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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 403 332
Rank change year-on-year -93 -71 +62
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 135 103 184
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.38% 0.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.85% 1.01% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 64 111
10th Percentile £419 £361 £425
25th Percentile £468 £410 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -14.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £641 £675
90th Percentile £650 £688 £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 15,864 10,226 11,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.77% 37.36% 34.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,627 6,924 7,781
10th Percentile £323 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £502 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £643
90th Percentile £719 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 267 194
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.19 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.25
Median hourly rate £34.23 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +30.15% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.18
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.33 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.99 £28.88 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.71% -3.75% -14.29%

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 3 September 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 3 September 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 -51 90 £572 +8.95% 52
East of England -15 11 £550 -18.52% 6
North of England -51 10 £575 +27.78% 11
South East -62 9 £460 -23.33% 12
Midlands -48 8 £500 +1.01% 8
North West -41 7 £575 +27.78% 9
East Midlands -15 6 £500 - 4
South West -40 5 £470 +25.33% 4
Yorkshire - 3 £613 - 2
West Midlands -53 1 - - 4
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 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.70%) CMS
3 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.48%) Mendix
4 2 (1.48%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.74%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.74%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.74%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 14 (10.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.70%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.48%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.74%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.74%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.74%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 135 (100.00%) Azure
2 65 (48.15%) Azure Logic Apps
3 59 (43.70%) Serverless
4 52 (38.52%) Azure Functions
5 49 (36.30%) Dynamics 365
6 46 (34.07%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (30.37%) Power Platform
8 28 (20.74%) Azure Event Grid
8 28 (20.74%) PowerApps
9 26 (19.26%) Power Automate
10 25 (18.52%) Entra ID
11 22 (16.30%) Azure API Management
11 22 (16.30%) GitHub
12 21 (15.56%) AWS
13 20 (14.81%) Azure AKS
14 17 (12.59%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (12.59%) Microsoft Copilot
15 15 (11.11%) Azure Key Vault
15 15 (11.11%) Copilot Studio
16 12 (8.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.93%) HTTP
2 3 (2.22%) VPN
3 2 (1.48%) Network Security
4 1 (0.74%) DKIM
4 1 (0.74%) DMARC
4 1 (0.74%) Firewall
4 1 (0.74%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (14.07%) Power BI
2 11 (8.15%) Azure SQL Database
3 7 (5.19%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.70%) Metadata
5 4 (2.96%) InfluxDB
5 4 (2.96%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.48%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.48%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.48%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.48%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.74%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 18 (13.33%) Git
2 13 (9.63%) JIRA
3 4 (2.96%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.48%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.48%) TestRail
6 1 (0.74%) NUnit
6 1 (0.74%) Postman
6 1 (0.74%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (20.74%) Social Skills
2 22 (16.30%) Finance
3 15 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.70%) Marketing
6 3 (2.22%) Legal
6 3 (2.22%) Local Government
6 3 (2.22%) Retail
7 2 (1.48%) Billing
7 2 (1.48%) Law
8 1 (0.74%) Automotive
8 1 (0.74%) Banking
8 1 (0.74%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.74%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 63 (46.67%) Developer
2 27 (20.00%) Architect
3 22 (16.30%) Senior
4 18 (13.33%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 16 (11.85%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (11.11%) .NET Developer
7 14 (10.37%) Azure Developer
8 13 (9.63%) Lead
9 10 (7.41%) Senior Developer
10 9 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (6.67%) Integration Engineer
11 8 (5.93%) Power Platform Developer
12 5 (3.70%) Dynamics 365 Architect
12 5 (3.70%) Software Developer
12 5 (3.70%) Technical Architect
12 5 (3.70%) Technical Leader
13 4 (2.96%) Integration Architect
13 4 (2.96%) Lead Developer
13 4 (2.96%) Senior Solutions Architect
13 4 (2.96%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (58.52%) .NET
2 42 (31.11%) REST
3 22 (16.30%) JSON
3 22 (16.30%) OAuth
4 19 (14.07%) Terraform
5 18 (13.33%) Kafka
5 18 (13.33%) XML
6 16 (11.85%) Middleware
6 16 (11.85%) RabbitMQ
7 14 (10.37%) SOAP
8 12 (8.89%) OpenAPI
8 12 (8.89%) Swagger
9 10 (7.41%) .NET Framework
9 10 (7.41%) GraphQL
9 10 (7.41%) JWT
9 10 (7.41%) OAuth2
9 10 (7.41%) RESTful
10 9 (6.67%) EDI
10 9 (6.67%) React
11 8 (5.93%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 39 (28.89%) Cloud Native
2 22 (16.30%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (7.41%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (6.67%) Product Ownership
5 8 (5.93%) Low-Code
6 6 (4.44%) AI Agents
6 6 (4.44%) IoT
7 5 (3.70%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (3.70%) Wiki
8 4 (2.96%) NHS
9 3 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.22%) Life Science
10 2 (1.48%) BYOD
10 2 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.48%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.74%) Grid Computing
11 1 (0.74%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.74%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (55.56%) CI/CD
2 73 (54.07%) DevOps
3 55 (40.74%) Event-Driven
4 51 (37.78%) Agile
5 43 (31.85%) API Management
6 38 (28.15%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 30 (22.22%) Microservices
8 29 (21.48%) Integration Patterns
9 24 (17.78%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (14.81%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (14.07%) Data Modelling
11 19 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (13.33%) AI
12 18 (13.33%) API Integration
12 18 (13.33%) Containerisation
12 18 (13.33%) CRM
12 18 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (11.85%) Enterprise Architecture
13 16 (11.85%) Migration
13 16 (11.85%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 66 (48.89%) C#
2 30 (22.22%) SQL
3 26 (19.26%) JavaScript
4 24 (17.78%) Python
5 20 (14.81%) Bicep
6 16 (11.85%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.93%) Java
8 4 (2.96%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (2.96%) X++
9 3 (2.22%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.74%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.74%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.74%) Rust
Qualifications
1 38 (28.15%) Security Cleared
2 34 (25.19%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.44%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.70%) Degree
6 4 (2.96%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (1.48%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.74%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.19%) QA
2 4 (2.96%) GDPR
3 3 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.22%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.22%) NIST
4 2 (1.48%) SLA
5 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (17.78%) Docker
2 12 (8.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (18.52%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.48%) Grafana
3 1 (0.74%) Istio
3 1 (0.74%) Kustomize
3 1 (0.74%) linkerd
3 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 75 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.89%) Oracle
3 9 (6.67%) MuleSoft
4 7 (5.19%) Google
4 7 (5.19%) IBM
4 7 (5.19%) Informatica
4 7 (5.19%) TIBCO
4 7 (5.19%) WSO2
5 6 (4.44%) Workday
6 5 (3.70%) SAP
7 4 (2.96%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.22%) Aprimo
8 3 (2.22%) OneTrust
8 3 (2.22%) Optimizely
9 2 (1.48%) Adyen
9 2 (1.48%) Databricks
10 1 (0.74%) Concur
10 1 (0.74%) iManage
10 1 (0.74%) Okta
10 1 (0.74%) SnapLogic