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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 311 245 273
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.41% 21.14% 13.87%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.70% 55.68% 51.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 160 205
10th Percentile £358 £350 £435
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £515 £605
Median % change year-on-year -7.72% -14.92% +0.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £686 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% -4.35%
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 £53.00
% change year-on-year +59.22% +0.73% -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 539 440 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.44% 37.96% 26.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 361 267 343
10th Percentile £349 £323 £338
25th Percentile £410 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% -5.58% -2.27%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £614
90th Percentile £650 £668 £675
South East median daily rate £505 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 17 26
10th Percentile £25.65 £14.75 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £18.87 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £32.05 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +157.41% -45.03% +153.48%
75th Percentile £103.88 £48.00 £61.47
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.18 £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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -3 155 £566 -1.57% 51
Wokingham -2 131 £450 -10.00% 8
Windsor -13 5 £456 -8.75% 4
Slough +8 3 £460 -23.33% 4
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 2
Bracknell -1 1 £450 - 5
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 (7.40%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.57%) Confluence
3 7 (2.25%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.96%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.64%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.32%) Smallworld
Applications
1 13 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.93%) CPLEX
3 4 (1.29%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.93%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) Primavera
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 119 (38.26%) AWS
2 78 (25.08%) Azure DevOps
3 61 (19.61%) GCP
4 59 (18.97%) Entra ID
5 31 (9.97%) Microsoft 365
6 21 (6.75%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.47%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (5.47%) OCI
8 13 (4.18%) OneDrive
8 13 (4.18%) SaaS
9 12 (3.86%) Azure Logic Apps
10 11 (3.54%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (3.22%) Power Automate
12 9 (2.89%) Azure AKS
12 9 (2.89%) GitHub
13 8 (2.57%) IaaS
13 8 (2.57%) PaaS
13 8 (2.57%) Route 53
14 7 (2.25%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.86%) DNS
2 35 (11.25%) Firewall
3 34 (10.93%) DHCP
4 25 (8.04%) LAN
5 24 (7.72%) TCP/IP
5 24 (7.72%) WAN
6 17 (5.47%) Network Security
6 17 (5.47%) SD-WAN
7 14 (4.50%) BGP
7 14 (4.50%) VPN
8 12 (3.86%) MPLS
9 11 (3.54%) FTP
10 9 (2.89%) SSL
11 8 (2.57%) DNSSEC
12 7 (2.25%) OSPF
12 7 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.25%) Wireless
13 4 (1.29%) VLAN
14 3 (0.96%) IPsec
14 3 (0.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.86%) NoSQL
1 12 (3.86%) Power BI
2 6 (1.93%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (1.93%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.29%) Big Data
5 3 (0.96%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.96%) Parquet
5 3 (0.96%) Tableau
6 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.64%) GIS
6 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.32%) MySQL
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.14%) Git
2 13 (4.18%) JIRA
3 7 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.29%) Burp Suite
4 4 (1.29%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.96%) HP UFT
5 3 (0.96%) JMeter
5 3 (0.96%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.96%) NeoLoad
6 2 (0.64%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.64%) GitLab
7 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.32%) MSI
7 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 114 (36.66%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.86%) Analytical Skills
3 36 (11.58%) Aerospace
4 26 (8.36%) Finance
5 22 (7.07%) Public Sector
6 19 (6.11%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.86%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.22%) Billing
9 9 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.89%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.93%) Retail
11 4 (1.29%) Legal
12 3 (0.96%) Police
12 3 (0.96%) Publishing
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
Job Titles
1 62 (19.94%) Architect
2 32 (10.29%) Analyst
3 28 (9.00%) Lead
4 25 (8.04%) Azure Engineer
5 24 (7.72%) Developer
5 24 (7.72%) Senior
