Azure Data Architect Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Data Architect - Azure
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Data Architect - Azure daily rate in Birmingham is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Data Architect 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £568 - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile £633 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £600 - £775
% change year-on-year - - +3.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Birmingham with a recognized job title 649 653 684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 94.64% 93.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 428 448 466
10th Percentile £213 £190 £256
25th Percentile £363 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £461
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +8.40% -2.89%
75th Percentile £575 £613 £588
90th Percentile £638 £731 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 15 20
10th Percentile £12.62 £17.33 £14.05
25th Percentile £13.09 £23.78 £15.41
Median hourly rate £17.85 £30.45 £43.02
Median % change year-on-year -41.40% -29.22% +126.42%
75th Percentile £25.00 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £32.63 £56.45 £67.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
% change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%

Azure Data Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Data Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Azure Data Architect job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Azure Data Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Data Architect job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Data Architect job vacancies in Birmingham

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Azure Data Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Azure Data Architect in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Hub
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Databricks
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) GDPR
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform

Azure Data Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Business Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Databricks
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft