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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 372 341
Rank change year-on-year -13 -31 +69
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 271 149 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.58% 0.53% 0.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.69% 1.39% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 91 128
10th Percentile £400 £360 £375
25th Percentile £450 £409 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £495 £603
Median % change year-on-year +5.05% -17.84% +0.42%
75th Percentile £622 £538 £650
90th Percentile £675 £638 £654
UK median daily rate £520 £498 £600
% change year-on-year +4.52% -17.08% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.74 - -
Median hourly rate £63.48 - -
75th Percentile £65.94 - -
90th Percentile £66.37 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -9.31% - -

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 16,065 10,693 11,285
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.51% 38.21% 34.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,696 7,236 7,555
10th Percentile £320 £304 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £505 £530
Median % change year-on-year +3.96% -4.72% -3.46%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £645
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 253 164
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.84
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £66.69
90th Percentile £81.85 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £26.30 £35.00
% change year-on-year +23.57% -24.86% +6.06%

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 2 October 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
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 2 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 -42 139 £520 +15.56% 82
South East -26 50 £521 -0.71% 38
North of England -29 49 £500 +11.11% 31
Yorkshire -13 21 £471 - 9
North West -34 21 £628 +39.47% 17
Midlands -66 12 £413 -21.43% 16
East of England -17 10 £552 -15.08% 9
South West -29 9 £578 +11.15% 7
North East - 7 £500 - 5
East Midlands -15 6 £475 -5.00% 3
West Midlands -52 6 £400 -24.46% 13
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 9 (3.32%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.95%) Confluence
3 7 (2.58%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.11%) CMS
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.74%) Apache
5 2 (0.74%) nginx
6 1 (0.37%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.37%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.37%) IIS
6 1 (0.37%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.37%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.11%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.11%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 271 (100.00%) Azure
2 126 (46.49%) Azure DevOps
3 104 (38.38%) Entra ID
4 103 (38.01%) GitHub
5 65 (23.99%) GitHub Actions
6 63 (23.25%) Azure AKS
7 48 (17.71%) AWS
7 48 (17.71%) Azure Key Vault
8 33 (12.18%) Serverless
9 32 (11.81%) PaaS
9 32 (11.81%) Power Platform
10 29 (10.70%) Azure Sentinel
11 26 (9.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 26 (9.59%) Azure App Service
11 26 (9.59%) Azure Functions
11 26 (9.59%) IaaS
12 23 (8.49%) Azure API Management
13 22 (8.12%) Datadog
14 21 (7.75%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 19 (7.01%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (17.34%) Firewall
2 38 (14.02%) DNS
3 31 (11.44%) Network Security
4 29 (10.70%) VPN
5 15 (5.54%) DHCP
6 14 (5.17%) TCP/IP
7 12 (4.43%) SSL
8 7 (2.58%) WAN
9 6 (2.21%) BGP
9 6 (2.21%) SSH
10 5 (1.85%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.85%) NGFW
11 4 (1.48%) SNMP
12 2 (0.74%) HTTPS
13 1 (0.37%) LAN
13 1 (0.37%) NAS
13 1 (0.37%) Reverse Proxy
13 1 (0.37%) SAN
13 1 (0.37%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.37%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (14.02%) SQL Server
2 27 (9.96%) Azure SQL Database
3 25 (9.23%) Power BI
4 18 (6.64%) Data Lake
5 15 (5.54%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
7 11 (4.06%) MySQL
7 11 (4.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (3.69%) Delta Lake
9 5 (1.85%) Redis
10 4 (1.48%) Data Vault
10 4 (1.48%) MongoDB
10 4 (1.48%) Parquet
10 4 (1.48%) Relational Database
11 3 (1.11%) Snowflake Schema
12 2 (0.74%) Big Data
12 2 (0.74%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.74%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (13.28%) Git
2 15 (5.54%) GitLab
3 12 (4.43%) JIRA
4 7 (2.58%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.48%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (1.48%) JMeter
5 4 (1.48%) Postman
5 4 (1.48%) Terragrunt
5 4 (1.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.11%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.74%) Gatling
7 2 (0.74%) Gradle
7 2 (0.74%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.74%) Maven
7 2 (0.74%) NeoLoad
7 2 (0.74%) Selenium
7 2 (0.74%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.37%) Newman
General
1 82 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 38 (14.02%) Finance
3 37 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (8.86%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.95%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.58%) Banking
7 5 (1.85%) Retail
8 4 (1.48%) Local Government
8 4 (1.48%) Military
9 3 (1.11%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.11%) Billing
9 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.74%) Marketing
11 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.37%) Legal
11 1 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 63 (23.25%) Azure Engineer
2 46 (16.97%) Senior
3 39 (14.39%) Cloud Engineer
4 35 (12.92%) DevOps Engineer
5 30 (11.07%) Developer
6 28 (10.33%) Architect
7 27 (9.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (7.38%) Lead
8 20 (7.38%) Platform Engineer
