Azure ExpressRoute Contract Job Trends in Reading

Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Azure ExpressRoute skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 89 -
Rank change year-on-year +14 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% 0.18% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.34% 0.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £638 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £663 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £650 £425 -
% change year-on-year +52.94% - -

All Cloud Skills
Reading

Azure ExpressRoute 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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 293 383 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 41.74% 35.40% 33.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 241 259
10th Percentile £273 £385 £425
25th Percentile £413 £480 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £660 £670 £700
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -10.55% -4.35% +6.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 5 1
10th Percentile - £27.35 -
25th Percentile £14.75 £29.00 £16.84
Median hourly rate £81.00 £42.50 £17.34
Median % change year-on-year +90.59% +145.10% -67.28%
75th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £17.84
90th Percentile £100.00 £67.70 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.44 £42.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year -4.86% -32.54% +186.36%

Azure ExpressRoute
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure ExpressRoute relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Azure ExpressRoute job vacancy trend in Reading

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Architect
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware