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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 371 367 362
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +105
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 221 119 175
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.49% 0.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.55% 1.30% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 89 121
10th Percentile £400 £313 £420
25th Percentile £436 £406 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £454 £560
Median % change year-on-year +13.05% -18.93% +1.82%
75th Percentile £603 £608 £625
90th Percentile £725 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £464 £560
% change year-on-year +7.87% -17.23% +1.82%
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 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -36.65% - -

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 14,286 9,134 11,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.57% 37.35% 31.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,836 6,406 8,479
10th Percentile £318 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.95% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £714 £741 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 444 194 321
10th Percentile £15.95 £15.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.85
Median hourly rate £43.15 £26.45 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +63.13% +27.35% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.74 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £20.99
% change year-on-year +45.45% +31.05% -40.04%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -20 127 £525 +16.67% 17
South East -59 29 £492 -18.72% 13
South West -17 20 £475 - 3
North of England -56 20 £476 +5.78% 8
Midlands -52 16 £575 +35.29% 6
North West -21 13 £518 +15.11% 5
West Midlands -52 10 £455 +7.06% 5
Yorkshire - 7 £460 - 1
East Midlands - 5 £575 - 1
East of England - 5 £550 - 4
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 19 (8.60%) SharePoint
2 13 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.07%) IIS
4 4 (1.81%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.36%) Confluence
6 2 (0.90%) Apache
6 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.45%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.45%) CMS
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.45%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.45%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.45%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Maximo
2 2 (0.90%) Shopify
3 1 (0.45%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 221 (100.00%) Azure
2 116 (52.49%) Azure DevOps
3 82 (37.10%) GitHub
4 72 (32.58%) Entra ID
5 61 (27.60%) GitHub Actions
6 56 (25.34%) Azure AKS
7 51 (23.08%) Azure Key Vault
8 42 (19.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 42 (19.00%) Azure Service Bus
9 41 (18.55%) Serverless
10 37 (16.74%) Azure Functions
11 32 (14.48%) AWS
12 29 (13.12%) PaaS
13 26 (11.76%) Azure Sentinel
14 25 (11.31%) Azure Data Factory
14 25 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
15 23 (10.41%) Power Platform
16 19 (8.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 18 (8.14%) Azure API Management
17 18 (8.14%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 40 (18.10%) Firewall
2 22 (9.95%) VPN
3 18 (8.14%) DNS
4 13 (5.88%) Network Security
5 6 (2.71%) DHCP
6 4 (1.81%) VSAN
6 4 (1.81%) WAN
7 3 (1.36%) SNMP
7 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.36%) VLAN
8 2 (0.90%) Internet
8 2 (0.90%) LAN
8 2 (0.90%) SSL
9 1 (0.45%) HTTP
9 1 (0.45%) Kerberos
9 1 (0.45%) MPLS
9 1 (0.45%) NGFW
9 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.45%) SMTP
9 1 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (10.86%) SQL Server
2 20 (9.05%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (6.79%) Delta Lake
4 14 (6.33%) Data Lake
5 11 (4.98%) NoSQL
6 9 (4.07%) MongoDB
7 7 (3.17%) Power BI
8 6 (2.71%) Redis
9 4 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.81%) DynamoDB
10 3 (1.36%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (1.36%) Parquet
10 3 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.45%) Big Data
12 1 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
12 1 (0.45%) GIS
12 1 (0.45%) Snowflake Schema
12 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (14.93%) Git
2 9 (4.07%) JIRA
3 8 (3.62%) GitLab
4 7 (3.17%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.26%) Gradle
6 3 (1.36%) Maven
7 2 (0.90%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.45%) Moq
8 1 (0.45%) MSI
8 1 (0.45%) NUnit
8 1 (0.45%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.45%) Serilog
8 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.45%) TestRail
8 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.45%) webpack
8 1 (0.45%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (19.00%) Social Skills
2 33 (14.93%) Public Sector
3 31 (14.03%) Finance
4 16 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (3.62%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.17%) Banking
7 5 (2.26%) Legal
8 4 (1.81%) Retail
9 2 (0.90%) Billing
9 2 (0.90%) Law
9 2 (0.90%) Local Government
9 2 (0.90%) Publishing
10 1 (0.45%) Back Office
10 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 80 (36.20%) Azure Engineer
2 44 (19.91%) Developer
3 41 (18.55%) Senior
4 35 (15.84%) DevOps Engineer
5 28 (12.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 27 (12.22%) Azure Developer
7 21 (9.50%) Platform Engineer
