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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 7
Rank change year-on-year +6 -3 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure 156 35 57
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 20.23% 15.56% 16.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 79.59% 46.67% 46.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 26 39
10th Percentile £414 £296 £328
25th Percentile £462 £325 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £368 £475
Median % change year-on-year +49.66% -22.63% -14.41%
75th Percentile £610 £457 £514
90th Percentile £638 £569 £595
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 £375 £471
% change year-on-year +46.67% -20.34% -15.94%
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 196 75 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.42% 33.33% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 46 82
10th Percentile £394 £293 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -13.16% -13.64%
75th Percentile £599 £484 £534
90th Percentile £638 £619 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -12.84%
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 July 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 1 (0.64%) IIS
1 1 (0.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 66 (42.31%) AWS
2 33 (21.15%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (11.54%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 12 (7.69%) GCP
6 10 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.41%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.77%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (5.77%) GitHub
7 9 (5.77%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (3.21%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 5 (3.21%) dbt
8 5 (3.21%) Google App Engine
8 5 (3.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (2.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (2.56%) IaaS
10 3 (1.92%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.92%) PaaS
10 3 (1.92%) SaaS
11 2 (1.28%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 22 (14.10%) Firewall
2 18 (11.54%) DNS
3 16 (10.26%) VPN
4 13 (8.33%) Cisco Firepower
4 13 (8.33%) TCP/IP
5 12 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (7.05%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (6.41%) Network Security
7 10 (6.41%) WAN
8 9 (5.77%) LAN
8 9 (5.77%) VSAN
9 8 (5.13%) BGP
9 8 (5.13%) IPsec
9 8 (5.13%) OSPF
10 7 (4.49%) BIG-IP
10 7 (4.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (4.49%) SD-WAN
11 6 (3.85%) DHCP
11 6 (3.85%) MPLS
11 6 (3.85%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.41%) Power BI
2 9 (5.77%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (2.56%) MySQL
5 2 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.28%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.64%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.64%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.64%) Metadata
6 1 (0.64%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 11 (7.05%) Git
2 6 (3.85%) GitLab
3 4 (2.56%) Jaeger
4 3 (1.92%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.92%) JIRA
4 3 (1.92%) Selenium
4 3 (1.92%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.92%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.92%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.92%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.92%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.28%) MSTest
5 2 (1.28%) NUnit
6 1 (0.64%) MSI
6 1 (0.64%) Postman
General
1 15 (9.62%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.33%) Public Sector
3 12 (7.69%) Finance
4 6 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.21%) Retail
6 4 (2.56%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.92%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.28%) Military
8 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.64%) Automotive
9 1 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 39 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (21.15%) Cloud Engineer
3 32 (20.51%) Senior
4 31 (19.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (15.38%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (14.10%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 19 (12.18%) Architect
8 11 (7.05%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (7.05%) Developer
8 11 (7.05%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 11 (7.05%) Technical Architect
9 9 (5.77%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 9 (5.77%) Data Engineer
9 9 (5.77%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (5.13%) Network Engineer
11 7 (4.49%) Citrix Engineer
11 7 (4.49%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.85%) DBA
12 6 (3.85%) Linux Engineer
13 5 (3.21%) NOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.97%) .NET
2 11 (7.05%) React
3 10 (6.41%) REST
4 8 (5.13%) ARM Templates
5 5 (3.21%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.21%) Entity Framework
5 5 (3.21%) OpenTelemetry
5 5 (3.21%) PySpark
5 5 (3.21%) SOAP
6 4 (2.56%) .NET Core
6 4 (2.56%) Loki
6 4 (2.56%) OAuth
7 3 (1.92%) ASP.NET Web API
7 3 (1.92%) CSS
7 3 (1.92%) Material-UI
7 3 (1.92%) RESTful
8 2 (1.28%) AngularJS
8 2 (1.28%) Node.js
8 2 (1.28%) Spring
9 1 (0.64%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.03%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (10.90%) Public Cloud
3 15 (9.62%) PKI
4 12 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 12 (7.69%) Data Centre
5 11 (7.05%) Onboarding
6 7 (4.49%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (3.85%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (3.85%) Virtual Team
8 5 (3.21%) ARM Cortex
9 4 (2.56%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.92%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.64%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 1 (0.64%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 33 (21.15%) Linux
2 23 (14.74%) Windows
3 9 (5.77%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.85%) Debian
5 2 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (37.82%) DevOps
2 57 (36.54%) CI/CD
3 38 (24.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 35 (22.44%) Infrastructure as Code
5 33 (21.15%) Agile
6 27 (17.31%) ITIL
7 20 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (12.82%) Migration
7 20 (12.82%) Zero Trust
8 19 (12.18%) Cloud Security
9 17 (10.90%) Analytics
9 17 (10.90%) DevSecOps
10 16 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (9.62%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (9.62%) Test Automation
12 14 (8.97%) Validation
13 13 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
13 13 (8.33%) Incident Response
13 13 (8.33%) Microservices
13 13 (8.33%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.95%) SQL
2 25 (16.03%) PowerShell
3 20 (12.82%) Python
4 18 (11.54%) Bicep
5 16 (10.26%) Bash
6 11 (7.05%) C#
7 10 (6.41%) JavaScript
8 8 (5.13%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.49%) Go
10 5 (3.21%) Java
10 5 (3.21%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 104 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 87 (55.77%) SC Cleared
3 43 (27.56%) DV Cleared
4 13 (8.33%) CCNP
4 13 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (6.41%) Azure Certification
5 10 (6.41%) Degree
6 9 (5.77%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (4.49%) MCSE
8 6 (3.85%) ISTQB
8 6 (3.85%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (3.21%) AWS Certification
9 5 (3.21%) CCSE
9 5 (3.21%) CCSM
10 4 (2.56%) MCSA
10 4 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.92%) CCIE
12 2 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.64%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (12.18%) NCSC
2 7 (4.49%) NIST
3 6 (3.85%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (3.21%) GDPR
4 5 (3.21%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.21%) QA
4 5 (3.21%) SLA
5 4 (2.56%) GRC
5 4 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.64%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 23 (14.74%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (12.82%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.82%) VMware NSX
3 9 (5.77%) Docker
4 7 (4.49%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.21%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.21%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (22.44%) Terraform
2 14 (8.97%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (5.77%) Ansible
5 6 (3.85%) Rancher
6 5 (3.21%) Grafana
6 5 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.21%) SCCM
7 4 (2.56%) Istio
8 2 (1.28%) SCOM
8 2 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.64%) CASB
9 1 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.64%) Packer
9 1 (0.64%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 57 (36.54%) Microsoft
2 41 (26.28%) VMware
3 23 (14.74%) Cisco
4 18 (11.54%) Palo Alto
5 10 (6.41%) Citrix
6 8 (5.13%) ServiceNow
7 7 (4.49%) CheckPoint
7 7 (4.49%) Databricks
7 7 (4.49%) F5
8 6 (3.85%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.85%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.21%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.28%) Google
10 2 (1.28%) HP
10 2 (1.28%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.64%) Arista
11 1 (0.64%) Dell
11 1 (0.64%) Juniper
11 1 (0.64%) Meraki
11 1 (0.64%) Zscaler