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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 356 341 388
Rank change year-on-year -15 +47 +135
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 18 23 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.13% 0.16% 0.028%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.28% 0.39% 0.073%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 3
10th Percentile £457 £413 £483
25th Percentile £500 £488 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £584 £575
Median % change year-on-year -10.06% +1.52% +73.45%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £589
90th Percentile £660 £704 £590
England median daily rate £535 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +18.89% -5.26% +5.56%

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 6,329 5,867 6,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.23% 41.01% 37.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,331 3,961 5,081
10th Percentile £344 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £454 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £639 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 43 63
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.45 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.80 £20.88
Median hourly rate £26.30 £31.00 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -12.99% +31.96%
75th Percentile £54.31 £49.18 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £64.75 £72.00
England median hourly rate £27.36 £28.46 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.87% +26.47% -2.17%

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 4 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 4 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 -12 1 £425 -27.19% 2
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 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.56%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 18 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (38.89%) Entra ID
3 6 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (27.78%) IaaS
5 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (22.22%) PaaS
6 3 (16.67%) AWS
6 3 (16.67%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (11.11%) AWS Direct Connect
7 2 (11.11%) Azure AKS
7 2 (11.11%) Azure App Service
7 2 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (11.11%) Azure Stack
7 2 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (11.11%) GCP
7 2 (11.11%) SaaS
7 2 (11.11%) Serverless
8 1 (5.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (5.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (94.44%) VPN
2 12 (66.67%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) WAN
4 5 (27.78%) Network Security
5 4 (22.22%) DNS
5 4 (22.22%) VLAN
6 3 (16.67%) SD-WAN
6 3 (16.67%) VSAN
7 2 (11.11%) BGP
7 2 (11.11%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (11.11%) DHCP
7 2 (11.11%) NGFW
7 2 (11.11%) OSPF
7 2 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (11.11%) Wireless
8 1 (5.56%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (5.56%) DMVPN
8 1 (5.56%) Internet
8 1 (5.56%) IPsec
8 1 (5.56%) NGN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Data Lake
2 1 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
General
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Banking
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) French Language
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Azure Architect
3 4 (22.22%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Network Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Network Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Architect
5 2 (11.11%) VMware Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Data Centre Architect
6 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Manager
6 1 (5.56%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Network Support
6 1 (5.56%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Operations Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Platform Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Network Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.11%) ARM Templates
2 1 (5.56%) 802.1X
2 1 (5.56%) ADO
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (61.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (27.78%) Data Centre
3 4 (22.22%) Cloud Native
4 3 (16.67%) IoT
5 2 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (11.11%) Public Cloud
5 2 (11.11%) Replication
6 1 (5.56%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (5.56%) Life Science
6 1 (5.56%) NHS
6 1 (5.56%) Operational Technology
6 1 (5.56%) PKI
6 1 (5.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 2 (11.11%) VMS
2 2 (11.11%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Infrastructure as Code
2 9 (50.00%) Migration
3 7 (38.89%) Analytics
3 7 (38.89%) Network Virtualisation
4 6 (33.33%) DevOps
4 6 (33.33%) RBAC
5 4 (22.22%) CI/CD
5 4 (22.22%) Cloud Security
5 4 (22.22%) High Availability
5 4 (22.22%) Log Analytics
5 4 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
6 3 (16.67%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) Cost Optimisation
6 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 3 (16.67%) Network Architecture
6 3 (16.67%) Observability
6 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) PowerShell
2 4 (22.22%) Bicep
3 3 (16.67%) Bash
3 3 (16.67%) Python
4 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 4 (22.22%) Azure Certification
2 4 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) CCNP
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (11.11%) CCIE
4 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (5.56%) CCNA
5 1 (5.56%) CISSP
5 1 (5.56%) CWNA
5 1 (5.56%) GIAC
5 1 (5.56%) GSEC
5 1 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (5.56%) VCDX
5 1 (5.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (16.67%) VMware NSX
3 3 (16.67%) vSphere
4 2 (11.11%) Docker
4 2 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (5.56%) Firmware
5 1 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (50.00%) Terraform
2 3 (16.67%) Ansible
2 3 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.56%) FortiGate
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 5 (27.78%) Cisco
2 5 (27.78%) VMware
3 3 (16.67%) Meraki
3 3 (16.67%) NetApp
4 2 (11.11%) Fortinet
4 2 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 1 (5.56%) AirMagnet
5 1 (5.56%) Aruba
5 1 (5.56%) Brocade
5 1 (5.56%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.56%) Databricks
5 1 (5.56%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (5.56%) F5
5 1 (5.56%) Infoblox
5 1 (5.56%) SAP
5 1 (5.56%) SolarWinds
5 1 (5.56%) SonicWALL