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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 309 233 280
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.57% 20.69% 14.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.22% 56.01% 52.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 204 153 219
10th Percentile £350 £350 £425
25th Percentile £406 £420 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -14.58% -
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £684 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £510 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.00% -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 £74.00 £51.50
% change year-on-year +11.49% +43.69% -28.97%

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 540 416 534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.95% 36.94% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 260 355
10th Percentile £306 £325 £338
25th Percentile £406 £419 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -4.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £610
90th Percentile £653 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
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 £52.50 £24.66 £30.00
% change year-on-year +112.90% -17.80% -0.76%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -1 153 £547 -4.83% 34
Wokingham -2 136 £425 -15.00% 9
Windsor -9 5 £456 -8.75% 4
Maidenhead -1 3 £475 +137.50% 3
Slough +6 1 £600 - 7
Bracknell -4 1 £450 -24.37% 2
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 (8.09%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.91%) Confluence
3 7 (2.27%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.29%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.97%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.65%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.65%) IIS
6 2 (0.65%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.32%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.94%) CPLEX
3 5 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.94%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.97%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) Primavera
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 113 (36.57%) AWS
2 82 (26.54%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (19.42%) Entra ID
4 55 (17.80%) GCP
5 35 (11.33%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (7.77%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.83%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (5.18%) OCI
9 13 (4.21%) Azure Key Vault
9 13 (4.21%) OneDrive
9 13 (4.21%) SaaS
10 12 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (3.56%) Azure AKS
12 10 (3.24%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.91%) GitHub
13 9 (2.91%) IaaS
13 9 (2.91%) PaaS
14 8 (2.59%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 6 (1.94%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.68%) Firewall
2 31 (10.03%) DNS
3 29 (9.39%) DHCP
4 25 (8.09%) LAN
5 24 (7.77%) WAN
6 17 (5.50%) SD-WAN
7 16 (5.18%) TCP/IP
8 14 (4.53%) BGP
8 14 (4.53%) VPN
9 13 (4.21%) Network Security
10 12 (3.88%) MPLS
11 11 (3.56%) FTP
12 9 (2.91%) SSL
12 9 (2.91%) Wireless
13 7 (2.27%) OSPF
13 7 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.29%) VLAN
15 3 (0.97%) IPsec
15 3 (0.97%) MQTT
15 3 (0.97%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.85%) Power BI
2 12 (3.88%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.59%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.27%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.94%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.62%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.29%) Big Data
8 3 (0.97%) GIS
8 3 (0.97%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 3 (0.97%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.97%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.97%) Parquet
8 3 (0.97%) Tableau
9 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.65%) Metadata
9 2 (0.65%) QGIS
9 2 (0.65%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (5.50%) Git
2 12 (3.88%) JIRA
3 7 (2.27%) Burp Suite
3 7 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.27%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.62%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.65%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.65%) 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
1 117 (37.86%) Social Skills
2 40 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (10.68%) Aerospace
4 23 (7.44%) Finance
5 21 (6.80%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.18%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.24%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.91%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.91%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.59%) Billing
10 7 (2.27%) Retail
11 4 (1.29%) Legal
12 3 (0.97%) Police
13 2 (0.65%) Military
13 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.65%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.32%) Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Marketing
14 1 (0.32%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (17.15%) Architect
2 33 (10.68%) Analyst
3 27 (8.74%) Azure Engineer
4 25 (8.09%) Lead
4 25 (8.09%) Senior
5 22 (7.12%) Developer
6 16 (5.18%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (4.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (3.56%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (3.56%) Cloud Engineer
