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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 12 3
Rank change year-on-year +8 -9 +12
Contract jobs citing Azure 167 32 63
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 22.48% 13.50% 21.58%
As % of the Cloud Services category 77.67% 40.51% 56.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 22 45
10th Percentile £417 £290 £339
25th Percentile £463 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £394 £480
Median % change year-on-year +40.95% -17.97% -13.51%
75th Percentile £596 £481 £525
90th Percentile £629 £549 £577
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £555 £413 £467
% change year-on-year +34.55% -11.58% -18.87%
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 215 79 112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 28.94% 33.33% 38.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 48 81
10th Percentile £409 £200 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -11.46% -8.57%
75th Percentile £588 £520 £538
90th Percentile £623 £625 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £430 £480
% change year-on-year +22.09% -10.42% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile - £15.25 £19.19
Median hourly rate £17.50 £15.50 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.90% -27.06% +21.43%
75th Percentile - £15.75 £23.19
90th Percentile - - £23.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year +29.63% -36.47% +11.84%

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 30 August 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 (1.20%) IIS
1 2 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 61 (36.53%) AWS
2 28 (16.77%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (10.18%) Entra ID
4 16 (9.58%) Azure Monitor
5 15 (8.98%) Azure Sentinel
5 15 (8.98%) Power Platform
6 9 (5.39%) GitHub
6 9 (5.39%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.19%) Azure Data Factory
7 7 (4.19%) GCP
8 5 (2.99%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (2.99%) dbt
8 5 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.40%) Serverless
10 3 (1.80%) Azure AKS
10 3 (1.80%) Azure Functions
10 3 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.80%) IaaS
10 3 (1.80%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 22 (13.17%) Firewall
2 20 (11.98%) DNS
3 15 (8.98%) VPN
4 14 (8.38%) TCP/IP
5 13 (7.78%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (7.19%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (5.99%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (5.99%) Network Security
8 8 (4.79%) LAN
8 8 (4.79%) WAN
9 7 (4.19%) BGP
9 7 (4.19%) BIG-IP
9 7 (4.19%) DHCP
9 7 (4.19%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 7 (4.19%) IPsec
9 7 (4.19%) OSPF
9 7 (4.19%) VSAN
10 6 (3.59%) NGFW
10 6 (3.59%) SSH
11 5 (2.99%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.98%) Power BI
2 12 (7.19%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.59%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (2.99%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.80%) MySQL
5 3 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.20%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.20%) Metadata
6 2 (1.20%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.20%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.60%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.79%) Git
2 4 (2.40%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.80%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.80%) GitLab
3 3 (1.80%) JIRA
3 3 (1.80%) Selenium
3 3 (1.80%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.80%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.80%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.20%) Jaeger
4 2 (1.20%) MSTest
4 2 (1.20%) NUnit
4 2 (1.20%) Sonatype Nexus
4 2 (1.20%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.60%) MSI
5 1 (0.60%) Postman
General
1 20 (11.98%) Social Skills
2 15 (8.98%) Public Sector
3 14 (8.38%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (7.78%) Finance
5 6 (3.59%) Manufacturing
6 5 (2.99%) Military
6 5 (2.99%) Retail
7 4 (2.40%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Automotive
10 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.60%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (24.55%) Azure Engineer
2 35 (20.96%) Cloud Engineer
2 35 (20.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (19.76%) Senior
4 26 (15.57%) Architect
5 23 (13.77%) DevOps Engineer
6 21 (12.57%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 15 (8.98%) Platform Engineer
8 14 (8.38%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 12 (7.19%) Technical Architect
10 11 (6.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.39%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.39%) Cloud Architect
11 9 (5.39%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.79%) Developer
12 8 (4.79%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (4.79%) Network Engineer
13 7 (4.19%) Azure Architect
13 7 (4.19%) Citrix Engineer
13 7 (4.19%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (22.75%) Terraform
2 17 (10.18%) .NET
3 12 (7.19%) ARM Templates
4 8 (4.79%) React
4 8 (4.79%) REST
5 5 (2.99%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.99%) PySpark
6 4 (2.40%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.40%) Entity Framework
7 3 (1.80%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (1.20%) CSS
8 2 (1.20%) Loki
8 2 (1.20%) Material-UI
8 2 (1.20%) OAuth
8 2 (1.20%) OpenTelemetry
8 2 (1.20%) RESTful
8 2 (1.20%) SOAP
8 2 (1.20%) Spring
9 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.60%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 26 (15.57%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (9.58%) Public Cloud
3 14 (8.38%) Cloud Native
3 14 (8.38%) PKI
4 13 (7.78%) Onboarding
5 11 (6.59%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.19%) ARM Cortex
6 7 (4.19%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.59%) Virtual Team
8 5 (2.99%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.80%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.80%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.80%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.60%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.56%) Linux
2 29 (17.37%) Windows
3 15 (8.98%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.59%) Debian
5 3 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (34.13%) CI/CD
2 56 (33.53%) DevOps
3 40 (23.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (20.36%) Infrastructure as Code
5 32 (19.16%) Agile
5 32 (19.16%) ITIL
6 24 (14.37%) Analytics
6 24 (14.37%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (12.57%) Cloud Security
7 21 (12.57%) Migration
7 21 (12.57%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (11.38%) Zero Trust
10 17 (10.18%) DevSecOps
10 17 (10.18%) Platform Engineering
11 16 (9.58%) Validation
12 15 (8.98%) Business Intelligence
12 15 (8.98%) Log Analytics
12 15 (8.98%) Test Automation
13 14 (8.38%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 35 (20.96%) SQL
2 28 (16.77%) PowerShell
3 22 (13.17%) Bicep
4 16 (9.58%) Python
5 15 (8.98%) Bash
6 10 (5.99%) C#
7 7 (4.19%) JavaScript
7 7 (4.19%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.99%) Java
9 3 (1.80%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.20%) Go
Qualifications
1 114 (68.26%) Security Cleared
2 92 (55.09%) SC Cleared
3 45 (26.95%) DV Cleared
4 11 (6.59%) CCNP
4 11 (6.59%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (6.59%) Degree
5 9 (5.39%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.19%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.59%) ISTQB
7 6 (3.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (3.59%) MCSE
8 5 (2.99%) AWS Certification
8 5 (2.99%) CCSE
8 5 (2.99%) CCSM
9 4 (2.40%) MCSA
9 4 (2.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.20%) CCIE
12 1 (0.60%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.58%) NCSC
2 10 (5.99%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.99%) GDPR
3 5 (2.99%) QA
3 5 (2.99%) SLA
4 4 (2.40%) NIST
5 3 (1.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.20%) GRC
6 2 (1.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.60%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.60%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 26 (15.57%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.78%) VMware NSX
4 7 (4.19%) Docker
4 7 (4.19%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.59%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (1.80%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (7.19%) Kubernetes
2 11 (6.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (5.39%) Ansible
4 7 (4.19%) SCCM
5 5 (2.99%) SCOM
6 2 (1.20%) Grafana
6 2 (1.20%) Istio
6 2 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.60%) Packer
7 1 (0.60%) Rancher
7 1 (0.60%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 68 (40.72%) Microsoft
2 39 (23.35%) VMware
3 20 (11.98%) Cisco
4 15 (8.98%) Palo Alto
5 11 (6.59%) Databricks
6 9 (5.39%) Citrix
7 8 (4.79%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (4.19%) F5
9 6 (3.59%) CheckPoint
9 6 (3.59%) ServiceNow
10 5 (2.99%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.40%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.20%) Google
13 1 (0.60%) Oracle
13 1 (0.60%) Red Hat