Azure Monitor Contract Job Trends in London

Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Azure Monitor skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 316 266 289
Rank change year-on-year -50 +23 +69
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 133 95 91
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.66% 0.72% 0.57%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.60% 1.66% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 64 49
10th Percentile £425 £331 £389
25th Percentile £450 £364 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £449 £513
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -12.49% -10.87%
75th Percentile £638 £525 £614
90th Percentile £741 £638 £704
England median daily rate £520 £475 £593
% change year-on-year +9.47% -19.83% -1.25%

All Cloud Computing Skills
London

Azure Monitor 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 8,309 5,733 6,644
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 41.03% 43.30% 41.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,686 3,902 4,659
10th Percentile £360 £340 £350
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.89% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +4.90% -4.67% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 94 48
10th Percentile £18.02 £23.00 £22.00
25th Percentile £23.08 £25.15 £24.06
Median hourly rate £31.25 £31.00 £30.80
Median % change year-on-year +0.81% +0.67% -30.01%
75th Percentile £56.88 £47.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.75 £69.08
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.30 £31.75
% change year-on-year +29.24% -17.17% -3.79%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Azure Monitor job vacancy trend in London

Azure Monitor
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Azure Monitor
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Monitor in London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Monitor in London

Azure Monitor
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Monitor.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Azure Monitor

Azure Monitor
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 Monitor within the London region over the 6 months to 15 September 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 -11 17 £550 +11.68% 7
West London - 3 - - 1
North London - 1 £650 -
Azure Monitor
England

