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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 321 236 257
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 17.70% 20.03% 15.02%
As % of the Cloud Services category 62.33% 51.30% 53.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 145 197
10th Percentile £371 £350 £470
25th Percentile £423 £413 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -17.36% +0.83%
75th Percentile £631 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £695 £651
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -11.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 1 3
10th Percentile £31.25 - £34.52
25th Percentile £63.06 £30.25 £44.68
Median hourly rate £83.00 £31.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +163.49% -48.86% -14.44%
75th Percentile £104.00 £32.75 £65.64
90th Percentile £110.75 - £68.07
South East median hourly rate £71.00 £32.14 £36.75
% change year-on-year +120.94% -12.56% -47.50%

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 515 460 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.39% 39.05% 28.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 272 332
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £425 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% +2.22%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £669 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 17 14
10th Percentile £23.75 - £19.74
25th Percentile £31.44 £14.75 £31.13
Median hourly rate £81.50 £18.87 £58.17
Median % change year-on-year +331.90% -67.56% +29.27%
75th Percentile £101.94 £32.31 £61.47
90th Percentile £110.75 £43.39 £64.73
South East median hourly rate £64.24 £18.82 £35.00
% change year-on-year +241.34% -46.23% +15.78%

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 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 2 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 2 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 0 191 £613 +11.36% 86
Wokingham -2 94 £463 -3.65% 3
Windsor -7 8 £463 -7.50% 8
Slough +7 6 £480 -12.73% 8
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 5
Bracknell -7 1 £450 +5.88% 13
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 (6.23%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.49%) Confluence
3 7 (2.18%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.56%) 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%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.31%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.31%) Predix
Applications
1 5 (1.56%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.25%) 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
1 143 (44.55%) AWS
2 79 (24.61%) GCP
3 76 (23.68%) Azure DevOps
4 46 (14.33%) Entra ID
5 30 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (6.23%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.30%) GitHub
7 17 (5.30%) GitHub Actions
8 15 (4.67%) OpenShift
9 14 (4.36%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (3.74%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (3.43%) OneDrive
12 11 (3.43%) SaaS
13 10 (3.12%) Azure AKS
14 9 (2.80%) Azure Sentinel
14 9 (2.80%) IaaS
15 8 (2.49%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.49%) Route 53
16 7 (2.18%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 45 (14.02%) DNS
2 34 (10.59%) DHCP
2 34 (10.59%) Firewall
3 31 (9.66%) TCP/IP
4 21 (6.54%) LAN
5 20 (6.23%) WAN
6 17 (5.30%) Network Security
7 14 (4.36%) VPN
8 13 (4.05%) SD-WAN
9 12 (3.74%) BGP
10 10 (3.12%) MPLS
11 8 (2.49%) DNSSEC
12 7 (2.18%) SSL
13 6 (1.87%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (1.56%) FTP
14 5 (1.56%) OSPF
15 3 (0.93%) NetScaler
15 3 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
15 3 (0.93%) VXLAN
15 3 (0.93%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
1 15 (4.67%) NoSQL
2 13 (4.05%) Power BI
3 8 (2.49%) Big Data
4 6 (1.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.87%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.56%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.25%) Spark SQL
6 4 (1.25%) Tableau
7 3 (0.93%) Hadoop
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 19 (5.92%) Git
2 18 (5.61%) Jenkins
3 13 (4.05%) GitLab
3 13 (4.05%) JIRA
4 4 (1.25%) JMeter
5 3 (0.93%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.93%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.31%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 123 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.45%) Aerospace
3 48 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (7.79%) Finance
5 15 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.74%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.43%) Public Sector
8 9 (2.80%) Billing
8 9 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.87%) Retail
10 4 (1.25%) Legal
11 3 (0.93%) Military
11 3 (0.93%) Publishing
12 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.62%) Police
12 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Advertising
13 1 (0.31%) Banking
Job Titles
1 69 (21.50%) Architect
2 40 (12.46%) Lead
3 33 (10.28%) Senior
4 25 (7.79%) Solutions Architect
5 21 (6.54%) Developer
