Azure Monitor Contracts in England

Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Azure Monitor skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Monitor over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 464 490
Rank change year-on-year +96 +26 +37
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 184 174 307
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.50% 0.37% 0.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.56% 1.01% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 130 205
10th Percentile £404 £413 £406
25th Percentile £498 £500 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £554
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +3.79% +10.80%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £684
90th Percentile £675 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £550
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £69.20 £54.50
25th Percentile - £72.88 £63.13
Median hourly rate - £83.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - +3.75% +79.78%
75th Percentile - £95.38 £84.38
90th Percentile - £100.40 £85.50
UK median hourly rate - £67.25 £60.50
% change year-on-year - +11.16% -2.81%

All Cloud Skills
England

Azure Monitor is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,806 17,214 27,004
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.26% 38.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,506 12,625 20,019
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £745 £750 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 287 322
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.98 £18.72 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £38.75 £70.00 £45.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.46 £38.78 £22.40
% change year-on-year -44.66% +73.10% +2.47%

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 June 2024.

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 June 2024. 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 +97 86 £520 -7.96% 15
South East +47 58 £605 -11.19% 17
Midlands +29 18 £373 -12.35% 5
West Midlands +20 18 £373 -12.35% 3
South West +15 10 £550 - 3
North of England -3 3 £625 +19.05% 16
North West +3 2 £513 -10.87% 13
Yorkshire +10 1 £650 +23.81% 2
East of England +4 1 £875 +169.23% 1
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 30 (16.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (7.61%) CMS
3 8 (4.35%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.80%) Apache Spark
5 4 (2.17%) Apache
6 2 (1.09%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (1.09%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.54%) Confluence
7 1 (0.54%) IIS
7 1 (0.54%) MQSeries
Business Applications
1 3 (1.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 184 (100.00%) Azure
2 70 (38.04%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 70 (38.04%) Azure DevOps
3 63 (34.24%) Entra ID
4 48 (26.09%) Azure Service Bus
5 45 (24.46%) Azure Data Factory
6 43 (23.37%) Serverless
7 41 (22.28%) Azure Functions
8 33 (17.93%) Microsoft 365
9 23 (12.50%) Azure Key Vault
9 23 (12.50%) Azure Storage
10 22 (11.96%) PaaS
11 17 (9.24%) Azure Pipelines
12 14 (7.61%) Azure Logic Apps
13 13 (7.07%) Power Platform
14 12 (6.52%) Azure AKS
15 10 (5.43%) Azure API Management
16 8 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
17 7 (3.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 7 (3.80%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.02%) DNS
2 27 (14.67%) Firewall
3 20 (10.87%) DHCP
4 8 (4.35%) NetScaler
5 6 (3.26%) HTTP
6 4 (2.17%) VPN
7 3 (1.63%) HTTPS
7 3 (1.63%) Internet
7 3 (1.63%) IPsec
7 3 (1.63%) SSH
7 3 (1.63%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.54%) FTP
8 1 (0.54%) Network Security
8 1 (0.54%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (26.63%) SQL Server
2 36 (19.57%) NoSQL
3 16 (8.70%) Azure SQL Database
4 15 (8.15%) Data Lake
5 13 (7.07%) Power BI
6 9 (4.89%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.72%) Parquet
7 5 (2.72%) SSDT
8 4 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (2.17%) Redis
8 4 (2.17%) Relational Database
9 3 (1.63%) Big Data
9 3 (1.63%) MariaDB
9 3 (1.63%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.63%) MySQL
10 2 (1.09%) Data Mining
10 2 (1.09%) Power Query
10 2 (1.09%) Spark SQL
10 2 (1.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 71 (38.59%) Git
2 16 (8.70%) Selenium
3 10 (5.43%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.17%) Deequ
4 4 (2.17%) SpecFlow
5 3 (1.63%) Gatling
5 3 (1.63%) GitLab
5 3 (1.63%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.63%) JMeter
5 3 (1.63%) Maven
5 3 (1.63%) Postman
5 3 (1.63%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (1.09%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.54%) Ant
7 1 (0.54%) JIRA
7 1 (0.54%) Moq
7 1 (0.54%) NUnit
7 1 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.54%) WebDriver
General
1 43 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.13%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (10.33%) Back Office
4 16 (8.70%) Finance
4 16 (8.70%) Public Sector
5 4 (2.17%) Banking
5 4 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (1.63%) Marketing
6 3 (1.63%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.09%) Electronics
7 2 (1.09%) Local Government
7 2 (1.09%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.09%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.54%) Law
8 1 (0.54%) Legal
8 1 (0.54%) Police
Job Titles
1 67 (36.41%) Developer
