Azure Contracts in Berkshire

Microsoft Azure
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 5
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure 224 268 282
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 19.33% 13.86% 16.07%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.44% 51.74% 54.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 212 222
10th Percentile £366 £413 £463
25th Percentile £450 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £589
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.91% +4.67%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £675
90th Percentile £663 £688 £750
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £560
% change year-on-year -4.55% -1.74% +6.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 5
10th Percentile £38.70 £56.50 £56.10
25th Percentile £51.38 £56.65 £61.50
Median hourly rate £74.00 £58.30 £79.19
Median % change year-on-year +26.93% -26.38% -6.84%
75th Percentile £76.35 £61.60 -
90th Percentile £76.85 - -
South East median hourly rate £52.75 £38.50 £67.50
% change year-on-year +37.01% -42.96% +16.73%

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 390 518 522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 33.65% 26.80% 29.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 362 375
10th Percentile £325 £326 £389
25th Percentile £450 £452 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £638
90th Percentile £663 £688 £719
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 21 14
10th Percentile £24.04 £20.49 £17.63
25th Percentile £29.31 £41.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate £32.05 £58.30 £39.15
Median % change year-on-year -45.03% +48.91% +79.79%
75th Percentile £68.63 £61.60 £72.94
90th Percentile £79.02 - £79.19
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £23.22 £23.08
% change year-on-year +20.61% +0.61% +8.46%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Berkshire

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Berkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Berkshire

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Berkshire

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Berkshire over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

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 9 May 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
Reading 0 115 £581 -3.93% 75
Wokingham +6 55 £500 -16.67% 9
Windsor +8 19 £500 -28.57% 6
Bracknell +5 7 £588 +17.50% 7
Slough -3 4 £600 +49.81% 20
Azure
South East

