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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 6
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 326 233 273
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 17.74% 19.98% 13.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 58.84% 59.74% 47.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 155 216
10th Percentile £306 £371 £413
25th Percentile £400 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £538 £620 £625
90th Percentile £663 £660 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 10
10th Percentile £65.80 £38.70 £56.50
25th Percentile £81.44 £51.38 £56.65
Median hourly rate £90.00 £74.00 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +21.62% +26.93% -26.38%
75th Percentile £97.50 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £103.98 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £83.25 £52.75 £44.25
% change year-on-year +57.82% +19.21% -34.44%

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 554 390 572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 30.14% 33.45% 28.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 406 247 371
10th Percentile £306 £325 £330
25th Percentile £400 £442 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.98% -4.91% -
75th Percentile £600 £608 £623
90th Percentile £653 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £501 £500
% change year-on-year -0.10% +0.10% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 22
10th Percentile £29.19 £24.04 £20.49
25th Percentile £75.24 £29.31 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -45.03% +105.28%
75th Percentile £95.00 £68.63 £61.60
90th Percentile £101.88 £79.02 £61.96
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year +66.67% +22.77% -0.36%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 25 April 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
Wokingham 0 159 £425 -15.00% 14
Reading -3 142 £491 -14.61% 23
Windsor -9 6 £513 +2.50% 1
Maidenhead +7 5 £475 -5.00% 2
Bracknell -2 4 £450 -23.40% 4
Slough +11 3 £475 -20.83% 9
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 16 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 9 (2.76%) Confluence
3 4 (1.23%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.92%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.61%) GeoServer
5 2 (0.61%) IIS
5 2 (0.61%) Smallworld
6 1 (0.31%) Apache
6 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 20 (6.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (3.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.92%) CPLEX
5 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.61%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.31%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 142 (43.56%) AWS
2 83 (25.46%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (24.85%) GCP
4 60 (18.40%) Entra ID
5 26 (7.98%) Power Platform
6 24 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (7.06%) Azure Monitor
8 19 (5.83%) SaaS
9 18 (5.52%) OCI
10 16 (4.91%) PaaS
11 15 (4.60%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (3.99%) Azure AKS
12 13 (3.99%) GitHub
12 13 (3.99%) IaaS
13 11 (3.37%) Azure Functions
13 11 (3.37%) Serverless
14 10 (3.07%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (2.76%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (2.76%) Azure Sentinel
16 8 (2.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (13.19%) Firewall
2 30 (9.20%) DNS
3 28 (8.59%) DHCP
4 18 (5.52%) LAN
4 18 (5.52%) WAN
5 17 (5.21%) Network Security
5 17 (5.21%) VPN
6 15 (4.60%) FTP
7 13 (3.99%) SD-WAN
8 12 (3.68%) BGP
8 12 (3.68%) TCP/IP
8 12 (3.68%) Wireless
9 9 (2.76%) OSPF
9 9 (2.76%) SSL
10 7 (2.15%) MPLS
10 7 (2.15%) VLAN
11 6 (1.84%) WLAN
12 4 (1.23%) IPsec
12 4 (1.23%) MQTT
13 3 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.75%) Power BI
2 9 (2.76%) NoSQL
2 9 (2.76%) Oracle Reports
3 8 (2.45%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 7 (2.15%) Oracle Database
4 7 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.53%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.23%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.23%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.23%) Tableau
8 3 (0.92%) Big Data
8 3 (0.92%) GIS
8 3 (0.92%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.92%) Parquet
8 3 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.92%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.61%) Geospatial Data
9 2 (0.61%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 22 (6.75%) Git
2 17 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 15 (4.60%) JIRA
4 12 (3.68%) Burp Suite
4 12 (3.68%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.53%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.61%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.61%) GitLab
7 1 (0.31%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.31%) MSI
7 1 (0.31%) Postman
7 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 126 (38.65%) Social Skills
2 52 (15.95%) Analytical Skills
3 30 (9.20%) Documentation Skills
4 28 (8.59%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.29%) Finance
6 11 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.76%) Aerospace
7 9 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (2.76%) Retail
8 8 (2.45%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.15%) Billing
10 3 (0.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.92%) Police
11 1 (0.31%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.31%) Marketing
11 1 (0.31%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 56 (17.18%) Architect
