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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 312 234 276
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.69% 20.63% 13.94%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.04% 56.25% 51.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 154 212
10th Percentile £350 £350 £450
25th Percentile £406 £428 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £509 £603
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% -15.56% +0.42%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £638
90th Percentile £681 £684 £675
South East median daily rate £511 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.25% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 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 £108.00 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £82.50 £53.39 £51.50
% change year-on-year +54.54% +3.66% -31.33%

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 547 416 531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.27% 36.68% 26.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 258 347
10th Percentile £306 £325 £335
25th Percentile £406 £417 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -4.24% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £615
90th Percentile £653 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 13 27
10th Percentile £25.33 £16.73 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £30.25 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.00 £32.31 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +153.79% -44.58% +150.21%
75th Percentile £104.00 £51.00 £61.55
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.85 £61.76
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £24.66 £30.00
% change year-on-year +133.17% -17.80% +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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -2 151 £575 - 32
Wokingham -2 141 £425 -15.00% 4
Windsor -10 5 £456 -8.75% 3
Maidenhead -1 3 £475 +137.50% 2
Slough +6 1 £600 - 6
Bracknell 0 1 £450 - 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 25 (8.01%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.88%) Confluence
3 7 (2.24%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.28%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.64%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.64%) IIS
6 2 (0.64%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.92%) CPLEX
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) Primavera
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 120 (38.46%) AWS
2 80 (25.64%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (19.23%) Entra ID
3 60 (19.23%) GCP
4 35 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
5 24 (7.69%) Power Platform
6 17 (5.45%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (5.13%) OCI
8 13 (4.17%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.17%) SaaS
9 12 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
9 12 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (3.21%) Azure AKS
10 10 (3.21%) Power Automate
11 9 (2.88%) GitHub
11 9 (2.88%) IaaS
11 9 (2.88%) PaaS
12 8 (2.56%) PowerApps
12 8 (2.56%) Route 53
13 7 (2.24%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 39 (12.50%) DNS
1 39 (12.50%) Firewall
2 34 (10.90%) DHCP
3 25 (8.01%) LAN
4 24 (7.69%) TCP/IP
4 24 (7.69%) WAN
5 17 (5.45%) SD-WAN
6 15 (4.81%) Network Security
7 14 (4.49%) BGP
7 14 (4.49%) VPN
8 12 (3.85%) MPLS
9 11 (3.53%) FTP
10 9 (2.88%) SSL
10 9 (2.88%) Wireless
11 8 (2.56%) DNSSEC
12 7 (2.24%) OSPF
12 7 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (1.28%) VLAN
14 3 (0.96%) IPsec
14 3 (0.96%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.81%) Power BI
2 12 (3.85%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.92%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.28%) Big Data
6 3 (0.96%) GIS
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.96%) Parquet
6 3 (0.96%) Tableau
7 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.64%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.64%) Metadata
7 2 (0.64%) QGIS
7 2 (0.64%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 16 (5.13%) Git
2 12 (3.85%) JIRA
3 7 (2.24%) Burp Suite
3 7 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.24%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.60%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.64%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.64%) GitLab
6 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.32%) JMeter
6 1 (0.32%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.32%) MSI
6 1 (0.32%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 119 (38.14%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.42%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (10.58%) Aerospace
4 23 (7.37%) Finance
5 21 (6.73%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.09%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.88%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.56%) Billing
10 6 (1.92%) Retail
11 4 (1.28%) Legal
12 3 (0.96%) Police
13 2 (0.64%) Military
13 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Marketing
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (19.55%) Architect
2 33 (10.58%) Analyst
3 25 (8.01%) Senior
4 24 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
4 24 (7.69%) Lead
5 22 (7.05%) Developer
