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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 486 405 357
Rank change year-on-year -81 -48 +67
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 134 94 210
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.35% 0.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.86% 0.93% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 55 125
10th Percentile £455 £354 £427
25th Percentile £500 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -14.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £604 £675
90th Percentile £677 £670 £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 15,658 10,159 11,960
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.96% 37.34% 33.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,495 6,871 8,501
10th Percentile £325 £313 £311
25th Percentile £421 £409 £419
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 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +3.60% -4.67% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 267 303
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £17.96 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.06% +14.32% -36.77%
75th Percentile £70.00 £42.68 £43.75
90th Percentile £85.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.71 £27.63 £22.00
% change year-on-year +32.86% +25.59% -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 17 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 17 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 -60 82 £575 +7.33% 28
East of England -10 17 £550 -18.52% 6
North of England -62 15 £525 +16.67% 6
North West -42 9 £600 +33.33% 5
Midlands -56 9 £500 -0.74% 6
East Midlands -11 6 £500 -13.04% 2
South East -65 6 £534 -7.17% 20
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
West Midlands -61 3 £555 +12.12% 4
South West -46 2 £450 +20.00% 6
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 15 (11.19%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.75%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.75%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.75%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (8.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.49%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.75%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.75%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.75%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 134 (100.00%) Azure
2 62 (46.27%) Azure Logic Apps
3 50 (37.31%) Azure DevOps
4 49 (36.57%) Serverless
5 41 (30.60%) Dynamics 365
6 40 (29.85%) Power Platform
7 39 (29.10%) Azure Functions
8 29 (21.64%) Azure AKS
9 28 (20.90%) PowerApps
10 27 (20.15%) Azure Event Grid
10 27 (20.15%) Entra ID
11 26 (19.40%) Power Automate
12 24 (17.91%) Azure Monitor
13 21 (15.67%) GitHub
14 18 (13.43%) AWS
14 18 (13.43%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (12.69%) Azure API Management
15 17 (12.69%) Azure Key Vault
16 16 (11.94%) Microsoft Copilot
17 14 (10.45%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.24%) HTTP
1 3 (2.24%) VPN
2 2 (1.49%) Network Security
3 1 (0.75%) DKIM
3 1 (0.75%) DMARC
3 1 (0.75%) Firewall
3 1 (0.75%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.69%) Power BI
2 10 (7.46%) Azure SQL Database
3 9 (6.72%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.99%) InfluxDB
4 4 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.24%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.75%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.75%) Metadata
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.75%) Redis
7 1 (0.75%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 15 (11.19%) Git
2 12 (8.96%) JIRA
3 3 (2.24%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.49%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.49%) NUnit
4 2 (1.49%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.75%) Moq
5 1 (0.75%) Postman
5 1 (0.75%) Selenium
5 1 (0.75%) Serilog
5 1 (0.75%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (20.15%) Finance
2 20 (14.93%) Social Skills
3 19 (14.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.24%) Law
4 3 (2.24%) Local Government
4 3 (2.24%) Retail
5 2 (1.49%) Banking
5 2 (1.49%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.49%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.49%) Legal
5 2 (1.49%) Marketing
6 1 (0.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (0.75%) Automotive
6 1 (0.75%) Billing
6 1 (0.75%) Digital Health
6 1 (0.75%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 61 (45.52%) Developer
2 27 (20.15%) Architect
3 23 (17.16%) Senior
4 17 (12.69%) .NET Developer
4 17 (12.69%) Azure Developer
5 14 (10.45%) Lead
6 13 (9.70%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (9.70%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 12 (8.96%) Senior Developer
7 12 (8.96%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (5.97%) Integration Architect
8 8 (5.97%) Integration Engineer
9 7 (5.22%) Power Platform Developer
10 6 (4.48%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 6 (4.48%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 6 (4.48%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.48%) Technical Leader
11 5 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
11 5 (3.73%) Senior .NET Developer
11 5 (3.73%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 72 (53.73%) .NET
2 34 (25.37%) REST
3 17 (12.69%) OAuth
4 16 (11.94%) Kafka
4 16 (11.94%) RabbitMQ
4 16 (11.94%) SOAP
5 15 (11.19%) .NET Framework
6 14 (10.45%) React
6 14 (10.45%) RESTful
7 13 (9.70%) OAuth2
8 11 (8.21%) JSON
8 11 (8.21%) Microsoft Graph
8 11 (8.21%) Web Services
9 9 (6.72%) .NET Core
9 9 (6.72%) Middleware
9 9 (6.72%) OpenID
10 8 (5.97%) AngularJS
10 8 (5.97%) XML
11 7 (5.22%) Spring
11 7 (5.22%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (27.61%) Cloud Native
2 15 (11.19%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (7.46%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (5.22%) Low-Code
4 7 (5.22%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.48%) IoT
6 5 (3.73%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.99%) Mobile App
8 3 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (2.24%) NHS
9 2 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.49%) BYOD
9 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.49%) Wiki
10 1 (0.75%) CMDB
10 1 (0.75%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.75%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.75%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (64.93%) DevOps
2 75 (55.97%) CI/CD
3 51 (38.06%) Event-Driven
4 40 (29.85%) Agile
5 39 (29.10%) Microservices
6 37 (27.61%) API Management
7 32 (23.88%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 25 (18.66%) Infrastructure as Code
9 22 (16.42%) Analytics
10 21 (15.67%) Containerisation
11 20 (14.93%) Business Intelligence
11 20 (14.93%) Integration Patterns
12 19 (14.18%) Data Modelling
12 19 (14.18%) Mentoring
12 19 (14.18%) Migration
13 18 (13.43%) Observability
14 17 (12.69%) TDD
15 15 (11.19%) CRM
15 15 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 62 (46.27%) C#
2 27 (20.15%) SQL
3 23 (17.16%) JavaScript
4 21 (15.67%) Python
5 14 (10.45%) PowerShell
6 13 (9.70%) Java
6 13 (9.70%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.96%) Bicep
7 12 (8.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (2.99%) X++
9 1 (0.75%) Formula Language
9 1 (0.75%) LotusScript
9 1 (0.75%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (31.34%) Security Cleared
2 38 (28.36%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.46%) Degree
4 9 (6.72%) Azure Certification
5 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.99%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.73%) GDPR
1 5 (3.73%) QA
2 3 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.24%) NIST
3 2 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.49%) SLA
4 1 (0.75%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (20.90%) Docker
2 10 (7.46%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (22.39%) Kubernetes
2 20 (14.93%) Terraform
3 4 (2.99%) Grafana
3 4 (2.99%) Istio
3 4 (2.99%) Kustomize
3 4 (2.99%) linkerd
3 4 (2.99%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 70 (52.24%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.73%) Oracle
2 5 (3.73%) ServiceNow
2 5 (3.73%) Workday
3 4 (2.99%) Databricks
3 4 (2.99%) MuleSoft
3 4 (2.99%) SAP
4 1 (0.75%) Adobe
4 1 (0.75%) Foundry
4 1 (0.75%) Genesys
4 1 (0.75%) Google
4 1 (0.75%) IBM
4 1 (0.75%) Informatica
4 1 (0.75%) Kofax
4 1 (0.75%) Lotus
4 1 (0.75%) New Relic
4 1 (0.75%) Planview
4 1 (0.75%) SnapLogic
4 1 (0.75%) TIBCO
4 1 (0.75%) WSO2