Log Analytics Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Log Analytics
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Log Analytics skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 114 133
Rank change year-on-year +3 +19 +40
Contract jobs citing Log Analytics 7 15 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.42% 0.68% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.79% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 13
10th Percentile £419 - £550
25th Percentile £432 £603 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £605 £610
Median % change year-on-year -18.70% -0.82% +19.61%
75th Percentile £584 £608 £615
90th Percentile £604 - -
South East median daily rate £492 £605 £610
% change year-on-year -18.70% -0.82% +19.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Log Analytics falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,532 1,891 2,473
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.97% 85.64% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 943 1,056 1,659
10th Percentile £260 £300 £270
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £510 £520
Median % change year-on-year -3.43% -1.92% +4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £686 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £520
% change year-on-year -1.96% -1.92% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 79 86
10th Percentile £14.32 £18.66 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £30.21 £25.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £60.46 £51.05
Median % change year-on-year -58.40% +18.42% +158.48%
75th Percentile £46.70 £67.50 £66.33
90th Percentile £79.75 £86.08 £75.13
South East median hourly rate £22.19 £58.30 £52.50
% change year-on-year -61.94% +11.05% +68.54%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Log Analytics in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Log Analytics.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Log Analytics

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Log Analytics in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Log Analytics in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Log Analytics.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Log Analytics

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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 Log Analytics within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 September 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
Berkshire +6 7 £492 -18.70% 3
Log Analytics
South East

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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 1 (14.29%) Apache Spark
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) Azure Monitor
2 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Key Vault
4 2 (28.57%) Azure AKS
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Storage
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) Data Lake
1 1 (14.29%) Data Vault
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (14.29%) MySQL
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (28.57%) Lead
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Senior
4 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ARM Templates
1 1 (14.29%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
2 5 (71.43%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Data Integration
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
4 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) IT Asset Management
4 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 1 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
5 1 (14.29%) Event-Driven
5 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Bicep
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (57.14%) Kubernetes
2 3 (42.86%) Terraform
3 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (14.29%) SCOM
3 1 (14.29%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Databricks