Azure Contracts in the West Midlands

Microsoft Azure
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 8 3 4
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 226 437 564
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.67% 18.56% 15.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.92% 49.05% 45.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 304 443
10th Percentile £294 £352 £375
25th Percentile £375 £413 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £523 £518
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +0.87% +15.11%
75th Percentile £638 £660 £625
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
England median daily rate £541 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.78% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.95 - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £55.00 £48.27
% change year-on-year -36.36% +13.94% -4.89%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 462 891 1,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.85% 37.83% 34.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 633 907
10th Percentile £213 £300 £213
25th Percentile £350 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% +13.14%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £587
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 16
10th Percentile £14.10 £15.54 £13.75
25th Percentile £14.69 £15.98 £15.95
Median hourly rate £21.23 £20.24 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% +7.95% +17.19%
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.47 £20.95
90th Percentile £29.35 £25.31 £23.75
England median hourly rate £20.77 £30.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -31.90% +44.89% -2.09%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the West Midlands

Azure
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 within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 -5 98 £425 -20.93% 121
Warwickshire -2 48 £580 +10.48% 34
Coventry 0 40 £575 +19.79% 32
Staffordshire -2 4 £375 -25.00% 24
Dudley 0 3 £525 +5.00% 5
Worcestershire -10 3 £500 +5.26% 16
West Bromwich +1 2 £331 -11.67% 3
Shropshire +14 1 £523 +20.81% 5
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 27 (11.95%) SharePoint
2 20 (8.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.33%) CMS
3 3 (1.33%) Confluence
3 3 (1.33%) Drupal
4 2 (0.88%) IIS
4 2 (0.88%) WordPress
5 1 (0.44%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.44%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (4.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.44%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.33%) PeopleSoft HCM
2 3 (1.33%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.44%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 59 (26.11%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (19.03%) Azure DevOps
3 38 (16.81%) Power Platform
4 34 (15.04%) AWS
5 22 (9.73%) Entra ID
6 18 (7.96%) Serverless
7 17 (7.52%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (7.08%) GCP
9 15 (6.64%) Azure Data Factory
9 15 (6.64%) Azure Functions
9 15 (6.64%) Power Automate
10 14 (6.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 14 (6.19%) OneDrive
10 14 (6.19%) PaaS
10 14 (6.19%) PowerApps
11 11 (4.87%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (3.54%) Azure App Service
12 8 (3.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (3.54%) Azure Sentinel
12 8 (3.54%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (10.62%) DNS
2 23 (10.18%) Firewall
3 18 (7.96%) Network Security
4 17 (7.52%) VPN
5 9 (3.98%) SAN
6 8 (3.54%) LAN
6 8 (3.54%) NetScaler
6 8 (3.54%) WAN
7 6 (2.65%) Unified Communications
8 5 (2.21%) SSL
9 3 (1.33%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.33%) VLAN
9 3 (1.33%) VoIP
9 3 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.88%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.88%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.88%) NAS
10 2 (0.88%) Wireless
11 1 (0.44%) DHCP
11 1 (0.44%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (14.16%) Power BI
2 27 (11.95%) SQL Server
3 12 (5.31%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (3.54%) Data Lake
5 7 (3.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (2.21%) Big Data
6 5 (2.21%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (1.33%) OLAP
7 3 (1.33%) OLTP
7 3 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.88%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.88%) Metadata
8 2 (0.88%) MySQL
8 2 (0.88%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.44%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.44%) Flink
Development Applications
1 17 (7.52%) Git
2 8 (3.54%) JIRA
3 6 (2.65%) Selenium
4 5 (2.21%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.21%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.77%) NUnit
6 3 (1.33%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.33%) Hudson
6 3 (1.33%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.33%) Subversion
7 2 (0.88%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.88%) kappa
7 2 (0.88%) Moq
8 1 (0.44%) GitLab
8 1 (0.44%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.44%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.44%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 54 (23.89%) Social Skills
2 29 (12.83%) Finance
3 21 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.64%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.42%) Retail
6 7 (3.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (1.77%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.33%) German Language
9 2 (0.88%) Legal
9 2 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.88%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.44%) Banking
10 1 (0.44%) Electronics
10 1 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
10 1 (0.44%) Law
10 1 (0.44%) Marketing
10 1 (0.44%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.44%) Police
Job Titles
1 41 (18.14%) Architect
2 38 (16.81%) Developer
3 25 (11.06%) Analyst
4 19 (8.41%) Solutions Architect
5 16 (7.08%) Senior
6 15 (6.64%) Azure Architect
7 14 (6.19%) Data Engineer
8 13 (5.75%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (4.42%) Administrator
