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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 393 381 373
Rank change year-on-year -12 -8 +79
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 232 130 169
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.52% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.47% 1.28% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 98 124
10th Percentile £400 £338 £400
25th Percentile £450 £401 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% -2.17%
75th Percentile £631 £541 £638
90th Percentile £738 £658 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £563
% change year-on-year +16.67% -20.00% -2.17%

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 15,776 10,143 12,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.03% 37.42% 32.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,603 6,846 8,652
10th Percentile £325 £311 £310
25th Percentile £416 £410 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £514 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.17% -2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +2.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 560 268 326
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £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 £45.57
90th Percentile £83.88 £67.15 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.12 £27.63 £22.23
% change year-on-year +34.35% +24.32% -36.50%

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 11 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 11 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 -29 118 £530 +19.50% 10
North of England -38 36 £471 - 9
South East -44 36 £500 - 14
Yorkshire - 19 £470 - 1
South West -20 17 £488 -6.25%
North West -35 17 £540 - 7
Midlands -52 14 £488 -2.01% 3
West Midlands -63 7 £400 -19.19% 2
East of England - 7 £551 - 6
East Midlands -17 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 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.88%) IIS
4 5 (2.16%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.86%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.43%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.43%) Apache
6 1 (0.43%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.43%) Confluence
6 1 (0.43%) Mendix
6 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.86%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.43%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.43%) InDesign
2 1 (0.43%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Maximo
1 1 (0.43%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.43%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 232 (100.00%) Azure
2 110 (47.41%) Azure DevOps
3 94 (40.52%) GitHub
4 74 (31.90%) Entra ID
5 63 (27.16%) GitHub Actions
6 51 (21.98%) Azure AKS
7 48 (20.69%) Azure Key Vault
8 39 (16.81%) AWS
9 30 (12.93%) PaaS
9 30 (12.93%) Serverless
10 26 (11.21%) Azure Functions
10 26 (11.21%) Azure Service Bus
10 26 (11.21%) Power Platform
11 22 (9.48%) Azure Data Factory
11 22 (9.48%) Azure Logic Apps
12 20 (8.62%) Azure Sentinel
13 19 (8.19%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 19 (8.19%) Azure ExpressRoute
13 19 (8.19%) IaaS
14 18 (7.76%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (14.66%) Firewall
2 21 (9.05%) DNS
2 21 (9.05%) VPN
3 18 (7.76%) Network Security
4 8 (3.45%) WAN
5 5 (2.16%) BGP
5 5 (2.16%) SSL
6 4 (1.72%) DHCP
6 4 (1.72%) SNMP
7 3 (1.29%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.29%) VLAN
7 3 (1.29%) VSAN
8 2 (0.86%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.86%) Internet
8 2 (0.86%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.86%) NGFW
9 1 (0.43%) HTTP
9 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.43%) SMTP
9 1 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (16.38%) SQL Server
2 31 (13.36%) Azure SQL Database
3 18 (7.76%) Data Lake
4 16 (6.90%) Delta Lake
5 14 (6.03%) Power BI
6 11 (4.74%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (3.02%) NoSQL
8 6 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.59%) MongoDB
8 6 (2.59%) Redis
8 6 (2.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (2.16%) MySQL
9 5 (2.16%) Relational Database
10 4 (1.72%) DynamoDB
10 4 (1.72%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (1.29%) Apache Cassandra
11 3 (1.29%) Data Vault
11 3 (1.29%) Parquet
12 2 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
13 1 (0.43%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 34 (14.66%) Git
2 9 (3.88%) JIRA
3 6 (2.59%) GitLab
4 5 (2.16%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.72%) JetBrains Rider
5 4 (1.72%) Visual Studio
6 3 (1.29%) Gradle
6 3 (1.29%) Maven
7 2 (0.86%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.86%) JMeter
7 2 (0.86%) LoadRunner
7 2 (0.86%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.43%) Moq
8 1 (0.43%) MSI
8 1 (0.43%) NUnit
8 1 (0.43%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.43%) TestRail
8 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.43%) webpack
8 1 (0.43%) Zephyr
General
1 58 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.22%) Finance
3 30 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.74%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (3.88%) Banking
7 5 (2.16%) Legal
8 4 (1.72%) Retail
9 3 (1.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.29%) Local Government
10 2 (0.86%) Billing
10 2 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.86%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.86%) Military
10 2 (0.86%) Publishing
11 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.43%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (28.02%) Azure Engineer
2 42 (18.10%) Senior
3 30 (12.93%) DevOps Engineer
4 28 (12.07%) Architect
4 28 (12.07%) Developer
