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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 407 370
Rank change year-on-year -21 -37 +33
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 160 72 176
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.40% 0.30% 0.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.12% 0.79% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 48 103
10th Percentile £401 £474 £421
25th Percentile £425 £514 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £614 £563
Median % change year-on-year -18.53% +9.11% -6.25%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £656
90th Percentile £678 £805 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% -2.13%
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 £29.25 -
% change year-on-year +94.87% - -

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 14,314 9,067 11,866
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.50% 37.27% 31.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,862 6,351 8,548
10th Percentile £318 £313 £290
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £713 £740 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 194 323
10th Percentile £15.97 £15.11 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.50 £18.13 £15.87
Median hourly rate £45.25 £25.98 £20.77
Median % change year-on-year +74.21% +25.06% -35.70%
75th Percentile £67.75 £41.85 £32.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.38 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £40.78 £27.43 £21.00
% change year-on-year +48.70% +30.60% -40.00%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 30 April 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 +6 105 £500 -18.37% 29
Midlands -57 14 £461 +15.46% 7
North of England - 13 £525 - 8
South East -52 11 £643 +2.88% 11
East of England -31 10 £563 -16.67% 4
East Midlands -22 7 £500 -13.04% 3
West Midlands -53 7 £460 +105.36% 4
North West - 7 £550 - 5
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
South West -29 3 £450 +20.00% 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 31 (19.38%) SharePoint
2 13 (8.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (6.88%) HCL Notes
4 10 (6.25%) Mendix
5 3 (1.88%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.25%) Confluence
7 1 (0.63%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (8.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.88%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.63%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 160 (100.00%) Azure
2 74 (46.25%) Serverless
3 69 (43.13%) Azure Logic Apps
4 67 (41.88%) Azure DevOps
5 64 (40.00%) Azure Functions
6 42 (26.25%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (25.63%) Azure Monitor
8 39 (24.38%) Entra ID
8 39 (24.38%) Power Platform
9 36 (22.50%) Power Automate
10 34 (21.25%) Azure Key Vault
11 33 (20.63%) Azure Event Grid
12 32 (20.00%) Azure AKS
13 31 (19.38%) GitHub
14 30 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
15 26 (16.25%) PowerApps
16 25 (15.63%) PaaS
17 24 (15.00%) Azure API Management
17 24 (15.00%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (11.25%) Azure App Service
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.38%) SMS
2 5 (3.13%) Firewall
3 4 (2.50%) Network Security
4 1 (0.63%) DKIM
4 1 (0.63%) DMARC
4 1 (0.63%) HTTP
4 1 (0.63%) LAN
4 1 (0.63%) MPLS
4 1 (0.63%) VPN
4 1 (0.63%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.63%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (10.00%) Power BI
3 11 (6.88%) Oracle Database
3 11 (6.88%) SQL Server
4 7 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.50%) Metadata
5 4 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.88%) InfluxDB
7 2 (1.25%) Data Lake
7 2 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.25%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.25%) Redis
7 2 (1.25%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.63%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.63%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 12 (7.50%) Git
2 4 (2.50%) Selenium
3 3 (1.88%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.88%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.25%) GitLab
4 2 (1.25%) JIRA
5 1 (0.63%) Mocha
5 1 (0.63%) Moq
5 1 (0.63%) NUnit
5 1 (0.63%) Serilog
General
1 32 (20.00%) Finance
2 26 (16.25%) Public Sector
3 25 (15.63%) Social Skills
4 11 (6.88%) Financial Institution
5 7 (4.38%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.75%) Marketing
7 5 (3.13%) Banking
8 4 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (1.88%) Aviation
9 3 (1.88%) Retail
10 2 (1.25%) Law
10 2 (1.25%) Legal
