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 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 356 364
Rank change year-on-year +8 +8 +138
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 192 149 201
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.61% 0.51% 0.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 1.40% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 103 147
10th Percentile £400 £375 £425
25th Percentile £425 £453 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% -4.17% +5.73%
75th Percentile £552 £641 £675
90th Percentile £626 £658 £678
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -10.87% -4.17% +5.26%
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 - -

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 11,998 10,622 13,042
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.15% 36.66% 34.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,240 7,102 9,536
10th Percentile £305 £313 £288
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +2.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £709 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 134 249
10th Percentile £14.93 £17.13 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.21 £30.00 £23.24
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% +29.09% +3.29%
75th Percentile £55.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.50 £68.75 £77.60
UK median hourly rate £26.86 £27.75 £25.00
% change year-on-year -3.23% +11.00% +11.11%

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 19 December 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure Monitor in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

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 19 December 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 +33 119 £508 -3.33% 21
Midlands -17 31 £537 +34.25% 15
West Midlands -17 23 £534 +33.50% 11
South East -57 13 £483 -22.70% 17
North of England -51 11 £450 +4.35% 13
South West - 10 £575 - 9
North West -26 8 £425 +6.25% 9
East Midlands - 8 £563 - 4
Yorkshire -43 3 £600 +14.29% 4
East of England -19 2 £650 - 6
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 16 (8.33%) Apache
2 14 (7.29%) WebLogic
3 13 (6.77%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (2.60%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (2.08%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.04%) CMS
7 2 (1.04%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.56%) Dynamics AX
1 3 (1.56%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 192 (100.00%) Azure
2 86 (44.79%) Azure DevOps
3 70 (36.46%) Entra ID
4 57 (29.69%) Azure Logic Apps
5 50 (26.04%) GitHub
6 48 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
7 47 (24.48%) Serverless
8 42 (21.88%) Azure AKS
8 42 (21.88%) Azure Functions
9 41 (21.35%) Azure Key Vault
10 35 (18.23%) Azure Service Bus
11 29 (15.10%) Power Platform
12 26 (13.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 26 (13.54%) Azure Sentinel
13 25 (13.02%) AWS
14 21 (10.94%) Azure Data Factory
14 21 (10.94%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (10.42%) Power Automate
16 16 (8.33%) Azure API Management
16 16 (8.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.71%) Firewall
2 20 (10.42%) VPN
3 19 (9.90%) DNS
4 12 (6.25%) Network Security
5 11 (5.73%) DHCP
6 6 (3.13%) WAN
7 4 (2.08%) VSAN
8 2 (1.04%) LAN
8 2 (1.04%) MPLS
8 2 (1.04%) SSL
8 2 (1.04%) VLAN
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.52%) DKIM
9 1 (0.52%) DMARC
9 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.77%) Azure SQL Database
1 13 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.25%) NoSQL
2 12 (6.25%) Power BI
3 10 (5.21%) Data Lake
3 10 (5.21%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.08%) Delta Lake
4 4 (2.08%) Redis
5 3 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.04%) Data Vault
6 2 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.04%) Metadata
6 2 (1.04%) MySQL
6 2 (1.04%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.52%) PolyBase
7 1 (0.52%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 25 (13.02%) Git
2 8 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.65%) JIRA
4 5 (2.60%) Postman
5 4 (2.08%) GitLab
6 3 (1.56%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.04%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.04%) Jaeger
7 2 (1.04%) JMeter
7 2 (1.04%) MLflow
7 2 (1.04%) PVCS
7 2 (1.04%) Snyk
8 1 (0.52%) Ant
8 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.52%) ERwin
8 1 (0.52%) Locust
8 1 (0.52%) Maven
8 1 (0.52%) Poetry
8 1 (0.52%) Selenium
8 1 (0.52%) TestRail
General
1 48 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.54%) Public Sector
3 24 (12.50%) Finance
4 10 (5.21%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.69%) Banking
6 8 (4.17%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.60%) Retail
8 3 (1.56%) Billing
8 3 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Law
9 2 (1.04%) Legal
9 2 (1.04%) Local Government
9 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.04%) Military
9 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.52%) Games
10 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (26.56%) Developer
2 47 (24.48%) Azure Engineer
