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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 107 87 127
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 12.56% 16.23% 16.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.90% 41.43% 56.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 75 94
10th Percentile £369 £363 £308
25th Percentile £425 £411 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -11.63%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £620
90th Percentile £650 £633 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -1.87% +1.90% +4.48%
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 290 210 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 34.04% 39.18% 29.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 166 171
10th Percentile £313 £195 £250
25th Percentile £417 £380 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £598 £578
90th Percentile £680 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £21.20 - £14.03
25th Percentile £22.63 - £17.04
Median hourly rate £25.00 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +130.77% +62.65%
75th Percentile £51.13 - £26.50
90th Percentile £66.80 - £37.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.21 £18.74 £19.95
% change year-on-year +45.20% -6.07% +21.06%

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 2 March 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 (14.95%) Confluence
2 4 (3.74%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.80%) Apache
4 2 (1.87%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.87%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.93%) CMS
5 1 (0.93%) IIS
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.93%) nginx
5 1 (0.93%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.93%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.93%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.93%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.93%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.87%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.87%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.93%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 39 (36.45%) AWS
2 21 (19.63%) Azure DevOps
2 21 (19.63%) Power Platform
3 16 (14.95%) Dynamics 365
4 13 (12.15%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 13 (12.15%) GCP
4 13 (12.15%) GitHub
4 13 (12.15%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (11.21%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (9.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 9 (8.41%) SaaS
8 8 (7.48%) Azure API Management
8 8 (7.48%) Azure Key Vault
8 8 (7.48%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (7.48%) Entra ID
9 7 (6.54%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (5.61%) Power Automate
11 5 (4.67%) AWS KMS
11 5 (4.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (4.67%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (13.08%) Firewall
2 8 (7.48%) VPN
3 6 (5.61%) Network Security
4 3 (2.80%) DNS
5 2 (1.87%) DHCP
6 1 (0.93%) FTP
6 1 (0.93%) HTTP
6 1 (0.93%) IMAP
6 1 (0.93%) LAN
6 1 (0.93%) OpenLDAP
6 1 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.93%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.93%) SMTP
6 1 (0.93%) SSH
6 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (15.89%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (14.02%) Power BI
3 8 (7.48%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.67%) Amazon Aurora
4 5 (4.67%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.74%) Data Mining
5 4 (3.74%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.80%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.80%) Power Query
7 2 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.87%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.87%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (1.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.93%) Big Data
8 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (22.43%) Git
2 19 (17.76%) JIRA
3 17 (15.89%) Jenkins
4 14 (13.08%) JUnit
5 12 (11.21%) JMeter
6 11 (10.28%) Selenium
7 10 (9.35%) Cucumber
8 9 (8.41%) WebDriver
9 4 (3.74%) DbUnit
9 4 (3.74%) GitLab
9 4 (3.74%) jMock
9 4 (3.74%) Maven
9 4 (3.74%) Mockito
9 4 (3.74%) SonarQube
10 2 (1.87%) Bitbucket Server
10 2 (1.87%) CircleCI
11 1 (0.93%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.93%) Postman
11 1 (0.93%) REST Assured
11 1 (0.93%) Serenity BDD
General
1 45 (42.06%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.76%) Public Sector
3 14 (13.08%) Finance
4 10 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (7.48%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (5.61%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (3.74%) Law
8 3 (2.80%) Banking
9 2 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.87%) Military
9 2 (1.87%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.93%) Back Office
10 1 (0.93%) Legal
10 1 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (17.76%) Architect
