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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 357 371
Rank change year-on-year -6 +14 +127
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 201 129 187
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.50% 0.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 1.32% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 92 132
10th Percentile £400 £375 £425
25th Percentile £425 £424 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £546 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.18% -8.96% -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £650
90th Percentile £700 £686 £681
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £31.26 - -
25th Percentile £36.58 - -
Median hourly rate £44.34 - -
75th Percentile £52.00 - -
90th Percentile £62.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £44.34 - -

All Cloud Computing 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 12,910 9,767 12,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.72% 37.48% 33.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,918 6,537 9,154
10th Percentile £306 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £419 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 142 301
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.45 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.10 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +24.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.25 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +30.91% +22.22% -10.00%

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 14 February 2026.

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 14 February 2026.

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 14 February 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 +9 119 £513 -2.38% 24
Midlands -32 23 £500 +29.03% 7
South East -40 23 £500 -20.00% 18
South West 0 15 £575 - 2
West Midlands -35 15 £455 +17.42% 6
North of England -51 14 £560 +40.00% 6
North West -28 8 £518 +29.50% 3
East Midlands - 8 £563 - 2
Yorkshire -54 6 £575 +9.52% 3
East of England - 2 £650 - 2
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 (7.96%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (2.49%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (1.99%) Apache
4 4 (1.99%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (1.99%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.00%) CMS
5 2 (1.00%) Confluence
5 2 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.48%) Maximo
2 3 (1.49%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 201 (100.00%) Azure
2 112 (55.72%) Azure DevOps
3 71 (35.32%) Entra ID
4 63 (31.34%) GitHub
5 53 (26.37%) GitHub Actions
6 52 (25.87%) Azure Logic Apps
7 50 (24.88%) Azure Key Vault
8 47 (23.38%) Azure AKS
9 42 (20.90%) Serverless
10 40 (19.90%) Azure Service Bus
11 38 (18.91%) Azure Functions
12 31 (15.42%) Azure Sentinel
13 26 (12.94%) Power Platform
14 25 (12.44%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 24 (11.94%) Microsoft 365
16 23 (11.44%) Azure Data Factory
16 23 (11.44%) PaaS
17 21 (10.45%) AWS
18 18 (8.96%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 18 (8.96%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (17.91%) Firewall
2 20 (9.95%) VPN
3 15 (7.46%) DNS
4 11 (5.47%) Network Security
5 6 (2.99%) DHCP
6 3 (1.49%) WAN
7 2 (1.00%) LAN
7 2 (1.00%) MPLS
7 2 (1.00%) SSL
7 2 (1.00%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.50%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.50%) DKIM
8 1 (0.50%) DMARC
8 1 (0.50%) VSAN
8 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 13 (6.47%) Data Lake
3 11 (5.47%) NoSQL
4 10 (4.98%) Delta Lake
4 10 (4.98%) Power BI
5 9 (4.48%) SQL Server
6 8 (3.98%) Redis
7 6 (2.99%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.00%) Parquet
9 2 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.50%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.50%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.50%) KNIME
10 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.50%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 24 (11.94%) Git
2 7 (3.48%) GitLab
2 7 (3.48%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.48%) JIRA
3 4 (1.99%) Postman
4 3 (1.49%) CircleCI
4 3 (1.49%) Gradle
5 2 (1.00%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.00%) MLflow
5 2 (1.00%) PVCS
5 2 (1.00%) Snyk
5 2 (1.00%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.00%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.50%) Ant
6 1 (0.50%) ERwin
6 1 (0.50%) JMeter
6 1 (0.50%) Locust
6 1 (0.50%) NUnit
6 1 (0.50%) Poetry
6 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
General
1 34 (16.92%) Social Skills
2 32 (15.92%) Public Sector
3 29 (14.43%) Finance
4 12 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.48%) Banking
5 7 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.49%) Retail
7 4 (1.99%) Legal
8 3 (1.49%) Billing
8 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.00%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.00%) Law
9 2 (1.00%) Local Government
9 2 (1.00%) Military
10 1 (0.50%) Back Office
