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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 389 373 383
Rank change year-on-year -16 +10 +74
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 238 127 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.53% 0.47% 0.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.51% 1.25% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 93 131
10th Percentile £400 £345 £400
25th Percentile £450 £400 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% -
75th Percentile £625 £543 £638
90th Percentile £725 £648 £659
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £575
% change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% -

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 15,743 10,190 11,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.99% 37.43% 33.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,552 6,893 8,511
10th Percentile £325 £313 £312
25th Percentile £421 £409 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £717 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.70% -4.67% -3.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 557 268 303
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.04 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.76 £22.00
% change year-on-year +29.68% +26.18% -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 18 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 18 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 -28 120 £525 +19.32% 9
South East -33 40 £507 +1.40% 19
North of England -45 36 £473 - 11
North West -35 18 £560 - 8
Yorkshire - 18 £470 - 2
South West -24 17 £488 -6.25% 1
Midlands -48 14 £488 -2.01% 3
East of England - 8 £552 - 6
West Midlands -57 7 £400 -19.19% 2
East Midlands -9 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 (5.04%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.78%) IIS
4 5 (2.10%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.42%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.42%) Confluence
6 1 (0.42%) Mendix
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.42%) InDesign
2 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Maximo
1 1 (0.42%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 238 (100.00%) Azure
2 108 (45.38%) Azure DevOps
3 94 (39.50%) GitHub
4 78 (32.77%) Entra ID
5 62 (26.05%) GitHub Actions
6 52 (21.85%) Azure AKS
7 49 (20.59%) Azure Key Vault
8 38 (15.97%) AWS
9 30 (12.61%) Serverless
10 29 (12.18%) PaaS
11 26 (10.92%) Power Platform
12 25 (10.50%) Azure Functions
13 24 (10.08%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (9.66%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (8.82%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (8.82%) Azure Logic Apps
16 20 (8.40%) Azure ExpressRoute
17 19 (7.98%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (7.98%) SaaS
18 18 (7.56%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (16.81%) Firewall
2 27 (11.34%) DNS
2 27 (11.34%) VPN
3 22 (9.24%) Network Security
4 10 (4.20%) DHCP
5 9 (3.78%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.36%) WAN
7 5 (2.10%) BGP
7 5 (2.10%) SSL
8 4 (1.68%) SNMP
8 4 (1.68%) SSH
9 3 (1.26%) VLAN
9 3 (1.26%) VSAN
10 2 (0.84%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.84%) Internet
10 2 (0.84%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.84%) NGFW
11 1 (0.42%) HTTP
11 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (15.97%) SQL Server
2 30 (12.61%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (7.14%) Data Lake
4 15 (6.30%) Delta Lake
5 14 (5.88%) Power BI
6 11 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (2.94%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.52%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.52%) Redis
8 6 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.10%) MySQL
9 5 (2.10%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.68%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (1.26%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.26%) Data Vault
11 3 (1.26%) DynamoDB
11 3 (1.26%) Parquet
12 2 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
13 1 (0.42%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 33 (13.87%) Git
2 9 (3.78%) JIRA
3 5 (2.10%) GitLab
4 4 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.68%) JetBrains Rider
4 4 (1.68%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.26%) Gradle
5 3 (1.26%) Maven
6 2 (0.84%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.84%) JMeter
6 2 (0.84%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.84%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.42%) Gatling
7 1 (0.42%) MSI
7 1 (0.42%) NUnit
7 1 (0.42%) Selenium
7 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.42%) TestRail
7 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.42%) webpack
General
1 59 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 32 (13.45%) Finance
3 30 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 22 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.62%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.78%) Banking
7 4 (1.68%) Legal
7 4 (1.68%) Military
7 4 (1.68%) Retail
8 3 (1.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.26%) Local Government
9 2 (0.84%) Billing
9 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.84%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.84%) Publishing
10 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 66 (27.73%) Azure Engineer
2 45 (18.91%) Senior
3 30 (12.61%) DevOps Engineer
4 29 (12.18%) Developer
5 28 (11.76%) Architect
6 26 (10.92%) Cloud Engineer
7 24 (10.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (8.40%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 18 (7.56%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (7.14%) Azure Developer
11 15 (6.30%) Data Engineer
12 12 (5.04%) Site Engineer
