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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 375 365
Rank change year-on-year -9 -10 +69
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 249 131 173
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.55% 0.47% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 1.27% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 95 131
10th Percentile £400 £350 £395
25th Percentile £450 £403 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £575
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -21.74% -
75th Percentile £624 £536 £638
90th Percentile £714 £626 £651
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £570
% change year-on-year +16.67% -21.05% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £66.66 - -
UK median hourly rate £66.66 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year -4.77% - -

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 15,958 10,279 11,326
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.07% 37.24% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,654 6,968 8,061
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.34% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 267 246
10th Percentile £16.62 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.13 £16.10
Median hourly rate £37.37 £26.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +43.73% +18.18% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £51.43
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £27.50 £23.80
% change year-on-year +29.09% +15.55% -32.00%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -35 125 £525 +19.32% 36
South East -34 44 £520 +9.37% 22
North of England -35 39 £473 +5.17% 11
North West -35 21 £566 +25.78% 5
Yorkshire - 18 £465 - 4
South West -25 17 £488 -6.25% 2
Midlands -53 14 £488 -5.11% 4
East of England - 8 £552 - 5
West Midlands -67 7 £400 -22.33% 3
East Midlands -12 6 £500 - 1
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 12 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 11 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (3.61%) IIS
4 6 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (2.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.40%) Anypoint
6 1 (0.40%) Apache
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Synapse
6 1 (0.40%) Mendix
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (0.80%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.40%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.40%) InDesign
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Maximo
1 1 (0.40%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.40%) SAP MDG
1 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 249 (100.00%) Azure
2 118 (47.39%) Azure DevOps
3 96 (38.55%) GitHub
4 89 (35.74%) Entra ID
5 65 (26.10%) GitHub Actions
6 61 (24.50%) Azure AKS
7 54 (21.69%) Azure Key Vault
8 40 (16.06%) AWS
9 32 (12.85%) PaaS
10 30 (12.05%) Serverless
11 29 (11.65%) Power Platform
12 27 (10.84%) Azure Sentinel
13 24 (9.64%) Azure Functions
13 24 (9.64%) Azure Service Bus
14 23 (9.24%) Azure App Service
14 23 (9.24%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 20 (8.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (8.03%) Azure Logic Apps
16 19 (7.63%) IaaS
16 19 (7.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.87%) Firewall
2 30 (12.05%) VPN
3 29 (11.65%) DNS
4 24 (9.64%) Network Security
5 11 (4.42%) DHCP
5 11 (4.42%) TCP/IP
6 8 (3.21%) SSL
6 8 (3.21%) WAN
7 5 (2.01%) BGP
7 5 (2.01%) SSH
8 4 (1.61%) SNMP
9 3 (1.20%) VLAN
9 3 (1.20%) VSAN
10 2 (0.80%) HTTPS
10 2 (0.80%) Internet
10 2 (0.80%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.80%) NGFW
11 1 (0.40%) HTTP
11 1 (0.40%) LAN
11 1 (0.40%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (16.06%) SQL Server
2 33 (13.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 17 (6.83%) Power BI
4 15 (6.02%) Data Lake
5 13 (5.22%) Delta Lake
6 12 (4.82%) NoSQL
7 11 (4.42%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (3.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 7 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (2.81%) MySQL
10 6 (2.41%) MongoDB
10 6 (2.41%) Redis
11 5 (2.01%) Relational Database
12 4 (1.61%) Data Vault
12 4 (1.61%) Parquet
12 4 (1.61%) Snowflake Schema
13 3 (1.20%) Apache Cassandra
13 3 (1.20%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.80%) Geospatial Data
15 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 32 (12.85%) Git
2 11 (4.42%) JIRA
3 6 (2.41%) GitLab
3 6 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.61%) JetBrains Rider
4 4 (1.61%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.20%) Gradle
5 3 (1.20%) Maven
6 2 (0.80%) CircleCI
6 2 (0.80%) JMeter
6 2 (0.80%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.80%) NeoLoad
6 2 (0.80%) Terragrunt
7 1 (0.40%) Gatling
7 1 (0.40%) MSI
7 1 (0.40%) NUnit
7 1 (0.40%) Postman
7 1 (0.40%) Selenium
7 1 (0.40%) Serilog
7 1 (0.40%) TestRail
General
1 59 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 34 (13.65%) Finance
3 28 (11.24%) Public Sector
4 23 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.42%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (4.02%) Banking
7 4 (1.61%) Legal
7 4 (1.61%) Retail
8 3 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.20%) Local Government
8 3 (1.20%) Military
9 2 (0.80%) Billing
9 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (26.51%) Azure Engineer
2 43 (17.27%) Senior
3 35 (14.06%) Developer
4 29 (11.65%) Architect
5 28 (11.24%) Cloud Engineer
6 26 (10.44%) DevOps Engineer
7 25 (10.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (8.03%) Platform Engineer
9 19 (7.63%) Azure Developer
10 17 (6.83%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 13 (5.22%) Data Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 12 (4.82%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (4.82%) Lead
