Azure Monitor Contracts in England

Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Azure Monitor skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Monitor over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 363 381 466
Rank change year-on-year +18 +85 +40
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 130 166 188
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.45% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.30% 1.37% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 124 139
10th Percentile £340 £410 £423
25th Percentile £403 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £584 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.91% +1.52% +4.55%
75th Percentile £540 £638 £688
90th Percentile £655 £651 £744
UK median daily rate £450 £584 £575
% change year-on-year -22.91% +1.52% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.75
Median hourly rate - - £68.50
75th Percentile - - £70.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £66.00
% change year-on-year - - +0.32%

All Cloud 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 9,983 12,155 17,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.64% 32.61% 36.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,731 8,674 12,778
10th Percentile £313 £308 £320
25th Percentile £410 £415 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 329 301
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.15 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.88 £16.06 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -33.33% +54.48%
75th Percentile £38.75 £43.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £27.63 £22.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +25.59% -37.14% +59.09%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure Monitor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Monitor in England

Azure Monitor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor in England.

Daily rate trend for Azure Monitor in England

Azure Monitor
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Monitor in England over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Monitor in England

Azure Monitor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 5 July 2025. 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 +57 94 £440 -15.03% 127
South East -4 19 £500 -17.36% 25
Midlands +12 8 £498 +24.38% 16
West Midlands +7 5 £495 +23.75% 10
South West +29 3 £520 -5.45% 13
East Midlands - 3 £500 - 6
Azure Monitor
UK

