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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 117 50 89
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 12.58% 9.54% 11.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.91% 33.78% 41.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 45 67
10th Percentile £281 £106 £280
25th Percentile £400 £305 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £575 £538 £638
90th Percentile £650 £622 £653
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +5.77%
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 286 148 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.75% 28.24% 28.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 110 169
10th Percentile £306 £190 £207
25th Percentile £400 £327 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.52%
75th Percentile £588 £571 £625
90th Percentile £688 £638 £680
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 9
10th Percentile £53.00 - £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 £18.74 £22.50
% change year-on-year +81.38% -16.71% +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 14 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 (17.95%) Confluence
2 12 (10.26%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.56%) Apache
5 2 (1.71%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.85%) CMS
6 1 (0.85%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.85%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.71%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 45 (38.46%) AWS
2 26 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (14.53%) Entra ID
5 16 (13.68%) GCP
6 14 (11.97%) Power Platform
7 12 (10.26%) GitHub
8 11 (9.40%) GitHub Actions
9 8 (6.84%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (5.98%) Amazon S3
11 6 (5.13%) Amazon SQS
11 6 (5.13%) Azure Data Factory
11 6 (5.13%) OneDrive
11 6 (5.13%) SaaS
12 5 (4.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 5 (4.27%) Amazon EC2
12 5 (4.27%) Azure Sentinel
13 4 (3.42%) AWS KMS
13 4 (3.42%) IaaS
13 4 (3.42%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.26%) VPN
2 10 (8.55%) Firewall
3 9 (7.69%) DHCP
3 9 (7.69%) DNS
4 4 (3.42%) WAN
5 3 (2.56%) BGP
5 3 (2.56%) BIG-IP
5 3 (2.56%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (2.56%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (2.56%) OSPF
5 3 (2.56%) SAN
5 3 (2.56%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.56%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.56%) WLAN
6 2 (1.71%) NAS
6 2 (1.71%) Network Security
6 2 (1.71%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.71%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.80%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (7.69%) Power BI
3 6 (5.13%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (5.13%) DynamoDB
3 6 (5.13%) SQL Server
4 5 (4.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.42%) Amazon Aurora
5 4 (3.42%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.56%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.71%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.71%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.85%) Spark SQL
8 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (23.08%) Git
2 24 (20.51%) JIRA
3 19 (16.24%) JMeter
3 19 (16.24%) JUnit
4 17 (14.53%) Jenkins
5 15 (12.82%) Cucumber
5 15 (12.82%) Selenium
6 14 (11.97%) WebDriver
7 11 (9.40%) GitLab
8 4 (3.42%) DbUnit
8 4 (3.42%) jMock
8 4 (3.42%) Maven
8 4 (3.42%) Mockito
8 4 (3.42%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.71%) Bitbucket Server
10 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.85%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.85%) Postman
10 1 (0.85%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.85%) sqlmap
General
1 41 (35.04%) Social Skills
2 19 (16.24%) Public Sector
3 11 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.98%) Finance
6 5 (4.27%) Banking
7 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.71%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.71%) Law
7 2 (1.71%) Retail
8 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.85%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (15.38%) Senior
2 16 (13.68%) Analyst
3 12 (10.26%) Tester
4 10 (8.55%) Data Engineer
5 9 (7.69%) Architect
5 9 (7.69%) Automation Tester
5 9 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) Developer
6 8 (6.84%) Security Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) IT Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) IT Support
7 7 (5.98%) Senior Automation Tester
7 7 (5.98%) Senior Tester
7 7 (5.98%) Support Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Business Analyst
8 6 (5.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Lead
9 5 (4.27%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
9 5 (4.27%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (15.38%) Spring
2 14 (11.97%) WireMock
3 6 (5.13%) Node.js
3 6 (5.13%) REST
4 5 (4.27%) RESTful
5 4 (3.42%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (3.42%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.42%) Hibernate
5 4 (3.42%) JPA
5 4 (3.42%) PowerMock
5 4 (3.42%) SOAP
5 4 (3.42%) Spring Batch
5 4 (3.42%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.42%) Spring Cloud
5 4 (3.42%) Spring Integration
5 4 (3.42%) Web Services
6 3 (2.56%) .NET
6 3 (2.56%) ADO
6 3 (2.56%) PyTorch
7 2 (1.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (9.40%) Distributed Architecture
3 10 (8.55%) Onboarding
4 9 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 9 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (5.13%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.42%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.56%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.71%) Blog
8 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.71%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.85%) CMDB
9 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.85%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.85%) PKI
9 1 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 21 (17.95%) Windows
2 8 (6.84%) Linux
2 8 (6.84%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.98%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.71%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.71%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.71%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (39.32%) DevOps
2 41 (35.04%) CI/CD
3 34 (29.06%) Agile
4 27 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (21.37%) Test Automation
6 22 (18.80%) Microservices
7 21 (17.95%) Test Strategy
8 20 (17.09%) TDD
9 19 (16.24%) Migration
9 19 (16.24%) Observability
10 18 (15.38%) BDD
10 18 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (13.68%) Infrastructure as Code
11 16 (13.68%) Validation
12 15 (12.82%) Load Testing
13 13 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 13 (11.11%) End-to-End Testing
13 13 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
14 11 (9.40%) Containerisation
14 11 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.53%) Python
1 17 (14.53%) SQL
2 11 (9.40%) Java
3 6 (5.13%) PowerShell
4 5 (4.27%) Bicep
5 3 (2.56%) C#
6 2 (1.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.71%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.71%) VB
7 1 (0.85%) Bash
7 1 (0.85%) Groovy
7 1 (0.85%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (20.51%) Security Cleared
2 20 (17.09%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.13%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.27%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.42%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.56%) CISSP
6 3 (2.56%) Degree
7 2 (1.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.71%) CCNP
7 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.85%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.13%) SLA
2 5 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.42%) NIST
4 3 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.71%) GDPR
5 2 (1.71%) QA
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.85%) NCSC
6 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (17.95%) Docker
2 19 (16.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.42%) Postfix
4 3 (2.56%) Hyper-V
4 3 (2.56%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.71%) vSphere
6 1 (0.85%) Firmware
6 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (18.80%) Grafana
2 21 (17.95%) Kubernetes
3 20 (17.09%) Terraform
4 18 (15.38%) Prometheus
5 17 (14.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.42%) Ansible
7 3 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.71%) Check_MK
8 2 (1.71%) HP ALM
8 2 (1.71%) HP Quality Center
9 1 (0.85%) Argo
Vendors
1 50 (42.74%) Microsoft
2 15 (12.82%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.27%) Oracle
4 4 (3.42%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.42%) Jaspersoft
4 4 (3.42%) Veeam
5 3 (2.56%) Arista
5 3 (2.56%) Aruba
5 3 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
5 3 (2.56%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.56%) F5
5 3 (2.56%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.56%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.56%) Remedy
5 3 (2.56%) VMware
6 2 (1.71%) Adobe
6 2 (1.71%) Cisco
6 2 (1.71%) Commvault
6 2 (1.71%) HP
6 2 (1.71%) SAP