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 3 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 96 87 127
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 11.84% 13.83% 16.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.29% 37.66% 54.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 74 90
10th Percentile £388 £366 £350
25th Percentile £419 £425 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £469
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% -10.71%
75th Percentile £612 £594 £634
90th Percentile £653 £638 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £540 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +3.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £23.46
25th Percentile £75.75 - £28.71
Median hourly rate £76.50 £60.00 £37.48
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% +60.11% -
75th Percentile £77.25 - £46.24
90th Percentile - - £51.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £76.50 £46.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year +65.41% +150.00% +4.40%

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 272 231 232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.54% 36.72% 30.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 177 166
10th Percentile £308 £200 £269
25th Percentile £413 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £594 £613 £580
90th Percentile £675 £700 £684
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 6
10th Percentile £23.40 - £16.92
25th Percentile £28.13 - £21.34
Median hourly rate £36.00 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +130.77% +67.85%
75th Percentile £56.63 - £26.50
90th Percentile £69.00 - £40.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.21 £20.24 £19.23
% change year-on-year +34.44% +5.28% +17.51%

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 3 February 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 8 (8.33%) Confluence
2 6 (6.25%) nginx
3 3 (3.13%) Apache
3 3 (3.13%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (2.08%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.04%) CMS
5 1 (1.04%) IIS
5 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.04%) OpenStack
5 1 (1.04%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.04%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (6.25%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.04%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (4.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.08%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (2.08%) NEC Housing
3 1 (1.04%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 32 (33.33%) AWS
2 18 (18.75%) Power Platform
3 17 (17.71%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (13.54%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 9 (9.38%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (9.38%) SaaS
8 8 (8.33%) Azure API Management
8 8 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (7.29%) Amazon ECS
9 7 (7.29%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (7.29%) Azure Sentinel
9 7 (7.29%) Entra ID
9 7 (7.29%) GitHub
10 6 (6.25%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (6.25%) Amazon ELB
10 6 (6.25%) Amazon S3
10 6 (6.25%) Route 53
10 6 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (19.79%) Firewall
2 8 (8.33%) DNS
2 8 (8.33%) VPN
3 6 (6.25%) FTP
3 6 (6.25%) HTTP
3 6 (6.25%) IMAP
3 6 (6.25%) Network Security
3 6 (6.25%) OpenLDAP
3 6 (6.25%) SMTP
3 6 (6.25%) SSH
4 2 (2.08%) DHCP
5 1 (1.04%) LAN
5 1 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.04%) SD-WAN
5 1 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (14.58%) Power BI
2 10 (10.42%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (6.25%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (6.25%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (4.17%) Data Mining
6 3 (3.13%) NoSQL
6 3 (3.13%) Power Query
7 2 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.08%) Data Lake
7 2 (2.08%) Hadoop
7 2 (2.08%) SQL Server
7 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (2.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (1.04%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.04%) Data Hub
8 1 (1.04%) MongoDB
8 1 (1.04%) MySQL
8 1 (1.04%) Relational Database
8 1 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 15 (15.63%) Git
2 11 (11.46%) Jenkins
2 11 (11.46%) JIRA
3 6 (6.25%) Vagrant
4 2 (2.08%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.04%) Cypress.io
5 1 (1.04%) GitLab
5 1 (1.04%) JMeter
5 1 (1.04%) Selenium
5 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (40.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 13 (13.54%) Finance
4 6 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (5.21%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.13%) Banking
7 2 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.08%) Law
7 2 (2.08%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.08%) Military
7 2 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.08%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.04%) Back Office
