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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 317 252 276
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.32% 20.91% 14.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.95% 54.78% 52.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 166 207
10th Percentile £357 £350 £440
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £513 £605
Median % change year-on-year -5.76% -15.29% +0.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £681 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £520 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +4.00% -9.09% -6.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 3 11
10th Percentile £31.25 £38.70 £56.50
25th Percentile £35.22 £51.38 £56.65
Median hourly rate £87.16 £74.00 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +17.78% +26.93% -26.38%
75th Percentile £106.00 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £85.00 £53.39 £55.50
% change year-on-year +59.22% -3.81% -20.71%

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 547 460 530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.17% 38.17% 26.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 280 347
10th Percentile £349 £325 £354
25th Percentile £410 £413 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -8.59% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £617
90th Percentile £650 £664 £675
South East median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 19 26
10th Percentile £25.65 £14.75 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £16.81 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £31.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +161.90% -45.97% +151.84%
75th Percentile £103.88 £47.75 £61.47
90th Percentile £110.75 £75.84 £61.80
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £18.82 £30.00
% change year-on-year +218.81% -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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -3 157 £575 - 54
Wokingham -2 134 £450 -10.00% 4
Windsor -14 5 £456 -8.75% 4
Slough +7 3 £460 -23.33% 8
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 4
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 (7.57%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.21%) Confluence
2 7 (2.21%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.63%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
Applications
1 11 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.89%) CPLEX
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.89%) 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
1 120 (37.85%) AWS
2 79 (24.92%) Azure DevOps
3 62 (19.56%) GCP
4 59 (18.61%) Entra ID
5 32 (10.09%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (6.31%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.36%) OCI
8 16 (5.05%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (4.42%) OneDrive
10 13 (4.10%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (4.10%) SaaS
11 11 (3.47%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (2.84%) Azure AKS
12 9 (2.84%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.52%) Route 53
14 7 (2.21%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.21%) GitHub
14 7 (2.21%) IaaS
14 7 (2.21%) PaaS
15 6 (1.89%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 44 (13.88%) DNS
2 34 (10.73%) DHCP
3 33 (10.41%) Firewall
4 26 (8.20%) TCP/IP
5 25 (7.89%) LAN
6 24 (7.57%) WAN
7 18 (5.68%) Network Security
8 17 (5.36%) SD-WAN
9 16 (5.05%) BGP
9 16 (5.05%) VPN
10 12 (3.79%) MPLS
11 11 (3.47%) FTP
12 9 (2.84%) SSL
13 8 (2.52%) DNSSEC
14 7 (2.21%) OSPF
14 7 (2.21%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (1.58%) Wireless
16 4 (1.26%) VLAN
17 3 (0.95%) IPsec
17 3 (0.95%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.79%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.47%) Power BI
3 6 (1.89%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.89%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.58%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.26%) Big Data
6 3 (0.95%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.95%) Parquet
6 3 (0.95%) Tableau
7 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.32%) MySQL
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (5.68%) Git
2 13 (4.10%) JIRA
3 6 (1.89%) 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
5 2 (0.63%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.32%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.32%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.32%) MSI
6 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 116 (36.59%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (11.36%) Aerospace
4 27 (8.52%) Finance
5 21 (6.62%) Public Sector
6 20 (6.31%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.79%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.47%) Billing
9 9 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.89%) Retail
11 4 (1.26%) Legal
12 3 (0.95%) Police
12 3 (0.95%) Publishing
13 2 (0.63%) Military
13 2 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 63 (19.87%) Architect
2 32 (10.09%) Analyst
3 29 (9.15%) Lead
4 25 (7.89%) Senior
5 24 (7.57%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (7.57%) Developer
6 19 (5.99%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.15%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.15%) IT Support
9 10 (3.15%) Network Architect
9 10 (3.15%) Test Analyst
10 9 (2.84%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (2.84%) Product Owner
11 8 (2.52%) Platform Architect
11 8 (2.52%) Project Manager
12 7 (2.21%) Cloud Engineer
12 7 (2.21%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.99%) LDAP
2 18 (5.68%) REST
3 17 (5.36%) OAuth
4 14 (4.42%) SAML
5 12 (3.79%) .NET
6 10 (3.15%) ADO
6 10 (3.15%) OpenID
6 10 (3.15%) RESTful
7 8 (2.52%) ARM Templates
7 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Graph
7 8 (2.52%) OpenAPI
7 8 (2.52%) Swagger
8 7 (2.21%) NETCONF
8 7 (2.21%) Pandas
8 7 (2.21%) pytest
8 7 (2.21%) YANG
9 6 (1.89%) Flask
9 6 (1.89%) Kafka
9 6 (1.89%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.89%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.89%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.26%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.99%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (5.05%) Distributed Systems
6 14 (4.42%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.84%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.21%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.21%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.89%) PKI
10 5 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.26%) CMDB
11 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.26%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.95%) IoT
13 2 (0.63%) Public Cloud
13 2 (0.63%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 61 (19.24%) Windows
2 25 (7.89%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.79%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.47%) Apple iOS
5 9 (2.84%) Linux
6 4 (1.26%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.32%) Unix
8 1 (0.32%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (42.59%) DevOps
2 77 (24.29%) Problem-Solving
3 75 (23.66%) CI/CD
4 63 (19.87%) Agile
5 59 (18.61%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (15.14%) Roadmaps
8 47 (14.83%) Infrastructure as Code
9 35 (11.04%) ITIL
10 32 (10.09%) Analytics
10 32 (10.09%) Root Cause Analysis
11 30 (9.46%) Enterprise Architecture
11 30 (9.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 28 (8.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (8.83%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (8.20%) ITSM
13 26 (8.20%) TOGAF
14 25 (7.89%) High Availability
14 25 (7.89%) Identity Access Management
14 25 (7.89%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 82 (25.87%) Python
2 51 (16.09%) PowerShell
3 27 (8.52%) SQL
4 18 (5.68%) Java
5 14 (4.42%) Bash
6 11 (3.47%) Go
7 10 (3.15%) Bicep
8 8 (2.52%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.58%) C#
9 5 (1.58%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.58%) X++
10 2 (0.63%) VBScript
11 1 (0.32%) Groovy
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (40.06%) Security Cleared
2 102 (32.18%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.09%) Azure Certification
4 31 (9.78%) CISSP
5 27 (8.52%) Degree
6 18 (5.68%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (5.05%) AWS Certification
7 16 (5.05%) CISM
8 10 (3.15%) PMI Certification
9 9 (2.84%) CCIE
9 9 (2.84%) CCNP
9 9 (2.84%) PMP
10 7 (2.21%) JNCIE
11 6 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.58%) CSPO
13 4 (1.26%) CCNA
13 4 (1.26%) DV Cleared
13 4 (1.26%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.89%) NIST
3 19 (5.99%) GDPR
4 10 (3.15%) QA
5 7 (2.21%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.89%) NCSC
7 4 (1.26%) 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 68 (21.45%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.68%) Docker
4 15 (4.73%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (4.10%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.89%) vSphere
8 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 48 (15.14%) Terraform
2 33 (10.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (9.78%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.36%) Ansible
5 10 (3.15%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.89%) SCCM
7 4 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.95%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.95%) Puppet
8 3 (0.95%) SCOM
8 3 (0.95%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.63%) CASB
9 2 (0.63%) Grafana
9 2 (0.63%) Nagios
9 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.63%) vMotion
10 1 (0.32%) Nmap
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.32%) Rancher
Vendors
1 103 (32.49%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.15%) ServiceNow
2 29 (9.15%) VMware
3 21 (6.62%) Oracle
4 16 (5.05%) Cisco
4 16 (5.05%) Google
5 13 (4.10%) CyberArk
6 12 (3.79%) BeyondTrust
6 12 (3.79%) SAP
7 9 (2.84%) Databricks
7 9 (2.84%) SolarWinds
8 8 (2.52%) Citrix
8 8 (2.52%) Infoblox
8 8 (2.52%) Juniper
9 7 (2.21%) Okta
10 6 (1.89%) Aruba
10 6 (1.89%) Ping Identity
10 6 (1.89%) Remedy
11 5 (1.58%) ForgeRock
11 5 (1.58%) Virgin Media