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

6 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 392 352
Rank change year-on-year -50 -40 +63
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 152 80 194
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.37% 0.33% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.05% 0.89% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 51 115
10th Percentile £410 £453 £422
25th Percentile £454 £500 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £644 £669
90th Percentile £682 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.22% -4.66%

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 14,467 8,974 11,712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.95% 37.43% 32.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,878 6,201 8,465
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £626 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £747
UK median daily rate £505 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 488 198 322
10th Percentile £15.43 £14.99 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.90 £18.13 £15.86
Median hourly rate £39.50 £25.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +54.90% +19.33% -38.76%
75th Percentile £67.50 £37.50 £38.13
90th Percentile £81.00 £68.75 £66.88
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £27.88 £21.37
% change year-on-year +28.96% +30.46% -40.64%

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 25 May 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 25 May 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 -25 102 £525 -6.25% 32
East of England -22 13 £550 -18.52% 1
North of England -69 12 £525 +16.67% 6
South East -60 11 £575 -8.00% 15
Midlands -59 8 £500 -2.44% 7
North West -37 6 £575 +27.78% 4
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
East Midlands -21 4 £500 -13.04% 2
West Midlands -63 4 £461 -8.44% 5
South West -32 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 25 (16.45%) SharePoint
2 10 (6.58%) HCL Notes
2 10 (6.58%) Mendix
3 8 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.32%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.32%) Confluence
5 1 (0.66%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.66%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (7.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.32%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.66%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.66%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.66%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 152 (100.00%) Azure
2 72 (47.37%) Serverless
3 66 (43.42%) Azure Logic Apps
4 62 (40.79%) Azure Functions
5 61 (40.13%) Azure DevOps
6 46 (30.26%) Dynamics 365
7 41 (26.97%) Power Platform
8 39 (25.66%) Power Automate
9 31 (20.39%) Azure Event Grid
10 30 (19.74%) Entra ID
11 29 (19.08%) PowerApps
12 27 (17.76%) Azure AKS
12 27 (17.76%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (16.45%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (14.47%) GitHub
15 21 (13.82%) Azure Key Vault
16 20 (13.16%) Azure API Management
17 19 (12.50%) PaaS
18 15 (9.87%) GitHub Actions
19 13 (8.55%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.61%) SMS
2 2 (1.32%) HTTP
2 2 (1.32%) Network Security
3 1 (0.66%) DKIM
3 1 (0.66%) DMARC
3 1 (0.66%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.87%) Power BI
2 14 (9.21%) Azure SQL Database
3 10 (6.58%) Oracle Database
3 10 (6.58%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.63%) InfluxDB
6 3 (1.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.32%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.32%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.66%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.66%) Metadata
8 1 (0.66%) Redis
8 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.66%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 13 (8.55%) Git
2 4 (2.63%) Selenium
3 3 (1.97%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.32%) JIRA
4 2 (1.32%) NUnit
4 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.66%) GitLab
5 1 (0.66%) Moq
5 1 (0.66%) Postman
5 1 (0.66%) Serilog
5 1 (0.66%) SoapUI
General
1 39 (25.66%) Finance
2 27 (17.76%) Social Skills
3 26 (17.11%) Public Sector
4 11 (7.24%) Financial Institution
5 7 (4.61%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.95%) Marketing
7 4 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.63%) Banking
8 2 (1.32%) Aviation
8 2 (1.32%) Law
8 2 (1.32%) Legal
8 2 (1.32%) Retail
9 1 (0.66%) Automotive
9 1 (0.66%) Billing
