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

6 months to
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 412 351
Rank change year-on-year -65 -61 +74
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 146 85 199
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.33% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.96% 0.89% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 53 119
10th Percentile £422 £352 £429
25th Percentile £475 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £563
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -8.89% -4.46%
75th Percentile £638 £604 £675
90th Percentile £683 £661 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £569
% change year-on-year +5.00% -12.09% -2.78%

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 15,232 9,598 12,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.02% 37.69% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,279 6,485 8,644
10th Percentile £325 £311 £306
25th Percentile £415 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.77% -3.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 247 333
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.03
25th Percentile £23.20 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.59 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.35% +14.32% -31.89%
75th Percentile £70.00 £40.73 £43.75
90th Percentile £83.60 £69.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £28.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +33.93% +27.27% -37.14%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -35 92 £550 +7.68% 40
East of England -12 16 £550 -18.52% 5
North of England -56 14 £525 +16.67% 6
Midlands -58 9 £500 -0.74% 3
South East -58 9 £608 +1.25% 24
North West -43 8 £600 +33.33% 5
East Midlands -10 6 £500 -13.04% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
West Midlands -61 3 £555 +12.12% 2
South West -40 2 £450 +20.00% 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 20 (13.70%) SharePoint
2 11 (7.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.74%) HCL Notes
3 4 (2.74%) Mendix
4 1 (0.68%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (8.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.37%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.68%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.68%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.68%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 146 (100.00%) Azure
2 66 (45.21%) Serverless
3 63 (43.15%) Azure Logic Apps
4 57 (39.04%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (36.99%) Azure Functions
6 43 (29.45%) Dynamics 365
7 38 (26.03%) Power Platform
8 33 (22.60%) Azure Event Grid
9 32 (21.92%) Power Automate
10 29 (19.86%) Entra ID
11 28 (19.18%) Azure AKS
11 28 (19.18%) PowerApps
12 26 (17.81%) Azure Monitor
13 24 (16.44%) GitHub
14 22 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
15 20 (13.70%) Azure API Management
16 18 (12.33%) AWS
16 18 (12.33%) Azure Key Vault
17 16 (10.96%) GitHub Actions
18 14 (9.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) SMS
2 3 (2.05%) VPN
3 2 (1.37%) HTTP
3 2 (1.37%) Network Security
4 1 (0.68%) DKIM
4 1 (0.68%) DMARC
4 1 (0.68%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.22%) Azure SQL Database
1 12 (8.22%) Power BI
2 9 (6.16%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.74%) InfluxDB
3 4 (2.74%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.05%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.37%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.68%) Metadata
6 1 (0.68%) Redis
6 1 (0.68%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 15 (10.27%) Git
2 4 (2.74%) JIRA
2 4 (2.74%) SpecFlow
3 3 (2.05%) Selenium
4 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.37%) NUnit
4 2 (1.37%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.68%) Moq
5 1 (0.68%) Postman
5 1 (0.68%) Serilog
5 1 (0.68%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 30 (20.55%) Finance
2 23 (15.75%) Public Sector
3 22 (15.07%) Social Skills
4 5 (3.42%) Financial Institution
4 5 (3.42%) Marketing
5 4 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.05%) Law
6 3 (2.05%) Local Government
7 2 (1.37%) Banking
7 2 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.37%) Legal
7 2 (1.37%) Retail
8 1 (0.68%) Automotive
8 1 (0.68%) Aviation
8 1 (0.68%) Billing
8 1 (0.68%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 65 (44.52%) Developer
2 30 (20.55%) Architect
3 26 (17.81%) Senior
4 22 (15.07%) Azure Developer
5 19 (13.01%) .NET Developer
6 16 (10.96%) Lead
6 16 (10.96%) Senior Developer
7 13 (8.90%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (8.90%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (7.53%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 10 (6.85%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (4.79%) Integration Architect
11 6 (4.11%) Consultant
11 6 (4.11%) Dynamics 365 Architect
11 6 (4.11%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 6 (4.11%) Technical Leader
12 5 (3.42%) Azure Architect
12 5 (3.42%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 5 (3.42%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 5 (3.42%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (48.63%) .NET
2 37 (25.34%) REST
3 18 (12.33%) React
3 18 (12.33%) RESTful
4 17 (11.64%) Kafka
5 15 (10.27%) .NET Framework
5 15 (10.27%) OAuth
5 15 (10.27%) SOAP
6 14 (9.59%) RabbitMQ
7 12 (8.22%) OAuth2
8 11 (7.53%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (7.53%) Web Services
9 10 (6.85%) JSON
10 9 (6.16%) .NET Core
10 9 (6.16%) OpenID
11 8 (5.48%) AngularJS
11 8 (5.48%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (5.48%) HTML5 Canvas
11 8 (5.48%) Middleware
11 8 (5.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (23.29%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.90%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (8.22%) Distributed Systems
4 11 (7.53%) Product Ownership
5 10 (6.85%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.42%) IoT
7 4 (2.74%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.74%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (2.74%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.05%) NHS
9 2 (1.37%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.37%) BYOD
9 2 (1.37%) Wiki
10 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Licensing
10 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.68%) Pricing Data
10 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (59.59%) DevOps
2 77 (52.74%) CI/CD
3 54 (36.99%) Event-Driven
4 42 (28.77%) API Management
5 37 (25.34%) Microservices
6 36 (24.66%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 29 (19.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (19.18%) Agile
9 25 (17.12%) Integration Patterns
10 24 (16.44%) Data Modelling
11 22 (15.07%) Analytics
11 22 (15.07%) Observability
12 21 (14.38%) Containerisation
12 21 (14.38%) Mentoring
13 19 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
14 18 (12.33%) CRM
14 18 (12.33%) Migration
15 17 (11.64%) API Integration
15 17 (11.64%) Technical Leadership
16 15 (10.27%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 76 (52.05%) C#
2 33 (22.60%) SQL
3 29 (19.86%) JavaScript
4 21 (14.38%) Python
5 15 (10.27%) PowerShell
5 15 (10.27%) TypeScript
6 14 (9.59%) Bicep
7 12 (8.22%) Kusto Query Language
8 11 (7.53%) Java
9 4 (2.74%) Formula Language
9 4 (2.74%) LotusScript
9 4 (2.74%) X++
10 1 (0.68%) Korn
10 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (26.71%) Security Cleared
2 32 (21.92%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.85%) Degree
4 8 (5.48%) Azure Certification
5 7 (4.79%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.05%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.05%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.48%) GDPR
2 5 (3.42%) QA
3 4 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.05%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.05%) NIST
5 2 (1.37%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.37%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.37%) SLA
6 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (19.18%) Docker
2 11 (7.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (20.55%) Kubernetes
2 23 (15.75%) Terraform
3 5 (3.42%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.74%) Grafana
4 4 (2.74%) Istio
4 4 (2.74%) Kustomize
4 4 (2.74%) linkerd
Vendors
1 72 (49.32%) Microsoft
2 7 (4.79%) Oracle
3 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.74%) Databricks
4 4 (2.74%) Kofax
4 4 (2.74%) Lotus
4 4 (2.74%) SAP
4 4 (2.74%) Workday
5 2 (1.37%) Foundry
5 2 (1.37%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.37%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe
6 1 (0.68%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.68%) Concur
6 1 (0.68%) Genesys
6 1 (0.68%) IBM
6 1 (0.68%) iManage
6 1 (0.68%) New Relic
6 1 (0.68%) Planview
6 1 (0.68%) SnapLogic