Azure Monitor Contract Job Trends in England

Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Monitor skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 371 351 383
Rank change year-on-year -20 +32 +106
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 172 172 196
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.55% 0.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.49% 1.54% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 124 146
10th Percentile £364 £375 £428
25th Percentile £413 £475 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £596 £610
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% -2.25% +1.67%
75th Percentile £548 £650 £675
90th Percentile £638 £657 £699
UK median daily rate £508 £596 £610
% change year-on-year -14.88% -2.25% +6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - -

All Cloud Skills
England

Azure Monitor 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 11,555 11,141 14,165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.82% 35.76% 35.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,829 7,399 10,349
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £645 £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 294 142 291
10th Percentile £14.90 £19.35 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.59 £23.80 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.48 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.85 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +33.33%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Azure Monitor job vacancy trend in England

Azure Monitor
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Azure Monitor
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Monitor in England over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Monitor in England

Azure Monitor
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Azure Monitor
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 Monitor within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +45 108 £500 -8.47% 84
Midlands -10 28 £537 +38.58% 24
West Midlands -21 18 £536 +38.19% 7
South East -51 13 £516 -17.40% 75
East Midlands - 10 £550 - 16
North of England -37 8 £450 -8.16% 22
South West +5 7 £520 +38.67% 7
North West -19 6 £450 +12.50% 19
East of England -9 2 £650 - 8
Yorkshire -36 2 £625 +8.70%
Azure Monitor
UK

