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 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 478 417 347
Rank change year-on-year -61 -70 +84
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 143 94 207
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.35% 0.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.91% 0.93% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 55 125
10th Percentile £450 £354 £427
25th Percentile £500 £438 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £600
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -14.58% +4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £604 £675
90th Percentile £679 £663 £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 15,698 10,109 12,184
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.03% 37.40% 32.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,559 6,818 8,683
10th Percentile £325 £313 £310
25th Percentile £416 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +2.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 558 269 330
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.75 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.05% +14.32% -33.33%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.39 £43.75
90th Percentile £84.13 £67.10 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £27.76 £22.08
% change year-on-year +35.09% +25.75% -36.93%

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 10 July 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 10 July 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 -35 91 £575 +10.26% 29
East of England -22 16 £550 -18.52% 4
North of England -69 15 £525 +16.67% 5
North West -36 9 £600 +33.33% 4
Midlands -54 9 £500 -0.74% 3
East Midlands -11 6 £500 -13.04% 1
South East -61 6 £625 +6.43% 22
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
West Midlands -68 3 £555 +12.12% 2
South West -35 2 £450 +20.00% 1
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 16 (11.19%) SharePoint
2 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.40%) HCL Notes
3 2 (1.40%) Mendix
4 1 (0.70%) Anypoint
Applications
1 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (8.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.40%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.70%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.70%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 143 (100.00%) Azure
2 67 (46.85%) Azure Logic Apps
3 57 (39.86%) Serverless
4 54 (37.76%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (31.47%) Azure Functions
6 42 (29.37%) Dynamics 365
7 40 (27.97%) Power Platform
8 31 (21.68%) Azure Event Grid
9 28 (19.58%) Azure AKS
9 28 (19.58%) Entra ID
9 28 (19.58%) Power Automate
9 28 (19.58%) PowerApps
10 26 (18.18%) Azure Monitor
11 24 (16.78%) GitHub
12 19 (13.29%) AWS
12 19 (13.29%) Azure API Management
12 19 (13.29%) Microsoft 365
13 17 (11.89%) Azure Key Vault
13 17 (11.89%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (10.49%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.10%) VPN
2 2 (1.40%) HTTP
2 2 (1.40%) Network Security
2 2 (1.40%) SMS
3 1 (0.70%) DKIM
3 1 (0.70%) DMARC
3 1 (0.70%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (11.19%) Power BI
2 11 (7.69%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (6.99%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.80%) InfluxDB
4 4 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.10%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.40%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.40%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.40%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.40%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.70%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.70%) Metadata
7 1 (0.70%) Redis
7 1 (0.70%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 15 (10.49%) Git
2 10 (6.99%) JIRA
3 4 (2.80%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.40%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.40%) NUnit
4 2 (1.40%) Selenium
4 2 (1.40%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.70%) Moq
5 1 (0.70%) Postman
5 1 (0.70%) Serilog
5 1 (0.70%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (20.28%) Finance
2 23 (16.08%) Social Skills
3 21 (14.69%) Public Sector
4 3 (2.10%) Financial Institution
4 3 (2.10%) Law
4 3 (2.10%) Local Government
4 3 (2.10%) Marketing
4 3 (2.10%) Retail
5 2 (1.40%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.40%) Banking
5 2 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (1.40%) Legal
6 1 (0.70%) Automotive
6 1 (0.70%) Billing
6 1 (0.70%) Digital Health
6 1 (0.70%) Health Technology
6 1 (0.70%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 64 (44.76%) Developer
2 29 (20.28%) Architect
3 25 (17.48%) Senior
4 19 (13.29%) Azure Developer
5 18 (12.59%) .NET Developer
6 16 (11.19%) Lead
7 13 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
7 13 (9.09%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 13 (9.09%) Senior Developer
7 13 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (6.29%) Integration Engineer
9 7 (4.90%) Integration Architect
9 7 (4.90%) Power Platform Developer
10 6 (4.20%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 6 (4.20%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 6 (4.20%) Software Engineer
10 6 (4.20%) Technical Leader
11 5 (3.50%) C# Developer
11 5 (3.50%) Senior .NET Developer
11 5 (3.50%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (52.45%) .NET
2 36 (25.17%) REST
3 16 (11.19%) Kafka
3 16 (11.19%) OAuth
3 16 (11.19%) RESTful
4 15 (10.49%) .NET Framework
4 15 (10.49%) React
4 15 (10.49%) SOAP
5 14 (9.79%) RabbitMQ
6 13 (9.09%) OAuth2
7 11 (7.69%) JSON
7 11 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
7 11 (7.69%) Web Services
8 9 (6.29%) .NET Core
8 9 (6.29%) OpenID
9 8 (5.59%) AngularJS
9 8 (5.59%) Middleware
9 8 (5.59%) XML
10 7 (4.90%) Node.js
10 7 (4.90%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (25.17%) Cloud Native
2 13 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (8.39%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (5.59%) Low-Code
4 8 (5.59%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.50%) IoT
6 4 (2.80%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.80%) Distributed Architecture
6 4 (2.80%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.10%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.10%) NHS
8 2 (1.40%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.40%) BYOD
8 2 (1.40%) Wiki
9 1 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.70%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (62.94%) DevOps
2 80 (55.94%) CI/CD
3 52 (36.36%) Event-Driven
4 39 (27.27%) API Management
5 38 (26.57%) Agile
5 38 (26.57%) Microservices
6 34 (23.78%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 27 (18.88%) Infrastructure as Code
8 23 (16.08%) Integration Patterns
9 22 (15.38%) Analytics
9 22 (15.38%) Mentoring
10 21 (14.69%) Containerisation
10 21 (14.69%) Data Modelling
11 19 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
11 19 (13.29%) Migration
11 19 (13.29%) Observability
12 17 (11.89%) CRM
12 17 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
13 16 (11.19%) Technical Leadership
14 15 (10.49%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 69 (48.25%) C#
2 30 (20.98%) SQL
3 25 (17.48%) JavaScript
4 21 (14.69%) Python
5 15 (10.49%) Bicep
6 14 (9.79%) PowerShell
6 14 (9.79%) TypeScript
7 13 (9.09%) Java
8 12 (8.39%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.80%) X++
10 2 (1.40%) Formula Language
10 2 (1.40%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.70%) Korn
11 1 (0.70%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (29.37%) Security Cleared
2 37 (25.87%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.99%) Degree
4 9 (6.29%) Azure Certification
5 8 (5.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.80%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.70%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.20%) GDPR
1 6 (4.20%) QA
2 3 (2.10%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.10%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.10%) NIST
3 2 (1.40%) FedRAMP
3 2 (1.40%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.40%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.40%) SLA
4 1 (0.70%) PMO
System Software
1 28 (19.58%) Docker
2 10 (6.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (20.98%) Kubernetes
2 23 (16.08%) Terraform
3 5 (3.50%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.80%) Grafana
4 4 (2.80%) Istio
4 4 (2.80%) Kustomize
4 4 (2.80%) linkerd
Vendors
1 73 (51.05%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.50%) Oracle
2 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
2 5 (3.50%) Workday
3 4 (2.80%) Databricks
3 4 (2.80%) SAP
4 3 (2.10%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.40%) Foundry
5 2 (1.40%) Kofax
5 2 (1.40%) Lotus
6 1 (0.70%) Aderant
6 1 (0.70%) Adobe
6 1 (0.70%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (0.70%) Concur
6 1 (0.70%) Genesys
6 1 (0.70%) IBM
6 1 (0.70%) iManage
6 1 (0.70%) New Relic
6 1 (0.70%) Planview
6 1 (0.70%) SnapLogic