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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 279 276 323
Rank change year-on-year -3 +47 +109
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 118 75 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.73% 0.57% 0.41%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.67% 1.36% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 55 50
10th Percentile £400 £373 £439
25th Percentile £448 £416 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £641 £636 £630
90th Percentile £750 £734 £681
England median daily rate £513 £531 £600
% change year-on-year -3.53% -11.46% +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £31.37 - -
25th Percentile £36.86 - -
Median hourly rate £46.00 - -
75th Percentile £58.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.20 - -
England median hourly rate £44.34 - -

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 7,062 5,508 6,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.96% 41.86% 37.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,845 3,753 4,940
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £768
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 101 45 76
10th Percentile £18.00 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.18 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.07 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% -3.45% -11.44%
75th Percentile £52.16 £55.75 £53.31
90th Percentile £72.50 £71.25 £63.13
England median hourly rate £40.00 £27.25 £21.37
% change year-on-year +46.79% +27.52% -14.52%

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 4 March 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure Monitor in London over the 6 months to 4 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure Monitor in London

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 4 March 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
South London - 8 £500 - 1
Central London -15 7 £675 +25.00% 10
North London +1 1 - -
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 16 (13.56%) SharePoint
2 11 (9.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.39%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.39%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Shopify
2 1 (0.85%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 118 (100.00%) Azure
2 73 (61.86%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (47.46%) GitHub
4 45 (38.14%) Entra ID
4 45 (38.14%) GitHub Actions
5 32 (27.12%) Azure Service Bus
6 30 (25.42%) Azure Logic Apps
7 27 (22.88%) Azure AKS
7 27 (22.88%) Azure Key Vault
8 25 (21.19%) Azure Data Factory
8 25 (21.19%) Serverless
9 23 (19.49%) Azure Functions
10 20 (16.95%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (14.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 16 (13.56%) PaaS
13 15 (12.71%) Azure App Service
13 15 (12.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (11.02%) Azure Event Grid
14 13 (11.02%) Azure Machine Learning
14 13 (11.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.25%) Firewall
2 10 (8.47%) Network Security
3 7 (5.93%) DNS
3 7 (5.93%) VPN
4 3 (2.54%) WAN
5 2 (1.69%) DHCP
5 2 (1.69%) LAN
5 2 (1.69%) MPLS
5 2 (1.69%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.85%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.85%) DKIM
6 1 (0.85%) DMARC
6 1 (0.85%) VSAN
6 1 (0.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.56%) Data Lake
2 15 (12.71%) Azure SQL Database
3 13 (11.02%) Delta Lake
4 7 (5.93%) Redis
5 6 (5.08%) MongoDB
5 6 (5.08%) NoSQL
5 6 (5.08%) SQL Server
6 4 (3.39%) Power BI
7 3 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.69%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.85%) KNIME
9 1 (0.85%) PolyBase
9 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.85%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.85%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.85%) Star Schema
9 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (14.41%) Git
2 6 (5.08%) JIRA
3 4 (3.39%) GitLab
4 2 (1.69%) Gradle
4 2 (1.69%) MLflow
4 2 (1.69%) TestRail
5 1 (0.85%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.85%) ERwin
5 1 (0.85%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.85%) JMeter
5 1 (0.85%) Locust
5 1 (0.85%) Moq
5 1 (0.85%) NUnit
5 1 (0.85%) Postman
5 1 (0.85%) Selenium
5 1 (0.85%) Serilog
5 1 (0.85%) Snyk
5 1 (0.85%) Zephyr
General
1 26 (22.03%) Finance
2 21 (17.80%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.56%) Public Sector
4 6 (5.08%) Banking
5 4 (3.39%) Retail
6 3 (2.54%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.69%) Law
