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

 6 months to
26 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 359 360
Rank change year-on-year -39 +1 +103
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 202 117 178
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.49% 0.49% 0.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.39% 1.31% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 87 124
10th Percentile £400 £320 £402
25th Percentile £450 £413 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £570
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.05% -0.87%
75th Percentile £619 £582 £632
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £517 £464 £588
% change year-on-year +11.54% -21.11% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £28.89 - -
25th Percentile £30.67 - -
Median hourly rate £35.20 - -
75th Percentile £41.31 - -
90th Percentile £44.02 - -
UK median hourly rate £35.20 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -49.72% - -

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 14,525 8,907 11,715
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.99% 37.42% 32.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,909 6,144 8,467
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £746
UK median daily rate £507 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.17% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 490 199 322
10th Percentile £15.61 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.08 £18.13 £15.86
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -38.76%
75th Percentile £67.50 £37.50 £38.13
90th Percentile £81.03 £68.75 £66.88
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £27.76 £21.37
% change year-on-year +29.52% +29.90% -40.64%

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 26 May 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 26 May 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 26 May 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 -38 112 £525 +17.06% 22
South East -51 32 £500 - 11
North of England -52 22 £490 +8.89% 7
South West -14 17 £444 - 5
North West -25 12 £518 +15.11% 3
Yorkshire - 10 £490 - 4
Midlands -58 9 £600 +21.21% 5
West Midlands -60 6 £528 +6.57% 3
East of England - 5 £550 - 5
East Midlands - 2 £575 - 2
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 (5.94%) SharePoint
2 9 (4.46%) IIS
3 8 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (1.98%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (1.49%) Confluence
7 2 (0.99%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.50%) Apache
8 1 (0.50%) Apache Synapse
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.99%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.50%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 6 (2.97%) Maximo
2 2 (0.99%) Shopify
3 1 (0.50%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 202 (100.00%) Azure
2 100 (49.50%) Azure DevOps
3 69 (34.16%) GitHub
4 55 (27.23%) Entra ID
5 47 (23.27%) Azure AKS
5 47 (23.27%) GitHub Actions
6 43 (21.29%) Azure Key Vault
7 34 (16.83%) Serverless
8 32 (15.84%) Azure Functions
9 31 (15.35%) AWS
10 30 (14.85%) Azure Logic Apps
11 27 (13.37%) Azure Service Bus
12 25 (12.38%) Azure Sentinel
12 25 (12.38%) PaaS
13 22 (10.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (8.91%) Power Platform
15 17 (8.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 15 (7.43%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 15 (7.43%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (6.93%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (14.36%) Firewall
2 22 (10.89%) VPN
3 18 (8.91%) DNS
4 13 (6.44%) Network Security
5 7 (3.47%) DHCP
6 4 (1.98%) VSAN
7 3 (1.49%) SNMP
7 3 (1.49%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.49%) VLAN
7 3 (1.49%) WAN
8 2 (0.99%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.99%) Internet
8 2 (0.99%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.99%) NGFW
9 1 (0.50%) HTTP
9 1 (0.50%) LAN
9 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.50%) SMTP
9 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (11.39%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.90%) Azure SQL Database
3 16 (7.92%) Delta Lake
4 14 (6.93%) Data Lake
5 10 (4.95%) NoSQL
6 8 (3.96%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.97%) Power BI
7 6 (2.97%) Redis
8 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.98%) DynamoDB
9 4 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (1.49%) Data Vault
10 3 (1.49%) Parquet
10 3 (1.49%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.50%) Big Data
11 1 (0.50%) GIS
11 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 32 (15.84%) Git
2 9 (4.46%) GitLab
3 8 (3.96%) JIRA
4 5 (2.48%) Gradle
4 5 (2.48%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.49%) Maven
6 2 (0.99%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.50%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.50%) Moq
7 1 (0.50%) MSI
7 1 (0.50%) NUnit
7 1 (0.50%) Postman
7 1 (0.50%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.50%) Serilog
7 1 (0.50%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.50%) TestRail
7 1 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.50%) webpack
7 1 (0.50%) Zephyr
General
1 40 (19.80%) Social Skills
2 33 (16.34%) Public Sector
3 27 (13.37%) Finance
4 14 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.47%) Banking
6 6 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.48%) Legal
8 3 (1.49%) Retail
9 2 (0.99%) Military
9 2 (0.99%) Publishing
10 1 (0.50%) Back Office
10 1 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.50%) Law
10 1 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 70 (34.65%) Azure Engineer
2 37 (18.32%) Senior
3 33 (16.34%) Developer
