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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 301 225 281
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.59% 19.98% 14.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.66% 57.54% 52.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 149 224
10th Percentile £350 £350 £413
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.71% -10.33% +1.69%
75th Percentile £600 £603 £638
90th Percentile £670 £665 £684
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £550
% change year-on-year -0.10% -9.00% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 3 10
10th Percentile £31.25 £38.70 £56.50
25th Percentile £65.43 £51.38 £56.65
Median hourly rate £96.12 £74.00 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +29.89% +26.93% -26.38%
75th Percentile £108.69 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £87.96 £52.75 £44.25
% change year-on-year +66.75% +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 522 391 535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.78% 34.72% 27.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 373 250 366
10th Percentile £314 £348 £331
25th Percentile £406 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £624
90th Percentile £667 £651 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 9 24
10th Percentile £26.28 £29.13 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £32.05 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £45.00 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +81.11% -22.81% +150.21%
75th Percentile £104.00 £75.50 £61.53
90th Percentile £110.75 £80.85 £61.60
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £27.22
% change year-on-year +69.64% +2.88% +8.86%

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 May 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 -1 143 £538 -6.52% 46
Wokingham -2 138 £425 -12.82% 7
Windsor -12 6 £475 -5.00% 7
Maidenhead - 3 £475 - 2
Slough +4 1 £600 - 5
Bracknell -6 1 £450 -25.00% 6
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 21 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.99%) Confluence
3 5 (1.66%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.33%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.00%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.66%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.66%) IIS
6 2 (0.66%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
Applications
1 17 (5.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.33%) CPLEX
5 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.66%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.33%) Primavera
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 108 (35.88%) AWS
2 90 (29.90%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (18.60%) Entra ID
4 53 (17.61%) GCP
5 27 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (8.64%) Power Platform
7 20 (6.64%) Azure Monitor
8 18 (5.98%) OCI
9 16 (5.32%) SaaS
10 15 (4.98%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.99%) Azure AKS
11 12 (3.99%) IaaS
11 12 (3.99%) PaaS
12 10 (3.32%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (2.99%) GitHub
13 9 (2.99%) Power Automate
14 8 (2.66%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (2.66%) OneDrive
14 8 (2.66%) PowerApps
15 6 (1.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.29%) Firewall
2 27 (8.97%) DNS
3 25 (8.31%) DHCP
4 22 (7.31%) LAN
5 21 (6.98%) WAN
6 16 (5.32%) VPN
7 15 (4.98%) BGP
7 15 (4.98%) Network Security
8 14 (4.65%) SD-WAN
8 14 (4.65%) TCP/IP
9 11 (3.65%) FTP
10 10 (3.32%) MPLS
10 10 (3.32%) OSPF
10 10 (3.32%) Wireless
11 7 (2.33%) SSL
11 7 (2.33%) VLAN
12 6 (1.99%) WLAN
13 4 (1.33%) IPsec
13 4 (1.33%) MQTT
14 3 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.98%) Power BI
2 10 (3.32%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.66%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (2.66%) SQL Server
4 7 (2.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 6 (1.99%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.99%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.66%) Oracle Database
7 4 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.33%) Big Data
7 4 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.00%) GIS
8 3 (1.00%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (1.00%) 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 (5.98%) Git
2 15 (4.98%) JIRA
3 10 (3.32%) Burp Suite
3 10 (3.32%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.32%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.66%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.66%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.66%) GitLab
6 1 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.33%) JMeter
6 1 (0.33%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.33%) MSI
6 1 (0.33%) NeoLoad
6 1 (0.33%) Postman
6 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 107 (35.55%) Social Skills
2 35 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (8.31%) Aerospace
4 22 (7.31%) Documentation Skills
4 22 (7.31%) Finance
4 22 (7.31%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.65%) Influencing Skills
6 10 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (2.33%) Billing
7 7 (2.33%) Retail
7 7 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.00%) Police
9 2 (0.66%) Legal
9 2 (0.66%) Military
9 2 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.33%) Marketing
10 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 50 (16.61%) Architect
2 34 (11.30%) Analyst
3 29 (9.63%) Azure Engineer
3 29 (9.63%) Senior
4 25 (8.31%) Lead
5 19 (6.31%) Developer
6 17 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (4.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (3.99%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (3.65%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (3.32%) Business Analyst
