Azure Contracts in Birmingham

Microsoft Azure
West Midlands > Birmingham

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 5 1 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 103 184 233
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.57% 19.93% 17.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.76% 49.60% 51.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 140 185
10th Percentile £256 £349 £375
25th Percentile £350 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £531 £500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.25% +12.68%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £644 £700 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £511 £510
% change year-on-year +7.58% +0.25% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.46 - -
25th Percentile £28.71 - -
Median hourly rate £37.48 - -
75th Percentile £46.24 - -
90th Percentile £51.50 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £37.48 £17.72 £75.00
% change year-on-year +111.48% -76.37% -

All Cloud Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 207 371 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 27.27% 40.20% 33.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 268 354
10th Percentile £250 £313 £308
25th Percentile £350 £400 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +5.13% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £607
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £508 £488
% change year-on-year -6.40% +4.10% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £14.05 £15.54 £11.14
25th Percentile £18.49 £15.98 £11.78
Median hourly rate £26.00 £20.24 £12.86
Median % change year-on-year +28.46% +57.45% -28.58%
75th Percentile £33.63 £24.47 £13.93
90th Percentile £55.00 £25.31 £14.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.00 £17.72 £18.75
% change year-on-year +46.73% -5.49% +13.64%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Birmingham

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in Birmingham

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Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Birmingham

