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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 417 350 409
Rank change year-on-year -67 +59 +63
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 95 188 192
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.59% 0.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.87% 1.66% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 113 131
10th Percentile £361 £430 £413
25th Percentile £410 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.83% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £701 £738
UK median daily rate £513 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -14.58% - +9.09%

All Cloud 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 10,898 11,302 14,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.64% 35.25% 35.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,363 7,541 10,588
10th Percentile £304 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 267 159 293
10th Percentile £14.99 £16.00 £14.54
25th Percentile £18.51 £23.80 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +8.36% +43.56%
75th Percentile £42.60 £68.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £67.10 £70.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £32.41
% change year-on-year -28.14% +7.99% +44.04%

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 16 October 2025.

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 16 October 2025. 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 -59 61 £523 -12.79% 12
Midlands -11 10 £513 -14.58% 3
North West -12 6 £450 -28.00% 12
North of England -19 6 £450 -28.00% 13
East Midlands - 6 £569 - 1
South West +16 5 £375 - 1
South East -21 5 £613 +11.36% 5
East of England - 5 £725 -
West Midlands -13 4 £504 -16.04% 2
Yorkshire - 2 - -
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 3 (3.16%) NServiceBus
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (2.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.05%) HCL Notes
3 1 (1.05%) Mendix
Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.11%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (4.21%) Aladdin
2 4 (4.21%) Fidessa
2 4 (4.21%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (4.21%) thinkFolio
3 2 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (2.11%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 90 (94.74%) Azure
2 59 (62.11%) Azure Logic Apps
3 41 (43.16%) Azure DevOps
4 37 (38.95%) Serverless
5 32 (33.68%) Azure Functions
6 25 (26.32%) Azure Monitor
7 21 (22.11%) Azure API Management
8 18 (18.95%) Power Platform
9 17 (17.89%) PowerApps
10 16 (16.84%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (15.79%) Azure Event Grid
12 13 (13.68%) Power Automate
13 10 (10.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 10 (10.53%) Entra ID
13 10 (10.53%) PaaS
14 9 (9.47%) Azure Key Vault
15 7 (7.37%) Azure Storage
15 7 (7.37%) GitHub
16 6 (6.32%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 4 (4.21%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.32%) Network Security
2 2 (2.11%) SSL
3 1 (1.05%) DNS
3 1 (1.05%) Firewall
3 1 (1.05%) HTTP
3 1 (1.05%) LAN
3 1 (1.05%) MPLS
3 1 (1.05%) VPN
3 1 (1.05%) WAN
3 1 (1.05%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (23.16%) SQL Server
2 11 (11.58%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (7.37%) Power BI
4 6 (6.32%) Relational Database
5 5 (5.26%) Redis
6 3 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (3.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (2.11%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.05%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.05%) Data Lake
8 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (1.05%) HDInsight
8 1 (1.05%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Postman
2 5 (5.26%) Git
3 2 (2.11%) git-flow
3 2 (2.11%) JMeter
3 2 (2.11%) Locust
3 2 (2.11%) Selenium
3 2 (2.11%) SonarQube
3 2 (2.11%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.05%) JIRA
4 1 (1.05%) TestRail
General
1 34 (35.79%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.95%) Finance
3 12 (12.63%) Public Sector
4 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (7.37%) Banking
5 7 (7.37%) Law
6 6 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.21%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (4.21%) Investment Banking
