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 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 5 1
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 82 98 141
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 11.31% 14.20% 19.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.61% 38.28% 53.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 78 104
10th Percentile £373 £363 £316
25th Percentile £413 £411 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £506 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.17% +6.58% -6.86%
75th Percentile £608 £573 £650
90th Percentile £654 £615 £689
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £22.83
25th Percentile £75.75 - £28.19
Median hourly rate £76.50 £60.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% +61.07% -17.22%
75th Percentile £77.25 - £46.19
90th Percentile - - £51.48
West Midlands median hourly rate £76.50 £46.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year +65.41% +150.00% +4.40%

All Cloud 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 244 256 262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 33.66% 37.10% 36.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 197 191
10th Percentile £290 £196 £288
25th Percentile £413 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -6.86%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £505 £500 £460
% change year-on-year +1.00% +8.70% -8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £23.40 - £22.83
25th Percentile £28.13 - £28.19
Median hourly rate £36.00 £60.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +61.07% -17.22%
75th Percentile £56.63 - £46.19
90th Percentile £69.00 - £51.48
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.61 £30.88 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.35% +66.89% +8.12%

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 17 December 2025.

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 10 (12.20%) Confluence
2 9 (10.98%) nginx
3 3 (3.66%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.44%) Apache
4 2 (2.44%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (2.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (1.22%) IIS
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (1.22%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (10.98%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.44%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.22%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 30 (36.59%) AWS
2 16 (19.51%) Power Platform
3 15 (18.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 14 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (15.85%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (15.85%) Dynamics 365
6 12 (14.63%) Azure Data Factory
7 10 (12.20%) Amazon ECS
7 10 (12.20%) Amazon S3
8 9 (10.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 9 (10.98%) Amazon EC2
8 9 (10.98%) Amazon ELB
8 9 (10.98%) AWS KMS
8 9 (10.98%) Route 53
8 9 (10.98%) SaaS
8 9 (10.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 8 (9.76%) Azure Monitor
10 7 (8.54%) Azure Sentinel
11 6 (7.32%) Azure Key Vault
11 6 (7.32%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 20 (24.39%) Firewall
2 9 (10.98%) DNS
2 9 (10.98%) FTP
2 9 (10.98%) HTTP
2 9 (10.98%) IMAP
2 9 (10.98%) OpenLDAP
2 9 (10.98%) SMTP
2 9 (10.98%) SSH
3 4 (4.88%) Network Security
3 4 (4.88%) VPN
4 3 (3.66%) SD-WAN
4 3 (3.66%) WAN
5 2 (2.44%) LAN
5 2 (2.44%) TCP/IP
5 2 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.22%) MPLS
6 1 (1.22%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (1.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.29%) Power BI
2 10 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (10.98%) Amazon Aurora
3 9 (10.98%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (9.76%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (6.10%) Data Mining
6 3 (3.66%) Data Lake
6 3 (3.66%) Power Query
6 3 (3.66%) SQL Server
7 2 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (2.44%) Hadoop
7 2 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 2 (2.44%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (1.22%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (1.22%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (1.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.22%) Big Data
8 1 (1.22%) Data Hub
8 1 (1.22%) MySQL
8 1 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 16 (19.51%) Git
2 13 (15.85%) Jenkins
3 12 (14.63%) JIRA
4 9 (10.98%) Vagrant
5 2 (2.44%) CircleCI
6 1 (1.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (1.22%) GitLab
6 1 (1.22%) Selenium
General
1 28 (34.15%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.39%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.98%) Presentation Skills
4 8 (9.76%) Finance
5 5 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.10%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.44%) Banking
7 2 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.44%) Law