9 10 (4.42%) Lead
9 10 (4.42%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 9 (3.98%) Azure Developer
10 9 (3.98%) Cloud Engineer
10 9 (3.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.98%) Test Analyst
11 8 (3.54%) SharePoint Administrator
12 7 (3.10%) Azure Administrator
12 7 (3.10%) Business Analyst
12 7 (3.10%) Microsoft Engineer
12 7 (3.10%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (9.73%) .NET
2 7 (3.10%) AngularJS
2 7 (3.10%) OAuth
3 6 (2.65%) RESTful
3 6 (2.65%) SAML
4 5 (2.21%) .NET Framework
4 5 (2.21%) ADO
4 5 (2.21%) OAuth2
5 4 (1.77%) JSON
5 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Graph
6 3 (1.33%) Entity Framework
6 3 (1.33%) Flask
6 3 (1.33%) Pandas
6 3 (1.33%) PySpark
6 3 (1.33%) React Native
6 3 (1.33%) SOAP
6 3 (1.33%) XML
6 3 (1.33%) YAML
7 2 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (0.88%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.87%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.42%) Public Cloud
3 9 (3.98%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.10%) PKI
5 6 (2.65%) Digital Signage
5 6 (2.65%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.65%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.21%) Security Operations Centre
6 5 (2.21%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.77%) Clustering
7 4 (1.77%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.77%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.77%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.77%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.77%) Replication
8 3 (1.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.33%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.33%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 52 (23.01%) Windows
2 26 (11.50%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.64%) Windows 10
4 13 (5.75%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (3.98%) Linux
5 9 (3.98%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (2.65%) Mac OS
6 6 (2.65%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.77%) Android
8 3 (1.33%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.33%) VMS
9 2 (0.88%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.44%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.44%) Unix
10 1 (0.44%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.09%) DevOps
2 52 (23.01%) Agile
3 33 (14.60%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (14.60%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (11.95%) CI/CD
5 24 (10.62%) Analytics
6 22 (9.73%) ITIL
6 22 (9.73%) Migration
7 19 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 18 (7.96%) ETL
9 17 (7.52%) Computer Science
10 16 (7.08%) Machine Learning
11 15 (6.64%) Identity Access Management
11 15 (6.64%) Roadmaps
12 14 (6.19%) Cloud Security
12 14 (6.19%) CRM
12 14 (6.19%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (6.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (6.19%) Scrum
13 13 (5.75%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 49 (21.68%) SQL
2 39 (17.26%) PowerShell
3 18 (7.96%) C#
3 18 (7.96%) Python
4 8 (3.54%) Bicep
5 7 (3.10%) TypeScript
6 6 (2.65%) T-SQL
7 5 (2.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (1.77%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.33%) Java
10 2 (0.88%) Bash
10 2 (0.88%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.44%) HiveQL
11 1 (0.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 24 (10.62%) Degree
2 19 (8.41%) Security Cleared
3 17 (7.52%) SC Cleared
4 15 (6.64%) Azure Certification
5 13 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.54%) CISSP
7 6 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 6 (2.65%) ISTQB
7 6 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (2.21%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
9 4 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.77%) ISEB
10 3 (1.33%) CCNA
10 3 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.33%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.33%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.33%) PMP
11 2 (0.88%) CEH
11 2 (0.88%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (7.52%) QA
2 3 (1.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.88%) SLA
4 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.44%) GDPR
4 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.44%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (18.58%) Active Directory
2 20 (8.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 14 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (4.87%) Docker
5 10 (4.42%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.42%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (3.54%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 8 (3.54%) XenApp
6 8 (3.54%) XenDesktop
7 4 (1.77%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (1.77%) vSphere
8 1 (0.44%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 27 (11.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.08%) Single Sign-On
3 15 (6.64%) Terraform
4 14 (6.19%) SCCM
5 11 (4.87%) Ansible
6 9 (3.98%) Kubernetes
7 5 (2.21%) SysTrack
8 3 (1.33%) Autotask
8 3 (1.33%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.33%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.88%) Kibana
9 2 (0.88%) logstash
10 1 (0.44%) Argo
10 1 (0.44%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.44%) Istio
10 1 (0.44%) Packer
10 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.44%) Proxmox
10 1 (0.44%) SCOM
10 1 (0.44%) SELinux
Vendors
1 84 (37.17%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.96%) VMware
3 15 (6.64%) Citrix
4 13 (5.75%) Oracle
5 11 (4.87%) Databricks
6 9 (3.98%) NetApp
7 8 (3.54%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.21%) Cisco
8 5 (2.21%) F5
8 5 (2.21%) Informatica
8 5 (2.21%) New Relic
8 5 (2.21%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.77%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.77%) JD Edwards
9 4 (1.77%) Palo Alto
9 4 (1.77%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.33%) Apple
10 3 (1.33%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (1.33%) QAD
10 3 (1.33%) SAP