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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 313 241 273
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.48% 21.07% 13.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.33% 56.31% 51.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 157 205
10th Percentile £355 £350 £435
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £508 £605
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% -16.12% +0.83%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £674 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £514 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.80% -9.09% -4.35%
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 £53.00
% change year-on-year +59.22% +0.73% -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 546 428 527
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.75% 37.41% 26.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 262 343
10th Percentile £319 £325 £338
25th Percentile £406 £413 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -7.95% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £615
90th Percentile £650 £674 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 14 26
10th Percentile £25.65 £14.75 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £26.06 £41.25
Median hourly rate £82.50 £32.18 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +156.37% -44.80% +153.48%
75th Percentile £103.88 £50.25 £61.47
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.68 £61.80
South East median hourly rate £60.00 £18.82 £30.00
% change year-on-year +218.81% -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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -2 157 £557 -3.13% 35
Wokingham -2 133 £440 -12.00% 7
Windsor -13 5 £456 -8.75% 2
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 1
Slough +7 2 £530 -11.67% 3
Bracknell 0 1 £450 - 4
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 (7.67%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.56%) Confluence
3 7 (2.24%) OpenStack
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.96%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.64%) IIS
6 1 (0.32%) Apache
6 1 (0.32%) GeoServer
6 1 (0.32%) Smallworld
Applications
1 12 (3.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.92%) CPLEX
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.32%) Primavera
4 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 119 (38.02%) AWS
2 79 (25.24%) Azure DevOps
3 61 (19.49%) GCP
4 59 (18.85%) Entra ID
5 34 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (7.35%) Power Platform
7 17 (5.43%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (5.43%) OCI
8 16 (5.11%) SaaS
9 13 (4.15%) OneDrive
10 12 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
11 11 (3.51%) Azure Key Vault
12 10 (3.19%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.88%) Azure AKS
14 8 (2.56%) GitHub
14 8 (2.56%) IaaS
14 8 (2.56%) PaaS
14 8 (2.56%) Route 53
15 7 (2.24%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (2.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.78%) DNS
2 35 (11.18%) Firewall
3 34 (10.86%) DHCP
4 25 (7.99%) LAN
5 24 (7.67%) TCP/IP
5 24 (7.67%) WAN
6 17 (5.43%) Network Security
6 17 (5.43%) SD-WAN
7 14 (4.47%) BGP
7 14 (4.47%) VPN
8 12 (3.83%) MPLS
9 11 (3.51%) FTP
10 9 (2.88%) SSL
11 8 (2.56%) DNSSEC
12 7 (2.24%) OSPF
12 7 (2.24%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (2.24%) Wireless
13 4 (1.28%) VLAN
14 3 (0.96%) IPsec
14 3 (0.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.47%) Power BI
2 12 (3.83%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.92%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.60%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.28%) Big Data
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.96%) Parquet
6 3 (0.96%) Tableau
7 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.64%) GIS
7 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 11g
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (5.11%) Git
2 12 (3.83%) JIRA
3 6 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.28%) Burp Suite
4 4 (1.28%) Metasploit
5 3 (0.96%) HP UFT
5 3 (0.96%) JMeter
5 3 (0.96%) LoadRunner
5 3 (0.96%) NeoLoad
6 2 (0.64%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.64%) GitLab
7 1 (0.32%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.32%) MSI
7 1 (0.32%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 115 (36.74%) Social Skills
2 41 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (10.54%) Aerospace
4 25 (7.99%) Finance
5 19 (6.07%) Documentation Skills
5 19 (6.07%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (3.51%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.19%) Billing
8 9 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.92%) Retail
10 4 (1.28%) Legal
11 3 (0.96%) Police
12 2 (0.64%) Military
12 2 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.64%) Publishing
13 1 (0.32%) Banking
13 1 (0.32%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 61 (19.49%) Architect
2 32 (10.22%) Analyst
3 27 (8.63%) Lead
4 25 (7.99%) Azure Engineer
4 25 (7.99%) Senior
5 23 (7.35%) Developer
6 16 (5.11%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (3.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.19%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (3.19%) Business Analyst
