Azure Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Microsoft Azure
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
10 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 16 7
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 128 50 76
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 13.88% 9.07% 11.29%
As % of the Cloud Services category 45.39% 34.25% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 37 59
10th Percentile £310 £106 £350
25th Percentile £405 £263 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £615 £538 £584
90th Percentile £688 £605 £651
West Midlands median daily rate £493 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.19% - +5.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Birmingham

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 282 146 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.59% 26.50% 33.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 101 180
10th Percentile £306 £224 £250
25th Percentile £394 £331 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £490
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -8.21% +3.21%
75th Percentile £594 £500 £603
90th Percentile £688 £618 £726
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile - £38.09 £17.05
25th Percentile £65.00 £41.22 £18.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.38 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.76% +110.56% +3.45%
75th Percentile £75.00 £54.47 £39.38
90th Percentile - £58.16 £48.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £34.43 £26.69
% change year-on-year -1.28% +29.01% +40.46%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Azure job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Birmingham over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Birmingham

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Azure

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (14.06%) SharePoint
2 17 (13.28%) Confluence
3 6 (4.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.56%) Apache
4 2 (1.56%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.56%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.78%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 46 (35.94%) AWS
2 31 (24.22%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (15.63%) Entra ID
4 17 (13.28%) GCP
4 17 (13.28%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (12.50%) Power Platform
6 13 (10.16%) GitHub
6 13 (10.16%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (8.59%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (7.81%) OneDrive
9 6 (4.69%) SaaS
10 5 (3.91%) Amazon S3
10 5 (3.91%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (3.91%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (3.13%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (3.13%) Azure AKS
11 4 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 4 (3.13%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.81%) VPN
2 9 (7.03%) DHCP
2 9 (7.03%) DNS
3 8 (6.25%) Firewall
4 4 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 4 (3.13%) WAN
5 3 (2.34%) BGP
5 3 (2.34%) BIG-IP
5 3 (2.34%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (2.34%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (2.34%) OSPF
5 3 (2.34%) SAN
5 3 (2.34%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.34%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.34%) WLAN
6 2 (1.56%) NAS
6 2 (1.56%) Network Security
6 2 (1.56%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.56%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (14.06%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (10.94%) Power BI
3 12 (9.38%) SQL Server
4 8 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.13%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.13%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.34%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.34%) DataStage
6 3 (2.34%) Relational Database
6 3 (2.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.56%) GIS
7 2 (1.56%) Looker
7 2 (1.56%) Metadata
7 2 (1.56%) Tableau
8 1 (0.78%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.78%) PowerPivot
8 1 (0.78%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 23 (17.97%) Git
2 20 (15.63%) JIRA
3 16 (12.50%) Jenkins
3 16 (12.50%) JMeter
3 16 (12.50%) JUnit
4 14 (10.94%) Cucumber
4 14 (10.94%) Selenium
4 14 (10.94%) WebDriver
5 13 (10.16%) GitLab
6 2 (1.56%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (1.56%) DbUnit
6 2 (1.56%) jMock
6 2 (1.56%) Maven
6 2 (1.56%) Mockito
6 2 (1.56%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.56%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.78%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.78%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.78%) Postman
7 1 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 31 (24.22%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 14 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.47%) Banking
4 7 (5.47%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.69%) Finance
6 4 (3.13%) Legal
7 2 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.56%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.56%) Law
7 2 (1.56%) Military
7 2 (1.56%) Publishing
7 2 (1.56%) Retail
8 1 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.06%) Senior
2 15 (11.72%) Analyst
