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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 350 363
Rank change year-on-year -8 +13 +137
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 197 131 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.50% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.57% 1.35% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 92 135
10th Percentile £400 £375 £425
25th Percentile £425 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £556 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% -7.29% -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £650
90th Percentile £688 £686 £681
UK median daily rate £500 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -11.11% -6.25% -
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 12,534 9,733 12,641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.66% 37.41% 33.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,667 6,462 9,209
10th Percentile £305 £313 £272
25th Percentile £406 £420 £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 332 140 306
10th Percentile £14.43 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.20 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.81 £27.50 £22.23
Median % change year-on-year +30.22% +23.73% -11.10%
75th Percentile £58.75 £47.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.25 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £35.61 £27.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +29.47% +22.22% -6.25%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 +11 122 £513 -2.38% 17
Midlands -28 23 £500 +29.03% 7
South East -45 20 £500 -20.00% 15
South West -3 15 £575 - 1
West Midlands -37 15 £455 +17.42% 6
North of England -51 11 £550 +37.50% 6
East Midlands - 8 £563 - 2
Yorkshire -55 6 £575 +9.52% 3
North West -22 5 £400 - 3
East of England - 2 £650 - 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 16 (8.12%) SharePoint
2 8 (4.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.03%) Apache
3 4 (2.03%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.03%) BizTalk Server
3 4 (2.03%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.02%) CMS
4 2 (1.02%) Confluence
4 2 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (4.57%) Maximo
2 3 (1.52%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 197 (100.00%) Azure
2 107 (54.31%) Azure DevOps
3 75 (38.07%) Entra ID
4 60 (30.46%) GitHub
5 55 (27.92%) Azure Logic Apps
6 51 (25.89%) GitHub Actions
7 47 (23.86%) Azure AKS
8 46 (23.35%) Azure Key Vault
8 46 (23.35%) Serverless
9 42 (21.32%) Azure Functions
10 38 (19.29%) Azure Service Bus
11 32 (16.24%) Azure Sentinel
12 27 (13.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 27 (13.71%) Power Platform
13 24 (12.18%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (11.17%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (10.66%) PaaS
16 20 (10.15%) AWS
17 19 (9.64%) Power Automate
18 17 (8.63%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 37 (18.78%) Firewall
2 22 (11.17%) VPN
3 16 (8.12%) DNS
4 11 (5.58%) Network Security
5 9 (4.57%) DHCP
6 3 (1.52%) WAN
7 2 (1.02%) LAN
7 2 (1.02%) MPLS
7 2 (1.02%) SSL
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.51%) DKIM
8 1 (0.51%) DMARC
8 1 (0.51%) VSAN
8 1 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.09%) Azure SQL Database
1 12 (6.09%) NoSQL
2 11 (5.58%) Data Lake
2 11 (5.58%) Power BI
3 9 (4.57%) MongoDB
4 8 (4.06%) Delta Lake
4 8 (4.06%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.54%) Redis
6 3 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.51%) KNIME
8 1 (0.51%) PolyBase
8 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (14.21%) Git
2 7 (3.55%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.55%) JIRA
3 5 (2.54%) GitLab
4 4 (2.03%) Postman
5 3 (1.52%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.52%) Gradle
6 2 (1.02%) Jaeger
6 2 (1.02%) MLflow
6 2 (1.02%) PVCS
6 2 (1.02%) Snyk
6 2 (1.02%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.02%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.51%) Ant
7 1 (0.51%) ERwin
7 1 (0.51%) JMeter
7 1 (0.51%) Locust
7 1 (0.51%) Maven
7 1 (0.51%) Poetry
7 1 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 35 (17.77%) Social Skills
2 29 (14.72%) Finance
3 28 (14.21%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.57%) Banking
6 7 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.54%) Legal
7 5 (2.54%) Retail
8 3 (1.52%) Billing
8 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.02%) Law
9 2 (1.02%) Local Government
9 2 (1.02%) Military
10 1 (0.51%) Back Office
10 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.51%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 64 (32.49%) Azure Engineer
2 50 (25.38%) Developer
3 34 (17.26%) DevOps Engineer
4 32 (16.24%) Senior
