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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 352 385
Rank change year-on-year -17 +33 +91
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 222 124 160
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.57% 0.51% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.58% 1.34% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 96 116
10th Percentile £400 £338 £419
25th Percentile £436 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £626
90th Percentile £723 £681 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £575
% change year-on-year - -13.04% +4.55%
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 14,062 9,221 11,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.37% 37.83% 32.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,696 6,498 8,621
10th Percentile £313 £313 £280
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
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 429 182 321
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £18.50 £15.89
Median hourly rate £42.69 £26.48 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +61.23% +27.47% -21.56%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.74 £33.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.45 £59.95
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.81 £21.00
% change year-on-year +49.18% +27.68% -25.43%

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 April 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 6 April 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 6 April 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 -14 128 £525 +16.15% 24
South East -55 27 £463 -24.80% 7
South West -1 23 £475 - 6
North of England -54 21 £501 +2.67% 14
Midlands -52 18 £575 +35.29% 9
North West -28 13 £518 +15.11% 7
West Midlands -46 12 £478 +12.35% 7
Yorkshire -46 8 £493 -6.19% 4
East Midlands - 5 £575 - 2
East of England - 1 £575 - 4
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 23 (10.36%) SharePoint
2 15 (6.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.05%) IIS
4 4 (1.80%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.35%) Confluence
6 2 (0.90%) Apache
6 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.45%) CMS
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.45%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (3.60%) Maximo
2 2 (0.90%) Shopify
3 1 (0.45%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 222 (100.00%) Azure
2 122 (54.95%) Azure DevOps
3 81 (36.49%) GitHub
4 79 (35.59%) Entra ID
5 61 (27.48%) GitHub Actions
6 56 (25.23%) Azure Key Vault
7 53 (23.87%) Azure AKS
8 47 (21.17%) Azure Logic Apps
9 43 (19.37%) Serverless
10 42 (18.92%) Azure Service Bus
11 38 (17.12%) Azure Functions
12 32 (14.41%) AWS
13 31 (13.96%) PaaS
14 29 (13.06%) Microsoft 365
15 28 (12.61%) Azure Sentinel
16 27 (12.16%) Azure Data Factory
17 25 (11.26%) Power Platform
18 22 (9.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
19 20 (9.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
20 19 (8.56%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 44 (19.82%) Firewall
2 26 (11.71%) VPN
3 19 (8.56%) DNS
4 15 (6.76%) Network Security
5 7 (3.15%) DHCP
6 4 (1.80%) VSAN
6 4 (1.80%) WAN
7 3 (1.35%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.35%) VLAN
8 2 (0.90%) Internet
8 2 (0.90%) LAN
8 2 (0.90%) SSL
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.45%) DKIM
9 1 (0.45%) DMARC
9 1 (0.45%) HTTP
9 1 (0.45%) MPLS
9 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.45%) SMTP
9 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (8.56%) SQL Server
3 16 (7.21%) Data Lake
4 15 (6.76%) Delta Lake
5 11 (4.95%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.60%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.15%) Power BI
8 6 (2.70%) Redis
9 4 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.80%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.35%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (1.35%) Parquet
10 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.45%) GIS
12 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 31 (13.96%) Git
2 10 (4.50%) JIRA
3 8 (3.60%) GitLab
3 8 (3.60%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.25%) Gradle
5 3 (1.35%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.35%) Maven
6 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.45%) Moq
6 1 (0.45%) MSI
6 1 (0.45%) NUnit
6 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.45%) Serilog
6 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.45%) TestRail
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.45%) webpack
6 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 41 (18.47%) Social Skills
2 34 (15.32%) Public Sector
3 31 (13.96%) Finance
4 16 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.15%) Banking
5 7 (3.15%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.25%) Legal
7 4 (1.80%) Retail
8 2 (0.90%) Billing
8 2 (0.90%) Law
8 2 (0.90%) Local Government
8 2 (0.90%) Publishing
9 1 (0.45%) Back Office
9 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 80 (36.04%) Azure Engineer
2 48 (21.62%) Developer
3 40 (18.02%) Senior
4 37 (16.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 28 (12.61%) Azure Developer
