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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 361 380
Rank change year-on-year +9 +19 +111
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 189 157 193
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.59% 1.41% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 111 142
10th Percentile £389 £375 £427
25th Percentile £425 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £550 £638 £675
90th Percentile £628 £659 £687
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -10.87% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £31.37 - -
25th Percentile £36.86 - -
Median hourly rate £46.00 - -
75th Percentile £58.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.20 - -
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 11,868 11,106 13,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.15% 36.32% 35.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,137 7,413 9,823
10th Percentile £305 £313 £291
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £650 £645
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 147 269
10th Percentile £15.05 £17.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.47 £31.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.14% +26.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £51.00 £56.88 £53.75
90th Percentile £78.50 £70.00 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £26.15 £30.00 £25.38
% change year-on-year -12.83% +18.20% +12.80%

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 6 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure Monitor in England over the 6 months to 6 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure Monitor in England

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 6 December 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 +41 118 £504 -5.62% 22
Midlands -10 33 £537 +34.25% 11
West Midlands -10 23 £534 +33.50% 8
South East -45 12 £483 -22.70% 10
East Midlands - 10 £563 - 3
North of England -49 9 £450 +9.09% 11
South West - 9 £510 - 3
North West -25 6 £450 +12.50% 5
Yorkshire -37 3 £600 +14.29% 6
East of England -10 2 £650 - 6
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 (8.47%) Apache
2 14 (7.41%) WebLogic
3 13 (6.88%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.06%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.06%) CMS
6 2 (1.06%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.65%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.59%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 189 (100.00%) Azure
2 87 (46.03%) Azure DevOps
3 69 (36.51%) Entra ID
4 58 (30.69%) Azure Logic Apps
5 50 (26.46%) GitHub
6 49 (25.93%) Serverless
7 47 (24.87%) GitHub Actions
8 44 (23.28%) Azure Functions
9 41 (21.69%) Azure AKS
9 41 (21.69%) Azure Key Vault
10 39 (20.63%) Azure Service Bus
11 31 (16.40%) Power Platform
12 27 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 25 (13.23%) AWS
14 24 (12.70%) Azure Sentinel
15 22 (11.64%) Azure Data Factory
15 22 (11.64%) Power Automate
16 21 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
17 18 (9.52%) Azure API Management
17 18 (9.52%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (16.93%) Firewall
2 17 (8.99%) DNS
2 17 (8.99%) VPN
3 13 (6.88%) Network Security
4 9 (4.76%) DHCP
5 5 (2.65%) WAN
6 3 (1.59%) VSAN
7 2 (1.06%) LAN
7 2 (1.06%) MPLS
7 2 (1.06%) SSL
7 2 (1.06%) VLAN
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.53%) DKIM
8 1 (0.53%) DMARC
8 1 (0.53%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.53%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (6.88%) NoSQL
3 12 (6.35%) Power BI
3 12 (6.35%) SQL Server
4 10 (5.29%) Data Lake
4 10 (5.29%) MongoDB
5 4 (2.12%) Delta Lake
5 4 (2.12%) Redis
6 3 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.06%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.06%) Metadata
7 2 (1.06%) MySQL
7 2 (1.06%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.53%) PolyBase
8 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 24 (12.70%) Git
2 8 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.70%) JIRA
4 5 (2.65%) Postman
5 2 (1.06%) CircleCI
5 2 (1.06%) GitLab
5 2 (1.06%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.06%) JMeter
5 2 (1.06%) MLflow
5 2 (1.06%) PVCS
5 2 (1.06%) Snyk
6 1 (0.53%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.53%) ERwin
6 1 (0.53%) Gradle
6 1 (0.53%) Pylint
6 1 (0.53%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.53%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.53%) TestRail
6 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (25.40%) Social Skills
2 25 (13.23%) Public Sector
3 24 (12.70%) Finance
4 9 (4.76%) Banking
4 9 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.65%) Retail
7 4 (2.12%) Law
8 3 (1.59%) Billing
8 3 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.06%) Legal
9 2 (1.06%) Local Government
9 2 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.06%) Military
9 2 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.53%) Games
10 1 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 53 (28.04%) Developer
2 46 (24.34%) Azure Engineer
3 27 (14.29%) Senior
4 22 (11.64%) Azure Developer
