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 12 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 416 396 369
Rank change year-on-year -20 -27 +92
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 145 88 191
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.43% 0.34% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.13% 0.90% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 50 127
10th Percentile £393 £474 £425
25th Percentile £415 £528 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £618 £600
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% +2.92% -
75th Percentile £588 £647 £688
90th Percentile £676 £878 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £604 £600
% change year-on-year -17.18% +0.63% -
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 12,808 9,780 12,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.70% 37.51% 33.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 6,532 9,040
10th Percentile £305 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £603 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 141 299
10th Percentile £14.47 £15.44 £14.10
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.05 £16.25
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £22.15
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +24.15% -11.40%
75th Percentile £59.86 £47.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.75 £66.11
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.43 £22.50
% change year-on-year +31.27% +21.89% -10.00%

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 12 February 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 12 February 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 12 February 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 +15 100 £500 -20.00% 17
Midlands -40 14 £455 -3.70% 11
South East -51 11 £575 -7.63% 12
East Midlands -18 7 £450 -4.76% 4
West Midlands - 7 £460 - 7
East of England -19 6 £600 - 1
North of England - 5 £500 - 13
North West - 5 £500 - 11
Yorkshire - 2 - - 1
South West - 1 - - 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 23 (15.86%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.90%) HCL Notes
3 9 (6.21%) Mendix
4 6 (4.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.07%) ArcGIS
5 3 (2.07%) Confluence
6 2 (1.38%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.69%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 8 (5.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.07%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.07%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (2.07%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.38%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.69%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.69%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 145 (100.00%) Azure
2 77 (53.10%) Azure Logic Apps
3 68 (46.90%) Serverless
4 64 (44.14%) Azure Functions
5 58 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (26.90%) Azure Monitor
7 37 (25.52%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (23.45%) Power Platform
9 33 (22.76%) Power Automate
10 31 (21.38%) GitHub
11 30 (20.69%) Azure Event Grid
12 27 (18.62%) Azure Key Vault
12 27 (18.62%) Entra ID
13 25 (17.24%) GitHub Actions
14 24 (16.55%) Azure API Management
14 24 (16.55%) PowerApps
15 23 (15.86%) PaaS
16 21 (14.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 20 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
18 17 (11.72%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.14%) Firewall
1 6 (4.14%) SMS
2 5 (3.45%) Network Security
3 4 (2.76%) HTTP
4 2 (1.38%) LAN
4 2 (1.38%) MPLS
4 2 (1.38%) VPN
4 2 (1.38%) WAN
5 1 (0.69%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 17 (11.72%) SQL Server
3 16 (11.03%) Power BI
4 10 (6.90%) Oracle Database
5 8 (5.52%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.07%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.07%) Metadata
7 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.38%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.38%) NoSQL
8 2 (1.38%) Redis
9 1 (0.69%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.69%) HDInsight
9 1 (0.69%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (7.59%) Git
2 7 (4.83%) Postman
3 5 (3.45%) Selenium
4 4 (2.76%) Jenkins
4 4 (2.76%) JIRA
5 2 (1.38%) git-flow
5 2 (1.38%) GitLab
5 2 (1.38%) JMeter
5 2 (1.38%) Locust
5 2 (1.38%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.38%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.69%) Mocha
6 1 (0.69%) TestRail
General
1 34 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 27 (18.62%) Finance
3 24 (16.55%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.21%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (6.21%) Financial Institution
5 7 (4.83%) Marketing
6 6 (4.14%) Banking
7 5 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.07%) Aviation
8 3 (2.07%) Law
9 2 (1.38%) Billing
