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 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 358 393
Rank change year-on-year -73 +35 +94
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 104 155 189
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.50% 0.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.90% 1.39% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 88 133
10th Percentile £362 £488 £420
25th Percentile £410 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £623 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.94% +3.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £623 £675 £683
90th Percentile £703 £700 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £609 £600
% change year-on-year -13.76% +1.46% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £46.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £46.00 - -

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 11,555 11,164 14,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.85% 35.71% 35.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,838 7,414 10,287
10th Percentile £300 £313 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £528
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +1.33% -4.09%
75th Percentile £623 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 292 143 290
10th Percentile £14.80 £19.41 £14.49
25th Percentile £18.87 £23.80 £18.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +27.27% +22.22%
75th Percentile £43.75 £64.73 £58.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £70.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% +16.67% +35.87%

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 7 November 2025.

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 7 November 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 -36 72 £510 -20.31% 73
Midlands -16 7 £550 +13.40% 8
East Midlands -13 6 £569 +53.72% 6
North West -20 6 £405 -35.20% 18
North of England -28 6 £405 -35.20% 23
South West +8 5 £375 - 11
East of England - 5 £725 -
South East -30 3 £554 -3.70% 59
Yorkshire - 2 - - 5
West Midlands -30 1 £310 -48.33% 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 7 (6.73%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.88%) NServiceBus
3 2 (1.92%) HCL Notes
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (1.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.96%) Confluence
4 1 (0.96%) Mendix
Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Aladdin
1 5 (4.81%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (3.85%) Fidessa
2 4 (3.85%) thinkFolio
3 3 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.92%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 99 (95.19%) Azure
2 64 (61.54%) Azure Logic Apps
3 47 (45.19%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (34.62%) Serverless
5 31 (29.81%) Azure Functions
6 29 (27.88%) Azure Monitor
7 23 (22.12%) Power Platform
8 20 (19.23%) PowerApps
9 19 (18.27%) Azure API Management
10 18 (17.31%) GitHub
11 16 (15.38%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (15.38%) Entra ID
11 16 (15.38%) Power Automate
12 15 (14.42%) Azure Event Grid
12 15 (14.42%) Azure Key Vault
13 14 (13.46%) GitHub Actions
14 13 (12.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (12.50%) PaaS
15 7 (6.73%) Azure Storage
16 6 (5.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.69%) Network Security
2 5 (4.81%) HTTP
3 2 (1.92%) SSL
4 1 (0.96%) Firewall
4 1 (0.96%) LAN
4 1 (0.96%) MPLS
4 1 (0.96%) VPN
4 1 (0.96%) WAN
4 1 (0.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.15%) SQL Server
2 16 (15.38%) Azure SQL Database
3 8 (7.69%) Power BI
4 4 (3.85%) Redis
5 3 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.88%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.92%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.92%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.96%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.96%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.96%) HDInsight
Development Applications
1 8 (7.69%) Git
1 8 (7.69%) Postman
2 2 (1.92%) git-flow
2 2 (1.92%) JIRA
2 2 (1.92%) JMeter
2 2 (1.92%) Locust
2 2 (1.92%) Selenium
2 2 (1.92%) SonarQube
2 2 (1.92%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.96%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.96%) TestRail
General
1 34 (32.69%) Social Skills
2 19 (18.27%) Finance
3 14 (13.46%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.69%) Banking
4 8 (7.69%) Law
5 6 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.81%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Billing
8 3 (2.88%) Front Office
9 2 (1.92%) Local Government
9 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.92%) Marketing
10 1 (0.96%) Electronics
10 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.96%) Legal
10 1 (0.96%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (53.85%) Developer
2 19 (18.27%) Architect
3 14 (13.46%) Integration Developer
3 14 (13.46%) Senior
4 12 (11.54%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (10.58%) .NET Developer
5 11 (10.58%) Lead
5 11 (10.58%) Senior Developer
6 10 (9.62%) Azure Developer
7 9 (8.65%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 8 (7.69%) Azure Engineer
9 7 (6.73%) C# .NET Developer
9 7 (6.73%) C# Developer
10 5 (4.81%) ASP.NET Developer
10 5 (4.81%) Azure Architect
10 5 (4.81%) Integration Engineer
11 4 (3.85%) .NET Architect
11 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Developer
11 4 (3.85%) Power Apps Developer
11 4 (3.85%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (46.15%) .NET
2 28 (26.92%) REST
3 23 (22.12%) .NET Core
4 21 (20.19%) SOAP
5 14 (13.46%) React
6 13 (12.50%) JSON
7 12 (11.54%) .NET Framework
8 11 (10.58%) RESTful
9 10 (9.62%) OAuth
10 9 (8.65%) ARM Templates
10 9 (8.65%) ASP.NET
10 9 (8.65%) Node.js
10 9 (8.65%) XML
10 9 (8.65%) YAML
11 8 (7.69%) AngularJS
11 8 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
12 7 (6.73%) HTML5 Canvas
13 6 (5.77%) ADO
13 6 (5.77%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (5.77%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (11.54%) Cloud Native
2 10 (9.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 9 (8.65%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (7.69%) Product Ownership
5 6 (5.77%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (5.77%) Low-Code
6 5 (4.81%) Data Fabric
6 5 (4.81%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.85%) Derivative
7 4 (3.85%) Fixed Income
8 3 (2.88%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.88%) Hedge funds
8 3 (2.88%) Legacy Code
9 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.92%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.92%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.96%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.88%) Android
1 3 (2.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (68.27%) DevOps
2 56 (53.85%) CI/CD
3 40 (38.46%) API Management
4 34 (32.69%) Agile
5 28 (26.92%) Analytics
6 27 (25.96%) Infrastructure as Code
7 23 (22.12%) Log Analytics
8 22 (21.15%) Event-Driven
9 20 (19.23%) Microservices
10 19 (18.27%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 17 (16.35%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (16.35%) Scrum
12 13 (12.50%) DevSecOps
13 12 (11.54%) Test Automation
14 11 (10.58%) Data Modelling
15 10 (9.62%) Business Intelligence
15 10 (9.62%) Observability
16 9 (8.65%) Clean Code
16 9 (8.65%) Mentoring
16 9 (8.65%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 54 (51.92%) C#
2 39 (37.50%) SQL
3 29 (27.88%) JavaScript
4 22 (21.15%) Python
5 21 (20.19%) Bicep
6 18 (17.31%) PowerShell
7 14 (13.46%) TypeScript
8 6 (5.77%) Bash
8 6 (5.77%) Java
8 6 (5.77%) T-SQL
9 5 (4.81%) X++
10 3 (2.88%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.92%) Formula Language
11 2 (1.92%) LotusScript
11 2 (1.92%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 19 (18.27%) Security Cleared
2 15 (14.42%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.88%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.92%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) GDPR
2 4 (3.85%) MiFID
3 1 (0.96%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.96%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.77%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 21 (20.19%) Terraform
2 5 (4.81%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 47 (45.19%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.58%) Oracle
3 8 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 7 (6.73%) Databricks
5 5 (4.81%) OpenAI
6 4 (3.85%) Portware
7 3 (2.88%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.88%) SAP
8 2 (1.92%) Lotus
9 1 (0.96%) Charles River
9 1 (0.96%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.96%) iManage
9 1 (0.96%) Kofax
9 1 (0.96%) Northgate
9 1 (0.96%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.96%) webMethods
9 1 (0.96%) Workday