2 31 (16.85%) Azure Developer
2 31 (16.85%) Senior
3 28 (15.22%) Azure Engineer
4 24 (13.04%) Full Stack Developer
5 20 (10.87%) Active Directory Support
5 20 (10.87%) Senior Developer
6 18 (9.78%) Lead
7 16 (8.70%) Data Engineer
8 15 (8.15%) Azure Specialist
9 14 (7.61%) Active Directory Specialist
9 14 (7.61%) Architect
9 14 (7.61%) C# Developer
9 14 (7.61%) Support Specialist
10 13 (7.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 11 (5.98%) Python Developer
12 10 (5.43%) Cloud Engineer
12 10 (5.43%) Full Stack Python Developer
12 10 (5.43%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 8 (4.35%) Azure Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (27.72%) .NET
2 44 (23.91%) React
3 41 (22.28%) ARM Templates
4 39 (21.20%) .NET Core
5 17 (9.24%) CSS
6 16 (8.70%) HTML
7 15 (8.15%) JSON
8 14 (7.61%) jQuery
8 14 (7.61%) YAML
9 13 (7.07%) ASP.NET
9 13 (7.07%) PySpark
10 10 (5.43%) ASP.NET MVC
11 9 (4.89%) REST
12 7 (3.80%) OAuth
13 6 (3.26%) XML
14 5 (2.72%) AngularJS
14 5 (2.72%) Apache Avro
14 5 (2.72%) JSON Schema
15 4 (2.17%) Flask
15 4 (2.17%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (16.30%) Product Ownership
2 24 (13.04%) PKI
3 20 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (8.15%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.72%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.72%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.17%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.17%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.63%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.63%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Cloud
9 1 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.54%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.54%) Renewable Energy
9 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 46 (25.00%) Windows
2 32 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 31 (16.85%) Linux
4 23 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 22 (11.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 10 (5.43%) Windows 10
7 4 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.63%) VMS
9 2 (1.09%) Unix
10 1 (0.54%) CentOS
10 1 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (71.20%) DevOps
2 93 (50.54%) Agile
3 70 (38.04%) CI/CD
4 60 (32.61%) Analytics
5 52 (28.26%) Log Analytics
6 46 (25.00%) API Management
7 45 (24.46%) Infrastructure as Code
8 41 (22.28%) TDD
9 38 (20.65%) OO
10 36 (19.57%) OOD
11 31 (16.85%) Clean Code
12 30 (16.30%) Test Automation
13 29 (15.76%) SDLC
14 28 (15.22%) ITIL
15 26 (14.13%) RBAC
16 25 (13.59%) Full Stack Development
16 25 (13.59%) Identity Management
17 23 (12.50%) Change Management
18 22 (11.96%) Release Management
18 22 (11.96%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 78 (42.39%) C#
2 62 (33.70%) Bicep
3 60 (32.61%) PowerShell
4 46 (25.00%) Python
4 46 (25.00%) SQL
5 22 (11.96%) JavaScript
6 20 (10.87%) VB
6 20 (10.87%) VBScript
7 16 (8.70%) TypeScript
8 14 (7.61%) Java
9 10 (5.43%) T-SQL
10 6 (3.26%) Scala
11 4 (2.17%) C
12 3 (1.63%) Bash
13 2 (1.09%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.54%) Perl
14 1 (0.54%) PHP
14 1 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.85%) SC Cleared
3 28 (15.22%) Degree
4 22 (11.96%) DV Cleared
5 20 (10.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (3.26%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.63%) CCIE
8 3 (1.63%) CCNP
8 3 (1.63%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.54%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (10.33%) WCAG
2 17 (9.24%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.72%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (2.17%) NCSC
4 4 (2.17%) NIST
5 2 (1.09%) QA
5 2 (1.09%) SLA
6 1 (0.54%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 96 (52.17%) Active Directory
2 35 (19.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 30 (16.30%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (4.89%) Docker
5 8 (4.35%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 8 (4.35%) XenApp
5 8 (4.35%) XenDesktop
6 7 (3.80%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.63%) NFS
8 2 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
9 1 (0.54%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 30 (16.30%) Kubernetes
2 25 (13.59%) Terraform
3 24 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 23 (12.50%) SCCM
5 22 (11.96%) WSUS
6 20 (10.87%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 20 (10.87%) SCOM
7 5 (2.72%) SysTrack
8 4 (2.17%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 3 (1.63%) Ansible
9 3 (1.63%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.63%) Grafana
9 3 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.09%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.09%) SCDPM
10 2 (1.09%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.54%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.54%) CASB
11 1 (0.54%) HP SIM
11 1 (0.54%) Nagios
Vendors
1 91 (49.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.15%) Citrix
3 14 (7.61%) Databricks
4 10 (5.43%) New Relic
5 9 (4.89%) NetApp
6 8 (4.35%) Splunk
7 5 (2.72%) OpenAI
8 4 (2.17%) Adobe
8 4 (2.17%) Cisco
8 4 (2.17%) Oracle
8 4 (2.17%) Qualtrics
8 4 (2.17%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.63%) Dynatrace
9 3 (1.63%) Palo Alto
9 3 (1.63%) SAP
9 3 (1.63%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.09%) CA
10 2 (1.09%) VMware
11 1 (0.54%) BMC
11 1 (0.54%) Commvault