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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 335 235 247
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 17.46% 19.78% 14.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 62.27% 52.69% 53.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 149 193
10th Percentile £375 £350 £450
25th Percentile £413 £413 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £605
Median % change year-on-year - -17.36% +0.83%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £638
90th Percentile £700 £700 £652
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 1 3
10th Percentile £31.25 - £34.52
25th Percentile £63.50 £30.25 £44.68
Median hourly rate £85.00 £31.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +169.84% -48.86% -22.21%
75th Percentile £104.00 £32.75 £65.64
90th Percentile £110.75 - £68.07
South East median hourly rate £71.22 £32.14 £32.50
% change year-on-year +121.61% -1.12% -53.57%

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 538 446 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.04% 37.54% 27.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 268 317
10th Percentile £349 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -10.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £638
90th Percentile £678 £663 £666
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £516
% change year-on-year - -3.10% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 16 14
10th Percentile £27.00 - £19.74
25th Percentile £35.22 £14.75 £31.13
Median hourly rate £81.50 £18.87 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +331.90% -55.60% +51.79%
75th Percentile £102.31 £32.12 £60.44
90th Percentile £110.75 £40.13 £61.44
South East median hourly rate £67.35 £18.82 £30.00
% change year-on-year +257.86% -37.27% +10.09%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 -1 188 £610 +10.91% 48
Wokingham -2 110 £460 -3.16% 8
Windsor -9 8 £463 -7.50% 9
Slough +8 7 £500 -16.67% 9
Maidenhead -2 3 £475 +137.50% 9
Bracknell -7 1 £450 +5.88% 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 21 (6.27%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.69%) Confluence
3 7 (2.09%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.49%) OpenStack
5 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.60%) IIS
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) Apache Superset
7 1 (0.30%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.30%) CIMPLICITY
7 1 (0.30%) Predix
7 1 (0.30%) Smallworld
Applications
1 5 (1.49%) CPLEX
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.60%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.30%) Primavera
4 1 (0.30%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 140 (41.79%) AWS
2 84 (25.07%) Azure DevOps
3 76 (22.69%) GCP
4 56 (16.72%) Entra ID
5 30 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (5.97%) Power Platform
7 18 (5.37%) Azure Monitor
8 17 (5.07%) GitHub
8 17 (5.07%) GitHub Actions
9 16 (4.78%) Azure Logic Apps
10 13 (3.88%) Azure AKS
11 12 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
11 12 (3.58%) Azure Key Vault
11 12 (3.58%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.58%) OpenShift
11 12 (3.58%) SaaS
12 10 (2.99%) IaaS
12 10 (2.99%) OCI
13 9 (2.69%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (2.39%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 46 (13.73%) DNS
2 36 (10.75%) Firewall
3 35 (10.45%) DHCP
4 30 (8.96%) TCP/IP
5 22 (6.57%) LAN
6 21 (6.27%) WAN
7 18 (5.37%) VPN
8 16 (4.78%) Network Security
9 14 (4.18%) SD-WAN
10 13 (3.88%) BGP
11 10 (2.99%) MPLS
12 9 (2.69%) SSL
13 8 (2.39%) DNSSEC
14 7 (2.09%) FTP
15 6 (1.79%) OSPF
15 6 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
16 3 (0.90%) NetScaler
16 3 (0.90%) VLAN
16 3 (0.90%) VXLAN
16 3 (0.90%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (4.78%) NoSQL
2 15 (4.48%) Data Warehouse
3 11 (3.28%) Power BI
4 8 (2.39%) Azure SQL Database
4 8 (2.39%) Big Data
5 7 (2.09%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.49%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (1.19%) Spark SQL
7 4 (1.19%) Tableau
8 3 (0.90%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.90%) Parquet
9 2 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.60%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.60%) Metadata
9 2 (0.60%) Oracle Exadata
9 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.30%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 22 (6.57%) Git
2 18 (5.37%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.88%) GitLab
3 13 (3.88%) JIRA
4 3 (0.90%) JMeter
4 3 (0.90%) LoadRunner
4 3 (0.90%) NeoLoad
5 1 (0.30%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.30%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.30%) MSI
General
1 121 (36.12%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.82%) Aerospace
3 49 (14.63%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (8.36%) Finance
5 20 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 15 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (3.28%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.69%) Billing
8 9 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.79%) Retail
10 4 (1.19%) Legal
10 4 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.19%) Publishing
11 3 (0.90%) Military
12 2 (0.60%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.60%) Police
12 2 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.30%) Advertising
13 1 (0.30%) Banking
Job Titles
1 70 (20.90%) Architect
2 40 (11.94%) Lead
3 33 (9.85%) Senior
4 26 (7.76%) Developer
5 24 (7.16%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (5.97%) Azure Engineer
