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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 382 388 366
Rank change year-on-year +6 -22 +89
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 249 120 178
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.44% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.58% 1.17% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 88 132
10th Percentile £400 £348 £408
25th Percentile £450 £400 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £593
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -24.05% +3.04%
75th Percentile £625 £525 £638
90th Percentile £715 £638 £658
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £593
% change year-on-year +16.67% -24.05% +3.04%

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 15,724 10,215 11,651
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.33% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,491 6,914 8,297
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £419 £408 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.80% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 559 267 278
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.07% +14.32% -36.96%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.02 £27.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year +34.62% +25.00% -37.14%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -43 122 £525 +19.32% 20
South East -32 47 £500 - 20
North of England -28 38 £473 - 10
North West -25 20 £566 - 4
Yorkshire - 18 £465 - 4
South West -27 17 £488 -6.25% 1
Midlands -45 15 £488 -2.01% 3
West Midlands -58 8 £400 -19.19% 2
East of England - 8 £552 - 6
East Midlands -8 6 £500 - 1
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 12 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.61%) IIS
4 6 (2.41%) Confluence
5 5 (2.01%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.40%) Apache
7 1 (0.40%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.40%) Mendix
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.80%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.40%) InDesign
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Maximo
1 1 (0.40%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 249 (100.00%) Azure
2 117 (46.99%) Azure DevOps
3 94 (37.75%) GitHub
4 89 (35.74%) Entra ID
5 63 (25.30%) GitHub Actions
6 60 (24.10%) Azure AKS
7 55 (22.09%) Azure Key Vault
8 39 (15.66%) AWS
9 31 (12.45%) PaaS
10 30 (12.05%) Serverless
11 28 (11.24%) Power Platform
12 27 (10.84%) Azure Sentinel
13 24 (9.64%) Azure Functions
13 24 (9.64%) Azure Service Bus
14 22 (8.84%) Azure App Service
14 22 (8.84%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 21 (8.43%) Azure Logic Apps
16 20 (8.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (8.03%) Azure Data Factory
16 20 (8.03%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.87%) Firewall
2 31 (12.45%) DNS
3 30 (12.05%) VPN
4 23 (9.24%) Network Security
5 12 (4.82%) DHCP
6 11 (4.42%) TCP/IP
7 8 (3.21%) WAN
8 7 (2.81%) SSL
9 5 (2.01%) BGP
9 5 (2.01%) SSH
10 4 (1.61%) SNMP
11 3 (1.20%) VLAN
11 3 (1.20%) VSAN
12 2 (0.80%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.80%) Internet
12 2 (0.80%) Kerberos
12 2 (0.80%) NGFW
13 1 (0.40%) HTTP
13 1 (0.40%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (15.66%) SQL Server
2 34 (13.65%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (6.43%) Data Lake
3 16 (6.43%) Power BI
4 14 (5.62%) Delta Lake
5 12 (4.82%) NoSQL
6 11 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.41%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.41%) MySQL
9 5 (2.01%) Redis
9 5 (2.01%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.61%) Parquet
10 4 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.20%) Data Vault
11 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
13 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 36 (14.46%) Git
2 10 (4.02%) JIRA
3 5 (2.01%) GitLab
3 5 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.61%) JetBrains Rider
4 4 (1.61%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.20%) Gradle
5 3 (1.20%) Maven
6 2 (0.80%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.80%) JMeter
6 2 (0.80%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.80%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.40%) Gatling
7 1 (0.40%) MSI
7 1 (0.40%) NUnit
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.40%) TestRail
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.40%) webpack
General
1 59 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.65%) Finance
3 30 (12.05%) Public Sector
4 24 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.61%) Banking
7 4 (1.61%) Legal
7 4 (1.61%) Military
7 4 (1.61%) Retail
8 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.20%) Local Government
9 2 (0.80%) Billing
9 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.80%) Publishing
10 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.40%) Law
Job Titles
1 66 (26.51%) Azure Engineer
2 46 (18.47%) Senior
3 34 (13.65%) Developer
4 29 (11.65%) DevOps Engineer
5 28 (11.24%) Architect
6 26 (10.44%) Cloud Engineer
7 25 (10.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (8.03%) Platform Engineer
9 19 (7.63%) Azure Developer
9 19 (7.63%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 15 (6.02%) Data Engineer
11 12 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
12 11 (4.42%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 11 (4.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 11 (4.42%) Site Engineer
