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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 14 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -7 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 125 49 91
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 13.43% 9.11% 11.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.71% 33.56% 39.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 41 68
10th Percentile £281 £106 £289
25th Percentile £406 £280 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £584 £538 £617
90th Percentile £678 £613 £652
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
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 286 146 230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 30.72% 27.14% 29.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 105 178
10th Percentile £299 £190 £224
25th Percentile £397 £315 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
75th Percentile £588 £550 £610
90th Percentile £688 £633 £712
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 9
10th Percentile £57.00 - £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 £34.43 £22.50
% change year-on-year -1.28% +53.02% +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 6 July 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 (16.00%) Confluence
2 18 (14.40%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.40%) Apache
5 2 (1.60%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.80%) CMS
6 1 (0.80%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.80%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.80%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.60%) AWS
2 30 (24.00%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (14.40%) Entra ID
3 18 (14.40%) GCP
3 18 (14.40%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (12.00%) Power Platform
5 12 (9.60%) GitHub
5 12 (9.60%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (5.60%) Amazon S3
6 7 (5.60%) OneDrive
7 6 (4.80%) Amazon SQS
7 6 (4.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (4.80%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (4.80%) SaaS
8 5 (4.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (4.00%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (4.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (3.20%) AWS KMS
9 4 (3.20%) Azure AKS
9 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.60%) VPN
2 10 (8.00%) Firewall
3 9 (7.20%) DHCP
3 9 (7.20%) DNS
4 4 (3.20%) WAN
5 3 (2.40%) BGP
5 3 (2.40%) BIG-IP
5 3 (2.40%) Ethernet VPN
5 3 (2.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 3 (2.40%) OSPF
5 3 (2.40%) SAN
5 3 (2.40%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.40%) VXLAN
5 3 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.40%) WLAN
6 2 (1.60%) NAS
6 2 (1.60%) Network Security
6 2 (1.60%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (1.60%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.60%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (17.60%) PostgreSQL
2 12 (9.60%) Power BI
3 11 (8.80%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.80%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (4.80%) DynamoDB
5 5 (4.00%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.00%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.20%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (2.40%) Tableau
8 2 (1.60%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.60%) Looker
8 2 (1.60%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.80%) Metadata
9 1 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.80%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.80%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 27 (21.60%) Git
2 23 (18.40%) JIRA
3 19 (15.20%) JMeter
3 19 (15.20%) JUnit
4 18 (14.40%) Jenkins
5 15 (12.00%) Cucumber
5 15 (12.00%) Selenium
6 14 (11.20%) WebDriver
7 12 (9.60%) GitLab
8 4 (3.20%) DbUnit
8 4 (3.20%) jMock
8 4 (3.20%) Maven
8 4 (3.20%) Mockito
8 4 (3.20%) SonarQube
9 2 (1.60%) Bitbucket Server
9 2 (1.60%) Yeoman
10 1 (0.80%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.80%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.80%) sqlmap
10 1 (0.80%) TestNG
General
1 37 (29.60%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.40%) Public Sector
3 12 (9.60%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.60%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (4.80%) Banking
6 4 (3.20%) Finance
7 2 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.60%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.60%) Law
7 2 (1.60%) Legal
7 2 (1.60%) Publishing
7 2 (1.60%) Retail
8 1 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.80%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (14.40%) Senior
2 14 (11.20%) Analyst
3 13 (10.40%) Azure Engineer
4 12 (9.60%) Data Engineer
4 12 (9.60%) Tester
5 9 (7.20%) Automation Tester
5 9 (7.20%) Developer
6 8 (6.40%) Architect
6 8 (6.40%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (6.40%) Security Engineer
6 8 (6.40%) SharePoint Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) IT Engineer
