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 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 5 4
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 102 87 133
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 12.13% 14.52% 17.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.05% 38.50% 55.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 74 95
10th Percentile £400 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £420 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £638
90th Percentile £650 £638 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £550 £524
% change year-on-year -4.55% +5.01% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £23.46
25th Percentile £75.75 - £28.71
Median hourly rate £76.50 £60.00 £37.48
Median % change year-on-year +27.50% +60.11% -
75th Percentile £77.25 - £46.24
90th Percentile - - £51.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £76.50 £46.25 £18.50
% change year-on-year +65.41% +150.00% +4.40%

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 291 226 239
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 34.60% 37.73% 31.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 176 173
10th Percentile £313 £195 £253
25th Percentile £420 £379 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £588
90th Percentile £678 £700 £686
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £460
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -8.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £21.20 - £14.03
25th Percentile £22.63 - £17.04
Median hourly rate £25.00 £60.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +130.77% +67.85%
75th Percentile £51.13 - £26.50
90th Percentile £66.80 - £37.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.21 £20.24 £19.23
% change year-on-year +34.44% +5.28% +17.51%

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 13 February 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 11 (10.78%) Confluence
2 5 (4.90%) nginx
3 4 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.94%) Apache
5 2 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.96%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.98%) CMS
6 1 (0.98%) IIS
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.98%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.98%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.98%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (4.90%) Mozilla Thunderbird
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.98%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.96%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (1.96%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.98%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 35 (34.31%) AWS
2 20 (19.61%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (18.63%) Power Platform
4 17 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (13.73%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (12.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 10 (9.80%) Azure Data Factory
8 9 (8.82%) SaaS
9 8 (7.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 8 (7.84%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (7.84%) Amazon S3
9 8 (7.84%) AWS KMS
9 8 (7.84%) Azure API Management
9 8 (7.84%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (7.84%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (7.84%) Entra ID
9 8 (7.84%) Route 53
10 7 (6.86%) Azure Sentinel
10 7 (6.86%) GitHub
11 6 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 18 (17.65%) Firewall
2 8 (7.84%) VPN
3 7 (6.86%) DNS
4 6 (5.88%) Network Security
5 5 (4.90%) FTP
5 5 (4.90%) HTTP
5 5 (4.90%) IMAP
5 5 (4.90%) OpenLDAP
5 5 (4.90%) SMTP
5 5 (4.90%) SSH
6 2 (1.96%) DHCP
7 1 (0.98%) LAN
7 1 (0.98%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (0.98%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.98%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.71%) Power BI
2 12 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (7.84%) Amazon Aurora
3 8 (7.84%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (7.84%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.92%) Data Mining
5 3 (2.94%) DynamoDB
5 3 (2.94%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.94%) Power Query
6 2 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.96%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.96%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.96%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.98%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.98%) MySQL
7 1 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.98%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (17.65%) Git
2 14 (13.73%) Jenkins
2 14 (13.73%) JIRA
3 5 (4.90%) Vagrant
4 4 (3.92%) JUnit
5 3 (2.94%) DbUnit
5 3 (2.94%) JMeter
5 3 (2.94%) jMock
5 3 (2.94%) Maven
5 3 (2.94%) Mockito
5 3 (2.94%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.96%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.96%) Selenium
7 1 (0.98%) Bitbucket Server
7 1 (0.98%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.98%) Postman
7 1 (0.98%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.98%) Serenity BDD
7 1 (0.98%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.98%) TestNG
General
1 39 (38.24%) Social Skills
2 24 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 14 (13.73%) Finance
4 7 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (4.90%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.94%) Banking
