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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 346 396
Rank change year-on-year -2 +50 +144
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 21 23 9
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.15% 0.15% 0.048%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.33% 0.37% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 5
10th Percentile £457 £470 -
25th Percentile £500 £524 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £593 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +12.86% +50.00%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £588
90th Percentile £693 £704 £589
England median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Cloud 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 6,290 6,197 7,220
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.03% 41.13% 38.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,300 4,194 5,330
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £536 £525
% change year-on-year -6.76% +2.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 43 64
10th Percentile £18.25 £22.27 £18.28
25th Percentile £23.25 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £26.30 £31.50 £36.57
Median % change year-on-year -16.51% -13.85% +19.89%
75th Percentile £47.50 £54.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.88 £65.00 £73.38
England median hourly rate £26.50 £30.00 £23.24
% change year-on-year -11.67% +29.09% +3.29%

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 18 December 2025.

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 18 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
Central London -8 1 £425 -28.27% 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 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 21 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (38.10%) Azure Monitor
2 8 (38.10%) Entra ID
3 6 (28.57%) IaaS
4 5 (23.81%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (23.81%) PaaS
5 4 (19.05%) AWS
5 4 (19.05%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (14.29%) AWS Direct Connect
6 3 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (9.52%) Azure AKS
7 2 (9.52%) Azure App Service
7 2 (9.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (9.52%) Azure Stack
7 2 (9.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (9.52%) GCP
7 2 (9.52%) SaaS
7 2 (9.52%) Serverless
8 1 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (4.76%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 19 (90.48%) VPN
2 14 (66.67%) Firewall
3 9 (42.86%) WAN
4 6 (28.57%) DNS
5 5 (23.81%) Network Security
5 5 (23.81%) VLAN
5 5 (23.81%) VSAN
6 4 (19.05%) SD-WAN
7 3 (14.29%) DHCP
8 2 (9.52%) BGP
8 2 (9.52%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (9.52%) Internet
8 2 (9.52%) MPLS
8 2 (9.52%) NGFW
8 2 (9.52%) OSPF
8 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (9.52%) Wireless
9 1 (4.76%) Cisco Wireless
9 1 (4.76%) DKIM
9 1 (4.76%) NX-OS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Git
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (9.52%) French Language
3 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Electronics
4 1 (4.76%) Marketing
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (57.14%) Architect
2 7 (33.33%) Azure Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Network Engineer
4 3 (14.29%) Network Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (14.29%) VMware Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Network Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Cloud Solutions Architect
6 1 (4.76%) DevOps Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 1 (4.76%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) ARM Templates
2 1 (4.76%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.76%) ADO
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 11 (52.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 7 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
4 3 (14.29%) IoT
4 3 (14.29%) Public Cloud
4 3 (14.29%) Replication
5 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (4.76%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (4.76%) Life Science
6 1 (4.76%) NHS
6 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
6 1 (4.76%) Operational Technology
6 1 (4.76%) PKI
6 1 (4.76%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
2 2 (9.52%) VMS
2 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Migration
2 10 (47.62%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (38.10%) Network Virtualisation
4 7 (33.33%) Analytics
5 6 (28.57%) DevOps
5 6 (28.57%) RBAC
6 5 (23.81%) High Availability
7 4 (19.05%) CI/CD
7 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security
7 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (19.05%) Log Analytics
7 4 (19.05%) Network Architecture
7 4 (19.05%) Technical Leadership
8 3 (14.29%) Cost Optimisation
8 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 3 (14.29%) Mentoring
8 3 (14.29%) Observability
8 3 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
8 3 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 3 (14.29%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) PowerShell
2 4 (19.05%) Bicep
3 3 (14.29%) Bash
3 3 (14.29%) Python
4 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) CCNP
2 5 (23.81%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 4 (19.05%) Azure Certification
3 4 (19.05%) Degree
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (9.52%) CCIE
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (4.76%) CCDP
6 1 (4.76%) CCNA
6 1 (4.76%) CISSP
6 1 (4.76%) CWNA
6 1 (4.76%) GIAC
6 1 (4.76%) GSEC
6 1 (4.76%) Postgraduate
6 1 (4.76%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (4.76%) VCDX
6 1 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
1 1 (4.76%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 6 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 6 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (23.81%) VMware NSX
2 5 (23.81%) vSphere
3 2 (9.52%) Docker
3 2 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (4.76%) Firmware
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) Terraform
2 3 (14.29%) Ansible
2 3 (14.29%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.76%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.76%) SCCM
3 1 (4.76%) vRealize
Vendors
1 10 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) VMware
3 5 (23.81%) Cisco
3 5 (23.81%) NetApp
4 3 (14.29%) Meraki
5 2 (9.52%) Fortinet
5 2 (9.52%) Palo Alto
6 1 (4.76%) AirMagnet
6 1 (4.76%) Aruba
6 1 (4.76%) Brocade
6 1 (4.76%) CheckPoint
6 1 (4.76%) Databricks
6 1 (4.76%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (4.76%) F5
6 1 (4.76%) Infoblox
6 1 (4.76%) SAP
6 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
6 1 (4.76%) SonicWALL