6 18 (5.61%) Consultant
7 17 (5.30%) Analyst
8 16 (4.98%) Azure Engineer
9 13 (4.05%) Data Engineer
10 10 (3.12%) IT Support
10 10 (3.12%) Network Architect
11 9 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (2.80%) Product Owner
11 9 (2.80%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.49%) Business Analyst
12 8 (2.49%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (2.49%) CyberArk Consultant
13 7 (2.18%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (2.18%) Data Scientist
13 7 (2.18%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (22.74%) Terraform
2 27 (8.41%) LDAP
3 23 (7.17%) REST
4 20 (6.23%) OAuth
5 18 (5.61%) SAML
6 15 (4.67%) .NET
7 13 (4.05%) OpenID
8 12 (3.74%) ARM Templates
8 12 (3.74%) RESTful
9 11 (3.43%) PySpark
10 8 (2.49%) OpenAPI
10 8 (2.49%) Swagger
11 7 (2.18%) OAuth2
12 6 (1.87%) JWT
12 6 (1.87%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (1.87%) SOAP
12 6 (1.87%) YAML
13 5 (1.56%) .NET Core
13 5 (1.56%) FastAPI
13 5 (1.56%) NETCONF
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.28%) Hybrid Cloud
2 30 (9.35%) Cloud Native
3 19 (5.92%) Data Centre
4 18 (5.61%) Product Ownership
5 14 (4.36%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (3.12%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.49%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.49%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.18%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.87%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.87%) PKI
11 5 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.56%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.56%) IoT
11 5 (1.56%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.25%) CMDB
12 4 (1.25%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 59 (18.38%) Windows
2 23 (7.17%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.54%) Linux
4 12 (3.74%) Mac OS
5 11 (3.43%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.93%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (43.93%) DevOps
2 89 (27.73%) CI/CD
3 85 (26.48%) Stakeholder Management
4 78 (24.30%) Agile
5 74 (23.05%) Problem-Solving
6 72 (22.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 56 (17.45%) Cybersecurity
8 54 (16.82%) Analytics
9 48 (14.95%) Roadmaps
10 45 (14.02%) Technical Leadership
11 44 (13.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 44 (13.71%) Migration
12 40 (12.46%) SIEM
13 39 (12.15%) ITIL
14 35 (10.90%) Containerisation
14 35 (10.90%) Identity Access Management
15 33 (10.28%) Enterprise Architecture
16 32 (9.97%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 31 (9.66%) DevSecOps
18 30 (9.35%) AI
Programming Languages
1 98 (30.53%) Python
2 64 (19.94%) PowerShell
3 38 (11.84%) SQL
4 29 (9.03%) Bash
5 16 (4.98%) Java
6 15 (4.67%) Bicep
7 7 (2.18%) C#
7 7 (2.18%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.87%) Go
8 6 (1.87%) Kusto Query Language
9 5 (1.56%) 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 (40.81%) Security Cleared
2 110 (34.27%) SC Cleared
3 43 (13.40%) Azure Certification
4 32 (9.97%) CISSP
5 29 (9.03%) Degree
6 25 (7.79%) AWS Certification
7 20 (6.23%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (4.05%) CISM
9 12 (3.74%) PMI Certification
9 12 (3.74%) PMP
10 11 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
10 11 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (2.18%) CCIE
12 7 (2.18%) TOGAF Certification
13 6 (1.87%) CCNP
13 6 (1.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.56%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.56%) CSPO
14 5 (1.56%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 24 (7.48%) NIST
3 17 (5.30%) Data Quality
4 13 (4.05%) GDPR
4 13 (4.05%) QA
5 6 (1.87%) NCSC
6 5 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.56%) GRC
7 4 (1.25%) 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 65 (20.25%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.41%) Docker
2 27 (8.41%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.54%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.05%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (3.43%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.87%) vSphere
8 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 51 (15.89%) Kubernetes
2 41 (12.77%) Ansible
3 23 (7.17%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.12%) Grafana
4 10 (3.12%) Jamf Pro
5 6 (1.87%) SCCM
6 5 (1.56%) Prometheus
6 5 (1.56%) SCOM
6 5 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.25%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.25%) Puppet
7 4 (1.25%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.93%) Istio
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
1 134 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.59%) VMware
3 28 (8.72%) Google
4 26 (8.10%) CyberArk
5 25 (7.79%) ServiceNow
6 18 (5.61%) Databricks
7 15 (4.67%) SAP
8 13 (4.05%) Cisco
9 10 (3.12%) Oracle
9 10 (3.12%) Salesforce
9 10 (3.12%) Splunk
10 8 (2.49%) Infoblox
10 8 (2.49%) Red Hat
10 8 (2.49%) SolarWinds
11 7 (2.18%) BeyondTrust
11 7 (2.18%) Okta
12 6 (1.87%) Citrix
12 6 (1.87%) Dynatrace
12 6 (1.87%) Ping Identity
13 5 (1.56%) Juniper