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 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 332 275 290
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 18.22% 22.45% 17.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 61.82% 52.78% 56.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 175 214
10th Percentile £358 £307 £425
25th Percentile £438 £409 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -18.75% -
75th Percentile £632 £581 £638
90th Percentile £696 £663 £652
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 0 2
10th Percentile £31.25 - £31.88
25th Percentile £66.55 - £38.08
Median hourly rate £85.00 - £48.94
75th Percentile £103.88 - £59.58
90th Percentile £110.75 - £65.64
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £32.77 £61.19
% change year-on-year +128.87% -46.44% -7.99%

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 537 521 512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.47% 42.53% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 318 334
10th Percentile £354 £263 £375
25th Percentile £450 £410 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% -
75th Percentile £613 £588 £638
90th Percentile £673 £664 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £513
% change year-on-year +4.17% -6.34% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 17 16
10th Percentile £21.31 - £20.03
25th Percentile £32.43 £14.75 £27.38
Median hourly rate £81.50 £18.87 £50.27
Median % change year-on-year +331.90% -62.46% +43.64%
75th Percentile £100.63 £32.31 £61.98
90th Percentile £110.75 £43.39 £64.73
South East median hourly rate £53.75 £18.82 £42.50
% change year-on-year +185.60% -55.72% +77.45%

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 -2 206 £604 +15.00% 127
Wokingham -1 94 £475 +11.76% 17
Windsor -9 10 £463 -7.50% 13
Slough 0 6 £480 +3.78% 43
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 19 (5.72%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.71%) Confluence
3 7 (2.11%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.51%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.60%) Apache
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Superset
6 2 (0.60%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.30%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.30%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Predix
Applications
1 4 (1.20%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.30%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 11 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.30%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 140 (42.17%) AWS
2 86 (25.90%) Azure DevOps
3 80 (24.10%) GCP
4 53 (15.96%) Entra ID
5 31 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (5.42%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.12%) GitHub
8 16 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (4.82%) OpenShift
9 15 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
9 15 (4.52%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (3.92%) Azure AKS
11 12 (3.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (3.61%) SaaS
12 11 (3.31%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (3.31%) OneDrive
13 10 (3.01%) Azure App Service
13 10 (3.01%) Azure Key Vault
14 9 (2.71%) IaaS
15 8 (2.41%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 45 (13.55%) DNS
2 32 (9.64%) DHCP
3 28 (8.43%) TCP/IP
4 27 (8.13%) Firewall
5 14 (4.22%) LAN
5 14 (4.22%) VPN
6 13 (3.92%) Network Security
6 13 (3.92%) WAN
7 9 (2.71%) BGP
8 8 (2.41%) DNSSEC
9 7 (2.11%) MPLS
9 7 (2.11%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.51%) FTP
10 5 (1.51%) SSL
10 5 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.90%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.90%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.90%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.90%) Wireless
12 2 (0.60%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.82%) NoSQL
2 14 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.31%) Power BI
4 9 (2.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (2.11%) Big Data
5 7 (2.11%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.20%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.20%) Parquet
7 4 (1.20%) Spark SQL
8 3 (0.90%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.90%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.60%) Metadata
9 2 (0.60%) Tableau
10 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 19 (5.72%) Jenkins
2 18 (5.42%) Git
3 13 (3.92%) JIRA
4 12 (3.61%) GitLab
5 4 (1.20%) JMeter
6 3 (0.90%) HP UFT
6 3 (0.90%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.90%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.30%) Selenium
General
1 128 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 64 (19.28%) Aerospace
3 41 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (6.93%) Finance
5 12 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (3.61%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.31%) Billing
6 11 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.71%) Retail
8 6 (1.81%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.20%) Legal
10 3 (0.90%) Manufacturing
10 3 (0.90%) Military
10 3 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.90%) Publishing
11 2 (0.60%) Automotive
11 2 (0.60%) Banking
11 2 (0.60%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.30%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 75 (22.59%) Architect
2 44 (13.25%) Lead
3 31 (9.34%) Senior
4 28 (8.43%) Solutions Architect
5 24 (7.23%) Developer
6 20 (6.02%) Consultant
7 15 (4.52%) Azure Engineer
8 14 (4.22%) Analyst
8 14 (4.22%) Data Engineer
