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

6 months to
21 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 144 31 34
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 19.00% 17.32% 9.32%
As % of the Cloud Services category 75.39% 50.82% 29.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 24 21
10th Percentile £413 £312 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £375 £490
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% -23.47% -10.91%
75th Percentile £600 £469 £588
90th Percentile £638 £546 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £400 £485
% change year-on-year +31.25% -17.53% -11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.61
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £23.22
75th Percentile - - £24.13
90th Percentile - - £24.31
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 - £23.22

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 191 61 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.20% 34.08% 31.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 39 78
10th Percentile £400 £286 £225
25th Percentile £462 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £418 £469
Median % change year-on-year +23.83% -10.93% -13.19%
75th Percentile £590 £523 £525
90th Percentile £638 £603 £613
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £520 £469 £475
% change year-on-year +10.87% -1.26% -11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.25 £15.85
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -31.11% +28.57%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £23.82
90th Percentile - - £24.07
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year +29.63% -40.00% +23.29%

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 June 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 2 (1.39%) IIS
2 1 (0.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 62 (43.06%) AWS
2 33 (22.92%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (10.42%) Power Platform
4 13 (9.03%) Entra ID
5 12 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (7.64%) GCP
7 9 (6.25%) GitHub
7 9 (6.25%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (4.17%) Azure Sentinel
8 6 (4.17%) dbt
9 5 (3.47%) Google App Engine
10 4 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.78%) IaaS
11 3 (2.08%) PaaS
11 3 (2.08%) SaaS
12 2 (1.39%) Azure AI
12 2 (1.39%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 2 (1.39%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.39%) Figma
12 2 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.33%) Firewall
2 11 (7.64%) Cisco Firepower
3 10 (6.94%) Cisco ASA
4 9 (6.25%) Cisco Nexus
4 9 (6.25%) VSAN
5 8 (5.56%) DNS
5 8 (5.56%) WAN
6 7 (4.86%) LAN
6 7 (4.86%) Network Security
7 6 (4.17%) BGP
7 6 (4.17%) IPsec
7 6 (4.17%) NGFW
7 6 (4.17%) OSPF
7 6 (4.17%) VPN
8 5 (3.47%) BIG-IP
8 5 (3.47%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 5 (3.47%) ICMP
8 5 (3.47%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.47%) TCP/IP
8 5 (3.47%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.42%) Power BI
2 11 (7.64%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.86%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.78%) MySQL
5 3 (2.08%) Data Lake
5 3 (2.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.39%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.39%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.69%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.69%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.69%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (6.94%) Git
2 6 (4.17%) GitLab
3 5 (3.47%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.78%) Jaeger
4 4 (2.78%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.08%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.08%) JIRA
5 3 (2.08%) Selenium
5 3 (2.08%) SpecFlow
5 3 (2.08%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.08%) WebDriver
6 2 (1.39%) MSTest
6 2 (1.39%) NUnit
6 2 (1.39%) Postman
7 1 (0.69%) JUnit
7 1 (0.69%) MSI
7 1 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.69%) Storybook
General
1 17 (11.81%) Finance
2 11 (7.64%) Public Sector
2 11 (7.64%) Social Skills
3 7 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.17%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.47%) Retail
6 4 (2.78%) Health Technology
7 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.69%) Automotive
8 1 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 34 (23.61%) Azure Engineer
2 30 (20.83%) Senior
3 24 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (15.97%) Cloud Engineer
4 23 (15.97%) DevOps Engineer
5 21 (14.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 20 (13.89%) Developer
7 18 (12.50%) Architect
8 13 (9.03%) Data Engineer
9 11 (7.64%) Technical Architect
