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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 417 397 382
Rank change year-on-year -20 -15 +73
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 154 83 179
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.42% 0.34% 0.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.14% 0.89% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 116 49 118
10th Percentile £397 £484 £436
25th Percentile £425 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £603 £663 £688
90th Percentile £684 £880 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -19.35% +3.33% -
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 13,494 9,353 12,286
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.04% 37.96% 32.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,274 6,490 8,861
10th Percentile £313 £313 £275
25th Percentile £412 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 403 155 330
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.41 £19.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +49.06% +26.19% -16.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £43.39 £43.44
90th Percentile £79.90 £71.75 £62.63
UK median hourly rate £37.54 £26.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +44.38% +21.67% -14.52%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 +6 104 £500 -20.95% 24
Midlands -47 15 £460 -2.65% 11
South East -60 11 £643 +2.88% 11
North of England - 10 £480 - 12
East Midlands -26 8 £475 +0.53% 4
East of England -20 7 £600 - 2
West Midlands - 7 £460 - 7
North West - 6 £575 - 7
Yorkshire - 4 £454 - 4
South West -20 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 31 (20.13%) SharePoint
2 13 (8.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (7.14%) HCL Notes
4 10 (6.49%) Mendix
5 3 (1.95%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.95%) Confluence
6 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 7 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.60%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.60%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (1.95%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.65%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 154 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (46.10%) Serverless
3 70 (45.45%) Azure DevOps
3 70 (45.45%) Azure Logic Apps
4 66 (42.86%) Azure Functions
5 46 (29.87%) Azure Monitor
6 40 (25.97%) Entra ID
7 39 (25.32%) Power Platform
8 37 (24.03%) Power Automate
9 36 (23.38%) Azure Key Vault
9 36 (23.38%) Dynamics 365
10 34 (22.08%) GitHub
11 31 (20.13%) GitHub Actions
12 30 (19.48%) Microsoft 365
13 29 (18.83%) Azure Event Grid
14 27 (17.53%) PowerApps
15 24 (15.58%) Azure API Management
16 23 (14.94%) PaaS
17 22 (14.29%) Azure AKS
18 19 (12.34%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.90%) Firewall
1 6 (3.90%) SMS
2 5 (3.25%) HTTP
2 5 (3.25%) Network Security
3 2 (1.30%) LAN
3 2 (1.30%) MPLS
3 2 (1.30%) VPN
3 2 (1.30%) WAN
4 1 (0.65%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (13.64%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (10.39%) SQL Server
3 15 (9.74%) Power BI
4 11 (7.14%) Oracle Database
5 6 (3.90%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (1.95%) Metadata
7 3 (1.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.30%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.30%) Redis
9 1 (0.65%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.65%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.65%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (9.09%) Git
2 4 (2.60%) Jenkins
2 4 (2.60%) Selenium
3 3 (1.95%) JIRA
3 3 (1.95%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.30%) GitLab
5 1 (0.65%) Mocha
5 1 (0.65%) Moq
5 1 (0.65%) NUnit
5 1 (0.65%) Serilog
General
1 29 (18.83%) Finance
2 28 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 26 (16.88%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.14%) Financial Institution
5 8 (5.19%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.55%) Marketing
7 6 (3.90%) Banking
8 3 (1.95%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.95%) Aviation
8 3 (1.95%) Law
9 2 (1.30%) Legal
9 2 (1.30%) Retail
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 77 (50.00%) Developer
2 29 (18.83%) Azure Developer
3 22 (14.29%) Architect
4 21 (13.64%) Senior
5 17 (11.04%) .NET Developer
5 17 (11.04%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (8.44%) Lead
6 13 (8.44%) Power Platform Developer
6 13 (8.44%) Senior Developer
7 9 (5.84%) Consultant
8 8 (5.19%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
9 7 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 7 (4.55%) Integration Engineer
9 7 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Developer
9 7 (4.55%) Technical Consultant
10 6 (3.90%) Azure Architect
10 6 (3.90%) Senior .NET Developer
10 6 (3.90%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (3.90%) Technical Leader
11 5 (3.25%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (47.40%) .NET
2 38 (24.68%) REST
3 27 (17.53%) React
4 19 (12.34%) .NET Core
4 19 (12.34%) Microsoft Graph
5 18 (11.69%) .NET Framework
5 18 (11.69%) Kafka
5 18 (11.69%) RESTful
6 17 (11.04%) Node.js
6 17 (11.04%) SOAP
7 15 (9.74%) AngularJS
8 12 (7.79%) HTML5 Canvas
8 12 (7.79%) Web Services
9 11 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
10 10 (6.49%) OAuth
11 9 (5.84%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (5.84%) JSON
12 8 (5.19%) PyTorch
12 8 (5.19%) TensorFlow
12 8 (5.19%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (18.83%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.44%) Low-Code
3 11 (7.14%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.19%) AI Agents
5 7 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (3.90%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.60%) Data Fabric
7 4 (2.60%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 3 (1.95%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.65%) CMDB
10 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.65%) IoT
10 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.65%) Pricing Data
10 1 (0.65%) State Machine
10 1 (0.65%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (71.43%) DevOps
2 87 (56.49%) CI/CD
3 42 (27.27%) API Management
4 38 (24.68%) Analytics
5 35 (22.73%) Event-Driven
5 35 (22.73%) Microservices
6 30 (19.48%) Infrastructure as Code
7 29 (18.83%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 28 (18.18%) Log Analytics
8 28 (18.18%) Observability
9 24 (15.58%) Integration Patterns
10 21 (13.64%) Agile
10 21 (13.64%) Containerisation
10 21 (13.64%) RBAC
11 19 (12.34%) Business Intelligence
12 17 (11.04%) AI
12 17 (11.04%) Data Modelling
12 17 (11.04%) Migration
12 17 (11.04%) Technical Leadership
13 16 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 88 (57.14%) C#
2 54 (35.06%) SQL
3 32 (20.78%) JavaScript
4 26 (16.88%) PowerShell
5 24 (15.58%) Bicep
6 19 (12.34%) Python
7 18 (11.69%) TypeScript
8 13 (8.44%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (7.14%) Formula Language
9 11 (7.14%) LotusScript
10 9 (5.84%) Java
11 6 (3.90%) X++
12 3 (1.95%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.65%) Korn
Qualifications
1 45 (29.22%) Security Cleared
2 31 (20.13%) SC Cleared
3 9 (5.84%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (5.84%) Degree
4 8 (5.19%) Azure Certification
5 3 (1.95%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.30%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.65%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.49%) GDPR
2 7 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.60%) QA
4 3 (1.95%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.95%) HIPAA
5 2 (1.30%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.30%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.65%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.65%) NCSC
6 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (11.04%) Active Directory
1 17 (11.04%) Docker
2 1 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 36 (23.38%) Terraform
2 19 (12.34%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.25%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.60%) Ansible
4 4 (2.60%) Grafana
5 3 (1.95%) Istio
5 3 (1.95%) Kustomize
5 3 (1.95%) linkerd
6 2 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 81 (52.60%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.39%) Databricks
3 13 (8.44%) OpenAI
4 11 (7.14%) Lotus
4 11 (7.14%) Oracle
5 10 (6.49%) Kofax
6 3 (1.95%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.95%) Informatica
6 3 (1.95%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.95%) Talend
7 2 (1.30%) Foundry
8 1 (0.65%) Charles River
8 1 (0.65%) IBM
8 1 (0.65%) iManage
8 1 (0.65%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.65%) Planview
8 1 (0.65%) SAP
8 1 (0.65%) Solace
8 1 (0.65%) Virgin Media
8 1 (0.65%) Workday