9 10 (3.01%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.01%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (3.01%) IT Support
9 10 (3.01%) Network Architect
10 9 (2.71%) CyberArk Consultant
10 9 (2.71%) Enterprise Architect
10 9 (2.71%) Product Owner
10 9 (2.71%) Technical Leader
11 8 (2.41%) Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (2.41%) Project Manager
11 8 (2.41%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (21.08%) Terraform
2 27 (8.13%) REST
3 26 (7.83%) LDAP
4 23 (6.93%) OAuth
5 20 (6.02%) SAML
6 17 (5.12%) .NET
7 16 (4.82%) OpenID
8 14 (4.22%) ARM Templates
9 13 (3.92%) RESTful
10 11 (3.31%) PySpark
11 8 (2.41%) .NET Core
11 8 (2.41%) .NET Framework
11 8 (2.41%) Entity Framework
11 8 (2.41%) OAuth2
12 7 (2.11%) FastAPI
12 7 (2.11%) OpenAPI
12 7 (2.11%) Swagger
13 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Graph
13 6 (1.81%) React
13 6 (1.81%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (9.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 30 (9.04%) Cloud Native
3 25 (7.53%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.42%) Data Centre
5 16 (4.82%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.01%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.11%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.11%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.81%) PKI
11 5 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.51%) IoT
11 5 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.20%) CMDB
12 4 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 4 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.20%) Operational Technology
13 3 (0.90%) SCADA
13 3 (0.90%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 61 (18.37%) Windows
2 22 (6.63%) Linux
2 22 (6.63%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.61%) Apple iOS
3 12 (3.61%) Mac OS
4 9 (2.71%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.30%) Android
6 1 (0.30%) VMS
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (44.58%) DevOps
2 101 (30.42%) CI/CD
3 96 (28.92%) Stakeholder Management
4 83 (25.00%) Agile
5 75 (22.59%) Problem-Solving
6 71 (21.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 55 (16.57%) Roadmaps
8 54 (16.27%) Analytics
9 52 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
10 51 (15.36%) Continuous Improvement
10 51 (15.36%) Technical Leadership
11 49 (14.76%) Migration
12 42 (12.65%) Identity Access Management
13 41 (12.35%) SIEM
14 39 (11.75%) ITIL
15 37 (11.14%) Containerisation
16 36 (10.84%) Enterprise Architecture
17 33 (9.94%) AI
17 33 (9.94%) DevSecOps
17 33 (9.94%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 97 (29.22%) Python
2 68 (20.48%) PowerShell
3 38 (11.45%) SQL
4 28 (8.43%) Bash
5 17 (5.12%) Bicep
6 15 (4.52%) Java
7 9 (2.71%) C#
7 9 (2.71%) JavaScript
8 8 (2.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.81%) Go
10 5 (1.51%) X++
11 3 (0.90%) VBScript
12 2 (0.60%) Magik
12 2 (0.60%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) Groovy
13 1 (0.30%) R
13 1 (0.30%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 146 (43.98%) Security Cleared
2 127 (38.25%) SC Cleared
3 50 (15.06%) Azure Certification
4 32 (9.64%) CISSP
4 32 (9.64%) Degree
5 27 (8.13%) AWS Certification
6 20 (6.02%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (3.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (3.31%) CISM
9 11 (3.31%) PMI Certification
9 11 (3.31%) PMP
10 9 (2.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (2.71%) DV Cleared
10 9 (2.71%) TOGAF Certification
11 7 (2.11%) CCIE
12 6 (1.81%) CCNP
12 6 (1.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 5 (1.51%) CSPO
13 5 (1.51%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (6.02%) NIST
3 18 (5.42%) Data Quality
4 14 (4.22%) QA
5 9 (2.71%) GDPR
6 6 (1.81%) NCSC
7 5 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.20%) GRC
9 3 (0.90%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.30%) PMO
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.30%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 68 (20.48%) Active Directory
2 31 (9.34%) Docker
3 27 (8.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (6.02%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.31%) Virtual Machines
5 11 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (2.71%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (1.81%) vSphere
8 4 (1.20%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 57 (17.17%) Kubernetes
2 41 (12.35%) Ansible
3 26 (7.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.01%) Grafana
4 10 (3.01%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.11%) SCCM
5 7 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (1.51%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.51%) SCOM
7 4 (1.20%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.90%) Istio
8 3 (0.90%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.90%) Puppet
9 2 (0.60%) CASB
9 2 (0.60%) vMotion
10 1 (0.30%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.30%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.30%) QRadar
10 1 (0.30%) Rancher
Vendors
1 153 (46.08%) Microsoft
2 33 (9.94%) VMware
3 28 (8.43%) Google
4 26 (7.83%) CyberArk
5 24 (7.23%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.42%) Databricks
7 15 (4.52%) SAP
8 13 (3.92%) Oracle
9 11 (3.31%) Cisco
10 10 (3.01%) Salesforce
11 8 (2.41%) Infoblox
11 8 (2.41%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.41%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.41%) Splunk
12 7 (2.11%) Okta
13 6 (1.81%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.81%) Ping Identity
14 5 (1.51%) BeyondTrust
14 5 (1.51%) Citrix
14 5 (1.51%) ForgeRock