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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 4 7
Rank change year-on-year 0 +3 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 292 221 266
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 16.23% 18.95% 13.92%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.14% 55.95% 51.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 141 211
10th Percentile £350 £350 £413
25th Percentile £406 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.04% -10.00% +1.69%
75th Percentile £599 £615 £638
90th Percentile £670 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 3 10
10th Percentile £31.25 £38.70 £56.50
25th Percentile £32.24 £51.38 £56.65
Median hourly rate £96.12 £74.00 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +29.89% +26.93% -26.38%
75th Percentile £103.94 £76.35 £61.60
90th Percentile £104.00 £76.85 -
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £52.75 £38.50
% change year-on-year +4.27% +37.01% -48.67%

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 511 395 513
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 28.40% 33.88% 26.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 381 245 357
10th Percentile £319 £325 £328
25th Percentile £406 £434 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -4.91% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £615
90th Percentile £670 £663 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 11 21
10th Percentile £27.18 £24.66 £20.49
25th Percentile £31.25 £29.63 £41.25
Median hourly rate £81.50 £32.05 £58.30
Median % change year-on-year +154.29% -45.03% +150.21%
75th Percentile £100.85 £61.75 £61.60
90th Percentile £104.00 £77.19 -
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year +66.67% +22.77% -3.27%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 -1 143 £425 -15.00% 10
Reading -2 130 £536 -6.74% 49
Windsor -10 4 £475 -5.00% 15
Maidenhead - 3 £475 - 3
Bracknell -4 2 £450 -25.00% 5
Slough +5 1 £600 - 8
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 (7.19%) SharePoint
2 9 (3.08%) Confluence
3 4 (1.37%) ArcGIS
3 4 (1.37%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.68%) GeoServer
4 2 (0.68%) IIS
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.68%) Smallworld
5 1 (0.34%) Apache
Applications
1 19 (6.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.37%) CPLEX
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.37%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.34%) Primavera
3 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 110 (37.67%) AWS
2 89 (30.48%) Azure DevOps
3 57 (19.52%) GCP
4 51 (17.47%) Entra ID
5 25 (8.56%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (8.56%) Power Platform
6 20 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
7 18 (6.16%) OCI
8 15 (5.14%) Azure Key Vault
8 15 (5.14%) SaaS
9 14 (4.79%) Azure AKS
10 13 (4.45%) PaaS
11 11 (3.77%) IaaS
12 10 (3.42%) GitHub
13 9 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
14 8 (2.74%) Azure Functions
14 8 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
14 8 (2.74%) PowerApps
14 8 (2.74%) Serverless
15 7 (2.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 37 (12.67%) Firewall
2 28 (9.59%) DNS
3 26 (8.90%) DHCP
4 20 (6.85%) LAN
4 20 (6.85%) WAN
5 16 (5.48%) VPN
6 15 (5.14%) Network Security
7 14 (4.79%) BGP
7 14 (4.79%) SD-WAN
8 13 (4.45%) FTP
8 13 (4.45%) TCP/IP
9 12 (4.11%) Wireless
10 10 (3.42%) OSPF
11 9 (3.08%) MPLS
12 7 (2.40%) SSL
12 7 (2.40%) VLAN
13 6 (2.05%) WLAN
14 4 (1.37%) IPsec
14 4 (1.37%) MQTT
15 3 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.51%) Power BI
2 10 (3.42%) NoSQL
3 9 (3.08%) Oracle Reports
4 8 (2.74%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 7 (2.40%) SQL Server
6 6 (2.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 6 (2.05%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.71%) Oracle Database
8 4 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (1.03%) Big Data
9 3 (1.03%) GIS
9 3 (1.03%) Oracle Exadata
9 3 (1.03%) Parquet
10 2 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.68%) Metadata
10 2 (0.68%) QGIS
10 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.68%) Spatial Data
10 2 (0.68%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (7.53%) Git
2 15 (5.14%) JIRA
3 14 (4.79%) Jenkins
4 12 (4.11%) Burp Suite
4 12 (4.11%) Metasploit
5 5 (1.71%) HP UFT
6 2 (0.68%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.34%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.34%) GitLab
7 1 (0.34%) MSI
7 1 (0.34%) Postman
7 1 (0.34%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 108 (36.99%) Social Skills
2 33 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (8.90%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.53%) Documentation Skills
5 18 (6.16%) Finance
6 13 (4.45%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.77%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 7 (2.40%) Retail
11 5 (1.71%) Billing
12 3 (1.03%) Police
13 2 (0.68%) Legal
13 2 (0.68%) Military
13 2 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
14 1 (0.34%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.34%) Marketing
14 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (16.10%) Architect
2 36 (12.33%) Analyst
3 28 (9.59%) Azure Engineer
4 26 (8.90%) Senior
5 21 (7.19%) Lead
6 17 (5.82%) Developer
7 16 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (4.45%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (4.11%) Penetration Tester
