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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 13 13
Rank change year-on-year +10 0 -11
Contract jobs citing Azure 143 64 71
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 15.54% 10.49% 9.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.64% 34.22% 28.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 41 48
10th Percentile £275 £106 £363
25th Percentile £404 £370 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £519
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +1.20% +3.75%
75th Percentile £675 £613 £573
90th Percentile £691 £638 £625
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.36% - +10.00%
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 294 187 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 31.96% 30.66% 34.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 132 179
10th Percentile £261 £200 £205
25th Percentile £375 £397 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £584
90th Percentile £711 £660 £693
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -7.32% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile - - £17.05
25th Percentile £65.00 - £18.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £36.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.44% +60.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £75.00 - £41.88
90th Percentile - - £52.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £26.15 £34.43 £33.54
% change year-on-year -24.05% +2.65% +81.30%

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 28 September 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 19 (13.29%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.80%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.40%) Apache
4 2 (1.40%) CloudStack
4 2 (1.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.70%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.70%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.70%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.10%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (25.87%) AWS
2 35 (24.48%) Microsoft 365
3 31 (21.68%) Entra ID
4 29 (20.28%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (12.59%) Power Platform
6 12 (8.39%) OneDrive
7 11 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
8 10 (6.99%) GCP
9 9 (6.29%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (5.59%) Azure Sentinel
10 8 (5.59%) SaaS
11 7 (4.90%) IaaS
12 5 (3.50%) Azure AKS
12 5 (3.50%) PaaS
13 4 (2.80%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (2.80%) Serverless
14 3 (2.10%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 3 (2.10%) OCI
14 3 (2.10%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.09%) Firewall
2 11 (7.69%) DHCP
2 11 (7.69%) DNS
2 11 (7.69%) VPN
3 7 (4.90%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (4.20%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.50%) WAN
6 4 (2.80%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.80%) Wireless
7 3 (2.10%) BGP
7 3 (2.10%) BIG-IP
7 3 (2.10%) Ethernet VPN
7 3 (2.10%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 3 (2.10%) OSPF
7 3 (2.10%) SAN
7 3 (2.10%) VXLAN
7 3 (2.10%) WLAN
8 2 (1.40%) LAN
8 2 (1.40%) NAS
8 2 (1.40%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.79%) Power BI
2 13 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 8 (5.59%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (2.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.80%) DataStage
4 4 (2.80%) GIS
5 3 (2.10%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.10%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.40%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.40%) Looker
6 2 (1.40%) Metadata
6 2 (1.40%) Tableau
7 1 (0.70%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.70%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.70%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.70%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.70%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 8 (5.59%) Git
1 8 (5.59%) JIRA
2 6 (4.20%) GitLab
3 4 (2.80%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.40%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.70%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.70%) JMeter
5 1 (0.70%) JUnit
5 1 (0.70%) Postman
5 1 (0.70%) Selenium
5 1 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.70%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (19.58%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (7.69%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.29%) Finance
5 8 (5.59%) Banking
6 6 (4.20%) Legal
7 3 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.40%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.40%) Military
8 2 (1.40%) Publishing
8 2 (1.40%) Retail
9 1 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.70%) Law
9 1 (0.70%) Local Government
9 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (18.18%) Architect
2 19 (13.29%) Senior
3 16 (11.19%) Azure Engineer
4 15 (10.49%) Analyst
5 13 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (8.39%) Data Engineer
7 10 (6.99%) IT Support
8 9 (6.29%) IT Engineer
8 9 (6.29%) Support Engineer
9 8 (5.59%) DevOps Engineer
9 8 (5.59%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (5.59%) SharePoint Engineer
10 7 (4.90%) AWS Engineer
10 7 (4.90%) Cloud Engineer
10 7 (4.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.90%) Security Engineer
11 6 (4.20%) Python Engineer
11 6 (4.20%) Support Analyst
12 5 (3.50%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 5 (3.50%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (13.29%) Terraform
2 10 (6.99%) REST
3 4 (2.80%) .NET
4 3 (2.10%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (2.10%) JSON
5 2 (1.40%) .NET Core
5 2 (1.40%) ADO
5 2 (1.40%) ARM Templates
5 2 (1.40%) CSS
5 2 (1.40%) Node.js
5 2 (1.40%) React
5 2 (1.40%) React Native
5 2 (1.40%) YAML
6 1 (0.70%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.70%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.70%) Django
6 1 (0.70%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.70%) HTML
6 1 (0.70%) RESTful
6 1 (0.70%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 9 (6.29%) Cloud Native
3 8 (5.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (4.90%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.20%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.20%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.80%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.10%) Blog
7 3 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.40%) Digital Wallet
9 1 (0.70%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.70%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.70%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.70%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (18.88%) Windows
2 10 (6.99%) Windows 10
2 10 (6.99%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.80%) Linux
4 2 (1.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.40%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.27%) DevOps
2 28 (19.58%) Migration
3 27 (18.88%) CI/CD
4 20 (13.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 19 (13.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 17 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
6 17 (11.89%) ITSM
6 17 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (10.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (10.49%) Project Delivery
8 14 (9.79%) Agile
8 14 (9.79%) Analytics
8 14 (9.79%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (9.09%) ETL
9 13 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (8.39%) Cloud Security
11 11 (7.69%) Customer Service
11 11 (7.69%) Data Modelling
11 11 (7.69%) Data Protection
11 11 (7.69%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.88%) SQL
2 24 (16.78%) Python
3 8 (5.59%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.90%) C#
5 6 (4.20%) Bicep
5 6 (4.20%) Java
6 5 (3.50%) Bash
7 2 (1.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.70%) Go
8 1 (0.70%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.70%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (6.99%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.90%) CISSP
3 6 (4.20%) AWS Certification
4 4 (2.80%) A+ Certification
4 4 (2.80%) Azure Certification
4 4 (2.80%) CISM
4 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
4 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.10%) CRISC
5 3 (2.10%) Degree
6 2 (1.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.40%) CCNP
6 2 (1.40%) CISA
6 2 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 2 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 2 (1.40%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.69%) NIST
2 8 (5.59%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (5.59%) QA
3 7 (4.90%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.50%) GDPR
5 4 (2.80%) GRC
5 4 (2.80%) SLA
6 2 (1.40%) COBIT
7 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.70%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.70%) NCSC
System Software
1 27 (18.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.50%) Docker
2 5 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (2.10%) Hyper-V
3 3 (2.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.10%) vSphere
4 1 (0.70%) Firmware
4 1 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (13.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.99%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.20%) Ansible
3 6 (4.20%) Grafana
3 6 (4.20%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.50%) SCCM
5 3 (2.10%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.40%) Check_MK
7 1 (0.70%) Argo
7 1 (0.70%) Control-M
7 1 (0.70%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.70%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.70%) Puppet
Vendors
1 71 (49.65%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.79%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.59%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.50%) IBM
4 5 (3.50%) Splunk
4 5 (3.50%) VMware
5 4 (2.80%) Cisco
5 4 (2.80%) Cognos
5 4 (2.80%) Netezza
5 4 (2.80%) Remedy
6 3 (2.10%) Arista
6 3 (2.10%) Aruba
6 3 (2.10%) Databricks
6 3 (2.10%) F5
6 3 (2.10%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.10%) Veeam
7 2 (1.40%) BeyondTrust
7 2 (1.40%) CrowdStrike
7 2 (1.40%) OneLogin
7 2 (1.40%) Sparx
160 Azure jobs in Birmingham