Azure Architect Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure Architect
England > West Midlands

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in the West Midlands is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 106 109
Rank change year-on-year -22 +3 +43
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 10 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.44% 0.18% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.19% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 6
10th Percentile £585 - £549
25th Percentile £600 £588 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £655
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -8.40% +4.80%
75th Percentile £647 £613 £698
90th Percentile £661 - £825
England median daily rate £600 £625 £675
% change year-on-year -4.00% -7.41% +3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the West Midlands with a recognized job title 2,003 1,560 1,711
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.63% 93.69% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 1,005 1,172
10th Percentile £259 £203 £220
25th Percentile £400 £381 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £704 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -3.24% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 60 59
10th Percentile £13.01 £13.95 £15.25
25th Percentile £14.25 £17.00 £17.38
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.82 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year +5.58% +6.86% +25.79%
75th Percentile £30.00 £32.26 £39.88
90th Percentile £50.00 £50.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.22% +40.63%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Azure Architect job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in the West Midlands

Azure Architect
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Birmingham -2 7 £625 +4.17% 2
Warwickshire - 3 - -
Azure Architect
England

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, Azure Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 6 (60.00%) Analytics
3 6 (60.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (60.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (60.00%) DevOps
3 6 (60.00%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) Power BI
3 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (50.00%) AI
4 5 (50.00%) Business Analysis
4 5 (50.00%) Data Mining
4 5 (50.00%) Records Management
4 5 (50.00%) SaaS
4 5 (50.00%) TOGAF
4 5 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
5 2 (20.00%) Palantir
5 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (20.00%) Virgin Media
6 1 (10.00%) API Management
6 1 (10.00%) Azure API Management
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (10.00%) Business Strategy

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (70.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 6 (60.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 6 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (60.00%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
4 5 (50.00%) SaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Azure API Management
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Functions
5 1 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (10.00%) GCP
5 1 (10.00%) PaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (60.00%) Power BI
2 5 (50.00%) Data Mining
3 1 (10.00%) Data Hub
3 1 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Spring
1 1 (10.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (10.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Analytics
1 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Data Modelling
1 6 (60.00%) DevOps
1 6 (60.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (50.00%) AI
2 5 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 5 (50.00%) Records Management
2 5 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 5 (50.00%) Zachman Framework
3 1 (10.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Data Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) DevSecOps
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Palantir
2 2 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (20.00%) Virgin Media
3 1 (10.00%) Databricks
3 1 (10.00%) Qualys