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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 341 407
Rank change year-on-year -67 +66 +87
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 101 192 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.37% 0.59% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.98% 1.70% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 115 120
10th Percentile £362 £427 £411
25th Percentile £413 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £600 £578
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +3.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £606 £675 £675
90th Percentile £691 £738 £726
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

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 10,272 11,266 15,394
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.54% 34.56% 36.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,949 7,706 11,286
10th Percentile £306 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 179 308
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.23 £14.58
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £26.30 £31.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -6.06% +53.49%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.13 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.88
UK median hourly rate £29.04 £30.73 £35.00
% change year-on-year -5.52% -12.19% +62.79%

Azure Service Bus
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Azure Service Bus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Service Bus 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -70 66 £522 -13.08% 33
Midlands -7 7 £513 -14.58% 9
South East +12 6 £600 +14.29% 16
North West -8 6 £450 -28.00% 12
North of England -14 6 £450 -25.00% 20
South West +31 5 £375 - 2
East of England - 5 £675 - 1
West Midlands -9 4 £504 -16.04% 1
East Midlands - 3 £588 - 4
Yorkshire -13 2 - - 3
Azure Service Bus
UK

Azure Service Bus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.97%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.98%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (1.98%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.99%) IBM Notes
3 1 (0.99%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.96%) Aladdin
1 4 (3.96%) Fidessa
1 4 (3.96%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (3.96%) thinkFolio
2 2 (1.98%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.98%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 96 (95.05%) Azure
2 58 (57.43%) Azure Logic Apps
3 39 (38.61%) Serverless
4 37 (36.63%) Azure DevOps
5 34 (33.66%) Azure Functions
6 20 (19.80%) Azure API Management
6 20 (19.80%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (15.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 16 (15.84%) Power Platform
8 15 (14.85%) PowerApps
9 14 (13.86%) Azure Event Grid
10 13 (12.87%) Dynamics 365
11 12 (11.88%) Entra ID
12 11 (10.89%) PaaS
12 11 (10.89%) Power Automate
13 10 (9.90%) Azure Storage
13 10 (9.90%) GitHub
14 8 (7.92%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (7.92%) Azure Key Vault
15 5 (4.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.94%) Network Security
2 2 (1.98%) SSL
3 1 (0.99%) DNS
3 1 (0.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (28.71%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.89%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (10.89%) Relational Database
3 7 (6.93%) Power BI
4 5 (4.95%) Redis
5 4 (3.96%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.99%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.99%) HDInsight
7 1 (0.99%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (8.91%) Postman
2 3 (2.97%) Git
3 2 (1.98%) git-flow
3 2 (1.98%) JMeter
3 2 (1.98%) Locust
3 2 (1.98%) Selenium
3 2 (1.98%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.98%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.99%) JIRA
4 1 (0.99%) TestRail
General
1 32 (31.68%) Social Skills
2 21 (20.79%) Finance
3 13 (12.87%) Public Sector
4 10 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.93%) Banking
6 6 (5.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.94%) Law
7 4 (3.96%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.97%) Billing
8 3 (2.97%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.97%) Front Office
9 2 (1.98%) Local Government
9 2 (1.98%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.98%) Retail
10 1 (0.99%) Back Office
10 1 (0.99%) Electronics
10 1 (0.99%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.99%) Marketing
10 1 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.99%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (47.52%) Developer
2 26 (25.74%) Architect
3 16 (15.84%) Senior
4 14 (13.86%) Solutions Architect
5 13 (12.87%) Senior Developer
6 12 (11.88%) Integration Developer
7 11 (10.89%) .NET Developer
8 10 (9.90%) Azure Developer
9 9 (8.91%) Lead
10 8 (7.92%) Azure Architect
11 7 (6.93%) C# .NET Developer
11 7 (6.93%) C# Developer
11 7 (6.93%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 6 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
13 5 (4.95%) ASP.NET Developer
13 5 (4.95%) Data Architect
13 5 (4.95%) Power Apps Developer
13 5 (4.95%) Software Engineer
14 4 (3.96%) Applications Developer
14 4 (3.96%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (46.53%) .NET
2 28 (27.72%) REST
3 25 (24.75%) .NET Core
4 16 (15.84%) SOAP
5 15 (14.85%) RESTful
6 14 (13.86%) OAuth
7 13 (12.87%) .NET Framework
7 13 (12.87%) React
8 11 (10.89%) ASP.NET
9 9 (8.91%) XML
9 9 (8.91%) YAML
10 8 (7.92%) ARM Templates
10 8 (7.92%) ASP.NET Web API
10 8 (7.92%) Web Services
11 7 (6.93%) HTML
11 7 (6.93%) HTML5 Canvas
11 7 (6.93%) JSON
11 7 (6.93%) Kafka
12 6 (5.94%) CSS
12 6 (5.94%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.90%) Cloud Native
2 9 (8.91%) Distributed Systems
3 8 (7.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 6 (5.94%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (4.95%) Low-Code
5 5 (4.95%) Product Ownership
6 4 (3.96%) Derivative
6 4 (3.96%) Fixed Income
6 4 (3.96%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (2.97%) Hedge funds
7 3 (2.97%) Legacy Code
7 3 (2.97%) N-Tier
8 2 (1.98%) Data Fabric
8 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.98%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.98%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.99%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.99%) FMCG
9 1 (0.99%) IoT
9 1 (0.99%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.96%) Android
1 4 (3.96%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (56.44%) DevOps
2 44 (43.56%) CI/CD
3 43 (42.57%) Agile
4 38 (37.62%) API Management
5 28 (27.72%) Event-Driven
6 26 (25.74%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 26 (25.74%) Infrastructure as Code
7 25 (24.75%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (24.75%) Scrum
8 17 (16.83%) Analytics
9 15 (14.85%) Log Analytics
9 15 (14.85%) Test Automation
10 14 (13.86%) Microservices
11 13 (12.87%) DevSecOps
12 12 (11.88%) Data Modelling
13 11 (10.89%) Data Integration
14 10 (9.90%) TDD
15 9 (8.91%) Business Intelligence
15 9 (8.91%) Design Patterns
16 8 (7.92%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 55 (54.46%) C#
2 28 (27.72%) SQL
3 27 (26.73%) JavaScript
4 22 (21.78%) Python
5 18 (17.82%) Bicep
6 15 (14.85%) PowerShell
7 8 (7.92%) TypeScript
8 6 (5.94%) Bash
8 6 (5.94%) Java
8 6 (5.94%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.98%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.98%) X++
10 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.99%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.99%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 14 (13.86%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.87%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.93%) Degree
4 6 (5.94%) Azure Certification
4 6 (5.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.97%) MCPD
5 3 (2.97%) MCSD
6 2 (1.98%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.94%) GDPR
2 5 (4.95%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.96%) MiFID
4 3 (2.97%) HL7
5 1 (0.99%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (8.91%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (6.93%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.98%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (18.81%) Terraform
2 4 (3.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (34.65%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.88%) Oracle
2 12 (11.88%) Salesforce
3 4 (3.96%) Portware
4 2 (1.98%) Databricks
4 2 (1.98%) SAP
5 1 (0.99%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.99%) Kofax
5 1 (0.99%) Lotus
5 1 (0.99%) Northgate
5 1 (0.99%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.99%) Snow
5 1 (0.99%) webMethods