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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 367 337
Rank change year-on-year -13 -30 +71
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 275 148 193
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.59% 0.53% 0.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.72% 1.39% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 89 131
10th Percentile £400 £360 £375
25th Percentile £453 £406 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -17.50% -0.08%
75th Percentile £622 £538 £644
90th Percentile £675 £638 £653
UK median daily rate £523 £495 £593
% change year-on-year +5.56% -16.46% -1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.74 - -
Median hourly rate £63.48 - -
75th Percentile £65.94 - -
90th Percentile £66.37 - -
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -9.31% - -

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 15,949 10,616 11,189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.43% 38.24% 34.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,607 7,183 7,470
10th Percentile £320 £304 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £501 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -3.67%
75th Percentile £632 £625 £640
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 574 254 165
10th Percentile £15.42 £15.50 £15.99
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -28.14% +7.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £26.00 £34.47
% change year-on-year +15.38% -24.56% +4.44%

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 October 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 October 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 -46 142 £525 +16.67% 78
North of England -27 51 £495 +10.00% 41
South East -18 50 £521 -0.71% 41
Yorkshire -14 23 £471 - 12
North West -31 21 £628 +39.47% 22
Midlands -54 13 £413 -21.43% 17
East of England -17 10 £552 -15.08% 13
South West -30 8 £600 +15.38% 15
West Midlands -57 7 £400 -24.46% 13
North East - 7 £500 - 7
East Midlands -10 6 £475 -5.00% 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 9 (3.27%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.91%) Confluence
3 7 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.09%) Apache
5 3 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.09%) CMS
5 3 (1.09%) nginx
6 1 (0.36%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.36%) EPiServer
6 1 (0.36%) Mendix
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.09%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.09%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.36%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 275 (100.00%) Azure
2 132 (48.00%) Azure DevOps
3 110 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 107 (38.91%) GitHub
5 67 (24.36%) Azure AKS
6 64 (23.27%) GitHub Actions
7 51 (18.55%) Azure Key Vault
8 45 (16.36%) AWS
9 37 (13.45%) Serverless
10 33 (12.00%) Power Platform
11 32 (11.64%) PaaS
12 30 (10.91%) Azure Functions
13 29 (10.55%) Azure Sentinel
14 28 (10.18%) Azure API Management
15 27 (9.82%) Azure App Service
16 25 (9.09%) IaaS
17 24 (8.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 23 (8.36%) Azure ExpressRoute
18 23 (8.36%) Datadog
18 23 (8.36%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (18.18%) Firewall
2 41 (14.91%) DNS
3 34 (12.36%) Network Security
4 30 (10.91%) VPN
5 16 (5.82%) DHCP
6 14 (5.09%) TCP/IP
7 12 (4.36%) SSL
8 8 (2.91%) WAN
9 6 (2.18%) BGP
9 6 (2.18%) SSH
10 5 (1.82%) Kerberos
10 5 (1.82%) NGFW
11 4 (1.45%) SNMP
12 2 (0.73%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.73%) Internet
12 2 (0.73%) LAN
12 2 (0.73%) Reverse Proxy
12 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
13 1 (0.36%) MPLS
13 1 (0.36%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (13.82%) SQL Server
2 29 (10.55%) Azure SQL Database
3 26 (9.45%) Power BI
4 19 (6.91%) Data Lake
5 15 (5.45%) PostgreSQL
6 13 (4.73%) NoSQL
6 13 (4.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 11 (4.00%) MySQL
8 9 (3.27%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (3.27%) Delta Lake
9 7 (2.55%) Redis
10 6 (2.18%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.45%) Data Vault
11 4 (1.45%) Metadata
11 4 (1.45%) Parquet
12 3 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.09%) Snowflake Schema
13 2 (0.73%) Big Data
13 2 (0.73%) MongoDB
13 2 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (13.45%) Git
2 15 (5.45%) GitLab
3 11 (4.00%) JIRA
4 8 (2.91%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.82%) JMeter
6 4 (1.45%) JetBrains Rider
6 4 (1.45%) Postman
6 4 (1.45%) Terragrunt
6 4 (1.45%) Visual Studio
7 3 (1.09%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.73%) Gatling
8 2 (0.73%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.73%) NeoLoad
8 2 (0.73%) Selenium
8 2 (0.73%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.36%) Newman
General
1 85 (30.91%) Social Skills
2 40 (14.55%) Finance
3 37 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (11.27%) Public Sector
5 8 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (2.55%) Banking
7 5 (1.82%) Retail
8 4 (1.45%) Local Government
8 4 (1.45%) Military
8 4 (1.45%) Police
9 3 (1.09%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.09%) Billing
9 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (0.73%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.73%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.73%) Marketing
10 2 (0.73%) Publishing
11 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (22.91%) Azure Engineer
2 47 (17.09%) Senior
3 39 (14.18%) Cloud Engineer
4 36 (13.09%) DevOps Engineer
5 34 (12.36%) Architect
6 28 (10.18%) Developer
6 28 (10.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 19 (6.91%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 19 (6.91%) Lead
