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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 323 250 276
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.50% 20.41% 14.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 58.62% 54.47% 52.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 166 206
10th Percentile £363 £350 £413
25th Percentile £410 £414 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £506 £605
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% -16.32% +0.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £685 £675 £666
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £540
% change year-on-year +3.00% -7.41% -8.09%
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 £58.00
% change year-on-year +59.22% -7.96% -17.14%

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 551 459 525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.16% 37.47% 26.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 280 346
10th Percentile £349 £320 £351
25th Percentile £411 £413 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -9.05% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £650 £663 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 20 24
10th Percentile £25.65 - £20.58
25th Percentile £31.25 £14.75 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £29.50 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +179.66% -49.40% +153.48%
75th Percentile £103.88 £47.63 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £75.67 £61.88
South East median hourly rate £65.00 £18.82 £30.00
% change year-on-year +245.38% -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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -2 160 £557 +0.36% 62
Wokingham -2 135 £450 -10.00% 3
Windsor -13 5 £456 -8.75% 8
Slough +7 3 £460 -23.33% 5
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 2
Bracknell -1 1 £450 - 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 24 (7.43%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.17%) Confluence
2 7 (2.17%) OpenStack
3 6 (1.86%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.62%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.62%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.31%) Predix
Applications
1 11 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.86%) CPLEX
3 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.62%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Primavera
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 127 (39.32%) AWS
2 80 (24.77%) Azure DevOps
3 67 (20.74%) GCP
4 59 (18.27%) Entra ID
5 31 (9.60%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (6.19%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.26%) OCI
8 16 (4.95%) Azure Monitor
9 14 (4.33%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (4.33%) OneDrive
10 13 (4.02%) SaaS
11 12 (3.72%) Azure Key Vault
12 10 (3.10%) Azure AKS
13 9 (2.79%) Power Automate
14 8 (2.48%) Route 53
15 7 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.17%) GitHub
16 6 (1.86%) Azure Sentinel
16 6 (1.86%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (1.86%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (13.62%) DNS
2 33 (10.22%) DHCP
3 32 (9.91%) Firewall
4 26 (8.05%) TCP/IP
5 25 (7.74%) LAN
6 24 (7.43%) WAN
7 19 (5.88%) Network Security
8 17 (5.26%) SD-WAN
9 16 (4.95%) BGP
9 16 (4.95%) VPN
10 12 (3.72%) MPLS
11 10 (3.10%) FTP
12 9 (2.79%) SSL
13 8 (2.48%) DNSSEC
14 7 (2.17%) OSPF
14 7 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
15 5 (1.55%) Wireless
16 4 (1.24%) VLAN
17 3 (0.93%) IPsec
17 3 (0.93%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.72%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.41%) Power BI
3 8 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.17%) Big Data
4 7 (2.17%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.86%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.93%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.93%) Parquet
7 3 (0.93%) Spark SQL
7 3 (0.93%) Tableau
8 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.62%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.88%) Git
2 14 (4.33%) JIRA
3 7 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.93%) JMeter
4 3 (0.93%) LoadRunner
4 3 (0.93%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.62%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.62%) GitLab
5 2 (0.62%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 122 (37.77%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.31%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (11.46%) Aerospace
4 27 (8.36%) Finance
5 22 (6.81%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.72%) Telecoms
8 11 (3.41%) Billing
9 9 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.86%) Retail
11 4 (1.24%) Legal
12 3 (0.93%) Police
12 3 (0.93%) Publishing
13 2 (0.62%) Military
13 2 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Banking
14 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 66 (20.43%) Architect
2 31 (9.60%) Analyst
2 31 (9.60%) Lead
3 25 (7.74%) Senior
4 24 (7.43%) Developer
5 23 (7.12%) Azure Engineer
6 21 (6.50%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.10%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.10%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.10%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (3.10%) IT Support
