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

6 months to
7 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 16 12
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 -11
Contract jobs citing Azure 134 54 69
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 14.63% 9.12% 9.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 47.35% 31.95% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 34 50
10th Percentile £281 £106 £350
25th Percentile £403 £263 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -20.00% -
75th Percentile £638 £528 £575
90th Percentile £700 £609 £657
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -9.22% +2.29% +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 283 169 240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.90% 28.55% 33.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 110 183
10th Percentile £281 £247 £213
25th Percentile £400 £383 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £531 £607
90th Percentile £710 £634 £725
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £514 £475
% change year-on-year -7.54% +8.16% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile - £38.09 £17.05
25th Percentile £65.00 £41.22 £18.63
Median hourly rate £70.00 £47.38 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.76% +110.56% -6.25%
75th Percentile £75.00 £54.47 £39.38
90th Percentile - £58.16 £48.75
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £35.49 £32.21
% change year-on-year -4.23% +10.19% +69.51%

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 7 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 18 (13.43%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (5.22%) Confluence
4 4 (2.99%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.49%) Apache
5 2 (1.49%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.75%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.75%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.75%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 37 (27.61%) AWS
2 31 (23.13%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (21.64%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (20.90%) Entra ID
5 13 (9.70%) Power Platform
6 12 (8.96%) OneDrive
7 11 (8.21%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (6.72%) GCP
9 8 (5.97%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (5.22%) GitHub
10 7 (5.22%) GitHub Actions
10 7 (5.22%) SaaS
11 6 (4.48%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.73%) Azure AKS
12 5 (3.73%) IaaS
12 5 (3.73%) Microsoft Purview
12 5 (3.73%) Serverless
13 4 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
13 4 (2.99%) Power Automate
14 3 (2.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.21%) DHCP
1 11 (8.21%) DNS
1 11 (8.21%) Firewall
1 11 (8.21%) VPN
2 6 (4.48%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.73%) WAN
3 5 (3.73%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.99%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.24%) BGP
5 3 (2.24%) BIG-IP
5 3 (2.24%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (2.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (2.24%) OSPF
5 3 (2.24%) SAN
5 3 (2.24%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.24%) WLAN
6 2 (1.49%) LAN
6 2 (1.49%) NAS
6 2 (1.49%) Network Security
6 2 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.96%) Power BI
1 12 (8.96%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.72%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (5.22%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.99%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (2.99%) DataStage
4 4 (2.99%) GIS
5 3 (2.24%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.24%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.49%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.49%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.49%) Looker
6 2 (1.49%) Metadata
6 2 (1.49%) Tableau
7 1 (0.75%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.75%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.75%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.75%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.75%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 13 (9.70%) Git
2 11 (8.21%) JIRA
3 10 (7.46%) GitLab
4 8 (5.97%) Jenkins
5 6 (4.48%) JMeter
6 5 (3.73%) Cucumber
6 5 (3.73%) JUnit
6 5 (3.73%) Selenium
6 5 (3.73%) WebDriver
7 2 (1.49%) Yeoman
8 1 (0.75%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.75%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.75%) Postman
8 1 (0.75%) sqlmap
8 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (21.64%) Social Skills
2 12 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (8.96%) Public Sector
3 8 (5.97%) Banking
3 8 (5.97%) Finance
4 6 (4.48%) Legal
5 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.49%) Military
5 2 (1.49%) Publishing
5 2 (1.49%) Retail
6 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (0.75%) Law
6 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (14.18%) Senior
2 17 (12.69%) Architect
3 15 (11.19%) Analyst
3 15 (11.19%) Azure Engineer
4 12 (8.96%) Data Engineer
5 8 (5.97%) AWS Engineer
5 8 (5.97%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 8 (5.97%) IT Engineer
