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 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 126 51 78
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 13.68% 9.22% 11.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.75% 34.00% 34.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 40 60
10th Percentile £309 £106 £346
25th Percentile £403 £263 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -15.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £606 £510 £589
90th Percentile £688 £601 £651
West Midlands median daily rate £493 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -6.19% - +5.00%

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 288 150 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 31.27% 27.12% 32.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 106 179
10th Percentile £309 £195 £250
25th Percentile £400 £315 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £500 £619
90th Percentile £688 £622 £728
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £57.00 - £14.69
25th Percentile £65.00 £56.88 £15.53
Median hourly rate £70.00 £58.75 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +19.15% +205.19% -11.49%
75th Percentile £75.00 £60.63 £31.56
90th Percentile - - £45.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £33.88 £19.25
% change year-on-year +0.32% +76.00% -1.28%

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 3 August 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 20 (15.87%) Confluence
2 18 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.59%) Apache
4 2 (1.59%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.79%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.59%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 48 (38.10%) AWS
2 33 (26.19%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 17 (13.49%) GCP
5 15 (11.90%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (11.90%) Power Platform
6 13 (10.32%) GitHub
6 13 (10.32%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (7.94%) Azure Data Factory
8 8 (6.35%) OneDrive
9 7 (5.56%) Amazon S3
10 6 (4.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (4.76%) Amazon SQS
11 5 (3.97%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (3.97%) SaaS
12 4 (3.17%) AWS KMS
12 4 (3.17%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (3.17%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (3.17%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.14%) VPN
2 8 (6.35%) DHCP
2 8 (6.35%) DNS
2 8 (6.35%) Firewall
3 4 (3.17%) WAN
4 3 (2.38%) BGP
4 3 (2.38%) BIG-IP
4 3 (2.38%) Ethernet VPN
4 3 (2.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (2.38%) OSPF
4 3 (2.38%) SAN
4 3 (2.38%) SD-WAN
4 3 (2.38%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.38%) VXLAN
4 3 (2.38%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.38%) WLAN
5 2 (1.59%) NAS
5 2 (1.59%) Network Security
5 2 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.59%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.87%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (10.32%) Power BI
3 11 (8.73%) SQL Server
4 7 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (4.76%) DynamoDB
6 4 (3.17%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (3.17%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.59%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.59%) DataStage
7 2 (1.59%) Looker
7 2 (1.59%) Metadata
7 2 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.59%) Tableau
8 1 (0.79%) GIS
8 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.79%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.79%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 25 (19.84%) Git
2 23 (18.25%) JIRA
3 19 (15.08%) Jenkins
3 19 (15.08%) JUnit
4 18 (14.29%) JMeter
5 15 (11.90%) Cucumber
5 15 (11.90%) Selenium
6 14 (11.11%) WebDriver
7 13 (10.32%) GitLab
8 4 (3.17%) DbUnit
8 4 (3.17%) jMock
8 4 (3.17%) Maven
8 4 (3.17%) Mockito
8 4 (3.17%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.59%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (1.59%) Postman
9 2 (1.59%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.79%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.79%) REST Assured
General
1 32 (25.40%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.87%) Public Sector
3 13 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.56%) Banking
4 7 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (3.97%) Finance
6 2 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.59%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.59%) Law
6 2 (1.59%) Legal
6 2 (1.59%) Military
6 2 (1.59%) Publishing
6 2 (1.59%) Retail
7 1 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.29%) Senior
2 14 (11.11%) Analyst
2 14 (11.11%) Azure Engineer
3 12 (9.52%) Data Engineer
3 12 (9.52%) Tester
4 10 (7.94%) Architect
5 9 (7.14%) Automation Tester
6 8 (6.35%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (6.35%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.35%) SharePoint Engineer
7 7 (5.56%) Developer
7 7 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.56%) Lead
7 7 (5.56%) Senior Automation Tester
7 7 (5.56%) Senior Tester
8 6 (4.76%) Cloud Security Engineer
8 6 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.97%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.29%) Spring
2 14 (11.11%) WireMock
3 11 (8.73%) REST
4 6 (4.76%) Node.js
5 4 (3.17%) ActiveMQ
5 4 (3.17%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.17%) Hibernate
5 4 (3.17%) JPA
5 4 (3.17%) PowerMock
5 4 (3.17%) SOAP
5 4 (3.17%) Spring Batch
5 4 (3.17%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.17%) Spring Cloud
5 4 (3.17%) Spring Integration
5 4 (3.17%) Web Services
6 3 (2.38%) .NET
6 3 (2.38%) ADO
6 3 (2.38%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (2.38%) RESTful
7 2 (1.59%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.70%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (8.73%) Distributed Architecture
3 9 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 9 (7.14%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (6.35%) Onboarding
5 6 (4.76%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.17%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.38%) Blog
7 3 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (2.38%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.79%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.79%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.79%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.79%) Replication
9 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 16 (12.70%) Windows
2 7 (5.56%) Linux
3 6 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.97%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.59%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.59%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.59%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (41.27%) DevOps
2 47 (37.30%) CI/CD
3 31 (24.60%) Agile
4 27 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (19.05%) Test Automation
6 23 (18.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (17.46%) Migration
7 22 (17.46%) Observability
8 21 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (16.67%) Microservices
9 20 (15.87%) Test Strategy
10 19 (15.08%) TDD
10 19 (15.08%) Validation
11 17 (13.49%) BDD
12 15 (11.90%) Load Testing
13 14 (11.11%) Analytics
13 14 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 14 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (10.32%) Mentoring
14 13 (10.32%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.84%) Python
2 21 (16.67%) SQL
3 12 (9.52%) Java
4 8 (6.35%) PowerShell
5 7 (5.56%) Bicep
6 5 (3.97%) C#
7 4 (3.17%) Bash
8 2 (1.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.79%) Go
9 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.79%) VB
Qualifications
1 26 (20.63%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.87%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.76%) AWS Certification
4 4 (3.17%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.17%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.38%) CISSP
5 3 (2.38%) Degree
6 2 (1.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (1.59%) CCNP
6 2 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.79%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.79%) CISM
7 1 (0.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.97%) QA
2 5 (3.97%) SLA
3 4 (3.17%) NIST
4 2 (1.59%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.79%) GRC
5 1 (0.79%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.79%) NCSC
5 1 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (17.46%) Docker
2 16 (12.70%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.17%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.17%) Postfix
3 4 (3.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.59%) vSphere
6 1 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 23 (18.25%) Grafana
1 23 (18.25%) Terraform
2 21 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 19 (15.08%) Prometheus
4 14 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (4.76%) Ansible
6 3 (2.38%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.59%) Check_MK
7 2 (1.59%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (1.59%) SCCM
8 1 (0.79%) Argo
8 1 (0.79%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.79%) Puppet
Vendors
1 47 (37.30%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.97%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.17%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.17%) Cisco
4 4 (3.17%) Jaspersoft
4 4 (3.17%) VMware
5 3 (2.38%) Arista
5 3 (2.38%) Aruba
5 3 (2.38%) Databricks
5 3 (2.38%) F5
5 3 (2.38%) Oracle
5 3 (2.38%) Remedy
5 3 (2.38%) Splunk
5 3 (2.38%) Veeam
6 2 (1.59%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.59%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.59%) Meraki
6 2 (1.59%) Sparx
96 Azure jobs in Birmingham