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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 5
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 306 230 289
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.72% 20.34% 14.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.41% 56.10% 53.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 151 228
10th Percentile £350 £350 £413
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £517 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.12% -13.83% -
75th Percentile £600 £605 £638
90th Percentile £683 £675 £675
South East median daily rate £505 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +1.00% -9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 3 10
10th Percentile £29.95 £38.70 £56.50
25th Percentile £31.25 £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 £108.00 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £82.00 £74.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year +10.81% +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 533 410 540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.13% 36.25% 27.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 372 258 364
10th Percentile £306 £325 £338
25th Percentile £406 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £503 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% -8.59% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £615
90th Percentile £675 £666 £684
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 11 26
10th Percentile £24.64 £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 £104.00 £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 12 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 12 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 12 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 0 148 £557 -3.13% 40
Wokingham -2 139 £425 -15.00% 3
Windsor -13 5 £475 -5.00% 4
Maidenhead - 3 £475 - 3
Slough +6 1 £600 - 5
Bracknell -1 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 13 (4.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.63%) CPLEX
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (1.31%) 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 84 (27.45%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (19.61%) Entra ID
4 51 (16.67%) GCP
5 38 (12.42%) Microsoft 365
6 25 (8.17%) Power Platform
7 19 (6.21%) Azure Monitor
8 16 (5.23%) OCI
9 14 (4.58%) Azure Key Vault
9 14 (4.58%) SaaS
10 13 (4.25%) OneDrive
11 12 (3.92%) Azure AKS
11 12 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
12 10 (3.27%) Power Automate
13 9 (2.94%) GitHub
13 9 (2.94%) IaaS
13 9 (2.94%) PaaS
13 9 (2.94%) PowerApps
14 6 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (1.96%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (10.78%) Firewall
2 32 (10.46%) DNS
3 30 (9.80%) DHCP
4 24 (7.84%) LAN
5 23 (7.52%) WAN
6 17 (5.56%) SD-WAN
7 16 (5.23%) 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
12 9 (2.94%) Wireless
13 7 (2.29%) OSPF
13 7 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (1.31%) VLAN
15 3 (0.98%) IPsec
15 3 (0.98%) NetScaler
15 3 (0.98%) WLAN
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%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.65%) Hadoop
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%) Jenkins
4 7 (2.29%) Burp Suite
4 7 (2.29%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.63%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.65%) Balsamiq
6 2 (0.65%) GitLab
7 1 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.33%) JMeter
7 1 (0.33%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.33%) MSI
7 1 (0.33%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.33%) Postman
7 1 (0.33%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 112 (36.60%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (9.15%) Aerospace
4 22 (7.19%) Public Sector
5 21 (6.86%) Finance
6 16 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.94%) Telecoms
9 7 (2.29%) Billing
9 7 (2.29%) Retail
10 3 (0.98%) Legal
10 3 (0.98%) Police
11 2 (0.65%) Military
11 2 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.33%) Marketing
12 1 (0.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (16.67%) Architect
2 33 (10.78%) Analyst
3 28 (9.15%) Azure Engineer
4 25 (8.17%) Senior
5 24 (7.84%) Lead
6 20 (6.54%) Developer
7 15 (4.90%) 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%) IT Support
11 10 (3.27%) Test Analyst
12 9 (2.94%) Delivery Manager
12 9 (2.94%) Oracle Analyst
12 9 (2.94%) Platform Architect
13 8 (2.61%) Consultant
13 8 (2.61%) Platform Engineer
14 7 (2.29%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.88%) LDAP
2 13 (4.25%) 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%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (1.63%) OpenAPI
9 5 (1.63%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.50%) Cloud Native
2 23 (7.52%) 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%) PKI
9 5 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.63%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.63%) Operational Technology
9 5 (1.63%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
12 2 (0.65%) CMDB
12 2 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
12 2 (0.65%) IoT
12 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 63 (20.59%) Windows
2 26 (8.50%) Windows Server
3 12 (3.92%) Mac OS
4 11 (3.59%) 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
1 138 (45.10%) DevOps
2 73 (23.86%) CI/CD
3 71 (23.20%) Problem-Solving
4 53 (17.32%) Agile
5 50 (16.34%) Cybersecurity
6 49 (16.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 42 (13.73%) Infrastructure as Code
8 37 (12.09%) Roadmaps
9 36 (11.76%) ITIL
10 30 (9.80%) Root Cause Analysis
11 29 (9.48%) Analytics
12 25 (8.17%) ITSM
13 23 (7.52%) Enterprise Architecture
13 23 (7.52%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 23 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 22 (7.19%) Identity Access Management
14 22 (7.19%) RBAC
15 21 (6.86%) Customer Service
15 21 (6.86%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 21 (6.86%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 68 (22.22%) Python
2 44 (14.38%) PowerShell
3 21 (6.86%) SQL
4 19 (6.21%) 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
1 128 (41.83%) Security Cleared
2 102 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 26 (8.50%) Azure Certification
4 25 (8.17%) CISSP
5 23 (7.52%) Degree
6 16 (5.23%) CISM
7 15 (4.90%) Cisco Certification
8 12 (3.92%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.94%) CCNP
10 8 (2.61%) CCIE
10 8 (2.61%) CREST Certified
10 8 (2.61%) PMI Certification
11 7 (2.29%) CHECK Team Member
11 7 (2.29%) Cyber Scheme
11 7 (2.29%) PMP
12 6 (1.96%) JNCIE
13 5 (1.63%) Postgraduate
14 4 (1.31%) CCNA
14 4 (1.31%) DV Cleared
14 4 (1.31%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (10.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 25 (8.17%) GDPR
3 22 (7.19%) NIST
4 16 (5.23%) QA
5 10 (3.27%) NCSC
6 9 (2.94%) Data Quality
7 7 (2.29%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.63%) PMO
9 4 (1.31%) SLA
10 3 (0.98%) GRC
10 3 (0.98%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 70 (22.88%) 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 32 (10.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (5.88%) Ansible
5 10 (3.27%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (2.29%) 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 82 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 28 (9.15%) VMware
3 27 (8.82%) ServiceNow
4 25 (8.17%) Oracle
5 16 (5.23%) Cisco
6 13 (4.25%) CyberArk
7 12 (3.92%) BeyondTrust
8 10 (3.27%) SAP
9 9 (2.94%) Citrix
9 9 (2.94%) SolarWinds
10 8 (2.61%) Juniper
11 7 (2.29%) Databricks
11 7 (2.29%) Splunk
12 6 (1.96%) Aruba
12 6 (1.96%) Okta
12 6 (1.96%) Remedy
13 5 (1.63%) Dynatrace
13 5 (1.63%) Google
13 5 (1.63%) Ping Identity
13 5 (1.63%) Virgin Media