9 2 (1.38%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.38%) Legal
9 2 (1.38%) Retail
10 1 (0.69%) Front Office
10 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 70 (48.28%) Developer
2 25 (17.24%) Architect
3 23 (15.86%) Azure Developer
4 19 (13.10%) Senior
5 15 (10.34%) Lead
6 12 (8.28%) Power Platform Developer
6 12 (8.28%) Senior Developer
7 11 (7.59%) Azure Engineer
8 10 (6.90%) .NET Developer
8 10 (6.90%) Azure Architect
8 10 (6.90%) Consultant
8 10 (6.90%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (6.21%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 9 (6.21%) Integration Developer
10 8 (5.52%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 7 (4.83%) Integration Engineer
11 7 (4.83%) Technical Consultant
12 6 (4.14%) Technical Leader
13 5 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
13 5 (3.45%) Node.js Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (44.14%) .NET
2 33 (22.76%) REST
3 23 (15.86%) React
4 20 (13.79%) .NET Core
5 17 (11.72%) Node.js
5 17 (11.72%) RESTful
6 16 (11.03%) Kafka
7 15 (10.34%) SOAP
8 13 (8.97%) AngularJS
9 12 (8.28%) .NET Framework
9 12 (8.28%) HTML5 Canvas
10 9 (6.21%) JSON
10 9 (6.21%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (5.52%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (5.52%) OAuth
11 8 (5.52%) PyTorch
11 8 (5.52%) Swagger
11 8 (5.52%) TensorFlow
12 7 (4.83%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (4.14%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.24%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.97%) Low-Code
3 11 (7.59%) Product Ownership
4 9 (6.21%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (5.52%) AI Agents
6 7 (4.83%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (3.45%) Data Fabric
7 5 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 5 (3.45%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.69%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.69%) Derivative
9 1 (0.69%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.69%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.69%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.69%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.69%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (66.21%) DevOps
2 82 (56.55%) CI/CD
3 45 (31.03%) API Management
4 37 (25.52%) Event-Driven
5 35 (24.14%) Analytics
6 31 (21.38%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 30 (20.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (20.00%) Microservices
9 26 (17.93%) Agile
10 23 (15.86%) Log Analytics
11 22 (15.17%) Test Automation
12 21 (14.48%) RBAC
13 20 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (13.10%) Integration Patterns
14 19 (13.10%) Observability
15 18 (12.41%) AI
15 18 (12.41%) Containerisation
16 17 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (11.03%) Data Management
18 15 (10.34%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 81 (55.86%) C#
2 51 (35.17%) SQL
3 35 (24.14%) JavaScript
4 25 (17.24%) Bicep
5 20 (13.79%) Python
6 19 (13.10%) PowerShell
7 17 (11.72%) TypeScript
8 10 (6.90%) Formula Language
8 10 (6.90%) LotusScript
9 8 (5.52%) Java
10 6 (4.14%) Kusto Query Language
11 4 (2.76%) X++
12 3 (2.07%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.69%) Korn
Qualifications
1 36 (24.83%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.86%) SC Cleared
3 9 (6.21%) Degree
4 8 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (4.14%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.38%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.38%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 2 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.69%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.03%) GDPR
2 8 (5.52%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.76%) QA
4 3 (2.07%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.07%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.38%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.69%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.69%) MiFID
6 1 (0.69%) NCSC
6 1 (0.69%) PMO
6 1 (0.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 15 (10.34%) Active Directory
2 14 (9.66%) Docker
3 1 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (24.83%) Terraform
2 15 (10.34%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.45%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.76%) Ansible
5 2 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.69%) Grafana
Vendors
1 75 (51.72%) Microsoft
2 16 (11.03%) Databricks
3 13 (8.97%) OpenAI
4 12 (8.28%) Oracle
5 10 (6.90%) Lotus
6 9 (6.21%) Kofax
7 8 (5.52%) Salesforce
8 3 (2.07%) Atlassian
8 3 (2.07%) Informatica
8 3 (2.07%) Talend
9 2 (1.38%) Foundry
10 1 (0.69%) Aderant
10 1 (0.69%) Charles River
10 1 (0.69%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.69%) IBM
10 1 (0.69%) Portware
10 1 (0.69%) SAP
10 1 (0.69%) Solace
10 1 (0.69%) Virgin Media
10 1 (0.69%) Workday