ARM Templates Contract Job Trends

Azure Resource Manager Templates (ARM Templates)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ARM Templates skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 488 474 471
Rank change year-on-year -14 -3 +71
Contract jobs citing ARM Templates 91 73 137
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.25% 0.20% 0.30%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.12% 0.94% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 41 111
10th Percentile £377 £463 £375
25th Percentile £413 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £605 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +15.24% -8.70%
75th Percentile £531 £704 £588
90th Percentile £588 £745 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £563 £500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +12.50% -11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

ARM Templates falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,153 7,794 9,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.51% 21.76% 22.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,409 4,909 7,087
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £719 £784 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 113 181
10th Percentile £30.35 £22.00 £32.00
25th Percentile £43.00 £38.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -14.73%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £74.35 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £64.50 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -0.77% +23.81% -19.23%

ARM Templates
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ARM Templates relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ARM Templates job vacancy trend in the UK

ARM Templates
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARM Templates.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARM Templates

ARM Templates
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ARM Templates over the 6 months to 3 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ARM Templates in the UK

ARM Templates
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARM Templates.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ARM Templates

ARM Templates
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ARM Templates within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England -7 78 £450 -18.18% 14
London -2 38 £450 -23.40% 4
UK excluding London -32 36 £450 -20.00% 13
Work from Home +7 26 £425 -29.75% 8
South West +15 17 £425 -15.00% 2
North of England -43 9 £575 +17.35% 3
Midlands -26 5 £558 +1.36% 4
Yorkshire -29 5 £588 +19.90%
South East -10 4 £431 -28.72% 4
North West -23 4 £450 -28.00% 2
West Midlands -29 3 £566 +2.95% 3
East Midlands - 2 £413 - 1
Scotland 0 1 £450 -

