Azure Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Microsoft Azure
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure 154 35 48
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 19.95% 15.49% 13.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 80.21% 46.05% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 25 38
10th Percentile £414 £314 £326
25th Percentile £462 £325 £371
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £481
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -22.04% -10.51%
75th Percentile £610 £463 £523
90th Percentile £639 £573 £599
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +46.67% -21.05% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Milton Keynes

Azure 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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 192 76 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 24.87% 33.63% 36.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 45 91
10th Percentile £397 £303 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £420 £475
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.58% -10.59%
75th Percentile £610 £538 £538
90th Percentile £639 £620 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £16.38
25th Percentile - £15.25 £17.18
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -22.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £22.63
90th Percentile - - £23.30
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +29.63% -32.50% +5.26%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Azure job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Milton Keynes

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Azure

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 1 (0.65%) IIS
1 1 (0.65%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 67 (43.51%) AWS
2 32 (20.78%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (11.04%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.44%) GCP
5 12 (7.79%) Azure Sentinel
6 11 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (5.84%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (5.84%) GitHub
7 9 (5.84%) GitHub Actions
7 9 (5.84%) Power Platform
8 5 (3.25%) dbt
8 5 (3.25%) Google App Engine
9 4 (2.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.60%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 4 (2.60%) IaaS
9 4 (2.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.95%) PaaS
10 3 (1.95%) SaaS
11 2 (1.30%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.30%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.64%) Firewall
2 17 (11.04%) DNS
3 15 (9.74%) VPN
4 13 (8.44%) Cisco Firepower
4 13 (8.44%) TCP/IP
5 12 (7.79%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (7.14%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (6.49%) Network Security
7 10 (6.49%) WAN
8 9 (5.84%) LAN
8 9 (5.84%) VSAN
9 8 (5.19%) BGP
9 8 (5.19%) IPsec
9 8 (5.19%) OSPF
10 7 (4.55%) BIG-IP
10 7 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (4.55%) SD-WAN
11 6 (3.90%) DHCP
11 6 (3.90%) MPLS
11 6 (3.90%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.49%) SQL Server
2 9 (5.84%) Power BI
3 7 (4.55%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.60%) MySQL
5 2 (1.30%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.30%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.65%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.65%) PowerPivot
6 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (7.14%) Git
2 6 (3.90%) GitLab
3 4 (2.60%) Jaeger
3 4 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 4 (2.60%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.95%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.95%) JIRA
4 3 (1.95%) Selenium
4 3 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.95%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.95%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.95%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.30%) MSTest
5 2 (1.30%) NUnit
6 1 (0.65%) JUnit
6 1 (0.65%) MSI
6 1 (0.65%) Postman
6 1 (0.65%) Storybook
General
1 13 (8.44%) Public Sector
1 13 (8.44%) Social Skills
2 12 (7.79%) Finance
3 6 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (3.90%) Manufacturing
4 5 (3.25%) Retail
5 4 (2.60%) Health Technology
6 3 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.30%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.30%) Military
7 2 (1.30%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.65%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 38 (24.68%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (21.43%) Senior
3 30 (19.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (18.83%) Cloud Engineer
5 24 (15.58%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 21 (13.64%) Architect
8 13 (8.44%) Developer
8 13 (8.44%) Technical Architect
9 11 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Data Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Network Engineer
11 8 (5.19%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.55%) Citrix Engineer
12 7 (4.55%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (3.90%) DBA
13 6 (3.90%) Lead
13 6 (3.90%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.09%) .NET
2 13 (8.44%) React
3 10 (6.49%) REST
4 7 (4.55%) ARM Templates
5 6 (3.90%) .NET Framework
5 6 (3.90%) Entity Framework
6 5 (3.25%) CSS
6 5 (3.25%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (3.25%) PySpark
6 5 (3.25%) SOAP
7 4 (2.60%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.60%) Loki
7 4 (2.60%) Material-UI
7 4 (2.60%) OAuth
7 4 (2.60%) RESTful
8 3 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (1.95%) Spring
9 2 (1.30%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.30%) Node.js
10 1 (0.65%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 19 (12.34%) Public Cloud
3 15 (9.74%) PKI
4 12 (7.79%) Cloud Native
4 12 (7.79%) Data Centre
5 10 (6.49%) Onboarding
6 8 (5.19%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.90%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (3.90%) Virtual Team
8 5 (3.25%) ARM Cortex
8 5 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.60%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.95%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 34 (22.08%) Linux
2 24 (15.58%) Windows
3 9 (5.84%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.90%) Debian
5 2 (1.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.65%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (39.61%) DevOps
2 58 (37.66%) CI/CD
3 37 (24.03%) Infrastructure as Code
4 36 (23.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (21.43%) Agile
6 28 (18.18%) ITIL
7 21 (13.64%) Migration
8 20 (12.99%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (12.99%) Zero Trust
9 18 (11.69%) Cloud Security
10 17 (11.04%) Analytics
10 17 (11.04%) DevSecOps
11 16 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
11 16 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (9.74%) Microservices
12 15 (9.74%) Test Automation
13 13 (8.44%) Identity Access Management
14 12 (7.79%) High Availability
14 12 (7.79%) Incident Response
14 12 (7.79%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.83%) SQL
2 25 (16.23%) PowerShell
3 21 (13.64%) Python
4 18 (11.69%) Bicep
5 16 (10.39%) Bash
6 12 (7.79%) C#
7 11 (7.14%) JavaScript
8 10 (6.49%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.55%) Go
10 6 (3.90%) Java
11 5 (3.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 103 (66.88%) Security Cleared
2 86 (55.84%) SC Cleared
3 44 (28.57%) DV Cleared
4 15 (9.74%) CCNP
4 15 (9.74%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (6.49%) Azure Certification
6 10 (6.49%) Degree
7 9 (5.84%) MCSE
8 6 (3.90%) ISTQB
8 6 (3.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (3.25%) CCSE
9 5 (3.25%) CCSM
10 4 (2.60%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.60%) MCSA
10 4 (2.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.95%) CCIE
12 2 (1.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.99%) NCSC
2 9 (5.84%) NIST
3 5 (3.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.25%) GDPR
3 5 (3.25%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.25%) QA
3 5 (3.25%) SLA
4 4 (2.60%) GRC
5 3 (1.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.65%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.65%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 24 (15.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (12.99%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.99%) VMware NSX
3 9 (5.84%) Docker
4 7 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.25%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (22.73%) Terraform
2 13 (8.44%) Kubernetes
3 12 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (5.84%) Ansible
5 6 (3.90%) Rancher
6 5 (3.25%) Grafana
6 5 (3.25%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.25%) SCCM
7 4 (2.60%) Istio
8 2 (1.30%) SCOM
8 2 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.65%) CASB
9 1 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.65%) Packer
9 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 56 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 44 (28.57%) VMware
3 23 (14.94%) Cisco
4 18 (11.69%) Palo Alto
5 11 (7.14%) Citrix
6 8 (5.19%) ServiceNow
7 7 (4.55%) CheckPoint
7 7 (4.55%) Databricks
7 7 (4.55%) F5
8 6 (3.90%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.90%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.25%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.30%) Google
10 2 (1.30%) HP
10 2 (1.30%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.65%) Arista
11 1 (0.65%) Dell
11 1 (0.65%) Juniper
11 1 (0.65%) Meraki
11 1 (0.65%) Zscaler