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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 7
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 318 247 264
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.34% 20.45% 14.12%
As % of the Cloud Services category 59.22% 54.41% 52.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 164 201
10th Percentile £363 £351 £450
25th Percentile £413 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £605
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% -17.31% +0.83%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £638
90th Percentile £688 £663 £670
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 1 6
10th Percentile £31.25 - £56.58
25th Percentile £45.29 £30.25 £56.65
Median hourly rate £87.56 £31.50 £59.95
Median % change year-on-year +177.97% -47.46% -24.30%
75th Percentile £107.00 £32.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 - £65.64
South East median hourly rate £83.75 £32.14 £51.50
% change year-on-year +160.62% -37.60% -26.43%

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 537 454 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 27.60% 37.58% 26.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 276 336
10th Percentile £349 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -
75th Percentile £602 £600 £625
90th Percentile £650 £656 £675
South East median daily rate £504 £500 £509
% change year-on-year +0.70% -1.77% -5.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 17 16
10th Percentile £25.65 - £20.63
25th Percentile £31.38 £14.75 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £18.87 £58.17
Median % change year-on-year +337.20% -67.56% +152.92%
75th Percentile £103.88 £32.31 £60.72
90th Percentile £110.75 £47.70 £61.60
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £18.82 £27.50
% change year-on-year +271.94% -31.56% +1.85%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -2 164 £579 +7.67% 43
Wokingham -1 127 £460 -8.00% 4
Windsor -12 5 £456 -8.75% 13
Slough +8 4 £460 -29.23% 7
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 3
Bracknell -2 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 (7.23%) SharePoint
2 11 (3.46%) Confluence
3 6 (1.89%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.57%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.63%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.63%) IIS
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) CIMPLICITY
6 1 (0.31%) Predix
Applications
1 11 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.89%) CPLEX
3 4 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.57%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Primavera
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 123 (38.68%) AWS
2 82 (25.79%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (19.81%) GCP
4 61 (19.18%) Entra ID
5 30 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (6.29%) Azure Monitor
7 19 (5.97%) Power Platform
8 17 (5.35%) OCI
9 16 (5.03%) Azure Key Vault
10 14 (4.40%) Azure AKS
10 14 (4.40%) OneDrive
11 13 (4.09%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (3.77%) SaaS
13 8 (2.52%) IaaS
13 8 (2.52%) PaaS
13 8 (2.52%) Power Automate
13 8 (2.52%) Route 53
14 7 (2.20%) Azure App Service
14 7 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
14 7 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 42 (13.21%) DNS
2 32 (10.06%) Firewall
3 31 (9.75%) DHCP
4 26 (8.18%) TCP/IP
5 23 (7.23%) LAN
6 22 (6.92%) WAN
7 19 (5.97%) Network Security
8 16 (5.03%) SD-WAN
8 16 (5.03%) VPN
9 14 (4.40%) BGP
10 10 (3.14%) MPLS
11 9 (2.83%) SSL
12 8 (2.52%) DNSSEC
12 8 (2.52%) FTP
13 7 (2.20%) OSPF
13 7 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
14 5 (1.57%) Wireless
15 4 (1.26%) VLAN
16 3 (0.94%) NetScaler
16 3 (0.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.03%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.46%) Data Warehouse
3 10 (3.14%) Power BI
4 9 (2.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 7 (2.20%) Big Data
5 7 (2.20%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.89%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.94%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.94%) Parquet
7 3 (0.94%) Spark SQL
7 3 (0.94%) Tableau
8 2 (0.63%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.63%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 11g
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
9 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (6.60%) Git
2 14 (4.40%) JIRA
3 7 (2.20%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.94%) JMeter
4 3 (0.94%) LoadRunner
4 3 (0.94%) NeoLoad
5 2 (0.63%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.63%) GitLab
6 1 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
6 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.31%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.31%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.31%) MSI
6 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 112 (35.22%) Social Skills
2 43 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
3 39 (12.26%) Aerospace
4 27 (8.49%) Finance
5 22 (6.92%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.97%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.77%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.14%) Billing
9 9 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.89%) Retail
11 4 (1.26%) Legal
11 4 (1.26%) Publishing
12 2 (0.63%) Military
12 2 (0.63%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.63%) Police
12 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.31%) Banking
