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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 352 355
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +139
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 196 136 194
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.51% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.63% 1.39% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 94 139
10th Percentile £400 £375 £425
25th Percentile £425 £425 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £548 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.39% -8.75% -1.64%
75th Percentile £564 £650 £674
90th Percentile £669 £675 £676
UK median daily rate £508 £556 £600
% change year-on-year -8.76% -7.29% -0.99%
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 12,004 9,801 12,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.90% 36.77% 33.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,323 6,516 9,038
10th Percentile £300 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £422 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £610 £639 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 285 137 257
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.55 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £30.00 £28.41 £24.43
Median % change year-on-year +5.60% +16.29% +7.08%
75th Percentile £57.25 £47.50 £51.58
90th Percentile £77.02 £68.75 £72.20
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

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 19 January 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 19 January 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 19 January 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 +21 115 £508 -3.33% 16
Midlands -14 31 £537 +43.20% 16
West Midlands -17 23 £534 +42.40% 4
South East -41 17 £500 -20.00% 28
South West - 15 £575 - 14
North of England -44 11 £450 +10.77% 23
East Midlands - 8 £563 - 11
North West -24 7 £425 +6.25% 11
Yorkshire -44 4 £600 +18.23% 10
East of England - 2 £650 - 13
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 15 (7.65%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.14%) Apache
2 14 (7.14%) WebLogic
3 7 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.04%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.53%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (1.02%) CMS
6 2 (1.02%) Confluence
6 2 (1.02%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.02%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.08%) Maximo
2 3 (1.53%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.02%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 196 (100.00%) Azure
2 95 (48.47%) Azure DevOps
3 72 (36.73%) Entra ID
4 59 (30.10%) Azure Logic Apps
5 53 (27.04%) GitHub
6 49 (25.00%) Serverless
7 48 (24.49%) GitHub Actions
8 46 (23.47%) Azure AKS
9 44 (22.45%) Azure Functions
10 40 (20.41%) Azure Key Vault
11 38 (19.39%) Azure Service Bus
12 31 (15.82%) Azure Sentinel
13 29 (14.80%) Power Platform
14 27 (13.78%) AWS
15 26 (13.27%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 22 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
16 22 (11.22%) Power Automate
17 18 (9.18%) Azure Event Grid
17 18 (9.18%) PaaS
17 18 (9.18%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 33 (16.84%) Firewall
2 21 (10.71%) VPN
3 14 (7.14%) DNS
4 10 (5.10%) Network Security
5 8 (4.08%) DHCP
6 3 (1.53%) 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%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.12%) NoSQL
1 12 (6.12%) Power BI
2 11 (5.61%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (5.61%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.59%) MongoDB
4 7 (3.57%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.04%) Delta Lake
5 4 (2.04%) Redis
6 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.51%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.51%) KNIME
7 1 (0.51%) Metadata
7 1 (0.51%) PolyBase
7 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (11.22%) Git
2 7 (3.57%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.57%) JIRA
3 5 (2.55%) GitLab
3 5 (2.55%) Postman
4 3 (1.53%) CircleCI
4 3 (1.53%) Gradle
5 2 (1.02%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.02%) MLflow
5 2 (1.02%) PVCS
5 2 (1.02%) Snyk
6 1 (0.51%) Ant
6 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.51%) ERwin
6 1 (0.51%) JMeter
6 1 (0.51%) Locust
6 1 (0.51%) Maven
6 1 (0.51%) Poetry
6 1 (0.51%) Selenium
General
1 44 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 26 (13.27%) Finance
4 9 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.59%) Banking
5 7 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.55%) Retail
7 3 (1.53%) Billing
7 3 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.53%) Legal
8 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.02%) Local Government
8 2 (1.02%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.51%) Back Office
9 1 (0.51%) Electronics
9 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.51%) Law
9 1 (0.51%) Marketing
9 1 (0.51%) Military
9 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (29.08%) Azure Engineer
