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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 368 455
Rank change year-on-year -1 +87 +25
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 116 176 200
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.47% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.28% 1.48% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 121 139
10th Percentile £313 £425 £409
25th Percentile £406 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.35% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £630 £625 £675
90th Percentile £675 £675 £730
UK median daily rate £459 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -18.72% +2.73% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £69.20
25th Percentile - - £72.88
Median hourly rate - - £83.00
75th Percentile - - £95.38
90th Percentile - - £100.40
UK median hourly rate £70.00 - £68.50
% change year-on-year - - +14.64%

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 9,062 11,852 18,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.21% 31.87% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,341 8,544 13,518
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 321 311
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%
75th Percentile £40.50 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £61.60 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +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
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 1 May 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 1 May 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 +33 81 £440 -16.19% 61
South East +19 25 £615 +1.65% 43
Midlands +7 2 £425 +6.25% 25
West Midlands -1 2 £425 +6.25% 15
South West +39 1 - - 15
North of England +19 1 £450 +12.50% 29
North West +17 1 £450 +12.50% 13
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 2 (1.72%) Confluence
2 1 (0.86%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.86%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (0.86%) DataSynapse
2 1 (0.86%) Jupyter
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 116 (100.00%) Azure
2 60 (51.72%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (29.31%) Azure AKS
4 31 (26.72%) Azure Sentinel
5 25 (21.55%) Entra ID
6 23 (19.83%) GitHub
7 21 (18.10%) Serverless
8 18 (15.52%) AWS
9 17 (14.66%) Azure Data Factory
10 12 (10.34%) Azure Functions
11 11 (9.48%) Azure API Management
12 10 (8.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (7.76%) Power Platform
14 7 (6.03%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (6.03%) GitHub Actions
15 5 (4.31%) Azure Key Vault
15 5 (4.31%) Azure Storage
15 5 (4.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 5 (4.31%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (17.24%) Firewall
2 15 (12.93%) DNS
3 11 (9.48%) TCP/IP
3 11 (9.48%) VPN
4 9 (7.76%) HTTP
5 7 (6.03%) FTP
5 7 (6.03%) SMTP
5 7 (6.03%) SSL
6 5 (4.31%) DHCP
6 5 (4.31%) WAN
7 2 (1.72%) Network Security
7 2 (1.72%) NGFW
8 1 (0.86%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.86%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.86%) NAS
8 1 (0.86%) SAN
8 1 (0.86%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.07%) NoSQL
2 10 (8.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (6.90%) Power BI
4 7 (6.03%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (6.03%) SQL Server
5 6 (5.17%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.59%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.59%) Parquet
7 3 (2.59%) SSDT
8 2 (1.72%) Big Data
8 2 (1.72%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.86%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.86%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.86%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 11 (9.48%) Git
2 5 (4.31%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.31%) Selenium
3 4 (3.45%) CircleCI
4 3 (2.59%) Postman
5 2 (1.72%) JIRA
5 2 (1.72%) JMeter
5 2 (1.72%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.72%) Octopus Deploy
5 2 (1.72%) SonarQube
5 2 (1.72%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.86%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.86%) Visual Studio
General
1 30 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 26 (22.41%) Finance
3 14 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (12.07%) Banking
4 8 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.72%) Military
7 1 (0.86%) Back Office
7 1 (0.86%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.86%) Front Office
7 1 (0.86%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.86%) Legal
7 1 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 39 (33.62%) Azure Engineer
2 15 (12.93%) Developer
2 15 (12.93%) DevOps Engineer
3 14 (12.07%) Senior
4 11 (9.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
5 10 (8.62%) Architect
5 10 (8.62%) Azure Developer
5 10 (8.62%) Site Engineer
6 9 (7.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 9 (7.76%) Cloud Engineer
