Azure Service Bus Contract Job Trends in England

Microsoft Azure Service Bus
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Azure Service Bus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 400 360
Rank change year-on-year -42 -40 +46
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 153 77 188
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.32% 0.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.06% 0.85% 1.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 50 111
10th Percentile £393 £457 £408
25th Percentile £450 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £655 £650
90th Percentile £689 £708 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -10.71% +1.82% -6.38%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Azure Service Bus 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 14,439 9,014 11,642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.20% 37.16% 32.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,893 6,249 8,391
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 473 199 325
10th Percentile £15.52 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.96 £15.85
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% +21.43% -34.98%
75th Percentile £67.50 £38.13 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £72.75 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £37.31 £27.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +35.67% +28.69% -38.94%

Azure Service Bus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Service Bus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Azure Service Bus job vacancy trend in England

Azure Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Service Bus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Azure Service Bus

Azure Service Bus
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Service Bus in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Service Bus in England

Azure Service Bus
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 Service Bus within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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 -13 101 £525 -8.70% 42
North of England -53 13 £525 +16.67% 8
South East -68 12 £609 -2.56% 19
East of England -23 11 £563 -16.67% 3
Midlands -63 9 £500 -2.44% 4
North West -28 7 £550 +22.22% 5
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
West Midlands -61 5 £460 -8.68% 3
East Midlands -22 4 £500 -13.04% 1
South West -37 3 £450 +20.00% 1
Azure Service Bus
UK

