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 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 484 467
Rank change year-on-year -79 -17 +89
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 72 27 51
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.096% 0.16%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.45% 0.25% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 12 29
10th Percentile £450 £414 £353
25th Percentile £506 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £533 £500
Median % change year-on-year +12.52% +6.65% +5.26%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £638
90th Percentile £741 £711 £691
UK median daily rate £600 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -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 15,937 10,784 11,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.45% 38.44% 35.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,602 7,280 7,554
10th Percentile £323 £303 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -3.49%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 256 162
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.12 £16.03
25th Percentile £17.60 £18.51 £23.80
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +8.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £68.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% +6.06%

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 October 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 October 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 -66 35 £600 +28.62% 43
North of England - 11 £513 - 2
South West -21 9 £600 -11.11% 3
South East -64 8 £615 +2.49% 8
Midlands -40 6 £550 +22.22% 6
North West - 6 £513 - 1
Yorkshire - 5 - - 1
West Midlands -44 3 £625 - 1
East of England - 3 £505 -
East Midlands -13 2 £475 +5.56% 5
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 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.39%) Apache
3 1 (1.39%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.39%) Confluence
3 1 (1.39%) nginx
3 1 (1.39%) OpenStack
Business Applications
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.39%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.39%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 68 (94.44%) Azure
2 25 (34.72%) Azure Monitor
2 25 (34.72%) GitHub
3 24 (33.33%) Entra ID
4 19 (26.39%) AWS
5 16 (22.22%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (20.83%) AWS Direct Connect
6 15 (20.83%) Azure Sentinel
6 15 (20.83%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (15.28%) Serverless
8 10 (13.89%) Azure Key Vault
9 9 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (11.11%) Azure Functions
10 8 (11.11%) GCP
10 8 (11.11%) PaaS
11 7 (9.72%) Azure Storage
12 6 (8.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (6.94%) Azure AKS
13 5 (6.94%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (6.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (59.72%) Firewall
2 42 (58.33%) VPN
3 32 (44.44%) DNS
4 25 (34.72%) BGP
5 23 (31.94%) WAN
6 21 (29.17%) Network Security
7 17 (23.61%) OSPF
8 10 (13.89%) DHCP
8 10 (13.89%) SD-WAN
9 8 (11.11%) TCP/IP
9 8 (11.11%) VLAN
9 8 (11.11%) Wireless
10 7 (9.72%) IPsec
10 7 (9.72%) LAN
10 7 (9.72%) MPLS
11 6 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 6 (8.33%) SSH
12 5 (6.94%) Internet
13 4 (5.56%) DMZ
13 4 (5.56%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (8.33%) Data Lake
3 3 (4.17%) Power BI
4 2 (2.78%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.39%) Big Data
5 1 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.39%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.39%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle Database
5 1 (1.39%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (1.39%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Git
2 1 (1.39%) GitLab
2 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.39%) JIRA
2 1 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
2 1 (1.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 17 (23.61%) Finance
1 17 (23.61%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.28%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (9.72%) Banking
4 6 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.33%) Retail
5 4 (5.56%) Local Government
5 4 (5.56%) Military
6 2 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.78%) Legal
6 2 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.39%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (33.33%) Network Engineer
2 19 (26.39%) Senior
3 13 (18.06%) Architect
3 13 (18.06%) Azure Engineer
4 10 (13.89%) Cloud Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Platform Engineer
5 8 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (8.33%) Consultant
