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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 470 551
Rank change year-on-year -41 +81 +171
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 34 52 23
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.058%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.29% 0.46% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 28 18
10th Percentile £425 £360 £413
25th Percentile £462 £406 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £548 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% +15.37% -13.64%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £538
90th Percentile £698 £692 £646
UK median daily rate £525 £513 £500
% change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.80 -
UK median hourly rate - £23.80 -

All Cloud 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 11,787 11,196 13,894
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.55% 35.81% 35.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,030 7,444 10,120
10th Percentile £304 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 148 278
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.93 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.47 £33.27 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +22.09% +21.11%
75th Percentile £47.50 £59.68 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £30.30 £29.86
% change year-on-year -14.18% +1.46% +35.73%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 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
London -5 18 £535 -9.70% 7
Midlands -37 7 £500 +33.33% 2
West Midlands -25 5 £525 +40.00%
South East -1 4 £600 +41.18% 1
South West -1 4 £675 - 1
East Midlands -14 2 £450 - 2
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 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.94%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 34 (100.00%) Azure
2 16 (47.06%) Entra ID
3 12 (35.29%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (26.47%) AWS
5 8 (23.53%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (23.53%) Azure Sentinel
5 8 (23.53%) IaaS
6 7 (20.59%) PaaS
7 6 (17.65%) Azure AKS
7 6 (17.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 5 (14.71%) AWS Direct Connect
8 5 (14.71%) GCP
8 5 (14.71%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (11.76%) Azure App Service
9 4 (11.76%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (8.82%) Azure Storage
10 3 (8.82%) OpenShift
11 2 (5.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (5.88%) GitHub
11 2 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 32 (94.12%) VPN
2 19 (55.88%) Firewall
3 12 (35.29%) DNS
3 12 (35.29%) WAN
4 9 (26.47%) VLAN
5 8 (23.53%) SD-WAN
6 7 (20.59%) DHCP
7 6 (17.65%) BGP
7 6 (17.65%) MPLS
7 6 (17.65%) OSPF
7 6 (17.65%) Wireless
8 5 (14.71%) VSAN
9 4 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (11.76%) EIGRP
9 4 (11.76%) IPv4
9 4 (11.76%) IPv6
9 4 (11.76%) LAN
9 4 (11.76%) VXLAN
9 4 (11.76%) WLAN
10 3 (8.82%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (5.88%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Git
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.76%) Finance
4 3 (8.82%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (8.82%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.88%) French Language
5 2 (5.88%) Legal
5 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.94%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.94%) Banking
6 1 (2.94%) Electronics
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
6 1 (2.94%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (58.82%) Architect
2 10 (29.41%) Azure Engineer
3 8 (23.53%) Azure Architect
3 8 (23.53%) Network Architect
4 7 (20.59%) Cloud Architect
4 7 (20.59%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (11.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) Network Engineer
7 3 (8.82%) VMware Architect
8 2 (5.88%) Azure Consultant
8 2 (5.88%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (5.88%) Consultant
8 2 (5.88%) Data Centre Architect
8 2 (5.88%) Migration Architect
8 2 (5.88%) Senior
8 2 (5.88%) Technical Architect
9 1 (2.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.94%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.65%) ARM Templates
2 2 (5.88%) Azure Blueprints
3 1 (2.94%) 802.1X
3 1 (2.94%) ADO
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (38.24%) Data Centre
3 7 (20.59%) Cloud Native
4 4 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (11.76%) Public Cloud
5 3 (8.82%) IoT
6 2 (5.88%) Replication
7 1 (2.94%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (2.94%) Life Science
7 1 (2.94%) NHS
7 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
7 1 (2.94%) Operational Technology
7 1 (2.94%) PKI
7 1 (2.94%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.71%) VMS
2 3 (8.82%) Windows
3 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.94%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 16 (47.06%) Migration
3 15 (44.12%) Network Virtualisation
3 15 (44.12%) RBAC
4 12 (35.29%) Analytics
5 10 (29.41%) TOGAF
6 9 (26.47%) DevOps
6 9 (26.47%) Log Analytics
7 8 (23.53%) Cost Optimisation
7 8 (23.53%) Data Protection
7 8 (23.53%) ITIL
7 8 (23.53%) Zero Trust
8 7 (20.59%) Cloud Security
8 7 (20.59%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (20.59%) Identity Access Management
8 7 (20.59%) Mentoring
8 7 (20.59%) Roadmaps
9 6 (17.65%) CI/CD
9 6 (17.65%) Computer Science
9 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) PowerShell
2 9 (26.47%) Bicep
3 7 (20.59%) Python
4 4 (11.76%) Bash
4 4 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) Azure Certification
2 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
3 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
4 8 (23.53%) CCNP
4 8 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (20.59%) CISSP
5 7 (20.59%) Degree
6 5 (14.71%) CCIE
7 3 (8.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (8.82%) AWS Certification
7 3 (8.82%) CCIE Security
7 3 (8.82%) CCSP
7 3 (8.82%) CISM
7 3 (8.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (8.82%) DV Cleared
7 3 (8.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (5.88%) JNCIE
8 2 (5.88%) JNCIP
8 2 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (20.59%) NIST
3 5 (14.71%) GDPR
4 4 (11.76%) PCI DSS
5 3 (8.82%) NIST 800
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (5.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (5.88%) NCSC
7 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.94%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (2.94%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (2.94%) JSP 440
System Software
1 11 (32.35%) Active Directory
1 11 (32.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (26.47%) VMware NSX
3 5 (14.71%) vSphere
4 2 (5.88%) Docker
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (2.94%) Firmware
5 1 (2.94%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (58.82%) Terraform
2 7 (20.59%) Kubernetes
3 6 (17.65%) Ansible
4 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (2.94%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.94%) SCCM
5 1 (2.94%) SysTrack
5 1 (2.94%) vRealize
Vendors
1 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 12 (35.29%) Cisco
2 12 (35.29%) VMware
3 7 (20.59%) Meraki
4 6 (17.65%) Fortinet
4 6 (17.65%) Palo Alto
5 5 (14.71%) F5
5 5 (14.71%) SolarWinds
6 4 (11.76%) NetApp
7 3 (8.82%) IBM
7 3 (8.82%) Red Hat
8 2 (5.88%) Brocade
8 2 (5.88%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (5.88%) Forcepoint
8 2 (5.88%) Juniper
8 2 (5.88%) Sophos
9 1 (2.94%) AirMagnet
9 1 (2.94%) CloudEndure
9 1 (2.94%) Databricks
9 1 (2.94%) SonicWALL