3 28 (14.58%) Senior
4 24 (12.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (11.46%) Azure Developer
6 16 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (7.81%) Security Engineer
8 14 (7.29%) Cloud Engineer
9 13 (6.77%) Architect
9 13 (6.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
10 12 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (5.73%) Lead
12 10 (5.21%) Administrator
12 10 (5.21%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 10 (5.21%) DBA
12 10 (5.21%) Monitoring Engineer
13 9 (4.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (4.69%) Integration Developer
14 8 (4.17%) Azure Security Engineer
14 8 (4.17%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (21.35%) .NET
2 34 (17.71%) REST
3 22 (11.46%) .NET Core
4 20 (10.42%) Node.js
4 20 (10.42%) OAuth
5 18 (9.38%) ARM Templates
6 15 (7.81%) JSON
6 15 (7.81%) React
7 13 (6.77%) Microsoft Graph
8 12 (6.25%) YAML
9 11 (5.73%) .NET Framework
9 11 (5.73%) AngularJS
9 11 (5.73%) OAuth2
10 9 (4.69%) ASP.NET
10 9 (4.69%) PyTorch
10 9 (4.69%) SOAP
11 8 (4.17%) GraphQL
12 7 (3.65%) TensorFlow
13 6 (3.13%) Kafka
13 6 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.15%) Cloud Native
2 11 (5.73%) Distributed Systems
2 11 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (4.69%) AI Agents
4 7 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.65%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.65%) Security Posture
5 6 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 5 (2.60%) Replication
7 4 (2.08%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.08%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.56%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.56%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 34 (17.71%) Windows
2 23 (11.98%) Linux
3 17 (8.85%) Unix
4 8 (4.17%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.65%) VMS
6 1 (0.52%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (64.58%) DevOps
2 101 (52.60%) Analytics
3 100 (52.08%) CI/CD
4 92 (47.92%) Log Analytics
5 65 (33.85%) Infrastructure as Code
6 49 (25.52%) Agile
7 47 (24.48%) Observability
8 40 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (19.79%) RBAC
10 34 (17.71%) AI
10 34 (17.71%) API Management
10 34 (17.71%) Migration
11 31 (16.15%) Containerisation
12 28 (14.58%) Microservices
13 27 (14.06%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (13.54%) Incident Response
14 26 (13.54%) Test Automation
15 25 (13.02%) Data Modelling
16 22 (11.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 21 (10.94%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (31.25%) SQL
2 53 (27.60%) Bicep
3 51 (26.56%) Python
4 47 (24.48%) C#
4 47 (24.48%) PowerShell
5 23 (11.98%) JavaScript
6 21 (10.94%) Kusto Query Language
7 16 (8.33%) Bash
8 13 (6.77%) TypeScript
9 10 (5.21%) Java
10 7 (3.65%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.56%) PHP
11 3 (1.56%) X++
12 1 (0.52%) Go
12 1 (0.52%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (30.21%) Security Cleared
2 54 (28.13%) SC Cleared
3 35 (18.23%) Azure Certification
4 15 (7.81%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.17%) Degree
6 3 (1.56%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.56%) CISM
6 3 (1.56%) CISSP
6 3 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.56%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 1 (0.52%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) CCDP
7 1 (0.52%) CCNP
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.52%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.52%) MCP
7 1 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 13 (6.77%) NIST
2 11 (5.73%) GDPR
3 6 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.13%) NCSC
4 3 (1.56%) NIST 800
4 3 (1.56%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.04%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.04%) EU AI Act
5 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (1.04%) QA
5 2 (1.04%) SLA
6 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (23.44%) Active Directory
2 35 (18.23%) Docker
3 7 (3.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.08%) VMware NSX
5 4 (2.08%) vSphere
6 3 (1.56%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.04%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 88 (45.83%) Terraform
2 43 (22.40%) Kubernetes
3 12 (6.25%) Grafana
3 12 (6.25%) Prometheus
4 6 (3.13%) Ansible
5 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.08%) Packer
5 4 (2.08%) Pingdom
5 4 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.04%) Kibana
8 1 (0.52%) Argo
8 1 (0.52%) CASB
8 1 (0.52%) logstash
8 1 (0.52%) SCCM
8 1 (0.52%) SCOM
8 1 (0.52%) vRealize
Vendors
1 109 (56.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (12.50%) Databricks
3 17 (8.85%) OpenAI
4 16 (8.33%) Oracle
4 16 (8.33%) Splunk
5 14 (7.29%) AppDynamics
5 14 (7.29%) Cisco
5 14 (7.29%) Dynatrace
6 8 (4.17%) ServiceNow
6 8 (4.17%) VMware
7 5 (2.60%) Google
7 5 (2.60%) NetApp
8 4 (2.08%) Moogsoft
8 4 (2.08%) PagerDuty
8 4 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.08%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.56%) Confluent
9 3 (1.56%) IBM
9 3 (1.56%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.56%) Red Hat