Azure Contracts in the North West

Microsoft Azure
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 0 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 280 552 590
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.49% 17.93% 14.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.56% 47.88% 41.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 418 474
10th Percentile £350 £362 £275
25th Percentile £413 £428 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £497 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £611
90th Percentile £664 £650 £675
England median daily rate £545 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.11% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 13 8
10th Percentile £16.40 £16.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.63 £20.00 £16.81
Median hourly rate £18.00 £65.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.52% +191.11% -61.54%
75th Percentile £19.13 £70.00 £56.25
90th Percentile £19.20 - £57.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £61.85 £47.50
% change year-on-year -43.41% +30.21% -7.77%

All Cloud Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 860 1,153 1,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 32.22% 37.45% 34.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 621 850 1,080
10th Percentile £300 £313 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £596
90th Percentile £650 £651 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 34 56
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.86 £14.63
25th Percentile - £17.09 £16.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £31.25 £25.70
Median % change year-on-year -48.61% +21.61% +47.60%
75th Percentile £26.50 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £60.40 £70.00 £77.50
England median hourly rate £21.00 £34.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.24% +58.14% +2.14%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the North West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the North West

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the North West

Azure
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the North West region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Manchester -4 191 £500 - 235
Cheshire -9 49 £489 -11.09% 66
Lancashire +2 17 £650 +73.33% 33
Merseyside -14 10 £413 -17.50% 35
Cumbria -29 4 £522 +22.71% 4
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 17 (6.07%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (3.93%) Confluence
4 5 (1.79%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 2 (0.71%) Apache
5 2 (0.71%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.71%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.71%) CMS
6 1 (0.36%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.36%) JBoss
6 1 (0.36%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (2.86%) MS Visio
2 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.36%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (2.50%) Temenos T24
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.36%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 72 (25.71%) AWS
2 49 (17.50%) Azure DevOps
3 42 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (10.71%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.71%) Power Platform
5 27 (9.64%) GCP
6 21 (7.50%) Azure Data Factory
7 20 (7.14%) SaaS
8 16 (5.71%) Azure Sentinel
9 13 (4.64%) Dynamics 365
10 12 (4.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 10 (3.57%) Azure Logic Apps
11 10 (3.57%) IaaS
12 9 (3.21%) PaaS
12 9 (3.21%) Serverless
13 8 (2.86%) Azure Stack
13 8 (2.86%) Mimecast
14 6 (2.14%) Apigee
14 6 (2.14%) Kong
14 6 (2.14%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.43%) VPN
2 15 (5.36%) DNS
2 15 (5.36%) Firewall
3 13 (4.64%) OSPF
4 12 (4.29%) WAN
5 11 (3.93%) LAN
5 11 (3.93%) TCP/IP
6 10 (3.57%) VLAN
7 8 (2.86%) Wireless
8 7 (2.50%) Ethernet
8 7 (2.50%) Wireless Security
9 6 (2.14%) BGP
10 5 (1.79%) Network Security
10 5 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.43%) DHCP
11 4 (1.43%) MPLS
11 4 (1.43%) Value-Added Service
11 4 (1.43%) Wireshark
12 3 (1.07%) SAN
12 3 (1.07%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (10.71%) Data Warehouse
2 24 (8.57%) Power BI
3 22 (7.86%) SQL Server
4 16 (5.71%) Data Lake
5 12 (4.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (3.21%) MySQL
6 9 (3.21%) Snowflake Schema
7 7 (2.50%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.14%) OLAP
8 6 (2.14%) OLTP
9 5 (1.79%) Oracle OLAP
9 5 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 4 (1.43%) Big Data
10 4 (1.43%) GIS
10 4 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (1.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (1.07%) DB2
11 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Analysis Services
11 3 (1.07%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.07%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (6.79%) JIRA
2 10 (3.57%) Git
3 7 (2.50%) GitLab
4 6 (2.14%) Hudson
5 4 (1.43%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.43%) Selenium
6 3 (1.07%) Octopus Deploy
6 3 (1.07%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.71%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.36%) JMeter
8 1 (0.36%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.36%) Postman
8 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.36%) Zephyr
General
1 59 (21.07%) Social Skills
2 35 (12.50%) Finance
3 30 (10.71%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.07%) Banking
6 6 (2.14%) Manufacturing
7 5 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (1.79%) Law
7 5 (1.79%) Legal
7 5 (1.79%) Retail
8 2 (0.71%) Automotive
8 2 (0.71%) German Language
8 2 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.36%) Advertising
9 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.36%) Local Government
9 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.36%) Retail Finance
Job Titles