8 20 (9.05%) Architect
8 20 (9.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 19 (8.60%) Cloud Engineer
10 14 (6.33%) Data Engineer
11 13 (5.88%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.88%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 13 (5.88%) Site Engineer
11 13 (5.88%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 10 (4.52%) Lead
12 10 (4.52%) Senior DevOps
12 10 (4.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 9 (4.07%) Migration Engineer
14 8 (3.62%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (24.43%) .NET
2 38 (17.19%) ARM Templates
3 32 (14.48%) REST
4 27 (12.22%) .NET Framework
5 20 (9.05%) Microsoft Graph
6 18 (8.14%) Node.js
7 16 (7.24%) OAuth
8 15 (6.79%) .NET Core
9 14 (6.33%) SOAP
10 12 (5.43%) JSON
10 12 (5.43%) OAuth2
10 12 (5.43%) OpenTelemetry
10 12 (5.43%) React
10 12 (5.43%) Web Services
10 12 (5.43%) YAML
11 10 (4.52%) OpenID
11 10 (4.52%) PySpark
12 9 (4.07%) AngularJS
12 9 (4.07%) RESTful
13 8 (3.62%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 38 (17.19%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 10 (4.52%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (4.07%) AI Agents
4 9 (4.07%) Onboarding
4 9 (4.07%) Product Ownership
5 6 (2.71%) Legacy Code
5 6 (2.71%) Linux Command Line
6 5 (2.26%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.26%) Replication
6 5 (2.26%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.81%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.81%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.36%) Clustering
8 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.90%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.90%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 39 (17.65%) Windows
2 19 (8.60%) Windows Server
3 15 (6.79%) Linux
4 5 (2.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (2.26%) VMS
5 3 (1.36%) SUSE
6 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.45%) Unix
6 1 (0.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (72.85%) DevOps
2 122 (55.20%) CI/CD
3 115 (52.04%) Analytics
4 104 (47.06%) Log Analytics
5 93 (42.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (33.94%) Observability
7 48 (21.72%) RBAC
8 43 (19.46%) Containerisation
9 42 (19.00%) Agile
10 35 (15.84%) AI
11 33 (14.93%) API Management
11 33 (14.93%) Platform Engineering
12 32 (14.48%) Migration
12 32 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (14.03%) Disaster Recovery
14 29 (13.12%) High Availability
14 29 (13.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 29 (13.12%) Test Automation
15 28 (12.67%) Runbook
16 27 (12.22%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 79 (35.75%) PowerShell
2 71 (32.13%) Python
3 62 (28.05%) Bicep
4 55 (24.89%) C#
5 51 (23.08%) SQL
6 28 (12.67%) Kusto Query Language
7 22 (9.95%) Bash
8 19 (8.60%) JavaScript
9 11 (4.98%) TypeScript
10 10 (4.52%) Java
10 10 (4.52%) Scala
11 3 (1.36%) PHP
12 2 (0.90%) C
12 2 (0.90%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.45%) C++
13 1 (0.45%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 78 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 65 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 51 (23.08%) Azure Certification
4 13 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.71%) CISM
6 6 (2.71%) CISSP
6 6 (2.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 5 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.36%) Degree
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.45%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.45%) CCNA
9 1 (0.45%) CCNP
9 1 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.45%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.14%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (4.98%) QA
3 10 (4.52%) NIST
4 6 (2.71%) NCSC
4 6 (2.71%) NIST 800
5 4 (1.81%) GDPR
6 2 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.90%) SLA
6 2 (0.90%) WCAG
7 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (21.27%) Docker
2 35 (15.84%) Active Directory
3 20 (9.05%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (4.98%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (3.17%) Hyper-V
6 4 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.81%) vSphere
7 3 (1.36%) Firmware
7 3 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.45%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.45%) IAG
8 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 128 (57.92%) Terraform
2 59 (26.70%) Kubernetes
3 21 (9.50%) Grafana
3 21 (9.50%) Prometheus
4 12 (5.43%) Ansible
5 4 (1.81%) Istio
5 4 (1.81%) Kustomize
5 4 (1.81%) linkerd
5 4 (1.81%) Pingdom
6 3 (1.36%) Failover Clustering
6 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Clustering
6 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (1.36%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.36%) VxRail
7 2 (0.90%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.90%) SCOM
8 1 (0.45%) Argo
8 1 (0.45%) Control-M
8 1 (0.45%) Puppet
8 1 (0.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 109 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.76%) Databricks
3 19 (8.60%) OpenAI
4 12 (5.43%) VMware
5 10 (4.52%) ServiceNow
5 10 (4.52%) Splunk
6 7 (3.17%) Dynatrace
6 7 (3.17%) IBM
7 6 (2.71%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.26%) Foundry
8 5 (2.26%) Google
8 5 (2.26%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.81%) Moogsoft
9 4 (1.81%) PagerDuty
10 3 (1.36%) Alibaba
10 3 (1.36%) Cribl.io
10 3 (1.36%) Dell
10 3 (1.36%) New Relic
10 3 (1.36%) Oracle
11 2 (0.90%) NetApp