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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +4 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure 158 35 49
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 20.20% 15.15% 14.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 80.20% 46.67% 41.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 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% -13.64%
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% -14.41%
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 197 75 118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 25.19% 32.47% 35.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 45 85
10th Percentile £395 £292 £350
25th Percentile £462 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £413 £475
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% -13.16% -11.63%
75th Percentile £605 £488 £525
90th Percentile £638 £620 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +23.53% -10.53% -11.63%
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 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 (0.63%) IIS
1 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (2.53%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 67 (42.41%) AWS
2 32 (20.25%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (11.39%) Entra ID
4 12 (7.59%) Azure Sentinel
4 12 (7.59%) GCP
5 11 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (6.33%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.70%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (5.06%) GitHub
8 8 (5.06%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (3.16%) dbt
9 5 (3.16%) Google App Engine
10 4 (2.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 4 (2.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
10 4 (2.53%) IaaS
10 4 (2.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.90%) PaaS
11 3 (1.90%) SaaS
12 2 (1.27%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 21 (13.29%) Firewall
2 17 (10.76%) DNS
3 15 (9.49%) VPN
4 13 (8.23%) Cisco Firepower
4 13 (8.23%) TCP/IP
5 12 (7.59%) Cisco ASA
6 11 (6.96%) Cisco Nexus
7 10 (6.33%) Network Security
7 10 (6.33%) WAN
8 9 (5.70%) LAN
8 9 (5.70%) VSAN
9 8 (5.06%) BGP
9 8 (5.06%) IPsec
9 8 (5.06%) OSPF
10 7 (4.43%) BIG-IP
10 7 (4.43%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (4.43%) SD-WAN
11 6 (3.80%) DHCP
11 6 (3.80%) MPLS
11 6 (3.80%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.33%) Power BI
1 10 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.80%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.53%) MySQL
4 2 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.63%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.63%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.63%) Metadata
5 1 (0.63%) PowerPivot
Development Applications
1 11 (6.96%) Git
2 6 (3.80%) GitLab
3 4 (2.53%) Jaeger
3 4 (2.53%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.90%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.90%) JIRA
4 3 (1.90%) Selenium
4 3 (1.90%) Sonatype Nexus
4 3 (1.90%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.90%) TeamCity
4 3 (1.90%) WebDriver
5 2 (1.27%) MSTest
5 2 (1.27%) NUnit
6 1 (0.63%) MSI
6 1 (0.63%) Postman
General
1 14 (8.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (8.23%) Public Sector
3 12 (7.59%) Finance
4 6 (3.80%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.16%) Retail
6 4 (2.53%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (1.90%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.27%) Military
8 2 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 39 (24.68%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (20.89%) Senior
3 32 (20.25%) Cloud Engineer
4 31 (19.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 24 (15.19%) DevOps Engineer
6 22 (13.92%) Architect
6 22 (13.92%) Azure DevOps Engineer
7 13 (8.23%) Technical Architect
8 12 (7.59%) Developer
9 11 (6.96%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (6.96%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (5.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (5.06%) Data Engineer
11 8 (5.06%) Network Engineer
11 8 (5.06%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.43%) Citrix Engineer
12 7 (4.43%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
13 6 (3.80%) DBA
13 6 (3.80%) Linux Engineer
