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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 353 403
Rank change year-on-year -4 +50 +112
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 146 182 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.56% 0.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.40% 1.61% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 121 149
10th Percentile £350 £413 £425
25th Percentile £400 £473 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.83% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £538 £638 £675
90th Percentile £638 £651 £729
UK median daily rate £484 £593 £600
% change year-on-year -18.35% -1.25% +4.35%
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 - - -0.59%

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 10,438 11,302 15,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.59% 34.57% 35.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,063 7,706 11,129
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 176 304
10th Percentile £15.45 £14.33 £14.55
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.38 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £32.75 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.69% -0.76% +53.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.99 £67.44
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.53
UK median hourly rate £28.75 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -7.26% -11.43% +62.79%

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
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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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 +30 96 £449 -12.49% 23
Midlands +1 20 £525 +40.94% 13
West Midlands -2 16 £534 +43.36% 7
South East -22 15 £525 -13.22% 16
North West -15 5 £450 -13.25% 8
North of England -17 5 £450 -28.00% 13
East Midlands - 4 £475 - 6
South West +23 3 £520 +6.67%
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 15 (10.27%) Apache
2 13 (8.90%) WebLogic
3 3 (2.05%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.37%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.68%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 146 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (43.84%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (29.45%) Entra ID
4 36 (24.66%) Azure Logic Apps
5 33 (22.60%) Azure AKS
6 30 (20.55%) Serverless
7 24 (16.44%) Power Platform
8 23 (15.75%) Azure Functions
9 22 (15.07%) AWS
9 22 (15.07%) GitHub
10 20 (13.70%) Azure Service Bus
11 19 (13.01%) Azure Key Vault
12 18 (12.33%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (11.64%) Azure Data Factory
13 17 (11.64%) Power Automate
14 16 (10.96%) GitHub Actions
15 13 (8.90%) Azure Storage
16 12 (8.22%) Azure API Management
16 12 (8.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 11 (7.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 21 (14.38%) DNS
2 19 (13.01%) Firewall
3 17 (11.64%) VPN
4 11 (7.53%) TCP/IP
5 10 (6.85%) DHCP
6 8 (5.48%) Network Security
7 6 (4.11%) FTP
7 6 (4.11%) HTTP
7 6 (4.11%) SMTP
7 6 (4.11%) SSL
7 6 (4.11%) WAN
8 3 (2.05%) VSAN
9 2 (1.37%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.37%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.37%) VLAN
10 1 (0.68%) MQTT
10 1 (0.68%) NAS
10 1 (0.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (11.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 15 (10.27%) Power BI
3 13 (8.90%) NoSQL
3 13 (8.90%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.11%) Data Lake
4 6 (4.11%) MongoDB
5 5 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (3.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.37%) Metadata
7 2 (1.37%) MySQL
7 2 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.37%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.68%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.68%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.68%) Parquet
8 1 (0.68%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 17 (11.64%) Git
2 6 (4.11%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.11%) Postman
3 4 (2.74%) JIRA
4 3 (2.05%) Gradle
4 3 (2.05%) JMeter
4 3 (2.05%) Maven
4 3 (2.05%) Octopus Deploy
4 3 (2.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (2.05%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.37%) GitLab
5 2 (1.37%) Jaeger
5 2 (1.37%) PVCS
5 2 (1.37%) Snyk
5 2 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.68%) Ant
6 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.68%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.68%) Poetry
General
1 41 (28.08%) Social Skills
2 26 (17.81%) Finance
3 18 (12.33%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.59%) Banking
5 7 (4.79%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Law
7 5 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Legal
8 3 (2.05%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.37%) Games
9 2 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.37%) Military
9 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.68%) Billing
10 1 (0.68%) French Language
10 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.68%) Marketing
10 1 (0.68%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 35 (23.97%) Azure Engineer
2 25 (17.12%) Developer
3 23 (15.75%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (9.59%) Architect
4 14 (9.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
5 13 (8.90%) Senior
6 11 (7.53%) Site Engineer
