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 4 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 302 222 283
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.96% 19.84% 14.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 58.30% 56.49% 52.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 147 225
10th Percentile £350 £350 £413
25th Percentile £400 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £596 £611 £638
90th Percentile £653 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -3.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 3 10
10th Percentile £31.25 £38.70 £56.50
25th Percentile £35.22 £51.38 £56.65
Median hourly rate £95.00 £74.00 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% +26.93% -26.38%
75th Percentile £109.38 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £85.23 £52.75 £44.25
% change year-on-year +61.57% +19.21% -41.00%

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 518 393 535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.08% 35.12% 27.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 250 365
10th Percentile £306 £348 £334
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £615
90th Percentile £653 £664 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 10 24
10th Percentile £26.90 £29.69 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £32.05 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £38.66 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +110.84% -33.70% +150.21%
75th Percentile £104.00 £68.63 £61.53
90th Percentile £110.75 £79.02 £61.60
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +69.64% -6.67% +7.80%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 0 143 £530 -7.83% 63
Wokingham -2 139 £425 -10.53% 4
Windsor -12 6 £475 -5.00% 4
Maidenhead - 3 £475 - 3
Slough +4 1 £600 - 4
Bracknell -3 1 £450 -25.00% 3
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 23 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.98%) Confluence
3 5 (1.66%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.32%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.66%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.66%) IIS
6 2 (0.66%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.66%) CPLEX
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.33%) Primavera
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 107 (35.43%) AWS
2 87 (28.81%) Azure DevOps
3 57 (18.87%) Entra ID
4 52 (17.22%) GCP
5 31 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (8.28%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (5.96%) OCI
9 14 (4.64%) Azure Key Vault
9 14 (4.64%) SaaS
10 12 (3.97%) Azure AKS
10 12 (3.97%) IaaS
10 12 (3.97%) PaaS
11 11 (3.64%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (3.31%) OneDrive
12 10 (3.31%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.98%) GitHub
13 9 (2.98%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.32%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (1.99%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 35 (11.59%) Firewall
2 30 (9.93%) DNS
3 28 (9.27%) DHCP
4 22 (7.28%) LAN
5 21 (6.95%) WAN
6 17 (5.63%) VPN
7 16 (5.30%) TCP/IP
8 15 (4.97%) BGP
8 15 (4.97%) Network Security
9 14 (4.64%) SD-WAN
10 11 (3.64%) FTP
11 10 (3.31%) MPLS
11 10 (3.31%) OSPF
12 8 (2.65%) Wireless
13 7 (2.32%) SSL
13 7 (2.32%) VLAN
14 6 (1.99%) WLAN
15 4 (1.32%) IPsec
15 4 (1.32%) MQTT
16 3 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.63%) Power BI
2 11 (3.64%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.65%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.32%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.32%) Oracle Reports
5 6 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.66%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 5 (1.66%) Oracle Database
6 5 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.32%) Big Data
8 3 (0.99%) GIS
8 3 (0.99%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.99%) Parquet
9 2 (0.66%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.66%) Metadata
9 2 (0.66%) QGIS
9 2 (0.66%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 18 (5.96%) Git
2 14 (4.64%) JIRA
3 9 (2.98%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.65%) Burp Suite
4 8 (2.65%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.66%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.66%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.66%) GitLab
7 1 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.33%) JMeter
7 1 (0.33%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.33%) MSI
7 1 (0.33%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.33%) Postman
7 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 109 (36.09%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.25%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (8.61%) Aerospace
4 22 (7.28%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (7.28%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.95%) Finance
6 10 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.32%) Billing
8 7 (2.32%) Retail
9 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.99%) Legal
10 3 (0.99%) Police
11 2 (0.66%) Military
11 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.33%) Marketing
12 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (16.56%) Architect
2 34 (11.26%) Analyst
3 28 (9.27%) Azure Engineer
4 26 (8.61%) Senior
5 25 (8.28%) Lead
6 20 (6.62%) Developer
