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 12 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 407 340
Rank change year-on-year -93 -67 +90
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 139 104 190
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.37% 0.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.87% 1.00% 1.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 62 113
10th Percentile £419 £360 £426
25th Percentile £464 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £510 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.84% -15.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £618 £606 £675
90th Percentile £650 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%

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 16,038 10,427 11,352
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.60% 37.48% 34.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,714 7,046 7,779
10th Percentile £320 £308 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £640
90th Percentile £718 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 545 260 183
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.97 £18.87 £19.97
Median hourly rate £33.99 £26.38 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +28.87% -14.57% -6.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £44.61 £61.78
90th Percentile £82.75 £71.51 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £29.63 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.70% -1.25% -14.29%

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 12 September 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 12 September 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 -51 93 £572 +11.99% 34
East of England -15 11 £550 -18.52% 2
South East -54 10 £460 -23.33% 11
Midlands -49 9 £500 -0.74% 5
North of England -68 9 £575 +27.78% 6
North West -44 7 £575 +27.78% 4
East Midlands -14 6 £500 -14.89% 3
South West -42 5 £470 +25.33% 1
Yorkshire -44 2 £613 - 2
West Midlands -52 2 £625 +26.26% 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 16 (11.51%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.60%) CMS
3 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.44%) Mendix
4 2 (1.44%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.72%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 16 (11.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.60%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.44%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.72%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (100.00%) Azure
2 64 (46.04%) Serverless
3 63 (45.32%) Azure Logic Apps
4 57 (41.01%) Azure Functions
5 52 (37.41%) Dynamics 365
6 49 (35.25%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (30.94%) Power Platform
8 29 (20.86%) Azure Event Grid
9 28 (20.14%) PowerApps
10 26 (18.71%) Power Automate
11 24 (17.27%) AWS
11 24 (17.27%) Entra ID
11 24 (17.27%) GitHub
12 21 (15.11%) Azure API Management
13 20 (14.39%) Azure AKS
14 18 (12.95%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (12.95%) Microsoft Copilot
15 16 (11.51%) Copilot Studio
16 14 (10.07%) Azure Key Vault
17 13 (9.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.47%) HTTP
2 3 (2.16%) VPN
3 2 (1.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.72%) DKIM
4 1 (0.72%) DMARC
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) Internet
4 1 (0.72%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.67%) Power BI
2 10 (7.19%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (5.76%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.60%) Metadata
5 4 (2.88%) InfluxDB
5 4 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.16%) Data Lake
6 3 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.44%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.72%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 17 (12.23%) Git
2 13 (9.35%) JIRA
3 5 (3.60%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.88%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.44%) NUnit
5 2 (1.44%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.44%) TestRail
6 1 (0.72%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.72%) JUnit
6 1 (0.72%) MSTest
6 1 (0.72%) Postman
6 1 (0.72%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.72%) Selenium
6 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (21.58%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.83%) Finance
3 17 (12.23%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.32%) Marketing
6 3 (2.16%) Legal
6 3 (2.16%) Local Government
6 3 (2.16%) Retail
7 2 (1.44%) Banking
7 2 (1.44%) Law
8 1 (0.72%) Automotive
8 1 (0.72%) Billing
8 1 (0.72%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (46.04%) Developer
2 29 (20.86%) Architect
3 22 (15.83%) Senior
4 19 (13.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
4 19 (13.67%) Solutions Architect
5 15 (10.79%) .NET Developer
6 14 (10.07%) Azure Developer
6 14 (10.07%) Lead
7 10 (7.19%) Senior Developer
8 9 (6.47%) Integration Engineer
9 8 (5.76%) Azure Engineer
9 8 (5.76%) Power Platform Developer
10 6 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 5 (3.60%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
11 5 (3.60%) Backend Developer
11 5 (3.60%) Consultant
11 5 (3.60%) Software Developer
11 5 (3.60%) Technical Leader
12 4 (2.88%) Software Engineer
12 4 (2.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (56.83%) .NET
2 45 (32.37%) REST
3 25 (17.99%) OAuth
4 23 (16.55%) JSON
5 19 (13.67%) Kafka
5 19 (13.67%) Terraform
5 19 (13.67%) XML
6 17 (12.23%) Middleware
6 17 (12.23%) RabbitMQ
7 14 (10.07%) OpenAPI
7 14 (10.07%) SOAP
7 14 (10.07%) Swagger
8 11 (7.91%) GraphQL
8 11 (7.91%) JWT
8 11 (7.91%) OAuth2
8 11 (7.91%) RESTful
9 10 (7.19%) .NET Framework
9 10 (7.19%) EDI
10 9 (6.47%) OpenID
10 9 (6.47%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (28.06%) Cloud Native
2 23 (16.55%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (6.47%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (6.47%) Product Ownership
4 7 (5.04%) Low-Code
5 6 (4.32%) AI Agents
6 5 (3.60%) Distributed Architecture
6 5 (3.60%) IoT
6 5 (3.60%) Wiki
7 4 (2.88%) NHS
8 3 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.16%) Life Science
9 2 (1.44%) BYOD
9 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.72%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.72%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.72%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (54.68%) CI/CD
1 76 (54.68%) DevOps
2 55 (39.57%) Event-Driven
3 52 (37.41%) Agile
4 46 (33.09%) API Management
5 39 (28.06%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 31 (22.30%) Microservices
7 29 (20.86%) Integration Patterns
8 24 (17.27%) Infrastructure as Code
9 23 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
10 21 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (14.39%) AI
11 20 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (14.39%) CRM
12 19 (13.67%) Data Modelling
13 18 (12.95%) API Integration
13 18 (12.95%) Containerisation
13 18 (12.95%) Migration
13 18 (12.95%) TDD
14 17 (12.23%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 69 (49.64%) C#
2 30 (21.58%) SQL
3 27 (19.42%) JavaScript
4 25 (17.99%) Python
5 20 (14.39%) Bicep
6 17 (12.23%) TypeScript
7 9 (6.47%) Java
8 4 (2.88%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.16%) X++
10 2 (1.44%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.72%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.72%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (28.06%) Security Cleared
2 34 (24.46%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (5.04%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.60%) Degree
6 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.47%) QA
2 6 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.88%) GDPR
4 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.16%) NIST
5 2 (1.44%) SLA
6 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (17.27%) Docker
2 11 (7.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (17.99%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.44%) Grafana
3 1 (0.72%) Istio
3 1 (0.72%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.72%) linkerd
3 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 77 (55.40%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.35%) Oracle
3 10 (7.19%) MuleSoft
4 8 (5.76%) Google
4 8 (5.76%) IBM
4 8 (5.76%) Informatica
4 8 (5.76%) TIBCO
4 8 (5.76%) WSO2
5 6 (4.32%) Workday
6 5 (3.60%) SAP
7 3 (2.16%) Aprimo
7 3 (2.16%) Databricks
7 3 (2.16%) OneTrust
7 3 (2.16%) Optimizely
7 3 (2.16%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.44%) Adyen
9 1 (0.72%) Concur
9 1 (0.72%) iManage
9 1 (0.72%) Okta
9 1 (0.72%) SnapLogic