5 26 (11.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 20 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (8.19%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 17 (7.33%) Azure Developer
8 17 (7.33%) Platform Engineer
9 16 (6.90%) Data Engineer
10 12 (5.17%) Site Engineer
10 12 (5.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 10 (4.31%) Azure Architect
11 10 (4.31%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 10 (4.31%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 10 (4.31%) Consultant
11 10 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.88%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (15.95%) .NET
2 34 (14.66%) ARM Templates
3 28 (12.07%) REST
4 23 (9.91%) .NET Framework
5 14 (6.03%) YAML
6 12 (5.17%) Microsoft Graph
6 12 (5.17%) OAuth
6 12 (5.17%) OpenTelemetry
6 12 (5.17%) RESTful
7 11 (4.74%) PySpark
8 10 (4.31%) .NET Core
8 10 (4.31%) JSON
8 10 (4.31%) OAuth2
8 10 (4.31%) Web Services
9 9 (3.88%) SOAP
10 7 (3.02%) Middleware
10 7 (3.02%) OpenID
10 7 (3.02%) React
11 6 (2.59%) Entity Framework
11 6 (2.59%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (21.12%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.17%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (4.31%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.88%) Replication
6 8 (3.45%) CMDB
6 8 (3.45%) Product Ownership
7 7 (3.02%) Clustering
7 7 (3.02%) Enterprise Cloud
8 6 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.59%) Legacy Code
8 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.72%) AI Agents
10 4 (1.72%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.72%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.29%) Blog
12 2 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 52 (22.41%) Windows
2 26 (11.21%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.47%) Linux
4 9 (3.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.02%) VMS
6 5 (2.16%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.16%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.29%) SUSE
8 2 (0.86%) Android
8 2 (0.86%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (66.38%) DevOps
2 129 (55.60%) CI/CD
3 116 (50.00%) Analytics
4 108 (46.55%) Log Analytics
5 100 (43.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 71 (30.60%) Observability
7 44 (18.97%) RBAC
8 41 (17.67%) Agile
9 39 (16.81%) Containerisation
9 39 (16.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 38 (16.38%) Platform Engineering
11 36 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
12 35 (15.09%) Migration
13 33 (14.22%) Runbook
14 31 (13.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (13.36%) High Availability
15 30 (12.93%) AI
16 29 (12.50%) Incident Response
17 26 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 25 (10.78%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 89 (38.36%) PowerShell
2 67 (28.88%) Python
3 62 (26.72%) SQL
4 55 (23.71%) Bicep
5 43 (18.53%) C#
6 30 (12.93%) Bash
7 18 (7.76%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (4.31%) Java
8 10 (4.31%) Scala
9 9 (3.88%) TypeScript
10 7 (3.02%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.86%) C
11 2 (0.86%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.43%) C++
12 1 (0.43%) Korn
12 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 76 (32.76%) Security Cleared
2 62 (26.72%) SC Cleared
3 41 (17.67%) Azure Certification
4 14 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (3.88%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (3.88%) Degree
6 6 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.86%) MCSE
9 1 (0.43%) CCNA
9 1 (0.43%) CCNP
9 1 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.43%) CISSP
9 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.43%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.43%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (9.48%) QA
2 16 (6.90%) Data Quality
3 10 (4.31%) GDPR
4 8 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (3.02%) NIST
6 5 (2.16%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.16%) SLA
7 4 (1.72%) NCSC
7 4 (1.72%) WCAG
8 3 (1.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.86%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.86%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.43%) GRC
System Software
1 40 (17.24%) Docker
2 32 (13.79%) Virtual Machines
3 28 (12.07%) Active Directory
4 11 (4.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (3.88%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (3.02%) Hyper-V
7 6 (2.59%) IAG
8 3 (1.29%) Firmware
8 3 (1.29%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.29%) vSphere
9 1 (0.43%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 115 (49.57%) Terraform
2 56 (24.14%) Kubernetes
3 27 (11.64%) Grafana
4 24 (10.34%) Prometheus
5 17 (7.33%) Ansible
6 7 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (3.02%) SCOM
7 6 (2.59%) FortiGate
8 4 (1.72%) Istio
8 4 (1.72%) Kustomize
8 4 (1.72%) linkerd
9 3 (1.29%) Failover Clustering
9 3 (1.29%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.29%) SCCM
9 3 (1.29%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.29%) VxRail
10 1 (0.43%) Control-M
10 1 (0.43%) Packer
10 1 (0.43%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.43%) Puppet
Vendors
1 101 (43.53%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.48%) ServiceNow
3 20 (8.62%) Databricks
4 13 (5.60%) Dynatrace
4 13 (5.60%) Splunk
4 13 (5.60%) VMware
5 7 (3.02%) OpenAI
6 6 (2.59%) Google
6 6 (2.59%) Nexthink
7 5 (2.16%) Foundry
7 5 (2.16%) Zscaler
8 4 (1.72%) Cribl.io
8 4 (1.72%) Dell
8 4 (1.72%) Oracle
9 3 (1.29%) Alibaba
9 3 (1.29%) AppDynamics
10 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.86%) SAP
10 2 (0.86%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.86%) Workday