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.02%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.23%) Apache
2 5 (2.23%) IIS
3 4 (1.79%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.89%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.89%) Confluence
6 1 (0.45%) CMS
6 1 (0.45%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.45%) SAS
6 1 (0.45%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.89%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.45%) Infor CloudSuite
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 65 (29.02%) Azure DevOps
2 55 (24.55%) AWS
3 27 (12.05%) Azure Data Factory
3 27 (12.05%) Entra ID
4 23 (10.27%) GCP
5 20 (8.93%) Azure AKS
5 20 (8.93%) Azure Monitor
6 18 (8.04%) SaaS
7 17 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (7.59%) PaaS
7 17 (7.59%) Power Platform
8 15 (6.70%) Azure API Management
9 14 (6.25%) IaaS
10 11 (4.91%) Serverless
11 10 (4.46%) Azure Service Bus
11 10 (4.46%) Azure Storage
11 10 (4.46%) GitHub
12 9 (4.02%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 7 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 6 (2.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.80%) DNS
2 8 (3.57%) Network Security
2 8 (3.57%) SMTP
3 7 (3.13%) Firewall
3 7 (3.13%) TCP/IP
4 6 (2.68%) DHCP
4 6 (2.68%) NetScaler
5 5 (2.23%) BGP
5 5 (2.23%) MPLS
6 4 (1.79%) VLAN
7 3 (1.34%) FTP
7 3 (1.34%) HTTP
7 3 (1.34%) SSL
7 3 (1.34%) Telnet
7 3 (1.34%) VPN
8 2 (0.89%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.89%) LAN
8 2 (0.89%) MQTT
8 2 (0.89%) NGFW
8 2 (0.89%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (7.59%) Big Data
3 11 (4.91%) Data Warehouse
4 10 (4.46%) Power BI
4 10 (4.46%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.23%) Hadoop
5 5 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.79%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.79%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.34%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.34%) MySQL
7 3 (1.34%) SSDT
7 3 (1.34%) Tableau
8 2 (0.89%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.89%) Power Query
8 2 (0.89%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.89%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.45%) HDInsight
9 1 (0.45%) Parquet
9 1 (0.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 24 (10.71%) Git
2 23 (10.27%) Selenium
3 21 (9.38%) Jenkins
4 20 (8.93%) JIRA
5 15 (6.70%) Cucumber
6 13 (5.80%) GitLab
6 13 (5.80%) REST Assured
7 9 (4.02%) SonarQube
8 5 (2.23%) Postman
8 5 (2.23%) SpecFlow
9 4 (1.79%) Robot Framework
9 4 (1.79%) Vite
10 3 (1.34%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.89%) Burp Suite
11 2 (0.89%) Metasploit
11 2 (0.89%) Snyk
12 1 (0.45%) ERwin
12 1 (0.45%) NUnit
12 1 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
12 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 39 (17.41%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (11.61%) Telecoms
4 21 (9.38%) Finance
5 10 (4.46%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.57%) Law
7 7 (3.13%) Electronics
7 7 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 7 (3.13%) Marketing
8 5 (2.23%) Billing
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.79%) Police
10 3 (1.34%) Legal
10 3 (1.34%) Retail
11 2 (0.89%) Automotive
12 1 (0.45%) French Language
12 1 (0.45%) Games
12 1 (0.45%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.45%) Publishing
12 1 (0.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 47 (20.98%) Developer
2 37 (16.52%) Architect
3 29 (12.95%) Azure Engineer
4 22 (9.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 17 (7.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 17 (7.59%) React Developer
5 17 (7.59%) Senior
6 16 (7.14%) Azure Developer
7 14 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (5.80%) Software Engineer
9 11 (4.91%) Consultant
9 11 (4.91%) Data Engineer
9 11 (4.91%) Tester
10 10 (4.46%) Full-Stack Developer
11 9 (4.02%) Java Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) Java Software Engineer
11 9 (4.02%) Support Engineer
12 8 (3.57%) Lead
13 7 (3.13%) Security Architect
13 7 (3.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (11.16%) .NET
2 21 (9.38%) REST
3 19 (8.48%) CSS
3 19 (8.48%) HTML
3 19 (8.48%) React
4 16 (7.14%) ARM Templates
5 14 (6.25%) ADO
6 13 (5.80%) Java EE
7 10 (4.46%) OAuth
7 10 (4.46%) PySpark
8 8 (3.57%) .NET Core
9 7 (3.13%) JSON
9 7 (3.13%) Node.js
9 7 (3.13%) SAML
10 6 (2.68%) GraphQL
10 6 (2.68%) RESTful
10 6 (2.68%) Web Services
11 5 (2.23%) YAML
12 4 (1.79%) Kafka
12 4 (1.79%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.80%) Cloud Native
2 10 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (4.02%) PKI
4 8 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 8 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.23%) Clustering
5 5 (2.23%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.23%) Renewable Energy
5 5 (2.23%) Security Posture
6 4 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
6 4 (1.79%) Data Centre
6 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.34%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.34%) CSOC
7 3 (1.34%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.34%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.34%) Operational Technology
8 2 (0.89%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.89%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (12.05%) Windows
2 17 (7.59%) Windows Server
3 13 (5.80%) Linux
4 5 (2.23%) Ubuntu
4 5 (2.23%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Android
6 1 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
6 1 (0.45%) VMS
6 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (44.64%) DevOps
2 58 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (18.75%) Agile
4 41 (18.30%) Test Automation
5 37 (16.52%) CI/CD
6 30 (13.39%) Artificial Intelligence
7 28 (12.50%) Containerisation
8 26 (11.61%) Infrastructure as Code
9 24 (10.71%) Configuration Management
10 21 (9.38%) Business Intelligence
10 21 (9.38%) Continuous Integration
10 21 (9.38%) Decision-Making
10 21 (9.38%) Software Engineering
11 20 (8.93%) Analytics
12 18 (8.04%) Migration
12 18 (8.04%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 16 (7.14%) Machine Learning
13 16 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (6.70%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 62 (27.68%) Python
2 45 (20.09%) SQL
3 37 (16.52%) PowerShell
4 26 (11.61%) Java
5 25 (11.16%) C#
6 16 (7.14%) JavaScript
7 14 (6.25%) Bicep
8 10 (4.46%) Bash
9 9 (4.02%) TypeScript
10 5 (2.23%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.79%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.89%) C
12 2 (0.89%) C++
12 2 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.89%) Ruby
12 2 (0.89%) VB
13 1 (0.45%) ActionScript
13 1 (0.45%) Perl
13 1 (0.45%) VBScript
13 1 (0.45%) X++
Qualifications
1 42 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.96%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.70%) Degree
4 14 (6.25%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.36%) CISSP
6 9 (4.02%) CISM
7 5 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.23%) GIAC
7 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.79%) CCNP
8 4 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.34%) OSCP
10 2 (0.89%) CCSP
10 2 (0.89%) CISA
10 2 (0.89%) GCIH
10 2 (0.89%) GPEN
10 2 (0.89%) GWAPT
10 2 (0.89%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.46%) GDPR
2 7 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.68%) NIST
4 4 (1.79%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.79%) QA
5 3 (1.34%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.34%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.34%) SLA
6 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.89%) WCAG
7 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.45%) HL7
7 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.45%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 31 (13.84%) Active Directory
2 22 (9.82%) Docker
3 6 (2.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.68%) XenApp
3 6 (2.68%) XenDesktop
4 5 (2.23%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.23%) vSphere
5 3 (1.34%) NFS
6 2 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (15.63%) Kubernetes
2 34 (15.18%) Terraform
3 25 (11.16%) Ansible
4 12 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (4.02%) Docker Swarm
5 9 (4.02%) Podman
6 6 (2.68%) WSUS
7 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (2.23%) Puppet
7 5 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (1.79%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.34%) Grafana
10 2 (0.89%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.89%) QRadar
10 2 (0.89%) SCCM
11 1 (0.45%) Amdocs OSS
11 1 (0.45%) CASB
11 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 66 (29.46%) Microsoft
2 21 (9.38%) Databricks
3 12 (5.36%) OpenAI
4 11 (4.91%) VMware
5 8 (3.57%) SAP
5 8 (3.57%) Virgin Media
6 7 (3.13%) Citrix
7 5 (2.23%) Dell
7 5 (2.23%) Google
7 5 (2.23%) HP
7 5 (2.23%) Oracle
7 5 (2.23%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.79%) Cisco
8 4 (1.79%) Splunk
9 3 (1.34%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.34%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.34%) UiPath
10 2 (0.89%) IBM
10 2 (0.89%) Juniper
10 2 (0.89%) Spotify