7 7 (5.60%) IT Support
7 7 (5.60%) Lead
7 7 (5.60%) Senior Automation Tester
7 7 (5.60%) Senior Tester
8 6 (4.80%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.80%) Support Engineer
9 5 (4.00%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.40%) Spring
2 14 (11.20%) WireMock
3 8 (6.40%) REST
4 6 (4.80%) Node.js
5 5 (4.00%) .NET
5 5 (4.00%) RESTful
6 4 (3.20%) ActiveMQ
6 4 (3.20%) ADO
6 4 (3.20%) AngularJS
6 4 (3.20%) Hibernate
6 4 (3.20%) JPA
6 4 (3.20%) PowerMock
6 4 (3.20%) SOAP
6 4 (3.20%) Spring Batch
6 4 (3.20%) Spring Boot
6 4 (3.20%) Spring Cloud
6 4 (3.20%) Spring Integration
6 4 (3.20%) Web Services
7 3 (2.40%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (1.60%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.80%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (8.80%) Distributed Architecture
2 11 (8.80%) Onboarding
3 10 (8.00%) Cloud Native
4 9 (7.20%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (4.80%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.20%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.40%) Blog
7 3 (2.40%) Distributed Applications
8 2 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.60%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.60%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.60%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.80%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.80%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.80%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.80%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.00%) Windows
2 8 (6.40%) Linux
2 8 (6.40%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.60%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.60%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.60%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.80%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (39.20%) DevOps
2 45 (36.00%) CI/CD
3 32 (25.60%) Agile
4 27 (21.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 22 (17.60%) Observability
6 22 (17.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (16.80%) Microservices
7 21 (16.80%) Test Strategy
8 20 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 20 (16.00%) Migration
8 20 (16.00%) TDD
9 19 (15.20%) Validation
10 18 (14.40%) BDD
11 15 (12.00%) Load Testing
12 13 (10.40%) Analytics
12 13 (10.40%) Data Engineering
12 13 (10.40%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 13 (10.40%) Problem-Solving
12 13 (10.40%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 22 (17.60%) Python
2 20 (16.00%) SQL
3 13 (10.40%) Java
4 7 (5.60%) Bicep
4 7 (5.60%) PowerShell
5 5 (4.00%) C#
6 2 (1.60%) Bash
6 2 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (1.60%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.60%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.60%) VB
7 1 (0.80%) Go
7 1 (0.80%) Groovy
7 1 (0.80%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.80%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 19 (15.20%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.80%) AWS Certification
4 5 (4.00%) ISTQB
5 4 (3.20%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.40%) CISSP
6 3 (2.40%) Degree
7 2 (1.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.60%) CCNP
7 2 (1.60%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.60%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.80%) CISM
8 1 (0.80%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.80%) SLA
2 5 (4.00%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.20%) NIST
4 3 (2.40%) QA
5 2 (1.60%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.60%) GDPR
6 1 (0.80%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.80%) NCSC
6 1 (0.80%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.80%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (17.60%) Docker
2 20 (16.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.20%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.20%) Postfix
3 4 (3.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.60%) vSphere
6 1 (0.80%) Firmware
6 1 (0.80%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (18.40%) Grafana
1 23 (18.40%) Kubernetes
2 22 (17.60%) Terraform
3 19 (15.20%) Prometheus
4 17 (13.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (4.00%) Ansible
6 3 (2.40%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.60%) Check_MK
7 2 (1.60%) HP ALM
7 2 (1.60%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.80%) Argo
8 1 (0.80%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.80%) Puppet
8 1 (0.80%) SCCM
Vendors
1 51 (40.80%) Microsoft
2 14 (11.20%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.00%) Oracle
4 4 (3.20%) Atlassian
4 4 (3.20%) Jaspersoft
4 4 (3.20%) VMware
5 3 (2.40%) Arista
5 3 (2.40%) Aruba
5 3 (2.40%) Dynatrace
5 3 (2.40%) F5
5 3 (2.40%) Fortinet
5 3 (2.40%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.40%) Remedy
5 3 (2.40%) Splunk
5 3 (2.40%) Veeam
6 2 (1.60%) Adobe
6 2 (1.60%) Cisco
6 2 (1.60%) Commvault
6 2 (1.60%) HP
6 2 (1.60%) SAP