7 16 (5.30%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.97%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (3.31%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.31%) Test Analyst
11 9 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (2.98%) Oracle Analyst
11 9 (2.98%) Platform Architect
12 8 (2.65%) Consultant
12 8 (2.65%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 8 (2.65%) Penetration Tester
12 8 (2.65%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.65%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.30%) LDAP
2 15 (4.97%) ADO
3 11 (3.64%) REST
4 10 (3.31%) .NET
5 8 (2.65%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.65%) OAuth
6 7 (2.32%) Kafka
6 7 (2.32%) Middleware
6 7 (2.32%) RESTful
6 7 (2.32%) SAML
7 6 (1.99%) Pandas
7 6 (1.99%) pytest
8 5 (1.66%) Django
8 5 (1.66%) FastAPI
8 5 (1.66%) Flask
8 5 (1.66%) NETCONF
8 5 (1.66%) NumPy
8 5 (1.66%) OpenAPI
8 5 (1.66%) OpenID
8 5 (1.66%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.61%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.96%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.97%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.97%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.97%) Product Ownership
5 11 (3.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 10 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.32%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.99%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.99%) PKI
8 6 (1.99%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.66%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.66%) CMDB
11 2 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
12 1 (0.33%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 59 (19.54%) Windows
2 24 (7.95%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.98%) Linux
3 9 (2.98%) Mac OS
4 8 (2.65%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.99%) VMS
7 1 (0.33%) Unix
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (47.35%) DevOps
2 76 (25.17%) CI/CD
3 66 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (17.88%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (17.22%) Agile
6 46 (15.23%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (13.25%) Infrastructure as Code
8 34 (11.26%) Roadmaps
9 32 (10.60%) ITIL
10 30 (9.93%) Analytics
10 30 (9.93%) Root Cause Analysis
11 24 (7.95%) SIEM
12 23 (7.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 22 (7.28%) Enterprise Architecture
13 22 (7.28%) ITSM
13 22 (7.28%) RBAC
14 21 (6.95%) Containerisation
14 21 (6.95%) DevSecOps
15 20 (6.62%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 19 (6.29%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (21.85%) Python
2 41 (13.58%) PowerShell
3 24 (7.95%) SQL
4 17 (5.63%) Java
5 14 (4.64%) Bicep
6 11 (3.64%) Go
7 9 (2.98%) Bash
8 6 (1.99%) C#
8 6 (1.99%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.66%) VBScript
10 4 (1.32%) X++
11 3 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.99%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.33%) C++
12 1 (0.33%) Groovy
12 1 (0.33%) Perl
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 125 (41.39%) Security Cleared
2 100 (33.11%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.61%) Azure Certification
3 26 (8.61%) CISSP
4 22 (7.28%) Degree
5 17 (5.63%) CISM
6 15 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (3.31%) CCNP
8 9 (2.98%) CREST Certified
9 8 (2.65%) CHECK Team Member
9 8 (2.65%) Cyber Scheme
9 8 (2.65%) PMI Certification
10 7 (2.32%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.32%) CCIE
10 7 (2.32%) PMP
11 6 (1.99%) Postgraduate
12 5 (1.66%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (1.32%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 29 (9.60%) GDPR
3 24 (7.95%) NIST
4 17 (5.63%) QA
5 9 (2.98%) Data Quality
5 9 (2.98%) NCSC
6 8 (2.65%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.65%) PMO
7 4 (1.32%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.32%) SLA
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) GRC
8 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 67 (22.19%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.62%) Docker
4 13 (4.30%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.30%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (3.97%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.32%) vSphere
8 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 41 (13.58%) Terraform
2 35 (11.59%) Kubernetes
3 28 (9.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (5.30%) Ansible
5 8 (2.65%) Nmap
6 7 (2.32%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (1.66%) Grafana
7 5 (1.66%) Nagios
7 5 (1.66%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.66%) SCCM
8 4 (1.32%) Data Guard
8 4 (1.32%) Oracle RMAN
8 4 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.99%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.66%) HP ALM
10 2 (0.66%) SCOM
10 2 (0.66%) systemd
10 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.33%) vMotion
Vendors
1 72 (23.84%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.27%) Oracle
3 25 (8.28%) ServiceNow
4 24 (7.95%) VMware
5 15 (4.97%) Cisco
6 14 (4.64%) CyberArk
7 13 (4.30%) BeyondTrust
8 10 (3.31%) SAP
9 9 (2.98%) Citrix
9 9 (2.98%) Juniper
9 9 (2.98%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.32%) Databricks
10 7 (2.32%) Splunk
11 6 (1.99%) Google
12 5 (1.66%) BiZZdesign
12 5 (1.66%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.66%) Remedy
12 5 (1.66%) Virgin Media
13 4 (1.32%) Okta
13 4 (1.32%) Red Hat