10 8 (5.56%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.56%) Network Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Citrix Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
11 7 (4.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (4.17%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 6 (4.17%) DBA
12 6 (4.17%) Senior Architect
12 6 (4.17%) Senior Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.03%) .NET
1 13 (9.03%) React
2 9 (6.25%) REST
3 7 (4.86%) .NET Framework
3 7 (4.86%) Entity Framework
4 6 (4.17%) CSS
5 5 (3.47%) Material-UI
5 5 (3.47%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (3.47%) PySpark
5 5 (3.47%) RESTful
5 5 (3.47%) SOAP
6 4 (2.78%) Loki
6 4 (2.78%) OAuth
7 3 (2.08%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.08%) Spring
8 2 (1.39%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.39%) JSON
8 2 (1.39%) LINQ
8 2 (1.39%) Node.js
8 2 (1.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.50%) Public Cloud
2 15 (10.42%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (10.42%) PKI
3 10 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 10 (6.94%) Data Centre
4 6 (4.17%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (4.17%) Private Cloud
4 6 (4.17%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.78%) Security Posture
6 3 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.69%) Clustering
8 1 (0.69%) CMDB
8 1 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.69%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 27 (18.75%) Linux
2 17 (11.81%) Windows
3 6 (4.17%) Debian
4 2 (1.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.39%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.69%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (40.28%) DevOps
2 50 (34.72%) CI/CD
3 32 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 29 (20.14%) Agile
5 27 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (15.97%) Migration
7 22 (15.28%) ITIL
8 19 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (11.11%) Zero Trust
10 15 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
10 15 (10.42%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (10.42%) Microservices
10 15 (10.42%) Test Automation
11 14 (9.72%) Cloud Security
12 13 (9.03%) DevSecOps
12 13 (9.03%) Identity Access Management
13 12 (8.33%) Analytics
13 12 (8.33%) High Availability
13 12 (8.33%) Incident Response
13 12 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (25.00%) SQL
2 20 (13.89%) Python
3 18 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 12 (8.33%) C#
4 12 (8.33%) JavaScript
5 10 (6.94%) TypeScript
6 9 (6.25%) Bash
6 9 (6.25%) Bicep
7 7 (4.86%) Go
8 6 (4.17%) Java
8 6 (4.17%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 89 (61.81%) Security Cleared
2 81 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 35 (24.31%) DV Cleared
4 13 (9.03%) CCNP
4 13 (9.03%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (7.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (6.25%) Azure Certification
6 9 (6.25%) MCSE
7 6 (4.17%) ISTQB
7 6 (4.17%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 5 (3.47%) CCSE
8 5 (3.47%) CCSM
8 5 (3.47%) Degree
9 4 (2.78%) MCSA
10 3 (2.08%) AWS Certification
11 2 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.69%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.81%) NCSC
2 9 (6.25%) NIST
3 5 (3.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (3.47%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.47%) GDPR
3 5 (3.47%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.47%) QA
3 5 (3.47%) SLA
4 4 (2.78%) GRC
5 3 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.69%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 24 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 18 (12.50%) VMware NSX
3 14 (9.72%) Active Directory
4 8 (5.56%) Docker
5 7 (4.86%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.47%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (16.67%) Terraform
2 11 (7.64%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (4.17%) Rancher
5 5 (3.47%) Grafana
5 5 (3.47%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.78%) Istio
7 3 (2.08%) Ansible
7 3 (2.08%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.39%) SCOM
9 1 (0.69%) CASB
9 1 (0.69%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.69%) Packer
9 1 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 49 (34.03%) Microsoft
2 42 (29.17%) VMware
3 21 (14.58%) Cisco
4 16 (11.11%) Palo Alto
5 12 (8.33%) Citrix
6 11 (7.64%) Databricks
7 8 (5.56%) ServiceNow
8 7 (4.86%) CheckPoint
9 6 (4.17%) Fortinet
10 5 (3.47%) F5
11 3 (2.08%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.39%) Cognos
12 2 (1.39%) HP
12 2 (1.39%) OpenAI
13 1 (0.69%) Arista
13 1 (0.69%) Dell
13 1 (0.69%) Juniper
13 1 (0.69%) Meraki
13 1 (0.69%) Oracle
13 1 (0.69%) Zscaler