5 24 (12.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 22 (11.17%) Azure Developer
7 16 (8.12%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (8.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (7.11%) Security Engineer
9 13 (6.60%) Lead
9 13 (6.60%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (5.08%) Architect
10 10 (5.08%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 10 (5.08%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (4.57%) Azure Security Engineer
11 9 (4.57%) Senior DevOps
11 9 (4.57%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 8 (4.06%) Administrator
12 8 (4.06%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.06%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (22.84%) .NET
2 35 (17.77%) REST
3 31 (15.74%) ARM Templates
4 23 (11.68%) .NET Core
4 23 (11.68%) Node.js
5 18 (9.14%) OAuth
6 17 (8.63%) React
7 15 (7.61%) JSON
7 15 (7.61%) Microsoft Graph
8 13 (6.60%) AngularJS
9 12 (6.09%) .NET Framework
10 10 (5.08%) GraphQL
10 10 (5.08%) OAuth2
10 10 (5.08%) SOAP
10 10 (5.08%) YAML
11 9 (4.57%) ASP.NET
11 9 (4.57%) PyTorch
12 7 (3.55%) Kafka
12 7 (3.55%) PySpark
12 7 (3.55%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.74%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (5.58%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (5.08%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (5.08%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.57%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.55%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.54%) Data Centre
7 5 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (2.03%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (2.03%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.52%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.52%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.52%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.02%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.69%) Windows
2 16 (8.12%) Linux
3 7 (3.55%) Unix
3 7 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 5 (2.54%) VMS
5 1 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (71.57%) DevOps
2 108 (54.82%) CI/CD
3 105 (53.30%) Analytics
4 97 (49.24%) Log Analytics
5 77 (39.09%) Infrastructure as Code
6 49 (24.87%) RBAC
7 48 (24.37%) Agile
8 47 (23.86%) Observability
9 36 (18.27%) AI
10 35 (17.77%) API Management
11 32 (16.24%) Containerisation
11 32 (16.24%) Migration
12 31 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (14.21%) Data Modelling
14 27 (13.71%) Microservices
15 25 (12.69%) Test Automation
16 24 (12.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 24 (12.18%) Problem-Solving
17 23 (11.68%) Cloud Security
17 23 (11.68%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 64 (32.49%) Bicep
2 54 (27.41%) PowerShell
2 54 (27.41%) Python
3 50 (25.38%) C#
4 49 (24.87%) SQL
5 24 (12.18%) JavaScript
6 22 (11.17%) Kusto Query Language
7 19 (9.64%) Bash
8 13 (6.60%) TypeScript
9 11 (5.58%) Java
10 5 (2.54%) Scala
10 5 (2.54%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.52%) PHP
11 3 (1.52%) X++
12 1 (0.51%) Go
Qualifications
1 61 (30.96%) Security Cleared
2 54 (27.41%) SC Cleared
3 43 (21.83%) Azure Certification
4 20 (10.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.06%) CISM
5 8 (4.06%) CISSP
5 8 (4.06%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 7 (3.55%) Degree
7 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (8.63%) NIST
2 11 (5.58%) GDPR
3 10 (5.08%) Data Quality
4 9 (4.57%) NCSC
5 8 (4.06%) NIST 800
6 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.52%) SLA
7 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
7 2 (1.02%) EU AI Act
7 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 2 (1.02%) QA
8 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (22.34%) Active Directory
2 36 (18.27%) Docker
3 8 (4.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.51%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 109 (55.33%) Terraform
2 49 (24.87%) Kubernetes
3 14 (7.11%) Prometheus
4 13 (6.60%) Grafana
5 6 (3.05%) Ansible
6 5 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.03%) Pingdom
7 4 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.52%) Packer
9 2 (1.02%) Argo
9 2 (1.02%) Kibana
9 2 (1.02%) SCCM
10 1 (0.51%) Control-M
10 1 (0.51%) logstash
10 1 (0.51%) SCOM
Vendors
1 115 (58.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.18%) Databricks
3 22 (11.17%) OpenAI
4 9 (4.57%) IBM
5 8 (4.06%) Red Hat
5 8 (4.06%) ServiceNow
6 7 (3.55%) Google
6 7 (3.55%) Splunk
7 6 (3.05%) Dynatrace
8 5 (2.54%) Cisco
8 5 (2.54%) Oracle
8 5 (2.54%) VMware
9 4 (2.03%) AppDynamics
9 4 (2.03%) Moogsoft
9 4 (2.03%) New Relic
9 4 (2.03%) PagerDuty
9 4 (2.03%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.03%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.52%) Alibaba
10 3 (1.52%) Confluent