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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure 159 35 70
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 22.88% 14.58% 23.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 75.71% 43.21% 56.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 25 50
10th Percentile £421 £302 £348
25th Percentile £463 £325 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £425 £481
Median % change year-on-year +31.76% -11.64% -12.55%
75th Percentile £599 £525 £529
90th Percentile £630 £565 £591
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £425 £473
% change year-on-year +31.76% -10.20% -15.87%
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 210 81 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 30.22% 33.75% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 51 90
10th Percentile £405 £201 £348
25th Percentile £462 £325 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £481
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -11.64% -8.38%
75th Percentile £588 £522 £547
90th Percentile £624 £613 £625
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £425 £480
% change year-on-year +23.53% -11.46% -9.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.78
25th Percentile - - £19.19
Median hourly rate £17.50 - £21.25
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.66%
75th Percentile - - £23.19
90th Percentile - - £23.53
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £17.50 £13.50 £21.25
% change year-on-year +29.63% -36.47% +3.66%

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 14 September 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 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.63%) IIS
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 55 (34.59%) AWS
2 24 (15.09%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (10.69%) Entra ID
4 16 (10.06%) Azure Monitor
5 14 (8.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 14 (8.81%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.40%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (4.40%) GCP
6 7 (4.40%) GitHub
6 7 (4.40%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (3.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.14%) dbt
7 5 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.14%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.52%) Serverless
9 3 (1.89%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.89%) Azure Functions
9 3 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.89%) SaaS
10 2 (1.26%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.58%) DNS
2 17 (10.69%) Firewall
3 15 (9.43%) VPN
4 11 (6.92%) TCP/IP
5 9 (5.66%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (5.66%) Cisco Nexus
6 8 (5.03%) Cisco ASA
7 7 (4.40%) DHCP
8 6 (3.77%) Network Security
8 6 (3.77%) SSH
8 6 (3.77%) VSAN
9 5 (3.14%) LAN
9 5 (3.14%) SD-WAN
9 5 (3.14%) WAN
10 4 (2.52%) BGP
10 4 (2.52%) BIG-IP
10 4 (2.52%) IPsec
10 4 (2.52%) MPLS
10 4 (2.52%) OSPF
10 4 (2.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.81%) Power BI
2 10 (6.29%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.14%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.89%) MySQL
5 3 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.26%) Delta Lake
6 2 (1.26%) Metadata
6 2 (1.26%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.26%) PowerPivot
6 2 (1.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.63%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.63%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Git
2 4 (2.52%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.89%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.89%) GitLab
3 3 (1.89%) JIRA
3 3 (1.89%) Selenium
3 3 (1.89%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.89%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.89%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.26%) MSTest
4 2 (1.26%) NUnit
4 2 (1.26%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.63%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.63%) MSI
General
1 18 (11.32%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.81%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (8.18%) Public Sector
4 12 (7.55%) Finance
5 5 (3.14%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.14%) Military
6 4 (2.52%) Retail
7 3 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.89%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.89%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.63%) Automotive
9 1 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 40 (25.16%) Azure Engineer
2 35 (22.01%) Cloud Engineer
3 34 (21.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (20.13%) Senior
5 26 (16.35%) Architect
6 22 (13.84%) DevOps Engineer
7 20 (12.58%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 15 (9.43%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (8.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (7.55%) Technical Architect
11 10 (6.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.66%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.66%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (5.66%) Data Engineer
13 8 (5.03%) Linux Engineer
14 7 (4.40%) Azure Architect
14 7 (4.40%) Citrix Engineer
14 7 (4.40%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (4.40%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 6 (3.77%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (22.64%) Terraform
2 14 (8.81%) .NET
3 12 (7.55%) ARM Templates
4 8 (5.03%) REST
5 6 (3.77%) React
6 5 (3.14%) PySpark
7 4 (2.52%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.89%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web API
9 2 (1.26%) Entity Framework
9 2 (1.26%) OAuth
9 2 (1.26%) SOAP
9 2 (1.26%) Spring
10 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.63%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 1 (0.63%) Flask
10 1 (0.63%) GraphQL
10 1 (0.63%) NHibernate
10 1 (0.63%) OAuth2
10 1 (0.63%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.72%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (10.06%) Public Cloud
3 14 (8.81%) PKI
4 13 (8.18%) Cloud Native
5 12 (7.55%) Onboarding
6 10 (6.29%) Data Centre
7 7 (4.40%) ARM Cortex
7 7 (4.40%) Private Cloud
8 6 (3.77%) Virtual Team
9 5 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (1.89%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 3 (1.89%) Management Information System
12 2 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
12 2 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (1.26%) Security Posture
13 1 (0.63%) AI Agents
13 1 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
13 1 (0.63%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.24%) Linux
2 28 (17.61%) Windows
3 15 (9.43%) Windows Server
4 6 (3.77%) Debian
5 3 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (33.96%) CI/CD
2 52 (32.70%) DevOps
3 39 (24.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 32 (20.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 30 (18.87%) Agile
6 29 (18.24%) ITIL
7 23 (14.47%) Analytics
7 23 (14.47%) Cybersecurity
8 21 (13.21%) Cloud Security
9 20 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
10 19 (11.95%) Migration
10 19 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (11.32%) Zero Trust
12 17 (10.69%) DevSecOps
12 17 (10.69%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (9.43%) Log Analytics
13 15 (9.43%) Test Automation
13 15 (9.43%) Validation
14 14 (8.81%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (8.81%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (20.13%) SQL
2 27 (16.98%) PowerShell
3 21 (13.21%) Bicep
4 15 (9.43%) Python
5 14 (8.81%) Bash
6 8 (5.03%) C#
7 6 (3.77%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.14%) Java
8 5 (3.14%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.26%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.63%) Go
Qualifications
1 110 (69.18%) Security Cleared
2 87 (54.72%) SC Cleared
3 44 (27.67%) DV Cleared
4 11 (6.92%) Degree
5 10 (6.29%) CCNP
5 10 (6.29%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (5.66%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (4.40%) Azure Certification
8 6 (3.77%) ISTQB
8 6 (3.77%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 6 (3.77%) MCSE
9 5 (3.14%) AWS Certification
10 4 (2.52%) CCSE
10 4 (2.52%) CCSM
10 4 (2.52%) MCSA
10 4 (2.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.26%) CCIE
13 1 (0.63%) PMP
13 1 (0.63%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.06%) NCSC
2 10 (6.29%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.14%) QA
4 4 (2.52%) GDPR
4 4 (2.52%) NIST
4 4 (2.52%) SLA
5 3 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.63%) GRC
7 1 (0.63%) OpenSCAP
7 1 (0.63%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 26 (16.35%) Active Directory
2 19 (11.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (11.32%) VMware NSX
4 6 (3.77%) Docker
4 6 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (3.14%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (6.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 8 (5.03%) Ansible
4 7 (4.40%) SCCM
5 5 (3.14%) SCOM
6 1 (0.63%) Grafana
6 1 (0.63%) Istio
6 1 (0.63%) Packer
6 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.63%) Rancher
6 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 67 (42.14%) Microsoft
2 35 (22.01%) VMware
3 16 (10.06%) Cisco
4 11 (6.92%) Databricks
4 11 (6.92%) Palo Alto
5 9 (5.66%) Citrix
6 8 (5.03%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (3.14%) CheckPoint
7 5 (3.14%) ServiceNow
8 4 (2.52%) F5
8 4 (2.52%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.52%) SolarWinds
9 2 (1.26%) Google
10 1 (0.63%) Oracle
10 1 (0.63%) Red Hat