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 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 364 374
Rank change year-on-year -32 +10 +81
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 199 124 183
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.47% 0.51% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.34% 1.36% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 96 129
10th Percentile £400 £335 £405
25th Percentile £450 £406 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% -
75th Percentile £625 £544 £638
90th Percentile £715 £681 £675
UK median daily rate £517 £452 £600
% change year-on-year +14.38% -24.67% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39.53 - -
Median hourly rate £42.69 - -
75th Percentile £45.84 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £42.69 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -39.02% - -

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 14,812 9,123 11,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.12% 37.73% 32.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,071 6,234 8,479
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £748
UK median daily rate £510 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 511 218 328
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.88 £16.05
Median hourly rate £42.69 £25.50 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +67.39% +18.83% -38.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.75 £41.19
90th Percentile £82.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £28.21 £21.50
% change year-on-year +31.18% +31.19% -42.67%

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 6 June 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 6 June 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 -54 107 £525 +19.32% 25
South East -50 31 £500 - 18
North of England -47 27 £471 +4.56% 8
South West -10 16 £438 -15.87% 7
Yorkshire - 15 £471 - 3
North West -30 12 £518 +15.11% 5
Midlands -53 8 £550 +10.55% 6
West Midlands -57 5 £455 -8.08% 3
East of England - 5 £550 - 9
East Midlands -23 2 £575 +15.00% 3
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 13 (6.53%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.03%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (4.52%) IIS
4 5 (2.51%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.51%) Confluence
6 2 (1.01%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.01%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.50%) Apache
7 1 (0.50%) Apache Synapse
7 1 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.50%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Maximo
2 2 (1.01%) Shopify
3 1 (0.50%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.50%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 199 (100.00%) Azure
2 102 (51.26%) Azure DevOps
3 75 (37.69%) GitHub
4 58 (29.15%) Entra ID
5 52 (26.13%) GitHub Actions
6 44 (22.11%) Azure AKS
7 43 (21.61%) Azure Key Vault
8 31 (15.58%) AWS
9 30 (15.08%) Serverless
10 27 (13.57%) Azure Functions
11 26 (13.07%) Azure Service Bus
12 24 (12.06%) Azure Logic Apps
12 24 (12.06%) Azure Sentinel
12 24 (12.06%) PaaS
13 19 (9.55%) Power Platform
14 18 (9.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (9.05%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (8.54%) Azure ExpressRoute
16 16 (8.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 13 (6.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.57%) Firewall
2 23 (11.56%) VPN
3 18 (9.05%) DNS
4 12 (6.03%) Network Security
5 6 (3.02%) DHCP
6 4 (2.01%) VSAN
6 4 (2.01%) WAN
7 3 (1.51%) SNMP
7 3 (1.51%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.51%) VLAN
8 2 (1.01%) HTTPS
8 2 (1.01%) Internet
8 2 (1.01%) Kerberos
8 2 (1.01%) 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 22 (11.06%) Azure SQL Database
1 22 (11.06%) SQL Server
2 15 (7.54%) Delta Lake
3 14 (7.04%) Data Lake
4 7 (3.52%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.52%) Power BI
5 6 (3.02%) Redis
6 5 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.51%) MongoDB
6 5 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.01%) DynamoDB
8 3 (1.51%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (1.51%) Data Vault
8 3 (1.51%) Parquet
8 3 (1.51%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.50%) Big Data
9 1 (0.50%) GIS
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 29 (14.57%) Git
2 9 (4.52%) JIRA
3 8 (4.02%) GitLab
4 5 (2.51%) Gradle
4 5 (2.51%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.51%) Maven
6 2 (1.01%) 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 44 (22.11%) Social Skills
2 32 (16.08%) Public Sector
3 24 (12.06%) Finance
4 13 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.02%) Banking
5 6 (3.02%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.51%) Legal
7 3 (1.51%) Retail
8 2 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.01%) Military
8 2 (1.01%) Publishing
9 1 (0.50%) Law
9 1 (0.50%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 67 (33.67%) Azure Engineer
2 40 (20.10%) Senior
3 35 (17.59%) DevOps Engineer
4 26 (13.07%) Developer
5 25 (12.56%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 24 (12.06%) Architect
7 20 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 17 (8.54%) Azure Developer
8 17 (8.54%) Platform Engineer
9 16 (8.04%) Data Engineer
10 15 (7.54%) Cloud Engineer
