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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +18
Contract jobs citing Azure 145 41 74
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 23.85% 15.71% 25.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 72.86% 43.16% 56.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 31 53
10th Percentile £415 £325 £335
25th Percentile £463 £350 £393
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -10.70%
75th Percentile £609 £565 £530
90th Percentile £630 £600 £618
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £500 £473
% change year-on-year +12.00% +5.65% -14.73%
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 199 95 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 32.73% 36.40% 45.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 66 95
10th Percentile £400 £226 £339
25th Percentile £462 £325 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 £480
Median % change year-on-year +18.31% -7.55% -8.57%
75th Percentile £589 £561 £550
90th Percentile £623 £625 £610
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £515 £438 £480
% change year-on-year +17.71% -8.85% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile - - £19.19
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £21.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.66%
75th Percentile - - £23.19
90th Percentile - - £23.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year +29.63% -36.47% +3.66%

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 14 October 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 3 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.38%) IIS
3 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 42 (28.97%) AWS
2 22 (15.17%) Azure Monitor
3 21 (14.48%) Entra ID
4 18 (12.41%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (8.28%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.90%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.83%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (4.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 7 (4.83%) GCP
8 6 (4.14%) Serverless
9 5 (3.45%) Azure Functions
9 5 (3.45%) GitHub
9 5 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (2.07%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (2.07%) SaaS
11 2 (1.38%) Google App Engine
11 2 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.38%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 24 (16.55%) DNS
2 21 (14.48%) Firewall
3 19 (13.10%) VPN
4 15 (10.34%) TCP/IP
5 13 (8.97%) DHCP
6 8 (5.52%) Cisco Firepower
6 8 (5.52%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (5.52%) Network Security
6 8 (5.52%) SSH
7 7 (4.83%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (3.45%) LAN
8 5 (3.45%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.45%) VLAN
8 5 (3.45%) WAN
9 4 (2.76%) BGP
9 4 (2.76%) BIG-IP
9 4 (2.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (2.76%) IPsec
9 4 (2.76%) MPLS
9 4 (2.76%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.90%) Power BI
1 10 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 7 (4.83%) Data Lake
3 6 (4.14%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (2.07%) Data Mining
4 3 (2.07%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.38%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.38%) Metadata
5 2 (1.38%) MySQL
5 2 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.38%) PowerPivot
5 2 (1.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (6.21%) Git
2 3 (2.07%) GitLab
2 3 (2.07%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.38%) Bitbucket
3 2 (1.38%) MSTest
3 2 (1.38%) NUnit
3 2 (1.38%) Selenium
3 2 (1.38%) Sonatype Nexus
3 2 (1.38%) SpecFlow
3 2 (1.38%) TeamCity
3 2 (1.38%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.69%) Jaeger
4 1 (0.69%) JIRA
4 1 (0.69%) MSI
4 1 (0.69%) SonarQube
General
1 21 (14.48%) Social Skills
2 17 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (8.28%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.52%) Finance
5 7 (4.83%) Military
6 4 (2.76%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.07%) Health Technology
7 3 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.07%) Retail
7 3 (2.07%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.38%) Automotive
8 2 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.38%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.69%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 35 (24.14%) Azure Engineer
2 34 (23.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 26 (17.93%) Senior
5 23 (15.86%) Architect
6 21 (14.48%) Platform Engineer
7 16 (11.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (8.28%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 11 (7.59%) Azure DevOps Engineer
9 11 (7.59%) DevOps Engineer
10 10 (6.90%) Azure Platform Engineer
11 9 (6.21%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (6.21%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (5.52%) Data Engineer
12 8 (5.52%) Technical Architect
13 7 (4.83%) Azure Architect
13 7 (4.83%) Cloud Architect
13 7 (4.83%) Senior Platform Engineer
14 6 (4.14%) Developer
14 6 (4.14%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (22.76%) Terraform
2 17 (11.72%) ARM Templates
3 15 (10.34%) .NET
4 10 (6.90%) REST
5 5 (3.45%) React
6 4 (2.76%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.76%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (2.07%) PySpark
8 2 (1.38%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.38%) OAuth
8 2 (1.38%) RESTful
8 2 (1.38%) SOAP
8 2 (1.38%) Spring
9 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 1 (0.69%) Entity Framework
9 1 (0.69%) NHibernate
9 1 (0.69%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.69%) Software Packaging
9 1 (0.69%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (18.62%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (11.03%) Onboarding
3 11 (7.59%) ARM Cortex
4 10 (6.90%) PKI
5 9 (6.21%) Cloud Native
5 9 (6.21%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.83%) Public Cloud
7 6 (4.14%) Private Cloud
8 4 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.76%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.76%) Management Information System
9 3 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 2 (1.38%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.38%) Product Ownership
10 2 (1.38%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.69%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.69%) Cloud Security Posture
11 1 (0.69%) IoT
11 1 (0.69%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 31 (21.38%) Windows
2 29 (20.00%) Linux
3 22 (15.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.76%) Debian
5 3 (2.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.97%) CI/CD
2 38 (26.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 36 (24.83%) DevOps
4 29 (20.00%) ITIL
5 27 (18.62%) Analytics
5 27 (18.62%) Platform Engineering
6 24 (16.55%) Agile
7 23 (15.86%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (15.86%) Infrastructure as Code
8 21 (14.48%) Log Analytics
9 16 (11.03%) Zero Trust
10 15 (10.34%) Cloud Security
10 15 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (10.34%) RBAC
10 15 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (10.34%) Validation
11 14 (9.66%) Security Hardening
12 13 (8.97%) Infrastructure Monitoring
13 12 (8.28%) Deployment Automation
13 12 (8.28%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 31 (21.38%) PowerShell
2 30 (20.69%) SQL
3 23 (15.86%) Bicep
4 19 (13.10%) Bash
5 11 (7.59%) Python
6 8 (5.52%) C#
7 4 (2.76%) Java
7 4 (2.76%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.76%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.69%) Go
8 1 (0.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 95 (65.52%) Security Cleared
2 65 (44.83%) SC Cleared
3 41 (28.28%) DV Cleared
4 9 (6.21%) Degree
5 7 (4.83%) CCNP
5 7 (4.83%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (4.83%) ISTQB
5 7 (4.83%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.14%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.14%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 5 (3.45%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.76%) MCSA
8 4 (2.76%) MCSE
8 4 (2.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.07%) CCSE
9 3 (2.07%) CCSM
10 2 (1.38%) CCIE
11 1 (0.69%) RHCA
11 1 (0.69%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.90%) NCSC
2 8 (5.52%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.45%) QA
4 4 (2.76%) GDPR
5 3 (2.07%) SLA
6 2 (1.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.69%) GRC
7 1 (0.69%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.69%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (21.38%) Active Directory
2 17 (11.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (7.59%) VMware NSX
4 8 (5.52%) Docker
5 5 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (2.07%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (8.97%) Ansible
3 12 (8.28%) Kubernetes
3 12 (8.28%) SCCM
4 5 (3.45%) SCOM
5 1 (0.69%) Grafana
5 1 (0.69%) Istio
5 1 (0.69%) Packer
5 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.69%) Rancher
5 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 58 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 28 (19.31%) VMware
3 13 (8.97%) Cisco
3 13 (8.97%) CrowdStrike
4 10 (6.90%) Databricks
5 8 (5.52%) Palo Alto
6 7 (4.83%) ServiceNow
7 6 (4.14%) Citrix
8 4 (2.76%) F5
8 4 (2.76%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.07%) CheckPoint
9 3 (2.07%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.38%) Google
11 1 (0.69%) Oracle
11 1 (0.69%) Red Hat