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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 4 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 101 80 123
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 11.73% 15.44% 16.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.94% 43.01% 56.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 74 94
10th Percentile £350 £268 £302
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £476 £461
Median % change year-on-year +5.15% +3.09% -14.19%
75th Percentile £575 £594 £638
90th Percentile £630 £634 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £524
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.24% +3.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £23.46
25th Percentile £75.75 - £28.71
Median hourly rate £76.50 - £37.48
75th Percentile £77.25 - £46.24
90th Percentile - - £51.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £76.50 £32.50 £19.23
% change year-on-year +135.38% +69.05% +8.49%

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 281 186 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.64% 35.91% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 156 168
10th Percentile £325 £195 £250
25th Percentile £425 £372 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -11.76%
75th Percentile £579 £595 £600
90th Percentile £639 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -1.60% +11.11% -10.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £21.20 - £14.03
25th Percentile £22.63 £56.88 £17.04
Median hourly rate £25.00 £58.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.45% +125.96% +28.46%
75th Percentile £51.13 £60.63 £26.50
90th Percentile £66.80 - £37.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £18.13 £21.23
% change year-on-year +37.89% -14.58% +19.78%

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 27 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 21 (20.79%) Confluence
2 4 (3.96%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.98%) Apache
4 1 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.99%) CMS
4 1 (0.99%) IIS
4 1 (0.99%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.99%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.99%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.99%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (5.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.98%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.99%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 40 (39.60%) AWS
2 19 (18.81%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (15.84%) Power Platform
4 15 (14.85%) GCP
4 15 (14.85%) GitHub
5 14 (13.86%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (10.89%) Dynamics 365
7 10 (9.90%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (7.92%) Azure API Management
9 7 (6.93%) Azure Key Vault
9 7 (6.93%) Entra ID
10 6 (5.94%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (5.94%) Azure Sentinel
10 6 (5.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (5.94%) Power Automate
11 5 (4.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 5 (4.95%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (4.95%) Azure Data Factory
11 5 (4.95%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (4.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.88%) Firewall
2 9 (8.91%) VPN
3 5 (4.95%) Network Security
4 2 (1.98%) DHCP
4 2 (1.98%) DNS
5 1 (0.99%) LAN
5 1 (0.99%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.99%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (19.80%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (10.89%) Power BI
3 6 (5.94%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (4.95%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.96%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (3.96%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.97%) Power Query
7 2 (1.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (1.98%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.98%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.99%) Big Data
8 1 (0.99%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.99%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.99%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.99%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (26.73%) Git
2 22 (21.78%) JIRA
3 19 (18.81%) Jenkins
4 18 (17.82%) JUnit
5 17 (16.83%) JMeter
6 15 (14.85%) Selenium
7 14 (13.86%) Cucumber
8 13 (12.87%) WebDriver
9 8 (7.92%) GitLab
10 4 (3.96%) DbUnit
10 4 (3.96%) jMock
10 4 (3.96%) Maven
10 4 (3.96%) Mockito
10 4 (3.96%) SonarQube
11 2 (1.98%) Bitbucket Server
12 1 (0.99%) Burp Suite
12 1 (0.99%) Postman
12 1 (0.99%) REST Assured
12 1 (0.99%) Serenity BDD
12 1 (0.99%) sqlmap
General
1 49 (48.51%) Social Skills
2 20 (19.80%) Public Sector
3 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (9.90%) Finance
4 8 (7.92%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (5.94%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.97%) Law
7 2 (1.98%) Banking
7 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.98%) Military
7 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.99%) Legal
8 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 14 (13.86%) Senior
2 13 (12.87%) Developer
3 12 (11.88%) Architect
3 12 (11.88%) Tester
4 10 (9.90%) Analyst
5 9 (8.91%) Automation Tester
6 8 (7.92%) Lead
7 7 (6.93%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Data Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (6.93%) Senior Automation Tester
7 7 (6.93%) Senior Tester
8 6 (5.94%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.94%) Test Leader
9 5 (4.95%) Azure Architect
9 5 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (4.95%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
9 5 (4.95%) Java Developer
10 4 (3.96%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (16.83%) Spring
2 13 (12.87%) WireMock
3 6 (5.94%) REST
4 5 (4.95%) Web Services
5 4 (3.96%) .NET
5 4 (3.96%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (3.96%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.96%) Hibernate
5 4 (3.96%) JPA
5 4 (3.96%) Node.js
5 4 (3.96%) PowerMock
5 4 (3.96%) RESTful
5 4 (3.96%) SOAP
5 4 (3.96%) Spring Batch
5 4 (3.96%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.96%) Spring Cloud
5 4 (3.96%) Spring Integration
6 3 (2.97%) PyTorch
6 3 (2.97%) YAML
7 2 (1.98%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.86%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (9.90%) Distributed Architecture
3 8 (7.92%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.94%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.97%) Distributed Applications
5 3 (2.97%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.98%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.98%) Replication
7 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.99%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.84%) Windows
2 8 (7.92%) Linux
2 8 (7.92%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.97%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.99%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (41.58%) CI/CD
2 36 (35.64%) DevOps
3 34 (33.66%) Agile
4 26 (25.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 22 (21.78%) Test Automation
6 20 (19.80%) Microservices
7 19 (18.81%) TDD
7 19 (18.81%) Test Strategy
8 18 (17.82%) Analytics
9 17 (16.83%) BDD
10 16 (15.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (15.84%) Validation
11 15 (14.85%) Containerisation
11 15 (14.85%) Observability
12 14 (13.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 14 (13.86%) Load Testing
13 13 (12.87%) End-to-End Testing
14 12 (11.88%) Data Modelling
14 12 (11.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (10.89%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 18 (17.82%) Python
2 15 (14.85%) SQL
3 10 (9.90%) Java
4 8 (7.92%) PowerShell
5 6 (5.94%) C#
6 5 (4.95%) Bicep
7 4 (3.96%) JavaScript
8 3 (2.97%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.97%) R
9 2 (1.98%) Bash
9 2 (1.98%) Go
9 2 (1.98%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.98%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.98%) VB
10 1 (0.99%) Groovy
10 1 (0.99%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.99%) Ruby
10 1 (0.99%) Scala
10 1 (0.99%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (29.70%) Security Cleared
2 24 (23.76%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.94%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.96%) AWS Certification
4 4 (3.96%) ISTQB
4 4 (3.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.97%) Degree
6 2 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.95%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.97%) NIST
4 2 (1.98%) GDPR
4 2 (1.98%) QA
4 2 (1.98%) SLA
5 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.99%) NCSC
5 1 (0.99%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (22.77%) Docker
2 10 (9.90%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.96%) Postfix
4 1 (0.99%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.99%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (22.77%) Kubernetes
2 19 (18.81%) Grafana
3 16 (15.84%) Terraform
4 14 (13.86%) Prometheus
5 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (5.94%) Ansible
7 2 (1.98%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (1.98%) HP ALM
7 2 (1.98%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.99%) Argo
8 1 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 43 (42.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.96%) Atlassian
2 4 (3.96%) Databricks
2 4 (3.96%) Jaspersoft
3 3 (2.97%) Oracle
3 3 (2.97%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.98%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (1.98%) Dell
4 2 (1.98%) Dynatrace
4 2 (1.98%) Google
4 2 (1.98%) HP
4 2 (1.98%) Isilon
4 2 (1.98%) Northgate
4 2 (1.98%) SAP
4 2 (1.98%) Splunk
5 1 (0.99%) BeyondTrust
5 1 (0.99%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (0.99%) SolarWinds
5 1 (0.99%) Veeam
5 1 (0.99%) Zscaler