9 18 (6.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 12 (4.43%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 12 (4.43%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 12 (4.43%) Consultant
10 12 (4.43%) DBA
10 12 (4.43%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (4.06%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 11 (4.06%) SQL DBA
12 10 (3.69%) Azure Developer
12 10 (3.69%) Security Engineer
12 10 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 159 (58.67%) Terraform
2 43 (15.87%) REST
3 42 (15.50%) ARM Templates
4 32 (11.81%) .NET
5 30 (11.07%) OAuth
6 21 (7.75%) OAuth2
7 20 (7.38%) OpenID
8 15 (5.54%) RESTful
9 14 (5.17%) .NET Core
10 13 (4.80%) .NET Framework
11 12 (4.43%) JSON
11 12 (4.43%) OpenTelemetry
12 11 (4.06%) Entity Framework
12 11 (4.06%) Middleware
12 11 (4.06%) React
12 11 (4.06%) YAML
13 10 (3.69%) OpenAPI
13 10 (3.69%) Swagger
14 8 (2.95%) Kafka
14 8 (2.95%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 67 (24.72%) Cloud Native
2 26 (9.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.75%) CMDB
4 18 (6.64%) Onboarding
5 15 (5.54%) Security Posture
6 12 (4.43%) Clustering
6 12 (4.43%) Enterprise Cloud
6 12 (4.43%) Replication
7 11 (4.06%) Cloud Security Posture
8 9 (3.32%) Distributed Systems
9 8 (2.95%) ARM Cortex
9 8 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.95%) Management Information System
9 8 (2.95%) Product Ownership
9 8 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (2.58%) Data Centre
11 6 (2.21%) AI Agents
11 6 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (2.21%) PKI
12 5 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 70 (25.83%) Windows
2 46 (16.97%) Windows Server
3 30 (11.07%) Linux
4 12 (4.43%) VMS
5 11 (4.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.21%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.48%) Android
7 4 (1.48%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.48%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.48%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.37%) Unix
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 174 (64.21%) DevOps
2 160 (59.04%) CI/CD
3 127 (46.86%) Analytics
4 126 (46.49%) Infrastructure as Code
5 113 (41.70%) Log Analytics
6 84 (31.00%) Observability
7 74 (27.31%) RBAC
8 62 (22.88%) Agile
9 53 (19.56%) ITIL
10 50 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
11 49 (18.08%) Containerisation
11 49 (18.08%) Deployment Automation
12 48 (17.71%) AI
13 47 (17.34%) Platform Engineering
14 43 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 42 (15.50%) Problem-Solving
16 40 (14.76%) Infrastructure Automation
17 39 (14.39%) Test Automation
18 38 (14.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 34 (12.55%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 123 (45.39%) PowerShell
2 93 (34.32%) Python
3 87 (32.10%) Bicep
4 63 (23.25%) SQL
5 61 (22.51%) Bash
6 46 (16.97%) C#
7 19 (7.01%) Java
8 13 (4.80%) T-SQL
9 12 (4.43%) TypeScript
10 10 (3.69%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (1.48%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.37%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.37%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.37%) C
12 1 (0.37%) Korn
12 1 (0.37%) VB
12 1 (0.37%) VBA
12 1 (0.37%) X++
Qualifications
1 95 (35.06%) Security Cleared
2 65 (23.99%) SC Cleared
3 60 (22.14%) Azure Certification
4 25 (9.23%) Degree
4 25 (9.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 17 (6.27%) DV Cleared
6 13 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (4.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 9 (3.32%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (2.58%) AWS Certification
10 6 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.85%) CISSP
11 5 (1.85%) MCSE
12 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.37%) CCIE
13 1 (0.37%) CCNP
13 1 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
13 1 (0.37%) JNCIP
13 1 (0.37%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (11.07%) QA
2 13 (4.80%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.43%) GDPR
4 9 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.58%) Accessibility
5 7 (2.58%) NIST
6 3 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.11%) SLA
6 3 (1.11%) WCAG
7 2 (0.74%) NCSC
7 2 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.74%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.37%) GRC
8 1 (0.37%) HL7
8 1 (0.37%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.37%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 56 (20.66%) Active Directory
2 51 (18.82%) Docker
3 34 (12.55%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (4.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 12 (4.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (3.69%) IAG
6 7 (2.58%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.37%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 79 (29.15%) Kubernetes
2 41 (15.13%) Grafana
3 34 (12.55%) Ansible
4 26 (9.59%) Prometheus
5 20 (7.38%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (7.01%) SCOM
7 14 (5.17%) SCCM
8 8 (2.95%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.85%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.37%) Control-M
11 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.37%) Istio
11 1 (0.37%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.37%) linkerd
11 1 (0.37%) Packer
11 1 (0.37%) Podman
11 1 (0.37%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 152 (56.09%) Microsoft
2 42 (15.50%) ServiceNow
3 29 (10.70%) Dynatrace
4 25 (9.23%) Splunk
5 19 (7.01%) Databricks
6 14 (5.17%) VMware
7 10 (3.69%) Nexthink
8 9 (3.32%) CrowdStrike
8 9 (3.32%) OpenAI
9 8 (2.95%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.95%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.58%) Foundry
10 7 (2.58%) Google
11 6 (2.21%) Okta
11 6 (2.21%) Red Hat
12 5 (1.85%) Veeam
12 5 (1.85%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.48%) Commvault
13 4 (1.48%) MicroStrategy
13 4 (1.48%) MuleSoft