Azure ExpressRoute Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure ExpressRoute skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 333 399
Rank change year-on-year -16 +66 +120
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 15 23 4
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.16% 0.022%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.24% 0.40% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 2
10th Percentile £462 £410 £473
25th Percentile £500 £475 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +61.29%
75th Percentile £581 £650 £563
90th Percentile £668 £704 £578
England median daily rate £525 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +16.67% -2.70% -9.76%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

Azure ExpressRoute 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 6,248 5,761 6,856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.29% 41.02% 37.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,270 3,871 5,068
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £640 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £765
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 44 66
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.56 £17.50
25th Percentile £24.13 £23.80 £20.69
Median hourly rate £26.40 £30.80 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -14.27% -12.80% +36.64%
75th Percentile £55.44 £46.90 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £64.63 £71.25
England median hourly rate £27.50 £28.46 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.36% +26.47% -

Azure ExpressRoute
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure ExpressRoute relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Azure ExpressRoute job vacancy trend in London

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute in London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure ExpressRoute in London

Azure ExpressRoute
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute within the London region over the 6 months to 11 January 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
Central London -16 1 £425 -26.09% 1
Azure ExpressRoute
England

Azure ExpressRoute
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 5 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 5 (33.33%) IaaS
4 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (26.67%) PaaS
5 3 (20.00%) AWS
6 2 (13.33%) AWS Direct Connect
6 2 (13.33%) Azure AKS
6 2 (13.33%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (13.33%) Azure Stack
6 2 (13.33%) GCP
6 2 (13.33%) SaaS
7 1 (6.67%) Azure App Service
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (6.67%) Nutanix
7 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 14 (93.33%) VPN
2 10 (66.67%) Firewall
3 5 (33.33%) Network Security
3 5 (33.33%) WAN
4 3 (20.00%) DNS
4 3 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 3 (20.00%) VLAN
5 2 (13.33%) BGP
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (13.33%) NGFW
5 2 (13.33%) OSPF
5 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (13.33%) Wireless
6 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (6.67%) Cisco Wireless
6 1 (6.67%) DKIM
6 1 (6.67%) DMVPN
6 1 (6.67%) MQTT
6 1 (6.67%) NGN
6 1 (6.67%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git
General
1 3 (20.00%) Finance
1 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Electronics
3 1 (6.67%) Marketing
3 1 (6.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Azure Architect
2 4 (26.67%) Azure Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Network Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Network Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Data Centre Architect
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Operations Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
2 1 (6.67%) ADO
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 9 (60.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (26.67%) Cloud Native
2 4 (26.67%) Data Centre
3 3 (20.00%) IoT
4 2 (13.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (6.67%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (6.67%) Life Science
5 1 (6.67%) NHS
5 1 (6.67%) Operational Technology
5 1 (6.67%) PKI
5 1 (6.67%) Public Cloud
5 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (6.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) VMS
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (6.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (46.67%) Migration
3 6 (40.00%) Analytics
3 6 (40.00%) DevOps
3 6 (40.00%) RBAC
4 5 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
5 4 (26.67%) Log Analytics
5 4 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security
6 3 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
6 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (20.00%) High Availability
6 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (20.00%) Machine Learning
6 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
6 3 (20.00%) Observability
6 3 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 3 (20.00%) Bash
2 3 (20.00%) Bicep
2 3 (20.00%) Python
3 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Azure Certification
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
3 2 (13.33%) CCIE
3 2 (13.33%) CCNP
3 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (13.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.67%) CCNA
4 1 (6.67%) CISSP
4 1 (6.67%) CWNA
4 1 (6.67%) GIAC
4 1 (6.67%) GSEC
4 1 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
1 1 (6.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (13.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (6.67%) Docker
4 1 (6.67%) Firmware
4 1 (6.67%) VMware NSX
4 1 (6.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) Terraform
2 3 (20.00%) Ansible
3 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (6.67%) FortiGate
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) Meraki
3 3 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
4 2 (13.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.67%) AirMagnet
5 1 (6.67%) Aruba
5 1 (6.67%) Brocade
5 1 (6.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.67%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (6.67%) F5
5 1 (6.67%) Infoblox
5 1 (6.67%) NetApp
5 1 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.67%) SonicWALL