2 13 (12.15%) Developer
2 13 (12.15%) Senior
3 10 (9.35%) Data Engineer
4 9 (8.41%) Analyst
4 9 (8.41%) DevOps Engineer
4 9 (8.41%) Enterprise Architect
5 8 (7.48%) Azure Architect
5 8 (7.48%) Lead
5 8 (7.48%) Tester
6 7 (6.54%) Azure Engineer
7 6 (5.61%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Test Leader
8 5 (4.67%) Automation Tester
8 5 (4.67%) Business Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
8 5 (4.67%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 5 (4.67%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
8 5 (4.67%) Java Developer
8 5 (4.67%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (12.15%) Spring
2 9 (8.41%) WireMock
3 7 (6.54%) REST
4 5 (4.67%) .NET
4 5 (4.67%) Web Services
5 4 (3.74%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (3.74%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.74%) Hibernate
5 4 (3.74%) JPA
5 4 (3.74%) Node.js
5 4 (3.74%) PowerMock
5 4 (3.74%) RESTful
5 4 (3.74%) SOAP
5 4 (3.74%) Spring Batch
5 4 (3.74%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.74%) Spring Cloud
5 4 (3.74%) Spring Integration
6 3 (2.80%) PyTorch
6 3 (2.80%) YAML
7 2 (1.87%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.35%) Distributed Systems
2 8 (7.48%) Onboarding
3 7 (6.54%) Security Posture
4 6 (5.61%) Distributed Architecture
5 4 (3.74%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.80%) Distributed Applications
6 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.80%) Replication
7 2 (1.87%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.87%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.87%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.87%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (1.87%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.93%) IoT
8 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.95%) Windows
2 9 (8.41%) Linux
3 7 (6.54%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.80%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.93%) Amazon Linux
6 1 (0.93%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.93%) Unix
6 1 (0.93%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (37.38%) CI/CD
2 37 (34.58%) DevOps
3 31 (28.97%) Agile
4 24 (22.43%) Analytics
4 24 (22.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (15.89%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (14.95%) Containerisation
6 16 (14.95%) Data Modelling
6 16 (14.95%) TDD
7 15 (14.02%) Microservices
7 15 (14.02%) Test Automation
8 14 (13.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (12.15%) BDD
10 12 (11.21%) Test Strategy
11 11 (10.28%) Mentoring
11 11 (10.28%) Observability
11 11 (10.28%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (10.28%) Validation
12 10 (9.35%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 9 (8.41%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.76%) Python
1 19 (17.76%) SQL
2 10 (9.35%) Java
3 8 (7.48%) PowerShell
4 7 (6.54%) C#
5 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.74%) Bicep
6 4 (3.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.80%) R
8 2 (1.87%) Bash
8 2 (1.87%) Go
8 2 (1.87%) Groovy
8 2 (1.87%) Kusto Query Language
8 2 (1.87%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.87%) Scala
8 2 (1.87%) VB
9 1 (0.93%) Ruby
9 1 (0.93%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (23.36%) Security Cleared
2 19 (17.76%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.48%) Azure Certification
4 7 (6.54%) AWS Certification
5 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.67%) Degree
7 2 (1.87%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.80%) GDPR
4 2 (1.87%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.87%) NCSC
4 2 (1.87%) NIST
4 2 (1.87%) QA
4 2 (1.87%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.93%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 21 (19.63%) Docker
2 10 (9.35%) Active Directory
3 5 (4.67%) Postfix
4 1 (0.93%) DFS Replication
4 1 (0.93%) Dovecot
4 1 (0.93%) Squid
4 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (18.69%) Kubernetes
2 16 (14.95%) Grafana
3 14 (13.08%) Terraform
4 11 (10.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (10.28%) Prometheus
5 5 (4.67%) Ansible
6 2 (1.87%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (1.87%) HP ALM
6 2 (1.87%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.93%) Argo
7 1 (0.93%) Nessus
7 1 (0.93%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (46.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.67%) Atlassian
2 5 (4.67%) Databricks
2 5 (4.67%) Jaspersoft
3 3 (2.80%) Oracle
3 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.87%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (1.87%) Dell
4 2 (1.87%) Google
4 2 (1.87%) HP
4 2 (1.87%) Isilon
4 2 (1.87%) Northgate
4 2 (1.87%) SAP
4 2 (1.87%) Splunk
5 1 (0.93%) Cisco
5 1 (0.93%) F5
5 1 (0.93%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.93%) Proofpoint
5 1 (0.93%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.93%) Veeam