1 65 (23.21%) Architect
2 36 (12.86%) Developer
3 31 (11.07%) Azure Engineer
4 26 (9.29%) DevOps Engineer
5 25 (8.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 25 (8.93%) Solutions Architect
6 23 (8.21%) Senior
7 21 (7.50%) Analyst
8 19 (6.79%) Lead
9 17 (6.07%) Network Engineer
10 15 (5.36%) Azure Architect
11 13 (4.64%) Data Engineer
12 11 (3.93%) .NET Developer
12 11 (3.93%) Consultant
12 11 (3.93%) Data Architect
13 9 (3.21%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 9 (3.21%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 8 (2.86%) Azure Consultant
14 8 (2.86%) Security Architect
14 8 (2.86%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.64%) .NET
2 11 (3.93%) REST
3 10 (3.57%) SOAP
4 9 (3.21%) .NET Framework
4 9 (3.21%) Entity Framework
4 9 (3.21%) HTML
4 9 (3.21%) Spring
4 9 (3.21%) Web Services
5 8 (2.86%) .NET Core
5 8 (2.86%) JSON
5 8 (2.86%) Kafka
5 8 (2.86%) React
5 8 (2.86%) Spring Boot
6 7 (2.50%) CSS
6 7 (2.50%) IBM Integration Bus
6 7 (2.50%) XML
7 6 (2.14%) Apache Camel
7 6 (2.14%) J2EE
7 6 (2.14%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (2.14%) Spring Integration
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 11 (3.93%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (2.86%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.50%) Data Structures
5 6 (2.14%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.14%) DataPower
5 6 (2.14%) Reference Data
5 6 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.79%) PKI
6 5 (1.79%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.43%) Clustering
7 4 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.43%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.07%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.07%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.07%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.71%) NHS
9 2 (0.71%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 36 (12.86%) Windows
2 26 (9.29%) Linux
3 11 (3.93%) Windows 10
4 8 (2.86%) Apple iOS
4 8 (2.86%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.86%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.43%) Android
5 4 (1.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.43%) Unix
5 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.71%) Alpine Linux
6 2 (0.71%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.71%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.36%) VMS
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.36%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (32.50%) DevOps
2 70 (25.00%) Agile
3 41 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
4 39 (13.93%) Migration
5 37 (13.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 32 (11.43%) CI/CD
7 28 (10.00%) Analytics
8 27 (9.64%) Data Management
9 25 (8.93%) Microservices
10 22 (7.86%) ETL
11 21 (7.50%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (7.14%) Data Modelling
13 19 (6.79%) Architectural Patterns
13 19 (6.79%) Identity Access Management
14 18 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
15 17 (6.07%) Computer Science
15 17 (6.07%) Data Architecture
15 17 (6.07%) Project Delivery
15 17 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
16 16 (5.71%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 43 (15.36%) SQL
2 34 (12.14%) PowerShell
3 32 (11.43%) Python
4 26 (9.29%) C#
5 19 (6.79%) Java
6 14 (5.00%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.86%) Kusto Query Language
8 7 (2.50%) C
9 5 (1.79%) Go
9 5 (1.79%) PHP
9 5 (1.79%) TypeScript
10 4 (1.43%) Bash
10 4 (1.43%) Bicep
11 2 (0.71%) Ruby
11 2 (0.71%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.36%) C++
12 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.36%) Fortran
12 1 (0.36%) Rust
12 1 (0.36%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 32 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 27 (9.64%) Degree
4 18 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (3.21%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.21%) CCNA
6 9 (3.21%) CISSP
7 8 (2.86%) CISM
7 8 (2.86%) CompTIA Security+
8 6 (2.14%) CCNP
8 6 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.79%) CCIE
9 5 (1.79%) MCSE
10 4 (1.43%) VCAP
11 3 (1.07%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.07%) DV Cleared
12 2 (0.71%) MCITP
12 2 (0.71%) MCP
12 2 (0.71%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.36%) QA
2 12 (4.29%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.14%) NIST
4 4 (1.43%) GDPR
4 4 (1.43%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 15 (5.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (5.00%) Hyper-V
4 6 (2.14%) Docker
5 5 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) NFS
7 1 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 29 (10.36%) Terraform
2 23 (8.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 13 (4.64%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (3.21%) SCCM
5 8 (2.86%) Ansible
5 8 (2.86%) Kubernetes
6 4 (1.43%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.07%) Autotask
7 3 (1.07%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.07%) Grafana
7 3 (1.07%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.71%) CA Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.36%) Avamar
9 1 (0.36%) CFEngine
9 1 (0.36%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.36%) PowerBroker
9 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.36%) Puppet
Vendors
1 97 (34.64%) Microsoft
2 24 (8.57%) VMware
3 17 (6.07%) Oracle
4 16 (5.71%) Databricks
5 11 (3.93%) Sophos
6 10 (3.57%) Google
7 7 (2.50%) Cisco
7 7 (2.50%) IBM
7 7 (2.50%) SolarWinds
8 6 (2.14%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.14%) TSYS
9 5 (1.79%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.79%) Red Hat
9 5 (1.79%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.43%) CA
10 4 (1.43%) Cadence
10 4 (1.43%) LogicMonitor
11 3 (1.07%) Apple
11 3 (1.07%) Datto
11 3 (1.07%) Rapid7