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 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 4 | 13 | 8 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +9 | -5 | -7 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 142 | 68 | 80 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham | 16.30% | 10.58% | 11.22% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 47.65% | 32.38% | 31.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 109 | 43 | 56 |
| 10th Percentile | £261 | £200 | £356 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £400 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £538 | £501 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +7.39% | +0.10% | +2.56% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £613 | £567 |
| 90th Percentile | £690 | £653 | £616 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £479 | £550 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.00% | +4.76% | +5.00% |
| 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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 298 | 210 | 252 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham | 34.21% | 32.66% | 35.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 186 | 149 | 183 |
| 10th Percentile | £261 | £270 | £201 |
| 25th Percentile | £381 | £402 | £350 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £488 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.46% | +2.74% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £550 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £719 | £659 | £685 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £475 | £515 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.77% | +3.00% | +6.38% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 2 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £21.83 | £17.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £65.00 | £24.19 | £18.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £70.00 | £28.25 | £22.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +147.79% | +25.56% | +15.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £75.00 | £32.19 | £41.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £34.48 | £52.75 |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £21.50 | £30.00 | £33.74 |
| % change year-on-year | -28.33% | -11.07% | +82.35% |
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 Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
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 19 October 2026.
Azure Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Azure.
Azure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft 365 | 26.1% | 37 |
| 2 | AWS | 23.9% | 34 |
| 3 | Entra ID | 21.1% | 30 |
| 4 | Azure DevOps | 19.0% | 27 |
| 5 | Power Platform | 14.8% | 21 |
| 6 | Azure Data Factory | 7.0% | 10 |
| 6 | GCP | 7.0% | 10 |
| 6 | OneDrive | 7.0% | 10 |
| 9 | Dynamics 365 | 6.3% | 9 |
| 9 | IaaS | 6.3% | 9 |
| 9 | SaaS | 6.3% | 9 |
| 12 | PaaS | 5.6% | 8 |
| 13 | Azure Sentinel | 4.9% | 7 |
| 14 | Azure Monitor | 3.5% | 5 |
| 15 | Azure AKS | 2.8% | 4 |
| 15 | GitHub | 2.8% | 4 |
| 15 | GitHub Actions | 2.8% | 4 |
| 15 | Microsoft Purview | 2.8% | 4 |
| 19 | OCI | 2.1% | 3 |
| 20 | Azure API Management | 1.4% | 2 |