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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 270 318
Rank change year-on-year -16 +48 +100
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 126 81 75
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.74% 0.64% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.70% 1.51% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 63 52
10th Percentile £400 £313 £425
25th Percentile £455 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £454 £538
Median % change year-on-year +15.64% -15.53% -
75th Percentile £594 £583 £603
90th Percentile £750 £725 £640
England median daily rate £513 £500 £588
% change year-on-year +2.50% -14.89% +6.82%
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 7,405 5,361 6,757
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 43.72% 42.54% 37.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,090 3,752 4,943
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £425 £438 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 51 77
10th Percentile £18.03 £22.27 £17.47
25th Percentile £24.29 £24.66 £21.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.12% +11.81% -25.71%
75th Percentile £50.75 £54.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.25 £67.50 £61.00
England median hourly rate £42.59 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +60.73% +26.19% -18.75%

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 2 April 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 -14 11 £525 +0.96% 6
South London -6 8 £500 +11.11% 1
West London - 1 - - 2
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 (12.70%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.17%) BizTalk Server
4 2 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.59%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.79%) Apache
5 1 (0.79%) Apache Synapse
5 1 (0.79%) CMS
5 1 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Shopify
2 1 (0.79%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 126 (100.00%) Azure
2 73 (57.94%) Azure DevOps
3 60 (47.62%) GitHub
4 44 (34.92%) GitHub Actions
5 43 (34.13%) Entra ID
6 30 (23.81%) Azure AKS
7 29 (23.02%) Azure Logic Apps
7 29 (23.02%) Azure Service Bus
8 27 (21.43%) Azure Key Vault
9 23 (18.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 21 (16.67%) Serverless
11 20 (15.87%) Azure Functions
11 20 (15.87%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (15.08%) PaaS
13 18 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 15 (11.90%) Azure App Service
14 15 (11.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 15 (11.90%) Power Platform
15 13 (10.32%) AWS
15 13 (10.32%) Azure Event Grid
Communications & Networking
1 25 (19.84%) Firewall
2 13 (10.32%) Network Security
3 12 (9.52%) VPN
4 11 (8.73%) DNS
5 4 (3.17%) VSAN
5 4 (3.17%) WAN
6 3 (2.38%) DHCP
6 3 (2.38%) TCP/IP
6 3 (2.38%) VLAN
7 2 (1.59%) Internet
7 2 (1.59%) LAN
8 1 (0.79%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.79%) DKIM
8 1 (0.79%) DMARC
8 1 (0.79%) MPLS
8 1 (0.79%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.70%) Data Lake
2 14 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
2 14 (11.11%) Delta Lake
3 7 (5.56%) MongoDB
3 7 (5.56%) NoSQL
4 6 (4.76%) SQL Server
5 5 (3.97%) Redis
6 3 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (2.38%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.59%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.79%) Big Data
8 1 (0.79%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.79%) KNIME
8 1 (0.79%) Power BI
8 1 (0.79%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (14.29%) Git
2 6 (4.76%) JIRA
3 5 (3.97%) GitLab
4 4 (3.17%) Gradle
5 3 (2.38%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.59%) Maven
7 1 (0.79%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.79%) Moq
7 1 (0.79%) NUnit
7 1 (0.79%) Serilog
7 1 (0.79%) TestRail
7 1 (0.79%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (22.22%) Finance
2 24 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.70%) Public Sector
4 6 (4.76%) Banking
5 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.17%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.59%) Law
6 2 (1.59%) Legal
6 2 (1.59%) Local Government
7 1 (0.79%) Back Office
7 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 39 (30.95%) Azure Engineer
2 34 (26.98%) Developer
3 25 (19.84%) Senior
4 17 (13.49%) Azure Developer
5 16 (12.70%) Platform Engineer
6 13 (10.32%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (9.52%) Data Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) Architect
8 10 (7.94%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 10 (7.94%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (7.14%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 9 (7.14%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 7 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (5.56%) Lead