13 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (21.70%) Architect
2 31 (9.75%) Lead
3 29 (9.12%) Analyst
4 28 (8.81%) Developer
5 25 (7.86%) Senior
6 23 (7.23%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (7.23%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.14%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (3.14%) IT Support
8 10 (3.14%) Test Analyst
9 9 (2.83%) Network Architect
9 9 (2.83%) Oracle Analyst
9 9 (2.83%) Product Owner
10 8 (2.52%) Project Manager
11 7 (2.20%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (2.20%) Consultant
11 7 (2.20%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.23%) REST
2 22 (6.92%) OAuth
3 21 (6.60%) LDAP
4 19 (5.97%) SAML
5 16 (5.03%) .NET
6 14 (4.40%) OpenID
7 13 (4.09%) RESTful
8 9 (2.83%) ADO
8 9 (2.83%) ARM Templates
8 9 (2.83%) OpenAPI
8 9 (2.83%) Swagger
9 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Graph
10 7 (2.20%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.20%) OAuth2
10 7 (2.20%) Pandas
10 7 (2.20%) pytest
10 7 (2.20%) YAML
11 6 (1.89%) Entity Framework
11 6 (1.89%) Flask
11 6 (1.89%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.81%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.23%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.97%) Product Ownership
4 17 (5.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 15 (4.72%) Onboarding
6 11 (3.46%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (2.83%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 7 (2.20%) Operational Technology
9 6 (1.89%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.89%) PKI
10 5 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
11 4 (1.26%) IoT
11 4 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.26%) Management Information System
12 3 (0.94%) CMDB
12 3 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (0.94%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 60 (18.87%) Windows
2 23 (7.23%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.77%) Linux
3 12 (3.77%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.46%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
6 1 (0.31%) VMS
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (43.08%) DevOps
2 77 (24.21%) CI/CD
3 70 (22.01%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (20.75%) Agile
5 63 (19.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 53 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
7 49 (15.41%) Infrastructure as Code
8 48 (15.09%) Roadmaps
9 41 (12.89%) Analytics
10 36 (11.32%) ITIL
11 35 (11.01%) Identity Access Management
12 32 (10.06%) Root Cause Analysis
13 31 (9.75%) Continuous Improvement
13 31 (9.75%) Migration
13 31 (9.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 31 (9.75%) Technical Leadership
14 29 (9.12%) Containerisation
14 29 (9.12%) Enterprise Architecture
15 28 (8.81%) Validation
16 27 (8.49%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 81 (25.47%) Python
2 54 (16.98%) PowerShell
3 34 (10.69%) SQL
4 17 (5.35%) Bash
5 14 (4.40%) Java
6 11 (3.46%) Bicep
7 9 (2.83%) C#
8 7 (2.20%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.89%) Go
9 6 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (1.57%) X++
11 1 (0.31%) Groovy
11 1 (0.31%) Perl
11 1 (0.31%) PHP
11 1 (0.31%) R
11 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 121 (38.05%) Security Cleared
2 96 (30.19%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.32%) Azure Certification
4 28 (8.81%) CISSP
5 27 (8.49%) Degree
6 18 (5.66%) AWS Certification
7 16 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (4.40%) CISM
9 10 (3.14%) PMI Certification
10 9 (2.83%) CCNP
10 9 (2.83%) PMP
11 8 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (2.20%) CCIE
13 6 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.57%) CSPO
14 5 (1.57%) JNCIE
15 4 (1.26%) CCNA
16 3 (0.94%) MCSA
16 3 (0.94%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (9.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 23 (7.23%) NIST
3 18 (5.66%) GDPR
4 12 (3.77%) QA
5 10 (3.14%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.26%) GRC
6 4 (1.26%) NCSC
7 3 (0.94%) SLA
8 2 (0.63%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) PMO
9 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (22.64%) Active Directory
2 22 (6.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.60%) Docker
4 15 (4.72%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.40%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.89%) vSphere
9 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 52 (16.35%) Terraform
2 31 (9.75%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (5.35%) Ansible
5 10 (3.14%) Jamf Pro
6 5 (1.57%) SCCM
7 4 (1.26%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.26%) Puppet
7 4 (1.26%) SCOM
7 4 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (1.26%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.63%) CASB
8 2 (0.63%) Grafana
8 2 (0.63%) Nagios
8 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.63%) vMotion
9 1 (0.31%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.31%) Nmap
9 1 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 112 (35.22%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.12%) VMware
3 28 (8.81%) ServiceNow
4 22 (6.92%) Oracle
5 19 (5.97%) Google
6 16 (5.03%) Cisco
7 15 (4.72%) CyberArk
7 15 (4.72%) SAP
8 12 (3.77%) Databricks
9 10 (3.14%) BeyondTrust
9 10 (3.14%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.52%) Infoblox
10 8 (2.52%) Juniper
11 7 (2.20%) Okta
12 6 (1.89%) Aruba
12 6 (1.89%) Citrix
12 6 (1.89%) Ping Identity
12 6 (1.89%) Splunk
13 5 (1.57%) ForgeRock
13 5 (1.57%) Remedy