Azure Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 315 245 277
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.12% 20.16% 14.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.90% 53.85% 52.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 165 206
10th Percentile £363 £350 £413
25th Percentile £413 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £505 £605
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -16.53% +0.83%
75th Percentile £603 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £675 £666
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £545
% change year-on-year +5.00% -8.26% -7.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 1 11
10th Percentile £31.25 - £56.50
25th Percentile £45.29 £30.25 £56.65
Median hourly rate £87.56 £31.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +177.97% -45.97% -26.38%
75th Percentile £107.00 £32.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 - -
South East median hourly rate £85.00 £32.14 £58.00
% change year-on-year +164.51% -44.59% -17.14%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Berkshire

Azure 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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 544 455 526
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 27.84% 37.45% 26.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 368 280 346
10th Percentile £349 £320 £351
25th Percentile £413 £413 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £650 £663 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 17 24
10th Percentile £25.49 - £20.58
25th Percentile £31.31 £14.75 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £24.66 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +234.55% -57.70% +153.48%
75th Percentile £103.94 £32.31 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £47.70 £61.88
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £18.82 £30.00
% change year-on-year +245.38% -37.27% +11.11%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Berkshire

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Azure

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Berkshire over the 6 months to 15 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Berkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 15 July 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
Reading -2 161 £575 +4.55% 60
Wokingham -2 127 £460 -8.00% 4
Windsor -14 5 £456 -8.75% 12
Slough +7 3 £460 -23.33% 18
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 3
Bracknell -3 1 £450 - 4
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 24 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.22%) Confluence
2 7 (2.22%) OpenStack
3 6 (1.90%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.63%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.32%) Predix
Applications
1 11 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.90%) CPLEX
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) Primavera
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 123 (39.05%) AWS
2 79 (25.08%) Azure DevOps
3 62 (19.68%) GCP
4 57 (18.10%) Entra ID
5 31 (9.84%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (6.35%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.40%) OCI
8 16 (5.08%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (4.44%) OneDrive
10 13 (4.13%) SaaS
11 12 (3.81%) Azure Key Vault
12 10 (3.17%) Azure AKS
13 9 (2.86%) Power Automate
14 8 (2.54%) Route 53
15 7 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.22%) GitHub
16 6 (1.90%) Azure Machine Learning
16 6 (1.90%) PowerApps
16 6 (1.90%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 42 (13.33%) DNS
2 32 (10.16%) Firewall
3 31 (9.84%) DHCP
4 26 (8.25%) TCP/IP
5 25 (7.94%) LAN
6 24 (7.62%) WAN
7 19 (6.03%) Network Security
8 17 (5.40%) SD-WAN
9 16 (5.08%) BGP
9 16 (5.08%) VPN
10 12 (3.81%) MPLS
11 9 (2.86%) SSL
12 8 (2.54%) DNSSEC
12 8 (2.54%) FTP
13 7 (2.22%) OSPF
13 7 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (1.59%) Wireless
15 4 (1.27%) VLAN
16 3 (0.95%) MQTT
16 3 (0.95%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.81%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.49%) Power BI
3 8 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.22%) Big Data
4 7 (2.22%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.90%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.95%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.95%) Parquet
7 3 (0.95%) Spark SQL
7 3 (0.95%) Tableau
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (6.03%) Git
2 14 (4.44%) JIRA
3 6 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.95%) JMeter
4 3 (0.95%) LoadRunner
4 3 (0.95%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.63%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.63%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.32%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.32%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.32%) MSI
6 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 115 (36.51%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (12.06%) Aerospace
4 27 (8.57%) Finance
5 22 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.03%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.81%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.49%) Billing
9 9 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.90%) Retail
11 4 (1.27%) Legal
12 3 (0.95%) Publishing
13 2 (0.63%) Military
13 2 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.63%) Police