7 2 (1.69%) Local Government
8 1 (0.85%) Back Office
8 1 (0.85%) Billing
8 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.85%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (29.66%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (27.97%) Developer
3 21 (17.80%) Senior
4 17 (14.41%) Azure Developer
5 14 (11.86%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (10.17%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 12 (10.17%) Data Engineer
6 12 (10.17%) Platform Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Cloud Engineer
8 9 (7.63%) Lead
9 8 (6.78%) Architect
10 7 (5.93%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Cloud Platform Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 6 (5.08%) Security Engineer
11 6 (5.08%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 5 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Developer
12 5 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (30.51%) .NET
2 23 (19.49%) REST
3 17 (14.41%) Node.js
4 16 (13.56%) Microsoft Graph
5 15 (12.71%) React
6 12 (10.17%) AngularJS
7 11 (9.32%) .NET Core
7 11 (9.32%) .NET Framework
7 11 (9.32%) ARM Templates
8 10 (8.47%) PySpark
8 10 (8.47%) SOAP
9 9 (7.63%) OAuth
9 9 (7.63%) PyTorch
9 9 (7.63%) Web Services
10 7 (5.93%) JSON
10 7 (5.93%) TensorFlow
11 6 (5.08%) OAuth2
12 5 (4.24%) ASP.NET
13 4 (3.39%) OpenID
13 4 (3.39%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.49%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.93%) AI Agents
2 7 (5.93%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.39%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.54%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.69%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.69%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.69%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.69%) Replication
6 2 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.17%) Windows
2 8 (6.78%) Linux
3 3 (2.54%) VMS
4 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (75.42%) DevOps
2 66 (55.93%) CI/CD
3 62 (52.54%) Analytics
4 55 (46.61%) Log Analytics
5 50 (42.37%) Infrastructure as Code
6 38 (32.20%) Observability
7 26 (22.03%) Agile
8 24 (20.34%) AI
9 21 (17.80%) Data Modelling
9 21 (17.80%) Migration
10 20 (16.95%) Microservices
10 20 (16.95%) RBAC
11 19 (16.10%) Containerisation
12 17 (14.41%) Platform Engineering
13 16 (13.56%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (13.56%) Data Pipeline
13 16 (13.56%) Data Science
14 15 (12.71%) API Management
15 14 (11.86%) Machine Learning
15 14 (11.86%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 43 (36.44%) SQL
2 42 (35.59%) Python
3 34 (28.81%) C#
4 29 (24.58%) PowerShell
5 28 (23.73%) Bicep
6 19 (16.10%) Kusto Query Language
7 15 (12.71%) JavaScript
8 10 (8.47%) TypeScript
9 9 (7.63%) Scala
10 8 (6.78%) Bash
11 4 (3.39%) Java
12 2 (1.69%) C
13 1 (0.85%) Go
13 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 28 (23.73%) SC Cleared
3 17 (14.41%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.54%) Degree
6 2 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.69%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.47%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.08%) GDPR
3 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.69%) NCSC
4 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.85%) QA
4 1 (0.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.85%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (22.03%) Docker
2 22 (18.64%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.93%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 66 (55.93%) Terraform
2 28 (23.73%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.63%) Grafana
4 8 (6.78%) Prometheus
5 4 (3.39%) Pingdom
6 3 (2.54%) Ansible
6 3 (2.54%) Istio
6 3 (2.54%) Kustomize
6 3 (2.54%) linkerd
7 2 (1.69%) Argo
7 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.85%) Kibana
8 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 65 (55.08%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.34%) Databricks
3 15 (12.71%) OpenAI
4 7 (5.93%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.39%) Foundry
5 4 (3.39%) Moogsoft
5 4 (3.39%) New Relic
5 4 (3.39%) PagerDuty
5 4 (3.39%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.69%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.69%) Google
6 2 (1.69%) NetApp
6 2 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.69%) VMware
7 1 (0.85%) Cisco
7 1 (0.85%) IBM
7 1 (0.85%) Oracle
7 1 (0.85%) SAP
7 1 (0.85%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.85%) Veeam