12 12 (5.04%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 10 (4.20%) Azure Architect
13 10 (4.20%) Azure Platform Engineer
13 10 (4.20%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 10 (4.20%) Consultant
14 9 (3.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (3.78%) Senior DevOps
14 9 (3.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.97%) .NET
2 36 (15.13%) ARM Templates
3 29 (12.18%) REST
4 23 (9.66%) .NET Framework
5 15 (6.30%) YAML
6 13 (5.46%) OAuth
6 13 (5.46%) RESTful
7 12 (5.04%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (5.04%) OpenTelemetry
8 11 (4.62%) OAuth2
9 10 (4.20%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.20%) JSON
9 10 (4.20%) PySpark
9 10 (4.20%) Web Services
10 9 (3.78%) SOAP
11 8 (3.36%) OpenID
12 7 (2.94%) Middleware
12 7 (2.94%) React
13 6 (2.52%) Entity Framework
14 5 (2.10%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 51 (21.43%) Cloud Native
2 14 (5.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 12 (5.04%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (3.78%) CMDB
5 9 (3.78%) Replication
6 8 (3.36%) Product Ownership
7 7 (2.94%) Clustering
7 7 (2.94%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.52%) Legacy Code
8 6 (2.52%) Security Posture
8 6 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.10%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.68%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.68%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.68%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.26%) Blog
11 3 (1.26%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 59 (24.79%) Windows
2 32 (13.45%) Windows Server
3 20 (8.40%) Linux
4 10 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.36%) VMS
6 5 (2.10%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.10%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.26%) SUSE
8 2 (0.84%) Android
8 2 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (65.55%) DevOps
2 130 (54.62%) CI/CD
3 121 (50.84%) Analytics
4 113 (47.48%) Log Analytics
5 101 (42.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 74 (31.09%) Observability
7 48 (20.17%) RBAC
8 43 (18.07%) Agile
9 40 (16.81%) Containerisation
9 40 (16.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 39 (16.39%) Platform Engineering
11 36 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
12 34 (14.29%) Migration
12 34 (14.29%) Runbook
13 32 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 31 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (13.03%) High Availability
15 30 (12.61%) ITIL
15 30 (12.61%) Validation
16 29 (12.18%) AI
Programming Languages
1 97 (40.76%) PowerShell
2 67 (28.15%) Python
3 61 (25.63%) SQL
4 60 (25.21%) Bicep
5 44 (18.49%) C#
6 36 (15.13%) Bash
7 18 (7.56%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (5.04%) Java
9 10 (4.20%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.78%) Scala
11 7 (2.94%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.26%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.84%) C
14 1 (0.42%) C++
14 1 (0.42%) Korn
14 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (34.03%) Security Cleared
2 61 (25.63%) SC Cleared
3 42 (17.65%) Azure Certification
4 13 (5.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (5.04%) Degree
6 9 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.94%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.84%) MCSE
12 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.42%) CCNA
12 1 (0.42%) CCNP
12 1 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.42%) CISSP
12 1 (0.42%) CompTIA Security+
12 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (10.08%) QA
2 15 (6.30%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.62%) GDPR
4 7 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.94%) NIST
5 6 (2.52%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.10%) SLA
7 4 (1.68%) WCAG
8 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.84%) NCSC
9 2 (0.84%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.84%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.42%) GRC
10 1 (0.42%) HL7
10 1 (0.42%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.42%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.42%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 41 (17.23%) Docker
2 35 (14.71%) Active Directory
3 32 (13.45%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (3.78%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (2.94%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.94%) IAG
7 3 (1.26%) Firmware
7 3 (1.26%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.26%) vSphere
8 1 (0.42%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.42%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 118 (49.58%) Terraform
2 57 (23.95%) Kubernetes
3 26 (10.92%) Grafana
4 22 (9.24%) Prometheus
5 21 (8.82%) Ansible
6 10 (4.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (3.36%) SCOM
8 7 (2.94%) SCCM
9 6 (2.52%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.68%) Istio
10 4 (1.68%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.68%) linkerd
11 3 (1.26%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.26%) vCenter Server
11 3 (1.26%) VxRail
12 2 (0.84%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.42%) Control-M
13 1 (0.42%) Packer
13 1 (0.42%) Puppet
Vendors
1 107 (44.96%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.66%) ServiceNow
3 19 (7.98%) Databricks
4 14 (5.88%) Dynatrace
4 14 (5.88%) Splunk
5 13 (5.46%) VMware
6 7 (2.94%) Nexthink
7 6 (2.52%) Google
7 6 (2.52%) OpenAI
8 5 (2.10%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.68%) Cribl.io
9 4 (1.68%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (1.68%) Dell
9 4 (1.68%) Foundry
9 4 (1.68%) Oracle
10 3 (1.26%) Adobe
10 3 (1.26%) AppDynamics
11 2 (0.84%) Citrix
11 2 (0.84%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.84%) SAP