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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 398 400
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +35
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 158 75 151
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.41% 0.31% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.13% 0.82% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 49 96
10th Percentile £400 £450 £419
25th Percentile £425 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £603 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.01% +0.42% -
75th Percentile £609 £663 £675
90th Percentile £699 £880 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - -
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 14,022 9,174 12,064
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 36.56% 37.84% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,659 6,466 8,671
10th Percentile £313 £313 £280
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 424 179 319
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.43 £18.51 £15.98
Median hourly rate £42.69 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.08% +26.19% -18.69%
75th Percentile £67.50 £42.49 £34.38
90th Percentile £80.76 £75.10 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +50.94% +26.19% -23.64%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -9 106 £500 -20.00% 27
Midlands -55 12 £455 +22.97% 9
North of England - 12 £513 - 13
South East -57 11 £643 +2.88% 7
East of England -30 8 £600 - 4
West Midlands -58 7 £460 +105.36% 3
North West - 6 £575 - 8
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 4
East Midlands -27 5 £450 -4.76% 6
South West -26 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 32 (20.25%) SharePoint
2 13 (8.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (6.96%) HCL Notes
4 10 (6.33%) Mendix
5 3 (1.90%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.90%) Confluence
6 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 5 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.27%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (7.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.90%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.63%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.63%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 158 (100.00%) Azure
2 73 (46.20%) Azure Logic Apps
3 72 (45.57%) Azure DevOps
4 71 (44.94%) Serverless
5 65 (41.14%) Azure Functions
6 42 (26.58%) Azure Monitor
7 39 (24.68%) Entra ID
8 38 (24.05%) Dynamics 365
8 38 (24.05%) Power Platform
9 37 (23.42%) GitHub
10 36 (22.78%) Power Automate
11 35 (22.15%) Azure Key Vault
12 32 (20.25%) Azure Event Grid
13 31 (19.62%) GitHub Actions
13 31 (19.62%) Microsoft 365
14 27 (17.09%) Azure API Management
15 26 (16.46%) PowerApps
16 25 (15.82%) Azure AKS
17 24 (15.19%) PaaS
18 19 (12.03%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.80%) SMS
2 5 (3.16%) Firewall
2 5 (3.16%) HTTP
2 5 (3.16%) Network Security
3 1 (0.63%) LAN
3 1 (0.63%) MPLS
3 1 (0.63%) VPN
3 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.66%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (10.13%) Power BI
2 16 (10.13%) SQL Server
3 11 (6.96%) Oracle Database
4 7 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.90%) Metadata
6 3 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.27%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.27%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.27%) Redis
8 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (8.86%) Git
2 4 (2.53%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.53%) Selenium
3 3 (1.90%) JIRA
3 3 (1.90%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.63%) Mocha
5 1 (0.63%) Moq
5 1 (0.63%) NUnit
5 1 (0.63%) Serilog
General
1 30 (18.99%) Finance
2 28 (17.72%) Social Skills
3 27 (17.09%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.96%) Financial Institution
5 7 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (4.43%) Marketing
6 5 (3.16%) Banking
7 3 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (1.90%) Aviation
7 3 (1.90%) Law
7 3 (1.90%) Retail
8 2 (1.27%) Legal
9 1 (0.63%) Billing
9 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (48.10%) Developer
2 29 (18.35%) Azure Developer
3 27 (17.09%) Architect
4 21 (13.29%) Senior
5 18 (11.39%) .NET Developer
5 18 (11.39%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (8.86%) Lead
6 14 (8.86%) Senior Developer
7 13 (8.23%) Power Platform Developer
8 9 (5.70%) Consultant
8 9 (5.70%) Integration Engineer
9 8 (5.06%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
10 7 (4.43%) Azure Architect
10 7 (4.43%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 7 (4.43%) Senior .NET Developer
10 7 (4.43%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.43%) Technical Consultant
10 7 (4.43%) Technical Leader
11 6 (3.80%) C# Developer
11 6 (3.80%) Platform Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (48.73%) .NET
2 40 (25.32%) REST
3 27 (17.09%) React
4 20 (12.66%) .NET Core
5 19 (12.03%) .NET Framework
5 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Graph
5 19 (12.03%) RESTful
6 18 (11.39%) Kafka
6 18 (11.39%) Node.js
7 17 (10.76%) SOAP
8 16 (10.13%) AngularJS
9 12 (7.59%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (7.59%) RabbitMQ
9 12 (7.59%) Web Services
10 11 (6.96%) JSON
11 10 (6.33%) ASP.NET Web API
11 10 (6.33%) OAuth
12 8 (5.06%) OAuth2
12 8 (5.06%) TensorFlow
12 8 (5.06%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.99%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.23%) Low-Code
3 11 (6.96%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.06%) AI Agents
4 8 (5.06%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.53%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 3 (1.90%) IoT
7 3 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.63%) Grid Computing
9 1 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.63%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.63%) State Machine
9 1 (0.63%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (70.89%) DevOps
2 89 (56.33%) CI/CD
3 46 (29.11%) API Management
4 39 (24.68%) Event-Driven
4 39 (24.68%) Microservices
5 32 (20.25%) Analytics
6 31 (19.62%) Infrastructure as Code
7 30 (18.99%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 29 (18.35%) Observability
9 27 (17.09%) Integration Patterns
10 22 (13.92%) Agile
10 22 (13.92%) Containerisation
10 22 (13.92%) Log Analytics
11 21 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
12 20 (12.66%) Data Modelling
12 20 (12.66%) RBAC
13 18 (11.39%) AI
13 18 (11.39%) Migration
13 18 (11.39%) Technical Leadership
14 17 (10.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 91 (57.59%) C#
2 50 (31.65%) SQL
3 32 (20.25%) JavaScript
4 27 (17.09%) PowerShell
5 23 (14.56%) Bicep
6 20 (12.66%) Python
7 18 (11.39%) TypeScript
8 13 (8.23%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (6.96%) Formula Language
9 11 (6.96%) LotusScript
10 10 (6.33%) Java
11 3 (1.90%) X++
12 1 (0.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 44 (27.85%) Security Cleared
2 31 (19.62%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (6.33%) Degree
4 8 (5.06%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.70%) GDPR
2 7 (4.43%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.16%) QA
4 3 (1.90%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.90%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.27%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.27%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.63%) NCSC
6 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (12.03%) Docker
2 17 (10.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (21.52%) Terraform
2 21 (13.29%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.16%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.53%) Ansible
4 4 (2.53%) Grafana
5 3 (1.90%) Istio
5 3 (1.90%) Kustomize
5 3 (1.90%) linkerd
6 1 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (51.27%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.86%) Databricks
3 13 (8.23%) OpenAI
3 13 (8.23%) Oracle
4 11 (6.96%) Lotus
5 10 (6.33%) Kofax
6 3 (1.90%) Informatica
6 3 (1.90%) SAP
6 3 (1.90%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.90%) Talend
7 2 (1.27%) Atlassian
7 2 (1.27%) Foundry
7 2 (1.27%) Workday
8 1 (0.63%) Aderant
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