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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 278 321
Rank change year-on-year +5 +43 +105
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 121 74 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.75% 0.57% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.71% 1.36% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 58 51
10th Percentile £400 £378 £425
25th Percentile £450 £413 £476
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% +1.82%
75th Percentile £631 £627 £630
90th Percentile £750 £734 £681
England median daily rate £518 £525 £600
% change year-on-year -1.43% -12.50% +9.09%
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 7,077 5,444 6,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.83% 42.06% 37.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,860 3,752 4,986
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £441
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 102 43 78
10th Percentile £18.03 £22.27 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.65 £23.99 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £29.07 £30.11
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% -3.45% -12.72%
75th Percentile £51.81 £55.50 £52.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £72.50 £62.88
England median hourly rate £39.75 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +50.00% +26.19% -16.00%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -
Central London -22 7 £675 +24.71% 5
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 (13.22%) SharePoint
2 11 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.31%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.31%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (0.83%) CMS
4 1 (0.83%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Shopify
2 1 (0.83%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 121 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (58.68%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (46.28%) GitHub
4 44 (36.36%) Entra ID
4 44 (36.36%) GitHub Actions
5 31 (25.62%) Azure Service Bus
6 29 (23.97%) Azure AKS
6 29 (23.97%) Azure Logic Apps
7 27 (22.31%) Azure Key Vault
8 25 (20.66%) Azure Data Factory
9 24 (19.83%) Serverless
10 23 (19.01%) Azure Functions
11 21 (17.36%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (14.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 17 (14.05%) PaaS
13 15 (12.40%) Azure App Service
14 13 (10.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 13 (10.74%) Azure Event Grid
15 12 (9.92%) Azure Sentinel
15 12 (9.92%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 21 (17.36%) Firewall
2 10 (8.26%) Network Security
3 9 (7.44%) DNS
3 9 (7.44%) VPN
4 4 (3.31%) WAN
5 3 (2.48%) DHCP
5 3 (2.48%) LAN
5 3 (2.48%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.65%) MPLS
7 1 (0.83%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.83%) DKIM
7 1 (0.83%) DMARC
7 1 (0.83%) Internet
7 1 (0.83%) VSAN
7 1 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.05%) Data Lake
2 16 (13.22%) Azure SQL Database
3 14 (11.57%) Delta Lake
4 7 (5.79%) Redis
4 7 (5.79%) SQL Server
5 5 (4.13%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.13%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.48%) Power BI
7 2 (1.65%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.83%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.83%) PolyBase
8 1 (0.83%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.83%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.83%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (13.22%) Git
2 5 (4.13%) JIRA
3 4 (3.31%) GitLab
4 2 (1.65%) Gradle
4 2 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.65%) MLflow
5 1 (0.83%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.83%) ERwin
5 1 (0.83%) Moq
5 1 (0.83%) NUnit
5 1 (0.83%) Serilog
5 1 (0.83%) Snyk
5 1 (0.83%) TestRail
5 1 (0.83%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (23.14%) Finance
2 20 (16.53%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.22%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.79%) Banking
5 4 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (3.31%) Retail
6 3 (2.48%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.65%) Law
7 2 (1.65%) Local Government
8 1 (0.83%) Back Office
8 1 (0.83%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.83%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.83%) Legal
8 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 35 (28.93%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (27.27%) Developer
3 24 (19.83%) Senior
4 18 (14.88%) Azure Developer
5 14 (11.57%) Platform Engineer
