Azure ExpressRoute Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure ExpressRoute skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 427 535
Rank change year-on-year -92 +108 +120
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 41 45 13
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.18% 0.034%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.31% 0.48% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 26 5
10th Percentile £440 £315 £427
25th Percentile £500 £388 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -19.05% -12.50%
75th Percentile £606 £572 £538
90th Percentile £684 £606 £568
UK median daily rate £525 £425 £575
% change year-on-year +23.53% -26.09% -4.17%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Azure ExpressRoute 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 13,411 9,396 12,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.06% 37.95% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,229 6,505 8,876
10th Percentile £310 £313 £275
25th Percentile £410 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £709 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 155 331
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £19.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.06% +26.19% -16.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £79.70 £71.75 £64.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +47.06% +19.33% -14.52%

Azure ExpressRoute
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure ExpressRoute relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Azure ExpressRoute job vacancy trend in England

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute in England over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure ExpressRoute in England

Azure ExpressRoute
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute within the England region over the 6 months to 10 March 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
London -54 14 £525 +7.69% 4
West Midlands -52 9 £513 +36.67%
Midlands -59 9 £513 +36.67% 2
South West -29 7 - - 1
South East - 7 £675 - 6
East of England -32 1 - - 2
North West -35 1 £425 -5.56%
North of England -64 1 £425 +17.24% 1
Azure ExpressRoute
UK

Azure ExpressRoute
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.44%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 40 (97.56%) Azure
2 16 (39.02%) Azure Monitor
3 13 (31.71%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (29.27%) AWS
4 12 (29.27%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (29.27%) Entra ID
5 11 (26.83%) Azure AKS
6 10 (24.39%) GCP
7 7 (17.07%) AWS Direct Connect
7 7 (17.07%) IaaS
7 7 (17.07%) OpenShift
7 7 (17.07%) PaaS
7 7 (17.07%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 6 (14.63%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (9.76%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (9.76%) GitHub
9 4 (9.76%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (7.32%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 3 (7.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (7.32%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (78.05%) VPN
2 24 (58.54%) Firewall
3 12 (29.27%) Network Security
3 12 (29.27%) WAN
4 10 (24.39%) SD-WAN
5 9 (21.95%) BGP
5 9 (21.95%) DNS
6 8 (19.51%) OSPF
6 8 (19.51%) VLAN
7 7 (17.07%) MPLS
7 7 (17.07%) Wireless
8 6 (14.63%) LAN
9 5 (12.20%) DHCP
9 5 (12.20%) EIGRP
9 5 (12.20%) VXLAN
10 4 (9.76%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (9.76%) IPv4
10 4 (9.76%) IPv6
10 4 (9.76%) WLAN
11 3 (7.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (4.88%) Delta Lake
1 2 (4.88%) NoSQL
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Database
1 2 (4.88%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) AppScan
2 1 (2.44%) Burp Suite
2 1 (2.44%) GitLab
2 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.44%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.44%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
3 4 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.32%) Finance
4 3 (7.32%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Banking
5 1 (2.44%) Electronics
5 1 (2.44%) Law
5 1 (2.44%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Architect
2 13 (31.71%) Azure Engineer
3 8 (19.51%) Azure Architect
4 7 (17.07%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) DevOps Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Network Architect
5 6 (14.63%) Network Engineer
5 6 (14.63%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (12.20%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 5 (12.20%) Platform Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 4 (9.76%) Senior
8 3 (7.32%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (4.88%) Consultant
9 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
9 2 (4.88%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (29.27%) ARM Templates
2 2 (4.88%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (4.88%) Kafka
3 1 (2.44%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 16 (39.02%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (29.27%) Data Centre
3 8 (19.51%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (12.20%) Cloud Native
5 4 (9.76%) IoT
5 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
6 3 (7.32%) SCADA
7 2 (4.88%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (2.44%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (2.44%) NHS
8 1 (2.44%) Operational Technology
8 1 (2.44%) PKI
8 1 (2.44%) Public Cloud
8 1 (2.44%) Replication
8 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Windows
2 2 (4.88%) VMS
2 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.44%) Android
3 1 (2.44%) Kali Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) RBAC
2 18 (43.90%) Analytics
3 16 (39.02%) Infrastructure as Code
4 15 (36.59%) DevOps
4 15 (36.59%) Log Analytics
5 14 (34.15%) ITIL
6 13 (31.71%) CI/CD
7 11 (26.83%) Cloud Security
7 11 (26.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (26.83%) TOGAF
8 10 (24.39%) Identity Access Management
8 10 (24.39%) SIEM
9 9 (21.95%) Zero Trust
10 8 (19.51%) Roadmaps
11 7 (17.07%) Security Operations
12 6 (14.63%) Load Balancing
12 6 (14.63%) Network Architecture
12 6 (14.63%) Network Virtualisation
12 6 (14.63%) Security Architecture
13 5 (12.20%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 17 (41.46%) Bicep
2 6 (14.63%) Python
3 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
4 3 (7.32%) SQL
5 2 (4.88%) Bash
6 1 (2.44%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 20 (48.78%) Azure Certification
2 16 (39.02%) Security Cleared
3 14 (34.15%) SC Cleared
4 11 (26.83%) CISSP
4 11 (26.83%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (17.07%) CISM
5 7 (17.07%) DV Cleared
5 7 (17.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (14.63%) CCNP
6 6 (14.63%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (12.20%) AWS Certification
7 5 (12.20%) CCIE
7 5 (12.20%) Degree
8 3 (7.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (7.32%) CCIE Security
8 3 (7.32%) CCSP
9 2 (4.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.88%) JNCIE
9 2 (4.88%) JNCIP
10 1 (2.44%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (41.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (29.27%) NIST
3 8 (19.51%) GDPR
4 7 (17.07%) NIST 800
5 5 (12.20%) PCI DSS
6 4 (9.76%) NCSC
7 2 (4.88%) Data Quality
7 2 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (2.44%) Accessibility
8 1 (2.44%) COBIT
8 1 (2.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) Active Directory
1 6 (14.63%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.20%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.88%) Docker
3 2 (4.88%) Firmware
4 1 (2.44%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (65.85%) Terraform
2 9 (21.95%) Kubernetes
3 8 (19.51%) Ansible
4 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (4.88%) FortiGate
6 1 (2.44%) Grafana
6 1 (2.44%) Nessus
6 1 (2.44%) Progress Chef
6 1 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (26.83%) Cisco
3 8 (19.51%) Meraki
4 7 (17.07%) IBM
4 7 (17.07%) Red Hat
5 6 (14.63%) Fortinet
5 6 (14.63%) Palo Alto
5 6 (14.63%) SolarWinds
5 6 (14.63%) VMware
6 5 (12.20%) F5
7 3 (7.32%) Databricks
7 3 (7.32%) Juniper
7 3 (7.32%) SAP
7 3 (7.32%) Virgin Media
8 2 (4.88%) Aruba
8 2 (4.88%) Forcepoint
8 2 (4.88%) Informatica
8 2 (4.88%) Oracle
9 1 (2.44%) AirMagnet
9 1 (2.44%) Splunk