Azure Service Bus
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 28 (18.30%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.54%) HCL Notes
2 10 (6.54%) Mendix
2 10 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.96%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.31%) Confluence
5 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.65%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.96%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.65%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 153 (100.00%) Azure
2 70 (45.75%) Serverless
3 64 (41.83%) Azure Logic Apps
4 63 (41.18%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (39.22%) Azure Functions
6 44 (28.76%) Dynamics 365
7 39 (25.49%) Power Platform
8 36 (23.53%) Power Automate
9 33 (21.57%) Entra ID
10 31 (20.26%) Azure Monitor
11 30 (19.61%) Azure Event Grid
12 27 (17.65%) Azure AKS
12 27 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
12 27 (17.65%) PowerApps
13 26 (16.99%) Azure Key Vault
14 25 (16.34%) GitHub
15 22 (14.38%) PaaS
16 21 (13.73%) Azure API Management
17 18 (11.76%) GitHub Actions
18 13 (8.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.58%) SMS
2 2 (1.31%) Firewall
2 2 (1.31%) Network Security
3 1 (0.65%) DKIM
3 1 (0.65%) DMARC
3 1 (0.65%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.80%) Azure SQL Database
1 15 (9.80%) Power BI
2 10 (6.54%) Oracle Database
2 10 (6.54%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.96%) InfluxDB
5 2 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.31%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.65%) Metadata
6 1 (0.65%) Redis
6 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.65%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 14 (9.15%) Git
2 4 (2.61%) Selenium
3 3 (1.96%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.96%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.31%) GitLab
4 2 (1.31%) JIRA
4 2 (1.31%) NUnit
5 1 (0.65%) Mocha
5 1 (0.65%) Moq
5 1 (0.65%) Serilog
5 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 36 (23.53%) Finance
2 25 (16.34%) Public Sector
3 24 (15.69%) Social Skills
4 11 (7.19%) Financial Institution
5 7 (4.58%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.92%) Marketing
7 4 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.61%) Banking
8 3 (1.96%) Aviation
9 2 (1.31%) Law
9 2 (1.31%) Legal
9 2 (1.31%) Retail
10 1 (0.65%) Automotive
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.65%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.65%) Local Government
10 1 (0.65%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 69 (45.10%) Developer
2 30 (19.61%) Architect
3 25 (16.34%) Azure Developer
3 25 (16.34%) Senior
4 19 (12.42%) .NET Developer
5 17 (11.11%) Senior Developer
6 15 (9.80%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (7.84%) Lead
8 10 (6.54%) Consultant
8 10 (6.54%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (6.54%) Power Platform Developer
9 8 (5.23%) Azure Architect
9 8 (5.23%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 8 (5.23%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.58%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 7 (4.58%) Integration Architect
10 7 (4.58%) Senior .NET Developer
10 7 (4.58%) Technical Consultant
11 6 (3.92%) Platform Architect
11 6 (3.92%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (50.33%) .NET
2 37 (24.18%) REST
3 27 (17.65%) React
4 18 (11.76%) Kafka
5 17 (11.11%) .NET Framework
6 16 (10.46%) RESTful
7 15 (9.80%) .NET Core
8 14 (9.15%) Microsoft Graph
8 14 (9.15%) OAuth
8 14 (9.15%) SOAP
9 12 (7.84%) OAuth2
9 12 (7.84%) RabbitMQ
9 12 (7.84%) Web Services
10 11 (7.19%) HTML5 Canvas
11 10 (6.54%) AngularJS
11 10 (6.54%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (5.88%) JSON
13 8 (5.23%) Middleware
13 8 (5.23%) Node.js
13 8 (5.23%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.30%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.50%) Low-Code
3 10 (6.54%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (6.54%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.88%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.61%) AI Agents
5 4 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.61%) IoT
5 4 (2.61%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.31%) Wiki
7 1 (0.65%) BYOD
7 1 (0.65%) CMDB
7 1 (0.65%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.65%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.65%) Pricing Data
7 1 (0.65%) State Machine
7 1 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (65.36%) DevOps
2 80 (52.29%) CI/CD
3 51 (33.33%) Event-Driven
4 42 (27.45%) API Management
5 36 (23.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 35 (22.88%) Microservices
7 32 (20.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (18.30%) Integration Patterns
9 24 (15.69%) Analytics
9 24 (15.69%) Data Modelling
10 23 (15.03%) Observability
11 19 (12.42%) Agile
11 19 (12.42%) Containerisation
11 19 (12.42%) Technical Leadership
12 18 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (11.76%) Migration
13 17 (11.11%) API Integration
13 17 (11.11%) Mentoring
13 17 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
13 17 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 92 (60.13%) C#
2 43 (28.10%) SQL
3 33 (21.57%) JavaScript
4 23 (15.03%) PowerShell
5 19 (12.42%) Bicep
6 18 (11.76%) Python
7 15 (9.80%) TypeScript
8 13 (8.50%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (6.54%) Formula Language
9 10 (6.54%) Java
9 10 (6.54%) LotusScript
10 4 (2.61%) X++
11 1 (0.65%) Korn
11 1 (0.65%) Rust
Qualifications
1 40 (26.14%) Security Cleared
2 30 (19.61%) SC Cleared
3 12 (7.84%) Degree
4 10 (6.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.23%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.31%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.65%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.23%) GDPR
2 7 (4.58%) QA
3 5 (3.27%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.96%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.31%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.31%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.31%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.65%) NCSC
6 1 (0.65%) PMO
6 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 25 (16.34%) Docker
2 12 (7.84%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (20.92%) Terraform
2 26 (16.99%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.27%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.61%) Grafana
4 4 (2.61%) Istio
4 4 (2.61%) Kustomize
4 4 (2.61%) linkerd
5 3 (1.96%) Ansible
Vendors
1 75 (49.02%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.50%) Oracle
3 10 (6.54%) Kofax
3 10 (6.54%) Lotus
4 7 (4.58%) Databricks
5 6 (3.92%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.61%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.61%) Workday
7 3 (1.96%) SAP
8 2 (1.31%) Foundry
8 2 (1.31%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.65%) Aderant
9 1 (0.65%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.65%) IBM
9 1 (0.65%) iManage
9 1 (0.65%) New Relic
9 1 (0.65%) Planview
9 1 (0.65%) SnapLogic