8 1 (1.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (20.83%) Architect
2 13 (13.54%) DevOps Engineer
3 11 (11.46%) Developer
4 10 (10.42%) Senior
5 9 (9.38%) Data Engineer
5 9 (9.38%) Enterprise Architect
6 8 (8.33%) Azure Architect
7 7 (7.29%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Analyst
8 6 (6.25%) AWS Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) AWS Platform Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Cloud Platform Engineer
8 6 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (5.21%) AWS DevOps
9 5 (5.21%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 5 (5.21%) Business Architect
9 5 (5.21%) DevOps Platform Engineer
9 5 (5.21%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 5 (5.21%) Project Manager
10 4 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.29%) .NET
2 6 (6.25%) LDAP
3 4 (4.17%) RESTful
4 3 (3.13%) Middleware
4 3 (3.13%) PyTorch
4 3 (3.13%) REST
5 2 (2.08%) .NET Core
5 2 (2.08%) Apache NiFi
5 2 (2.08%) PySpark
5 2 (2.08%) React
5 2 (2.08%) YAML
6 1 (1.04%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.04%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.04%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.04%) Kafka
6 1 (1.04%) Laravel
6 1 (1.04%) OAuth
6 1 (1.04%) OpenCV
6 1 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.04%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.33%) Replication
2 7 (7.29%) Security Posture
3 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.21%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.08%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.04%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.04%) IoT
7 1 (1.04%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.04%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (1.04%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.88%) Windows
2 10 (10.42%) Linux
3 7 (7.29%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.25%) Amazon Linux
4 6 (6.25%) Ubuntu
4 6 (6.25%) VMS
5 3 (3.13%) Windows 10
6 2 (2.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.04%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (35.42%) DevOps
2 30 (31.25%) CI/CD
3 24 (25.00%) Analytics
4 19 (19.79%) Agile
5 16 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 13 (13.54%) Cloud Security
7 12 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (10.42%) Change Management
9 9 (9.38%) API Management
9 9 (9.38%) Containerisation
9 9 (9.38%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (9.38%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (8.33%) AI
10 8 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (7.29%) Business Analysis
11 7 (7.29%) Configuration Management
11 7 (7.29%) CRM
11 7 (7.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (23.96%) SQL
2 22 (22.92%) Python
3 12 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 8 (8.33%) C#
5 7 (7.29%) Groovy
5 7 (7.29%) JavaScript
6 4 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 4 (4.17%) Java
7 3 (3.13%) R
7 3 (3.13%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.08%) Bash
8 2 (2.08%) Bicep
8 2 (2.08%) Go
8 2 (2.08%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (2.08%) Scala
9 1 (1.04%) PHP
9 1 (1.04%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.04%) Ruby
9 1 (1.04%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.54%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.46%) Azure Certification
4 10 (10.42%) AWS Certification
5 9 (9.38%) Degree
6 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.04%) ISACA
7 1 (1.04%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.21%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.08%) GDPR
4 2 (2.08%) NCSC
4 2 (2.08%) NIST
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.04%) ISO 22301
5 1 (1.04%) QA
5 1 (1.04%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (13.54%) Docker
2 10 (10.42%) Active Directory
3 6 (6.25%) DFS Replication
3 6 (6.25%) Dovecot
3 6 (6.25%) Postfix
3 6 (6.25%) Squid
4 1 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.04%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (17.71%) Terraform
2 12 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (11.46%) Kubernetes
4 8 (8.33%) Grafana
5 7 (7.29%) Prometheus
6 6 (6.25%) Nessus
6 6 (6.25%) Proxmox
7 5 (5.21%) Ansible
8 2 (2.08%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (1.04%) Argo
9 1 (1.04%) HP ALM
9 1 (1.04%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (48.96%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.29%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.25%) Jaspersoft
4 5 (5.21%) Databricks
5 2 (2.08%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (2.08%) Cisco
5 2 (2.08%) Dell
5 2 (2.08%) F5
5 2 (2.08%) Isilon
5 2 (2.08%) Northgate
5 2 (2.08%) Oracle
5 2 (2.08%) Splunk
6 1 (1.04%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.04%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.04%) Google
6 1 (1.04%) HP
6 1 (1.04%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.04%) QAD
6 1 (1.04%) SAP
6 1 (1.04%) VMware