Azure Monitor Contracts in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for Azure Monitor skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure Monitor over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 138 155
Rank change year-on-year +46 +17 -22
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 51 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.91% 0.34% 0.26%
As % of the Cloud Services category 6.71% 1.18% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 10 7
10th Percentile £500 £649 £470
25th Percentile £575 £650 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £700 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% +33.33% -8.70%
75th Percentile £641 £750 £561
90th Percentile £675 £799 £564
South East median daily rate £605 £700 £519
% change year-on-year -13.57% +34.94% +9.21%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

Azure Monitor is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 760 845 1,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 28.44% 28.76% 31.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 616 835
10th Percentile £275 £300 £181
25th Percentile £413 £425 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.57% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £600
90th Percentile £688 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 20 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £19.74 £21.49 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £30.23 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.59% +43.95% -0.24%
75th Percentile £60.73 £59.25 £26.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £80.40
South East median hourly rate £23.22 £24.50 £21.05
% change year-on-year -5.24% +16.39% -4.32%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure Monitor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
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 Monitor within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +37 50 £605 -13.57% 2
Buckinghamshire - 1 £350 - 2
Azure Monitor
South East

Azure Monitor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (100.00%) Azure
2 31 (60.78%) Entra ID
3 24 (47.06%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 22 (43.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 16 (31.37%) Azure Functions
5 16 (31.37%) Azure Storage
5 16 (31.37%) Serverless
6 15 (29.41%) Azure Key Vault
6 15 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (21.57%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (17.65%) Azure Cognitive Search
9 6 (11.76%) Azure API Management
9 6 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
10 5 (9.80%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (9.80%) PaaS
11 3 (5.88%) Azure AKS
12 1 (1.96%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (1.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (33.33%) DNS
1 17 (33.33%) Firewall
2 16 (31.37%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (35.29%) NoSQL
2 6 (11.76%) SQL Server
3 5 (9.80%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (5.88%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (47.06%) Git
2 5 (9.80%) Visual Studio
3 2 (3.92%) Selenium
4 1 (1.96%) Axure RP
General
1 16 (31.37%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.96%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 25 (49.02%) Developer
2 18 (35.29%) Azure Developer
3 15 (29.41%) Active Directory Support
3 15 (29.41%) Azure Specialist
3 15 (29.41%) Full Stack Developer
4 14 (27.45%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (27.45%) Support Specialist
5 9 (17.65%) Lead
6 8 (15.69%) Designer
6 8 (15.69%) Lead Designer
7 6 (11.76%) Full Stack Python Developer
7 6 (11.76%) Python Developer
8 4 (7.84%) C# Developer
8 4 (7.84%) Integration Developer
9 2 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
10 1 (1.96%) .NET Architect
10 1 (1.96%) Active Directory Engineer
10 1 (1.96%) Active Directory Support Engineer
10 1 (1.96%) Applications Architect
10 1 (1.96%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (41.18%) ARM Templates
2 15 (29.41%) React
3 9 (17.65%) AngularJS
3 9 (17.65%) Node.js
4 4 (7.84%) .NET
4 4 (7.84%) CSS
4 4 (7.84%) HTML
5 3 (5.88%) JSON
5 3 (5.88%) OAuth
5 3 (5.88%) OpenID
5 3 (5.88%) REST
5 3 (5.88%) SOAP
5 3 (5.88%) XML
6 1 (1.96%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (31.37%) PKI
1 16 (31.37%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (29.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.92%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 18 (35.29%) Linux
2 16 (31.37%) Windows
3 15 (29.41%) Windows Server
3 15 (29.41%) Windows Server 2016
3 15 (29.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (92.16%) DevOps
2 40 (78.43%) CI/CD
3 32 (62.75%) Agile
4 21 (41.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 17 (33.33%) Analytics
5 17 (33.33%) Identity Management
5 17 (33.33%) Log Analytics
5 17 (33.33%) Release Management
5 17 (33.33%) Service Management
6 16 (31.37%) Full Stack Development
6 16 (31.37%) ITIL
6 16 (31.37%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 16 (31.37%) Privileged Identity Management
6 16 (31.37%) Product Backlog
6 16 (31.37%) RBAC
7 15 (29.41%) Microservices
8 14 (27.45%) SDLC
9 13 (25.49%) Unit Testing
10 11 (21.57%) Test Automation
11 10 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (47.06%) C#
2 22 (43.14%) PowerShell
3 17 (33.33%) Bicep
4 16 (31.37%) VB
4 16 (31.37%) VBScript
5 15 (29.41%) Python
6 6 (11.76%) SQL
7 5 (9.80%) JavaScript
8 4 (7.84%) PHP
9 3 (5.88%) C
9 3 (5.88%) T-SQL
10 2 (3.92%) Java
Qualifications
1 17 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 17 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 16 (31.37%) DV Cleared
2 16 (31.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 15 (29.41%) Degree
4 2 (3.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.96%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 32 (62.75%) Active Directory
2 16 (31.37%) Virtual Desktop
2 16 (31.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 16 (31.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 16 (31.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 16 (31.37%) SCCM
2 16 (31.37%) SCOM
2 16 (31.37%) WSUS
3 1 (1.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 23 (45.10%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.96%) BMC
2 1 (1.96%) Databricks
2 1 (1.96%) Remedy
2 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow