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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 209 409 547
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.42% 18.50% 15.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 43.72% 50.74% 44.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 284 422
10th Percentile £304 £350 £363
25th Percentile £375 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% - +15.56%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £613
90th Percentile £699 £700 £700
England median daily rate £545 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% +1.82% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.95 - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 £63.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -44.44% +32.63% -13.64%

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 478 806 1,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.84% 36.45% 34.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 563 889
10th Percentile £206 £275 £213
25th Percentile £336 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £611 £601 £588
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 12 4 14
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.54 £12.55
25th Percentile £15.56 £15.98 £15.31
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% +6.53% +28.81%
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.47 £21.82
90th Percentile £33.19 £25.31 £23.75
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -6 87 £500 -3.15% 111
Warwickshire -4 53 £580 +9.18% 40
Coventry +1 33 £588 +22.40% 18
Staffordshire +1 6 £331 -32.05% 23
Worcestershire -13 3 £500 - 12
West Bromwich +3 2 £331 -11.67% 1
Herefordshire -23 2 £750 +15.38% 7
Solihull -11 1 £345 -16.36% 7
Shropshire -13 1 £523 +10.00% 1
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 26 (12.44%) SharePoint
2 19 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.44%) CMS
3 3 (1.44%) Drupal
4 2 (0.96%) Confluence
4 2 (0.96%) IIS
4 2 (0.96%) WordPress
5 1 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.48%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (3.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.96%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.48%) PeopleSoft HCM
3 1 (0.48%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.84%) Microsoft 365
2 40 (19.14%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (16.75%) Power Platform
4 32 (15.31%) AWS
5 20 (9.57%) Entra ID
6 17 (8.13%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (8.13%) PowerApps
7 16 (7.66%) Power Automate
8 14 (6.70%) OneDrive
9 13 (6.22%) PaaS
9 13 (6.22%) Serverless
10 12 (5.74%) Azure Functions
11 11 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (5.26%) GCP
12 8 (3.83%) Azure AKS
13 7 (3.35%) Azure App Service
13 7 (3.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (3.35%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 7 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (3.35%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.00%) DNS
2 20 (9.57%) Firewall
3 15 (7.18%) VPN
4 12 (5.74%) Network Security
5 9 (4.31%) SAN
6 8 (3.83%) NetScaler
7 7 (3.35%) LAN
7 7 (3.35%) WAN
8 6 (2.87%) Unified Communications
9 5 (2.39%) SSL
10 3 (1.44%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (1.44%) VLAN
10 3 (1.44%) VoIP
10 3 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (0.96%) iSCSI
11 2 (0.96%) NAS
11 2 (0.96%) Wireless
12 1 (0.48%) DHCP
12 1 (0.48%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (15.31%) Power BI
2 28 (13.40%) SQL Server
3 7 (3.35%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.87%) MySQL
5 5 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (2.39%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.39%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (1.91%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.96%) Tableau
8 1 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.48%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.48%) DB2
8 1 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.48%) Flink
8 1 (0.48%) Impala
Development Applications
1 12 (5.74%) Git
2 8 (3.83%) Visual Studio
3 6 (2.87%) JIRA
4 5 (2.39%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.39%) Selenium
5 4 (1.91%) Artifactory
6 3 (1.44%) Hudson
6 3 (1.44%) NUnit
6 3 (1.44%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (1.44%) Subversion
7 2 (0.96%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.96%) Moq
7 2 (0.96%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.96%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.48%) GitLab
8 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 51 (24.40%) Social Skills
2 29 (13.88%) Finance
3 19 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.74%) Public Sector
5 8 (3.83%) Retail
6 7 (3.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.87%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (2.87%) Law
8 4 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.44%) German Language
10 2 (0.96%) Legal
10 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.48%) Back Office
11 1 (0.48%) Banking
11 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.48%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.48%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.48%) Police
11 1 (0.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 37 (17.70%) Developer
2 35 (16.75%) Architect
3 29 (13.88%) Analyst
4 18 (8.61%) Senior
5 14 (6.70%) Solutions Architect
6 12 (5.74%) Azure Architect
6 12 (5.74%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (5.26%) Data Engineer
8 10 (4.78%) Administrator
8 10 (4.78%) Test Analyst
9 9 (4.31%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 8 (3.83%) Azure Developer