8 3 (3.16%) Billing
8 3 (3.16%) Front Office
9 2 (2.11%) Local Government
9 2 (2.11%) Manufacturing
9 2 (2.11%) Marketing
10 1 (1.05%) Electronics
10 1 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.05%) Legal
10 1 (1.05%) Retail
10 1 (1.05%) Social Housing
10 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (49.47%) Developer
2 21 (22.11%) Architect
3 16 (16.84%) Integration Developer
4 13 (13.68%) Senior
4 13 (13.68%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (12.63%) .NET Developer
5 12 (12.63%) Lead
5 12 (12.63%) Senior Developer
6 10 (10.53%) Azure Developer
7 9 (9.47%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 7 (7.37%) C# .NET Developer
8 7 (7.37%) C# Developer
9 6 (6.32%) Azure Architect
10 5 (5.26%) ASP.NET Developer
10 5 (5.26%) Azure Engineer
11 4 (4.21%) Applications Developer
11 4 (4.21%) Backend Developer
11 4 (4.21%) Integration Architect
11 4 (4.21%) Integration Engineer
11 4 (4.21%) Power Apps Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (44.21%) .NET
2 23 (24.21%) REST
3 20 (21.05%) .NET Core
4 18 (18.95%) SOAP
5 13 (13.68%) RESTful
6 12 (12.63%) React
7 10 (10.53%) ASP.NET
7 10 (10.53%) XML
8 9 (9.47%) ARM Templates
8 9 (9.47%) JSON
8 9 (9.47%) OAuth
8 9 (9.47%) YAML
9 8 (8.42%) .NET Framework
10 7 (7.37%) ASP.NET Core
10 7 (7.37%) HTML
10 7 (7.37%) HTML5 Canvas
11 6 (6.32%) ADO
11 6 (6.32%) CSS
12 5 (5.26%) Swagger
12 5 (5.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (12.63%) Cloud Native
2 9 (9.47%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (8.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (6.32%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (5.26%) Data Fabric
5 5 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
5 5 (5.26%) Low-Code
5 5 (5.26%) Product Ownership
6 4 (4.21%) Derivative
6 4 (4.21%) Fixed Income
6 4 (4.21%) Onboarding
7 3 (3.16%) Hedge funds
7 3 (3.16%) Legacy Code
8 2 (2.11%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (2.11%) Management Information System
8 2 (2.11%) Market Risk
9 1 (1.05%) Data Centre
9 1 (1.05%) FMCG
9 1 (1.05%) IVR
9 1 (1.05%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.21%) Android
1 4 (4.21%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (67.37%) DevOps
2 49 (51.58%) CI/CD
3 38 (40.00%) API Management
4 31 (32.63%) Agile
5 28 (29.47%) Infrastructure as Code
6 23 (24.21%) Analytics
7 22 (23.16%) Event-Driven
8 21 (22.11%) Log Analytics
9 19 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 19 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (18.95%) Scrum
11 13 (13.68%) DevSecOps
11 13 (13.68%) Microservices
12 11 (11.58%) Test Automation
13 10 (10.53%) Data Modelling
14 9 (9.47%) Business Intelligence
14 9 (9.47%) ETL
15 8 (8.42%) Clean Code
15 8 (8.42%) Data Integration
15 8 (8.42%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 49 (51.58%) C#
2 29 (30.53%) SQL
3 27 (28.42%) JavaScript
4 20 (21.05%) Bicep
5 18 (18.95%) Python
6 16 (16.84%) PowerShell
7 8 (8.42%) TypeScript
8 6 (6.32%) Bash
8 6 (6.32%) Java
8 6 (6.32%) T-SQL
9 5 (5.26%) X++
10 2 (2.11%) PL/SQL
11 1 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (1.05%) Formula Language
11 1 (1.05%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 15 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.68%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.21%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.11%) Degree
4 2 (2.11%) ISTQB
4 2 (2.11%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.47%) GDPR
2 4 (4.21%) MiFID
3 1 (1.05%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.05%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.05%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (9.47%) Virtual Machines
2 8 (8.42%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (18.95%) Terraform
2 4 (4.21%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (38.95%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.63%) Oracle
3 10 (10.53%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.21%) Portware
5 3 (3.16%) Databricks
6 2 (2.11%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.11%) SAP
7 1 (1.05%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.05%) iManage
7 1 (1.05%) Kofax
7 1 (1.05%) Lotus
7 1 (1.05%) Northgate
7 1 (1.05%) Virgin Media
7 1 (1.05%) webMethods
7 1 (1.05%) Workday