Azure Certification Contract Job Trends in Warwickshire

Microsoft Azure Certification
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Warwickshire with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 42 39
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 +8
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 5 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Warwickshire 0.78% 0.93% 0.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.07% 2.97% 3.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £620 £300
Median % change year-on-year -35.48% +106.67% -60.00%
75th Percentile - - £325
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 £541 £600
% change year-on-year +1.63% -9.80% +41.18%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Warwickshire

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Warwickshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 163 101 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire 25.59% 31.46% 18.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 65 39
10th Percentile £311 £328 £263
25th Percentile £363 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -2.44% -10.87%
75th Percentile £638 £551 £725
90th Percentile £766 £645 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £472 £500 £469
% change year-on-year -5.60% +6.61% -10.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 7 7
10th Percentile £20.31 £17.15 £18.40
25th Percentile £23.04 £19.25 £22.16
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +35.96% -28.57% -46.97%
75th Percentile - £28.18 £39.92
90th Percentile - £33.70 £40.95
West Midlands median hourly rate £52.50 £22.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year +133.33% -21.05% +50.00%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warwickshire.

Azure Certification job vacancy trend in Warwickshire

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Azure Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warwickshire citing Azure Certification

Azure Certification
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 13 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwick -12 4 - -
Azure Certification
West Midlands

Azure Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warwickshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (40.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (40.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Functions
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (20.00%) GCP
4 1 (20.00%) PaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) Internet
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) SD-WAN
1 2 (40.00%) SSL
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Browser DevTools
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Azure Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) SAML
2 1 (20.00%) Spring
2 1 (20.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Mac OS
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Containerisation
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Data Integration
3 2 (40.00%) Impact Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (40.00%) Microservices
3 2 (40.00%) RBAC
3 2 (40.00%) Regression Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Scenario Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Test Management
3 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Bicep
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (40.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (20.00%) Qualys