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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 10 6
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +9
Contract jobs citing Azure 165 33 55
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 21.29% 14.54% 17.86%
As % of the Cloud Services category 78.95% 42.31% 52.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 24 37
10th Percentile £413 £292 £324
25th Percentile £462 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +43.33% -21.05% -13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £469 £510
90th Percentile £638 £568 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £538 £375 £467
% change year-on-year +43.33% -19.61% -17.80%
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 78 105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 26.97% 34.36% 34.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 48 72
10th Percentile £400 £200 £350
25th Percentile £462 £324 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £480
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -14.06% -8.57%
75th Percentile £590 £478 £541
90th Percentile £629 £625 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -9.52%
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 12 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%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (38.79%) AWS
2 33 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (11.52%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.48%) Azure Monitor
4 14 (8.48%) Azure Sentinel
4 14 (8.48%) Power Platform
5 10 (6.06%) GCP
5 10 (6.06%) GitHub
5 10 (6.06%) GitHub Actions
6 9 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.03%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.03%) dbt
7 5 (3.03%) Google App Engine
7 5 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.82%) IaaS
9 3 (1.82%) SaaS
10 2 (1.21%) PaaS
10 2 (1.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 21 (12.73%) Firewall
2 20 (12.12%) DNS
3 15 (9.09%) VPN
4 13 (7.88%) Cisco Firepower
4 13 (7.88%) TCP/IP
5 12 (7.27%) Cisco ASA
6 10 (6.06%) Cisco Nexus
6 10 (6.06%) Network Security
7 9 (5.45%) LAN
7 9 (5.45%) VSAN
7 9 (5.45%) WAN
8 7 (4.24%) BGP
8 7 (4.24%) BIG-IP
8 7 (4.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 7 (4.24%) IPsec
8 7 (4.24%) OSPF
9 6 (3.64%) DHCP
9 6 (3.64%) NGFW
9 6 (3.64%) SD-WAN
10 5 (3.03%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.48%) Power BI
2 10 (6.06%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.03%) MySQL
5 3 (1.82%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.21%) Metadata
6 2 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.21%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.61%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.67%) Git
2 6 (3.64%) GitLab
3 4 (2.42%) Jaeger
4 3 (1.82%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.82%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.82%) JIRA
4 3 (1.82%) Selenium
4 3 (1.82%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.82%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.82%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.82%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.21%) MSTest
5 2 (1.21%) NUnit
5 2 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.61%) MSI
6 1 (0.61%) Postman
General
1 17 (10.30%) Social Skills
2 13 (7.88%) Finance
3 11 (6.67%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.64%) Manufacturing
6 5 (3.03%) Retail
7 4 (2.42%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.21%) Military
9 2 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.61%) Automotive
10 1 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (24.85%) Azure Engineer
2 34 (20.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 34 (20.61%) Senior
3 33 (20.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 24 (14.55%) DevOps Engineer
5 22 (13.33%) Azure DevOps Engineer
6 20 (12.12%) Architect
7 14 (8.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (7.27%) Developer
8 12 (7.27%) Platform Engineer
9 11 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (6.06%) Technical Architect
11 9 (5.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (5.45%) Data Engineer
12 8 (4.85%) Linux Engineer
12 8 (4.85%) Network Engineer
13 7 (4.24%) Citrix Engineer
13 7 (4.24%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
14 6 (3.64%) DBA
15 5 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.09%) .NET
2 11 (6.67%) REST
3 10 (6.06%) ARM Templates
3 10 (6.06%) React
4 5 (3.03%) .NET Framework
4 5 (3.03%) Entity Framework
4 5 (3.03%) OAuth
4 5 (3.03%) OpenTelemetry
4 5 (3.03%) PySpark
4 5 (3.03%) SOAP
5 4 (2.42%) .NET Core
5 4 (2.42%) Loki
6 3 (1.82%) ASP.NET Web API
6 3 (1.82%) CSS
6 3 (1.82%) Material-UI
6 3 (1.82%) RESTful
7 2 (1.21%) Spring
8 1 (0.61%) JSON
8 1 (0.61%) LINQ
8 1 (0.61%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 29 (17.58%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (10.30%) Public Cloud
3 15 (9.09%) 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%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (4.24%) Private Cloud
7 6 (3.64%) Virtual Team
8 5 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (2.42%) Security Posture
10 3 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.82%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.61%) Data Structures
12 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 35 (21.21%) Linux
2 27 (16.36%) Windows
3 14 (8.48%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.64%) Debian
5 3 (1.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (35.76%) CI/CD
1 59 (35.76%) DevOps
2 40 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 35 (21.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 33 (20.00%) Agile
5 30 (18.18%) ITIL
6 22 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (12.73%) Analytics
7 21 (12.73%) Migration
8 19 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (11.52%) Zero Trust
9 18 (10.91%) Cloud Security
9 18 (10.91%) DevSecOps
9 18 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 15 (9.09%) Platform Engineering
10 15 (9.09%) Test Automation
10 15 (9.09%) Validation
11 14 (8.48%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (8.48%) RBAC
12 13 (7.88%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 31 (18.79%) SQL
2 30 (18.18%) PowerShell
3 20 (12.12%) Bicep
4 19 (11.52%) Python
5 18 (10.91%) Bash
6 11 (6.67%) C#
7 10 (6.06%) JavaScript
8 8 (4.85%) TypeScript
9 6 (3.64%) Go
10 5 (3.03%) Java
10 5 (3.03%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 107 (64.85%) Security Cleared
2 90 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 45 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 11 (6.67%) CCNP
4 11 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (6.06%) Degree
6 9 (5.45%) Azure Certification
7 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (3.64%) ISTQB
8 6 (3.64%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 6 (3.64%) MCSE
9 5 (3.03%) CCSE
9 5 (3.03%) CCSM
10 4 (2.42%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.42%) MCSA
10 4 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (1.21%) CCIE
12 1 (0.61%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.30%) NCSC
2 8 (4.85%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.24%) GDPR
4 6 (3.64%) NIST
5 5 (3.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 5 (3.03%) PCI DSS
5 5 (3.03%) QA
5 5 (3.03%) SLA
6 4 (2.42%) GRC
7 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.61%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 25 (15.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (12.73%) Active Directory
3 20 (12.12%) VMware NSX
4 8 (4.85%) Docker
5 7 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (2.42%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (22.42%) Terraform
2 14 (8.48%) Kubernetes
3 13 (7.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (4.85%) Ansible
5 7 (4.24%) SCCM
6 5 (3.03%) Grafana
6 5 (3.03%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.03%) Rancher
6 5 (3.03%) SCOM
7 4 (2.42%) Istio
8 2 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.61%) Packer
9 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 65 (39.39%) Microsoft
2 42 (25.45%) VMware
3 22 (13.33%) Cisco
4 17 (10.30%) Palo Alto
5 10 (6.06%) Citrix
5 10 (6.06%) Databricks
6 9 (5.45%) ServiceNow
7 8 (4.85%) CrowdStrike
8 7 (4.24%) F5
9 6 (3.64%) CheckPoint
10 5 (3.03%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.42%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.21%) Google
13 1 (0.61%) Dell
13 1 (0.61%) HP
13 1 (0.61%) OpenAI
13 1 (0.61%) Oracle
13 1 (0.61%) Red Hat