11 1 (0.63%) Billing
11 1 (0.63%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.63%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 76 (47.50%) Developer
2 30 (18.75%) Architect
3 29 (18.13%) Azure Developer
4 23 (14.38%) Senior
5 19 (11.88%) .NET Developer
6 16 (10.00%) Senior Developer
7 15 (9.38%) Lead
8 14 (8.75%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (6.88%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (6.25%) Consultant
11 9 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (5.00%) Azure Architect
12 8 (5.00%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 8 (5.00%) Integration Engineer
13 7 (4.38%) Dynamics 365 Developer
13 7 (4.38%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 7 (4.38%) Senior .NET Developer
13 7 (4.38%) Technical Consultant
14 6 (3.75%) Integration Architect
14 6 (3.75%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (50.00%) .NET
2 37 (23.13%) REST
3 28 (17.50%) React
4 20 (12.50%) .NET Framework
4 20 (12.50%) Kafka
5 19 (11.88%) .NET Core
6 17 (10.63%) Microsoft Graph
6 17 (10.63%) RESTful
7 15 (9.38%) SOAP
8 14 (8.75%) RabbitMQ
9 13 (8.13%) Node.js
9 13 (8.13%) Web Services
10 12 (7.50%) AngularJS
10 12 (7.50%) OAuth
11 11 (6.88%) HTML5 Canvas
11 11 (6.88%) OAuth2
12 10 (6.25%) ASP.NET Web API
13 7 (4.38%) JSON
13 7 (4.38%) Spring
13 7 (4.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.63%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.13%) Low-Code
3 10 (6.25%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.63%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (4.38%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.50%) IoT
6 4 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.50%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.25%) Wiki
9 1 (0.63%) CMDB
9 1 (0.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.63%) Grid Computing
9 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.63%) NHS
9 1 (0.63%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.63%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (66.88%) DevOps
2 86 (53.75%) CI/CD
3 48 (30.00%) Event-Driven
4 44 (27.50%) API Management
5 38 (23.75%) Microservices
6 35 (21.88%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 32 (20.00%) Analytics
7 32 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (17.50%) Integration Patterns
9 26 (16.25%) Observability
10 23 (14.38%) Data Modelling
11 22 (13.75%) Containerisation
12 21 (13.13%) Agile
12 21 (13.13%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (12.50%) Log Analytics
13 20 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
14 18 (11.25%) API Integration
14 18 (11.25%) Migration
15 17 (10.63%) AI
15 17 (10.63%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 97 (60.63%) C#
2 46 (28.75%) SQL
3 31 (19.38%) JavaScript
4 26 (16.25%) PowerShell
5 23 (14.38%) Python
6 22 (13.75%) Bicep
7 16 (10.00%) Kusto Query Language
8 14 (8.75%) TypeScript
9 11 (6.88%) Formula Language
9 11 (6.88%) Java
9 11 (6.88%) LotusScript
10 3 (1.88%) X++
11 1 (0.63%) Korn
11 1 (0.63%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (26.25%) Security Cleared
2 31 (19.38%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.88%) Degree
4 10 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.00%) Azure Certification
6 3 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.25%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.00%) Data Quality
1 8 (5.00%) GDPR
2 7 (4.38%) QA
3 3 (1.88%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.25%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.25%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.25%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.63%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.63%) NCSC
5 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (16.88%) Docker
2 15 (9.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (20.63%) Terraform
2 28 (17.50%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.75%) Prometheus
4 5 (3.13%) Grafana
5 4 (2.50%) Ansible
5 4 (2.50%) Istio
5 4 (2.50%) Kustomize
5 4 (2.50%) linkerd
Vendors
1 83 (51.88%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.13%) Oracle
3 12 (7.50%) Databricks
4 11 (6.88%) Lotus
5 10 (6.25%) Kofax
5 10 (6.25%) OpenAI
6 3 (1.88%) Informatica
6 3 (1.88%) SAP
6 3 (1.88%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.88%) Talend
7 2 (1.25%) Foundry
7 2 (1.25%) Workday
8 1 (0.63%) Aderant
8 1 (0.63%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.63%) IBM
8 1 (0.63%) iManage
8 1 (0.63%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.63%) New Relic
8 1 (0.63%) Planview
8 1 (0.63%) Solace