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 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 425 387 374
Rank change year-on-year -38 -13 +86
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 123 112 186
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.41% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.03% 1.13% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 64 122
10th Percentile £399 £515 £425
25th Percentile £415 £553 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £606
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +3.09% +1.04%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £681
90th Percentile £689 £893 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -
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 - -

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 11,923 9,924 12,404
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.08% 36.69% 34.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,251 6,616 9,068
10th Percentile £304 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 131 235
10th Percentile £14.25 £16.26 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.41 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +26.27% -0.03%
75th Percentile £56.50 £46.18 £50.79
90th Percentile £78.45 £65.00 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £27.50 £23.22
% change year-on-year -0.53% +18.46% +3.18%

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 10 January 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 10 January 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 10 January 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 +5 88 £492 -23.60% 20
Midlands -32 12 £449 -7.53% 4
South East -51 9 £563 -10.00% 18
East Midlands -14 7 £450 +21.62% 2
West Midlands -32 5 £425 -29.17% 2
North West - 5 £500 - 11
North of England - 5 £500 - 13
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
East of England -21 1 £725 -
South West - 1 - - 4
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 21 (17.07%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.13%) HCL Notes
3 9 (7.32%) Mendix
4 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.44%) ArcGIS
5 3 (2.44%) Confluence
6 2 (1.63%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.44%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.44%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.63%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.81%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.81%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 123 (100.00%) Azure
2 68 (55.28%) Azure Logic Apps
3 57 (46.34%) Serverless
4 55 (44.72%) Azure Functions
5 51 (41.46%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (29.27%) Azure Monitor
7 34 (27.64%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (26.83%) Power Platform
9 31 (25.20%) Power Automate
10 27 (21.95%) Azure Key Vault
10 27 (21.95%) GitHub
11 25 (20.33%) Entra ID
12 24 (19.51%) Azure Event Grid
12 24 (19.51%) PowerApps
13 22 (17.89%) PaaS
14 21 (17.07%) Azure API Management
14 21 (17.07%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (14.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 17 (13.82%) Microsoft 365
17 12 (9.76%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.88%) Firewall
2 5 (4.07%) HTTP
2 5 (4.07%) Network Security
2 5 (4.07%) SMS
3 2 (1.63%) LAN
3 2 (1.63%) MPLS
3 2 (1.63%) VPN
3 2 (1.63%) WAN
4 1 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (13.82%) Power BI
3 16 (13.01%) SQL Server
4 10 (8.13%) Oracle Database
5 6 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.25%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.44%) Metadata
7 3 (2.44%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.63%) Redis
9 1 (0.81%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.81%) HDInsight
9 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (8.94%) Git
2 8 (6.50%) Postman
3 4 (3.25%) JIRA
3 4 (3.25%) Selenium
4 2 (1.63%) git-flow
4 2 (1.63%) GitLab
4 2 (1.63%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.63%) JMeter
4 2 (1.63%) Locust
4 2 (1.63%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.81%) Mocha
5 1 (0.81%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.81%) TestRail
General
1 31 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 26 (21.14%) Finance
3 22 (17.89%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
4 8 (6.50%) Financial Institution
5 7 (5.69%) Banking
5 7 (5.69%) Marketing
6 5 (4.07%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.44%) Aviation
8 2 (1.63%) Billing
8 2 (1.63%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.63%) Law
9 1 (0.81%) Electronics
9 1 (0.81%) Front Office
9 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.81%) Legal
9 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.81%) Retail
9 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (53.66%) Developer
2 19 (15.45%) Azure Developer
3 18 (14.63%) Architect
3 18 (14.63%) Senior
4 12 (9.76%) Power Platform Developer
4 12 (9.76%) Senior Developer
5 10 (8.13%) .NET Developer
5 10 (8.13%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (8.13%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 10 (8.13%) Integration Developer
5 10 (8.13%) Lead
6 8 (6.50%) Azure Architect
6 8 (6.50%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.69%) Consultant
8 6 (4.88%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
8 6 (4.88%) Integration Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (4.07%) Node.js Developer
9 5 (4.07%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (46.34%) .NET
2 28 (22.76%) REST
3 21 (17.07%) React
4 20 (16.26%) .NET Core
5 16 (13.01%) Node.js
6 15 (12.20%) RESTful
7 14 (11.38%) SOAP
8 13 (10.57%) AngularJS
8 13 (10.57%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (9.76%) Kafka
10 10 (8.13%) .NET Framework
10 10 (8.13%) JSON
11 9 (7.32%) OAuth
12 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Graph
12 8 (6.50%) PyTorch
12 8 (6.50%) TensorFlow
13 6 (4.88%) Next.js
14 5 (4.07%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (4.07%) Express.js
14 5 (4.07%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (14.63%) Cloud Native
2 13 (10.57%) Low-Code
3 9 (7.32%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (7.32%) Product Ownership
4 8 (6.50%) AI Agents
5 7 (5.69%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.07%) Data Fabric
6 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.07%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.81%) Derivative
9 1 (0.81%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.81%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.81%) IVR
9 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (67.48%) DevOps
2 72 (58.54%) CI/CD
3 37 (30.08%) API Management
4 34 (27.64%) Analytics
5 28 (22.76%) Event-Driven
6 27 (21.95%) Agile
7 26 (21.14%) Microservices
8 25 (20.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 24 (19.51%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (18.70%) Log Analytics
11 21 (17.07%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (15.45%) RBAC
12 19 (15.45%) Test Automation
13 17 (13.82%) Observability
14 16 (13.01%) Containerisation
14 16 (13.01%) Data Management
15 15 (12.20%) Integration Patterns
16 14 (11.38%) AI
16 14 (11.38%) Data Modelling
16 14 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 74 (60.16%) C#
2 50 (40.65%) SQL
3 35 (28.46%) JavaScript
4 23 (18.70%) Bicep
5 19 (15.45%) PowerShell
5 19 (15.45%) Python
6 15 (12.20%) TypeScript
7 10 (8.13%) Formula Language
7 10 (8.13%) LotusScript
8 5 (4.07%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (3.25%) X++
10 3 (2.44%) Java
10 3 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (26.83%) Security Cleared
2 23 (18.70%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.88%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.07%) Degree
5 4 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.63%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.63%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.63%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.38%) GDPR
2 6 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.44%) QA
4 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.81%) MiFID
4 1 (0.81%) NCSC
4 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 16 (13.01%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.94%) Docker
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (26.83%) Terraform
2 10 (8.13%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.07%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.25%) Ansible
5 1 (0.81%) Grafana
5 1 (0.81%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 68 (55.28%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.57%) Databricks
3 12 (9.76%) OpenAI
3 12 (9.76%) Oracle
4 10 (8.13%) Lotus
5 9 (7.32%) Kofax
6 8 (6.50%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.44%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.44%) Informatica
7 3 (2.44%) Talend
8 2 (1.63%) SAP
9 1 (0.81%) Charles River
9 1 (0.81%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.81%) iManage
9 1 (0.81%) Portware
9 1 (0.81%) Solace
9 1 (0.81%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.81%) Workday