6 16 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (3.21%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (3.21%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.21%) IT Support
9 10 (3.21%) Network Architect
9 10 (3.21%) Test Analyst
10 9 (2.88%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (2.88%) Platform Architect
11 8 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.56%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (2.56%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.09%) LDAP
2 13 (4.17%) OAuth
2 13 (4.17%) REST
3 12 (3.85%) .NET
3 12 (3.85%) ADO
3 12 (3.85%) SAML
4 10 (3.21%) OpenID
5 8 (2.56%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.56%) RESTful
6 7 (2.24%) NETCONF
6 7 (2.24%) Pandas
6 7 (2.24%) pytest
6 7 (2.24%) YANG
7 6 (1.92%) Django
7 6 (1.92%) Flask
7 6 (1.92%) Kafka
7 6 (1.92%) Middleware
7 6 (1.92%) NumPy
7 6 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
7 6 (1.92%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (8.65%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.37%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.09%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.81%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (4.49%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.56%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.92%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.92%) PKI
11 5 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.60%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.60%) Security Posture
12 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.64%) CMDB
13 2 (0.64%) IoT
13 2 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 66 (21.15%) Windows
2 25 (8.01%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.85%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.53%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.24%) Linux
6 4 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) VMS
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (43.59%) DevOps
2 79 (25.32%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (22.76%) CI/CD
4 55 (17.63%) Cybersecurity
5 54 (17.31%) Agile
5 54 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
6 47 (15.06%) Infrastructure as Code
7 45 (14.42%) Roadmaps
8 37 (11.86%) ITIL
9 34 (10.90%) Root Cause Analysis
10 30 (9.62%) Analytics
11 28 (8.97%) Enterprise Architecture
12 26 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 25 (8.01%) High Availability
13 25 (8.01%) ITSM
14 24 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
14 24 (7.69%) TOGAF
15 23 (7.37%) Continuous Improvement
15 23 (7.37%) Identity Access Management
15 23 (7.37%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.32%) Python
2 49 (15.71%) PowerShell
3 27 (8.65%) SQL
4 17 (5.45%) Java
5 14 (4.49%) Bash
6 12 (3.85%) Bicep
7 11 (3.53%) Go
8 6 (1.92%) C#
9 5 (1.60%) VBScript
9 5 (1.60%) X++
10 4 (1.28%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.32%) C++
12 1 (0.32%) Groovy
12 1 (0.32%) Perl
12 1 (0.32%) PHP
12 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 133 (42.63%) Security Cleared
2 108 (34.62%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.94%) Azure Certification
4 29 (9.29%) CISSP
5 26 (8.33%) Degree
6 16 (5.13%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (5.13%) CISM
7 15 (4.81%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.88%) CCIE
8 9 (2.88%) CCNP
9 8 (2.56%) CREST Certified
9 8 (2.56%) PMI Certification
10 7 (2.24%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (2.24%) Cyber Scheme
10 7 (2.24%) JNCIE
10 7 (2.24%) PMP
11 6 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.60%) CSPO
12 5 (1.60%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (8.01%) GDPR
3 22 (7.05%) NIST
4 16 (5.13%) QA
5 10 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.21%) NCSC
6 7 (2.24%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.60%) PMO
8 4 (1.28%) SLA
9 3 (0.96%) GRC
9 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (21.15%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.45%) Docker
4 15 (4.81%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (3.53%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.92%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 46 (14.74%) Terraform
2 31 (9.94%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (9.29%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.45%) Ansible
5 10 (3.21%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.24%) Nmap
7 6 (1.92%) SCCM
8 4 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.96%) Grafana
9 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.96%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.96%) Puppet
9 3 (0.96%) SCOM
9 3 (0.96%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.64%) Nagios
10 2 (0.64%) vMotion
11 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 94 (30.13%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.65%) VMware
3 26 (8.33%) ServiceNow
4 23 (7.37%) Oracle
5 16 (5.13%) Cisco
6 13 (4.17%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.85%) BeyondTrust
7 12 (3.85%) Google
8 11 (3.53%) SAP
9 9 (2.88%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.56%) Citrix
10 8 (2.56%) Databricks
10 8 (2.56%) Infoblox
10 8 (2.56%) Juniper
11 7 (2.24%) Okta
12 6 (1.92%) Aruba
12 6 (1.92%) Ping Identity
12 6 (1.92%) Remedy
12 6 (1.92%) Splunk
13 5 (1.60%) ForgeRock