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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 +4 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 268 304 270
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 20.20% 18.80% 15.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 50.47% 57.04% 47.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 215 228
10th Percentile £300 £401 £417
25th Percentile £412 £486 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.83% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £665
90th Percentile £650 £651 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £31.88 £52.67
25th Percentile - £38.08 £55.90
Median hourly rate £75.00 £48.94 £61.53
Median % change year-on-year +53.26% -20.46% +11.87%
75th Percentile - £59.58 £66.90
90th Percentile - £65.64 £69.96
South East median hourly rate £53.89 £53.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year +1.67% +0.95% +61.54%

All Cloud 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 531 533 573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 40.02% 32.96% 31.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 336 337 371
10th Percentile £255 £365 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £656 £663 £700
South East median daily rate £485 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -5.37% -2.38% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 12
10th Percentile - £22.95 £18.55
25th Percentile £14.75 £34.50 £30.99
Median hourly rate £18.87 £58.05 £62.13
Median % change year-on-year -67.49% -6.57% +179.21%
75th Percentile £40.65 £62.89 £79.78
90th Percentile £75.00 £64.73 £89.20
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £47.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -60.38% +72.73% +32.72%

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 7 November 2025.

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
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 7 November 2025. 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 +9 104 £459 -20.11% 14
Reading -4 104 £525 -13.22% 86
Windsor +2 23 £513 +2.50% 5
Slough +4 9 £475 -9.52% 602
Bracknell +3 8 £425 - 4
Maidenhead -1 3 £338 -41.30% 11
Thatcham - 1 - -
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 10 (3.73%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.36%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.24%) GeoServer
4 6 (2.24%) OpenStack
4 6 (2.24%) Smallworld
5 3 (1.12%) Anypoint
5 3 (1.12%) Apache
6 2 (0.75%) Confluence
6 2 (0.75%) Mule
7 1 (0.37%) CMS
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Service Bus
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.37%) SAS
7 1 (0.37%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.37%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (1.87%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.75%) Primavera
2 2 (0.75%) SAP MDG
2 2 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 102 (38.06%) AWS
2 78 (29.10%) Azure DevOps
3 58 (21.64%) GCP
4 26 (9.70%) Microsoft 365
4 26 (9.70%) Power Platform
5 25 (9.33%) Entra ID
6 21 (7.84%) Azure AKS
7 17 (6.34%) GitHub
7 17 (6.34%) IaaS
8 14 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
8 14 (5.22%) Azure Storage
8 14 (5.22%) SaaS
9 13 (4.85%) OCI
10 11 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (4.10%) PaaS
11 10 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (3.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (2.99%) Azure Functions
13 8 (2.99%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.21%) DNS
2 14 (5.22%) TCP/IP
3 13 (4.85%) DHCP
4 11 (4.10%) VLAN
5 8 (2.99%) Network Security
6 7 (2.61%) Firewall
6 7 (2.61%) LAN
6 7 (2.61%) WAN
7 6 (2.24%) BGP
7 6 (2.24%) MPLS
8 4 (1.49%) HTTP
8 4 (1.49%) NAS
8 4 (1.49%) SAN
8 4 (1.49%) SSL
9 3 (1.12%) Unified Communications
9 3 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.75%) VPN
10 2 (0.75%) Wireless
10 2 (0.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.46%) Power BI
2 18 (6.72%) SQL Server
3 11 (4.10%) Azure SQL Database
4 10 (3.73%) Relational Database
5 9 (3.36%) Data Lake
6 8 (2.99%) Big Data
7 6 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.24%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (2.24%) GIS
7 6 (2.24%) QGIS
8 4 (1.49%) Hadoop
8 4 (1.49%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (1.49%) Tableau
9 3 (1.12%) Metadata
10 2 (0.75%) MySQL
10 2 (0.75%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.75%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.75%) SAP HANA
11 1 (0.37%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 13 (4.85%) Git
1 13 (4.85%) Jenkins
2 6 (2.24%) JIRA
3 5 (1.87%) Selenium
3 5 (1.87%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (1.12%) GitLab
5 2 (0.75%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.75%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.75%) Fiddler
5 2 (0.75%) NUnit
5 2 (0.75%) Postman
6 1 (0.37%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.37%) MLflow
General
1 97 (36.19%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (9.33%) Finance
4 16 (5.97%) Public Sector
5 14 (5.22%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.10%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.73%) Billing
8 8 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.99%) Retail
9 6 (2.24%) Legal
10 5 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Automotive
13 1 (0.37%) French Language
13 1 (0.37%) German Language
13 1 (0.37%) Law
13 1 (0.37%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 50 (18.66%) Architect
2 30 (11.19%) Analyst
3 29 (10.82%) Developer
4 20 (7.46%) Azure Engineer
4 20 (7.46%) Lead
4 20 (7.46%) Senior