7 19 (5.67%) Analyst
8 13 (3.88%) Data Engineer
9 12 (3.58%) Consultant
10 11 (3.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (2.99%) IT Support
12 9 (2.69%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (2.69%) Network Architect
12 9 (2.69%) Product Owner
12 9 (2.69%) Project Manager
13 8 (2.39%) Business Analyst
14 7 (2.09%) Cloud Engineer
14 7 (2.09%) Data Scientist
14 7 (2.09%) Senior Manager
14 7 (2.09%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.16%) LDAP
1 24 (7.16%) REST
2 22 (6.57%) OAuth
3 19 (5.67%) SAML
4 16 (4.78%) .NET
5 14 (4.18%) OpenID
6 12 (3.58%) ARM Templates
6 12 (3.58%) RESTful
7 11 (3.28%) PySpark
8 8 (2.39%) Microsoft Graph
8 8 (2.39%) OpenAPI
8 8 (2.39%) Swagger
9 7 (2.09%) .NET Core
9 7 (2.09%) OAuth2
9 7 (2.09%) YAML
10 6 (1.79%) ADO
10 6 (1.79%) Entity Framework
10 6 (1.79%) Pandas
10 6 (1.79%) pytest
10 6 (1.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.96%) Cloud Native
2 29 (8.66%) Hybrid Cloud
3 23 (6.87%) Data Centre
4 18 (5.37%) Product Ownership
5 17 (5.07%) Onboarding
6 13 (3.88%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (3.28%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.39%) Algorithms
9 7 (2.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 7 (2.09%) Management Information System
9 7 (2.09%) Operational Technology
10 6 (1.79%) PKI
11 5 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (1.49%) Data Structures
11 5 (1.49%) Enterprise Cloud
11 5 (1.49%) IoT
11 5 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.90%) CMDB
12 3 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.90%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 64 (19.10%) Windows
2 27 (8.06%) Windows Server
3 20 (5.97%) Linux
4 12 (3.58%) Mac OS
5 11 (3.28%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.90%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.30%) Unix
7 1 (0.30%) VMS
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (44.78%) DevOps
2 91 (27.16%) CI/CD
3 77 (22.99%) Agile
4 75 (22.39%) Stakeholder Management
5 72 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
6 70 (20.90%) Infrastructure as Code
7 59 (17.61%) Cybersecurity
8 55 (16.42%) Analytics
9 49 (14.63%) Roadmaps
10 42 (12.54%) Technical Leadership
11 40 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 40 (11.94%) Migration
12 39 (11.64%) ITIL
13 37 (11.04%) SIEM
14 36 (10.75%) Identity Access Management
15 35 (10.45%) Containerisation
16 32 (9.55%) Enterprise Architecture
17 31 (9.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
17 31 (9.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 30 (8.96%) AI
Programming Languages
1 97 (28.96%) Python
2 64 (19.10%) PowerShell
3 41 (12.24%) SQL
4 27 (8.06%) Bash
5 16 (4.78%) Bicep
6 15 (4.48%) Java
7 9 (2.69%) C#
8 7 (2.09%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.79%) Go
10 5 (1.49%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.49%) X++
11 1 (0.30%) Groovy
11 1 (0.30%) Magik
11 1 (0.30%) R
11 1 (0.30%) Scala
11 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 134 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 108 (32.24%) SC Cleared
3 43 (12.84%) Azure Certification
4 31 (9.25%) CISSP
5 29 (8.66%) Degree
6 23 (6.87%) AWS Certification
7 20 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.58%) CISM
8 12 (3.58%) PMI Certification
9 11 (3.28%) PMP
10 10 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (2.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 7 (2.09%) CCIE
12 7 (2.09%) CCNP
12 7 (2.09%) TOGAF Certification
13 5 (1.49%) CompTIA Security+
13 5 (1.49%) CSPO
13 5 (1.49%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (8.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (7.46%) NIST
3 17 (5.07%) Data Quality
4 16 (4.78%) GDPR
5 13 (3.88%) QA
6 7 (2.09%) NCSC
7 5 (1.49%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.49%) GRC
8 4 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.60%) SLA
10 1 (0.30%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
10 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.30%) PMO
10 1 (0.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (21.49%) Active Directory
2 27 (8.06%) Docker
2 27 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (6.27%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 13 (3.88%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (3.58%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (1.79%) vSphere
8 1 (0.30%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 72 (21.49%) Terraform
2 49 (14.63%) Kubernetes
3 37 (11.04%) Ansible
4 26 (7.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (2.99%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (2.39%) Grafana
7 6 (1.79%) SCCM
8 5 (1.49%) SCOM
9 4 (1.19%) Progress Chef
9 4 (1.19%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.19%) Puppet
9 4 (1.19%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (1.19%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.60%) CASB
10 2 (0.60%) Istio
10 2 (0.60%) vMotion
11 1 (0.30%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.30%) Nagios
11 1 (0.30%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 135 (40.30%) Microsoft
2 34 (10.15%) VMware
3 28 (8.36%) Google
4 27 (8.06%) ServiceNow
5 23 (6.87%) CyberArk
6 18 (5.37%) Databricks
7 15 (4.48%) Oracle
7 15 (4.48%) SAP
8 14 (4.18%) Cisco
9 10 (2.99%) Splunk
10 9 (2.69%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.69%) SolarWinds
11 8 (2.39%) Infoblox
12 7 (2.09%) BeyondTrust
12 7 (2.09%) Okta
12 7 (2.09%) Red Hat
13 6 (1.79%) Citrix
13 6 (1.79%) Dynatrace
13 6 (1.79%) Juniper
13 6 (1.79%) Ping Identity