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

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 9 2
Rank change year-on-year +5 -7 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure 165 33 69
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 23.01% 13.81% 23.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 77.10% 41.77% 57.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 23 51
10th Percentile £428 £294 £331
25th Percentile £463 £325 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £413 £480
Median % change year-on-year +35.76% -14.06% -14.29%
75th Percentile £598 £506 £528
90th Percentile £629 £562 £588
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £560 £419 £467
% change year-on-year +33.73% -10.24% -18.87%
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 214 79 119
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 29.85% 33.05% 40.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 48 88
10th Percentile £413 £200 £344
25th Percentile £462 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £480
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -11.46% -9.65%
75th Percentile £588 £520 £541
90th Percentile £624 £616 £599
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £430 £480
% change year-on-year +22.09% -10.42% -10.90%
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 5 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 2 (1.21%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.61%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (3.64%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Cloudability
Cloud Services
1 60 (36.36%) AWS
2 26 (15.76%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (9.70%) Azure Monitor
3 16 (9.70%) Entra ID
4 15 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
4 15 (9.09%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.85%) GitHub
5 8 (4.85%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (4.24%) Azure Data Factory
6 7 (4.24%) GCP
7 5 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 5 (3.03%) dbt
7 5 (3.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.42%) Serverless
9 3 (1.82%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.82%) Azure Functions
9 3 (1.82%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.82%) SaaS
10 2 (1.21%) Microsoft Purview
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
8 9 (5.45%) Network Security
9 8 (4.85%) LAN
9 8 (4.85%) WAN
10 7 (4.24%) BGP
10 7 (4.24%) BIG-IP
10 7 (4.24%) DHCP
10 7 (4.24%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 7 (4.24%) IPsec
10 7 (4.24%) OSPF
10 7 (4.24%) VSAN
11 6 (3.64%) NGFW
11 6 (3.64%) SSH
12 5 (3.03%) ICMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (9.09%) Power BI
2 11 (6.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (3.64%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.82%) MySQL
5 3 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.21%) Delta Lake
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%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.61%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.85%) Git
2 4 (2.42%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.82%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.82%) GitLab
3 3 (1.82%) JIRA
3 3 (1.82%) Selenium
3 3 (1.82%) SpecFlow
3 3 (1.82%) TeamCity
3 3 (1.82%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.21%) MSTest
4 2 (1.21%) NUnit
4 2 (1.21%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.61%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.61%) MSI
5 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 19 (11.52%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
2 14 (8.48%) Public Sector
3 13 (7.88%) Finance
4 6 (3.64%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.03%) Military
5 5 (3.03%) Retail
6 3 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (1.82%) Health Technology
6 3 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.21%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.61%) Automotive
8 1 (0.61%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (24.85%) Azure Engineer
2 36 (21.82%) Cloud Engineer
3 35 (21.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (20.61%) Senior
5 26 (15.76%) Architect
6 23 (13.94%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (12.73%) Azure DevOps Engineer
8 15 (9.09%) Platform Engineer
9 14 (8.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (7.27%) Technical Architect
11 11 (6.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.45%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (5.45%) Cloud Architect
12 9 (5.45%) Data Engineer
13 8 (4.85%) Linux Engineer
13 8 (4.85%) Network Engineer
14 7 (4.24%) Citrix Engineer
14 7 (4.24%) Citrix Infrastructure Engineer
14 7 (4.24%) Cloud Platform Engineer
14 7 (4.24%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (22.42%) Terraform
2 15 (9.09%) .NET
3 12 (7.27%) ARM Templates
4 8 (4.85%) REST
5 7 (4.24%) React
6 5 (3.03%) PySpark
7 4 (2.42%) .NET Core
7 4 (2.42%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.82%) ASP.NET Web API
8 3 (1.82%) Entity Framework
9 2 (1.21%) OAuth
9 2 (1.21%) SOAP
9 2 (1.21%) Spring
10 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.61%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 1 (0.61%) CSS
10 1 (0.61%) Flask
10 1 (0.61%) NHibernate
10 1 (0.61%) RESTful
10 1 (0.61%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 25 (15.15%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (9.70%) Public Cloud
3 14 (8.48%) Cloud Native
3 14 (8.48%) PKI
4 12 (7.27%) 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%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (2.42%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.82%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 3 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.82%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.21%) Legacy Applications
11 2 (1.21%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (1.21%) Security Posture
11 2 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
12 1 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
12 1 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 30 (18.18%) 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 56 (33.94%) CI/CD
2 54 (32.73%) DevOps
3 40 (24.24%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 33 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 32 (19.39%) ITIL
6 31 (18.79%) Agile
7 24 (14.55%) Analytics
8 23 (13.94%) Cybersecurity
9 22 (13.33%) Migration
10 21 (12.73%) Cloud Security
10 21 (12.73%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (11.52%) Zero Trust
13 17 (10.30%) DevSecOps
13 17 (10.30%) Platform Engineering
14 15 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (9.09%) Log Analytics
14 15 (9.09%) Test Automation
14 15 (9.09%) Validation
15 14 (8.48%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 34 (20.61%) SQL
2 27 (16.36%) PowerShell
3 22 (13.33%) Bicep
4 15 (9.09%) Python
5 14 (8.48%) Bash
6 9 (5.45%) C#
7 6 (3.64%) JavaScript
7 6 (3.64%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.03%) Java
9 2 (1.21%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 114 (69.09%) Security Cleared
2 92 (55.76%) SC Cleared
3 45 (27.27%) DV Cleared
4 11 (6.67%) CCNP
4 11 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
4 11 (6.67%) Degree
5 9 (5.45%) 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%) AWS Certification
8 5 (3.03%) CCSE
8 5 (3.03%) CCSM
9 4 (2.42%) MCSA
9 4 (2.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 2 (1.21%) CCIE
12 1 (0.61%) PMP
12 1 (0.61%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (9.70%) NCSC
2 10 (6.06%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.03%) QA
3 5 (3.03%) SLA
4 4 (2.42%) GDPR
4 4 (2.42%) NIST
5 3 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.61%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.61%) GRC
6 1 (0.61%) OpenSCAP
6 1 (0.61%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (15.15%) Active Directory
2 23 (13.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (10.91%) VMware NSX
4 7 (4.24%) Docker
4 7 (4.24%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (3.64%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (3.03%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 10 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (5.45%) Ansible
4 7 (4.24%) SCCM
5 5 (3.03%) SCOM
6 1 (0.61%) Grafana
6 1 (0.61%) Istio
6 1 (0.61%) Packer
6 1 (0.61%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.61%) Rancher
6 1 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
6 1 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 67 (40.61%) 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
9 6 (3.64%) CheckPoint
9 6 (3.64%) ServiceNow
10 5 (3.03%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.42%) SolarWinds
12 2 (1.21%) Google
13 1 (0.61%) Oracle
13 1 (0.61%) Red Hat