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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 379 357
Rank change year-on-year -45 -22 +120
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 118 122 186
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.43% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.98% 1.19% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 70 124
10th Percentile £400 £513 £421
25th Percentile £415 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £602 £675 £677
90th Percentile £700 £878 £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 12,097 10,288 12,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.16% 36.60% 34.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,347 6,882 9,155
10th Percentile £304 £313 £280
25th Percentile £406 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £645 £638
90th Percentile £707 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 281 137 245
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.55 £14.42
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.05 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.50 £28.41 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -3.20% +20.33% +4.33%
75th Percentile £56.50 £46.18 £53.50
90th Percentile £77.25 £67.10 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £27.50 £25.38
% change year-on-year -0.53% +8.35% +12.80%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -8 84 £500 -22.36% 34
Midlands -26 12 £449 -7.53% 4
East Midlands -12 7 £450 +21.62% 1
South East -40 6 £550 -12.00% 16
North West -22 5 £500 - 19
West Midlands -26 5 £425 -29.17% 3
North of England -50 5 £500 - 21
East of England -14 3 £725 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
South West - 1 - - 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 17 (14.41%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.78%) HCL Notes
3 7 (5.93%) Mendix
4 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.54%) NServiceBus
6 2 (1.69%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.69%) Confluence
7 1 (0.85%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.24%) Aladdin
1 5 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.39%) Fidessa
2 4 (3.39%) thinkFolio
3 3 (2.54%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (1.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 116 (98.31%) Azure
2 69 (58.47%) Azure Logic Apps
3 52 (44.07%) Serverless
4 48 (40.68%) Azure DevOps
5 47 (39.83%) Azure Functions
6 35 (29.66%) Azure Monitor
7 28 (23.73%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (23.73%) Power Platform
8 27 (22.88%) Power Automate
9 26 (22.03%) GitHub
10 25 (21.19%) Azure Key Vault
11 24 (20.34%) Entra ID
12 22 (18.64%) Azure Event Grid
13 21 (17.80%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 21 (17.80%) GitHub Actions
13 21 (17.80%) PaaS
13 21 (17.80%) PowerApps
14 20 (16.95%) Azure API Management
15 14 (11.86%) Microsoft 365
16 12 (10.17%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.08%) Firewall
2 5 (4.24%) HTTP
2 5 (4.24%) Network Security
3 3 (2.54%) SMS
4 2 (1.69%) LAN
4 2 (1.69%) MPLS
4 2 (1.69%) VPN
4 2 (1.69%) WAN
5 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.10%) Azure SQL Database
1 19 (16.10%) SQL Server
2 14 (11.86%) Power BI
3 8 (6.78%) Oracle Database
4 6 (5.08%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.54%) Metadata
6 3 (2.54%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.69%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.69%) Redis
8 1 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.85%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.85%) HDInsight
8 1 (0.85%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (8.47%) Git
2 8 (6.78%) Postman
3 3 (2.54%) JIRA
3 3 (2.54%) Selenium
4 2 (1.69%) git-flow
4 2 (1.69%) GitLab
4 2 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.69%) JMeter
4 2 (1.69%) Locust
4 2 (1.69%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.85%) Mocha
5 1 (0.85%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.85%) TestRail
General
1 36 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 27 (22.88%) Finance
3 19 (16.10%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.47%) Banking
5 8 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (5.93%) Financial Institution
7 5 (4.24%) Investment Banking
7 5 (4.24%) Marketing
8 4 (3.39%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.54%) Billing
9 3 (2.54%) Front Office
10 2 (1.69%) Aviation
10 2 (1.69%) Law
11 1 (0.85%) Electronics
11 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Legal
11 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.85%) Retail
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (50.00%) Developer
2 23 (19.49%) Architect
3 16 (13.56%) Azure Developer
4 15 (12.71%) Senior
5 11 (9.32%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (8.47%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (8.47%) Integration Developer
6 10 (8.47%) Lead
6 10 (8.47%) Power Platform Developer
7 9 (7.63%) .NET Developer
7 9 (7.63%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 9 (7.63%) Senior Developer
8 8 (6.78%) Azure Architect
9 5 (4.24%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.24%) Consultant
9 5 (4.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (4.24%) Integration Engineer
9 5 (4.24%) Node.js Developer
9 5 (4.24%) Technical Architect
10 4 (3.39%) .NET Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (47.46%) .NET
2 29 (24.58%) REST
3 24 (20.34%) .NET Core
4 19 (16.10%) React
5 16 (13.56%) Node.js
6 15 (12.71%) SOAP
7 13 (11.02%) .NET Framework
7 13 (11.02%) AngularJS
7 13 (11.02%) RESTful
8 11 (9.32%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (8.47%) JSON
9 10 (8.47%) Kafka
10 9 (7.63%) OAuth
11 8 (6.78%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (6.78%) PyTorch
11 8 (6.78%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (6.78%) TensorFlow
12 5 (4.24%) Express.js
12 5 (4.24%) Next.js
12 5 (4.24%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (17.80%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.17%) Distributed Systems
2 12 (10.17%) Low-Code
3 10 (8.47%) Product Ownership
4 8 (6.78%) AI Agents
5 7 (5.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (4.24%) Data Fabric
7 5 (4.24%) Management Information System
7 5 (4.24%) Onboarding
8 4 (3.39%) Derivative
8 4 (3.39%) Fixed Income
9 3 (2.54%) Hedge funds
10 2 (1.69%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.85%) Data Centre
11 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.85%) IoT
11 1 (0.85%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (68.64%) DevOps
2 71 (60.17%) CI/CD
3 37 (31.36%) API Management
4 33 (27.97%) Analytics
5 31 (26.27%) Agile
6 29 (24.58%) Microservices
7 26 (22.03%) Event-Driven
7 26 (22.03%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (19.49%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 23 (19.49%) Log Analytics
9 18 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
9 18 (15.25%) RBAC
10 17 (14.41%) Test Automation
11 16 (13.56%) Containerisation
12 15 (12.71%) Observability
13 14 (11.86%) AI
13 14 (11.86%) Data Management
13 14 (11.86%) Integration Patterns
14 13 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
15 12 (10.17%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 70 (59.32%) C#
2 48 (40.68%) SQL
3 32 (27.12%) JavaScript
4 23 (19.49%) Bicep
5 18 (15.25%) PowerShell
5 18 (15.25%) Python
6 14 (11.86%) TypeScript
7 8 (6.78%) Formula Language
7 8 (6.78%) LotusScript
8 5 (4.24%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (3.39%) X++
10 3 (2.54%) Java
10 3 (2.54%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (22.88%) Security Cleared
2 19 (16.10%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.08%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.24%) Degree
5 4 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.69%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.69%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.17%) GDPR
2 5 (4.24%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.39%) MiFID
4 3 (2.54%) QA
5 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.85%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.85%) NCSC
6 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (12.71%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.32%) Docker
3 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (27.97%) Terraform
2 10 (8.47%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.24%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.39%) Ansible
5 1 (0.85%) Grafana
5 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 67 (56.78%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.02%) Databricks
2 13 (11.02%) Oracle
3 11 (9.32%) OpenAI
4 8 (6.78%) Lotus
4 8 (6.78%) Salesforce
5 7 (5.93%) Kofax
6 4 (3.39%) Portware
7 3 (2.54%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.54%) Informatica
7 3 (2.54%) Talend
8 2 (1.69%) SAP
9 1 (0.85%) Charles River
9 1 (0.85%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.85%) iManage
9 1 (0.85%) Solace
9 1 (0.85%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.85%) Workday