8 10 (3.10%) Network Architect
8 10 (3.10%) Test Analyst
9 9 (2.79%) Oracle Analyst
9 9 (2.79%) Product Owner
10 8 (2.48%) Platform Architect
10 8 (2.48%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.17%) Data Engineer
11 7 (2.17%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (6.50%) LDAP
1 21 (6.50%) REST
2 17 (5.26%) OAuth
3 14 (4.33%) SAML
4 12 (3.72%) .NET
5 10 (3.10%) ADO
5 10 (3.10%) OpenID
5 10 (3.10%) RESTful
6 8 (2.48%) Microsoft Graph
6 8 (2.48%) OpenAPI
6 8 (2.48%) Swagger
7 7 (2.17%) ARM Templates
7 7 (2.17%) NETCONF
7 7 (2.17%) Pandas
7 7 (2.17%) pytest
7 7 (2.17%) YAML
7 7 (2.17%) YANG
8 6 (1.86%) Django
8 6 (1.86%) NumPy
8 6 (1.86%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.12%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.88%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 16 (4.95%) Distributed Systems
6 15 (4.64%) Onboarding
7 9 (2.79%) Algorithms
8 8 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (2.48%) Operational Technology
9 7 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 6 (1.86%) Data Structures
10 6 (1.86%) PKI
11 5 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (1.24%) CMDB
12 4 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
12 4 (1.24%) IoT
12 4 (1.24%) Management Information System
13 3 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
13 3 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 63 (19.50%) Windows
2 25 (7.74%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.72%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.41%) Apple iOS
4 11 (3.41%) Linux
5 4 (1.24%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.31%) Unix
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (42.72%) DevOps
2 79 (24.46%) CI/CD
2 79 (24.46%) Problem-Solving
3 65 (20.12%) Agile
4 62 (19.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 55 (17.03%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (15.17%) Roadmaps
7 47 (14.55%) Infrastructure as Code
8 37 (11.46%) ITIL
9 33 (10.22%) Analytics
10 32 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (9.91%) Enterprise Architecture
10 32 (9.91%) Root Cause Analysis
11 30 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 30 (9.29%) Technical Leadership
12 28 (8.67%) Identity Access Management
12 28 (8.67%) Migration
12 28 (8.67%) Validation
13 27 (8.36%) ITSM
13 27 (8.36%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 85 (26.32%) Python
2 54 (16.72%) PowerShell
3 30 (9.29%) SQL
4 19 (5.88%) Java
5 16 (4.95%) Bash
6 11 (3.41%) Go
7 9 (2.79%) Bicep
8 7 (2.17%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.86%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.55%) C#
10 5 (1.55%) X++
11 2 (0.62%) VBScript
12 1 (0.31%) Groovy
12 1 (0.31%) Perl
12 1 (0.31%) PHP
12 1 (0.31%) R
12 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 128 (39.63%) Security Cleared
2 103 (31.89%) SC Cleared
3 32 (9.91%) Azure Certification
4 30 (9.29%) CISSP
5 27 (8.36%) Degree
6 18 (5.57%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (5.26%) AWS Certification
8 16 (4.95%) CISM
9 10 (3.10%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.79%) CCIE
10 9 (2.79%) CCNP
10 9 (2.79%) PMP
11 7 (2.17%) JNCIE
12 6 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (1.86%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.55%) CSPO
14 4 (1.24%) CCNA
14 4 (1.24%) DV Cleared
15 3 (0.93%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (9.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.74%) NIST
3 19 (5.88%) GDPR
4 13 (4.02%) QA
5 10 (3.10%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.55%) NCSC
7 4 (1.24%) SLA
8 3 (0.93%) GRC
8 3 (0.93%) NIST 800
9 2 (0.62%) PMO
10 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 70 (21.67%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.19%) Docker
4 15 (4.64%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.33%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (4.02%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (3.72%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.86%) vSphere
9 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.31%) NFS
Systems Management
1 48 (14.86%) Terraform
2 34 (10.53%) Kubernetes
3 32 (9.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (5.57%) Ansible
5 10 (3.10%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.86%) SCCM
7 4 (1.24%) SCOM
7 4 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.24%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.93%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.93%) Puppet
9 2 (0.62%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.62%) CASB
9 2 (0.62%) Grafana
9 2 (0.62%) Nagios
9 2 (0.62%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.62%) vMotion
10 1 (0.31%) Nmap
10 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 106 (32.82%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.60%) VMware
3 30 (9.29%) ServiceNow
4 22 (6.81%) Oracle
5 16 (4.95%) Cisco
5 16 (4.95%) Google
6 15 (4.64%) CyberArk
7 13 (4.02%) SAP
8 12 (3.72%) BeyondTrust
8 12 (3.72%) Databricks
9 10 (3.10%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.48%) Citrix
10 8 (2.48%) Infoblox
10 8 (2.48%) Juniper
11 7 (2.17%) Okta
12 6 (1.86%) Aruba
12 6 (1.86%) Ping Identity
12 6 (1.86%) Remedy
13 5 (1.55%) ForgeRock
13 5 (1.55%) Splunk