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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 328 397
Rank change year-on-year -42 +69 +131
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 15 23 3
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.11% 0.17% 0.017%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.24% 0.40% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 1
10th Percentile - £410 -
25th Percentile £500 £475 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +76.65%
75th Percentile £581 £650 £588
90th Percentile £668 £704 -
England median daily rate £535 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +18.89% - -12.20%

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 6,261 5,690 6,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 44.18% 41.07% 37.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,278 3,819 5,049
10th Percentile £345 £350 £325
25th Percentile £425 £451 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £763
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 98 43 65
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.45 £17.40
25th Percentile £24.13 £23.80 £20.50
Median hourly rate £26.40 £30.59 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.70% -12.60% +32.46%
75th Percentile £55.44 £44.56 £58.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £63.50 £68.80
England median hourly rate £27.50 £28.21 £22.50
% change year-on-year -2.50% +25.36% -0.07%

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 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure ExpressRoute in London

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 Monitor
3 5 (33.33%) IaaS
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (26.67%) Azure DevOps
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 Cosmos DB
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
Communications & Networking
1 13 (86.67%) VPN
2 10 (66.67%) Firewall
3 6 (40.00%) WAN
4 5 (33.33%) Network Security
5 4 (26.67%) SD-WAN
6 3 (20.00%) VLAN
7 2 (13.33%) BGP
7 2 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (13.33%) DNS
7 2 (13.33%) OSPF
7 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (13.33%) Wireless
8 1 (6.67%) 802.11
8 1 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (6.67%) DHCP
8 1 (6.67%) DMVPN
8 1 (6.67%) Internet
8 1 (6.67%) IPsec
8 1 (6.67%) MPLS
8 1 (6.67%) NGN
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
3 3 (20.00%) Azure Engineer
3 3 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (20.00%) Network Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Network Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Operations Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Cloud Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) DevSecOps Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 1 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (6.67%) 802.1X
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%) 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 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (13.33%) VMS
4 1 (6.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 6 (40.00%) Analytics
2 6 (40.00%) Migration
2 6 (40.00%) RBAC
3 5 (33.33%) DevOps
3 5 (33.33%) Network Virtualisation
3 5 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (26.67%) Log Analytics
5 3 (20.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (20.00%) Cost Management
5 3 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 3 (20.00%) FinOps
5 3 (20.00%) High Availability
5 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 3 (20.00%) Network Architecture
5 3 (20.00%) Observability
5 3 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
5 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 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) 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 7 (46.67%) Terraform
2 3 (20.00%) Ansible
3 2 (13.33%) FortiGate
3 2 (13.33%) Kubernetes
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (6.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) Meraki
3 3 (20.00%) VMware
4 2 (13.33%) Fortinet
5 1 (6.67%) AirMagnet
5 1 (6.67%) Aruba
5 1 (6.67%) Brocade
5 1 (6.67%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (6.67%) F5
5 1 (6.67%) NetApp
5 1 (6.67%) Palo Alto
5 1 (6.67%) SAP
5 1 (6.67%) SolarWinds
5 1 (6.67%) SonicWALL