13 6 (3.80%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.49%) .NET
2 12 (7.59%) React
3 10 (6.33%) REST
4 7 (4.43%) ARM Templates
5 6 (3.80%) .NET Framework
5 6 (3.80%) Entity Framework
6 5 (3.16%) OpenTelemetry
6 5 (3.16%) PySpark
6 5 (3.16%) SOAP
7 4 (2.53%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.53%) CSS
7 4 (2.53%) Loki
7 4 (2.53%) Material-UI
7 4 (2.53%) OAuth
7 4 (2.53%) RESTful
8 3 (1.90%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (1.27%) AngularJS
9 2 (1.27%) Node.js
9 2 (1.27%) Spring
10 1 (0.63%) NHibernate
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.82%) Hybrid Cloud
2 19 (12.03%) Public Cloud
3 15 (9.49%) PKI
4 13 (8.23%) Cloud Native
5 12 (7.59%) Data Centre
6 11 (6.96%) Onboarding
7 8 (5.06%) Private Cloud
8 6 (3.80%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (3.80%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.16%) ARM Cortex
10 4 (2.53%) Security Posture
11 3 (1.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
13 1 (0.63%) Cyber Kill Chain
13 1 (0.63%) Data Structures
13 1 (0.63%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 33 (20.89%) Linux
2 23 (14.56%) Windows
3 9 (5.70%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.80%) Debian
5 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (37.97%) DevOps
2 57 (36.08%) CI/CD
3 37 (23.42%) Infrastructure as Code
3 37 (23.42%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 34 (21.52%) Agile
5 28 (17.72%) ITIL
6 21 (13.29%) Migration
7 20 (12.66%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (12.66%) Zero Trust
8 18 (11.39%) Cloud Security
9 17 (10.76%) Analytics
9 17 (10.76%) DevSecOps
9 17 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (10.13%) Microservices
11 15 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (9.49%) Test Automation
12 13 (8.23%) Identity Access Management
12 13 (8.23%) Validation
13 12 (7.59%) Service Management
13 12 (7.59%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 29 (18.35%) SQL
2 25 (15.82%) PowerShell
3 20 (12.66%) Python
4 18 (11.39%) Bicep
5 16 (10.13%) Bash
6 12 (7.59%) C#
7 10 (6.33%) JavaScript
8 9 (5.70%) TypeScript
9 7 (4.43%) Go
10 5 (3.16%) Java
10 5 (3.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 105 (66.46%) Security Cleared
2 88 (55.70%) SC Cleared
3 44 (27.85%) DV Cleared
4 15 (9.49%) CCNP
4 15 (9.49%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (6.33%) Azure Certification
6 10 (6.33%) Degree
7 9 (5.70%) MCSE
8 6 (3.80%) ISTQB
8 6 (3.80%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 5 (3.16%) CCSE
9 5 (3.16%) CCSM
10 4 (2.53%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.53%) MCSA
10 4 (2.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.90%) CCIE
12 2 (1.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
13 1 (0.63%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (12.66%) NCSC
2 9 (5.70%) NIST
3 6 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (3.16%) GDPR
4 5 (3.16%) PCI DSS
4 5 (3.16%) QA
4 5 (3.16%) SLA
5 4 (2.53%) GRC
6 3 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.63%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.63%) OpenSCAP
System Software
1 24 (15.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 20 (12.66%) Active Directory
2 20 (12.66%) VMware NSX
3 8 (5.06%) Docker
4 7 (4.43%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.16%) Hyper-V
5 5 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 35 (22.15%) Terraform
2 13 (8.23%) Kubernetes
3 12 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 9 (5.70%) Ansible
5 6 (3.80%) Rancher
6 5 (3.16%) Grafana
6 5 (3.16%) Prometheus
6 5 (3.16%) SCCM
7 4 (2.53%) Istio
8 2 (1.27%) SCOM
8 2 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.63%) CASB
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.63%) Packer
9 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 57 (36.08%) Microsoft
2 44 (27.85%) VMware
3 23 (14.56%) Cisco
4 18 (11.39%) Palo Alto
5 11 (6.96%) Citrix
6 8 (5.06%) ServiceNow
7 7 (4.43%) CheckPoint
7 7 (4.43%) Databricks
7 7 (4.43%) F5
8 6 (3.80%) CrowdStrike
8 6 (3.80%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.16%) SolarWinds
10 2 (1.27%) Google
10 2 (1.27%) HP
10 2 (1.27%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.63%) Dell
11 1 (0.63%) Juniper
11 1 (0.63%) Meraki
11 1 (0.63%) Oracle
11 1 (0.63%) Red Hat