5 8 (5.97%) IT Support
5 8 (5.97%) Security Engineer
5 8 (5.97%) SharePoint Engineer
6 7 (5.22%) DevOps Engineer
6 7 (5.22%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (5.22%) Support Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Cloud Security Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Python Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Support Analyst
8 5 (3.73%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (16.42%) Terraform
2 8 (5.97%) REST
3 5 (3.73%) Spring
3 5 (3.73%) WireMock
4 4 (2.99%) .NET
5 3 (2.24%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.49%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.49%) ADO
6 2 (1.49%) ARM Templates
6 2 (1.49%) CSS
6 2 (1.49%) Node.js
6 2 (1.49%) React
6 2 (1.49%) React Native
6 2 (1.49%) YAML
7 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
7 1 (0.75%) Django
7 1 (0.75%) Entity Framework
7 1 (0.75%) JSON
7 1 (0.75%) OpenTelemetry
7 1 (0.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.72%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (5.97%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.22%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.48%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.73%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (3.73%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.99%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.24%) Blog
7 3 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.49%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.75%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.75%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.75%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.75%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 23 (17.16%) Windows
2 10 (7.46%) Windows 10
3 8 (5.97%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.99%) Linux
5 2 (1.49%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.49%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (35.07%) DevOps
2 33 (24.63%) CI/CD
3 25 (18.66%) Migration
4 21 (15.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 20 (14.93%) Agile
6 19 (14.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 18 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (12.69%) ITSM
8 17 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (11.19%) Analytics
10 14 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (10.45%) Observability
10 14 (10.45%) Project Delivery
11 13 (9.70%) Cloud Security
11 13 (9.70%) ETL
11 13 (9.70%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (9.70%) Test Automation
12 12 (8.96%) Data Engineering
12 12 (8.96%) Data Modelling
13 11 (8.21%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.40%) Python
2 25 (18.66%) SQL
3 9 (6.72%) PowerShell
4 7 (5.22%) Bicep
5 6 (4.48%) C#
6 5 (3.73%) Bash
6 5 (3.73%) Java
7 2 (1.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.75%) Go
8 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.75%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.75%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (10.45%) Security Cleared
2 8 (5.97%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.99%) A+ Certification
3 4 (2.99%) AWS Certification
3 4 (2.99%) Azure Certification
3 4 (2.99%) CISSP
3 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (2.99%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (2.24%) Degree
4 3 (2.24%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.49%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.49%) CCNP
5 2 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.75%) CISM
6 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.75%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.75%) GCIH
6 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.46%) NIST
2 7 (5.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (4.48%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.73%) QA
5 4 (2.99%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.99%) GDPR
5 4 (2.99%) SLA
6 2 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.49%) GRC
7 1 (0.75%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.75%) NCSC
7 1 (0.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (18.66%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.72%) Docker
3 4 (2.99%) Hyper-V
3 4 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.24%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.49%) vSphere
6 1 (0.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (14.18%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (9.70%) Kubernetes
3 10 (7.46%) Grafana
3 10 (7.46%) Prometheus
4 6 (4.48%) Ansible
5 5 (3.73%) SCCM
6 3 (2.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.49%) Check_MK
8 1 (0.75%) Argo
8 1 (0.75%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.75%) Puppet
Vendors
1 64 (47.76%) Microsoft
2 14 (10.45%) ServiceNow
3 8 (5.97%) Palo Alto
4 5 (3.73%) Splunk
5 4 (2.99%) Cisco
5 4 (2.99%) Cognos
5 4 (2.99%) Databricks
5 4 (2.99%) IBM
5 4 (2.99%) Netezza
5 4 (2.99%) Remedy
5 4 (2.99%) VMware
6 3 (2.24%) Arista
6 3 (2.24%) Aruba
6 3 (2.24%) F5
6 3 (2.24%) OpenAI
6 3 (2.24%) Veeam
7 2 (1.49%) Adobe
7 2 (1.49%) Commvault
7 2 (1.49%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.49%) Oracle