5 28 (12.61%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 20 (9.01%) Architect
6 20 (9.01%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (7.21%) Cloud Engineer
7 16 (7.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (6.31%) Data Engineer
8 14 (6.31%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 13 (5.86%) Site Engineer
10 12 (5.41%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 12 (5.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 11 (4.95%) Lead
11 11 (4.95%) Senior DevOps
11 11 (4.95%) Senior DevOps Engineer
12 9 (4.05%) Migration Engineer
13 8 (3.60%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (25.23%) .NET
2 41 (18.47%) ARM Templates
3 33 (14.86%) REST
4 26 (11.71%) .NET Framework
5 23 (10.36%) Microsoft Graph
6 19 (8.56%) Node.js
7 17 (7.66%) .NET Core
8 15 (6.76%) OAuth
9 14 (6.31%) React
9 14 (6.31%) SOAP
10 12 (5.41%) JSON
10 12 (5.41%) Web Services
10 12 (5.41%) YAML
11 11 (4.95%) AngularJS
12 10 (4.50%) OAuth2
12 10 (4.50%) PySpark
13 9 (4.05%) PyTorch
13 9 (4.05%) RESTful
13 9 (4.05%) TensorFlow
14 8 (3.60%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 36 (16.22%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.31%) Hybrid Cloud
3 12 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (4.95%) Enterprise Software
4 11 (4.95%) Legacy Systems
5 10 (4.50%) Product Ownership
6 9 (4.05%) AI Agents
6 9 (4.05%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.70%) Legacy Code
7 6 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (2.25%) Replication
8 5 (2.25%) Security Posture
9 4 (1.80%) Data Centre
9 4 (1.80%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.80%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.35%) Clustering
10 3 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.32%) Windows
2 15 (6.76%) Linux
2 15 (6.76%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.60%) VMS
4 4 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (1.35%) SUSE
6 2 (0.90%) Unix
7 1 (0.45%) Android
7 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (74.77%) DevOps
2 119 (53.60%) CI/CD
3 118 (53.15%) Analytics
4 107 (48.20%) Log Analytics
5 93 (41.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 70 (31.53%) Observability
7 55 (24.77%) RBAC
8 46 (20.72%) Containerisation
9 44 (19.82%) Agile
10 39 (17.57%) AI
11 36 (16.22%) Migration
12 34 (15.32%) API Management
12 34 (15.32%) Problem-Solving
13 33 (14.86%) Disaster Recovery
14 31 (13.96%) Runbook
15 30 (13.51%) High Availability
15 30 (13.51%) Identity Access Management
16 29 (13.06%) Continuous Improvement
16 29 (13.06%) Microservices
17 28 (12.61%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 78 (35.14%) PowerShell
2 74 (33.33%) Python
3 66 (29.73%) Bicep
4 52 (23.42%) SQL
5 51 (22.97%) C#
6 28 (12.61%) Kusto Query Language
7 22 (9.91%) JavaScript
8 21 (9.46%) Bash
9 14 (6.31%) TypeScript
10 10 (4.50%) Java
10 10 (4.50%) Scala
11 3 (1.35%) PHP
12 2 (0.90%) C
12 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.45%) C++
13 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 74 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 61 (27.48%) SC Cleared
3 57 (25.68%) Azure Certification
4 19 (8.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.15%) CISM
5 7 (3.15%) CISSP
5 7 (3.15%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 5 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (2.25%) Degree
7 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.45%) CCNA
8 1 (0.45%) CCNP
8 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 15 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 13 (5.86%) NIST
4 11 (4.95%) QA
5 9 (4.05%) NCSC
6 7 (3.15%) NIST 800
7 5 (2.25%) GDPR
8 3 (1.35%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.90%) SLA
9 2 (0.90%) WCAG
10 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (21.17%) Docker
2 43 (19.37%) Active Directory
3 17 (7.66%) Virtual Machines
4 10 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (3.15%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.80%) vSphere
7 3 (1.35%) Firmware
7 3 (1.35%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.45%) IAG
8 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 127 (57.21%) Terraform
2 58 (26.13%) Kubernetes
3 17 (7.66%) Grafana
3 17 (7.66%) Prometheus
4 9 (4.05%) Ansible
5 4 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.80%) Pingdom
6 3 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.35%) Istio
6 3 (1.35%) Kustomize
6 3 (1.35%) linkerd
6 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (1.35%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.35%) VxRail
7 2 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.90%) SCCM
8 1 (0.45%) Control-M
8 1 (0.45%) Packer
8 1 (0.45%) SCOM
8 1 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 119 (53.60%) Microsoft
2 30 (13.51%) Databricks
3 21 (9.46%) OpenAI
4 11 (4.95%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.50%) VMware
6 8 (3.60%) IBM
7 7 (3.15%) Red Hat
7 7 (3.15%) Splunk
8 5 (2.25%) Foundry
8 5 (2.25%) Google
8 5 (2.25%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.80%) Moogsoft
9 4 (1.80%) PagerDuty
10 3 (1.35%) Alibaba
10 3 (1.35%) Dell
10 3 (1.35%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.35%) New Relic
10 3 (1.35%) Oracle
11 2 (0.90%) Cisco
11 2 (0.90%) NetApp