9 10 (3.24%) Business Analyst
9 10 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 10 (3.24%) IT Support
9 10 (3.24%) Test Analyst
10 9 (2.91%) Oracle Analyst
10 9 (2.91%) Platform Architect
11 8 (2.59%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (2.59%) Network Architect
11 8 (2.59%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (2.59%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.15%) LDAP
2 13 (4.21%) OAuth
2 13 (4.21%) REST
3 12 (3.88%) .NET
3 12 (3.88%) ADO
3 12 (3.88%) SAML
4 10 (3.24%) OpenID
5 8 (2.59%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.59%) Kafka
5 8 (2.59%) RESTful
6 7 (2.27%) Middleware
6 7 (2.27%) NETCONF
6 7 (2.27%) Pandas
6 7 (2.27%) pytest
6 7 (2.27%) YANG
7 6 (1.94%) Django
7 6 (1.94%) FastAPI
7 6 (1.94%) Flask
7 6 (1.94%) NumPy
7 6 (1.94%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 29 (9.39%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.44%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 15 (4.85%) Distributed Systems
5 14 (4.53%) Hybrid Cloud
6 12 (3.88%) Onboarding
7 10 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.59%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.94%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.94%) PKI
10 5 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.62%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.62%) Operational Technology
10 5 (1.62%) Security Posture
11 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.29%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.65%) CMDB
12 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.65%) IoT
12 2 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 62 (20.06%) Windows
2 25 (8.09%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.88%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.56%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.27%) Linux
6 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.97%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Unix
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (44.98%) DevOps
2 75 (24.27%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (23.95%) CI/CD
4 57 (18.45%) Agile
5 54 (17.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (17.15%) Cybersecurity
7 45 (14.56%) Roadmaps
8 42 (13.59%) Infrastructure as Code
9 38 (12.30%) ITIL
10 31 (10.03%) Analytics
11 30 (9.71%) Root Cause Analysis
12 28 (9.06%) Enterprise Architecture
13 26 (8.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (8.09%) ITSM
15 24 (7.77%) TOGAF
16 23 (7.44%) Identity Access Management
16 23 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 22 (7.12%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 22 (7.12%) RBAC
17 22 (7.12%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 75 (24.27%) Python
2 44 (14.24%) PowerShell
3 28 (9.06%) SQL
4 19 (6.15%) Java
5 13 (4.21%) Bicep
6 11 (3.56%) Go
7 10 (3.24%) Bash
8 6 (1.94%) C#
8 6 (1.94%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.62%) VBScript
9 5 (1.62%) X++
10 3 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.32%) C++
11 1 (0.32%) Groovy
11 1 (0.32%) Perl
11 1 (0.32%) PHP
11 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (41.10%) Security Cleared
2 102 (33.01%) SC Cleared
3 31 (10.03%) Azure Certification
4 29 (9.39%) CISSP
5 26 (8.41%) Degree
6 16 (5.18%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (5.18%) CISM
7 15 (4.85%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.91%) CCIE
8 9 (2.91%) CCNP
9 8 (2.59%) CREST Certified
9 8 (2.59%) PMI Certification
10 7 (2.27%) CHECK Team Member
10 7 (2.27%) Cyber Scheme
10 7 (2.27%) JNCIE
10 7 (2.27%) PMP
11 6 (1.94%) TOGAF Certification
12 5 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.62%) CSPO
12 5 (1.62%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (8.09%) GDPR
3 22 (7.12%) NIST
4 16 (5.18%) QA
5 10 (3.24%) Data Quality
5 10 (3.24%) NCSC
6 7 (2.27%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.62%) PMO
8 4 (1.29%) SLA
9 3 (0.97%) GRC
9 3 (0.97%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (21.36%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (6.15%) Docker
4 15 (4.85%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (3.88%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (3.56%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.94%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 41 (13.27%) Terraform
2 33 (10.68%) Kubernetes
3 31 (10.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (6.15%) Ansible
5 10 (3.24%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.27%) Nmap
7 6 (1.94%) SCCM
8 4 (1.29%) Grafana
8 4 (1.29%) Prometheus
8 4 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.97%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.97%) Puppet
9 3 (0.97%) SCOM
9 3 (0.97%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.65%) Nagios
10 2 (0.65%) vMotion
11 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 86 (27.83%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.74%) VMware
3 26 (8.41%) ServiceNow
4 23 (7.44%) Oracle
5 16 (5.18%) Cisco
6 13 (4.21%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.88%) BeyondTrust
8 11 (3.56%) SAP
9 9 (2.91%) Databricks
9 9 (2.91%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.59%) Citrix
10 8 (2.59%) Juniper
11 7 (2.27%) Okta
11 7 (2.27%) Splunk
12 6 (1.94%) Aruba
12 6 (1.94%) Google
12 6 (1.94%) Ping Identity
12 6 (1.94%) Remedy
13 5 (1.62%) ForgeRock
13 5 (1.62%) Virgin Media