Log Analytics Contracts in the UK excluding London

Log Analytics
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Log Analytics skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Log Analytics over the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 339 378
Rank change year-on-year -4 +39 +118
Contract jobs citing Log Analytics 30 30 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.20% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 28 20
10th Percentile £425 £521 £369
25th Percentile £450 £600 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £605 £511
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% +18.34% +0.25%
75th Percentile £538 £608 £591
90th Percentile £552 £638 £615
UK median daily rate £498 £605 £556
% change year-on-year -17.77% +8.76% +1.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,741 15,179 19,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.32% 83.10% 88.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,237 9,121 12,951
10th Percentile £240 £250 £260
25th Percentile £368 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,363 1,547 1,182
10th Percentile £13.81 £13.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £16.84 £17.30
Median hourly rate £22.63 £42.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.75% +13.33% +70.45%
75th Percentile £44.78 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £76.09
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.50 £41.80
% change year-on-year -39.40% -0.72% +57.74%

Log Analytics
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Log Analytics as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Log Analytics in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Log Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Log Analytics in the UK excluding London

Log Analytics
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Log Analytics in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Log Analytics in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Log Analytics in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Log Analytics in the UK excluding London

Log Analytics
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Midlands +5 15 £530 -11.75% 9
West Midlands +3 13 £530 -11.75% 8
South East +19 10 £450 -25.62% 6
Scotland - 4 £500 - 3
East Midlands - 2 - -
North West -8 1 - - 3
North of England -26 1 - - 4
Log Analytics
UK

Log Analytics
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (33.33%) Apache
1 10 (33.33%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
2 1 (3.33%) Confluence
2 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 25 (83.33%) Azure
1 25 (83.33%) Azure Monitor
2 12 (40.00%) AWS
3 10 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (20.00%) Azure Functions
4 6 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (20.00%) Serverless
5 5 (16.67%) Azure Service Bus
5 5 (16.67%) Entra ID
5 5 (16.67%) Power Automate
5 5 (16.67%) Power Platform
6 4 (13.33%) Azure AKS
6 4 (13.33%) Azure API Management
7 3 (10.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 3 (10.00%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (10.00%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (10.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) Firewall
2 2 (6.67%) DNS
2 2 (6.67%) VPN
3 1 (3.33%) DHCP
3 1 (3.33%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (13.33%) MySQL
2 4 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (13.33%) Relational Database
2 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.00%) MariaDB
3 3 (10.00%) MongoDB
3 3 (10.00%) Power Query
3 3 (10.00%) Redis
3 3 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.33%) Data Vault
4 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.33%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) Bitbucket
2 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.33%) Automotive
5 1 (3.33%) Finance
5 1 (3.33%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (23.33%) Developer
2 5 (16.67%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Integration Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Lead
3 4 (13.33%) Monitoring Engineer
4 3 (10.00%) Azure Developer
4 3 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (6.67%) .NET Developer
5 2 (6.67%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Security Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.33%) Site Engineer
6 1 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.67%) .NET
1 5 (16.67%) ARM Templates
1 5 (16.67%) JSON
1 5 (16.67%) Web Services
2 4 (13.33%) RESTful
3 3 (10.00%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (10.00%) YAML
4 2 (6.67%) .NET Core
4 2 (6.67%) REST
4 2 (6.67%) SOAP
5 1 (3.33%) .NET Framework
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Blueprints
5 1 (3.33%) Entity Framework
5 1 (3.33%) Kafka
5 1 (3.33%) OAuth
5 1 (3.33%) OpenID
5 1 (3.33%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (3.33%) React
5 1 (3.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Linux Command Line
1 3 (10.00%) Low-Code
2 2 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 2 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.67%) PKI
3 1 (3.33%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (3.33%) Cyberattack
3 1 (3.33%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.33%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 12 (40.00%) Linux
3 11 (36.67%) Unix
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (100.00%) Analytics
2 14 (46.67%) DevOps
3 13 (43.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (40.00%) Incident Response
4 12 (40.00%) Observability
5 11 (36.67%) CI/CD
5 11 (36.67%) Service Management
6 10 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 10 (33.33%) Incident Management
6 10 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
6 10 (33.33%) Proactive Management
6 10 (33.33%) Synthetic Monitoring
6 10 (33.33%) Test Strategy
6 10 (33.33%) Visualisation
7 8 (26.67%) Data Integration
8 5 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
8 5 (16.67%) ITIL
8 5 (16.67%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (66.67%) SQL
2 7 (23.33%) Bicep
3 6 (20.00%) C#
3 6 (20.00%) PowerShell
4 4 (13.33%) Python
5 3 (10.00%) Bash
5 3 (10.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (10.00%) Java
6 2 (6.67%) T-SQL
6 2 (6.67%) X++
7 1 (3.33%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (3.33%) PromQL
7 1 (3.33%) VB
7 1 (3.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) SC Cleared
1 14 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
3 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.33%) CCSK
4 1 (3.33%) CEH
4 1 (3.33%) CISSP
4 1 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.33%) GIAC
4 1 (3.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (3.33%) GDPR
2 1 (3.33%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (3.33%) JSP 440
2 1 (3.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (6.67%) Docker
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (20.00%) Terraform
2 5 (16.67%) Prometheus
3 4 (13.33%) Grafana
3 4 (13.33%) Kubernetes
4 3 (10.00%) Ansible
4 3 (10.00%) Progress Chef
5 2 (6.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (3.33%) CASB
6 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (3.33%) SCCM
6 1 (3.33%) SCOM
6 1 (3.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 11 (36.67%) Splunk
2 10 (33.33%) AppDynamics
2 10 (33.33%) Dynatrace
2 10 (33.33%) Oracle
3 9 (30.00%) Cisco
3 9 (30.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (13.33%) ServiceNow
5 2 (6.67%) Snow
6 1 (3.33%) CyberArk
6 1 (3.33%) Databricks
6 1 (3.33%) Forcepoint
6 1 (3.33%) Google
6 1 (3.33%) LogRhythm
6 1 (3.33%) PagerDuty