6 11 (7.53%) Site Reliability Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (6.85%) Integration Developer
8 9 (6.16%) Administrator
8 9 (6.16%) Azure Architect
8 9 (6.16%) DBA
8 9 (6.16%) Platform Engineer
9 8 (5.48%) Azure Developer
10 7 (4.79%) Monitoring Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (4.11%) Cloud Engineer
11 6 (4.11%) Lead
12 5 (3.42%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (15.75%) ARM Templates
2 22 (15.07%) .NET
3 18 (12.33%) REST
4 16 (10.96%) YAML
5 13 (8.90%) OAuth
6 12 (8.22%) JSON
7 11 (7.53%) .NET Core
7 11 (7.53%) ADO
8 9 (6.16%) Node.js
9 7 (4.79%) RESTful
10 6 (4.11%) OAuth2
10 6 (4.11%) XML
11 5 (3.42%) GraphQL
11 5 (3.42%) Kafka
11 5 (3.42%) Next.js
11 5 (3.42%) React
11 5 (3.42%) XSLT
12 4 (2.74%) ASP.NET
12 4 (2.74%) CSS
12 4 (2.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.01%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.59%) Distributed Systems
3 7 (4.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (4.11%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.11%) PKI
5 5 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.42%) Replication
6 4 (2.74%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.05%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.05%) Legacy Code
7 3 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.37%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.37%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.37%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.68%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.68%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.68%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 26 (17.81%) Windows
2 21 (14.38%) Linux
3 16 (10.96%) Unix
4 9 (6.16%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.37%) VMS
6 2 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.68%) Solaris
7 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (59.59%) DevOps
2 71 (48.63%) CI/CD
3 67 (45.89%) Analytics
4 61 (41.78%) Log Analytics
5 52 (35.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 36 (24.66%) Agile
7 28 (19.18%) Observability
8 27 (18.49%) API Management
9 26 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
10 22 (15.07%) Incident Management
11 21 (14.38%) Incident Response
12 20 (13.70%) Microservices
13 19 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (13.01%) Test Automation
14 18 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (12.33%) RBAC
14 18 (12.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 17 (11.64%) Data Modelling
15 17 (11.64%) Data Protection
15 17 (11.64%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 51 (34.93%) PowerShell
2 45 (30.82%) SQL
3 43 (29.45%) Bicep
4 37 (25.34%) Python
5 36 (24.66%) C#
6 17 (11.64%) Bash
7 10 (6.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (6.16%) Java
9 7 (4.79%) T-SQL
10 6 (4.11%) JavaScript
11 4 (2.74%) TypeScript
12 2 (1.37%) X++
13 1 (0.68%) Go
13 1 (0.68%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.68%) VB
13 1 (0.68%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (29.45%) SC Cleared
1 43 (29.45%) Security Cleared
2 18 (12.33%) Azure Certification
3 10 (6.85%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (4.79%) Degree
5 2 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.37%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.37%) MCSE
6 1 (0.68%) CCDP
6 1 (0.68%) CCNP
6 1 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.68%) CISM
6 1 (0.68%) CISSP
6 1 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.68%) MCP
6 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.22%) GDPR
2 8 (5.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.79%) NIST
4 4 (2.74%) NCSC
5 3 (2.05%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.05%) QA
6 2 (1.37%) EU AI Act
6 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.37%) SLA
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.68%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.68%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
System Software
1 27 (18.49%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.64%) Virtual Machines
3 15 (10.27%) Docker
4 5 (3.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.05%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.05%) vSphere
6 1 (0.68%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 47 (32.19%) Terraform
2 32 (21.92%) Kubernetes
3 14 (9.59%) Grafana
4 11 (7.53%) Prometheus
5 8 (5.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (3.42%) Ansible
7 4 (2.74%) Packer
7 4 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (2.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (2.05%) Kibana
9 2 (1.37%) Argo
9 2 (1.37%) Istio
10 1 (0.68%) CASB
10 1 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.68%) Perfmon
10 1 (0.68%) Puppet
10 1 (0.68%) Salt
10 1 (0.68%) SCCM
10 1 (0.68%) SCOM
10 1 (0.68%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (43.15%) Microsoft
2 14 (9.59%) Dynatrace
2 14 (9.59%) Oracle
2 14 (9.59%) Splunk
3 13 (8.90%) AppDynamics
3 13 (8.90%) Cisco
4 8 (5.48%) Databricks
5 7 (4.79%) Google
6 4 (2.74%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.74%) Red Hat
6 4 (2.74%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.74%) VMware
7 3 (2.05%) Confluent
7 3 (2.05%) NetApp
8 2 (1.37%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.37%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.37%) QAD
8 2 (1.37%) Qualtrics
9 1 (0.68%) iManage
9 1 (0.68%) Rapid7