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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 306 230 283
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.79% 20.43% 14.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.30% 56.10% 52.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 152 223
10th Percentile £350 £350 £413
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% -13.33% -
75th Percentile £600 £609 £638
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £503 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +0.60% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 3 10
10th Percentile £31.25 £38.70 £56.50
25th Percentile £33.24 £51.38 £56.65
Median hourly rate £87.96 £74.00 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +18.86% +26.93% -26.38%
75th Percentile £106.00 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £83.75 £74.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year +13.18% +67.23% -38.97%

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 534 410 536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.31% 36.41% 27.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 374 259 359
10th Percentile £306 £325 £336
25th Percentile £406 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £619
90th Percentile £670 £665 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 11 26
10th Percentile £25.26 £24.66 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £31.15 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.31 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +152.24% -44.58% +150.21%
75th Percentile £103.88 £61.75 £61.39
90th Percentile £110.75 £77.19 £61.60
South East median hourly rate £51.25 £27.76 £27.22
% change year-on-year +84.62% +2.00% -9.97%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 -1 148 £535 -6.96% 48
Wokingham -2 139 £425 -12.82% 3
Windsor -13 5 £475 -5.00% 5
Maidenhead - 3 £475 - 3
Slough +6 1 £600 - 5
Bracknell 0 1 £450 -24.37% 3
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 26 (8.50%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.94%) Confluence
3 6 (1.96%) OpenStack
4 4 (1.31%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.98%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.65%) GeoServer
6 2 (0.65%) IIS
6 2 (0.65%) Smallworld
7 1 (0.33%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (1.63%) CPLEX
4 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.33%) Primavera
4 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 108 (35.29%) AWS
2 87 (28.43%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (19.61%) Entra ID
4 52 (16.99%) GCP
5 36 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (8.17%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.21%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (5.23%) OCI
9 15 (4.90%) SaaS
10 14 (4.58%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.92%) Azure AKS
11 12 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
11 12 (3.92%) OneDrive
12 10 (3.27%) IaaS
12 10 (3.27%) PaaS
12 10 (3.27%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.94%) GitHub
13 9 (2.94%) PowerApps
14 7 (2.29%) Azure Sentinel
15 6 (1.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 32 (10.46%) Firewall
2 31 (10.13%) DNS
3 29 (9.48%) DHCP
4 22 (7.19%) LAN
5 21 (6.86%) WAN
6 16 (5.23%) SD-WAN
7 15 (4.90%) TCP/IP
8 14 (4.58%) VPN
9 13 (4.25%) BGP
9 13 (4.25%) Network Security
10 12 (3.92%) FTP
11 11 (3.59%) MPLS
12 9 (2.94%) SSL
13 8 (2.61%) Wireless
14 7 (2.29%) OSPF
15 5 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
16 4 (1.31%) IPsec
16 4 (1.31%) MQTT
16 4 (1.31%) VLAN
17 3 (0.98%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.56%) Power BI
2 11 (3.59%) NoSQL
3 7 (2.29%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.29%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.96%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 5 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.31%) Big Data
6 4 (1.31%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (0.98%) GIS
7 3 (0.98%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.98%) Parquet
8 2 (0.65%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.65%) Metadata
8 2 (0.65%) QGIS
8 2 (0.65%) Spatial Data
8 2 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (5.56%) Git
2 12 (3.92%) JIRA
3 8 (2.61%) Burp Suite
3 8 (2.61%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.61%) Metasploit
4 5 (1.63%) HP UFT
5 2 (0.65%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.65%) 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
1 112 (36.60%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (8.82%) Aerospace
4 22 (7.19%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.86%) Finance
6 19 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.61%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.29%) Billing
10 7 (2.29%) Retail
11 3 (0.98%) Legal
11 3 (0.98%) Police
12 2 (0.65%) Military
12 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.33%) Marketing
13 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (17.32%) Architect
2 33 (10.78%) Analyst
3 28 (9.15%) Azure Engineer
4 26 (8.50%) Senior
5 23 (7.52%) Lead
6 20 (6.54%) Developer