7 19 (6.91%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (5.09%) Solutions Architect
9 12 (4.36%) Consultant
9 12 (4.36%) DBA
9 12 (4.36%) Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (4.00%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 11 (4.00%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 11 (4.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (4.00%) SQL DBA
11 10 (3.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (3.64%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 165 (60.00%) Terraform
2 48 (17.45%) REST
3 41 (14.91%) ARM Templates
4 32 (11.64%) .NET
4 32 (11.64%) OAuth
5 23 (8.36%) OAuth2
6 22 (8.00%) OpenID
7 14 (5.09%) .NET Core
8 13 (4.73%) JSON
8 13 (4.73%) Middleware
8 13 (4.73%) RESTful
9 12 (4.36%) .NET Framework
9 12 (4.36%) YAML
10 11 (4.00%) Entity Framework
10 11 (4.00%) OpenAPI
10 11 (4.00%) React
10 11 (4.00%) Swagger
11 10 (3.64%) OpenTelemetry
12 9 (3.27%) SAML
13 7 (2.55%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 67 (24.36%) Cloud Native
2 27 (9.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 21 (7.64%) CMDB
4 17 (6.18%) Onboarding
5 15 (5.45%) Security Posture
6 13 (4.73%) Enterprise Software
6 13 (4.73%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.73%) Replication
7 12 (4.36%) Clustering
7 12 (4.36%) Enterprise Cloud
8 11 (4.00%) Cloud Security Posture
9 10 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (2.91%) ARM Cortex
10 8 (2.91%) Product Ownership
10 8 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.55%) AI Agents
11 7 (2.55%) Data Centre
11 7 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (2.55%) PKI
12 6 (2.18%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 71 (25.82%) Windows
2 45 (16.36%) Windows Server
3 32 (11.64%) Linux
4 12 (4.36%) VMS
5 11 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (2.55%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.45%) Android
7 4 (1.45%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.45%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.36%) Unix
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (64.73%) DevOps
2 163 (59.27%) CI/CD
3 133 (48.36%) Infrastructure as Code
4 132 (48.00%) Analytics
5 119 (43.27%) Log Analytics
6 89 (32.36%) Observability
7 78 (28.36%) RBAC
8 63 (22.91%) Agile
9 54 (19.64%) Deployment Automation
10 53 (19.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 53 (19.27%) ITIL
11 49 (17.82%) AI
11 49 (17.82%) Containerisation
11 49 (17.82%) Stakeholder Management
12 48 (17.45%) Platform Engineering
13 43 (15.64%) Infrastructure Automation
14 42 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
15 40 (14.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 40 (14.55%) Test Automation
16 37 (13.45%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 122 (44.36%) PowerShell
2 93 (33.82%) Python
3 90 (32.73%) Bicep
4 65 (23.64%) SQL
5 63 (22.91%) Bash
6 46 (16.73%) C#
7 19 (6.91%) Java
8 13 (4.73%) TypeScript
9 12 (4.36%) T-SQL
10 11 (4.00%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (1.82%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.36%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.36%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.36%) C
12 1 (0.36%) Korn
12 1 (0.36%) VB
12 1 (0.36%) VBA
12 1 (0.36%) X++
Qualifications
1 101 (36.73%) Security Cleared
2 71 (25.82%) SC Cleared
3 62 (22.55%) Azure Certification
4 26 (9.45%) Degree
5 25 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (6.18%) DV Cleared
7 15 (5.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (4.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 9 (3.27%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.55%) AWS Certification
10 7 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.82%) CISSP
11 5 (1.82%) MCSE
12 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
14 1 (0.36%) CCIE
14 1 (0.36%) CCNP
14 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
14 1 (0.36%) FFIEC
14 1 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (10.18%) QA
2 15 (5.45%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.36%) GDPR
4 9 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (2.91%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.91%) NIST
6 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.09%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.09%) SLA
6 3 (1.09%) WCAG
7 2 (0.73%) NCSC
7 2 (0.73%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.36%) GLBA
8 1 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.36%) HL7
8 1 (0.36%) IEC 62304
8 1 (0.36%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.36%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 57 (20.73%) Active Directory
2 51 (18.55%) Docker
3 34 (12.36%) Virtual Machines
4 13 (4.73%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (4.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (3.64%) IAG
7 7 (2.55%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 81 (29.45%) Kubernetes
2 47 (17.09%) Grafana
3 36 (13.09%) Ansible
4 26 (9.45%) Prometheus
5 21 (7.64%) Microsoft Intune
6 19 (6.91%) SCOM
7 14 (5.09%) SCCM
8 9 (3.27%) Progress Chef
9 5 (1.82%) FortiGate
9 5 (1.82%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.36%) Control-M
10 1 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.36%) Istio
10 1 (0.36%) Kustomize
10 1 (0.36%) linkerd
10 1 (0.36%) Packer
10 1 (0.36%) Podman
10 1 (0.36%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 158 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 42 (15.27%) ServiceNow
3 36 (13.09%) Dynatrace
4 25 (9.09%) Splunk
5 19 (6.91%) Databricks
6 14 (5.09%) VMware
7 10 (3.64%) Nexthink
7 10 (3.64%) OpenAI
8 9 (3.27%) CrowdStrike
9 8 (2.91%) AppDynamics
9 8 (2.91%) Foundry
9 8 (2.91%) Google
9 8 (2.91%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.55%) Red Hat
11 6 (2.18%) Okta
12 5 (1.82%) Veeam
12 5 (1.82%) Zscaler
13 4 (1.45%) Commvault
13 4 (1.45%) MicroStrategy
13 4 (1.45%) MuleSoft