2 34 (10.43%) Analyst
3 32 (9.82%) Azure Engineer
4 30 (9.20%) Senior
5 24 (7.36%) Lead
6 19 (5.83%) Solutions Architect
7 18 (5.52%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (5.21%) Developer
9 16 (4.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.68%) Penetration Tester
11 11 (3.37%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (3.37%) Senior DevOps
11 11 (3.37%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 11 (3.37%) Tester
12 10 (3.07%) Consultant
12 10 (3.07%) Test Analyst
12 10 (3.07%) Wintel Analyst
13 9 (2.76%) Oracle Analyst
13 9 (2.76%) Platform Architect
13 9 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (5.83%) LDAP
2 18 (5.52%) REST
3 15 (4.60%) ADO
4 13 (3.99%) .NET
5 11 (3.37%) ARM Templates
6 9 (2.76%) OAuth
7 8 (2.45%) .NET Core
7 8 (2.45%) SAML
8 7 (2.15%) SOAP
9 6 (1.84%) Middleware
9 6 (1.84%) OpenID
10 5 (1.53%) GraphQL
10 5 (1.53%) Kafka
10 5 (1.53%) OAuth2
10 5 (1.53%) YAML
11 4 (1.23%) .NET Framework
11 4 (1.23%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (1.23%) Pandas
11 4 (1.23%) pytest
11 4 (1.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.51%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.21%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.99%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (3.07%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.76%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.76%) Security Posture
6 8 (2.45%) Operational Technology
7 7 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
7 7 (2.15%) PKI
7 7 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 6 (1.84%) CMDB
9 4 (1.23%) Algorithms
9 4 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.92%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.92%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
11 2 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 53 (16.26%) Windows
2 22 (6.75%) Windows Server
3 17 (5.21%) Linux
4 4 (1.23%) VMS
5 3 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.31%) Unix
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (44.17%) DevOps
2 92 (28.22%) CI/CD
3 80 (24.54%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (20.55%) Cybersecurity
5 52 (15.95%) Agile
6 45 (13.80%) ITIL
7 44 (13.50%) Infrastructure as Code
8 42 (12.88%) DevSecOps
9 39 (11.96%) Stakeholder Management
10 37 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (10.74%) Root Cause Analysis
11 35 (10.74%) SIEM
12 34 (10.43%) Change Management
12 34 (10.43%) ITSM
12 34 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 32 (9.82%) Analytics
14 29 (8.90%) Roadmaps
15 26 (7.98%) Service Management
16 25 (7.67%) Containerisation
17 23 (7.06%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 78 (23.93%) Python
2 53 (16.26%) PowerShell
3 24 (7.36%) SQL
4 19 (5.83%) Bash
5 17 (5.21%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.91%) Java
7 13 (3.99%) Bicep
8 12 (3.68%) C#
9 11 (3.37%) Go
10 6 (1.84%) PHP
11 5 (1.53%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (1.53%) VBScript
12 3 (0.92%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.61%) X++
14 1 (0.31%) C++
14 1 (0.31%) Perl
Qualifications
1 139 (42.64%) Security Cleared
2 116 (35.58%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.51%) CISSP
4 26 (7.98%) Azure Certification
5 19 (5.83%) CISM
6 18 (5.52%) Degree
7 17 (5.21%) AWS Certification
8 15 (4.60%) CREST Certified
9 13 (3.99%) TOGAF Certification
10 12 (3.68%) CHECK Team Member
10 12 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (3.68%) Cyber Scheme
11 10 (3.07%) Postgraduate
12 9 (2.76%) CCNP
13 8 (2.45%) PMI Certification
14 7 (2.15%) PMP
15 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (1.53%) Network+ Certification
15 5 (1.53%) RHCE
16 4 (1.23%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (13.19%) GDPR
2 38 (11.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 28 (8.59%) NIST
4 21 (6.44%) QA
5 13 (3.99%) PMO
6 12 (3.68%) PCI DSS
7 9 (2.76%) NCSC
8 8 (2.45%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.23%) GRC
9 4 (1.23%) NIST 800
10 3 (0.92%) SLA
11 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.31%) Def Stans
System Software
1 73 (22.39%) Active Directory
2 24 (7.36%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (7.06%) Docker
4 15 (4.60%) Hyper-V
5 12 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.23%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.61%) NFS
Systems Management
1 51 (15.64%) Terraform
2 41 (12.58%) Kubernetes
3 21 (6.44%) Ansible
4 20 (6.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (3.68%) Nmap
6 5 (1.53%) Grafana
6 5 (1.53%) Nagios
6 5 (1.53%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.23%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.23%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (0.92%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (0.92%) SCCM
9 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.61%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.61%) systemd
10 1 (0.31%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.31%) Puppet
Vendors
1 56 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.82%) Oracle
2 32 (9.82%) VMware
3 26 (7.98%) ServiceNow
4 24 (7.36%) Google
5 20 (6.13%) BeyondTrust
5 20 (6.13%) CyberArk
6 16 (4.91%) Cisco
7 11 (3.37%) Citrix
8 8 (2.45%) Juniper
8 8 (2.45%) Red Hat
8 8 (2.45%) Virgin Media
9 7 (2.15%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.15%) Splunk
10 6 (1.84%) Databricks
10 6 (1.84%) Palantir
11 5 (1.53%) BiZZdesign
11 5 (1.53%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.53%) Foundry
12 4 (1.23%) LogRhythm