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 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 551 442 511
Rank change year-on-year -109 +69 +78
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 55 47 19
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.19% 0.051%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.37% 0.51% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 25 10
10th Percentile £418 - £372
25th Percentile £480 £388 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +2.44%
75th Percentile £623 £475 £566
90th Percentile £656 £575 £586
UK median daily rate £525 £413 £525
% change year-on-year +27.27% -21.43% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £23.80
UK median hourly rate - - £23.80

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 14,936 9,233 11,994
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.66% 32.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,137 6,286 8,600
10th Percentile £325 £311 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £748
UK median daily rate £510 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +1.59% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 521 225 329
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £41.06 £25.50 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +61.02% +18.83% -38.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £38.75 £40.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.12 £28.55 £21.50
% change year-on-year +30.02% +32.79% -39.65%

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 12 June 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 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
London -81 22 £515 +28.75% 5
South West -17 13 £600 +41.18% 4
South East - 7 £675 - 2
West Midlands -55 5 £500 -
Midlands -60 5 £500 -
North West -29 4 £425 -5.56%
North of England -69 4 £425 -5.56%
East of England - 3 £503 -
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 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.64%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (9.09%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 54 (98.18%) Azure
2 20 (36.36%) Azure Monitor
3 18 (32.73%) Entra ID
4 16 (29.09%) Azure Sentinel
5 15 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (23.64%) Azure AKS
7 12 (21.82%) AWS
8 11 (20.00%) Serverless
9 10 (18.18%) GitHub
10 8 (14.55%) GitHub Actions
11 7 (12.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 7 (12.73%) Azure Key Vault
12 6 (10.91%) Azure Functions
12 6 (10.91%) Azure Storage
12 6 (10.91%) IaaS
12 6 (10.91%) PaaS
13 5 (9.09%) AWS Direct Connect
13 5 (9.09%) GCP
13 5 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
13 5 (9.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 35 (63.64%) VPN
2 32 (58.18%) Firewall
3 21 (38.18%) WAN
4 15 (27.27%) DNS
5 14 (25.45%) Network Security
6 10 (18.18%) BGP
6 10 (18.18%) SD-WAN
7 7 (12.73%) VLAN
8 5 (9.09%) LAN
8 5 (9.09%) OSPF
8 5 (9.09%) Wireless
9 3 (5.45%) IPsec
9 3 (5.45%) VSAN
10 2 (3.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 2 (3.64%) Internet
10 2 (3.64%) MPLS
10 2 (3.64%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (1.82%) EIGRP
11 1 (1.82%) SSL
11 1 (1.82%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.36%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (7.27%) Data Lake
3 3 (5.45%) Delta Lake
3 3 (5.45%) NoSQL
3 3 (5.45%) Oracle Database
3 3 (5.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.82%) AppScan
1 1 (1.82%) Burp Suite
1 1 (1.82%) Git
1 1 (1.82%) GitLab
1 1 (1.82%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.82%) Metasploit
1 1 (1.82%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 6 (10.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.45%) Finance
3 2 (3.64%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.64%) Law
3 2 (3.64%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (3.64%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.64%) Retail
4 1 (1.82%) Banking
4 1 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (1.82%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.82%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Architect
2 15 (27.27%) Azure Engineer
3 11 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
3 11 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 9 (16.36%) Azure Architect
4 9 (16.36%) Senior
5 7 (12.73%) Consultant
6 6 (10.91%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (10.91%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (9.09%) Azure Consultant
7 5 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 5 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 4 (7.27%) Technical Architect
9 3 (5.45%) Cloud Architect
9 3 (5.45%) Data Architect
9 3 (5.45%) Migration Engineer
9 3 (5.45%) Senior Architect
9 3 (5.45%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (18.18%) ARM Templates
2 3 (5.45%) Kafka
3 1 (1.82%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (16.36%) Data Centre
3 8 (14.55%) Cloud Native
4 5 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (7.27%) Onboarding
5 4 (7.27%) SCADA
6 3 (5.45%) Clustering
6 3 (5.45%) Enterprise Cloud
6 3 (5.45%) IoT
6 3 (5.45%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (5.45%) Replication
7 2 (3.64%) Cloud Security Posture
7 2 (3.64%) Public Cloud
7 2 (3.64%) Security Posture
8 1 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.82%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.18%) Windows
2 5 (9.09%) VMS
3 4 (7.27%) Linux
4 3 (5.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (5.45%) SUSE
5 2 (3.64%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.82%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (43.64%) RBAC
2 23 (41.82%) Infrastructure as Code
3 22 (40.00%) DevOps
4 21 (38.18%) CI/CD
5 19 (34.55%) Analytics
6 16 (29.09%) Log Analytics
7 13 (23.64%) Validation
7 13 (23.64%) Zero Trust
8 11 (20.00%) Cloud Security
9 10 (18.18%) Roadmaps
10 9 (16.36%) High Availability
10 9 (16.36%) Migration
11 8 (14.55%) Architectural Patterns
11 8 (14.55%) Identity Access Management
11 8 (14.55%) SIEM
12 7 (12.73%) Cost Optimisation
12 7 (12.73%) ITIL
12 7 (12.73%) Runbook
13 6 (10.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 6 (10.91%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 17 (30.91%) Bicep
2 9 (16.36%) SQL
3 7 (12.73%) PowerShell
4 6 (10.91%) Python
5 1 (1.82%) Bash
5 1 (1.82%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 19 (34.55%) Azure Certification
2 13 (23.64%) Security Cleared
3 10 (18.18%) SC Cleared
4 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (10.91%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (10.91%) CISM
5 6 (10.91%) CISSP
6 5 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 5 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (7.27%) AWS Certification
7 4 (7.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (7.27%) CCNP
8 2 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (3.64%) CCSP
9 1 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.82%) CCNA
9 1 (1.82%) CRISC
9 1 (1.82%) Degree
9 1 (1.82%) JNCIA
9 1 (1.82%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (20.00%) NIST
3 9 (16.36%) GDPR
4 5 (9.09%) NIST 800
5 4 (7.27%) NCSC
6 3 (5.45%) Data Quality
7 2 (3.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (3.64%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (3.64%) SOC 2
8 1 (1.82%) COBIT
8 1 (1.82%) PCI DSS
8 1 (1.82%) QA
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (14.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (9.09%) Firmware
4 4 (7.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (5.45%) Hyper-V
5 3 (5.45%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (5.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (5.45%) vSphere
6 1 (1.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 32 (58.18%) Terraform
2 9 (16.36%) Kubernetes
3 8 (14.55%) FortiGate
4 6 (10.91%) Ansible
5 3 (5.45%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Clustering
5 3 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (5.45%) vCenter Server
5 3 (5.45%) VxRail
6 1 (1.82%) Grafana
6 1 (1.82%) Nessus
6 1 (1.82%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 26 (47.27%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.18%) Zscaler
3 9 (16.36%) Cisco
4 6 (10.91%) Palo Alto
5 5 (9.09%) IBM
5 5 (9.09%) Juniper
5 5 (9.09%) Red Hat
6 4 (7.27%) Databricks
7 3 (5.45%) Aruba
7 3 (5.45%) Dell
7 3 (5.45%) Informatica
7 3 (5.45%) Meraki
7 3 (5.45%) Oracle
7 3 (5.45%) SAP
7 3 (5.45%) Virgin Media
7 3 (5.45%) VMware
8 2 (3.64%) F5
8 2 (3.64%) Fortinet
9 1 (1.82%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.82%) Splunk