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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 2 4
Rank change year-on-year -3 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 322 252 278
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 17.72% 21.28% 16.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 61.69% 52.61% 55.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 155 209
10th Percentile £363 £332 £445
25th Percentile £450 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £644 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £651
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 0 2
10th Percentile £31.25 - £31.88
25th Percentile £66.53 - £38.08
Median hourly rate £84.25 - £48.94
75th Percentile £103.94 - £59.58
90th Percentile £110.75 - £65.64
South East median hourly rate £75.00 £32.77 £53.00
% change year-on-year +128.87% -38.17% -24.29%

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 522 479 500
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.73% 40.46% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 285 335
10th Percentile £353 £316 £368
25th Percentile £450 £413 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £501 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.65% -12.96% -
75th Percentile £619 £600 £638
90th Percentile £677 £667 £663
South East median daily rate £500 £488 £513
% change year-on-year +2.56% -4.88% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 16 12
10th Percentile £20.77 - £19.45
25th Percentile £31.44 £14.75 £26.00
Median hourly rate £81.50 £18.87 £58.17
Median % change year-on-year +331.90% -67.56% +29.27%
75th Percentile £101.07 £32.12 £61.98
90th Percentile £110.75 £44.08 £64.73
South East median hourly rate £63.48 £18.82 £40.50
% change year-on-year +237.30% -53.53% +48.62%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -3 211 £613 +14.27% 98
Wokingham -2 81 £495 +16.47% 10
Windsor -7 8 £463 -7.50% 11
Slough +6 6 £480 -10.28% 87
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 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.48%) Confluence
3 7 (2.17%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.55%) 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%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.31%) Predix
Applications
1 4 (1.24%) CPLEX
2 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.93%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (3.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 139 (43.17%) AWS
2 79 (24.53%) GCP
3 77 (23.91%) Azure DevOps
4 48 (14.91%) Entra ID
5 29 (9.01%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (5.90%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.28%) GitHub
7 17 (5.28%) GitHub Actions
8 16 (4.97%) OpenShift
9 15 (4.66%) Azure Logic Apps
9 15 (4.66%) Azure Monitor
10 13 (4.04%) SaaS
11 12 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (3.42%) Azure Sentinel
12 11 (3.42%) OneDrive
13 10 (3.11%) Azure AKS
14 8 (2.48%) Azure Key Vault
14 8 (2.48%) IaaS
14 8 (2.48%) Route 53
15 7 (2.17%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 43 (13.35%) DNS
2 30 (9.32%) DHCP
3 28 (8.70%) Firewall
3 28 (8.70%) TCP/IP
4 15 (4.66%) LAN
5 14 (4.35%) WAN
6 13 (4.04%) Network Security
7 12 (3.73%) VPN
8 9 (2.80%) BGP
9 8 (2.48%) DNSSEC
9 8 (2.48%) MPLS
9 8 (2.48%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.55%) FTP
10 5 (1.55%) SSL
10 5 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.93%) NetScaler
11 3 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (0.93%) VXLAN
11 3 (0.93%) Wireless
12 2 (0.62%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
1 14 (4.35%) NoSQL
2 12 (3.73%) Power BI
3 7 (2.17%) Big Data
4 6 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 6 (1.86%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.24%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.24%) Spark SQL
6 3 (0.93%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.62%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.62%) Metadata
7 2 (0.62%) Parquet
7 2 (0.62%) Tableau
8 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.28%) Jenkins
2 15 (4.66%) Git
3 12 (3.73%) GitLab
4 9 (2.80%) JIRA
5 4 (1.24%) JMeter
6 3 (0.93%) LoadRunner
6 3 (0.93%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.31%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.31%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
7 1 (0.31%) Selenium
General
1 126 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 63 (19.57%) Aerospace
3 40 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (6.83%) Finance
5 13 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (3.73%) Telecoms
7 11 (3.42%) Retail
8 10 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
9 9 (2.80%) Billing
10 6 (1.86%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.24%) Legal
12 3 (0.93%) Military
12 3 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (0.93%) Publishing
13 2 (0.62%) Automotive
13 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.62%) Police
13 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.31%) Advertising
14 1 (0.31%) Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (23.91%) Architect
2 44 (13.66%) Lead
3 34 (10.56%) Senior
4 31 (9.63%) Solutions Architect
5 20 (6.21%) Developer
6 19 (5.90%) Consultant
7 14 (4.35%) Analyst
7 14 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (4.35%) Data Engineer
