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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 423 378 377
Rank change year-on-year -45 -1 +78
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 123 119 183
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.39% 0.43% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.03% 1.18% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 69 121
10th Percentile £400 £520 £425
25th Percentile £415 £575 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £588 £675 £675
90th Percentile £693 £880 £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 11,984 10,058 12,488
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.10% 36.60% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,294 6,722 9,121
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 £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 134 235
10th Percentile £14.48 £16.41 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.36 £28.46 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.87% +26.47% -2.17%
75th Percentile £57.25 £46.18 £50.79
90th Percentile £77.70 £67.63 £76.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £27.50 £23.11
% change year-on-year -1.05% +19.01% +2.70%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +2 87 £500 -22.36% 29
Midlands -32 12 £449 -7.53% 33
South East -47 9 £563 -10.00% 46
East Midlands -17 7 £450 +21.62% 15
West Midlands -38 5 £425 -29.17% 16
North of England - 5 £500 - 42
North West - 5 £500 - 24
East of England -12 2 £725 - 25
Yorkshire - 2 - - 15
South West - 1 - - 18
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 (16.26%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.32%) HCL Notes
3 8 (6.50%) Mendix
4 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.44%) ArcGIS
5 3 (2.44%) Confluence
5 3 (2.44%) NServiceBus
6 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%) Aladdin
2 3 (2.44%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.44%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.63%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.63%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 122 (99.19%) Azure
2 69 (56.10%) Azure Logic Apps
3 55 (44.72%) Serverless
4 52 (42.28%) Azure Functions
5 51 (41.46%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (29.27%) Azure Monitor
7 33 (26.83%) Dynamics 365
8 31 (25.20%) Power Platform
9 30 (24.39%) Power Automate
10 27 (21.95%) Azure Key Vault
10 27 (21.95%) GitHub
11 25 (20.33%) Entra ID
12 23 (18.70%) Azure Event Grid
12 23 (18.70%) PowerApps
13 22 (17.89%) PaaS
14 21 (17.07%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (16.26%) Azure API Management
16 19 (15.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 16 (13.01%) Microsoft 365
18 12 (9.76%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.88%) Firewall
2 5 (4.07%) HTTP
2 5 (4.07%) Network Security
3 4 (3.25%) SMS
4 2 (1.63%) LAN
4 2 (1.63%) MPLS
4 2 (1.63%) VPN
4 2 (1.63%) WAN
5 1 (0.81%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.26%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (13.82%) SQL Server
3 16 (13.01%) Power BI
4 9 (7.32%) 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 34 (27.64%) Social Skills
2 27 (21.95%) Finance
3 22 (17.89%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.50%) Banking
4 8 (6.50%) Documentation Skills
5 7 (5.69%) Financial Institution
6 6 (4.88%) Marketing
7 4 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.44%) Aviation
8 3 (2.44%) Billing
8 3 (2.44%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.63%) Front Office
9 2 (1.63%) Law
10 1 (0.81%) Electronics
10 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.81%) Legal
10 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.81%) Retail
10 1 (0.81%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (52.85%) Developer
2 21 (17.07%) Architect
3 18 (14.63%) Azure Developer
4 17 (13.82%) Senior
5 11 (8.94%) Power Platform Developer
5 11 (8.94%) Senior Developer
6 10 (8.13%) .NET Developer
6 10 (8.13%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 10 (8.13%) Integration Developer
6 10 (8.13%) Lead
6 10 (8.13%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (6.50%) Azure Architect
8 6 (4.88%) Consultant
9 5 (4.07%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 5 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (4.07%) Integration Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (47.15%) .NET
2 28 (22.76%) REST
3 22 (17.89%) .NET Core
4 21 (17.07%) React
5 16 (13.01%) Node.js
6 15 (12.20%) SOAP
7 14 (11.38%) RESTful
8 13 (10.57%) AngularJS
9 12 (9.76%) HTML5 Canvas
10 11 (8.94%) .NET Framework
10 11 (8.94%) Kafka
11 10 (8.13%) JSON
12 9 (7.32%) OAuth
13 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Graph
13 8 (6.50%) PyTorch
13 8 (6.50%) TensorFlow
14 6 (4.88%) Next.js
14 6 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
15 5 (4.07%) ASP.NET Web API
15 5 (4.07%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.45%) Cloud Native
2 13 (10.57%) Low-Code
3 10 (8.13%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (7.32%) Product Ownership
5 8 (6.50%) AI Agents
6 6 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (4.07%) Data Fabric
7 5 (4.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 5 (4.07%) Management Information System
7 5 (4.07%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.63%) Derivative
8 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.63%) Fixed Income
8 2 (1.63%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.63%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.81%) IoT
9 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (67.48%) DevOps
2 71 (57.72%) CI/CD
3 37 (30.08%) API Management
4 34 (27.64%) Analytics
5 29 (23.58%) Agile
6 28 (22.76%) Event-Driven
7 27 (21.95%) Microservices
8 26 (21.14%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (20.33%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 23 (18.70%) Log Analytics
11 20 (16.26%) Business Intelligence
12 19 (15.45%) RBAC
13 18 (14.63%) Test Automation
14 16 (13.01%) Containerisation
14 16 (13.01%) Observability
15 15 (12.20%) Data Management
16 14 (11.38%) AI
16 14 (11.38%) Integration Patterns
17 13 (10.57%) Data Modelling
17 13 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 73 (59.35%) C#
2 50 (40.65%) SQL
3 35 (28.46%) JavaScript
4 23 (18.70%) Bicep
5 19 (15.45%) PowerShell
6 18 (14.63%) Python
7 15 (12.20%) TypeScript
8 9 (7.32%) Formula Language
8 9 (7.32%) LotusScript
9 5 (4.07%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (3.25%) X++
11 3 (2.44%) Java
11 3 (2.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (26.02%) Security Cleared
2 22 (17.89%) 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 13 (10.57%) GDPR
2 6 (4.88%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.44%) QA
4 2 (1.63%) MiFID
5 1 (0.81%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.81%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.81%) NCSC
5 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 34 (27.64%) 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
2 13 (10.57%) Oracle
3 12 (9.76%) OpenAI
4 9 (7.32%) Lotus
5 8 (6.50%) Kofax
5 8 (6.50%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.44%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.44%) Informatica
6 3 (2.44%) Talend
7 2 (1.63%) Portware
7 2 (1.63%) SAP
8 1 (0.81%) Charles River
8 1 (0.81%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.81%) iManage
8 1 (0.81%) Solace
8 1 (0.81%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.81%) Workday