Azure Monitor
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 16 (9.30%) Apache
2 14 (8.14%) WebLogic
3 11 (6.40%) SharePoint
4 7 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.91%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.16%) CMS
6 2 (1.16%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.58%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.91%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.74%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 172 (100.00%) Azure
2 79 (45.93%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (34.88%) Entra ID
4 44 (25.58%) Azure Logic Apps
5 39 (22.67%) GitHub
6 37 (21.51%) Serverless
7 36 (20.93%) GitHub Actions
8 35 (20.35%) Azure AKS
9 33 (19.19%) Azure Functions
9 33 (19.19%) Power Platform
10 31 (18.02%) Azure Key Vault
11 29 (16.86%) Azure Service Bus
12 26 (15.12%) AWS
13 24 (13.95%) Power Automate
14 20 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
15 19 (11.05%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (10.47%) Azure Data Factory
16 18 (10.47%) PowerApps
17 17 (9.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 14 (8.14%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.21%) Firewall
2 18 (10.47%) DNS
3 17 (9.88%) VPN
4 12 (6.98%) Network Security
5 8 (4.65%) DHCP
6 4 (2.33%) WAN
7 3 (1.74%) VSAN
8 2 (1.16%) SSL
8 2 (1.16%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.16%) VLAN
9 1 (0.58%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.58%) DKIM
9 1 (0.58%) DMARC
9 1 (0.58%) LAN
9 1 (0.58%) MPLS
9 1 (0.58%) MQTT
9 1 (0.58%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (9.30%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (7.56%) Power BI
3 11 (6.40%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.81%) NoSQL
5 9 (5.23%) Data Lake
6 6 (3.49%) MongoDB
7 4 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.74%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.74%) Redis
9 2 (1.16%) Data Vault
9 2 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.16%) DynamoDB
9 2 (1.16%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.16%) Metadata
9 2 (1.16%) MySQL
9 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.16%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.58%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 19 (11.05%) Git
2 8 (4.65%) Jenkins
3 7 (4.07%) JIRA
4 5 (2.91%) Postman
5 3 (1.74%) GitLab
5 3 (1.74%) Gradle
5 3 (1.74%) Maven
5 3 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (1.16%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.16%) Jaeger
6 2 (1.16%) JMeter
6 2 (1.16%) MLflow
6 2 (1.16%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (1.16%) PVCS
6 2 (1.16%) Snyk
6 2 (1.16%) TeamCity
6 2 (1.16%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.58%) Ant
7 1 (0.58%) Locust
7 1 (0.58%) Poetry
General
1 48 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 24 (13.95%) Finance
2 24 (13.95%) Public Sector
3 9 (5.23%) Banking
3 9 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.49%) Law
6 4 (2.33%) Retail
7 3 (1.74%) Billing
8 2 (1.16%) Games
8 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.16%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.16%) Legal
8 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.16%) Military
8 2 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.58%) Automotive
9 1 (0.58%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (25.58%) Azure Engineer
2 37 (21.51%) Developer
3 28 (16.28%) DevOps Engineer
4 20 (11.63%) Senior
5 16 (9.30%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 13 (7.56%) Architect
6 13 (7.56%) Security Engineer
7 12 (6.98%) Cloud Engineer
8 11 (6.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (6.40%) Integration Developer
9 10 (5.81%) Lead
9 10 (5.81%) Monitoring Engineer
9 10 (5.81%) Platform Engineer
10 9 (5.23%) DBA
11 8 (4.65%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 8 (4.65%) Azure Architect
11 8 (4.65%) Azure Developer
11 8 (4.65%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.65%) Azure Security Engineer
11 8 (4.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (17.44%) .NET
2 27 (15.70%) ARM Templates
3 26 (15.12%) REST
4 19 (11.05%) OAuth
5 17 (9.88%) .NET Core
6 14 (8.14%) YAML
7 11 (6.40%) JSON
7 11 (6.40%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (6.40%) Node.js
8 10 (5.81%) React
9 9 (5.23%) ADO
9 9 (5.23%) OAuth2
10 8 (4.65%) .NET Framework
10 8 (4.65%) GraphQL
11 7 (4.07%) ASP.NET
11 7 (4.07%) SOAP
12 6 (3.49%) AngularJS
12 6 (3.49%) XML
13 5 (2.91%) Kafka
13 5 (2.91%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (11.05%) Cloud Native
2 10 (5.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (4.65%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (4.07%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 7 (4.07%) Security Posture
5 5 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (2.91%) Replication
6 4 (2.33%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.33%) Data Fabric
6 4 (2.33%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
6 4 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.33%) Virtual Team
7 3 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
7 3 (1.74%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.74%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.16%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (16.28%) Windows
2 24 (13.95%) Linux
3 18 (10.47%) Unix
4 7 (4.07%) VMS
5 5 (2.91%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.58%) Android
7 1 (0.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (61.63%) DevOps
2 95 (55.23%) Analytics
3 89 (51.74%) CI/CD
4 87 (50.58%) Log Analytics
5 61 (35.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 41 (23.84%) Observability
7 39 (22.67%) Agile
8 33 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 33 (19.19%) RBAC
9 32 (18.60%) API Management
10 29 (16.86%) AI
11 28 (16.28%) Business Intelligence
12 24 (13.95%) Incident Response
12 24 (13.95%) Migration
13 22 (12.79%) Incident Management
13 22 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
14 21 (12.21%) Cloud Security
14 21 (12.21%) Containerisation
14 21 (12.21%) Test Automation
15 20 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 58 (33.72%) SQL
2 51 (29.65%) Python
3 50 (29.07%) Bicep
3 50 (29.07%) PowerShell
4 34 (19.77%) C#
5 23 (13.37%) Bash
6 16 (9.30%) JavaScript
6 16 (9.30%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (6.40%) T-SQL
7 11 (6.40%) TypeScript
8 10 (5.81%) Java
9 5 (2.91%) X++
10 3 (1.74%) PHP
11 1 (0.58%) Go
11 1 (0.58%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 54 (31.40%) Security Cleared
2 51 (29.65%) SC Cleared
3 30 (17.44%) Azure Certification
4 16 (9.30%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.65%) Degree
6 3 (1.74%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.74%) CISM
6 3 (1.74%) CISSP
6 3 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.74%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 2 (1.16%) MCSE
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.58%) CCDP
8 1 (0.58%) CCNP
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.58%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.58%) MCP
8 1 (0.58%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.56%) GDPR
1 13 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (6.98%) NIST
3 6 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.49%) NCSC
4 3 (1.74%) NIST 800
4 3 (1.74%) QA
5 2 (1.16%) EU AI Act
5 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (1.16%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.16%) SLA
6 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.58%) JSP 440
System Software
1 39 (22.67%) Active Directory
2 25 (14.53%) Docker
3 7 (4.07%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.74%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.74%) vSphere
5 2 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 63 (36.63%) Terraform
2 38 (22.09%) Kubernetes
3 13 (7.56%) Grafana
3 13 (7.56%) Prometheus
4 6 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.33%) Ansible
5 4 (2.33%) Packer
5 4 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.16%) Argo
7 2 (1.16%) Istio
7 2 (1.16%) Kibana
8 1 (0.58%) CASB
8 1 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.58%) SCCM
8 1 (0.58%) SCOM
8 1 (0.58%) vRealize
Vendors
1 94 (54.65%) Microsoft
2 16 (9.30%) Databricks
2 16 (9.30%) Oracle
2 16 (9.30%) Splunk
3 15 (8.72%) Dynatrace
4 14 (8.14%) AppDynamics
4 14 (8.14%) Cisco
5 11 (6.40%) OpenAI
6 6 (3.49%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.91%) Google
8 4 (2.33%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.33%) VMware
9 3 (1.74%) Confluent
9 3 (1.74%) IBM
9 3 (1.74%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.74%) NetApp
10 2 (1.16%) New Relic
10 2 (1.16%) SAP
10 2 (1.16%) Sitecore