11 6 (4.76%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 6 (4.76%) Migration Engineer
11 6 (4.76%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 6 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
12 5 (3.97%) Senior Data Engineer
12 5 (3.97%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (26.98%) .NET
2 20 (15.87%) REST
3 16 (12.70%) Microsoft Graph
4 15 (11.90%) Node.js
5 12 (9.52%) ARM Templates
5 12 (9.52%) React
6 11 (8.73%) .NET Core
6 11 (8.73%) .NET Framework
6 11 (8.73%) AngularJS
7 10 (7.94%) PySpark
7 10 (7.94%) SOAP
8 9 (7.14%) Web Services
9 8 (6.35%) OAuth
10 7 (5.56%) PyTorch
10 7 (5.56%) TensorFlow
11 6 (4.76%) JSON
11 6 (4.76%) OpenTelemetry
12 5 (3.97%) Kafka
12 5 (3.97%) OAuth2
12 5 (3.97%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (19.05%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.56%) AI Agents
2 7 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 5 (3.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 5 (3.97%) Replication
5 3 (2.38%) Clustering
5 3 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (2.38%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.38%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.38%) Security Posture
5 3 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.59%) IoT
6 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.59%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.59%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (14.29%) Windows
2 12 (9.52%) Linux
3 6 (4.76%) VMS
4 4 (3.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.17%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.38%) SUSE
6 1 (0.79%) Android
6 1 (0.79%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (75.40%) DevOps
2 71 (56.35%) CI/CD
3 62 (49.21%) Analytics
4 55 (43.65%) Log Analytics
5 53 (42.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 44 (34.92%) Observability
7 26 (20.63%) Agile
8 24 (19.05%) AI
9 23 (18.25%) Containerisation
9 23 (18.25%) Migration
9 23 (18.25%) Platform Engineering
10 22 (17.46%) Data Modelling
11 21 (16.67%) RBAC
12 20 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
12 20 (15.87%) Disaster Recovery
12 20 (15.87%) Microservices
13 18 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
14 17 (13.49%) Data Science
14 17 (13.49%) High Availability
14 17 (13.49%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 49 (38.89%) Python
2 42 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 42 (33.33%) SQL
3 32 (25.40%) C#
4 31 (24.60%) Bicep
5 18 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
6 14 (11.11%) JavaScript
7 10 (7.94%) Bash
7 10 (7.94%) Scala
8 8 (6.35%) TypeScript
9 5 (3.97%) Java
10 2 (1.59%) C
Qualifications
1 34 (26.98%) Security Cleared
2 30 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 26 (20.63%) Azure Certification
4 7 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.38%) Degree
6 2 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.79%) CCNA
7 1 (0.79%) CCNP
7 1 (0.79%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.79%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.52%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.97%) GDPR
3 4 (3.17%) QA
4 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.59%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.59%) NCSC
6 1 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.79%) NIST
6 1 (0.79%) SLA
6 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (19.84%) Docker
2 23 (18.25%) Active Directory
3 11 (8.73%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (3.17%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.17%) vSphere
6 3 (2.38%) Firmware
6 3 (2.38%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.79%) IAG
7 1 (0.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 72 (57.14%) Terraform
2 34 (26.98%) Kubernetes
3 11 (8.73%) Prometheus
4 10 (7.94%) Grafana
5 6 (4.76%) Ansible
6 4 (3.17%) Pingdom
7 3 (2.38%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (2.38%) Istio
7 3 (2.38%) Kustomize
7 3 (2.38%) linkerd
7 3 (2.38%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (2.38%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.38%) VxRail
8 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.79%) Argo
9 1 (0.79%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.79%) Packer
9 1 (0.79%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.79%) Puppet
9 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 68 (53.97%) Microsoft
2 25 (19.84%) Databricks
3 14 (11.11%) OpenAI
4 8 (6.35%) ServiceNow
5 6 (4.76%) VMware
6 5 (3.97%) SolarWinds
7 4 (3.17%) Foundry
7 4 (3.17%) Moogsoft
7 4 (3.17%) PagerDuty
8 3 (2.38%) Dell
9 2 (1.59%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.59%) NetApp
9 2 (1.59%) New Relic
10 1 (0.79%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.79%) Datto
10 1 (0.79%) Okta
10 1 (0.79%) Solace
10 1 (0.79%) Splunk
10 1 (0.79%) Veeam
10 1 (0.79%) Virgin Media