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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 478 553
Rank change year-on-year -21 +75 +172
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 29 54 29
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.17% 0.072%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.26% 0.48% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 29 24
10th Percentile £419 £353 £414
25th Percentile £448 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £666 £638 £545
90th Percentile £706 £691 £702
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +2.50% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 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 10,975 11,226 14,374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.63% 35.35% 35.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,412 7,479 10,540
10th Percentile £304 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -1.40% -2.27%
75th Percentile £623 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £749 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 153 289
10th Percentile £14.99 £16.53 £14.59
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.80 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £66.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £70.00 £78.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +9.38% +45.19%

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 October 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 October 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 0 16 £535 -9.70% 5
Midlands -32 5 £450 +20.00% 2
South East +12 4 £600 +41.18% 5
South West +14 3 £675 - 1
West Midlands -23 3 £500 +33.33% 2
East Midlands -15 2 £450 -
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 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Maximo
1 2 (6.90%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 29 (100.00%) Azure
2 17 (58.62%) Entra ID
3 11 (37.93%) Azure DevOps
3 11 (37.93%) Azure Monitor
4 9 (31.03%) IaaS
5 8 (27.59%) PaaS
6 7 (24.14%) AWS
6 7 (24.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (20.69%) Serverless
8 5 (17.24%) GitHub
9 4 (13.79%) Azure AKS
9 4 (13.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (13.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (13.79%) SaaS
10 3 (10.34%) AWS Direct Connect
10 3 (10.34%) Azure App Service
10 3 (10.34%) Azure Key Vault
10 3 (10.34%) Azure Storage
10 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 25 (86.21%) VPN
2 17 (58.62%) Firewall
3 7 (24.14%) DNS
3 7 (24.14%) WAN
4 5 (17.24%) VSAN
5 3 (10.34%) DHCP
5 3 (10.34%) SD-WAN
5 3 (10.34%) VLAN
6 2 (6.90%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (6.90%) NGFW
7 1 (3.45%) BGP
7 1 (3.45%) DMVPN
7 1 (3.45%) Internet
7 1 (3.45%) IPsec
7 1 (3.45%) MPLS
7 1 (3.45%) Network Security
7 1 (3.45%) NX-OS
7 1 (3.45%) OSPF
7 1 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (3.45%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (6.90%) Data Lake
2 2 (6.90%) Delta Lake
2 2 (6.90%) GIS
2 2 (6.90%) NoSQL
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Git
2 2 (6.90%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Finance
2 2 (6.90%) French Language
2 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Legal
2 2 (6.90%) Marketing
2 2 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.45%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Architect
2 9 (31.03%) Azure Architect
2 9 (31.03%) Cloud Architect
3 7 (24.14%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (20.69%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (10.34%) Network Architect
5 3 (10.34%) VMware Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Cloud Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Consultant
6 2 (6.90%) Data Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Data Centre Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Migration Architect
6 2 (6.90%) Network Engineer
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Technical Architect
7 1 (3.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (3.45%) DevSecOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (24.14%) ARM Templates
2 2 (6.90%) Azure Blueprints
2 2 (6.90%) Kafka
3 1 (3.45%) ADO
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 12 (41.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (31.03%) Data Centre
3 8 (27.59%) Cloud Native
4 4 (13.79%) IoT
4 4 (13.79%) Public Cloud
5 3 (10.34%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (6.90%) Replication
6 2 (6.90%) SCADA
7 1 (3.45%) Anti-Spyware
7 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
7 1 (3.45%) Life Science
7 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 1 (3.45%) Operational Technology
7 1 (3.45%) PKI
7 1 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.24%) VMS
2 3 (10.34%) Windows
3 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.45%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (65.52%) Infrastructure as Code
2 17 (58.62%) RBAC
3 16 (55.17%) Migration
4 14 (48.28%) Analytics
5 12 (41.38%) DevOps
5 12 (41.38%) Network Virtualisation
6 9 (31.03%) CI/CD
7 8 (27.59%) Log Analytics
8 7 (24.14%) Cost Optimisation
8 7 (24.14%) High Availability
8 7 (24.14%) Zero Trust
9 6 (20.69%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (17.24%) Cloud Security
10 5 (17.24%) Data Protection
10 5 (17.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 5 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (17.24%) TOGAF
11 4 (13.79%) Agile
11 4 (13.79%) Containerisation
11 4 (13.79%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 11 (37.93%) Bicep
2 10 (34.48%) PowerShell
3 6 (20.69%) SQL
4 5 (17.24%) Python
5 3 (10.34%) Bash
6 2 (6.90%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 10 (34.48%) Azure Certification
2 9 (31.03%) Security Cleared
3 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
4 7 (24.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (13.79%) Degree
6 3 (10.34%) CCNP
6 3 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (10.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (6.90%) CISM
7 2 (6.90%) CISSP
7 2 (6.90%) DV Cleared
7 2 (6.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (6.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (3.45%) CCDP
8 1 (3.45%) Postgraduate
8 1 (3.45%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (10.34%) GDPR
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 2 (6.90%) NCSC
3 2 (6.90%) NIST
3 2 (6.90%) NIST 800
4 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (3.45%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (3.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (3.45%) JSP 440
System Software
1 13 (44.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (24.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (17.24%) VMware NSX
3 5 (17.24%) vSphere
4 4 (13.79%) Docker
5 2 (6.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (3.45%) Firmware
6 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (58.62%) Terraform
2 8 (27.59%) Kubernetes
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (6.90%) Ansible
4 2 (6.90%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (3.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (3.45%) SCCM
5 1 (3.45%) SysTrack
5 1 (3.45%) vRealize
Vendors
1 19 (65.52%) Microsoft
2 8 (27.59%) VMware
3 6 (20.69%) Cisco
4 4 (13.79%) NetApp
5 3 (10.34%) Databricks
6 2 (6.90%) Brocade
6 2 (6.90%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (6.90%) IBM
6 2 (6.90%) Informatica
6 2 (6.90%) Oracle
6 2 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 2 (6.90%) Red Hat
6 2 (6.90%) SAP
6 2 (6.90%) Sophos
7 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
7 1 (3.45%) CloudEndure
7 1 (3.45%) F5
7 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
7 1 (3.45%) Meraki
7 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds