Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Azure Cognitive Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 114 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +56 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure Cognitive Services | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands | - | - | 0.16% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | - | 0.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £425 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -29.17% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £438 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median daily rate | £538 | £625 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.00% | +47.06% | -29.17% |
All Cloud Skills
West Midlands
Azure Cognitive Services 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 the West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 775 | 555 | 616 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 34.41% | 33.37% | 33.57% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 549 | 376 | 459 |
| 10th Percentile | £303 | £213 | £200 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £375 | £363 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £506 | £500 | £460 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.20% | +8.70% | -8.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £612 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £700 | £688 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £536 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.76% | +2.14% | -4.55% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 8 | 15 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £25.12 | £16.46 | £17.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.21 | £17.00 | £17.69 |
| Median hourly rate | £28.61 | £30.88 | £18.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.35% | +66.89% | +8.12% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.56 | £35.00 | £19.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £63.95 | - | £30.33 |
| England median hourly rate | £27.21 | £30.00 | £23.24 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.30% | +29.09% | +3.29% |
Azure Cognitive Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Cognitive Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Azure Cognitive Services
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Azure Cognitive Services.