13 11 (4.42%) Site Engineer
13 11 (4.42%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 10 (4.02%) Azure Architect
14 10 (4.02%) Consultant
14 10 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (16.87%) .NET
2 41 (16.47%) ARM Templates
3 35 (14.06%) REST
4 28 (11.24%) .NET Framework
5 18 (7.23%) OAuth
6 15 (6.02%) RESTful
6 15 (6.02%) YAML
7 14 (5.62%) .NET Core
8 13 (5.22%) OpenID
9 12 (4.82%) OpenTelemetry
10 11 (4.42%) Entity Framework
10 11 (4.42%) Microsoft Graph
10 11 (4.42%) OAuth2
11 10 (4.02%) JSON
11 10 (4.02%) Web Services
12 9 (3.61%) SOAP
13 8 (3.21%) Middleware
13 8 (3.21%) React
14 7 (2.81%) PySpark
15 6 (2.41%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (20.48%) Cloud Native
2 17 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 13 (5.22%) Onboarding
4 12 (4.82%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.42%) Replication
6 10 (4.02%) Clustering
6 10 (4.02%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (3.61%) CMDB
7 9 (3.61%) Security Posture
8 7 (2.81%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (2.41%) ARM Cortex
9 6 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (2.41%) Legacy Code
9 6 (2.41%) Product Ownership
9 6 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.01%) AI Agents
10 5 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.01%) Management Information System
11 4 (1.61%) Cloud Security Posture
11 4 (1.61%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 61 (24.50%) Windows
2 37 (14.86%) Windows Server
3 23 (9.24%) Linux
4 11 (4.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (3.21%) VMS
6 5 (2.01%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.61%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.20%) SUSE
9 2 (0.80%) Android
9 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.80%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (66.67%) DevOps
2 137 (55.02%) CI/CD
3 130 (52.21%) Analytics
4 121 (48.59%) Log Analytics
5 101 (40.56%) Infrastructure as Code
6 72 (28.92%) Observability
7 59 (23.69%) RBAC
8 43 (17.27%) Containerisation
8 43 (17.27%) Platform Engineering
9 42 (16.87%) Agile
9 42 (16.87%) Disaster Recovery
10 36 (14.46%) Continuous Improvement
10 36 (14.46%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 36 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
10 36 (14.46%) Runbook
11 34 (13.65%) Identity Access Management
12 33 (13.25%) ITIL
13 31 (12.45%) Migration
14 30 (12.05%) AI
14 30 (12.05%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 106 (42.57%) PowerShell
2 75 (30.12%) Python
3 70 (28.11%) Bicep
4 66 (26.51%) SQL
5 49 (19.68%) C#
6 40 (16.06%) Bash
7 17 (6.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 14 (5.62%) Java
9 11 (4.42%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.61%) T-SQL
11 6 (2.41%) Scala
12 3 (1.20%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.80%) C
14 1 (0.40%) C++
14 1 (0.40%) Korn
14 1 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (34.94%) Security Cleared
2 62 (24.90%) SC Cleared
3 50 (20.08%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.83%) Degree
5 16 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (3.61%) DV Cleared
8 6 (2.41%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.80%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.80%) CISSP
10 2 (0.80%) MCSE
11 1 (0.40%) CCNA
11 1 (0.40%) CCNP
11 1 (0.40%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.40%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.40%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.40%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.64%) QA
2 13 (5.22%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.42%) GDPR
4 7 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.41%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.41%) NIST
6 4 (1.61%) SLA
6 4 (1.61%) WCAG
7 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.80%) NCSC
8 2 (0.80%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.80%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.40%) GRC
9 1 (0.40%) HL7
9 1 (0.40%) IEC 62304
9 1 (0.40%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.40%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 45 (18.07%) Docker
2 43 (17.27%) Active Directory
3 34 (13.65%) Virtual Machines
4 11 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (3.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (2.81%) Hyper-V
6 7 (2.81%) IAG
7 3 (1.20%) Firmware
7 3 (1.20%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (1.20%) vSphere
8 1 (0.40%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 126 (50.60%) Terraform
2 61 (24.50%) Kubernetes
3 27 (10.84%) Grafana
4 24 (9.64%) Ansible
5 23 (9.24%) Prometheus
6 13 (5.22%) Microsoft Intune
7 10 (4.02%) SCOM
8 9 (3.61%) SCCM
9 6 (2.41%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.61%) Istio
10 4 (1.61%) Kustomize
10 4 (1.61%) linkerd
11 3 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
11 3 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (1.20%) Progress Chef
11 3 (1.20%) vCenter Server
11 3 (1.20%) VxRail
12 1 (0.40%) Control-M
12 1 (0.40%) Packer
12 1 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 116 (46.59%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.04%) ServiceNow
3 18 (7.23%) Databricks
4 14 (5.62%) Dynatrace
4 14 (5.62%) Splunk
5 13 (5.22%) VMware
6 7 (2.81%) CrowdStrike
6 7 (2.81%) Nexthink
7 6 (2.41%) Google
8 5 (2.01%) Foundry
8 5 (2.01%) OpenAI
8 5 (2.01%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.61%) Cribl.io
9 4 (1.61%) Dell
9 4 (1.61%) Oracle
10 3 (1.20%) Adobe
10 3 (1.20%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.20%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.80%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.80%) Workday