10 11 (3.77%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.42%) Business Analyst
11 10 (3.42%) Test Analyst
11 10 (3.42%) Tester
12 9 (3.08%) Cloud Engineer
12 9 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Architect
12 9 (3.08%) Oracle Analyst
12 9 (3.08%) Platform Architect
12 9 (3.08%) Platform Engineer
13 8 (2.74%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.48%) ADO
2 15 (5.14%) REST
3 13 (4.45%) LDAP
4 10 (3.42%) .NET
5 8 (2.74%) ARM Templates
5 8 (2.74%) Middleware
6 6 (2.05%) Kafka
6 6 (2.05%) OAuth
6 6 (2.05%) SOAP
7 5 (1.71%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.71%) Pandas
7 5 (1.71%) pytest
7 5 (1.71%) RESTful
7 5 (1.71%) SAML
7 5 (1.71%) YAML
8 4 (1.37%) FastAPI
8 4 (1.37%) Flask
8 4 (1.37%) NETCONF
8 4 (1.37%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.25%) Cloud Native
2 14 (4.79%) Data Centre
3 13 (4.45%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (4.11%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.42%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (3.08%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.74%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (2.40%) Operational Technology
8 7 (2.40%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.05%) PKI
10 5 (1.71%) CMDB
11 4 (1.37%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 3 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
12 3 (1.03%) Enterprise Cloud
13 2 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
14 1 (0.34%) Distributed Architecture
14 1 (0.34%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 54 (18.49%) Windows
2 22 (7.53%) Windows Server
3 13 (4.45%) Linux
4 5 (1.71%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.37%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.03%) VMS
7 1 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (50.00%) DevOps
2 80 (27.40%) CI/CD
3 61 (20.89%) Problem-Solving
4 49 (16.78%) Cybersecurity
5 47 (16.10%) Agile
6 38 (13.01%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (13.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (10.27%) ITIL
8 29 (9.93%) Root Cause Analysis
9 28 (9.59%) Analytics
10 25 (8.56%) Containerisation
10 25 (8.56%) SIEM
11 23 (7.88%) DevSecOps
11 23 (7.88%) Roadmaps
11 23 (7.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (7.19%) ITSM
13 19 (6.51%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (6.51%) Change Management
13 19 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (6.51%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 65 (22.26%) Python
2 39 (13.36%) PowerShell
3 21 (7.19%) SQL
4 15 (5.14%) Java
5 14 (4.79%) Bicep
6 12 (4.11%) Bash
6 12 (4.11%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.77%) Go
8 8 (2.74%) C#
9 5 (1.71%) VBScript
10 4 (1.37%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (1.03%) PHP
11 3 (1.03%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.68%) X++
13 1 (0.34%) C++
13 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 117 (40.07%) Security Cleared
2 93 (31.85%) SC Cleared
3 23 (7.88%) CISSP
4 21 (7.19%) Degree
5 18 (6.16%) Azure Certification
6 16 (5.48%) CISM
7 13 (4.45%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (4.45%) CREST Certified
8 12 (4.11%) CHECK Team Member
8 12 (4.11%) Cyber Scheme
9 10 (3.42%) Postgraduate
10 9 (3.08%) CCNP
11 8 (2.74%) PMI Certification
12 7 (2.40%) AWS Certification
12 7 (2.40%) PMP
13 6 (2.05%) CCIE
13 6 (2.05%) TOGAF Certification
14 5 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
14 5 (1.71%) RHCE
15 4 (1.37%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (11.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 33 (11.30%) GDPR
3 23 (7.88%) NIST
4 19 (6.51%) QA
5 12 (4.11%) PCI DSS
5 12 (4.11%) PMO
6 9 (3.08%) NCSC
7 5 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.37%) NIST 800
9 3 (1.03%) GRC
9 3 (1.03%) SLA
10 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 61 (20.89%) Active Directory
2 21 (7.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.85%) Docker
4 12 (4.11%) Hyper-V
4 12 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 11 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.05%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.68%) vSphere
8 1 (0.34%) NFS
Systems Management
1 45 (15.41%) Terraform
2 39 (13.36%) Kubernetes
3 22 (7.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (6.16%) Ansible
5 12 (4.11%) Nmap
6 5 (1.71%) Grafana
6 5 (1.71%) Nagios
6 5 (1.71%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.37%) Data Guard
7 4 (1.37%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (1.37%) Oracle RMAN
8 3 (1.03%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (1.03%) SCCM
9 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.68%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.68%) systemd
10 1 (0.34%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.34%) Puppet
Vendors
1 52 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 31 (10.62%) Oracle
3 25 (8.56%) ServiceNow
4 23 (7.88%) VMware
5 14 (4.79%) BeyondTrust
5 14 (4.79%) CyberArk
6 13 (4.45%) Cisco
7 9 (3.08%) Citrix
8 8 (2.74%) Juniper
8 8 (2.74%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.40%) SolarWinds
9 7 (2.40%) Splunk
10 6 (2.05%) Databricks
10 6 (2.05%) Google
10 6 (2.05%) SAP
11 5 (1.71%) BiZZdesign
11 5 (1.71%) Virgin Media
12 4 (1.37%) AppDynamics
12 4 (1.37%) Dynatrace
13 3 (1.03%) Fortinet