10 8 (3.83%) Business Analyst
10 8 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (3.83%) Lead
10 8 (3.83%) SharePoint Administrator
11 7 (3.35%) Azure Administrator
11 7 (3.35%) Consultant
11 7 (3.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Microsoft Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (11.48%) .NET
2 8 (3.83%) OAuth
3 7 (3.35%) SAML
4 6 (2.87%) .NET Framework
4 6 (2.87%) RESTful
5 5 (2.39%) AngularJS
5 5 (2.39%) OAuth2
5 5 (2.39%) Web Services
5 5 (2.39%) XML
6 4 (1.91%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.91%) JSON
6 4 (1.91%) XSLT
7 3 (1.44%) Middleware
8 2 (0.96%) ASP.NET MVC
8 2 (0.96%) D3.js
8 2 (0.96%) Flask
8 2 (0.96%) LAMP
8 2 (0.96%) Pandas
8 2 (0.96%) React
8 2 (0.96%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.78%) Cloud Native
1 10 (4.78%) Public Cloud
2 9 (4.31%) Data Centre
3 6 (2.87%) Digital Signage
3 6 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (2.87%) PKI
4 5 (2.39%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.39%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.39%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.91%) Clustering
5 4 (1.91%) Cyber Defence
5 4 (1.91%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.91%) Driving Licence
5 4 (1.91%) Replication
6 3 (1.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 3 (1.44%) Fat Client
6 3 (1.44%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.44%) NHS
6 3 (1.44%) Private Cloud
6 3 (1.44%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 52 (24.88%) Windows
2 25 (11.96%) Windows Server
3 15 (7.18%) Windows 10
4 12 (5.74%) Windows Server 2019
5 10 (4.78%) Linux
6 9 (4.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 6 (2.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 5 (2.39%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.44%) Android
9 3 (1.44%) VMS
10 2 (0.96%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.96%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.48%) Unix
11 1 (0.48%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (31.58%) DevOps
2 47 (22.49%) Agile
3 28 (13.40%) Business Intelligence
4 27 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (11.48%) CI/CD
6 21 (10.05%) ITIL
6 21 (10.05%) Migration
7 17 (8.13%) Computer Science
7 17 (8.13%) Infrastructure as Code
8 16 (7.66%) Analytics
8 16 (7.66%) Machine Learning
9 15 (7.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (6.22%) CRM
10 13 (6.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 12 (5.74%) Identity Access Management
11 12 (5.74%) Incident Management
11 12 (5.74%) Roadmaps
12 11 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (5.26%) Full Stack Development
12 11 (5.26%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 41 (19.62%) SQL
2 37 (17.70%) PowerShell
3 22 (10.53%) C#
4 14 (6.70%) Python
5 8 (3.83%) Bicep
6 6 (2.87%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.44%) Bash
7 3 (1.44%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.96%) Java
8 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.48%) HiveQL
9 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.48%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 23 (11.00%) Degree
2 19 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 13 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (5.74%) SC Cleared
5 10 (4.78%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.39%) AWS Certification
6 5 (2.39%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.91%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.91%) CISSP
7 4 (1.91%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.91%) ISEB
8 3 (1.44%) CCNA
8 3 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.44%) PMP
9 2 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.96%) CEH
9 2 (0.96%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.96%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.66%) QA
2 4 (1.91%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.44%) SLA
4 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.48%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.48%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (20.10%) Active Directory
2 18 (8.61%) Virtual Desktop
3 13 (6.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.26%) Docker
5 10 (4.78%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (4.31%) Hyper-V
7 8 (3.83%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 8 (3.83%) XenApp
7 8 (3.83%) XenDesktop
8 4 (1.91%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.91%) vSphere
9 1 (0.48%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 23 (11.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (7.66%) Single Sign-On
2 16 (7.66%) Terraform
3 11 (5.26%) SCCM
4 10 (4.78%) Ansible
5 8 (3.83%) Kubernetes
6 5 (2.39%) SysTrack
7 3 (1.44%) Autotask
7 3 (1.44%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.44%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.96%) Kibana
8 2 (0.96%) logstash
8 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.48%) Istio
9 1 (0.48%) linkerd
9 1 (0.48%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.48%) Puppet
9 1 (0.48%) Rancher
9 1 (0.48%) SCOM
9 1 (0.48%) SELinux
Vendors
1 81 (38.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.09%) VMware
3 15 (7.18%) Citrix
4 14 (6.70%) Oracle
5 10 (4.78%) NetApp
6 8 (3.83%) Databricks
7 7 (3.35%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.39%) Cisco
8 5 (2.39%) New Relic
8 5 (2.39%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.91%) CheckPoint
9 4 (1.91%) F5
9 4 (1.91%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.44%) Apple
10 3 (1.44%) Datto
10 3 (1.44%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.96%) Synology
11 2 (0.96%) Talend
11 2 (0.96%) Workday
11 2 (0.96%) Zerto