11 11 (5.53%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 11 (5.53%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 10 (5.03%) Senior DevOps
12 10 (5.03%) Site Engineer
12 10 (5.03%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 9 (4.52%) Azure Architect
13 9 (4.52%) Migration Engineer
13 9 (4.52%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 8 (4.02%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (18.09%) ARM Templates
2 34 (17.09%) .NET
3 23 (11.56%) REST
4 19 (9.55%) .NET Framework
5 13 (6.53%) JSON
6 12 (6.03%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (5.53%) OAuth
7 11 (5.53%) OpenTelemetry
8 10 (5.03%) PySpark
8 10 (5.03%) RESTful
8 10 (5.03%) Web Services
9 9 (4.52%) OAuth2
9 9 (4.52%) SOAP
9 9 (4.52%) YAML
10 8 (4.02%) Node.js
11 7 (3.52%) OpenID
12 6 (3.02%) .NET Core
12 6 (3.02%) React
13 5 (2.51%) Kafka
13 5 (2.51%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 30 (15.08%) Cloud Native
2 12 (6.03%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (5.53%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (5.03%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.52%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (4.52%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.52%) Product Ownership
7 6 (3.02%) Legacy Code
7 6 (3.02%) Replication
8 5 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.01%) AI Agents
9 4 (2.01%) Data Centre
9 4 (2.01%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (2.01%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.51%) Clustering
10 3 (1.51%) CMDB
10 3 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (1.01%) Driving Licence
12 1 (0.50%) State Machine
Operating Systems
1 36 (18.09%) Windows
2 20 (10.05%) Windows Server
3 10 (5.03%) Linux
4 5 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.01%) VMS
6 3 (1.51%) SUSE
6 3 (1.51%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (67.84%) DevOps
2 107 (53.77%) CI/CD
3 104 (52.26%) Analytics
4 95 (47.74%) Log Analytics
5 87 (43.72%) Infrastructure as Code
6 65 (32.66%) Observability
7 42 (21.11%) RBAC
8 35 (17.59%) Containerisation
9 32 (16.08%) Disaster Recovery
9 32 (16.08%) Platform Engineering
10 29 (14.57%) Agile
10 29 (14.57%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 27 (13.57%) High Availability
11 27 (13.57%) Migration
11 27 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (13.57%) Runbook
12 24 (12.06%) Identity Access Management
13 23 (11.56%) AI
13 23 (11.56%) Incident Response
14 22 (11.06%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 75 (37.69%) PowerShell
2 60 (30.15%) Python
3 56 (28.14%) Bicep
4 43 (21.61%) SQL
5 34 (17.09%) C#
6 24 (12.06%) Bash
7 18 (9.05%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (5.03%) Scala
9 9 (4.52%) Java
10 6 (3.02%) TypeScript
11 5 (2.51%) JavaScript
12 2 (1.01%) C
12 2 (1.01%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.50%) C++
13 1 (0.50%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 72 (36.18%) Security Cleared
2 56 (28.14%) SC Cleared
3 40 (20.10%) Azure Certification
4 12 (6.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (3.02%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.51%) CISM
7 5 (2.51%) CISSP
7 5 (2.51%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.01%) Degree
8 2 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.01%) MCSE
9 1 (0.50%) CCNA
9 1 (0.50%) CCNP
9 1 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.54%) Data Quality
2 13 (6.53%) QA
3 12 (6.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (5.53%) NIST
5 8 (4.02%) GDPR
6 5 (2.51%) Accessibility
6 5 (2.51%) NIST 800
6 5 (2.51%) WCAG
7 4 (2.01%) NCSC
7 4 (2.01%) SLA
8 2 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.01%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.50%) GRC
9 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 38 (19.10%) Docker
2 28 (14.07%) Active Directory
3 18 (9.05%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (6.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (4.52%) Hyper-V
6 7 (3.52%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (2.01%) vSphere
8 3 (1.51%) Firmware
8 3 (1.51%) 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
1 104 (52.26%) Terraform
2 45 (22.61%) Kubernetes
3 22 (11.06%) Grafana
4 20 (10.05%) Prometheus
5 10 (5.03%) Ansible
6 5 (2.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (2.01%) Istio
7 4 (2.01%) Kustomize
7 4 (2.01%) linkerd
8 3 (1.51%) Failover Clustering
8 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Clustering
8 3 (1.51%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.51%) VxRail
9 2 (1.01%) Pingdom
9 2 (1.01%) SCOM
10 1 (0.50%) Control-M
10 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.50%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.50%) Puppet
10 1 (0.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 85 (42.71%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.04%) Databricks
3 14 (7.04%) VMware
4 10 (5.03%) ServiceNow
4 10 (5.03%) Splunk
5 9 (4.52%) OpenAI
6 7 (3.52%) Dynatrace
7 6 (3.02%) IBM
8 5 (2.51%) Foundry
8 5 (2.51%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.01%) Dell
9 4 (2.01%) Google
10 3 (1.51%) Alibaba
10 3 (1.51%) Cribl.io
10 3 (1.51%) New Relic
10 3 (1.51%) Oracle
10 3 (1.51%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.01%) Moogsoft
11 2 (1.01%) PagerDuty
11 2 (1.01%) Virgin Media