8 2 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.96%) Law
8 2 (1.96%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.96%) Military
8 2 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.96%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.98%) Back Office
9 1 (0.98%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (18.63%) Architect
2 14 (13.73%) Developer
3 12 (11.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 10 (9.80%) Data Engineer
4 10 (9.80%) Senior
5 9 (8.82%) Enterprise Architect
6 8 (7.84%) Azure Architect
7 7 (6.86%) Analyst
7 7 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
8 6 (5.88%) Platform Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) AWS Platform Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Business Architect
9 5 (4.90%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 5 (4.90%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 5 (4.90%) Lead
9 5 (4.90%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.92%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.92%) DevOps Platform Engineer
10 4 (3.92%) TOGAF Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.88%) .NET
1 6 (5.88%) REST
2 5 (4.90%) LDAP
2 5 (4.90%) RESTful
3 4 (3.92%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.92%) Web Services
4 3 (2.94%) ActiveMQ
4 3 (2.94%) Hibernate
4 3 (2.94%) JPA
4 3 (2.94%) Node.js
4 3 (2.94%) PowerMock
4 3 (2.94%) PyTorch
4 3 (2.94%) SOAP
4 3 (2.94%) Spring
4 3 (2.94%) Spring Batch
4 3 (2.94%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.94%) Spring Cloud
4 3 (2.94%) Spring Integration
4 3 (2.94%) YAML
5 2 (1.96%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.86%) Replication
1 7 (6.86%) Security Posture
2 6 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.96%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (1.96%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.96%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.98%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.98%) IoT
5 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.98%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.61%) Windows
2 12 (11.76%) Linux
3 7 (6.86%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.90%) Amazon Linux
4 5 (4.90%) Ubuntu
4 5 (4.90%) VMS
5 3 (2.94%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.98%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (40.20%) DevOps
2 34 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 25 (24.51%) Agile
4 24 (23.53%) Analytics
5 17 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (15.69%) Data Modelling
7 15 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (11.76%) Cloud Security
8 12 (11.76%) Containerisation
9 11 (10.78%) Stakeholder Management
10 10 (9.80%) Performance Tuning
11 9 (8.82%) API Management
11 9 (8.82%) Change Management
12 8 (7.84%) AI
12 8 (7.84%) Data Engineering
12 8 (7.84%) Enterprise Architecture
12 8 (7.84%) Mentoring
12 8 (7.84%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (6.86%) Infrastructure as Code
13 7 (6.86%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 23 (22.55%) Python
1 23 (22.55%) SQL
2 12 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 9 (8.82%) Java
4 8 (7.84%) C#
5 7 (6.86%) JavaScript
6 6 (5.88%) Groovy
7 4 (3.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 3 (2.94%) Bicep
8 3 (2.94%) R
8 3 (2.94%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.96%) Bash
9 2 (1.96%) Go
9 2 (1.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.96%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.96%) Scala
9 2 (1.96%) VB
10 1 (0.98%) PHP
10 1 (0.98%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (21.57%) Security Cleared
2 16 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 12 (11.76%) Azure Certification
4 11 (10.78%) AWS Certification
5 9 (8.82%) Degree
6 6 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.96%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (0.98%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 6 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.94%) GDPR
3 2 (1.96%) NCSC
3 2 (1.96%) NIST
3 2 (1.96%) QA
3 2 (1.96%) SLA
4 1 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.98%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 15 (14.71%) Docker
2 10 (9.80%) Active Directory
3 8 (7.84%) Postfix
4 5 (4.90%) DFS Replication
4 5 (4.90%) Dovecot
4 5 (4.90%) Squid
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (16.67%) Terraform
2 12 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (10.78%) Kubernetes
4 10 (9.80%) Grafana
5 6 (5.88%) Prometheus
6 5 (4.90%) Ansible
6 5 (4.90%) Nessus
6 5 (4.90%) Proxmox
7 2 (1.96%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (1.96%) HP ALM
7 2 (1.96%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.98%) Argo
8 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.84%) Jaspersoft
3 7 (6.86%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.90%) Databricks
5 4 (3.92%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.94%) Oracle
7 2 (1.96%) Barracuda Networks
7 2 (1.96%) Cisco
7 2 (1.96%) Dell
7 2 (1.96%) F5
7 2 (1.96%) Google
7 2 (1.96%) HP
7 2 (1.96%) Isilon
7 2 (1.96%) Northgate
7 2 (1.96%) SAP
7 2 (1.96%) Splunk
8 1 (0.98%) BeyondTrust
8 1 (0.98%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.98%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.98%) Intapp