6 6 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Cisco Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Cisco Network Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) IT Support
7 5 (6.94%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Network Support
7 5 (6.94%) Network Support Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Operations Support Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Architect
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 5 (6.94%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (63.89%) Terraform
2 9 (12.50%) ARM Templates
3 2 (2.78%) Kafka
3 2 (2.78%) YAML
4 1 (1.39%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.39%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.39%) Flask
4 1 (1.39%) JSON
4 1 (1.39%) LangChain
4 1 (1.39%) LangGraph
4 1 (1.39%) Model Context Protocol
4 1 (1.39%) PySpark
4 1 (1.39%) REST
4 1 (1.39%) Semantic Kernel
4 1 (1.39%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 24 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 19 (26.39%) Data Centre
3 11 (15.28%) Cloud Native
4 8 (11.11%) Onboarding
5 7 (9.72%) Enterprise Cloud
6 5 (6.94%) ARM Cortex
6 5 (6.94%) Management Information System
7 3 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (4.17%) Private Cloud
7 3 (4.17%) Public Cloud
8 2 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (2.78%) Mobile App
8 2 (2.78%) Product Ownership
8 2 (2.78%) SCADA
9 1 (1.39%) CMDB
9 1 (1.39%) Credit Risk
9 1 (1.39%) IoT
9 1 (1.39%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.39%) NHS
9 1 (1.39%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.44%) Windows
2 10 (13.89%) Linux
3 7 (9.72%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.78%) Android
4 2 (2.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.39%) Unix
5 1 (1.39%) VMS
5 1 (1.39%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (61.11%) Infrastructure as Code
2 29 (40.28%) CI/CD
2 29 (40.28%) DevOps
3 26 (36.11%) Zero Trust
4 25 (34.72%) RBAC
5 22 (30.56%) Analytics
6 20 (27.78%) Log Analytics
6 20 (27.78%) Validation
7 18 (25.00%) Migration
8 16 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (22.22%) Observability
8 16 (22.22%) Runbook
9 15 (20.83%) Cloud Security
9 15 (20.83%) High Availability
10 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (18.06%) Disaster Recovery
11 13 (18.06%) Incident Response
11 13 (18.06%) Network Virtualisation
11 13 (18.06%) Platform Engineering
11 13 (18.06%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (34.72%) Python
2 21 (29.17%) Bicep
3 17 (23.61%) PowerShell
4 15 (20.83%) Bash
5 11 (15.28%) SQL
6 1 (1.39%) C
6 1 (1.39%) C#
6 1 (1.39%) Go
6 1 (1.39%) Java
6 1 (1.39%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (18.06%) Azure Certification
2 12 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 8 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (11.11%) Degree
4 6 (8.33%) CCNP
4 6 (8.33%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.94%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.17%) AWS Certification
6 3 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.78%) CCIE
7 2 (2.78%) CCSP
7 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.39%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.39%) CISM
8 1 (1.39%) CISSP
8 1 (1.39%) CRISC
8 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (8.33%) GDPR
2 6 (8.33%) NIST
3 3 (4.17%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (4.17%) QA
3 3 (4.17%) SLA
4 2 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.78%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.39%) GLBA
5 1 (1.39%) NCSC
5 1 (1.39%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 15 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.72%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (6.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (5.56%) Docker
5 3 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (2.78%) VMware NSX
7 1 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (33.33%) Ansible
2 12 (16.67%) FortiGate
3 10 (13.89%) Kubernetes
4 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (6.94%) SCCM
6 2 (2.78%) Grafana
6 2 (2.78%) Progress Chef
6 2 (2.78%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.39%) CASB
7 1 (1.39%) Cilium
7 1 (1.39%) Control-M
7 1 (1.39%) Podman
7 1 (1.39%) Puppet
7 1 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 42 (58.33%) Microsoft
2 20 (27.78%) Cisco
3 18 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 13 (18.06%) Fortinet
4 13 (18.06%) Zscaler
5 9 (12.50%) Juniper
6 8 (11.11%) F5
7 6 (8.33%) Google
7 6 (8.33%) Oracle
8 5 (6.94%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (4.17%) Bloomberg
9 3 (4.17%) Reuters
9 3 (4.17%) VMware
10 2 (2.78%) Aruba
10 2 (2.78%) Databricks
10 2 (2.78%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.78%) Splunk
11 1 (1.39%) Arista
11 1 (1.39%) Dynatrace
11 1 (1.39%) Sparx