Azure Monitor
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 8 (6.02%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.26%) CMS
3 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.75%) Apache
5 1 (0.75%) Apache Synapse
5 1 (0.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.75%) EPiServer
Business Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 133 (100.00%) Azure
2 75 (56.39%) GitHub
3 65 (48.87%) Azure DevOps
4 56 (42.11%) Entra ID
5 48 (36.09%) GitHub Actions
6 37 (27.82%) Azure AKS
7 24 (18.05%) AWS
8 18 (13.53%) Serverless
9 16 (12.03%) Azure Functions
9 16 (12.03%) Azure Key Vault
10 14 (10.53%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 14 (10.53%) Azure Sentinel
10 14 (10.53%) Power Platform
11 13 (9.77%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 13 (9.77%) Azure Service Bus
11 13 (9.77%) PaaS
12 12 (9.02%) Azure Event Grid
13 10 (7.52%) Azure AI
13 10 (7.52%) Azure App Service
14 9 (6.77%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.53%) Firewall
2 17 (12.78%) Network Security
3 14 (10.53%) VPN
4 7 (5.26%) DNS
5 4 (3.01%) Kerberos
5 4 (3.01%) NGFW
6 3 (2.26%) DHCP
6 3 (2.26%) VLAN
6 3 (2.26%) VSAN
7 1 (0.75%) Internet
7 1 (0.75%) NAS
7 1 (0.75%) SAN
7 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.75%) SSL
7 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.78%) SQL Server
2 13 (9.77%) Data Lake
3 10 (7.52%) Delta Lake
4 9 (6.77%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (6.77%) NoSQL
5 8 (6.02%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (5.26%) Power BI
7 6 (4.51%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (3.76%) Redis
9 4 (3.01%) Data Vault
9 4 (3.01%) MongoDB
9 4 (3.01%) Relational Database
10 3 (2.26%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (2.26%) DynamoDB
10 3 (2.26%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.75%) Big Data
11 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.75%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 14 (10.53%) Git
2 8 (6.02%) GitLab
3 6 (4.51%) Jenkins
4 4 (3.01%) JetBrains Rider
4 4 (3.01%) JIRA
4 4 (3.01%) Terragrunt
4 4 (3.01%) Visual Studio
5 3 (2.26%) Gradle
5 3 (2.26%) Maven
6 2 (1.50%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.50%) Gatling
6 2 (1.50%) JMeter
6 2 (1.50%) Selenium
6 2 (1.50%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.50%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.75%) Newman
7 1 (0.75%) Postman
General
1 51 (38.35%) Social Skills
2 26 (19.55%) Finance
3 15 (11.28%) Public Sector
4 12 (9.02%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.76%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.01%) Banking
6 4 (3.01%) Retail
7 3 (2.26%) Local Government
8 2 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.50%) Marketing
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Legal
9 1 (0.75%) Military
9 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (26.32%) Azure Engineer
2 24 (18.05%) Cloud Engineer
3 21 (15.79%) Architect
3 21 (15.79%) Senior
4 18 (13.53%) DevOps Engineer
5 15 (11.28%) Developer
6 11 (8.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (6.77%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 8 (6.02%) Platform Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) CloudOps Engineer
9 7 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (4.51%) Azure Architect
10 6 (4.51%) Operations Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 5 (3.76%) Consultant
11 5 (3.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (3.76%) Lead
11 5 (3.76%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (60.15%) Terraform
2 17 (12.78%) .NET
3 16 (12.03%) ARM Templates
4 14 (10.53%) OAuth
4 14 (10.53%) REST
5 13 (9.77%) OAuth2
6 10 (7.52%) OpenID
7 9 (6.77%) OpenTelemetry
8 8 (6.02%) Middleware
8 8 (6.02%) YAML
9 7 (5.26%) Kafka
9 7 (5.26%) RESTful
10 6 (4.51%) Microsoft Graph
10 6 (4.51%) Spring
10 6 (4.51%) Spring Boot
11 5 (3.76%) .NET Framework
12 4 (3.01%) .NET Core
12 4 (3.01%) Entity Framework
12 4 (3.01%) LangChain
12 4 (3.01%) React
Miscellaneous
1 34 (25.56%) Cloud Native
2 10 (7.52%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.77%) CMDB
3 9 (6.77%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (6.02%) Cloud Security Posture
4 8 (6.02%) Enterprise Cloud
5 7 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.51%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (3.76%) Clustering
7 5 (3.76%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (3.76%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.01%) AI Agents
8 4 (3.01%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.26%) Life Science
9 3 (2.26%) Replication
10 2 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.50%) Private Cloud
11 1 (0.75%) ARM Cortex
11 1 (0.75%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 21 (15.79%) Windows
2 11 (8.27%) VMS
3 10 (7.52%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.51%) Linux
5 4 (3.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.26%) SUSE
7 2 (1.50%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.75%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (64.66%) CI/CD
2 80 (60.15%) DevOps
3 64 (48.12%) Infrastructure as Code
4 60 (45.11%) Analytics
5 50 (37.59%) Log Analytics
6 41 (30.83%) Observability
7 35 (26.32%) RBAC
8 32 (24.06%) Agile
8 32 (24.06%) Containerisation
9 31 (23.31%) AI
10 30 (22.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (18.05%) Test Automation
12 22 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (16.54%) Infrastructure Automation
12 22 (16.54%) Platform Engineering
12 22 (16.54%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
14 20 (15.04%) API Management
15 18 (13.53%) Deployment Automation
15 18 (13.53%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 57 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 49 (36.84%) Bicep
3 47 (35.34%) Python
4 27 (20.30%) Bash
4 27 (20.30%) SQL
5 26 (19.55%) C#
6 9 (6.77%) Java
7 8 (6.02%) TypeScript
8 7 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (2.26%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.75%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.75%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.75%) C
10 1 (0.75%) Korn
10 1 (0.75%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (27.07%) Security Cleared
2 31 (23.31%) Azure Certification
3 24 (18.05%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (3.76%) Degree
6 4 (3.01%) MCSE
6 4 (3.01%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 3 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.26%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.75%) CISSP
9 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.53%) QA
2 12 (9.02%) Data Quality
3 7 (5.26%) GDPR
3 7 (5.26%) NIST
4 6 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.26%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.26%) SLA
6 2 (1.50%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.50%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.75%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.75%) GRC
7 1 (0.75%) HL7
7 1 (0.75%) IEC 62304
7 1 (0.75%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.75%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 31 (23.31%) Docker
2 22 (16.54%) Active Directory
3 21 (15.79%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.51%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (2.26%) Firmware
6 3 (2.26%) IAG
6 3 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.26%) vSphere
7 1 (0.75%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 48 (36.09%) Kubernetes
2 23 (17.29%) Grafana
3 12 (9.02%) Prometheus
4 9 (6.77%) Ansible
5 7 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.01%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (2.26%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.26%) VxRail
8 1 (0.75%) Control-M
8 1 (0.75%) Istio
8 1 (0.75%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.75%) linkerd
8 1 (0.75%) Packer
8 1 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.75%) Puppet
8 1 (0.75%) SCCM
8 1 (0.75%) SCOM
8 1 (0.75%) SCVMM
8 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 68 (51.13%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.77%) Splunk
3 10 (7.52%) ServiceNow
4 9 (6.77%) Databricks
4 9 (6.77%) Dynatrace
5 8 (6.02%) VMware
6 6 (4.51%) Foundry
6 6 (4.51%) OpenAI
7 5 (3.76%) Okta
8 4 (3.01%) AppDynamics
8 4 (3.01%) MicroStrategy
9 3 (2.26%) Aprimo
9 3 (2.26%) Confluent
9 3 (2.26%) Dell
9 3 (2.26%) Nexthink
9 3 (2.26%) OneTrust
9 3 (2.26%) Optimizely
10 2 (1.50%) Adobe
10 2 (1.50%) New Relic
10 2 (1.50%) Qualtrics