10 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (32.84%) Azure Engineer
2 48 (23.88%) Developer
3 36 (17.91%) DevOps Engineer
4 35 (17.41%) Senior
5 26 (12.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 19 (9.45%) Azure Developer
7 17 (8.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
9 14 (6.97%) Lead
10 13 (6.47%) Security Engineer
11 12 (5.97%) Architect
11 12 (5.97%) Platform Engineer
12 11 (5.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) Data Engineer
13 10 (4.98%) Senior DevOps
13 10 (4.98%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 9 (4.48%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
14 9 (4.48%) Azure Security Engineer
15 8 (3.98%) Integration Developer
16 7 (3.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (21.39%) .NET
2 37 (18.41%) ARM Templates
3 35 (17.41%) REST
4 20 (9.95%) .NET Core
4 20 (9.95%) Node.js
5 19 (9.45%) OAuth
6 18 (8.96%) React
7 17 (8.46%) JSON
8 15 (7.46%) Microsoft Graph
9 13 (6.47%) AngularJS
10 12 (5.97%) .NET Framework
11 11 (5.47%) OAuth2
11 11 (5.47%) PyTorch
12 10 (4.98%) GraphQL
12 10 (4.98%) SOAP
12 10 (4.98%) YAML
13 9 (4.48%) TensorFlow
14 8 (3.98%) PySpark
15 7 (3.48%) ASP.NET
15 7 (3.48%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.93%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.97%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (5.47%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.98%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.98%) AI Agents
7 7 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (3.48%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.99%) Onboarding
9 5 (2.49%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.99%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.99%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.49%) Data Fabric
11 3 (1.49%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.49%) Low-Code
12 2 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (1.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.95%) Windows
2 16 (7.96%) Linux
3 7 (3.48%) Unix
4 5 (2.49%) VMS
5 4 (1.99%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.50%) Android
6 1 (0.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (72.14%) DevOps
2 109 (54.23%) Analytics
3 108 (53.73%) CI/CD
4 100 (49.75%) Log Analytics
5 84 (41.79%) Infrastructure as Code
6 49 (24.38%) Observability
7 48 (23.88%) Agile
8 47 (23.38%) RBAC
9 38 (18.91%) Containerisation
10 37 (18.41%) AI
10 37 (18.41%) API Management
11 33 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 33 (16.42%) Migration
12 27 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (12.94%) Data Modelling
13 26 (12.94%) Microservices
14 25 (12.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 24 (11.94%) Cloud Security
16 22 (10.95%) SIEM
16 22 (10.95%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 64 (31.84%) Bicep
2 58 (28.86%) Python
3 53 (26.37%) SQL
4 51 (25.37%) PowerShell
5 48 (23.88%) C#
6 24 (11.94%) JavaScript
7 22 (10.95%) Kusto Query Language
8 20 (9.95%) Bash
9 14 (6.97%) TypeScript
10 12 (5.97%) Java
11 6 (2.99%) Scala
12 5 (2.49%) T-SQL
13 3 (1.49%) PHP
13 3 (1.49%) X++
14 2 (1.00%) C
15 1 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 62 (30.85%) Security Cleared
2 53 (26.37%) SC Cleared
3 45 (22.39%) Azure Certification
4 21 (10.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (3.98%) CISM
5 8 (3.98%) CISSP
5 8 (3.98%) DV Cleared
5 8 (3.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 7 (3.48%) Degree
7 3 (1.49%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (7.96%) NIST
3 12 (5.97%) Data Quality
4 10 (4.98%) GDPR
5 9 (4.48%) NCSC
6 8 (3.98%) NIST 800
7 4 (1.99%) SLA
8 3 (1.49%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.00%) Accessibility
9 2 (1.00%) QA
10 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.50%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (22.39%) Docker
2 39 (19.40%) Active Directory
3 10 (4.98%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.49%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.49%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 117 (58.21%) Terraform
2 53 (26.37%) Kubernetes
3 14 (6.97%) Grafana
3 14 (6.97%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.99%) Ansible
5 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.99%) Pingdom
6 4 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.49%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.00%) Argo
8 2 (1.00%) Kibana
8 2 (1.00%) SCCM
9 1 (0.50%) Control-M
9 1 (0.50%) logstash
9 1 (0.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 111 (55.22%) Microsoft
2 25 (12.44%) Databricks
3 23 (11.44%) OpenAI
4 9 (4.48%) IBM
4 9 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.98%) Red Hat
6 7 (3.48%) Google
6 7 (3.48%) Splunk
7 6 (2.99%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.49%) Cisco
8 5 (2.49%) Foundry
8 5 (2.49%) Oracle
8 5 (2.49%) VMware
9 4 (1.99%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.99%) Moogsoft
9 4 (1.99%) New Relic
9 4 (1.99%) PagerDuty
9 4 (1.99%) Salesforce
9 4 (1.99%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.49%) Alibaba