4 20 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (6.72%) Support Engineer
6 16 (5.97%) DevOps Engineer
6 16 (5.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (4.48%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 12 (4.48%) Consultant
7 12 (4.48%) Site Engineer
7 12 (4.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 11 (4.10%) Infrastructure Support
8 11 (4.10%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 10 (3.73%) Test Analyst
10 8 (2.99%) Business Analyst
10 8 (2.99%) Data Analyst
10 8 (2.99%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (9.33%) ADO
2 18 (6.72%) .NET
3 17 (6.34%) REST
4 9 (3.36%) OAuth
4 9 (3.36%) RESTful
4 9 (3.36%) scikit-learn
5 8 (2.99%) FastAPI
5 8 (2.99%) LDAP
5 8 (2.99%) React
6 7 (2.61%) Web Services
7 6 (2.24%) .NET Core
7 6 (2.24%) ARM Templates
7 6 (2.24%) GraphQL
7 6 (2.24%) NETCONF
7 6 (2.24%) PyTorch
7 6 (2.24%) SOAP
7 6 (2.24%) TensorFlow
7 6 (2.24%) YANG
8 5 (1.87%) Kafka
8 5 (1.87%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 21 (7.84%) Cloud Native
2 12 (4.48%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (4.48%) Security Posture
3 11 (4.10%) Algorithms
3 11 (4.10%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.73%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 7 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
6 7 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.87%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.49%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.49%) Replication
9 4 (1.49%) Smart Meter
10 3 (1.12%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.12%) Clustering
10 3 (1.12%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (1.12%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.75%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.57%) Windows
2 24 (8.96%) Linux
3 7 (2.61%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.24%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.12%) Android
5 3 (1.12%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.75%) VMS
6 2 (0.75%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.37%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (48.51%) DevOps
2 76 (28.36%) CI/CD
3 68 (25.37%) Agile
4 66 (24.63%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (12.69%) AI
6 33 (12.31%) Analytics
7 32 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 29 (10.82%) Disaster Recovery
9 27 (10.07%) Machine Learning
10 25 (9.33%) Business Intelligence
10 25 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (8.58%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (8.58%) DevSecOps
11 23 (8.58%) ITIL
12 22 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (8.21%) Service Management
13 21 (7.84%) Visualisation
14 20 (7.46%) Containerisation
14 20 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
14 20 (7.46%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 61 (22.76%) Python
2 41 (15.30%) SQL
3 23 (8.58%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.60%) C#
4 15 (5.60%) JavaScript
5 13 (4.85%) Bash
6 12 (4.48%) Java
7 7 (2.61%) Bicep
7 7 (2.61%) R
8 6 (2.24%) Go
9 3 (1.12%) Apex Code
9 3 (1.12%) PHP
9 3 (1.12%) SOQL
9 3 (1.12%) X++
10 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.37%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.37%) Scala
Qualifications
1 57 (21.27%) Security Cleared
2 47 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.58%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.34%) Degree
4 17 (6.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (5.60%) CISSP
6 13 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (4.48%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (4.10%) Server+ Certification
9 10 (3.73%) AWS Certification
10 9 (3.36%) CISM
11 8 (2.99%) Master's Degree
12 7 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.24%) CCIE
13 6 (2.24%) JNCIE
14 5 (1.87%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (1.87%) CCSP
15 4 (1.49%) ISTQB
15 4 (1.49%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
16 2 (0.75%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.21%) GDPR
2 20 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (5.60%) NIST
4 13 (4.85%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.24%) PCI DSS
5 6 (2.24%) QA
6 5 (1.87%) PSD2
7 3 (1.12%) GRC
7 3 (1.12%) SLA
8 2 (0.75%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.37%) HL7
9 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (12.31%) Active Directory
2 25 (9.33%) Docker
3 22 (8.21%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (6.34%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.61%) VMware NSX
5 7 (2.61%) vSphere
6 2 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.37%) NDS
7 1 (0.37%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 39 (14.55%) Kubernetes
2 31 (11.57%) Terraform
3 15 (5.60%) Ansible
4 6 (2.24%) Argo
4 6 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (2.24%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.12%) SCCM
7 2 (0.75%) Grafana
7 2 (0.75%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.75%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.37%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.37%) Nessus
8 1 (0.37%) Nmap
8 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (23.51%) Microsoft
2 29 (10.82%) Oracle
3 23 (8.58%) VMware
4 16 (5.97%) Salesforce
5 15 (5.60%) Databricks
6 14 (5.22%) Google
7 11 (4.10%) Virgin Media
8 10 (3.73%) Pure Storage
9 9 (3.36%) CyberArk
9 9 (3.36%) ServiceNow
10 8 (2.99%) BeyondTrust
10 8 (2.99%) MuleSoft
11 7 (2.61%) OpenAI
12 6 (2.24%) ESRI
12 6 (2.24%) Intergraph
13 5 (1.87%) Red Hat
14 4 (1.49%) EMC
14 4 (1.49%) NetApp
14 4 (1.49%) Workday
15 3 (1.12%) Palantir