7 8 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
7 8 (6.90%) Lead
8 7 (6.03%) Python Developer
9 6 (5.17%) DevSecOps Engineer
9 6 (5.17%) React Developer
10 5 (4.31%) Azure Architect
10 5 (4.31%) Full-Stack Python Developer
10 5 (4.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 4 (3.45%) Consultant
11 4 (3.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (20.69%) .NET
2 16 (13.79%) ARM Templates
3 12 (10.34%) JSON
4 11 (9.48%) React
5 10 (8.62%) YAML
6 8 (6.90%) OAuth
6 8 (6.90%) OpenTelemetry
7 7 (6.03%) REST
8 5 (4.31%) .NET Core
9 4 (3.45%) ADO
10 3 (2.59%) Node.js
10 3 (2.59%) RESTful
10 3 (2.59%) SOAP
11 2 (1.72%) .NET Framework
11 2 (1.72%) AngularJS
11 2 (1.72%) CSS
11 2 (1.72%) HTML
11 2 (1.72%) PySpark
11 2 (1.72%) SAML
12 1 (0.86%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.52%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.34%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (6.90%) PKI
4 6 (5.17%) Product Ownership
5 5 (4.31%) Grid Computing
5 5 (4.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (4.31%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.72%) Anti-Spyware
6 2 (1.72%) CMDB
6 2 (1.72%) Replication
6 2 (1.72%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.86%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.86%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.86%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.86%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.86%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 1 (0.86%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 14 (12.07%) Linux
2 12 (10.34%) Windows
3 11 (9.48%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (6.03%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (64.66%) DevOps
2 55 (47.41%) CI/CD
2 55 (47.41%) Infrastructure as Code
3 37 (31.90%) Analytics
4 34 (29.31%) Log Analytics
5 32 (27.59%) Microservices
6 26 (22.41%) Agile
7 22 (18.97%) Containerisation
7 22 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
8 21 (18.10%) API Management
8 21 (18.10%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 15 (12.93%) Identity Management
10 14 (12.07%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (11.21%) Observability
11 13 (11.21%) RBAC
12 12 (10.34%) Cost Management
12 12 (10.34%) Test Automation
13 11 (9.48%) Cloud Security
14 10 (8.62%) API Integration
14 10 (8.62%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (43.97%) PowerShell
2 38 (32.76%) Python
3 31 (26.72%) Bicep
4 28 (24.14%) C#
5 17 (14.66%) SQL
6 15 (12.93%) Java
7 13 (11.21%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (9.48%) Bash
9 10 (8.62%) JavaScript
10 5 (4.31%) C++
11 4 (3.45%) Kotlin
11 4 (3.45%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.86%) Groovy
12 1 (0.86%) PHP
12 1 (0.86%) VB
12 1 (0.86%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 22 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.21%) Azure Certification
4 7 (6.03%) Degree
5 4 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.72%) CISSP
7 2 (1.72%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.86%) CCSK
8 1 (0.86%) CEH
8 1 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.86%) GIAC
8 1 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.31%) NIST
3 4 (3.45%) NCSC
4 3 (2.59%) GDPR
5 1 (0.86%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.86%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.86%) QA
System Software
1 18 (15.52%) Active Directory
2 14 (12.07%) Docker
3 12 (10.34%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (3.45%) Platform Symphony
5 2 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.86%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.86%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.86%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.86%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 58 (50.00%) Terraform
2 42 (36.21%) Kubernetes
3 18 (15.52%) Grafana
4 11 (9.48%) Prometheus
5 10 (8.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (6.03%) Ansible
6 7 (6.03%) Kibana
7 5 (4.31%) ITRS Geneos
8 4 (3.45%) Puppet
8 4 (3.45%) Salt
9 3 (2.59%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.72%) Perfmon
10 2 (1.72%) SCCM
10 2 (1.72%) SCOM
11 1 (0.86%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.86%) CASB
11 1 (0.86%) logstash
11 1 (0.86%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (32.76%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.03%) Databricks
2 7 (6.03%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.31%) Google
3 5 (4.31%) TIBCO
4 4 (3.45%) IBM
4 4 (3.45%) Red Hat
5 3 (2.59%) Palo Alto
5 3 (2.59%) UiPath
6 2 (1.72%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.72%) QAD
6 2 (1.72%) SAP
6 2 (1.72%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.72%) Splunk
7 1 (0.86%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.86%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.86%) Infoblox
7 1 (0.86%) Qualys
7 1 (0.86%) Rapid7
7 1 (0.86%) SonicWALL