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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 351 348 360
Rank change year-on-year -3 +12 +121
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 198 138 194
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.63% 0.52% 0.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.65% 1.40% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 95 140
10th Percentile £400 £375 £425
25th Percentile £425 £450 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £558 £650 £674
90th Percentile £650 £673 £676
UK median daily rate £508 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -11.74% -4.17% -
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 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 12,032 9,860 12,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.02% 36.81% 34.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,329 6,568 8,971
10th Percentile £304 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £421 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £735
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 135 236
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.46 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.36 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.71 £28.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.77% +26.67% -0.32%
75th Percentile £57.25 £46.84 £50.40
90th Percentile £78.45 £68.75 £74.38
UK median hourly rate £27.61 £27.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year +0.38% +19.57% +2.22%

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 14 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure Monitor in England over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

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 14 January 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 +17 117 £504 -4.05% 11
Midlands -16 31 £537 +38.58% 9
West Midlands -18 23 £534 +37.81% 2
South East -46 17 £500 -20.00% 19
South West - 15 £575 - 7
North of England -55 11 £450 +4.35% 19
East Midlands - 8 £563 - 6
North West -26 7 £425 +6.25% 13
Yorkshire -47 4 £600 +14.29% 5
East of England -14 2 £650 - 8
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 15 (7.58%) Apache
1 15 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.07%) WebLogic
3 7 (3.54%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (2.02%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.02%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.01%) CMS
5 2 (1.01%) Confluence
5 2 (1.01%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (4.04%) Maximo
2 3 (1.52%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.01%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 198 (100.00%) Azure
2 94 (47.47%) Azure DevOps
3 74 (37.37%) Entra ID
4 59 (29.80%) Azure Logic Apps
5 51 (25.76%) GitHub
6 50 (25.25%) Serverless
7 47 (23.74%) Azure AKS
7 47 (23.74%) GitHub Actions
8 45 (22.73%) Azure Functions
9 41 (20.71%) Azure Key Vault
10 38 (19.19%) Azure Service Bus
11 31 (15.66%) Azure Sentinel
12 30 (15.15%) Power Platform
13 26 (13.13%) AWS
13 26 (13.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 22 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (11.11%) Power Automate
15 18 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
15 18 (9.09%) PaaS
15 18 (9.09%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (17.17%) Firewall
2 21 (10.61%) VPN
3 15 (7.58%) DNS
4 11 (5.56%) Network Security
5 9 (4.55%) DHCP
6 4 (2.02%) WAN
7 2 (1.01%) LAN
7 2 (1.01%) MPLS
7 2 (1.01%) SSL
8 1 (0.51%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.51%) DKIM
8 1 (0.51%) DMARC
8 1 (0.51%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.51%) VSAN
8 1 (0.51%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.57%) Power BI
2 12 (6.06%) NoSQL
3 11 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.55%) MongoDB
5 7 (3.54%) Data Lake
6 4 (2.02%) Redis
7 3 (1.52%) Delta Lake
8 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.51%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.51%) KNIME
9 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.51%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.51%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.51%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (11.62%) Git
2 8 (4.04%) JIRA
3 7 (3.54%) Jenkins
4 5 (2.53%) Postman
5 4 (2.02%) GitLab
6 3 (1.52%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.52%) Gradle
7 2 (1.01%) Jaeger
7 2 (1.01%) MLflow
7 2 (1.01%) PVCS
7 2 (1.01%) Snyk
8 1 (0.51%) Ant
8 1 (0.51%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.51%) ERwin
8 1 (0.51%) JMeter
8 1 (0.51%) Locust
8 1 (0.51%) Maven
8 1 (0.51%) Poetry
8 1 (0.51%) Selenium
8 1 (0.51%) TestRail
General
1 44 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 27 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 25 (12.63%) Finance
4 9 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.55%) Banking
5 7 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.53%) Retail
7 3 (1.52%) Billing
7 3 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.52%) Legal
8 2 (1.01%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.01%) Local Government
