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 26 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 413 400 378
Rank change year-on-year -13 -22 +43
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 159 76 173
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.31% 0.46%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.12% 0.83% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 50 102
10th Percentile £400 £479 £421
25th Percentile £425 £519 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £601 £556
Median % change year-on-year -16.84% +8.09% -7.29%
75th Percentile £600 £661 £659
90th Percentile £680 £785 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £580 £569
% change year-on-year -13.79% +1.98% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £48.00 - -
25th Percentile £51.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.00 - -
90th Percentile £67.60 - -
UK median hourly rate £57.00 £29.25 -
% change year-on-year +94.87% - -

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 14,256 9,136 11,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.68% 37.34% 31.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,825 6,406 8,547
10th Percentile £316 £313 £285
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £715 £741 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £521 £525
% change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 437 194 322
10th Percentile £16.15 £15.17 £14.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.13 £15.92
Median hourly rate £45.00 £26.45 £20.99
Median % change year-on-year +70.13% +26.04% -30.63%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.74 £32.69
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.75 £61.35
UK median hourly rate £41.64 £27.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +51.42% +30.95% -40.00%

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 26 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Service Bus in England

Azure Service Bus
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure Service Bus in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2026.

Hourly 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 26 April 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 -19 106 £500 -14.53% 30
Midlands -45 14 £461 +15.46% 7
North of England - 13 £525 - 8
South East -65 11 £643 +2.88% 9
East of England -27 9 £575 -14.81% 5
East Midlands -31 7 £500 -13.04% 3
West Midlands -51 7 £460 +105.36% 4
North West - 7 £550 - 5
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
South West -29 2 £450 +20.00% 2
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 31 (19.50%) SharePoint
2 13 (8.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (6.92%) HCL Notes
4 10 (6.29%) Mendix
5 3 (1.89%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.26%) Confluence
7 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (8.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.89%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.63%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 159 (100.00%) Azure
2 73 (45.91%) Serverless
3 72 (45.28%) Azure Logic Apps
4 68 (42.77%) Azure DevOps
5 65 (40.88%) Azure Functions
6 43 (27.04%) Azure Monitor
7 41 (25.79%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (25.79%) Entra ID
8 40 (25.16%) Power Platform
9 36 (22.64%) Azure Key Vault
9 36 (22.64%) Power Automate
10 34 (21.38%) Azure Event Grid
11 32 (20.13%) Azure AKS
11 32 (20.13%) GitHub
12 31 (19.50%) Microsoft 365
13 26 (16.35%) Azure API Management
13 26 (16.35%) GitHub Actions
13 26 (16.35%) PowerApps
14 24 (15.09%) PaaS
15 19 (11.95%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.40%) SMS
2 5 (3.14%) Firewall
2 5 (3.14%) Network Security
3 1 (0.63%) DKIM
3 1 (0.63%) DMARC
3 1 (0.63%) HTTP
3 1 (0.63%) LAN
3 1 (0.63%) MPLS
3 1 (0.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.06%) Power BI
2 15 (9.43%) Azure SQL Database
3 11 (6.92%) Oracle Database
3 11 (6.92%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.40%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.52%) Metadata
5 4 (2.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.26%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.26%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.26%) InfluxDB
6 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.26%) Redis
6 2 (1.26%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (7.55%) Git
2 4 (2.52%) Selenium
3 3 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.89%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.26%) GitLab
4 2 (1.26%) JIRA
5 1 (0.63%) Mocha
5 1 (0.63%) Moq
5 1 (0.63%) NUnit
5 1 (0.63%) Serilog
General
1 30 (18.87%) Finance