2 52 (26.53%) Developer
3 30 (15.31%) Senior
4 28 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
5 21 (10.71%) Azure Developer
6 18 (9.18%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 18 (9.18%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (8.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 16 (8.16%) Platform Engineer
9 13 (6.63%) Lead
9 13 (6.63%) Security Engineer
10 11 (5.61%) Architect
11 10 (5.10%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 10 (5.10%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.10%) DBA
11 10 (5.10%) Monitoring Engineer
12 9 (4.59%) Administrator
12 9 (4.59%) Integration Developer
13 8 (4.08%) Senior DevOps
13 8 (4.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (21.94%) .NET
2 36 (18.37%) REST
3 29 (14.80%) ARM Templates
4 23 (11.73%) Node.js
5 22 (11.22%) .NET Core
6 20 (10.20%) OAuth
7 17 (8.67%) React
8 15 (7.65%) JSON
9 13 (6.63%) AngularJS
9 13 (6.63%) Microsoft Graph
10 11 (5.61%) .NET Framework
10 11 (5.61%) OAuth2
11 10 (5.10%) GraphQL
12 9 (4.59%) ASP.NET
12 9 (4.59%) PyTorch
12 9 (4.59%) SOAP
12 9 (4.59%) YAML
13 7 (3.57%) Kafka
13 7 (3.57%) TensorFlow
14 5 (2.55%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.82%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (5.61%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.59%) AI Agents
5 8 (4.08%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.57%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.55%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.04%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.04%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.53%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.53%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.53%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.53%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.53%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 31 (15.82%) Windows
2 24 (12.24%) Linux
3 17 (8.67%) Unix
4 7 (3.57%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.06%) VMS
6 1 (0.51%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (67.35%) DevOps
2 106 (54.08%) Analytics
3 99 (50.51%) CI/CD
4 98 (50.00%) Log Analytics
5 67 (34.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 50 (25.51%) Observability
7 47 (23.98%) Agile
7 47 (23.98%) RBAC
8 39 (19.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 36 (18.37%) API Management
10 33 (16.84%) AI
11 31 (15.82%) Containerisation
12 30 (15.31%) Migration
13 27 (13.78%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (13.78%) Microservices
14 26 (13.27%) Incident Response
15 25 (12.76%) Cloud Security
15 25 (12.76%) Data Modelling
15 25 (12.76%) Test Automation
16 24 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (31.12%) Bicep
2 56 (28.57%) SQL
3 49 (25.00%) C#
3 49 (25.00%) Python
4 48 (24.49%) PowerShell
5 24 (12.24%) JavaScript
6 20 (10.20%) Kusto Query Language
7 15 (7.65%) Bash
8 13 (6.63%) TypeScript
9 11 (5.61%) Java
10 7 (3.57%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.53%) PHP
11 3 (1.53%) X++
12 1 (0.51%) Go
12 1 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (33.16%) Security Cleared
2 59 (30.10%) SC Cleared
3 41 (20.92%) Azure Certification
4 20 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.08%) CISM
5 8 (4.08%) CISSP
5 8 (4.08%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (3.06%) Degree
7 3 (1.53%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.51%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (8.16%) NIST
3 11 (5.61%) GDPR
4 9 (4.59%) NCSC
5 8 (4.08%) NIST 800
6 6 (3.06%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.53%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.02%) Accessibility
8 2 (1.02%) EU AI Act
8 2 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (1.02%) SLA
9 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.51%) QA
9 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 36 (18.37%) Docker
3 6 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.55%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.53%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.02%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 98 (50.00%) Terraform
2 48 (24.49%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.63%) Prometheus
4 11 (5.61%) Grafana
5 6 (3.06%) Ansible
6 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.04%) Pingdom
6 4 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.53%) Packer
8 2 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (1.02%) Kibana
9 1 (0.51%) Argo
9 1 (0.51%) logstash
9 1 (0.51%) SCCM
9 1 (0.51%) SCOM
Vendors
1 109 (55.61%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.20%) Databricks
2 20 (10.20%) OpenAI
3 16 (8.16%) Dynatrace
4 15 (7.65%) Oracle
4 15 (7.65%) Splunk
5 14 (7.14%) AppDynamics
5 14 (7.14%) Cisco
6 8 (4.08%) IBM
6 8 (4.08%) Red Hat
6 8 (4.08%) ServiceNow
7 6 (3.06%) Google
8 5 (2.55%) VMware
9 4 (2.04%) Moogsoft
9 4 (2.04%) New Relic
9 4 (2.04%) PagerDuty
9 4 (2.04%) Salesforce
9 4 (2.04%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.53%) Confluent
11 2 (1.02%) LogRhythm