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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 304 265 310
Rank change year-on-year -39 +45 +90
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 113 85 87
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.61% 0.70% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.45% 1.63% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 65 53
10th Percentile £413 £313 £409
25th Percentile £458 £405 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £447 £525
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -14.86% -6.67%
75th Percentile £644 £544 £575
90th Percentile £750 £692 £638
England median daily rate £524 £452 £600
% change year-on-year +15.87% -24.67% +4.35%
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 7,820 5,219 6,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 42.33% 42.89% 38.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,409 3,554 5,027
10th Percentile £350 £356 £350
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% -6.78%
75th Percentile £638 £671 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 59 67
10th Percentile £20.88 £22.27 £17.16
25th Percentile £27.06 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -50.48%
75th Percentile £55.94 £45.63 £38.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £67.50 £56.00
England median hourly rate £39.75 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +55.88% +19.33% -38.94%

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 30 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 30 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 -19 12 £575 +15.00% 6
South London -11 2 £519 +15.28% 1
North London -1 1 £650 +57.58% 2
West London - 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 9 (7.96%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.54%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (3.54%) BizTalk Server
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 61 (53.98%) Azure DevOps
3 55 (48.67%) GitHub
4 36 (31.86%) GitHub Actions
5 29 (25.66%) Azure AKS
5 29 (25.66%) Entra ID
6 17 (15.04%) Azure Logic Apps
6 17 (15.04%) Azure Service Bus
7 16 (14.16%) Azure Data Factory
7 16 (14.16%) Azure Key Vault
8 15 (13.27%) Serverless
9 14 (12.39%) Azure Functions
9 14 (12.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 12 (10.62%) AWS
10 12 (10.62%) PaaS
11 11 (9.73%) Microsoft 365
11 11 (9.73%) Power Platform
12 10 (8.85%) Azure Event Grid
12 10 (8.85%) Azure Sentinel
13 8 (7.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 17 (15.04%) Firewall
2 11 (9.73%) Network Security
3 10 (8.85%) VPN
4 8 (7.08%) DNS
5 4 (3.54%) VSAN
6 3 (2.65%) DHCP
6 3 (2.65%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.65%) VLAN
6 3 (2.65%) WAN
7 2 (1.77%) Internet
7 2 (1.77%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.77%) NGFW
8 1 (0.88%) LAN
8 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.27%) Delta Lake
2 14 (12.39%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (12.39%) Data Lake
3 11 (9.73%) SQL Server
4 7 (6.19%) MongoDB
5 6 (5.31%) NoSQL
6 5 (4.42%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (4.42%) Redis
7 4 (3.54%) DynamoDB
8 3 (2.65%) Apache Cassandra
8 3 (2.65%) Data Vault
8 3 (2.65%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (1.77%) Power BI
10 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.88%) Big Data
10 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (15.93%) 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%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.88%) TestRail
5 1 (0.88%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (26.55%) Social Skills
2 24 (21.24%) Finance
3 19 (16.81%) Public Sector
4 5 (4.42%) Banking
5 4 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.77%) Legal
6 2 (1.77%) Local Government
7 1 (0.88%) Back Office
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Military
7 1 (0.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 37 (32.74%) Azure Engineer
2 26 (23.01%) Senior
3 17 (15.04%) Developer
4 15 (13.27%) Data Engineer
5 13 (11.50%) Architect
5 13 (11.50%) DevOps Engineer
5 13 (11.50%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (10.62%) Cloud Engineer
7 11 (9.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (8.85%) Azure Developer
8 10 (8.85%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 8 (7.08%) Senior Data Engineer
10 7 (6.19%) Azure Architect
10 7 (6.19%) Azure Platform Engineer
10 7 (6.19%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (6.19%) Solutions Architect