6 13 (10.74%) Data Engineer
7 12 (9.92%) Cloud Engineer
7 12 (9.92%) DevOps Engineer
8 10 (8.26%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 9 (7.44%) Architect
10 8 (6.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (6.61%) Lead
11 7 (5.79%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 7 (5.79%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 7 (5.79%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 6 (4.96%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 6 (4.96%) Security Engineer
12 6 (4.96%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 5 (4.13%) .NET Developer
13 5 (4.13%) Microsoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (29.75%) .NET
2 22 (18.18%) REST
3 16 (13.22%) Microsoft Graph
4 15 (12.40%) Node.js
5 13 (10.74%) React
6 11 (9.09%) .NET Core
6 11 (9.09%) .NET Framework
6 11 (9.09%) AngularJS
6 11 (9.09%) PySpark
7 10 (8.26%) ARM Templates
7 10 (8.26%) SOAP
8 9 (7.44%) OAuth
8 9 (7.44%) PyTorch
8 9 (7.44%) Web Services
9 7 (5.79%) JSON
9 7 (5.79%) TensorFlow
10 6 (4.96%) ASP.NET
10 6 (4.96%) OAuth2
11 4 (3.31%) OpenID
11 4 (3.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (18.18%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.79%) AI Agents
3 6 (4.96%) Product Ownership
4 5 (4.13%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (4.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (2.48%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.48%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.48%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.65%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.65%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.65%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.65%) Replication
7 1 (0.83%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.83%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.40%) Windows
2 9 (7.44%) Linux
3 4 (3.31%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.48%) VMS
5 1 (0.83%) Android
5 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.83%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (72.73%) DevOps
2 67 (55.37%) CI/CD
3 62 (51.24%) Analytics
4 55 (45.45%) Log Analytics
5 49 (40.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 40 (33.06%) Observability
7 24 (19.83%) Agile
7 24 (19.83%) AI
8 22 (18.18%) Data Modelling
9 21 (17.36%) Migration
10 19 (15.70%) Containerisation
10 19 (15.70%) Platform Engineering
10 19 (15.70%) RBAC
11 18 (14.88%) Microservices
12 17 (14.05%) Data Science
13 16 (13.22%) API Management
13 16 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (13.22%) Data Pipeline
13 16 (13.22%) Disaster Recovery
14 14 (11.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 45 (37.19%) SQL
2 43 (35.54%) Python
3 34 (28.10%) C#
4 32 (26.45%) PowerShell
5 26 (21.49%) Bicep
6 19 (15.70%) Kusto Query Language
7 14 (11.57%) JavaScript
8 10 (8.26%) Scala
9 9 (7.44%) Bash
9 9 (7.44%) TypeScript
10 3 (2.48%) Java
11 2 (1.65%) C
12 1 (0.83%) Go
12 1 (0.83%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (25.62%) Security Cleared
2 28 (23.14%) SC Cleared
3 18 (14.88%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.48%) Degree
6 2 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.83%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.83%) CCNA
7 1 (0.83%) CCNP
7 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 6 (4.96%) GDPR
3 4 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.65%) NCSC
4 2 (1.65%) QA
5 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.83%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.83%) WCAG
System Software
1 24 (19.83%) Docker
2 22 (18.18%) Active Directory
3 7 (5.79%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (2.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.83%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.83%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 70 (57.85%) Terraform
2 29 (23.97%) Kubernetes
3 9 (7.44%) Grafana
4 8 (6.61%) Prometheus
5 4 (3.31%) Ansible
5 4 (3.31%) Pingdom
6 3 (2.48%) Istio
6 3 (2.48%) Kustomize
6 3 (2.48%) linkerd
7 2 (1.65%) Argo
7 2 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.83%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.83%) Packer
8 1 (0.83%) SCCM
Vendors
1 65 (53.72%) Microsoft
2 25 (20.66%) Databricks
3 15 (12.40%) OpenAI
4 7 (5.79%) ServiceNow
5 5 (4.13%) SolarWinds
6 4 (3.31%) Foundry
6 4 (3.31%) Moogsoft
6 4 (3.31%) New Relic
6 4 (3.31%) PagerDuty
7 3 (2.48%) VMware
8 2 (1.65%) Dynatrace
8 2 (1.65%) Google
8 2 (1.65%) NetApp
9 1 (0.83%) Cisco
9 1 (0.83%) Datto
9 1 (0.83%) IBM
9 1 (0.83%) Okta
9 1 (0.83%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.83%) Solace
9 1 (0.83%) Virgin Media