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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 432 389 373
Rank change year-on-year -43 -16 +103
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 113 126 195
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.44% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.95% 1.19% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 71 133
10th Percentile £400 £513 £416
25th Percentile £415 £567 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £606 £675 £675
90th Percentile £698 £875 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +2.39%
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 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 11,951 10,569 12,944
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.09% 36.70% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,213 7,064 9,459
10th Percentile £304 £313 £281
25th Percentile £406 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £709 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 137 247
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.90 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.50 £29.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.62% +22.83% +4.93%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.67 £68.75 £77.70
UK median hourly rate £26.30 £27.50 £25.38
% change year-on-year -4.36% +8.35% +12.80%

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 2025.

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 21 December 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 -7 80 £500 -22.96% 20
Midlands -24 12 £449 -7.53% 3
East Midlands -13 7 £450 +21.62% 1
East of England -17 5 £725 - 2
West Midlands -24 5 £425 -29.17% 2
North West -25 5 £500 - 9
North of England -34 5 £500 - 10
South East -47 3 £616 -1.40% 10
Yorkshire - 2 - -
South West - 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 14 (12.39%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.19%) HCL Notes
3 6 (5.31%) Mendix
4 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (2.65%) NServiceBus
6 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.88%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.65%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Aladdin
2 4 (3.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.54%) Fidessa
2 4 (3.54%) thinkFolio
3 3 (2.65%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 109 (96.46%) Azure
2 69 (61.06%) Azure Logic Apps
3 46 (40.71%) Azure DevOps
3 46 (40.71%) Serverless
4 41 (36.28%) Azure Functions
5 35 (30.97%) Azure Monitor
6 25 (22.12%) GitHub
6 25 (22.12%) Power Platform
7 24 (21.24%) Azure Key Vault
7 24 (21.24%) Dynamics 365
8 23 (20.35%) Entra ID
8 23 (20.35%) Power Automate
9 21 (18.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 21 (18.58%) GitHub Actions
10 20 (17.70%) Azure API Management
10 20 (17.70%) Azure Event Grid
10 20 (17.70%) PaaS
11 19 (16.81%) PowerApps
12 12 (10.62%) Azure Data Factory
12 12 (10.62%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.31%) Firewall
1 6 (5.31%) Network Security
2 5 (4.42%) HTTP
3 2 (1.77%) LAN
3 2 (1.77%) MPLS
3 2 (1.77%) SMS
3 2 (1.77%) VPN
3 2 (1.77%) WAN
4 1 (0.88%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.81%) SQL Server
2 18 (15.93%) Azure SQL Database
3 12 (10.62%) Power BI
4 7 (6.19%) Oracle Database
5 6 (5.31%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.65%) Metadata
7 3 (2.65%) NoSQL
7 3 (2.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.77%) Data Lake
8 2 (1.77%) Redis
9 1 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.88%) HDInsight
9 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Git
2 8 (7.08%) Postman
3 2 (1.77%) git-flow
3 2 (1.77%) GitLab
3 2 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.77%) JIRA
3 2 (1.77%) JMeter
3 2 (1.77%) Locust
3 2 (1.77%) Selenium
3 2 (1.77%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.88%) Mocha
4 1 (0.88%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.88%) TestRail
General
1 35 (30.97%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.01%) Finance
3 15 (13.27%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.85%) Banking
5 7 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (5.31%) Financial Institution
7 5 (4.42%) Investment Banking
8 4 (3.54%) Marketing
9 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.65%) Billing
9 3 (2.65%) Front Office
9 3 (2.65%) Law
10 1 (0.88%) Aviation
10 1 (0.88%) Electronics
10 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.88%) Legal
10 1 (0.88%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.88%) Retail
10 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (47.79%) Developer
2 24 (21.24%) Architect
3 15 (13.27%) Azure Developer
4 14 (12.39%) Senior
5 13 (11.50%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (8.85%) Azure Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Integration Developer
6 10 (8.85%) Lead
7 9 (7.96%) Power Platform Developer
8 8 (7.08%) .NET Developer
8 8 (7.08%) Azure Architect
8 8 (7.08%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 8 (7.08%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.42%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
9 5 (4.42%) DevOps Engineer
9 5 (4.42%) Node.js Developer
9 5 (4.42%) Technical Architect
10 4 (3.54%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 4 (3.54%) Backend Developer
10 4 (3.54%) C# .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (46.02%) .NET
2 28 (24.78%) REST
3 24 (21.24%) .NET Core
4 17 (15.04%) React
5 16 (14.16%) Node.js
6 15 (13.27%) SOAP
7 13 (11.50%) .NET Framework
7 13 (11.50%) AngularJS
8 11 (9.73%) RESTful
9 10 (8.85%) HTML5 Canvas
9 10 (8.85%) JSON
10 9 (7.96%) Kafka
10 9 (7.96%) OAuth
11 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Graph
11 8 (7.08%) PyTorch
11 8 (7.08%) RabbitMQ
11 8 (7.08%) TensorFlow
12 5 (4.42%) ARM Templates
12 5 (4.42%) Express.js
12 5 (4.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.58%) Cloud Native
2 12 (10.62%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (9.73%) Low-Code
4 8 (7.08%) AI Agents
4 8 (7.08%) Product Ownership
5 7 (6.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 5 (4.42%) Data Fabric
6 5 (4.42%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.42%) Management Information System
6 5 (4.42%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.54%) Derivative
7 4 (3.54%) Fixed Income
8 3 (2.65%) Hedge funds
9 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.77%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.88%) IoT
10 1 (0.88%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (68.14%) DevOps
2 68 (60.18%) CI/CD
3 38 (33.63%) API Management
4 33 (29.20%) Analytics
5 31 (27.43%) Agile
6 29 (25.66%) Microservices
7 25 (22.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 24 (21.24%) Log Analytics
9 23 (20.35%) Event-Driven
10 20 (17.70%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 17 (15.04%) RBAC
12 16 (14.16%) Business Intelligence
12 16 (14.16%) Containerisation
13 15 (13.27%) Test Automation
14 14 (12.39%) AI
15 13 (11.50%) Data Management
15 13 (11.50%) Observability
15 13 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (10.62%) Integration Patterns
17 11 (9.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 63 (55.75%) C#
2 46 (40.71%) SQL
3 29 (25.66%) JavaScript
4 24 (21.24%) Bicep
5 18 (15.93%) Python
6 17 (15.04%) PowerShell
7 13 (11.50%) TypeScript
8 7 (6.19%) Formula Language
8 7 (6.19%) LotusScript
9 5 (4.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 4 (3.54%) X++
11 3 (2.65%) Java
11 3 (2.65%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.88%) Bash
Qualifications
1 24 (21.24%) Security Cleared
2 18 (15.93%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) Azure Certification
4 5 (4.42%) Degree
5 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.77%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.77%) ISTQB
6 2 (1.77%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.73%) GDPR
2 4 (3.54%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.54%) MiFID
3 3 (2.65%) QA
4 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.88%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.88%) NCSC
4 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (12.39%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.73%) Docker
3 2 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 32 (28.32%) Terraform
2 10 (8.85%) Kubernetes
3 5 (4.42%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (3.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.88%) Grafana
5 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 64 (56.64%) Microsoft
2 14 (12.39%) Oracle
3 13 (11.50%) Databricks
4 10 (8.85%) OpenAI
5 8 (7.08%) Salesforce
6 7 (6.19%) Lotus
7 6 (5.31%) Kofax
8 4 (3.54%) Portware
9 3 (2.65%) Atlassian
9 3 (2.65%) Informatica
9 3 (2.65%) Talend
10 2 (1.77%) SAP
11 1 (0.88%) Charles River
11 1 (0.88%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.88%) iManage
11 1 (0.88%) Solace
11 1 (0.88%) Virgin Media
11 1 (0.88%) Workday