Azure Monitor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.54%) Confluence
2 2 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.77%) Apache
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.77%) DataSynapse
3 1 (0.77%) Jupyter
Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.54%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 130 (100.00%) Azure
2 70 (53.85%) Azure DevOps
3 37 (28.46%) Azure AKS
4 33 (25.38%) Azure Sentinel
5 22 (16.92%) GitHub
6 20 (15.38%) AWS
6 20 (15.38%) Entra ID
6 20 (15.38%) Serverless
7 16 (12.31%) Azure Logic Apps
8 15 (11.54%) Azure Data Factory
8 15 (11.54%) Power Platform
9 14 (10.77%) Azure API Management
10 13 (10.00%) Azure Service Bus
10 13 (10.00%) Azure Storage
10 13 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (8.46%) Azure Key Vault
12 9 (6.92%) Azure Functions
12 9 (6.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 9 (6.92%) Power Automate
13 8 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.23%) Firewall
2 17 (13.08%) DNS
2 17 (13.08%) VPN
3 13 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.92%) HTTP
5 8 (6.15%) Network Security
6 7 (5.38%) FTP
6 7 (5.38%) SMTP
6 7 (5.38%) SSL
7 6 (4.62%) DHCP
7 6 (4.62%) WAN
8 2 (1.54%) NGFW
8 2 (1.54%) Remote Desktop
8 2 (1.54%) VSAN
9 1 (0.77%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.77%) MQTT
9 1 (0.77%) NAS
9 1 (0.77%) SAN
9 1 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.77%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.54%) Azure SQL Database
2 12 (9.23%) NoSQL
3 11 (8.46%) Power BI
4 9 (6.92%) SQL Server
5 7 (5.38%) Elasticsearch
6 6 (4.62%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (4.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (3.08%) Data Lake
7 4 (3.08%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.08%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.54%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.54%) DynamoDB
8 2 (1.54%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.54%) Parquet
9 1 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.77%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.77%) Metadata
9 1 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
9 1 (0.77%) Spark SQL
9 1 (0.77%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 7 (5.38%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.62%) Git
3 4 (3.08%) Octopus Deploy
3 4 (3.08%) TeamCity
4 3 (2.31%) CircleCI
4 3 (2.31%) Postman
5 2 (1.54%) GitLab
5 2 (1.54%) Gradle
5 2 (1.54%) JIRA
5 2 (1.54%) JMeter
5 2 (1.54%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.54%) Maven
5 2 (1.54%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.77%) git-flow
6 1 (0.77%) Selenium
6 1 (0.77%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 29 (22.31%) Finance
3 17 (13.08%) Banking
4 11 (8.46%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.62%) Law
7 5 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.54%) Military
9 1 (0.77%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.77%) Automotive
9 1 (0.77%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.77%) French Language
9 1 (0.77%) Front Office
9 1 (0.77%) Games
9 1 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.77%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.77%) Legal
9 1 (0.77%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 40 (30.77%) Azure Engineer
2 18 (13.85%) DevOps Engineer
3 15 (11.54%) Architect
3 15 (11.54%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 14 (10.77%) Senior
4 14 (10.77%) Site Engineer
5 13 (10.00%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 13 (10.00%) Developer
6 10 (7.69%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (6.15%) Azure Architect
8 6 (4.62%) DevSecOps Engineer
8 6 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.85%) Azure Developer
9 5 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.08%) Cloud Architect
10 4 (3.08%) Consultant
10 4 (3.08%) Grid Engineer
10 4 (3.08%) Integration Developer
10 4 (3.08%) Lead
10 4 (3.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.00%) ARM Templates
2 24 (18.46%) .NET
3 15 (11.54%) YAML
4 12 (9.23%) ADO
5 9 (6.92%) JSON
6 8 (6.15%) OpenTelemetry
7 7 (5.38%) .NET Core
7 7 (5.38%) RESTful
8 6 (4.62%) REST
9 5 (3.85%) OAuth
10 4 (3.08%) Web Services
11 3 (2.31%) PySpark
11 3 (2.31%) SAML
12 2 (1.54%) .NET Framework
12 2 (1.54%) Node.js
12 2 (1.54%) OpenID
12 2 (1.54%) React
12 2 (1.54%) SOAP
13 1 (0.77%) CSS
13 1 (0.77%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 12 (9.23%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (6.15%) PKI
4 7 (5.38%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.85%) Grid Computing
5 5 (3.85%) Replication
6 4 (3.08%) Public Cloud
7 3 (2.31%) Legacy Code
8 2 (1.54%) Anti-Spyware
8 2 (1.54%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.54%) Wiki
9 1 (0.77%) CMDB
9 1 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.77%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.77%) Equities
9 1 (0.77%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.77%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.54%) Linux
2 12 (9.23%) Windows
3 11 (8.46%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (5.38%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.77%) Solaris
6 1 (0.77%) Unix
6 1 (0.77%) VMS
6 1 (0.77%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (62.31%) DevOps
2 65 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 55 (42.31%) CI/CD
4 54 (41.54%) Analytics
5 47 (36.15%) Log Analytics
6 32 (24.62%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (20.00%) API Management
7 26 (20.00%) Microservices
7 26 (20.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 25 (19.23%) Agile
9 19 (14.62%) Containerisation
10 17 (13.08%) Observability
11 16 (12.31%) Cost Management
11 16 (12.31%) DevSecOps
11 16 (12.31%) Identity Access Management
12 15 (11.54%) Incident Management
12 15 (11.54%) Migration
13 13 (10.00%) Continuous Integration
13 13 (10.00%) Identity Management
13 13 (10.00%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 56 (43.08%) PowerShell
2 41 (31.54%) Bicep
3 40 (30.77%) Python
4 33 (25.38%) C#
5 27 (20.77%) SQL
6 20 (15.38%) Bash
7 12 (9.23%) Java
8 9 (6.92%) Kusto Query Language
9 8 (6.15%) JavaScript
10 5 (3.85%) C++
11 4 (3.08%) T-SQL
11 4 (3.08%) TypeScript
12 3 (2.31%) Kotlin
13 2 (1.54%) X++
14 1 (0.77%) Groovy
14 1 (0.77%) VB
14 1 (0.77%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (19.23%) SC Cleared
1 25 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 18 (13.85%) Azure Certification
3 10 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.38%) Degree
5 3 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.54%) CISSP
6 2 (1.54%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.54%) MCSE
7 1 (0.77%) CCDP
7 1 (0.77%) CCNP
7 1 (0.77%) CCSK
7 1 (0.77%) CEH
7 1 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.77%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.77%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.77%) GIAC
7 1 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.77%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.77%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (3.85%) GDPR
2 5 (3.85%) NCSC
3 4 (3.08%) NIST
4 3 (2.31%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.54%) QA
6 1 (0.77%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.77%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.77%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.77%) JSP 440
System Software
1 19 (14.62%) Virtual Machines
2 15 (11.54%) Active Directory
3 13 (10.00%) Docker
4 4 (3.08%) Platform Symphony
4 4 (3.08%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (1.54%) VMware NSX
5 2 (1.54%) vSphere
6 1 (0.77%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.77%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.77%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.77%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 57 (43.85%) Terraform
2 45 (34.62%) Kubernetes
3 20 (15.38%) Grafana
4 14 (10.77%) Prometheus
5 12 (9.23%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (6.15%) Ansible
6 8 (6.15%) Kibana
7 5 (3.85%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (3.08%) Puppet
8 4 (3.08%) Salt
9 2 (1.54%) Istio
9 2 (1.54%) Perfmon
9 2 (1.54%) SCCM
9 2 (1.54%) SCOM
9 2 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.77%) Argo
10 1 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.77%) logstash
10 1 (0.77%) vRealize
10 1 (0.77%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (43.85%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.38%) Databricks
2 7 (5.38%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.85%) Google
3 5 (3.85%) TIBCO
4 4 (3.08%) IBM
4 4 (3.08%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.31%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.31%) Splunk
5 3 (2.31%) VMware
6 2 (1.54%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.54%) NetApp
6 2 (1.54%) QAD
6 2 (1.54%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.77%) Cisco
7 1 (0.77%) Dell
7 1 (0.77%) EMC
7 1 (0.77%) Informatica
7 1 (0.77%) SAP
7 1 (0.77%) SonicWALL