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Birmingham

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Birmingham

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (16.50%) SharePoint
2 16 (15.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.94%) IIS
3 2 (1.94%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.97%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (4.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.97%) Magento
2 1 (0.97%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 30 (29.13%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (20.39%) Power Platform
3 14 (13.59%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (11.65%) Serverless
5 11 (10.68%) AWS
5 11 (10.68%) Azure Functions
5 11 (10.68%) Entra ID
5 11 (10.68%) Power Automate
6 9 (8.74%) GCP
6 9 (8.74%) PowerApps
7 8 (7.77%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (7.77%) OneDrive
7 8 (7.77%) PaaS
8 6 (5.83%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (5.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 5 (4.85%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (3.88%) Apigee
11 3 (2.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (2.91%) IaaS
11 3 (2.91%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.77%) Firewall
1 8 (7.77%) LAN
1 8 (7.77%) WAN
2 7 (6.80%) VPN
3 6 (5.83%) Unified Communications
4 5 (4.85%) DNS
5 3 (2.91%) SAN
5 3 (2.91%) VLAN
5 3 (2.91%) VoIP
5 3 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.94%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (1.94%) iSCSI
6 2 (1.94%) NAS
6 2 (1.94%) Network Security
6 2 (1.94%) Wireless
7 1 (0.97%) DHCP
7 1 (0.97%) FTP
7 1 (0.97%) IPsec
7 1 (0.97%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.97%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (18.45%) SQL Server
2 18 (17.48%) Power BI
3 6 (5.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.94%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.94%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.94%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.94%) Tableau
6 1 (0.97%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.97%) Metadata
6 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.97%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (2.91%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Git
2 2 (1.94%) Hudson
2 2 (1.94%) Selenium
3 1 (0.97%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.97%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 26 (25.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.68%) Finance
3 10 (9.71%) Public Sector
4 4 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.91%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.91%) German Language
5 3 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (2.91%) Retail
6 2 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.94%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.97%) Banking
7 1 (0.97%) Electronics
7 1 (0.97%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.97%) Law
7 1 (0.97%) Legal
7 1 (0.97%) Local Government
7 1 (0.97%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.97%) Police
Job Titles
1 14 (13.59%) Architect
2 12 (11.65%) Analyst
2 12 (11.65%) Developer
3 11 (10.68%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 10 (9.71%) Administrator
4 10 (9.71%) Azure Architect
5 8 (7.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (7.77%) SharePoint Administrator
6 7 (6.80%) Azure Administrator
6 7 (6.80%) Azure Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Microsoft Engineer
6 7 (6.80%) Senior
7 6 (5.83%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.83%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
7 6 (5.83%) Test Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (4.85%) Test Manager
9 4 (3.88%) Lead
9 4 (3.88%) Project Manager
9 4 (3.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.83%) .NET
2 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (1.94%) .NET Core
3 2 (1.94%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.94%) GraphQL
3 2 (1.94%) JSON
3 2 (1.94%) LAMP
3 2 (1.94%) Middleware
3 2 (1.94%) OAuth
3 2 (1.94%) React
3 2 (1.94%) React Native
3 2 (1.94%) REST
3 2 (1.94%) SOAP
3 2 (1.94%) XML
4 1 (0.97%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.97%) Entity Framework
4 1 (0.97%) LDAP
4 1 (0.97%) Node.js
4 1 (0.97%) Spring
4 1 (0.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.83%) Digital Signage
1 6 (5.83%) PKI
2 5 (4.85%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.88%) Clustering
3 4 (3.88%) Replication
4 3 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.91%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.94%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.94%) NHS
5 2 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.97%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 1 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.97%) Housing Association
6 1 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.97%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.97%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.97%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (28.16%) Windows
2 16 (15.53%) Windows Server
3 13 (12.62%) Windows Server 2019
4 8 (7.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (6.80%) Linux
6 4 (3.88%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.91%) Mac OS
7 3 (2.91%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.94%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.94%) VMS
9 1 (0.97%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.97%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (25.24%) DevOps
2 20 (19.42%) Agile
3 17 (16.50%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (16.50%) ITIL
4 11 (10.68%) Migration
5 10 (9.71%) CRM
5 10 (9.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 9 (8.74%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (8.74%) Runbook
6 9 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (7.77%) Analytics
7 8 (7.77%) Proactive Management
7 8 (7.77%) Scrum
7 8 (7.77%) Test Strategy
7 8 (7.77%) Waterfall
7 8 (7.77%) Web SSO
8 7 (6.80%) Customer Service
8 7 (6.80%) Data Science
8 7 (6.80%) Project Management
9 6 (5.83%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 26 (25.24%) PowerShell
2 16 (15.53%) SQL
3 5 (4.85%) C#
4 3 (2.91%) Python
5 2 (1.94%) Java
6 1 (0.97%) Bicep
6 1 (0.97%) PHP
6 1 (0.97%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.97%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.97%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.97%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 10 (9.71%) Degree
2 6 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.85%) Azure Certification
3 5 (4.85%) ISTQB
3 5 (4.85%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (2.91%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.94%) PMP
7 1 (0.97%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.97%) ISEB
7 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.80%) QA
2 2 (1.94%) SLA
3 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.97%) NIST
3 1 (0.97%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (18.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (5.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.85%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.94%) vSphere
6 1 (0.97%) Docker
6 1 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (18.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 15 (14.56%) Single Sign-On
3 14 (13.59%) SCCM
4 5 (4.85%) SysTrack
5 3 (2.91%) Autotask
5 3 (2.91%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (2.91%) HP ALM
5 3 (2.91%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (1.94%) Kubernetes
6 2 (1.94%) SCOM
6 2 (1.94%) Terraform
7 1 (0.97%) Ansible
7 1 (0.97%) Packer
7 1 (0.97%) PowerCLI
7 1 (0.97%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 40 (38.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.71%) VMware
3 6 (5.83%) Citrix
3 6 (5.83%) Oracle
4 5 (4.85%) New Relic
4 5 (4.85%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.91%) Apple
5 3 (2.91%) Databricks
5 3 (2.91%) Datto
5 3 (2.91%) HP
5 3 (2.91%) SAP
5 3 (2.91%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.94%) Aruba
6 2 (1.94%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.94%) ProCurve
6 2 (1.94%) Synology
6 2 (1.94%) Veeam
6 2 (1.94%) Zerto
7 1 (0.97%) Jitterbit
7 1 (0.97%) SnapLogic