6 17 (5.47%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.22%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.22%) IT Support
8 10 (3.22%) Network Architect
8 10 (3.22%) Test Analyst
9 9 (2.89%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (2.89%) DevOps Engineer
9 9 (2.89%) Oracle Analyst
9 9 (2.89%) Product Owner
10 8 (2.57%) Platform Architect
10 8 (2.57%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (2.57%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.11%) LDAP
2 15 (4.82%) OAuth
2 15 (4.82%) REST
3 14 (4.50%) SAML
4 12 (3.86%) .NET
5 11 (3.54%) ADO
6 10 (3.22%) OpenID
6 10 (3.22%) RESTful
7 9 (2.89%) ARM Templates
8 8 (2.57%) OpenAPI
8 8 (2.57%) Swagger
9 7 (2.25%) Microsoft Graph
9 7 (2.25%) NETCONF
9 7 (2.25%) Pandas
9 7 (2.25%) pytest
9 7 (2.25%) YANG
10 6 (1.93%) Flask
10 6 (1.93%) Kafka
10 6 (1.93%) NumPy
10 6 (1.93%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.40%) Data Centre
3 20 (6.43%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.47%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (5.14%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (4.18%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.57%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.25%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.93%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.93%) PKI
10 5 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.61%) Operational Technology
11 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
13 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 64 (20.58%) Windows
2 25 (8.04%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.86%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.54%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.25%) Linux
6 4 (1.29%) 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
1 133 (42.77%) DevOps
2 77 (24.76%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (22.51%) CI/CD
4 60 (19.29%) Agile
5 57 (18.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 55 (17.68%) Cybersecurity
7 48 (15.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 48 (15.43%) Roadmaps
8 33 (10.61%) ITIL
9 32 (10.29%) Root Cause Analysis
10 30 (9.65%) Analytics
10 30 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 29 (9.32%) Enterprise Architecture
12 26 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 26 (8.36%) Technical Leadership
13 25 (8.04%) High Availability
14 24 (7.72%) Identity Access Management
14 24 (7.72%) Migration
14 24 (7.72%) TOGAF
15 23 (7.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.40%) Python
2 49 (15.76%) PowerShell
3 27 (8.68%) SQL
4 18 (5.79%) Java
5 13 (4.18%) Bash
6 12 (3.86%) Bicep
7 11 (3.54%) Go
8 6 (1.93%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.61%) C#
9 5 (1.61%) X++
10 3 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.96%) VBScript
11 1 (0.32%) Groovy
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (40.84%) Security Cleared
2 102 (32.80%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.29%) Azure Certification
4 31 (9.97%) CISSP
5 27 (8.68%) Degree
6 18 (5.79%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (5.14%) AWS Certification
7 16 (5.14%) CISM
8 10 (3.22%) PMI Certification
9 9 (2.89%) CCIE
9 9 (2.89%) CCNP
9 9 (2.89%) PMP
10 7 (2.25%) JNCIE
11 6 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.93%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.61%) CREST Certified
12 5 (1.61%) CSPO
13 4 (1.29%) CHECK Team Member
13 4 (1.29%) Cyber Scheme
13 4 (1.29%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (8.04%) NIST
3 22 (7.07%) GDPR
4 12 (3.86%) QA
5 8 (2.57%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.57%) NCSC
6 4 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.29%) PMO
6 4 (1.29%) SLA
7 3 (0.96%) GRC
7 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (21.54%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.79%) Docker
4 15 (4.82%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (3.86%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (3.54%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.93%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 48 (15.43%) Terraform
2 32 (10.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (9.32%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.47%) Ansible
5 10 (3.22%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.93%) SCCM
7 4 (1.29%) Nmap
7 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.96%) Puppet
8 3 (0.96%) SCOM
8 3 (0.96%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.64%) CASB
9 2 (0.64%) Nagios
9 2 (0.64%) vMotion
10 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 98 (31.51%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.68%) ServiceNow
2 27 (8.68%) VMware
3 21 (6.75%) Oracle
4 16 (5.14%) Cisco
4 16 (5.14%) Google
5 13 (4.18%) CyberArk
6 12 (3.86%) BeyondTrust
6 12 (3.86%) SAP
7 9 (2.89%) SolarWinds
8 8 (2.57%) Citrix
8 8 (2.57%) Databricks
8 8 (2.57%) Infoblox
8 8 (2.57%) Juniper
9 7 (2.25%) Okta
10 6 (1.93%) Aruba
10 6 (1.93%) Ping Identity
10 6 (1.93%) Remedy
11 5 (1.61%) ForgeRock
11 5 (1.61%) Virgin Media