9 1 (0.66%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.66%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.66%) Local Government
9 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 66 (43.42%) Developer
2 30 (19.74%) Architect
3 24 (15.79%) Senior
4 23 (15.13%) Azure Developer
5 18 (11.84%) .NET Developer
6 16 (10.53%) Senior Developer
7 15 (9.87%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (7.89%) Lead
9 10 (6.58%) Consultant
9 10 (6.58%) Integration Engineer
9 10 (6.58%) Power Platform Developer
10 9 (5.92%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 8 (5.26%) Azure Architect
11 8 (5.26%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
11 8 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (4.61%) Integration Architect
12 7 (4.61%) Technical Consultant
13 6 (3.95%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 6 (3.95%) Platform Architect
13 6 (3.95%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (49.34%) .NET
2 35 (23.03%) REST
3 25 (16.45%) React
4 17 (11.18%) Kafka
5 16 (10.53%) RESTful
6 15 (9.87%) .NET Framework
7 14 (9.21%) .NET Core
8 13 (8.55%) OAuth
8 13 (8.55%) SOAP
9 11 (7.24%) Microsoft Graph
9 11 (7.24%) OAuth2
9 11 (7.24%) RabbitMQ
9 11 (7.24%) Web Services
10 10 (6.58%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (5.92%) AngularJS
11 9 (5.92%) ASP.NET Web API
11 9 (5.92%) JSON
12 8 (5.26%) Middleware
12 8 (5.26%) OpenID
13 7 (4.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (18.42%) Cloud Native
2 14 (9.21%) Low-Code
3 10 (6.58%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.63%) AI Agents
5 4 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (2.63%) IoT
5 4 (2.63%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.32%) BYOD
6 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.32%) Wiki
7 1 (0.66%) CMDB
7 1 (0.66%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.66%) Grid Computing
7 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.66%) Pricing Data
7 1 (0.66%) State Machine
7 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (63.82%) DevOps
2 77 (50.66%) CI/CD
3 51 (33.55%) Event-Driven
4 43 (28.29%) API Management
5 36 (23.68%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 35 (23.03%) Microservices
7 31 (20.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (18.42%) Integration Patterns
9 26 (17.11%) Data Modelling
10 22 (14.47%) Analytics
11 21 (13.82%) Observability
12 20 (13.16%) Migration
12 20 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
13 19 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
14 18 (11.84%) Business Intelligence
14 18 (11.84%) Mentoring
15 17 (11.18%) Agile
15 17 (11.18%) API Integration
15 17 (11.18%) Containerisation
16 16 (10.53%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 89 (58.55%) C#
2 43 (28.29%) SQL
3 33 (21.71%) JavaScript
4 21 (13.82%) PowerShell
5 18 (11.84%) Bicep
5 18 (11.84%) Python
6 14 (9.21%) TypeScript
7 12 (7.89%) Kusto Query Language
8 10 (6.58%) Formula Language
8 10 (6.58%) Java
8 10 (6.58%) LotusScript
9 5 (3.29%) X++
10 1 (0.66%) Korn
10 1 (0.66%) Rust
Qualifications
1 37 (24.34%) Security Cleared
2 27 (17.76%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.55%) Degree
4 10 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (5.26%) Azure Certification
6 6 (3.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.97%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.66%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.26%) GDPR
2 7 (4.61%) QA
3 5 (3.29%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.32%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.32%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.32%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.32%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.32%) SLA
5 1 (0.66%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (15.79%) Docker
2 12 (7.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 28 (18.42%) Terraform
2 25 (16.45%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.29%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.63%) Grafana
4 4 (2.63%) Istio
4 4 (2.63%) Kustomize
4 4 (2.63%) linkerd
5 1 (0.66%) Ansible
Vendors
1 75 (49.34%) Microsoft
2 13 (8.55%) Oracle
3 10 (6.58%) Kofax
3 10 (6.58%) Lotus
4 6 (3.95%) Databricks
5 5 (3.29%) OpenAI
5 5 (3.29%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.63%) SAP
6 4 (2.63%) Workday
7 2 (1.32%) Foundry
7 2 (1.32%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.66%) Aderant
8 1 (0.66%) Adobe
8 1 (0.66%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.66%) Concur
8 1 (0.66%) IBM
8 1 (0.66%) iManage
8 1 (0.66%) New Relic
8 1 (0.66%) Planview
8 1 (0.66%) SnapLogic