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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 451 399 345
Rank change year-on-year -52 -54 +79
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 148 84 199
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.34% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.00% 0.91% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 55 115
10th Percentile £415 £363 £425
25th Percentile £460 £463 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £613 £638 £675
90th Percentile £683 £663 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £523 £600
% change year-on-year +0.33% -12.79% +2.26%

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 14,777 9,235 11,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.98% 37.74% 31.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,038 6,295 8,585
10th Percentile £325 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £715 £738 £744
UK median daily rate £510 £503 £525
% change year-on-year +1.49% -4.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 507 225 331
10th Percentile £15.97 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £17.33 £16.06
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.00 £21.46
Median % change year-on-year +58.00% +16.50% -38.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £37.75 £41.63
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.25 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £28.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +28.41% +30.23% -41.89%

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 June 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 June 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 -32 96 £525 -2.01% 28
East of England -11 15 £550 -18.52% 10
North of England -63 12 £525 +16.67% 12
South East -70 11 £575 -8.00% 18
Midlands -62 8 £500 -2.44% 6
North West -33 6 £575 +27.78% 10
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
East Midlands -25 5 £500 -13.04% 2
West Midlands -53 3 £555 +10.17% 4
South West -26 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 23 (15.54%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (4.05%) HCL Notes
3 6 (4.05%) Mendix
4 2 (1.35%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.35%) Confluence
5 1 (0.68%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (7.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.35%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.35%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.68%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.68%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.68%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 148 (100.00%) Azure
2 65 (43.92%) Serverless
3 58 (39.19%) Azure Logic Apps
4 55 (37.16%) Azure DevOps
5 54 (36.49%) Azure Functions
6 47 (31.76%) Dynamics 365
7 37 (25.00%) Power Automate
7 37 (25.00%) Power Platform
8 31 (20.95%) Azure Event Grid
9 28 (18.92%) Entra ID
10 27 (18.24%) Azure AKS
11 26 (17.57%) Azure Monitor
11 26 (17.57%) PowerApps
12 23 (15.54%) GitHub
12 23 (15.54%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (13.51%) Azure API Management
14 18 (12.16%) Azure Key Vault
15 15 (10.14%) AWS
15 15 (10.14%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (10.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.73%) SMS
2 2 (1.35%) HTTP
2 2 (1.35%) VPN
3 1 (0.68%) DKIM
3 1 (0.68%) DMARC
3 1 (0.68%) Firewall
3 1 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.78%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (7.43%) Power BI
3 9 (6.08%) SQL Server
4 6 (4.05%) Oracle Database
5 5 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.70%) InfluxDB
7 2 (1.35%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.35%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.35%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.35%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.68%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.68%) Metadata
8 1 (0.68%) Redis
8 1 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.68%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 13 (8.78%) Git
2 4 (2.70%) Selenium
3 3 (2.03%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.35%) JIRA
4 2 (1.35%) NUnit
4 2 (1.35%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.68%) GitLab
5 1 (0.68%) Moq
5 1 (0.68%) Postman
5 1 (0.68%) Serilog
5 1 (0.68%) SoapUI
General
1 33 (22.30%) Finance
2 27 (18.24%) Public Sector
2 27 (18.24%) Social Skills
3 8 (5.41%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (4.73%) Financial Institution
5 6 (4.05%) Marketing
6 4 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.03%) Law
8 2 (1.35%) Aviation
