.50%) Cloud Native
4 3 (1.50%) Driving Licence
4 3 (1.50%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.00%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.00%) Cyberattack
5 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.00%) Insider Threat
5 2 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.00%) PKI
6 1 (0.50%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 23 (11.50%) Linux
2 21 (10.50%) Windows
3 8 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 7 (3.50%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.50%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.00%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.50%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.50%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.00%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.50%) Unix
9 1 (0.50%) VMS
9 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.50%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (32.50%) DevOps
2 52 (26.00%) Agile
3 30 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (14.50%) CI/CD
4 29 (14.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 29 (14.50%) Migration
5 26 (13.00%) Analytics
6 20 (10.00%) Data Management
7 19 (9.50%) ETL
8 18 (9.00%) Architectural Patterns
9 16 (8.00%) Data Modelling
9 16 (8.00%) Project Delivery
10 15 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (7.50%) Infrastructure as Code
11 13 (6.50%) Data Architecture
11 13 (6.50%) Microservices
11 13 (6.50%) Software Engineering
12 12 (6.00%) Cybersecurity
13 11 (5.50%) Computer Science
13 11 (5.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.50%) SQL
2 26 (13.00%) PowerShell
2 26 (13.00%) Python
3 18 (9.00%) C#
4 13 (6.50%) JavaScript
5 10 (5.00%) Java
6 8 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
7 5 (2.50%) PHP
8 4 (2.00%) C
8 4 (2.00%) Go
8 4 (2.00%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.50%) Bash
9 3 (1.50%) Bicep
10 2 (1.00%) VB
11 1 (0.50%) C++
11 1 (0.50%) Fortran
11 1 (0.50%) Perl
11 1 (0.50%) Ruby
11 1 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 19 (9.50%) Security Cleared
2 18 (9.00%) SC Cleared
3 17 (8.50%) Degree
4 10 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.50%) CCNA
5 9 (4.50%) CISSP
5 9 (4.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.00%) CISM
6 8 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 7 (3.50%) Azure Certification
8 3 (1.50%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.00%) CCNP
9 2 (1.00%) MCITP
10 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.50%) CCIE
10 1 (0.50%) GIAC
10 1 (0.50%) MCSE
10 1 (0.50%) MCTS
10 1 (0.50%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.00%) QA
2 11 (5.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.50%) Data Quality
4 5 (2.50%) NIST
5 4 (2.00%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.50%) GDPR
7 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.50%) GRC
8 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.50%) SLA
8 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 30 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (6.00%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.50%) Docker
4 5 (2.50%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.50%) NFS
Systems Management
1 29 (14.50%) Terraform
2 19 (9.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (3.50%) Ansible
3 7 (3.50%) Kubernetes
4 6 (3.00%) SCCM
5 4 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
6 3 (1.50%) Autotask
6 3 (1.50%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.50%) Grafana
6 3 (1.50%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 70 (35.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.50%) VMware
3 15 (7.50%) Databricks
4 9 (4.50%) Oracle
5 8 (4.00%) Sophos
6 6 (3.00%) Cisco
6 6 (3.00%) Google
7 5 (2.50%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.00%) Atlassian
8 4 (2.00%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.50%) Apple
9 3 (1.50%) Datto
9 3 (1.50%) Rapid7
10 2 (1.00%) Darktrace
10 2 (1.00%) IDERA
10 2 (1.00%) Mapbox
10 2 (1.00%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.00%) Splunk
10 2 (1.00%) Tufin
10 2 (1.00%) Zscaler