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 31 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 487 412 357
Rank change year-on-year -75 -55 +41
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 139 101 185
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.36% 0.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.88% 0.97% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 63 112
10th Percentile £419 £361 £425
25th Percentile £455 £414 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £522 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% -13.08% +4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £644 £675
90th Percentile £650 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £508 £600
% change year-on-year +3.45% -15.42% +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 15,874 10,360 11,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.69% 37.33% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,597 7,015 7,852
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 549 268 195
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £18.33
Median hourly rate £34.13 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.75% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £59.76
90th Percentile £82.49 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.12 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.20% -4.17% -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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -47 91 £550 +4.76% 39
North of England -59 13 £525 +16.67% 7
East of England -10 11 £550 -18.52% 3
South East -64 9 £460 -23.33% 13
Midlands -48 8 £500 +1.01% 5
North West -44 7 £575 +27.78% 6
East Midlands -9 6 £500 - 4
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
South West -42 5 £470 +25.33% 2
West Midlands -48 1 - - 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 17 (12.23%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.88%) CMS
4 2 (1.44%) Mendix
5 1 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.72%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.72%) HCL Notes
5 1 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.72%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 14 (10.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.88%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.44%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.72%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.72%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.72%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (100.00%) Azure
2 63 (45.32%) Azure Logic Apps
3 56 (40.29%) Serverless
4 53 (38.13%) Azure DevOps
5 49 (35.25%) Azure Functions
6 47 (33.81%) Dynamics 365
7 40 (28.78%) Power Platform
8 31 (22.30%) Entra ID
9 29 (20.86%) Azure Event Grid
10 28 (20.14%) PowerApps
11 26 (18.71%) Power Automate
12 25 (17.99%) GitHub
13 24 (17.27%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (16.55%) Azure API Management
15 22 (15.83%) Azure AKS
16 21 (15.11%) AWS
16 21 (15.11%) Azure Key Vault
17 16 (11.51%) Microsoft 365
17 16 (11.51%) Microsoft Copilot
18 15 (10.79%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.76%) HTTP
2 3 (2.16%) VPN
3 2 (1.44%) Network Security
4 1 (0.72%) DKIM
4 1 (0.72%) DMARC
4 1 (0.72%) Firewall
4 1 (0.72%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (13.67%) Power BI
2 12 (8.63%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (3.60%) Metadata
3 5 (3.60%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.88%) InfluxDB
4 4 (2.88%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.44%) Oracle Database
6 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.72%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 18 (12.95%) Git
2 13 (9.35%) JIRA
3 4 (2.88%) Visual Studio
4 3 (2.16%) Visual Studio Code
5 2 (1.44%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.44%) TestRail
6 1 (0.72%) NUnit
6 1 (0.72%) Postman
6 1 (0.72%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (19.42%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.83%) Finance
3 15 (10.79%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.60%) Marketing
6 3 (2.16%) Legal
6 3 (2.16%) Local Government
6 3 (2.16%) Retail
7 2 (1.44%) Billing
7 2 (1.44%) Law
8 1 (0.72%) Automotive
8 1 (0.72%) Banking
8 1 (0.72%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.72%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 66 (47.48%) Developer
2 27 (19.42%) Architect
3 22 (15.83%) Senior
4 18 (12.95%) Azure Developer
4 18 (12.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
5 16 (11.51%) .NET Developer
5 16 (11.51%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (9.35%) Lead
7 10 (7.19%) Azure Engineer
7 10 (7.19%) Senior Developer
8 9 (6.47%) Integration Engineer
8 9 (6.47%) Power Platform Developer
9 5 (3.60%) Dynamics 365 Architect
9 5 (3.60%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.60%) Technical Architect
9 5 (3.60%) Technical Leader
10 4 (2.88%) Integration Specialist
10 4 (2.88%) Platform Engineer
10 4 (2.88%) Senior Architect
10 4 (2.88%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (59.71%) .NET
2 48 (34.53%) REST
3 22 (15.83%) OAuth
4 21 (15.11%) JSON
5 20 (14.39%) SOAP
6 18 (12.95%) Kafka
6 18 (12.95%) XML
7 17 (12.23%) Terraform
8 16 (11.51%) .NET Framework
8 16 (11.51%) RabbitMQ
9 15 (10.79%) Middleware
10 11 (7.91%) OAuth2
11 10 (7.19%) GraphQL
11 10 (7.19%) JWT
11 10 (7.19%) OpenAPI
11 10 (7.19%) React
11 10 (7.19%) RESTful
11 10 (7.19%) Swagger
11 10 (7.19%) Web Services
12 9 (6.47%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (29.50%) Cloud Native
2 22 (15.83%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (7.19%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (6.47%) Product Ownership
5 8 (5.76%) Low-Code
6 6 (4.32%) IoT
7 5 (3.60%) AI Agents
7 5 (3.60%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (3.60%) Wiki
8 4 (2.88%) NHS
9 3 (2.16%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (2.16%) Life Science
9 3 (2.16%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.44%) BYOD
10 2 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.44%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.72%) Distributed Applications
11 1 (0.72%) Legacy Applications
11 1 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (58.99%) DevOps
2 73 (52.52%) CI/CD
3 52 (37.41%) Agile
3 52 (37.41%) Event-Driven
4 43 (30.94%) API Management
5 35 (25.18%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 31 (22.30%) Microservices
7 28 (20.14%) Integration Patterns
8 22 (15.83%) Analytics
9 21 (15.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 20 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
10 20 (14.39%) Containerisation
10 20 (14.39%) Observability
11 19 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (12.95%) API Integration
12 18 (12.95%) CRM
12 18 (12.95%) Data Modelling
12 18 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 16 (11.51%) Enterprise Architecture
13 16 (11.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 70 (50.36%) C#
2 30 (21.58%) SQL
3 26 (18.71%) JavaScript
4 22 (15.83%) Python
5 18 (12.95%) Bicep
6 15 (10.79%) TypeScript
7 10 (7.19%) Kusto Query Language
8 9 (6.47%) PowerShell
9 8 (5.76%) Java
10 4 (2.88%) X++
11 1 (0.72%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.72%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.72%) Formula Language
11 1 (0.72%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.72%) Rust
Qualifications
1 44 (31.65%) Security Cleared
2 40 (28.78%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.19%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (4.32%) Azure Certification
5 5 (3.60%) Degree
6 4 (2.88%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.04%) QA
2 4 (2.88%) GDPR
3 3 (2.16%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.16%) NIST
4 2 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.44%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (18.71%) Docker
2 12 (8.63%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 27 (19.42%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.88%) Grafana
3 3 (2.16%) Istio
3 3 (2.16%) Kustomize
3 3 (2.16%) linkerd
3 3 (2.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 78 (56.12%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.63%) Oracle
3 9 (6.47%) MuleSoft
4 7 (5.04%) Google
4 7 (5.04%) IBM
4 7 (5.04%) Informatica
4 7 (5.04%) TIBCO
4 7 (5.04%) WSO2
5 6 (4.32%) Workday
6 5 (3.60%) SAP
7 4 (2.88%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.16%) Aprimo
8 3 (2.16%) OneTrust
8 3 (2.16%) Optimizely
9 2 (1.44%) Databricks
10 1 (0.72%) Adyen
10 1 (0.72%) iManage
10 1 (0.72%) Okta
10 1 (0.72%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.72%) Splunk