8 2 (1.35%) Banking
8 2 (1.35%) Legal
8 2 (1.35%) Local Government
8 2 (1.35%) Retail
9 1 (0.68%) Automotive
9 1 (0.68%) Billing
9 1 (0.68%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (41.89%) Developer
2 28 (18.92%) Architect
3 27 (18.24%) Senior
4 23 (15.54%) Azure Developer
5 19 (12.84%) .NET Developer
6 18 (12.16%) Senior Developer
7 14 (9.46%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (8.78%) Lead
9 10 (6.76%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (6.08%) Consultant
10 9 (6.08%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 7 (4.73%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 7 (4.73%) Integration Architect
11 7 (4.73%) Technical Consultant
12 6 (4.05%) DevOps Engineer
12 6 (4.05%) Platform Architect
12 6 (4.05%) Power Platform Developer
12 6 (4.05%) Senior .NET Developer
12 6 (4.05%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (44.59%) .NET
2 36 (24.32%) REST
3 20 (13.51%) React
4 19 (12.84%) Kafka
5 16 (10.81%) RESTful
6 15 (10.14%) .NET Framework
7 14 (9.46%) SOAP
8 13 (8.78%) OAuth
8 13 (8.78%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (7.43%) Microsoft Graph
9 11 (7.43%) OAuth2
9 11 (7.43%) Web Services
10 9 (6.08%) JSON
11 8 (5.41%) .NET Core
11 8 (5.41%) ASP.NET Web API
11 8 (5.41%) Middleware
11 8 (5.41%) OpenID
12 7 (4.73%) AngularJS
12 7 (4.73%) Spring Boot
12 7 (4.73%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.92%) Cloud Native
2 12 (8.11%) Low-Code
3 11 (7.43%) Product Ownership
4 10 (6.76%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (6.08%) Distributed Systems
6 5 (3.38%) IoT
7 4 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.70%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.35%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.35%) BYOD
8 2 (1.35%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.35%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.35%) Wiki
9 1 (0.68%) CMDB
9 1 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.68%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.68%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.68%) State Machine
9 1 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (60.81%) DevOps
2 71 (47.97%) CI/CD
3 53 (35.81%) Event-Driven
4 40 (27.03%) API Management
5 37 (25.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 32 (21.62%) Microservices
7 30 (20.27%) Integration Patterns
8 28 (18.92%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (16.89%) Data Modelling
10 22 (14.86%) Observability
11 21 (14.19%) Analytics
12 19 (12.84%) Technical Leadership
13 18 (12.16%) Agile
13 18 (12.16%) Mentoring
13 18 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (10.81%) Containerisation
14 16 (10.81%) Migration
14 16 (10.81%) Test Automation
15 15 (10.14%) CRM
16 14 (9.46%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 82 (55.41%) C#
2 35 (23.65%) SQL
3 27 (18.24%) JavaScript
4 22 (14.86%) PowerShell
5 17 (11.49%) Python
6 13 (8.78%) TypeScript
7 12 (8.11%) Bicep
7 12 (8.11%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (6.76%) Java
9 6 (4.05%) Formula Language
9 6 (4.05%) LotusScript
10 4 (2.70%) X++
11 1 (0.68%) Korn
11 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 39 (26.35%) Security Cleared
2 30 (20.27%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.43%) Degree
4 8 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.73%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.68%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.76%) GDPR
2 5 (3.38%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.38%) QA
3 2 (1.35%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.35%) FedRAMP
3 2 (1.35%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.35%) NIST
3 2 (1.35%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.35%) SLA
4 1 (0.68%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (16.22%) Docker
2 10 (6.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 26 (17.57%) Kubernetes
2 22 (14.86%) Terraform
3 5 (3.38%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.70%) Grafana
4 4 (2.70%) Istio
4 4 (2.70%) Kustomize
4 4 (2.70%) linkerd
Vendors
1 70 (47.30%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.08%) Oracle
3 6 (4.05%) Kofax
3 6 (4.05%) Lotus
4 5 (3.38%) Databricks
4 5 (3.38%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.70%) SAP
5 4 (2.70%) Workday
6 3 (2.03%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.35%) Foundry
7 2 (1.35%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.68%) Aderant
8 1 (0.68%) Adobe
8 1 (0.68%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.68%) Concur
8 1 (0.68%) IBM
8 1 (0.68%) iManage
8 1 (0.68%) New Relic
8 1 (0.68%) Planview
8 1 (0.68%) SnapLogic