12 11 (4.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 10 (4.02%) Azure Architect
13 10 (4.02%) Consultant
13 10 (4.02%) Lead
14 9 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (17.27%) .NET
1 43 (17.27%) ARM Templates
2 35 (14.06%) REST
3 28 (11.24%) .NET Framework
4 18 (7.23%) OAuth
5 16 (6.43%) RESTful
5 16 (6.43%) YAML
6 15 (6.02%) .NET Core
7 13 (5.22%) OpenID
8 12 (4.82%) Microsoft Graph
8 12 (4.82%) OpenTelemetry
9 11 (4.42%) Entity Framework
9 11 (4.42%) JSON
9 11 (4.42%) OAuth2
10 10 (4.02%) Web Services
11 9 (3.61%) PySpark
11 9 (3.61%) SOAP
12 8 (3.21%) Middleware
12 8 (3.21%) React
13 6 (2.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.48%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (6.02%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (4.02%) Replication
6 9 (3.61%) Clustering
6 9 (3.61%) CMDB
7 8 (3.21%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.81%) Enterprise Cloud
8 7 (2.81%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.41%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.41%) Legacy Code
9 6 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.01%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.61%) AI Agents
11 4 (1.61%) Mobile App
12 3 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 64 (25.70%) Windows
2 36 (14.46%) Windows Server
3 25 (10.04%) Linux
4 11 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.21%) VMS
6 5 (2.01%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.01%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.20%) SUSE
8 2 (0.80%) Android
8 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (66.67%) DevOps
2 138 (55.42%) CI/CD
3 130 (52.21%) Analytics
4 122 (49.00%) Log Analytics
5 103 (41.37%) Infrastructure as Code
6 76 (30.52%) Observability
7 57 (22.89%) RBAC
8 43 (17.27%) Containerisation
8 43 (17.27%) Platform Engineering
9 42 (16.87%) Agile
9 42 (16.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 37 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
11 36 (14.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 35 (14.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 34 (13.65%) Runbook
14 33 (13.25%) Identity Access Management
14 33 (13.25%) ITIL
14 33 (13.25%) Migration
15 32 (12.85%) High Availability
16 31 (12.45%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 106 (42.57%) PowerShell
2 73 (29.32%) Python
3 68 (27.31%) Bicep
4 65 (26.10%) SQL
5 50 (20.08%) C#
6 40 (16.06%) Bash
7 18 (7.23%) Kusto Query Language
8 14 (5.62%) Java
9 10 (4.02%) TypeScript
10 8 (3.21%) Scala
10 8 (3.21%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.80%) C
13 1 (0.40%) C++
13 1 (0.40%) Korn
13 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (34.94%) Security Cleared
2 63 (25.30%) SC Cleared
3 49 (19.68%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.83%) Degree
5 15 (6.02%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (3.61%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.61%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
8 5 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.80%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.80%) CISSP
10 2 (0.80%) MCSE
11 1 (0.40%) CCNA
11 1 (0.40%) CCNP
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.64%) QA
2 14 (5.62%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.42%) GDPR
4 7 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.81%) NIST
5 6 (2.41%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.01%) SLA
7 4 (1.61%) WCAG
8 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.80%) NCSC
9 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.80%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.40%) GRC
10 1 (0.40%) HL7
10 1 (0.40%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.40%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.40%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 45 (18.07%) Active Directory
2 44 (17.67%) Docker
3 32 (12.85%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (3.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (2.81%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.81%) IAG
7 3 (1.20%) Firmware
7 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.40%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 126 (50.60%) Terraform
2 60 (24.10%) Kubernetes
3 27 (10.84%) Grafana
4 24 (9.64%) Ansible
5 23 (9.24%) Prometheus
6 14 (5.62%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (4.02%) SCCM
8 9 (3.61%) SCOM
9 6 (2.41%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.61%) Istio
10 4 (1.61%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.61%) linkerd
11 3 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.20%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.20%) vCenter Server
11 3 (1.20%) VxRail
12 1 (0.40%) Control-M
12 1 (0.40%) Packer
12 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 118 (47.39%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.64%) ServiceNow
3 18 (7.23%) Databricks
4 14 (5.62%) Dynatrace
4 14 (5.62%) Splunk
5 13 (5.22%) VMware
6 7 (2.81%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (2.81%) Nexthink
7 6 (2.41%) Google
8 5 (2.01%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.61%) Cribl.io
9 4 (1.61%) Dell
9 4 (1.61%) OpenAI
9 4 (1.61%) Oracle
10 3 (1.20%) Adobe
10 3 (1.20%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.20%) Foundry
10 3 (1.20%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.80%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.80%) Workday