7 17 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (3.92%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
11 10 (3.27%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
11 10 (3.27%) Test Analyst
12 9 (2.94%) IT Support
12 9 (2.94%) Oracle Analyst
12 9 (2.94%) Platform Architect
12 9 (2.94%) Project Manager
13 8 (2.61%) Cybersecurity Architect
13 8 (2.61%) Penetration Tester
13 8 (2.61%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.21%) LDAP
2 15 (4.90%) ADO
3 12 (3.92%) OAuth
3 12 (3.92%) REST
4 11 (3.59%) .NET
4 11 (3.59%) SAML
5 9 (2.94%) OpenID
6 8 (2.61%) ARM Templates
7 7 (2.29%) Kafka
7 7 (2.29%) Middleware
7 7 (2.29%) RESTful
8 6 (1.96%) NETCONF
8 6 (1.96%) Pandas
8 6 (1.96%) pytest
8 6 (1.96%) YANG
9 5 (1.63%) FastAPI
9 5 (1.63%) Flask
9 5 (1.63%) OpenAPI
9 5 (1.63%) RabbitMQ
9 5 (1.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.50%) Cloud Native
2 22 (7.19%) Data Centre
3 15 (4.90%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (4.58%) Product Ownership
5 12 (3.92%) Hybrid Cloud
5 12 (3.92%) Onboarding
6 10 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.29%) Algorithms
8 6 (1.96%) Operational Technology
8 6 (1.96%) PKI
8 6 (1.96%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.63%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
10 3 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.65%) CMDB
11 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
11 2 (0.65%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 64 (20.92%) Windows
2 26 (8.50%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.59%) Mac OS
4 10 (3.27%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.29%) Linux
6 4 (1.31%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.98%) VMS
8 1 (0.33%) Unix
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (46.41%) DevOps
2 74 (24.18%) CI/CD
3 71 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (18.30%) Cybersecurity
5 54 (17.65%) Agile
6 46 (15.03%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (13.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 36 (11.76%) Roadmaps
9 33 (10.78%) ITIL
10 30 (9.80%) Analytics
10 30 (9.80%) Root Cause Analysis
11 24 (7.84%) ITSM
11 24 (7.84%) SIEM
12 23 (7.52%) Enterprise Architecture
13 22 (7.19%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (7.19%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 22 (7.19%) RBAC
13 22 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 21 (6.86%) Customer Service
14 21 (6.86%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.55%) Python
2 44 (14.38%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.86%) SQL
4 18 (5.88%) Java
5 14 (4.58%) Bicep
6 11 (3.59%) Bash
6 11 (3.59%) Go
7 6 (1.96%) C#
7 6 (1.96%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.63%) VBScript
9 4 (1.31%) X++
10 3 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.33%) C++
11 1 (0.33%) Groovy
11 1 (0.33%) Perl
11 1 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 127 (41.50%) Security Cleared
2 101 (33.01%) SC Cleared
3 27 (8.82%) CISSP
4 26 (8.50%) Azure Certification
5 24 (7.84%) Degree
6 17 (5.56%) CISM
7 13 (4.25%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.92%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.94%) CREST Certified
10 8 (2.61%) CCIE
10 8 (2.61%) CHECK Team Member
10 8 (2.61%) Cyber Scheme
10 8 (2.61%) PMI Certification
11 7 (2.29%) CCNP
11 7 (2.29%) PMP
12 6 (1.96%) JNCIE
12 6 (1.96%) Postgraduate
13 5 (1.63%) TOGAF Certification
14 4 (1.31%) CSPO
14 4 (1.31%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 27 (8.82%) GDPR
3 24 (7.84%) NIST
4 17 (5.56%) QA
5 11 (3.59%) NCSC
6 9 (2.94%) Data Quality
7 8 (2.61%) PCI DSS
7 8 (2.61%) PMO
8 4 (1.31%) NIST 800
8 4 (1.31%) SLA
9 3 (0.98%) GRC
10 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 71 (23.20%) Active Directory
2 23 (7.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.54%) Docker
4 15 (4.90%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (3.92%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.96%) vSphere
9 1 (0.33%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.33%) NFS
Systems Management
1 42 (13.73%) Terraform
2 34 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 30 (9.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (5.88%) Ansible
5 9 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (2.61%) Nmap
7 6 (1.96%) SCCM
8 5 (1.63%) Grafana
8 5 (1.63%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.31%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.98%) Progress Chef
10 3 (0.98%) Puppet
10 3 (0.98%) SCOM
10 3 (0.98%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.65%) Nagios
11 2 (0.65%) vMotion
12 1 (0.33%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 81 (26.47%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.15%) VMware
3 26 (8.50%) ServiceNow
4 24 (7.84%) Oracle
5 14 (4.58%) Cisco
5 14 (4.58%) CyberArk
6 13 (4.25%) BeyondTrust
7 10 (3.27%) SAP
8 9 (2.94%) Citrix
9 7 (2.29%) Databricks
9 7 (2.29%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.29%) Splunk
10 6 (1.96%) Juniper
10 6 (1.96%) Okta
10 6 (1.96%) Remedy
11 5 (1.63%) BiZZdesign
11 5 (1.63%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.63%) Google
11 5 (1.63%) Ping Identity
11 5 (1.63%) Virgin Media