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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 +9
Contract jobs citing Azure 165 32 57
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 21.97% 13.85% 19.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 78.95% 41.03% 53.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 22 40
10th Percentile £417 £290 £329
25th Percentile £463 £325 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £394 £490
Median % change year-on-year +39.68% -19.64% -10.91%
75th Percentile £599 £481 £530
90th Percentile £626 £549 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £413 £486
% change year-on-year +33.33% -15.12% -13.41%
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 78 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 27.83% 33.77% 36.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 47 75
10th Percentile £406 £199 £351
25th Percentile £462 £325 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £490
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -13.27% -6.67%
75th Percentile £589 £522 £550
90th Percentile £624 £625 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £430 £482
% change year-on-year +22.09% -10.79% -10.53%
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 27 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 (1.21%) IIS
1 2 (1.21%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 58 (35.15%) AWS
2 29 (17.58%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (9.70%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.09%) Azure Monitor
4 15 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 14 (8.48%) Azure Sentinel
6 8 (4.85%) GCP
6 8 (4.85%) GitHub
6 8 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
7 7 (4.24%) Azure Data Factory
8 5 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (3.03%) dbt
8 5 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.82%) Google App Engine
9 3 (1.82%) IaaS
9 3 (1.82%) SaaS
10 2 (1.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 2 (1.21%) Azure AKS
10 2 (1.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.73%) Firewall
2 20 (12.12%) DNS
3 15 (9.09%) VPN
4 14 (8.48%) TCP/IP
5 13 (7.88%) Cisco Firepower
6 12 (7.27%) Cisco ASA
7 10 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (6.06%) Network Security
8 8 (4.85%) LAN
8 8 (4.85%) WAN
9 7 (4.24%) BGP
9 7 (4.24%) BIG-IP
9 7 (4.24%) DHCP
9 7 (4.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 7 (4.24%) IPsec
9 7 (4.24%) OSPF
9 7 (4.24%) VSAN
10 6 (3.64%) NGFW
10 6 (3.64%) SSH
11 5 (3.03%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.09%) Power BI
2 13 (7.88%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.82%) MySQL
7 2 (1.21%) Delta Lake
7 2 (1.21%) Metadata
7 2 (1.21%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.21%) PowerPivot
7 2 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.45%) Git
2 4 (2.42%) GitLab
3 3 (1.82%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.82%) JIRA
3 3 (1.82%) Selenium
3 3 (1.82%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.82%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.82%) Visual Studio
3 3 (1.82%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.21%) Jaeger
4 2 (1.21%) MSTest
4 2 (1.21%) NUnit
4 2 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.61%) MSI
5 1 (0.61%) Postman
General
1 19 (11.52%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.48%) Public Sector
3 13 (7.88%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (7.88%) Finance
4 6 (3.64%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.03%) Retail
6 4 (2.42%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.82%) Military
7 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.61%) Automotive
9 1 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (24.24%) Azure Engineer
2 35 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 33 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 32 (19.39%) Senior
5 24 (14.55%) Architect
6 23 (13.94%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (12.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 14 (8.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (7.88%) Platform Engineer
10 12 (7.27%) Technical Architect
11 11 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (6.06%) Data Engineer
12 10 (6.06%) Developer
13 9 (5.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 8 (4.85%) Linux Engineer
14 8 (4.85%) Network Engineer
15 7 (4.24%) Citrix Engineer
15 7 (4.24%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
15 7 (4.24%) Cloud Architect
16 6 (3.64%) Azure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (20.61%) Terraform
2 18 (10.91%) .NET
3 11 (6.67%) ARM Templates
4 10 (6.06%) React
5 9 (5.45%) REST
6 6 (3.64%) .NET Framework
7 5 (3.03%) Entity Framework
7 5 (3.03%) PySpark
8 4 (2.42%) .NET Core
9 3 (1.82%) ASP.NET Web API
9 3 (1.82%) CSS
9 3 (1.82%) Material-UI
9 3 (1.82%) OAuth
9 3 (1.82%) RESTful
9 3 (1.82%) SOAP
10 2 (1.21%) Loki
10 2 (1.21%) OpenTelemetry
10 2 (1.21%) Spring
11 1 (0.61%) FastAPI
11 1 (0.61%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.15%) Hybrid Cloud
2 15 (9.09%) Public Cloud
3 14 (8.48%) PKI
4 13 (7.88%) Cloud Native
4 13 (7.88%) Onboarding
5 11 (6.67%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.24%) ARM Cortex
6 7 (4.24%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.64%) Virtual Team
8 5 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.82%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.21%) Security Posture
10 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
11 1 (0.61%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.79%) Linux
2 29 (17.58%) Windows
3 15 (9.09%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.64%) Debian
5 3 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (32.73%) CI/CD
1 54 (32.73%) DevOps
2 40 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 33 (20.00%) ITIL
4 31 (18.79%) Agile
4 31 (18.79%) Infrastructure as Code
5 24 (14.55%) Analytics
6 23 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
8 20 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (11.52%) Migration
10 18 (10.91%) Cloud Security
11 17 (10.30%) Zero Trust
12 16 (9.70%) Validation
13 15 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (9.09%) DevSecOps
13 15 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (9.09%) Test Automation
14 14 (8.48%) Log Analytics
15 13 (7.88%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 36 (21.82%) SQL
2 26 (15.76%) PowerShell
3 20 (12.12%) Bicep
4 15 (9.09%) Python
5 14 (8.48%) Bash
6 11 (6.67%) C#
7 8 (4.85%) JavaScript
7 8 (4.85%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.03%) Java
9 3 (1.82%) Go
9 3 (1.82%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 111 (67.27%) Security Cleared
2 91 (55.15%) SC Cleared
3 46 (27.88%) DV Cleared
4 11 (6.67%) CCNP
4 11 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (6.67%) Degree
5 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (4.24%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.64%) ISTQB
7 6 (3.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 6 (3.64%) MCSE
8 5 (3.03%) CCSE
8 5 (3.03%) CCSM
9 4 (2.42%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.42%) MCSA
9 4 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 2 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.21%) CCIE
11 1 (0.61%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.09%) NCSC
2 10 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.03%) GDPR
3 5 (3.03%) QA
3 5 (3.03%) SLA
4 4 (2.42%) NIST
5 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.21%) GRC
6 2 (1.21%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.61%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 25 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.91%) VMware NSX
4 8 (4.85%) Docker
5 7 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (6.67%) Kubernetes
1 11 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (4.85%) Ansible
3 7 (4.24%) SCCM
4 5 (3.03%) SCOM
5 2 (1.21%) Grafana
5 2 (1.21%) Istio
5 2 (1.21%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.21%) Rancher
5 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.61%) Packer
6 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 66 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 39 (23.64%) VMware
3 20 (12.12%) Cisco
4 15 (9.09%) Palo Alto
5 11 (6.67%) Databricks
6 9 (5.45%) Citrix
7 8 (4.85%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (4.24%) F5
8 7 (4.24%) ServiceNow
9 6 (3.64%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.03%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.42%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.21%) Google
13 1 (0.61%) OpenAI
13 1 (0.61%) Oracle
13 1 (0.61%) Red Hat