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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 2
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +17
Contract jobs citing Azure 154 36 68
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 23.12% 15.19% 23.69%
As % of the Cloud Services category 73.68% 43.90% 55.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 26 49
10th Percentile £427 £306 £350
25th Percentile £463 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £425 £482
Median % change year-on-year +30.59% -11.83% -12.36%
75th Percentile £590 £534 £530
90th Percentile £626 £570 £595
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £425 £480
% change year-on-year +31.76% -11.46% -15.60%
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 209 82 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 31.38% 34.60% 42.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 53 90
10th Percentile £400 £198 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £486
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -12.55% -7.43%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £547
90th Percentile £623 £623 £591
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £515 £425 £480
% change year-on-year +21.06% -11.46% -9.65%
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 23 September 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 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.65%) IIS
2 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.65%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 50 (32.47%) AWS
2 22 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (11.04%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.39%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (9.09%) Power Platform
6 13 (8.44%) Azure Sentinel
7 7 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (4.55%) GCP
7 7 (4.55%) GitHub
7 7 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.25%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (3.25%) dbt
8 5 (3.25%) Serverless
8 5 (3.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.60%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.95%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.95%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.95%) SaaS
11 2 (1.30%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.99%) DNS
2 17 (11.04%) Firewall
3 15 (9.74%) VPN
4 11 (7.14%) TCP/IP
5 8 (5.19%) Cisco Firepower
5 8 (5.19%) Cisco Nexus
6 7 (4.55%) Cisco ASA
6 7 (4.55%) DHCP
7 6 (3.90%) Network Security
7 6 (3.90%) SSH
8 5 (3.25%) LAN
8 5 (3.25%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.25%) WAN
9 4 (2.60%) BGP
9 4 (2.60%) BIG-IP
9 4 (2.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (2.60%) IPsec
9 4 (2.60%) MPLS
9 4 (2.60%) OSPF
9 4 (2.60%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (9.09%) Power BI
2 11 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.90%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.25%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.95%) MySQL
5 3 (1.95%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.30%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.30%) Metadata
6 2 (1.30%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.30%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.65%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.84%) Git
2 4 (2.60%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.95%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.95%) GitLab
3 3 (1.95%) Selenium
3 3 (1.95%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.95%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.95%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.30%) JIRA
4 2 (1.30%) MSTest
4 2 (1.30%) NUnit
4 2 (1.30%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.65%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.65%) MSI
General
1 18 (11.69%) Social Skills
2 14 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (7.79%) Public Sector
4 8 (5.19%) Finance
5 5 (3.25%) Military
6 4 (2.60%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.95%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.95%) Retail
7 3 (1.95%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.65%) Automotive
9 1 (0.65%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (26.62%) Azure Engineer
2 36 (23.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 34 (22.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (18.18%) Senior
5 24 (15.58%) Architect
6 22 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
7 20 (12.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 16 (10.39%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.49%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.49%) Technical Architect
11 9 (5.84%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.84%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (5.84%) Data Engineer
12 8 (5.19%) Cloud Platform Engineer
12 8 (5.19%) Linux Engineer
13 7 (4.55%) Azure Architect
13 7 (4.55%) Citrix Engineer
13 7 (4.55%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (4.55%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (23.38%) Terraform
2 15 (9.74%) .NET
3 12 (7.79%) ARM Templates
4 9 (5.84%) REST
5 6 (3.90%) React
6 5 (3.25%) .NET Core
6 5 (3.25%) PySpark
7 3 (1.95%) .NET Framework
7 3 (1.95%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.30%) Entity Framework
8 2 (1.30%) OAuth
8 2 (1.30%) SOAP
8 2 (1.30%) Spring
9 1 (0.65%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.65%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 1 (0.65%) Flask
9 1 (0.65%) NHibernate
9 1 (0.65%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.65%) RESTful
9 1 (0.65%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (14.94%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (8.44%) Cloud Native
3 12 (7.79%) Onboarding
3 12 (7.79%) PKI
3 12 (7.79%) Public Cloud
4 9 (5.84%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.55%) ARM Cortex
5 7 (4.55%) Private Cloud
6 5 (3.25%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.60%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 3 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.30%) Legacy Applications
9 2 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.30%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.65%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (16.88%) Linux
1 26 (16.88%) Windows
2 15 (9.74%) Windows Server
3 6 (3.90%) Debian
4 3 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (34.42%) CI/CD
2 50 (32.47%) DevOps
3 39 (25.32%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 30 (19.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 28 (18.18%) ITIL
6 27 (17.53%) Agile
7 23 (14.94%) Analytics
7 23 (14.94%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (13.64%) Cloud Security
9 19 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (11.69%) Platform Engineering
10 18 (11.69%) Zero Trust
11 16 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
12 15 (9.74%) DevSecOps
12 15 (9.74%) Log Analytics
12 15 (9.74%) Migration
12 15 (9.74%) Test Automation
12 15 (9.74%) Validation
13 14 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (9.09%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.78%) SQL
2 27 (17.53%) PowerShell
3 21 (13.64%) Bicep
4 15 (9.74%) Python
5 14 (9.09%) Bash
6 9 (5.84%) C#
7 6 (3.90%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.25%) Java
8 5 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.30%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.65%) Go
Qualifications
1 107 (69.48%) Security Cleared
2 84 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 42 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 9 (5.84%) CCNP
4 9 (5.84%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.84%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.19%) Degree
6 7 (4.55%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.90%) ISTQB
7 6 (3.90%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (3.90%) MCSE
8 5 (3.25%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.60%) MCSA
9 4 (2.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.95%) CCSE
10 3 (1.95%) CCSM
11 2 (1.30%) CCIE
12 1 (0.65%) RHCE
12 1 (0.65%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (9.09%) NCSC
2 10 (6.49%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.25%) QA
4 4 (2.60%) GDPR
5 3 (1.95%) SLA
6 2 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.30%) NIST
7 1 (0.65%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.65%) GRC
7 1 (0.65%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.65%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (16.88%) Active Directory
2 16 (10.39%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (10.39%) VMware NSX
3 6 (3.90%) Docker
3 6 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (3.25%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.25%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (1.30%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.49%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.19%) Ansible
4 7 (4.55%) SCCM
5 5 (3.25%) SCOM
6 1 (0.65%) Grafana
6 1 (0.65%) Istio
6 1 (0.65%) Packer
6 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.65%) Rancher
6 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 62 (40.26%) Microsoft
2 32 (20.78%) VMware
3 13 (8.44%) Cisco
4 11 (7.14%) Databricks
5 9 (5.84%) Citrix
6 8 (5.19%) CrowdStrike
6 8 (5.19%) Palo Alto
7 5 (3.25%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.60%) F5
8 4 (2.60%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.95%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.95%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.30%) Google
11 1 (0.65%) Oracle
11 1 (0.65%) Red Hat