7 2 (2.44%) Military
7 2 (2.44%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.22%) Automotive
8 1 (1.22%) Back Office
8 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.22%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (23.17%) Architect
2 16 (19.51%) DevOps Engineer
3 10 (12.20%) AWS Engineer
3 10 (12.20%) Enterprise Architect
4 9 (10.98%) AWS DevOps
4 9 (10.98%) AWS DevOps Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) AWS Platform Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 9 (10.98%) Developer
4 9 (10.98%) Platform Engineer
5 8 (9.76%) Data Engineer
5 8 (9.76%) DevOps Platform Engineer
5 8 (9.76%) Senior
6 7 (8.54%) Azure Architect
6 7 (8.54%) Business Architect
7 6 (7.32%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (7.32%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 5 (6.10%) Lead
8 5 (6.10%) TOGAF Architect
8 5 (6.10%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.98%) LDAP
2 4 (4.88%) .NET
3 3 (3.66%) Middleware
3 3 (3.66%) REST
4 2 (2.44%) Apache NiFi
4 2 (2.44%) PySpark
4 2 (2.44%) React
4 2 (2.44%) RESTful
5 1 (1.22%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.22%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.22%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.22%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.22%) Entity Framework
5 1 (1.22%) OAuth
5 1 (1.22%) Playwright
5 1 (1.22%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.22%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (1.22%) Vue
5 1 (1.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (13.41%) Replication
2 5 (6.10%) Security Posture
3 4 (4.88%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.44%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.44%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.44%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.22%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.22%) IoT
5 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.73%) Windows
2 13 (15.85%) Linux
3 9 (10.98%) Amazon Linux
3 9 (10.98%) Ubuntu
3 9 (10.98%) VMS
4 4 (4.88%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.22%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.24%) DevOps
2 29 (35.37%) CI/CD
3 25 (30.49%) Analytics
4 18 (21.95%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (20.73%) Data Modelling
6 16 (19.51%) Cloud Security
7 14 (17.07%) Agile
8 12 (14.63%) Change Management
8 12 (14.63%) Performance Tuning
9 9 (10.98%) Configuration Management
9 9 (10.98%) Patch Management
9 9 (10.98%) Platform Engineering
10 8 (9.76%) AI
10 8 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (8.54%) API Management
11 7 (8.54%) Containerisation
11 7 (8.54%) Enterprise Architecture
12 6 (7.32%) Roadmaps
12 6 (7.32%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 23 (28.05%) Python
1 23 (28.05%) SQL
2 13 (15.85%) PowerShell
3 9 (10.98%) Groovy
4 7 (8.54%) C#
4 7 (8.54%) JavaScript
5 4 (4.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 3 (3.66%) R
6 3 (3.66%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.44%) Go
7 2 (2.44%) Java
7 2 (2.44%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (2.44%) Scala
7 2 (2.44%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.22%) Bash
8 1 (1.22%) Bicep
8 1 (1.22%) PHP
8 1 (1.22%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (25.61%) Security Cleared
2 16 (19.51%) SC Cleared
3 14 (17.07%) Azure Certification
4 13 (15.85%) AWS Certification
4 13 (15.85%) Degree
5 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.22%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.10%) Data Quality
1 5 (6.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.44%) GDPR
3 2 (2.44%) NCSC
4 1 (1.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (1.22%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.22%) NIST
4 1 (1.22%) QA
4 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (18.29%) Docker
2 9 (10.98%) DFS Replication
2 9 (10.98%) Dovecot
2 9 (10.98%) Postfix
2 9 (10.98%) Squid
3 4 (4.88%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.22%) Snort
4 1 (1.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 19 (23.17%) Terraform
2 10 (12.20%) Grafana
3 9 (10.98%) Nessus
3 9 (10.98%) Prometheus
3 9 (10.98%) Proxmox
4 8 (9.76%) Kubernetes
5 6 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (6.10%) Ansible
7 2 (2.44%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (1.22%) Argo
8 1 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 40 (48.78%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.98%) Jaspersoft
2 9 (10.98%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.10%) Databricks
4 2 (2.44%) Atlassian
4 2 (2.44%) Cisco
4 2 (2.44%) Dell
4 2 (2.44%) F5
4 2 (2.44%) Isilon
4 2 (2.44%) Palo Alto
4 2 (2.44%) Splunk
5 1 (1.22%) Aruba
5 1 (1.22%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (1.22%) BT
5 1 (1.22%) CenturyLink
5 1 (1.22%) Google
5 1 (1.22%) JD Edwards
5 1 (1.22%) Proofpoint
5 1 (1.22%) QAD
5 1 (1.22%) VMware