8 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.51%) Back Office
9 1 (0.51%) Electronics
9 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.51%) Games
9 1 (0.51%) Law
9 1 (0.51%) Military
9 1 (0.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 57 (28.79%) Azure Engineer
2 52 (26.26%) Developer
3 30 (15.15%) Senior
4 28 (14.14%) DevOps Engineer
5 21 (10.61%) Azure Developer
6 18 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 18 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (7.58%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (7.07%) Security Engineer
10 13 (6.57%) Lead
11 11 (5.56%) Architect
12 10 (5.05%) Administrator
12 10 (5.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 10 (5.05%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (5.05%) DBA
12 10 (5.05%) Monitoring Engineer
13 9 (4.55%) Integration Developer
14 8 (4.04%) Senior DevOps
14 8 (4.04%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (21.72%) .NET
2 36 (18.18%) REST
3 28 (14.14%) ARM Templates
4 23 (11.62%) Node.js
5 22 (11.11%) .NET Core
6 20 (10.10%) OAuth
7 17 (8.59%) React
8 15 (7.58%) JSON
9 13 (6.57%) AngularJS
9 13 (6.57%) Microsoft Graph
10 11 (5.56%) .NET Framework
10 11 (5.56%) OAuth2
10 11 (5.56%) YAML
11 10 (5.05%) GraphQL
12 9 (4.55%) ASP.NET
12 9 (4.55%) PyTorch
12 9 (4.55%) SOAP
13 7 (3.54%) Kafka
13 7 (3.54%) TensorFlow
14 5 (2.53%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (15.66%) Cloud Native
2 15 (7.58%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.55%) AI Agents
5 8 (4.04%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (3.54%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.53%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.02%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.02%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.02%) Virtual Team
9 3 (1.52%) Data Fabric
9 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Cloud
9 3 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.52%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 33 (16.67%) Windows
2 23 (11.62%) Linux
3 17 (8.59%) Unix
4 8 (4.04%) Windows Server
5 6 (3.03%) VMS
6 1 (0.51%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (67.17%) DevOps
2 108 (54.55%) Analytics
3 100 (50.51%) CI/CD
4 99 (50.00%) Log Analytics
5 66 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
6 51 (25.76%) Observability
7 48 (24.24%) Agile
8 47 (23.74%) RBAC
9 38 (19.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (18.18%) API Management
11 34 (17.17%) AI
12 31 (15.66%) Containerisation
13 30 (15.15%) Migration
14 28 (14.14%) Business Intelligence
15 27 (13.64%) Microservices
16 26 (13.13%) Cloud Security
17 25 (12.63%) Data Modelling
17 25 (12.63%) Incident Response
18 24 (12.12%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 24 (12.12%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 62 (31.31%) Bicep
2 56 (28.28%) SQL
3 51 (25.76%) Python
4 49 (24.75%) C#
4 49 (24.75%) PowerShell
5 24 (12.12%) JavaScript
6 20 (10.10%) Kusto Query Language
7 15 (7.58%) Bash
8 13 (6.57%) TypeScript
9 11 (5.56%) Java
10 7 (3.54%) T-SQL
11 3 (1.52%) PHP
11 3 (1.52%) X++
12 1 (0.51%) Go
Qualifications
1 64 (32.32%) Security Cleared
2 58 (29.29%) SC Cleared
3 41 (20.71%) Azure Certification
4 20 (10.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (4.04%) CISM
5 8 (4.04%) CISSP
5 8 (4.04%) DV Cleared
5 8 (4.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 6 (3.03%) Degree
7 3 (1.52%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.51%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 17 (8.59%) NIST
2 11 (5.56%) GDPR
3 8 (4.04%) NCSC
3 8 (4.04%) NIST 800
4 6 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.52%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.01%) EU AI Act
6 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 2 (1.01%) SLA
7 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.51%) QA
7 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 45 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 36 (18.18%) Docker
3 6 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (2.53%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.52%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.51%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.51%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 96 (48.48%) Terraform
2 48 (24.24%) Kubernetes
3 13 (6.57%) Prometheus
4 11 (5.56%) Grafana
5 6 (3.03%) Ansible
6 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (2.02%) Packer
6 4 (2.02%) Pingdom
6 4 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (1.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.01%) Kibana
8 1 (0.51%) Argo
8 1 (0.51%) CASB
8 1 (0.51%) logstash
8 1 (0.51%) SCCM
8 1 (0.51%) SCOM
Vendors
1 111 (56.06%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.61%) Databricks
3 20 (10.10%) OpenAI
4 16 (8.08%) Dynatrace
5 15 (7.58%) Oracle
5 15 (7.58%) Splunk
6 14 (7.07%) AppDynamics
6 14 (7.07%) Cisco
7 8 (4.04%) IBM
7 8 (4.04%) Red Hat
7 8 (4.04%) ServiceNow
8 6 (3.03%) Google
9 5 (2.53%) VMware
10 4 (2.02%) Moogsoft
10 4 (2.02%) New Relic
10 4 (2.02%) PagerDuty
10 4 (2.02%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.02%) SolarWinds
11 3 (1.52%) Confluent
12 2 (1.01%) LogRhythm