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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 491 422 322
Rank change year-on-year -69 -100 +100
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 138 96 214
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.31% 0.35% 0.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.87% 0.93% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 58 124
10th Percentile £455 £357 £427
25th Percentile £500 £418 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £506 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.64% -15.63% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £604 £675
90th Percentile £674 £679 £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 15,851 10,315 11,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.05% 37.40% 33.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,583 6,980 8,216
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £419 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £519 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.70% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 561 269 265
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +52.09% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.10 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.91 £27.50 £22.33
% change year-on-year +30.58% +23.18% -36.21%

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 July 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 26 July 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 83 £575 +10.26% 34
East of England -13 17 £550 -18.52% 1
North of England -65 15 £525 +16.67% 4
North West -41 9 £600 +33.33% 2
Midlands -49 9 £500 -0.74% 4
South East -75 7 £460 -20.00% 20
East Midlands -10 6 £500 -13.04% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
South West -38 4 £470 +25.33% 5
West Midlands -55 3 £555 +12.12% 3
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 (11.59%) SharePoint
2 11 (7.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.72%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.72%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.72%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (7.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.45%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.72%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 138 (100.00%) Azure
2 61 (44.20%) Azure Logic Apps
3 52 (37.68%) Serverless
4 49 (35.51%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (30.43%) Azure Functions
6 40 (28.99%) Dynamics 365
7 38 (27.54%) Power Platform
8 29 (21.01%) Azure AKS
9 28 (20.29%) Azure Event Grid
10 27 (19.57%) Entra ID
11 26 (18.84%) PowerApps
12 24 (17.39%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (17.39%) Power Automate
13 22 (15.94%) GitHub
14 20 (14.49%) AWS
15 19 (13.77%) Azure Key Vault
16 18 (13.04%) Azure API Management
17 17 (12.32%) Microsoft 365
18 15 (10.87%) Microsoft Copilot
18 15 (10.87%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.62%) HTTP
2 3 (2.17%) VPN
3 2 (1.45%) Network Security
4 1 (0.72%) DKIM
4 1 (0.72%) DMARC
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.59%) Power BI
2 10 (7.25%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (6.52%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.90%) InfluxDB
4 4 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.17%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.72%) Metadata
7 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.72%) Redis
7 1 (0.72%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 18 (13.04%) Git
2 12 (8.70%) JIRA
3 3 (2.17%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.45%) NUnit
4 2 (1.45%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.72%) Moq
5 1 (0.72%) Postman
5 1 (0.72%) Selenium
5 1 (0.72%) Serilog
5 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (19.57%) Finance
2 20 (14.49%) Social Skills
3 19 (13.77%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.17%) Law
4 3 (2.17%) Local Government
4 3 (2.17%) Retail
5 2 (1.45%) Banking
5 2 (1.45%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.45%) Legal
5 2 (1.45%) Marketing
6 1 (0.72%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.72%) Automotive
6 1 (0.72%) Billing
6 1 (0.72%) Digital Health
6 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (46.38%) Developer
2 28 (20.29%) Architect
3 23 (16.67%) Senior
4 19 (13.77%) .NET Developer
5 18 (13.04%) Azure Developer
6 14 (10.14%) Azure Engineer
6 14 (10.14%) Lead
6 14 (10.14%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (9.42%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 12 (8.70%) Senior Developer
9 9 (6.52%) Integration Engineer
10 8 (5.80%) Integration Architect
11 7 (5.07%) Power Platform Developer
12 6 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 6 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 6 (4.35%) Software Engineer
12 6 (4.35%) Technical Leader
13 5 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
13 5 (3.62%) Senior .NET Developer
13 5 (3.62%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (53.62%) .NET
2 39 (28.26%) REST
3 19 (13.77%) OAuth
4 18 (13.04%) Kafka
4 18 (13.04%) RabbitMQ
4 18 (13.04%) SOAP
5 17 (12.32%) .NET Framework
6 14 (10.14%) React
6 14 (10.14%) RESTful
7 13 (9.42%) JSON
7 13 (9.42%) OAuth2
8 11 (7.97%) .NET Core
8 11 (7.97%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (7.97%) Middleware
8 11 (7.97%) Web Services
9 10 (7.25%) XML
10 9 (6.52%) OpenID
11 8 (5.80%) AngularJS
11 8 (5.80%) GraphQL
11 8 (5.80%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (29.71%) Cloud Native
2 17 (12.32%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (7.25%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.80%) Product Ownership
5 7 (5.07%) Low-Code
6 6 (4.35%) IoT
7 5 (3.62%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (2.90%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.90%) NHS
8 4 (2.90%) Wiki
9 3 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.45%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.45%) BYOD
10 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.72%) CMDB
11 1 (0.72%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.72%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.72%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (63.04%) DevOps
2 77 (55.80%) CI/CD
3 53 (38.41%) Event-Driven
4 43 (31.16%) Agile
5 40 (28.99%) Microservices
6 39 (28.26%) API Management
7 34 (24.64%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 26 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
9 23 (16.67%) Analytics
9 23 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
10 22 (15.94%) Containerisation
11 19 (13.77%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (13.77%) Data Modelling
11 19 (13.77%) Mentoring
11 19 (13.77%) Observability
12 18 (13.04%) Migration
13 17 (12.32%) TDD
14 15 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
15 14 (10.14%) Code Quality
15 14 (10.14%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 64 (46.38%) C#
2 27 (19.57%) SQL
3 24 (17.39%) JavaScript
4 22 (15.94%) Python
5 14 (10.14%) Bicep
5 14 (10.14%) TypeScript
6 13 (9.42%) Java
6 13 (9.42%) PowerShell
7 12 (8.70%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (2.90%) X++
9 1 (0.72%) Formula Language
9 1 (0.72%) LotusScript
9 1 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 44 (31.88%) Security Cleared
2 40 (28.99%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.25%) Degree
4 9 (6.52%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.90%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.17%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.62%) GDPR
1 5 (3.62%) QA
2 3 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.17%) NIST
3 2 (1.45%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.45%) SLA
4 1 (0.72%) PMO
System Software
1 29 (21.01%) Docker
2 10 (7.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (22.46%) Kubernetes
2 21 (15.22%) Terraform
3 4 (2.90%) Grafana
3 4 (2.90%) Istio
3 4 (2.90%) Kustomize
3 4 (2.90%) linkerd
3 4 (2.90%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 71 (51.45%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.07%) Oracle
3 6 (4.35%) MuleSoft
4 5 (3.62%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.62%) Workday
5 4 (2.90%) Databricks
5 4 (2.90%) SAP
6 3 (2.17%) Google
6 3 (2.17%) IBM
6 3 (2.17%) Informatica
6 3 (2.17%) TIBCO
6 3 (2.17%) WSO2
7 1 (0.72%) Aderant
7 1 (0.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.72%) Foundry
7 1 (0.72%) Genesys
7 1 (0.72%) Kofax
7 1 (0.72%) Lotus
7 1 (0.72%) New Relic
7 1 (0.72%) Planview