3 14 (10.94%) Azure Engineer
4 13 (10.16%) Data Engineer
5 10 (7.81%) Architect
5 10 (7.81%) Tester
6 8 (6.25%) Automation Tester
6 8 (6.25%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (6.25%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.25%) SharePoint Engineer
7 7 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.47%) Senior Automation Tester
7 7 (5.47%) Senior Tester
8 6 (4.69%) AWS Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) Lead
9 5 (3.91%) Developer
9 5 (3.91%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.91%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.50%) Spring
2 14 (10.94%) WireMock
3 9 (7.03%) REST
4 4 (3.13%) Node.js
5 3 (2.34%) .NET
5 3 (2.34%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (2.34%) RESTful
6 2 (1.56%) ActiveMQ
6 2 (1.56%) ADO
6 2 (1.56%) AngularJS
6 2 (1.56%) Bootstrap
6 2 (1.56%) Hibernate
6 2 (1.56%) JPA
6 2 (1.56%) PowerMock
6 2 (1.56%) React
6 2 (1.56%) SOAP
6 2 (1.56%) Spring Batch
6 2 (1.56%) Spring Integration
6 2 (1.56%) Web Services
6 2 (1.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.94%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (8.59%) Distributed Architecture
3 9 (7.03%) Cloud Native
3 9 (7.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (6.25%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.69%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.34%) Blog
7 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.34%) Distributed Applications
7 3 (2.34%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.56%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.78%) CMDB
9 1 (0.78%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.78%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.78%) PKI
9 1 (0.78%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.78%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.28%) Windows
2 7 (5.47%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.91%) Linux
3 5 (3.91%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.56%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.56%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (36.72%) DevOps
2 44 (34.38%) CI/CD
3 29 (22.66%) Agile
4 26 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (17.97%) Migration
7 22 (17.19%) Observability
7 22 (17.19%) Test Automation
8 21 (16.41%) Infrastructure as Code
9 19 (14.84%) Microservices
9 19 (14.84%) Test Strategy
9 19 (14.84%) Validation
10 17 (13.28%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (12.50%) TDD
12 15 (11.72%) Load Testing
13 14 (10.94%) Analytics
13 14 (10.94%) BDD
13 14 (10.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 13 (10.16%) Data Engineering
14 13 (10.16%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.53%) Python
2 23 (17.97%) SQL
3 8 (6.25%) Java
3 8 (6.25%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.47%) Bicep
5 5 (3.91%) C#
6 4 (3.13%) Bash
7 2 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.78%) Go
8 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.78%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.78%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.78%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 17 (13.28%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.13%) AWS Certification
4 3 (2.34%) CISSP
4 3 (2.34%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.56%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.56%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.56%) CCNP
5 2 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.56%) Degree
5 2 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.78%) CISM
6 1 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.78%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.69%) Data Quality
1 6 (4.69%) NIST
2 5 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.13%) QA
3 4 (3.13%) SLA
4 3 (2.34%) GDPR
4 3 (2.34%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.56%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.78%) GRC
6 1 (0.78%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.78%) NCSC
6 1 (0.78%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (15.63%) Docker
2 18 (14.06%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.56%) Postfix
5 2 (1.56%) vSphere
6 1 (0.78%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (17.97%) Terraform
2 21 (16.41%) Grafana
2 21 (16.41%) Kubernetes
3 19 (14.84%) Prometheus
4 15 (11.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.69%) Ansible
6 3 (2.34%) SCCM
6 3 (2.34%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.56%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.78%) Argo
8 1 (0.78%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.78%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.78%) Puppet
Vendors
1 51 (39.84%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.16%) ServiceNow
3 6 (4.69%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.13%) Cisco
4 4 (3.13%) Databricks
4 4 (3.13%) VMware
5 3 (2.34%) Arista
5 3 (2.34%) Aruba
5 3 (2.34%) Cognos
5 3 (2.34%) F5
5 3 (2.34%) IBM
5 3 (2.34%) Netezza
5 3 (2.34%) Remedy
5 3 (2.34%) Splunk
5 3 (2.34%) Veeam
6 2 (1.56%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.56%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.56%) Jaspersoft
6 2 (1.56%) Meraki
6 2 (1.56%) Sparx
110 Azure jobs in Birmingham