8 10 (3.19%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (3.19%) IT Support
8 10 (3.19%) Network Architect
8 10 (3.19%) Test Analyst
9 9 (2.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (2.88%) Oracle Analyst
9 9 (2.88%) Project Manager
10 8 (2.56%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (2.56%) Platform Architect
10 8 (2.56%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (6.07%) LDAP
2 14 (4.47%) OAuth
2 14 (4.47%) REST
3 13 (4.15%) SAML
4 12 (3.83%) .NET
5 11 (3.51%) ADO
6 10 (3.19%) OpenID
7 9 (2.88%) ARM Templates
7 9 (2.88%) RESTful
8 7 (2.24%) Microsoft Graph
8 7 (2.24%) NETCONF
8 7 (2.24%) OpenAPI
8 7 (2.24%) Pandas
8 7 (2.24%) pytest
8 7 (2.24%) Swagger
8 7 (2.24%) YANG
9 6 (1.92%) Flask
9 6 (1.92%) Kafka
9 6 (1.92%) NumPy
9 6 (1.92%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.99%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.35%) Data Centre
3 19 (6.07%) Product Ownership
4 16 (5.11%) Distributed Systems
4 16 (5.11%) Hybrid Cloud
5 13 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.56%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.24%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 6 (1.92%) Data Structures
8 6 (1.92%) PKI
9 5 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.60%) Operational Technology
10 4 (1.28%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.64%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.64%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 64 (20.45%) Windows
2 25 (7.99%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.83%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.51%) Apple iOS
5 7 (2.24%) Linux
6 4 (1.28%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.32%) Unix
7 1 (0.32%) VMS
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (43.45%) DevOps
2 78 (24.92%) Problem-Solving
3 70 (22.36%) CI/CD
4 59 (18.85%) Agile
5 56 (17.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 54 (17.25%) Cybersecurity
7 47 (15.02%) Infrastructure as Code
8 46 (14.70%) Roadmaps
9 34 (10.86%) ITIL
10 33 (10.54%) Root Cause Analysis
11 29 (9.27%) Analytics
12 28 (8.95%) Enterprise Architecture
12 28 (8.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 26 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (7.99%) High Availability
14 25 (7.99%) Technical Leadership
15 24 (7.67%) ITSM
15 24 (7.67%) TOGAF
16 23 (7.35%) Migration
16 23 (7.35%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 79 (25.24%) Python
2 50 (15.97%) PowerShell
3 26 (8.31%) SQL
4 18 (5.75%) Java
5 14 (4.47%) Bash
6 12 (3.83%) Bicep
7 11 (3.51%) Go
8 5 (1.60%) C#
8 5 (1.60%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.60%) X++
9 3 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.96%) VBScript
10 1 (0.32%) Groovy
10 1 (0.32%) Perl
10 1 (0.32%) PHP
10 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 126 (40.26%) Security Cleared
2 101 (32.27%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.90%) Azure Certification
3 31 (9.90%) CISSP
4 26 (8.31%) Degree
5 18 (5.75%) Cisco Certification
6 16 (5.11%) AWS Certification
6 16 (5.11%) CISM
7 9 (2.88%) CCIE
7 9 (2.88%) CCNP
7 9 (2.88%) PMI Certification
8 8 (2.56%) PMP
9 7 (2.24%) JNCIE
10 6 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.92%) TOGAF Certification
11 5 (1.60%) CREST Certified
11 5 (1.60%) CSPO
12 4 (1.28%) CHECK Team Member
12 4 (1.28%) Cyber Scheme
12 4 (1.28%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (10.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.99%) NIST
3 22 (7.03%) GDPR
4 12 (3.83%) QA
5 8 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 8 (2.56%) NCSC
6 4 (1.28%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.28%) SLA
7 3 (0.96%) GRC
7 3 (0.96%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (21.41%) Active Directory
2 22 (7.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.75%) Docker
4 15 (4.79%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 12 (3.83%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
8 6 (1.92%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.32%) NFS
Systems Management
1 47 (15.02%) Terraform
2 32 (10.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (9.27%) Kubernetes
4 17 (5.43%) Ansible
5 10 (3.19%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (1.92%) SCCM
7 4 (1.28%) Nmap
7 4 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.96%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.96%) Puppet
8 3 (0.96%) SCOM
8 3 (0.96%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.64%) CASB
9 2 (0.64%) Nagios
9 2 (0.64%) vMotion
10 1 (0.32%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.32%) Grafana
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.32%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 95 (30.35%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.63%) VMware
3 26 (8.31%) ServiceNow
4 24 (7.67%) Oracle
5 16 (5.11%) Cisco
6 15 (4.79%) Google
7 13 (4.15%) CyberArk
8 12 (3.83%) BeyondTrust
9 11 (3.51%) SAP
10 9 (2.88%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.56%) Citrix
11 8 (2.56%) Databricks
11 8 (2.56%) Infoblox
11 8 (2.56%) Juniper
12 7 (2.24%) Okta
13 6 (1.92%) Aruba
13 6 (1.92%) Ping Identity
13 6 (1.92%) Remedy
14 5 (1.60%) ForgeRock
14 5 (1.60%) Virgin Media