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 12 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 12 8
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure 139 70 78
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 15.92% 10.90% 10.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.43% 33.49% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 45 53
10th Percentile £261 £106 £363
25th Percentile £413 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% +0.10% -
75th Percentile £675 £613 £567
90th Percentile £694 £653 £610
West Midlands median daily rate £480 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £60.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.50 - £60.00
% change year-on-year - - +224.32%

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 287 209 253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.88% 32.55% 35.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 148 180
10th Percentile £261 £204 £200
25th Percentile £375 £400 £348
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% -
75th Percentile £638 £550 £575
90th Percentile £718 £664 £690
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -7.77% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile - £21.83 £17.05
25th Percentile £65.00 £24.19 £18.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £28.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +147.79% +25.56% +15.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 £32.19 £41.88
90th Percentile - £34.48 £52.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.50 £30.00 £33.74
% change year-on-year -28.33% -11.07% +82.35%

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 12 October 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 16 (11.51%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.88%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.44%) Apache
4 2 (1.44%) CloudStack
4 2 (1.44%) Confluence
5 1 (0.72%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.16%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (25.90%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (25.18%) AWS
3 30 (21.58%) Entra ID
4 27 (19.42%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (13.67%) Power Platform
6 10 (7.19%) Azure Data Factory
6 10 (7.19%) GCP
6 10 (7.19%) OneDrive
7 9 (6.47%) IaaS
7 9 (6.47%) SaaS
8 8 (5.76%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (5.76%) PaaS
9 7 (5.04%) Azure Sentinel
10 5 (3.60%) Azure AKS
10 5 (3.60%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (2.88%) GitHub
11 4 (2.88%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (2.16%) OCI
13 2 (1.44%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.07%) Firewall
2 10 (7.19%) DNS
2 10 (7.19%) VPN
3 9 (6.47%) DHCP
4 7 (5.04%) Wi-Fi
5 6 (4.32%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.60%) WAN
7 4 (2.88%) Network Security
7 4 (2.88%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.88%) Wireless
8 3 (2.16%) BGP
8 3 (2.16%) BIG-IP
8 3 (2.16%) Ethernet VPN
8 3 (2.16%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 3 (2.16%) OSPF
8 3 (2.16%) SAN
8 3 (2.16%) VXLAN
8 3 (2.16%) WLAN
9 2 (1.44%) LAN
9 2 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.35%) Power BI
2 11 (7.91%) SQL Server
3 7 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.88%) DataStage
4 4 (2.88%) GIS
5 3 (2.16%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.44%) Looker
6 2 (1.44%) Metadata
6 2 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.44%) Tableau
7 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.72%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.72%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 6 (4.32%) GitLab
1 6 (4.32%) JIRA
2 5 (3.60%) Git
2 5 (3.60%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.44%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.72%) JMeter
4 1 (0.72%) JUnit
4 1 (0.72%) Postman
4 1 (0.72%) Selenium
4 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 30 (21.58%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.63%) Public Sector
3 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.47%) Finance
5 8 (5.76%) Banking
6 7 (5.04%) Legal
7 3 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.44%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.44%) Military
9 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.72%) Law
9 1 (0.72%) Local Government
9 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.72%) Publishing
9 1 (0.72%) Retail
9 1 (0.72%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (20.14%) Architect
2 18 (12.95%) Azure Engineer
3 16 (11.51%) Senior
4 15 (10.79%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (7.91%) Analyst
5 11 (7.91%) Data Engineer
6 9 (6.47%) IT Engineer
6 9 (6.47%) Support Engineer
7 8 (5.76%) DevOps Engineer
7 8 (5.76%) IT Support
7 8 (5.76%) IT Support Engineer
7 8 (5.76%) SharePoint Engineer
8 7 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (5.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.04%) Security Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (4.32%) Python Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 5 (3.60%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.95%) Terraform
2 11 (7.91%) REST
3 4 (2.88%) .NET
4 3 (2.16%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (2.16%) JSON
5 2 (1.44%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.44%) ADO
5 2 (1.44%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.44%) CSS
5 2 (1.44%) Playwright
5 2 (1.44%) React
5 2 (1.44%) React Native
5 2 (1.44%) YAML
6 1 (0.72%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.72%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.72%) HTML
6 1 (0.72%) Loki
6 1 (0.72%) Sass
6 1 (0.72%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.91%) Onboarding
2 8 (5.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.04%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.04%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (5.04%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.32%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.60%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.88%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.88%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.16%) Blog
7 3 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.44%) Digital Wallet
8 2 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.44%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.72%) CMDB
9 1 (0.72%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.72%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (19.42%) Windows
2 11 (7.91%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.76%) Windows 10
4 4 (2.88%) Linux
5 2 (1.44%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.44%) macOS
5 2 (1.44%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (33.81%) DevOps
2 25 (17.99%) CI/CD
2 25 (17.99%) Migration
3 21 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (12.95%) Infrastructure as Code
5 17 (12.23%) Cybersecurity
6 16 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.79%) ITSM
8 14 (10.07%) Analytics
8 14 (10.07%) Project Delivery
9 13 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.35%) Observability
10 12 (8.63%) Cloud Security
10 12 (8.63%) Customer Service
10 12 (8.63%) Data Protection
10 12 (8.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (7.91%) Agile
11 11 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
11 11 (7.91%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 25 (17.99%) SQL
2 23 (16.55%) Python
3 8 (5.76%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.04%) C#
5 6 (4.32%) Bicep
5 6 (4.32%) Java
6 5 (3.60%) Bash
7 2 (1.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.44%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.72%) Go
8 1 (0.72%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.72%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.04%) CISSP
3 6 (4.32%) AWS Certification
4 5 (3.60%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.88%) A+ Certification
5 4 (2.88%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.88%) CISM
5 4 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.88%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.16%) CRISC
6 3 (2.16%) Degree
7 2 (1.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.44%) CCNP
7 2 (1.44%) CISA
7 2 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 2 (1.44%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.72%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.91%) NIST
2 9 (6.47%) QA
3 8 (5.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (5.04%) Data Quality
4 7 (5.04%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.60%) GDPR
6 4 (2.88%) GRC
6 4 (2.88%) SLA
7 2 (1.44%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.44%) COBIT
7 2 (1.44%) NCSC
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 24 (17.27%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.32%) Docker
3 5 (3.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.16%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.16%) vSphere
5 1 (0.72%) Firmware
5 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (12.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (7.19%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.32%) Ansible
3 6 (4.32%) Grafana
3 6 (4.32%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.60%) SCCM
5 2 (1.44%) Check_MK
5 2 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.72%) Argo
6 1 (0.72%) Control-M
6 1 (0.72%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.72%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 71 (51.08%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.19%) ServiceNow
3 9 (6.47%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.60%) IBM
4 5 (3.60%) Splunk
4 5 (3.60%) VMware
5 4 (2.88%) Cisco
5 4 (2.88%) Cognos
5 4 (2.88%) Netezza
5 4 (2.88%) Remedy
6 3 (2.16%) Arista
6 3 (2.16%) Aruba
6 3 (2.16%) Databricks
6 3 (2.16%) F5
6 3 (2.16%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.16%) Veeam
7 2 (1.44%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.44%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.44%) OneLogin
7 2 (1.44%) Sparx