Azure ExpressRoute Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure ExpressRoute skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 121 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.14% 0.15% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.38% 0.44% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% - -
75th Percentile £631 £438 -
90th Percentile £650 - -
South East median daily rate £600 £425 -
% change year-on-year +41.18% - -

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 789 682 760
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 37.72% 34.12% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 536 447 524
10th Percentile £259 £320 £200
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.58% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £666 £700
South East median daily rate £485 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -5.83% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 14 18
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.66
25th Percentile £17.79 £20.10 £19.25
Median hourly rate £40.44 £28.75 £33.66
Median % change year-on-year +40.64% -14.59% +60.29%
75th Percentile £90.50 £43.75 £70.13
90th Percentile £98.50 £64.73 £82.92
South East median hourly rate £20.00 £28.50 £29.66
% change year-on-year -29.82% -3.91% +48.30%

Azure ExpressRoute
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Azure ExpressRoute job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Azure ExpressRoute

Azure ExpressRoute
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Oxfordshire - 2 £600 -
Berkshire -14 1 £650 +52.94% 1
Azure ExpressRoute
South East

Azure ExpressRoute
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) VSAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Migration Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Architect
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (66.67%) RBAC
2 2 (66.67%) Runbook
2 2 (66.67%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (66.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) VMware NSX
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Sophos
3 1 (33.33%) VMware