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 10 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 322 241 265
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 17.78% 20.39% 15.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 62.16% 51.61% 54.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 147 199
10th Percentile £363 £340 £473
25th Percentile £425 £413 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £605
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -17.36% +0.83%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £693 £651
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -11.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 0 2
10th Percentile £31.25 - £31.88
25th Percentile £65.00 - £38.08
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £48.94
75th Percentile £104.00 - £59.58
90th Percentile £110.75 - £65.64
South East median hourly rate £73.22 £32.77 £53.00
% change year-on-year +123.42% -38.17% -24.29%

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 518 467 488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.60% 39.51% 28.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 277 331
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £430 £413 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £638
90th Percentile £681 £666 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 68 16 13
10th Percentile £22.40 - £19.59
25th Percentile £31.44 £14.75 £27.75
Median hourly rate £81.50 £18.87 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year +331.90% -67.49% +28.99%
75th Percentile £101.94 £32.12 £61.06
90th Percentile £110.75 £44.08 £64.73
South East median hourly rate £61.74 £18.82 £40.50
% change year-on-year +228.06% -53.53% +43.82%

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 10 September 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 10 September 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 10 September 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 -1 202 £613 +11.36% 74
Wokingham -2 87 £475 +3.12% 3
Windsor -6 8 £463 -7.50% 7
Slough +7 6 £480 -10.28% 11
Maidenhead -3 2 £475 +137.50% 4
Bracknell -6 1 £450 +5.88% 12
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 20 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.48%) Confluence
3 7 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.55%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.62%) Apache
6 2 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.62%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.62%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.31%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.31%) Predix
Applications
1 5 (1.55%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 145 (45.03%) AWS
2 81 (25.16%) GCP
3 73 (22.67%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 30 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (6.21%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.28%) GitHub
7 17 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (4.97%) OpenShift
9 14 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.04%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (3.42%) OneDrive
12 11 (3.42%) SaaS
13 10 (3.11%) Azure AKS
14 9 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (2.80%) IaaS
15 8 (2.48%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.48%) Route 53
16 7 (2.17%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 43 (13.35%) DNS
2 32 (9.94%) DHCP
3 29 (9.01%) Firewall
3 29 (9.01%) TCP/IP
4 17 (5.28%) LAN
5 16 (4.97%) WAN
6 13 (4.04%) Network Security
7 11 (3.42%) VPN
8 10 (3.11%) SD-WAN
9 9 (2.80%) BGP
10 8 (2.48%) DNSSEC
10 8 (2.48%) MPLS
11 5 (1.55%) FTP
11 5 (1.55%) SSL
11 5 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (0.93%) NetScaler
12 3 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (0.93%) VXLAN
12 3 (0.93%) Wireless
13 2 (0.62%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.66%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (4.66%) NoSQL
2 13 (4.04%) Power BI
3 8 (2.48%) Big Data
4 6 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.55%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.24%) Spark SQL
7 3 (0.93%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.93%) Tableau
8 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.62%) Metadata
8 2 (0.62%) Parquet
8 2 (0.62%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 17 (5.28%) Git
1 17 (5.28%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.73%) GitLab
3 10 (3.11%) JIRA
4 4 (1.24%) JMeter
5 3 (0.93%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.93%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.31%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 125 (38.82%) Social Skills
2 59 (18.32%) Aerospace
3 44 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (7.14%) Finance
5 14 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.73%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.80%) Billing
7 9 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.80%) Public Sector
8 7 (2.17%) Retail
9 4 (1.24%) Legal
10 3 (0.93%) Military
10 3 (0.93%) Publishing
11 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.62%) Police
11 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.31%) Advertising
12 1 (0.31%) Banking
12 1 (0.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 76 (23.60%) Architect
2 43 (13.35%) Lead
3 33 (10.25%) Senior
4 29 (9.01%) Solutions Architect
5 21 (6.52%) Developer
6 19 (5.90%) Consultant
7 15 (4.66%) Analyst
7 15 (4.66%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (4.35%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.11%) IT Support
9 10 (3.11%) Network Architect
10 9 (2.80%) CyberArk Consultant
10 9 (2.80%) Product Owner
10 9 (2.80%) Project Manager
10 9 (2.80%) Technical Leader
11 8 (2.48%) Business Analyst
11 8 (2.48%) Cloud Architect
11 8 (2.48%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (2.48%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (22.36%) Terraform
2 27 (8.39%) LDAP
3 24 (7.45%) REST
4 20 (6.21%) OAuth
5 17 (5.28%) SAML
6 15 (4.66%) .NET
7 13 (4.04%) OpenID
8 12 (3.73%) ARM Templates
8 12 (3.73%) RESTful
9 11 (3.42%) PySpark
10 8 (2.48%) OpenAPI
10 8 (2.48%) Swagger
11 7 (2.17%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.86%) JWT
12 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (1.86%) SOAP
13 5 (1.55%) .NET Framework
13 5 (1.55%) Django
13 5 (1.55%) Web Services
13 5 (1.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 31 (9.63%) Cloud Native
3 21 (6.52%) Product Ownership
4 19 (5.90%) Data Centre
5 15 (4.66%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.11%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.48%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.48%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.55%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.55%) IoT
9 5 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.55%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.55%) PKI
10 4 (1.24%) CMDB
11 3 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 55 (17.08%) Windows
2 23 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.52%) Linux
4 11 (3.42%) Apple iOS
4 11 (3.42%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.93%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (42.86%) DevOps
2 92 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 91 (28.26%) Stakeholder Management
4 82 (25.47%) Agile
5 75 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
6 74 (22.98%) Infrastructure as Code
7 57 (17.70%) Analytics
8 54 (16.77%) Cybersecurity
9 51 (15.84%) Roadmaps
10 50 (15.53%) Technical Leadership
11 47 (14.60%) Migration
12 45 (13.98%) Continuous Improvement
13 40 (12.42%) SIEM
14 39 (12.11%) ITIL
15 36 (11.18%) Containerisation
15 36 (11.18%) Identity Access Management
16 35 (10.87%) Enterprise Architecture
17 34 (10.56%) DevSecOps
18 32 (9.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
19 31 (9.63%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 95 (29.50%) Python
2 62 (19.25%) PowerShell
3 36 (11.18%) SQL
4 28 (8.70%) Bash
5 16 (4.97%) Java
6 15 (4.66%) Bicep
7 7 (2.17%) C#
7 7 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.86%) Go
8 6 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.55%) X++
10 2 (0.62%) Magik
11 1 (0.31%) Groovy
11 1 (0.31%) R
11 1 (0.31%) Scala
11 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 131 (40.68%) Security Cleared
2 111 (34.47%) SC Cleared
3 44 (13.66%) Azure Certification
4 33 (10.25%) CISSP
5 31 (9.63%) Degree
6 27 (8.39%) AWS Certification
7 20 (6.21%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (4.35%) PMI Certification
8 14 (4.35%) PMP
9 12 (3.73%) CISM
9 12 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
12 7 (2.17%) CCIE
13 6 (1.86%) CCNP
13 6 (1.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.55%) CSPO
14 5 (1.55%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.14%) NIST
3 18 (5.59%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.73%) GDPR
4 12 (3.73%) QA
5 6 (1.86%) NCSC
6 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.55%) GRC
7 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.62%) SLA
9 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.31%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 64 (19.88%) Active Directory
2 29 (9.01%) Docker
3 27 (8.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.52%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.86%) vSphere
8 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 54 (16.77%) Kubernetes
2 41 (12.73%) Ansible
3 23 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.11%) Grafana
4 10 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.86%) SCCM
6 5 (1.55%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.55%) SCOM
7 4 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.24%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.93%) Istio
8 3 (0.93%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.93%) Puppet
9 2 (0.62%) CASB
9 2 (0.62%) vMotion
10 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.31%) QRadar
10 1 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 138 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 35 (10.87%) VMware
3 28 (8.70%) Google
4 27 (8.39%) CyberArk
5 24 (7.45%) ServiceNow
6 19 (5.90%) Databricks
7 15 (4.66%) SAP
8 12 (3.73%) Cisco
9 11 (3.42%) Oracle
10 10 (3.11%) Salesforce
10 10 (3.11%) Splunk
11 8 (2.48%) Infoblox
11 8 (2.48%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.48%) SolarWinds
12 7 (2.17%) Okta
13 6 (1.86%) BeyondTrust
13 6 (1.86%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.86%) Ping Identity
14 5 (1.55%) Citrix
14 5 (1.55%) ForgeRock