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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 293 267 309
Rank change year-on-year -26 +42 +87
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 113 83 87
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.63% 0.66% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.49% 1.56% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 62 53
10th Percentile £400 £313 £409
25th Percentile £453 £401 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £447 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -14.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £541 £575
90th Percentile £750 £649 £638
England median daily rate £523 £450 £560
% change year-on-year +16.11% -19.64% -0.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £27.71 - -
England median hourly rate £35.20 - -

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 7,595 5,317 6,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.31% 42.50% 38.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,257 3,671 4,982
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 53 70
10th Percentile £20.82 £22.57 £17.63
25th Percentile £26.76 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -45.26%
75th Percentile £52.96 £48.75 £38.75
90th Percentile £73.00 £72.50 £59.13
England median hourly rate £41.78 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +63.84% +19.33% -37.15%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -17 12 £575 +15.00% 6
South London -6 4 £513 +13.89%
West London - 1 - - 3
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 9 (7.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.54%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.77%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.88%) Apache
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Synapse
Business Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Shopify
2 1 (0.88%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 113 (100.00%) Azure
2 60 (53.10%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (49.56%) GitHub
4 37 (32.74%) GitHub Actions
5 31 (27.43%) Azure AKS
6 30 (26.55%) Entra ID
7 20 (17.70%) Azure Key Vault
8 19 (16.81%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (16.81%) Azure Service Bus
9 18 (15.93%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (13.27%) Azure Functions
10 15 (13.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 15 (13.27%) Serverless
11 14 (12.39%) PaaS
12 10 (8.85%) AWS
12 10 (8.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 10 (8.85%) Azure Event Grid
12 10 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (7.96%) Azure App Service
13 9 (7.96%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.93%) Firewall
2 11 (9.73%) Network Security
3 8 (7.08%) DNS
3 8 (7.08%) VPN
4 4 (3.54%) VSAN
5 3 (2.65%) DHCP
5 3 (2.65%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.65%) VLAN
5 3 (2.65%) WAN
6 2 (1.77%) Internet
6 2 (1.77%) Kerberos
6 2 (1.77%) NGFW
7 1 (0.88%) LAN
7 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.39%) Delta Lake
2 13 (11.50%) Data Lake
3 12 (10.62%) Azure SQL Database
4 11 (9.73%) SQL Server
5 8 (7.08%) MongoDB
6 7 (6.19%) NoSQL
7 4 (3.54%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.54%) DynamoDB
7 4 (3.54%) Redis
8 3 (2.65%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.88%) Big Data
9 1 (0.88%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.88%) Power BI
9 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.88%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 20 (17.70%) Git
2 5 (4.42%) GitLab
2 5 (4.42%) Gradle
3 4 (3.54%) JIRA
4 3 (2.65%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.65%) Maven
5 1 (0.88%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.88%) Moq
5 1 (0.88%) NUnit
5 1 (0.88%) Serilog
5 1 (0.88%) TestRail
5 1 (0.88%) Zephyr
General
1 26 (23.01%) Finance
2 24 (21.24%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.16%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.31%) Banking
5 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.77%) Legal
8 1 (0.88%) Back Office
8 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (33.63%) Azure Engineer
2 23 (20.35%) Senior
3 22 (19.47%) Developer
4 14 (12.39%) Platform Engineer
5 13 (11.50%) Azure Developer
5 13 (11.50%) Data Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Cloud Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (9.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (7.96%) Architect
8 9 (7.96%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 8 (7.08%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 8 (7.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Senior Data Engineer
10 6 (5.31%) Senior Developer
11 5 (4.42%) Azure Architect
11 5 (4.42%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 5 (4.42%) Migration Engineer
11 5 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (18.58%) .NET
2 13 (11.50%) REST
3 11 (9.73%) ARM Templates
4 10 (8.85%) Node.js
4 10 (8.85%) PySpark
5 8 (7.08%) .NET Framework
5 8 (7.08%) Microsoft Graph
5 8 (7.08%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (6.19%) JSON
6 7 (6.19%) OAuth
6 7 (6.19%) OAuth2
6 7 (6.19%) SOAP
6 7 (6.19%) Web Services
7 6 (5.31%) .NET Core
7 6 (5.31%) OpenID
7 6 (5.31%) React
8 5 (4.42%) AngularJS
8 5 (4.42%) Kafka
8 5 (4.42%) RESTful
8 5 (4.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.58%) Cloud Native
2 8 (7.08%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.42%) AI Agents
3 5 (4.42%) Replication
4 4 (3.54%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.65%) Clustering
5 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.77%) CMDB
6 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.58%) Windows
2 9 (7.96%) Linux
3 7 (6.19%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.54%) VMS
5 3 (2.65%) SUSE
6 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (70.80%) DevOps
2 64 (56.64%) CI/CD
3 54 (47.79%) Analytics
4 53 (46.90%) Infrastructure as Code
5 49 (43.36%) Log Analytics
6 38 (33.63%) Observability
7 24 (21.24%) Platform Engineering
8 21 (18.58%) Agile
9 20 (17.70%) Data Modelling
10 19 (16.81%) Containerisation
10 19 (16.81%) RBAC
11 18 (15.93%) Disaster Recovery
11 18 (15.93%) Test Automation
12 17 (15.04%) Migration
13 16 (14.16%) AI
13 16 (14.16%) High Availability
14 15 (13.27%) API Management
15 14 (12.39%) Data Pipeline
15 14 (12.39%) Data Science
15 14 (12.39%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (39.82%) PowerShell
2 40 (35.40%) Python
3 36 (31.86%) SQL
4 27 (23.89%) C#
5 26 (23.01%) Bicep
6 12 (10.62%) Bash
7 10 (8.85%) Kusto Query Language
7 10 (8.85%) Scala
8 6 (5.31%) Java
9 5 (4.42%) JavaScript
10 2 (1.77%) C
11 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 36 (31.86%) Security Cleared
2 32 (28.32%) SC Cleared
3 19 (16.81%) Azure Certification
4 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.77%) MCSE
6 1 (0.88%) CCNA
6 1 (0.88%) CCNP
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.50%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.42%) QA
3 3 (2.65%) GDPR
3 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.65%) SLA
4 2 (1.77%) NIST
5 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.88%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (18.58%) Docker
2 13 (11.50%) Active Directory
2 13 (11.50%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.31%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.54%) vSphere
6 3 (2.65%) Firmware
6 3 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.88%) IAG
7 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 66 (58.41%) Terraform
2 31 (27.43%) Kubernetes
3 13 (11.50%) Prometheus
4 12 (10.62%) Grafana
5 6 (5.31%) Ansible
6 4 (3.54%) Istio
6 4 (3.54%) Kustomize
6 4 (3.54%) linkerd
6 4 (3.54%) Pingdom
7 3 (2.65%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (2.65%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.65%) VxRail
8 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.88%) Argo
9 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.88%) Packer
9 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 46 (40.71%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.04%) Databricks
3 8 (7.08%) VMware
4 7 (6.19%) OpenAI
5 5 (4.42%) Foundry
5 5 (4.42%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.42%) SolarWinds
6 4 (3.54%) Moogsoft
6 4 (3.54%) PagerDuty
7 3 (2.65%) Dell
7 3 (2.65%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.77%) NetApp
8 2 (1.77%) New Relic
8 2 (1.77%) Oracle
8 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.88%) Citrix
9 1 (0.88%) IBM
9 1 (0.88%) Okta
9 1 (0.88%) SAP
9 1 (0.88%) Virgin Media