13 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 67 (21.27%) Architect
2 31 (9.84%) Lead
3 29 (9.21%) Analyst
4 25 (7.94%) Senior
5 24 (7.62%) Developer
6 23 (7.30%) Azure Engineer
7 21 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (3.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.17%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.17%) IT Support
9 10 (3.17%) Network Architect
9 10 (3.17%) Test Analyst
10 9 (2.86%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (2.86%) Product Owner
11 8 (2.54%) Platform Architect
11 8 (2.54%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.22%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.67%) REST
2 19 (6.03%) LDAP
3 17 (5.40%) OAuth
4 14 (4.44%) SAML
5 12 (3.81%) .NET
6 10 (3.17%) ADO
6 10 (3.17%) OpenID
6 10 (3.17%) RESTful
7 8 (2.54%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (2.54%) OpenAPI
7 8 (2.54%) Swagger
8 7 (2.22%) ARM Templates
8 7 (2.22%) NETCONF
8 7 (2.22%) Pandas
8 7 (2.22%) pytest
8 7 (2.22%) YAML
8 7 (2.22%) YANG
9 6 (1.90%) Flask
9 6 (1.90%) Kafka
9 6 (1.90%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.21%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.30%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.03%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 13 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.86%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.54%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.90%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.90%) PKI
11 5 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.27%) CMDB
12 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.27%) IoT
12 4 (1.27%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.95%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 61 (19.37%) Windows
2 23 (7.30%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.81%) Linux
3 12 (3.81%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.49%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.95%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.32%) Unix
6 1 (0.32%) VMS
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (42.86%) DevOps
2 73 (23.17%) CI/CD
3 71 (22.54%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (20.63%) Agile
5 61 (19.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (16.83%) Cybersecurity
7 49 (15.56%) Roadmaps
8 48 (15.24%) Infrastructure as Code
9 37 (11.75%) ITIL
10 33 (10.48%) Analytics
11 32 (10.16%) Enterprise Architecture
11 32 (10.16%) Root Cause Analysis
12 31 (9.84%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 30 (9.52%) Technical Leadership
14 29 (9.21%) Identity Access Management
14 29 (9.21%) Migration
15 28 (8.89%) Validation
16 27 (8.57%) ITSM
16 27 (8.57%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 81 (25.71%) Python
2 53 (16.83%) PowerShell
3 30 (9.52%) SQL
4 17 (5.40%) Bash
5 16 (5.08%) Java
6 9 (2.86%) Bicep
7 8 (2.54%) Go
8 7 (2.22%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.90%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.59%) C#
10 5 (1.59%) X++
11 1 (0.32%) Groovy
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) R
11 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 122 (38.73%) Security Cleared
2 97 (30.79%) SC Cleared
3 33 (10.48%) Azure Certification
4 28 (8.89%) CISSP
5 27 (8.57%) Degree
6 18 (5.71%) AWS Certification
6 18 (5.71%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.44%) CISM
8 10 (3.17%) PMI Certification
9 9 (2.86%) CCIE
9 9 (2.86%) CCNP
9 9 (2.86%) PMP
10 7 (2.22%) JNCIE
10 7 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.59%) CSPO
13 4 (1.27%) CCNA
14 3 (0.95%) CCA
14 3 (0.95%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.30%) NIST
3 17 (5.40%) GDPR
4 12 (3.81%) QA
5 10 (3.17%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.59%) NCSC
7 4 (1.27%) SLA
8 3 (0.95%) GRC
8 3 (0.95%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.63%) PMO
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (20.95%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.35%) Docker
4 15 (4.76%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (4.13%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (3.81%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.90%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 49 (15.56%) Terraform
2 31 (9.84%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.52%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (6.03%) Ansible
5 10 (3.17%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.59%) SCCM
7 4 (1.27%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.27%) Puppet
7 4 (1.27%) SCOM
7 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.27%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.63%) CASB
8 2 (0.63%) Grafana
8 2 (0.63%) Nagios
8 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.63%) vMotion
9 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.32%) Nmap
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 108 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.21%) ServiceNow
2 29 (9.21%) VMware
3 22 (6.98%) Oracle
4 16 (5.08%) Cisco
4 16 (5.08%) Google
5 14 (4.44%) SAP
6 13 (4.13%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.81%) Databricks
8 10 (3.17%) BeyondTrust
8 10 (3.17%) SolarWinds
9 8 (2.54%) Infoblox
9 8 (2.54%) Juniper
10 7 (2.22%) Okta
11 6 (1.90%) Aruba
11 6 (1.90%) Citrix
11 6 (1.90%) Ping Identity
11 6 (1.90%) Remedy
12 5 (1.59%) ForgeRock
12 5 (1.59%) Splunk