11 5 (4.42%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (4.42%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 5 (4.42%) Migration Engineer
12 4 (3.54%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.16%) .NET
2 14 (12.39%) ARM Templates
3 11 (9.73%) REST
4 10 (8.85%) PySpark
5 8 (7.08%) OpenTelemetry
6 7 (6.19%) JSON
6 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Graph
6 7 (6.19%) Node.js
6 7 (6.19%) OAuth
6 7 (6.19%) OAuth2
7 6 (5.31%) .NET Framework
7 6 (5.31%) OpenID
8 5 (4.42%) Kafka
8 5 (4.42%) RESTful
8 5 (4.42%) SOAP
8 5 (4.42%) Web Services
8 5 (4.42%) YAML
9 4 (3.54%) ASP.NET
9 4 (3.54%) React
10 3 (2.65%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.70%) Cloud Native
2 7 (6.19%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (4.42%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.42%) Replication
4 4 (3.54%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.54%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.65%) AI Agents
5 3 (2.65%) Clustering
5 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.65%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.77%) CMDB
6 2 (1.77%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 1 (0.88%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.88%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.58%) Windows
2 8 (7.08%) 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 2 (1.77%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (69.03%) DevOps
2 63 (55.75%) CI/CD
3 59 (52.21%) Analytics
4 55 (48.67%) Infrastructure as Code
5 53 (46.90%) Log Analytics
6 36 (31.86%) Observability
7 24 (21.24%) Platform Engineering
8 20 (17.70%) Containerisation
8 20 (17.70%) RBAC
9 19 (16.81%) Data Modelling
9 19 (16.81%) Disaster Recovery
10 18 (15.93%) Agile
11 16 (14.16%) API Management
11 16 (14.16%) Data Governance
11 16 (14.16%) ETL
11 16 (14.16%) High Availability
11 16 (14.16%) Test Automation
12 15 (13.27%) Data Pipeline
12 15 (13.27%) Data Science
12 15 (13.27%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (40.71%) PowerShell
2 42 (37.17%) Python
3 36 (31.86%) SQL
4 28 (24.78%) Bicep
5 22 (19.47%) C#
6 15 (13.27%) Bash
7 10 (8.85%) Scala
8 9 (7.96%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (5.31%) Java
10 3 (2.65%) JavaScript
11 2 (1.77%) C
12 1 (0.88%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (30.97%) Security Cleared
2 29 (25.66%) SC Cleared
3 20 (17.70%) Azure Certification
4 9 (7.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.77%) MCSE
6 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.88%) CCNA
6 1 (0.88%) CCNP
6 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.88%) Degree
6 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.27%) Data Quality
2 5 (4.42%) GDPR
2 5 (4.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.42%) QA
3 4 (3.54%) NIST
4 3 (2.65%) SLA
5 2 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.88%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.88%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.88%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (17.70%) Docker
2 15 (13.27%) Active Directory
3 11 (9.73%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (6.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (5.31%) Hyper-V
6 4 (3.54%) vSphere
7 3 (2.65%) Firmware
7 3 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.88%) IAG
8 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.88%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 65 (57.52%) Terraform
2 30 (26.55%) Kubernetes
3 15 (13.27%) Prometheus
4 14 (12.39%) 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%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (2.65%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.65%) VxRail
8 1 (0.88%) Argo
8 1 (0.88%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.88%) Packer
8 1 (0.88%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 44 (38.94%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.27%) Databricks
3 8 (7.08%) VMware
4 5 (4.42%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.42%) SolarWinds
5 4 (3.54%) Foundry
5 4 (3.54%) Moogsoft
5 4 (3.54%) OpenAI
5 4 (3.54%) PagerDuty
6 3 (2.65%) Dell
6 3 (2.65%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.77%) NetApp
7 2 (1.77%) New Relic
7 2 (1.77%) Oracle
7 2 (1.77%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.88%) Citrix
8 1 (0.88%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.88%) IBM
8 1 (0.88%) MicroStrategy
8 1 (0.88%) SAP