10 10 (3.32%) Penetration Tester
10 10 (3.32%) Test Analyst
11 9 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
11 9 (2.99%) Oracle Analyst
11 9 (2.99%) Platform Architect
11 9 (2.99%) Platform Engineer
11 9 (2.99%) Project Manager
12 8 (2.66%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 8 (2.66%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.32%) ADO
1 16 (5.32%) LDAP
2 12 (3.99%) REST
3 10 (3.32%) .NET
4 9 (2.99%) OAuth
5 8 (2.66%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.66%) SAML
6 7 (2.33%) Middleware
7 6 (1.99%) Kafka
7 6 (1.99%) OpenID
7 6 (1.99%) RESTful
8 5 (1.66%) NETCONF
8 5 (1.66%) Pandas
8 5 (1.66%) pytest
8 5 (1.66%) YAML
8 5 (1.66%) YANG
9 4 (1.33%) FastAPI
9 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (1.33%) OpenAPI
9 4 (1.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.64%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.32%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.98%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (4.32%) Onboarding
5 12 (3.99%) Product Ownership
6 11 (3.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 10 (3.32%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.66%) Security Posture
9 7 (2.33%) PKI
10 6 (1.99%) Operational Technology
11 5 (1.66%) Algorithms
11 5 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.33%) Data Structures
13 3 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
13 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
13 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
13 3 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
14 2 (0.66%) CMDB
14 2 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
15 1 (0.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 55 (18.27%) Windows
2 22 (7.31%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.32%) Linux
4 7 (2.33%) Mac OS
5 5 (1.66%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.00%) VMS
7 2 (0.66%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.33%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (48.50%) DevOps
2 79 (26.25%) CI/CD
3 62 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
4 55 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (17.28%) Agile
6 46 (15.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 40 (13.29%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (10.96%) Roadmaps
9 29 (9.63%) Analytics
9 29 (9.63%) ITIL
9 29 (9.63%) Root Cause Analysis
10 25 (8.31%) SIEM
11 23 (7.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 22 (7.31%) DevSecOps
12 22 (7.31%) RBAC
13 21 (6.98%) Containerisation
13 21 (6.98%) Enterprise Architecture
14 20 (6.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 20 (6.64%) Identity Access Management
15 19 (6.31%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 66 (21.93%) Python
2 41 (13.62%) PowerShell
3 24 (7.97%) SQL
4 17 (5.65%) Java
5 14 (4.65%) Bicep
6 11 (3.65%) Go
7 10 (3.32%) Bash
8 7 (2.33%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.99%) C#
10 5 (1.66%) VBScript
11 4 (1.33%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.33%) X++
12 3 (1.00%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.33%) C++
13 1 (0.33%) Groovy
13 1 (0.33%) Perl
13 1 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 125 (41.53%) Security Cleared
2 101 (33.55%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.64%) CISSP
4 24 (7.97%) Azure Certification
5 22 (7.31%) Degree
6 17 (5.65%) CISM
7 15 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (3.65%) CREST Certified
9 10 (3.32%) CCNP
9 10 (3.32%) CHECK Team Member
9 10 (3.32%) Cyber Scheme
10 8 (2.66%) PMI Certification
10 8 (2.66%) Postgraduate
11 7 (2.33%) AWS Certification
11 7 (2.33%) CCIE
11 7 (2.33%) PMP
12 5 (1.66%) JNCIE
12 5 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
12 5 (1.66%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (1.33%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (11.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (10.30%) GDPR
3 24 (7.97%) NIST
4 19 (6.31%) QA
5 11 (3.65%) PMO
6 10 (3.32%) PCI DSS
7 9 (2.99%) NCSC
8 7 (2.33%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.33%) NIST 800
10 3 (1.00%) SLA
11 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.33%) GRC
11 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 64 (21.26%) Active Directory
2 19 (6.31%) Docker
2 19 (6.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (4.32%) Hyper-V
4 12 (3.99%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (3.65%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (1.99%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.66%) vSphere
8 1 (0.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 43 (14.29%) Terraform
2 35 (11.63%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.31%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (5.65%) Ansible
5 10 (3.32%) Nmap
6 5 (1.66%) Grafana
6 5 (1.66%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.66%) Nagios
6 5 (1.66%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.33%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.33%) Oracle RMAN
7 4 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.00%) SCCM
9 2 (0.66%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.66%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.66%) systemd
10 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 65 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.97%) Oracle
3 22 (7.31%) VMware
4 21 (6.98%) ServiceNow
5 15 (4.98%) Cisco
5 15 (4.98%) CyberArk
6 14 (4.65%) BeyondTrust
7 9 (2.99%) Juniper
7 9 (2.99%) SAP
8 7 (2.33%) Citrix
8 7 (2.33%) Databricks
8 7 (2.33%) SolarWinds
8 7 (2.33%) Splunk
9 6 (1.99%) Google
10 5 (1.66%) BiZZdesign
10 5 (1.66%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.66%) Red Hat
10 5 (1.66%) Virgin Media
11 4 (1.33%) Fortinet
11 4 (1.33%) Okta