8 11 (3.42%) Network Architect
9 10 (3.11%) Cloud Architect
9 10 (3.11%) IT Support
10 9 (2.80%) Business Analyst
10 9 (2.80%) CyberArk Consultant
10 9 (2.80%) Product Owner
10 9 (2.80%) Project Manager
10 9 (2.80%) Technical Leader
11 8 (2.48%) Cloud Engineer
11 8 (2.48%) Enterprise Architect
11 8 (2.48%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (21.74%) Terraform
2 26 (8.07%) LDAP
3 24 (7.45%) REST
4 20 (6.21%) OAuth
5 17 (5.28%) SAML
6 15 (4.66%) .NET
7 13 (4.04%) OpenID
8 12 (3.73%) ARM Templates
9 11 (3.42%) PySpark
9 11 (3.42%) RESTful
10 7 (2.17%) OAuth2
10 7 (2.17%) OpenAPI
10 7 (2.17%) Swagger
11 6 (1.86%) JWT
11 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Graph
11 6 (1.86%) SOAP
12 5 (1.55%) .NET Framework
12 5 (1.55%) ADO
12 5 (1.55%) Web Services
12 5 (1.55%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 30 (9.32%) Cloud Native
3 22 (6.83%) Product Ownership
4 18 (5.59%) Data Centre
5 16 (4.97%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.11%) Enterprise Software
6 10 (3.11%) Management Information System
7 9 (2.80%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.17%) Algorithms
8 7 (2.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.55%) IoT
9 5 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.55%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.55%) PKI
10 4 (1.24%) CMDB
10 4 (1.24%) Data Structures
10 4 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
11 3 (0.93%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 57 (17.70%) Windows
2 22 (6.83%) Windows Server
3 21 (6.52%) Linux
4 12 (3.73%) Apple iOS
4 12 (3.73%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.86%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.31%) Android
7 1 (0.31%) VMS
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (43.48%) DevOps
2 95 (29.50%) CI/CD
3 94 (29.19%) Stakeholder Management
4 82 (25.47%) Agile
5 72 (22.36%) Infrastructure as Code
6 71 (22.05%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (17.08%) Analytics
8 53 (16.46%) Roadmaps
9 52 (16.15%) Cybersecurity
9 52 (16.15%) Technical Leadership
10 47 (14.60%) Migration
11 46 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (12.73%) SIEM
13 39 (12.11%) ITIL
14 36 (11.18%) Enterprise Architecture
15 35 (10.87%) Containerisation
15 35 (10.87%) Identity Access Management
16 33 (10.25%) DevSecOps
17 32 (9.94%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 31 (9.63%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 92 (28.57%) Python
2 64 (19.88%) PowerShell
3 35 (10.87%) SQL
4 28 (8.70%) Bash
5 15 (4.66%) Bicep
5 15 (4.66%) Java
6 8 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
7 7 (2.17%) C#
7 7 (2.17%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.86%) Go
9 5 (1.55%) 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
1 134 (41.61%) Security Cleared
2 116 (36.02%) SC Cleared
3 47 (14.60%) Azure Certification
4 33 (10.25%) Degree
5 32 (9.94%) CISSP
6 27 (8.39%) AWS Certification
7 20 (6.21%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (3.73%) PMI Certification
8 12 (3.73%) PMP
9 11 (3.42%) CISM
9 11 (3.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (2.80%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (2.80%) TOGAF Certification
11 8 (2.48%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.17%) CCIE
13 6 (1.86%) CCNP
13 6 (1.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 5 (1.55%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (1.55%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 20 (6.21%) NIST
3 18 (5.59%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.11%) GDPR
5 9 (2.80%) QA
6 6 (1.86%) NCSC
7 5 (1.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.55%) GRC
8 4 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.62%) SLA
10 1 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.31%) PMO
10 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (19.25%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.70%) Docker
3 25 (7.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (5.90%) Hyper-V
5 11 (3.42%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (3.11%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (2.80%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (1.86%) vSphere
9 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 53 (16.46%) Kubernetes
2 41 (12.73%) Ansible
3 26 (8.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 10 (3.11%) Grafana
4 10 (3.11%) Jamf Pro
5 7 (2.17%) SCCM
6 6 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (1.55%) Prometheus
7 5 (1.55%) SCOM
8 4 (1.24%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.93%) Istio
9 3 (0.93%) Progress Chef
9 3 (0.93%) Puppet
10 2 (0.62%) CASB
10 2 (0.62%) vMotion
11 1 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.31%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.31%) QRadar
11 1 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 145 (45.03%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.25%) VMware
3 28 (8.70%) Google
4 26 (8.07%) CyberArk
5 23 (7.14%) ServiceNow
6 19 (5.90%) Databricks
7 15 (4.66%) SAP
8 13 (4.04%) Oracle
9 12 (3.73%) Cisco
10 10 (3.11%) Salesforce
10 10 (3.11%) Splunk
11 8 (2.48%) Infoblox
11 8 (2.48%) Red Hat
11 8 (2.48%) SolarWinds
12 7 (2.17%) Okta
13 6 (1.86%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.86%) Ping Identity
14 5 (1.55%) BeyondTrust
14 5 (1.55%) Citrix
14 5 (1.55%) ForgeRock