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 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 122 48 90
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 13.08% 9.27% 11.64%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.42% 33.80% 39.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 40 68
10th Percentile £281 £106 £289
25th Percentile £400 £276 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £453 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.21% -9.50% -3.15%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £628
90th Percentile £638 £602 £652
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £19.95
West Midlands median hourly rate £52.50 - £19.95

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 281 142 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.12% 27.41% 29.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 102 176
10th Percentile £291 £190 £219
25th Percentile £400 £313 £354
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% -1.05% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £617
90th Percentile £673 £625 £703
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 9
10th Percentile £57.00 - £14.08
25th Percentile £65.00 £56.88 £16.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £58.75 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% +161.11% +11.17%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.63 £26.50
90th Percentile - - £32.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £34.43 £22.50
% change year-on-year -1.28% +53.02% +11.17%

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 29 June 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 (17.21%) Confluence
2 15 (12.30%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.46%) Apache
5 2 (1.64%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.82%) CMS
6 1 (0.82%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.82%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.64%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.82%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 47 (38.52%) AWS
2 28 (22.95%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (14.75%) GCP
4 16 (13.11%) Entra ID
4 16 (13.11%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (13.11%) Power Platform
5 12 (9.84%) GitHub
6 11 (9.02%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (5.74%) Amazon S3
7 7 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (4.92%) Amazon SQS
8 6 (4.92%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (4.92%) OneDrive
8 6 (4.92%) SaaS
9 5 (4.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (4.10%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (4.10%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (4.10%) IaaS
10 4 (3.28%) AWS KMS
10 4 (3.28%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.84%) VPN
2 10 (8.20%) Firewall
3 9 (7.38%) DHCP
3 9 (7.38%) DNS
4 4 (3.28%) WAN
5 3 (2.46%) BGP
5 3 (2.46%) BIG-IP
5 3 (2.46%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (2.46%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (2.46%) OSPF
5 3 (2.46%) SAN
5 3 (2.46%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.46%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.46%) WLAN
6 2 (1.64%) NAS
6 2 (1.64%) Network Security
6 2 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.64%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.64%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.85%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (9.84%) Power BI
3 9 (7.38%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (4.92%) DynamoDB
5 5 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (4.10%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.10%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.28%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (2.46%) Tableau
8 2 (1.64%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.64%) Looker
8 2 (1.64%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.82%) Metadata
9 1 (0.82%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.82%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.82%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (22.13%) Git
2 24 (19.67%) JIRA
3 19 (15.57%) JMeter
3 19 (15.57%) JUnit
4 17 (13.93%) Jenkins
5 15 (12.30%) Cucumber
5 15 (12.30%) Selenium
6 14 (11.48%) WebDriver
7 11 (9.02%) GitLab
8 4 (3.28%) DbUnit
8 4 (3.28%) jMock
8 4 (3.28%) Maven
8 4 (3.28%) Mockito
8 4 (3.28%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.64%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.82%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.82%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.82%) sqlmap
10 1 (0.82%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.82%) Yeoman
General
1 39 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 20 (16.39%) Public Sector
3 13 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.92%) Banking
6 5 (4.10%) Finance
7 2 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.64%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.64%) Law
7 2 (1.64%) Publishing
7 2 (1.64%) Retail
8 1 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.82%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.75%) Senior
2 15 (12.30%) Analyst
3 12 (9.84%) Tester
4 11 (9.02%) Azure Engineer
4 11 (9.02%) Data Engineer
5 9 (7.38%) Automation Tester
5 9 (7.38%) Developer
6 8 (6.56%) Architect
6 8 (6.56%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (6.56%) Security Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) IT Engineer
7 7 (5.74%) IT Support
7 7 (5.74%) Lead
7 7 (5.74%) Senior Automation Tester
7 7 (5.74%) Senior Tester
8 6 (4.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) SharePoint Engineer
8 6 (4.92%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.10%) Business Analyst
9 5 (4.10%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.75%) Spring
2 14 (11.48%) WireMock
3 8 (6.56%) REST
4 6 (4.92%) Node.js
5 5 (4.10%) .NET
5 5 (4.10%) RESTful
6 4 (3.28%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (3.28%) ADO
6 4 (3.28%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.28%) Hibernate
6 4 (3.28%) JPA
6 4 (3.28%) PowerMock
6 4 (3.28%) SOAP
6 4 (3.28%) Spring Batch
6 4 (3.28%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.28%) Spring Cloud
6 4 (3.28%) Spring Integration
6 4 (3.28%) Web Services
7 2 (1.64%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.30%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (9.02%) Distributed Architecture
2 11 (9.02%) Onboarding
3 9 (7.38%) Cloud Native
3 9 (7.38%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.92%) Data Centre
5 4 (3.28%) Public Cloud
6 3 (2.46%) Blog
6 3 (2.46%) Distributed Applications
7 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.64%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.64%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.82%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.82%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.82%) Digital Signage
8 1 (0.82%) Replication
8 1 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.82%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.39%) Windows
2 8 (6.56%) Linux
2 8 (6.56%) Windows 10
3 6 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.64%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.64%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.64%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.82%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (39.34%) DevOps
2 43 (35.25%) CI/CD
3 34 (27.87%) Agile
4 27 (22.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (20.49%) Test Automation
6 21 (17.21%) Microservices
6 21 (17.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 21 (17.21%) Test Strategy
7 20 (16.39%) Migration
7 20 (16.39%) Observability
7 20 (16.39%) TDD
8 18 (14.75%) BDD
8 18 (14.75%) Infrastructure as Code
9 17 (13.93%) Validation
10 15 (12.30%) Load Testing
11 13 (10.66%) Data Engineering
11 13 (10.66%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 13 (10.66%) End-to-End Testing
11 13 (10.66%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (10.66%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.21%) Python
2 20 (16.39%) SQL
3 13 (10.66%) Java
4 7 (5.74%) Bicep
5 6 (4.92%) PowerShell
6 4 (3.28%) C#
7 2 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.64%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.64%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.64%) VB
8 1 (0.82%) Bash
8 1 (0.82%) Groovy
8 1 (0.82%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.82%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (20.49%) Security Cleared
2 20 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.92%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.10%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.28%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.46%) CISSP
6 3 (2.46%) Degree
7 2 (1.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.64%) CCNP
7 2 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.64%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.82%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.92%) SLA
2 5 (4.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.28%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.28%) NIST
4 3 (2.46%) QA
5 2 (1.64%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.64%) GDPR
6 1 (0.82%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.82%) NCSC
6 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.82%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (17.21%) Docker
2 18 (14.75%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.28%) Postfix
4 3 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.64%) vSphere
6 1 (0.82%) Firmware
6 1 (0.82%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (18.03%) Grafana
1 22 (18.03%) Kubernetes
2 21 (17.21%) Terraform
3 18 (14.75%) Prometheus
4 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.28%) Ansible
6 3 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.64%) Check_MK
7 2 (1.64%) HP ALM
7 2 (1.64%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.82%) Argo
Vendors
1 49 (40.16%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.48%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.10%) Oracle
4 4 (3.28%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.28%) Jaspersoft
5 3 (2.46%) Arista
5 3 (2.46%) Aruba
5 3 (2.46%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.46%) F5
5 3 (2.46%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.46%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.46%) Remedy
5 3 (2.46%) Veeam
5 3 (2.46%) VMware
6 2 (1.64%) Adobe
6 2 (1.64%) Cisco
6 2 (1.64%) Commvault
6 2 (1.64%) Google
6 2 (1.64%) HP
6 2 (1.64%) SAP