4 32 (15.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 24 (11.88%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 22 (10.89%) Architect
6 22 (10.89%) Azure Developer
7 19 (9.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (8.91%) Platform Engineer
9 17 (8.42%) Data Engineer
10 16 (7.92%) Cloud Engineer
11 12 (5.94%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 12 (5.94%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 10 (4.95%) Site Engineer
12 10 (4.95%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 9 (4.46%) Azure Architect
13 9 (4.46%) Migration Engineer
14 8 (3.96%) Senior Data Engineer
14 8 (3.96%) Senior DevOps
14 8 (3.96%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (19.31%) .NET
2 35 (17.33%) ARM Templates
3 24 (11.88%) REST
4 19 (9.41%) .NET Framework
5 15 (7.43%) JSON
6 13 (6.44%) Node.js
7 12 (5.94%) Microsoft Graph
7 12 (5.94%) OpenTelemetry
8 11 (5.45%) OAuth
9 10 (4.95%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.95%) PySpark
9 10 (4.95%) RESTful
9 10 (4.95%) Web Services
9 10 (4.95%) YAML
10 9 (4.46%) OAuth2
10 9 (4.46%) SOAP
11 8 (3.96%) React
12 7 (3.47%) OpenID
13 6 (2.97%) ASP.NET
14 5 (2.48%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.35%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.44%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.45%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.95%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (4.46%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.96%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.47%) Replication
8 6 (2.97%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.97%) Legacy Code
9 5 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.98%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.98%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.49%) Clustering
11 3 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.99%) CMDB
12 2 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.99%) Driving Licence
13 1 (0.50%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 38 (18.81%) Windows
2 20 (9.90%) Windows Server
3 12 (5.94%) Linux
4 5 (2.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.98%) VMS
6 3 (1.49%) SUSE
6 3 (1.49%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (68.32%) DevOps
2 107 (52.97%) CI/CD
3 105 (51.98%) Analytics
4 94 (46.53%) Log Analytics
5 88 (43.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 62 (30.69%) Observability
7 41 (20.30%) RBAC
8 36 (17.82%) Containerisation
9 33 (16.34%) Agile
10 32 (15.84%) Platform Engineering
11 31 (15.35%) Disaster Recovery
12 30 (14.85%) Migration
12 30 (14.85%) Runbook
13 29 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (13.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 27 (13.37%) High Availability
16 26 (12.87%) AI
17 24 (11.88%) Data Modelling
18 23 (11.39%) Identity Access Management
18 23 (11.39%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 75 (37.13%) PowerShell
2 61 (30.20%) Python
3 59 (29.21%) Bicep
4 46 (22.77%) SQL
5 39 (19.31%) C#
6 22 (10.89%) Bash
7 19 (9.41%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (4.95%) Scala
9 8 (3.96%) Java
10 7 (3.47%) JavaScript
11 6 (2.97%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.99%) C
12 2 (0.99%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.50%) C++
13 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (35.64%) Security Cleared
2 57 (28.22%) SC Cleared
3 41 (20.30%) Azure Certification
4 14 (6.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (2.97%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.48%) CISM
6 5 (2.48%) CISSP
6 5 (2.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 4 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.99%) Degree
8 2 (0.99%) MCSE
9 1 (0.50%) CCNA
9 1 (0.50%) CCNP
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.42%) Data Quality
2 12 (5.94%) QA
3 10 (4.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (4.46%) NIST
5 5 (2.48%) NIST 800
6 4 (1.98%) NCSC
6 4 (1.98%) SLA
7 3 (1.49%) GDPR
8 2 (0.99%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.99%) WCAG
9 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 39 (19.31%) Docker
2 27 (13.37%) Active Directory
3 18 (8.91%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (6.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.46%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.98%) vSphere
8 3 (1.49%) Firmware
8 3 (1.49%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.50%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.50%) IAG
9 1 (0.50%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.50%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 110 (54.46%) Terraform
2 46 (22.77%) Kubernetes
3 20 (9.90%) Grafana
4 18 (8.91%) Prometheus
5 10 (4.95%) Ansible
6 4 (1.98%) Istio
6 4 (1.98%) Kustomize
6 4 (1.98%) linkerd
6 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.98%) Pingdom
7 3 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.49%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (1.49%) vCenter Server
7 3 (1.49%) VxRail
8 2 (0.99%) SCOM
9 1 (0.50%) Control-M
9 1 (0.50%) Packer
9 1 (0.50%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.50%) Puppet
9 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 86 (42.57%) Microsoft
2 20 (9.90%) Databricks
3 14 (6.93%) VMware
4 12 (5.94%) OpenAI
5 9 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 9 (4.46%) Splunk
6 6 (2.97%) Dynatrace
6 6 (2.97%) Foundry
6 6 (2.97%) IBM
7 5 (2.48%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.48%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.98%) Dell
8 4 (1.98%) Google
8 4 (1.98%) Moogsoft
8 4 (1.98%) PagerDuty
9 3 (1.49%) Alibaba
9 3 (1.49%) Cribl.io
9 3 (1.49%) New Relic
9 3 (1.49%) Oracle
10 2 (0.99%) SAP
49 Azure Monitor jobs in England