2 27 (16.98%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.35%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.92%) Financial Institution
5 7 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.77%) Marketing
7 5 (3.14%) Banking
8 4 (2.52%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.89%) Aviation
9 3 (1.89%) Law
9 3 (1.89%) Retail
10 2 (1.26%) Legal
11 1 (0.63%) Billing
11 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 74 (46.54%) Developer
2 30 (18.87%) Architect
3 29 (18.24%) Azure Developer
4 21 (13.21%) Senior
5 19 (11.95%) .NET Developer
6 17 (10.69%) Azure Engineer
7 14 (8.81%) Lead
7 14 (8.81%) Senior Developer
8 12 (7.55%) Power Platform Developer
9 10 (6.29%) Consultant
10 9 (5.66%) Integration Engineer
10 9 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (5.03%) Azure Architect
11 8 (5.03%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 7 (4.40%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 7 (4.40%) Senior .NET Developer
12 7 (4.40%) Technical Consultant
13 6 (3.77%) C# Developer
13 6 (3.77%) Integration Architect
13 6 (3.77%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (49.06%) .NET
2 38 (23.90%) REST
3 27 (16.98%) React
4 20 (12.58%) .NET Core
4 20 (12.58%) Kafka
5 19 (11.95%) .NET Framework
6 18 (11.32%) Microsoft Graph
7 17 (10.69%) RESTful
8 15 (9.43%) SOAP
9 14 (8.81%) Node.js
9 14 (8.81%) RabbitMQ
10 13 (8.18%) AngularJS
10 13 (8.18%) Web Services
11 12 (7.55%) OAuth
12 11 (6.92%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (6.92%) OAuth2
13 10 (6.29%) ASP.NET Web API
14 8 (5.03%) PyTorch
14 8 (5.03%) TensorFlow
15 7 (4.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 32 (20.13%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.18%) Low-Code
3 9 (5.66%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (5.66%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.03%) AI Agents
5 4 (2.52%) IoT
5 4 (2.52%) Management Information System
5 4 (2.52%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.63%) CMDB
8 1 (0.63%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.63%) NHS
8 1 (0.63%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.63%) VLE
8 1 (0.63%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (68.55%) DevOps
2 88 (55.35%) CI/CD
3 47 (29.56%) API Management
3 47 (29.56%) Event-Driven
4 39 (24.53%) Microservices
5 35 (22.01%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 34 (21.38%) Analytics
7 32 (20.13%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (17.61%) Integration Patterns
9 26 (16.35%) Observability
10 23 (14.47%) Containerisation
11 22 (13.84%) Data Modelling
12 21 (13.21%) Agile
12 21 (13.21%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (13.21%) Log Analytics
13 19 (11.95%) Migration
13 19 (11.95%) Technical Leadership
14 18 (11.32%) API Integration
14 18 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (10.69%) AI
Programming Languages
1 92 (57.86%) C#
2 45 (28.30%) SQL
3 30 (18.87%) JavaScript
4 26 (16.35%) PowerShell
5 24 (15.09%) Bicep
6 21 (13.21%) Python
7 15 (9.43%) Kusto Query Language
8 12 (7.55%) TypeScript
9 11 (6.92%) Formula Language
9 11 (6.92%) Java
9 11 (6.92%) LotusScript
10 3 (1.89%) X++
11 1 (0.63%) Korn
11 1 (0.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 31 (19.50%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.92%) Degree
4 10 (6.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.03%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.26%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.03%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.03%) GDPR
2 5 (3.14%) QA
3 3 (1.89%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.26%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.26%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.26%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.63%) NCSC
5 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (16.98%) Docker
2 17 (10.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 35 (22.01%) Terraform
2 28 (17.61%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.77%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.14%) Grafana
5 4 (2.52%) Ansible
5 4 (2.52%) Istio
5 4 (2.52%) Kustomize
5 4 (2.52%) linkerd
Vendors
1 82 (51.57%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.18%) Databricks
2 13 (8.18%) Oracle
3 12 (7.55%) OpenAI
4 11 (6.92%) Lotus
5 10 (6.29%) Kofax
6 3 (1.89%) Informatica
6 3 (1.89%) SAP
6 3 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.89%) Talend
7 2 (1.26%) Foundry
7 2 (1.26%) Workday
8 1 (0.63%) Aderant
8 1 (0.63%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.63%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.63%) iManage
8 1 (0.63%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.63%) New Relic
8 1 (0.63%) Planview
8 1 (0.63%) Solace