4 22 (11.64%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (7.94%) Security Engineer
6 14 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
6 14 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (6.35%) Architect
7 12 (6.35%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 12 (6.35%) Platform Engineer
8 11 (5.82%) DBA
8 11 (5.82%) Integration Developer
8 11 (5.82%) Lead
9 10 (5.29%) Administrator
9 10 (5.29%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 10 (5.29%) Monitoring Engineer
10 9 (4.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (4.23%) Azure Security Engineer
11 8 (4.23%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (21.69%) .NET
2 31 (16.40%) REST
3 22 (11.64%) .NET Core
4 20 (10.58%) ARM Templates
4 20 (10.58%) OAuth
5 19 (10.05%) Node.js
6 14 (7.41%) React
6 14 (7.41%) YAML
7 13 (6.88%) JSON
7 13 (6.88%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (5.82%) .NET Framework
8 11 (5.82%) AngularJS
8 11 (5.82%) OAuth2
9 9 (4.76%) ASP.NET
9 9 (4.76%) PyTorch
9 9 (4.76%) SOAP
10 8 (4.23%) GraphQL
11 7 (3.70%) TensorFlow
12 6 (3.17%) Kafka
12 6 (3.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.40%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.82%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (5.29%) Hybrid Cloud
4 9 (4.76%) AI Agents
5 7 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.70%) Security Posture
6 6 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (3.17%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.65%) Replication
8 4 (2.12%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.12%) Data Fabric
8 4 (2.12%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.12%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.59%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.59%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.59%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 31 (16.40%) Windows
2 24 (12.70%) Linux
3 17 (8.99%) Unix
4 7 (3.70%) VMS
5 6 (3.17%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.53%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (65.08%) DevOps
2 105 (55.56%) Analytics
3 102 (53.97%) CI/CD
4 96 (50.79%) Log Analytics
5 62 (32.80%) Infrastructure as Code
6 48 (25.40%) Agile
7 44 (23.28%) Observability
8 38 (20.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 37 (19.58%) RBAC
10 36 (19.05%) API Management
11 34 (17.99%) AI
12 30 (15.87%) Migration
13 29 (15.34%) Containerisation
14 27 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
14 27 (14.29%) Microservices
15 26 (13.76%) Incident Response
16 25 (13.23%) Data Modelling
16 25 (13.23%) Test Automation
17 22 (11.64%) Cloud Security
17 22 (11.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 63 (33.33%) SQL
2 53 (28.04%) Python
3 51 (26.98%) Bicep
4 48 (25.40%) PowerShell
5 47 (24.87%) C#
6 22 (11.64%) JavaScript
7 21 (11.11%) Kusto Query Language
8 18 (9.52%) Bash
9 12 (6.35%) TypeScript
10 10 (5.29%) Java
10 10 (5.29%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.65%) X++
12 3 (1.59%) PHP
13 1 (0.53%) Go
13 1 (0.53%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 61 (32.28%) Security Cleared
2 58 (30.69%) SC Cleared
3 32 (16.93%) Azure Certification
4 16 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.23%) Degree
6 3 (1.59%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.59%) CISM
6 3 (1.59%) CISSP
6 3 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.59%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.53%) CCNP
7 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.53%) MCP
7 1 (0.53%) MCSE
7 1 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (6.88%) NIST
2 12 (6.35%) GDPR
3 6 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.17%) NCSC
4 3 (1.59%) NIST 800
4 3 (1.59%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.06%) EU AI Act
5 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (1.06%) QA
5 2 (1.06%) SLA
6 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
System Software
1 43 (22.75%) Active Directory
2 32 (16.93%) Docker
3 7 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (2.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.59%) VMware NSX
5 3 (1.59%) vSphere
6 2 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 81 (42.86%) Terraform
2 40 (21.16%) Kubernetes
3 11 (5.82%) Grafana
3 11 (5.82%) Prometheus
4 6 (3.17%) Ansible
5 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.12%) Packer
5 4 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.06%) Kibana
7 2 (1.06%) Pingdom
8 1 (0.53%) Argo
8 1 (0.53%) CASB
8 1 (0.53%) logstash
8 1 (0.53%) SCCM
8 1 (0.53%) SCOM
8 1 (0.53%) vRealize
Vendors
1 108 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.70%) Databricks
3 17 (8.99%) OpenAI
4 16 (8.47%) Oracle
4 16 (8.47%) Splunk
5 14 (7.41%) AppDynamics
5 14 (7.41%) Cisco
5 14 (7.41%) Dynatrace
6 6 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 5 (2.65%) Google
7 5 (2.65%) VMware
8 4 (2.12%) NetApp
8 4 (2.12%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.12%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.59%) Confluent
9 3 (1.59%) IBM
9 3 (1.59%) LogRhythm
10 2 (1.06%) Moogsoft
10 2 (1.06%) New Relic
10 2 (1.06%) Qualtrics