ARM Templates
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.10%) IIS
1 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.10%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 88 (96.70%) Azure
2 58 (63.74%) Azure DevOps
3 34 (37.36%) GitHub
4 27 (29.67%) GitHub Actions
5 25 (27.47%) Azure Monitor
6 23 (25.27%) Entra ID
7 20 (21.98%) Azure AKS
8 19 (20.88%) AWS
9 16 (17.58%) Serverless
10 14 (15.38%) Azure Key Vault
10 14 (15.38%) Azure Logic Apps
11 13 (14.29%) PaaS
12 10 (10.99%) Azure API Management
12 10 (10.99%) Azure Functions
12 10 (10.99%) Azure Storage
12 10 (10.99%) IaaS
13 9 (9.89%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (9.89%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (8.79%) Azure Service Bus
15 6 (6.59%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.99%) Network Security
1 10 (10.99%) VPN
2 8 (8.79%) Firewall
3 2 (2.20%) DNS
3 2 (2.20%) LAN
3 2 (2.20%) MPLS
3 2 (2.20%) SSL
3 2 (2.20%) WAN
4 1 (1.10%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.10%) DHCP
4 1 (1.10%) DKIM
4 1 (1.10%) DMARC
4 1 (1.10%) DMZ
4 1 (1.10%) Internet
4 1 (1.10%) NetScaler
4 1 (1.10%) SMTP
4 1 (1.10%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.79%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (5.49%) Data Lake
3 4 (4.40%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.30%) Power BI
4 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.20%) Metadata
6 1 (1.10%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.10%) KNIME
6 1 (1.10%) MongoDB
6 1 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.10%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (1.10%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (7.69%) Git
1 7 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 6 (6.59%) JIRA
3 5 (5.49%) GitLab
4 3 (3.30%) Gradle
4 3 (3.30%) Maven
4 3 (3.30%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (1.10%) CircleCI
5 1 (1.10%) SonarQube
General
1 29 (31.87%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.19%) Public Sector
3 11 (12.09%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (9.89%) Finance
5 8 (8.79%) Law
6 4 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (4.40%) Legal
7 3 (3.30%) Billing
8 2 (2.20%) Banking
9 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.10%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (38.46%) Azure Engineer
2 22 (24.18%) DevOps Engineer
3 14 (15.38%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 12 (13.19%) Cloud Engineer
5 10 (10.99%) Architect
6 7 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (7.69%) Platform Engineer
7 6 (6.59%) Azure Architect
7 6 (6.59%) Senior
8 5 (5.49%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Lead
8 5 (5.49%) Operations Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Active Directory Engineer
9 3 (3.30%) Cloud Architect
9 3 (3.30%) Developer
9 3 (3.30%) Senior DevOps
9 3 (3.30%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 2 (2.20%) Migration Engineer
10 2 (2.20%) Software Engineer
10 2 (2.20%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.29%) .NET
2 11 (12.09%) ADO
2 11 (12.09%) YAML
3 7 (7.69%) React
4 6 (6.59%) REST
5 5 (5.49%) Node.js
6 4 (4.40%) .NET Core
6 4 (4.40%) AngularJS
6 4 (4.40%) OAuth
6 4 (4.40%) OAuth2
6 4 (4.40%) OpenID
6 4 (4.40%) PySpark
7 3 (3.30%) GraphQL
7 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (3.30%) RESTful
7 3 (3.30%) SAML
8 2 (2.20%) .NET Framework
8 2 (2.20%) ASP.NET
8 2 (2.20%) Blazor
8 2 (2.20%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 9 (9.89%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (6.59%) Security Posture
4 5 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (4.40%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.40%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (3.30%) Cloud Security Posture
6 3 (3.30%) Legacy Code
7 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
7 2 (2.20%) IoT
8 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (1.10%) Data Fabric
8 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (1.10%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.10%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.10%) PKI
8 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.29%) Windows
2 9 (9.89%) Linux
3 7 (7.69%) VMS
4 3 (3.30%) Solaris
4 3 (3.30%) Unix
4 3 (3.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (2.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (2.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.10%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (80.22%) CI/CD
2 71 (78.02%) DevOps
3 70 (76.92%) Infrastructure as Code
4 28 (30.77%) Analytics
5 26 (28.57%) Containerisation
6 23 (25.27%) Agile
6 23 (25.27%) Infrastructure Automation
6 23 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (24.18%) Migration
7 22 (24.18%) RBAC
8 21 (23.08%) Cloud Security
9 18 (19.78%) High Availability
9 18 (19.78%) Identity Access Management
9 18 (19.78%) Log Analytics
10 15 (16.48%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 15 (16.48%) Test Automation
11 14 (15.38%) DevSecOps
12 13 (14.29%) Data Engineering
12 13 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
12 13 (14.29%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 46 (50.55%) Bicep
2 44 (48.35%) PowerShell
3 27 (29.67%) Python
4 23 (25.27%) Bash
5 15 (16.48%) SQL
6 11 (12.09%) JavaScript
7 9 (9.89%) TypeScript
8 8 (8.79%) C#
9 3 (3.30%) PHP
9 3 (3.30%) T-SQL
10 2 (2.20%) Java
11 1 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (1.10%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (34.07%) Azure Certification
2 25 (27.47%) Security Cleared
3 24 (26.37%) SC Cleared
4 18 (19.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (7.69%) Degree
6 4 (4.40%) CISM
6 4 (4.40%) CISSP
7 3 (3.30%) AWS Certification
7 3 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.30%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
7 3 (3.30%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (1.10%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (1.10%) CCSP
9 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.10%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (5.49%) NIST
3 3 (3.30%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.30%) NIST 800
3 3 (3.30%) QA
3 3 (3.30%) SOC 2
4 2 (2.20%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (1.10%) GDPR
5 1 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (1.10%) NCSC
5 1 (1.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (31.87%) Docker
2 20 (21.98%) Active Directory
3 13 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (8.79%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 73 (80.22%) Terraform
2 34 (37.36%) Kubernetes
3 5 (5.49%) Ansible
4 2 (2.20%) Grafana
4 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.10%) Consul
5 1 (1.10%) Istio
5 1 (1.10%) Puppet
5 1 (1.10%) SCCM
5 1 (1.10%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 43 (47.25%) Microsoft
2 15 (16.48%) Databricks
3 6 (6.59%) NetApp
3 6 (6.59%) Red Hat
4 4 (4.40%) IBM
5 2 (2.20%) Cisco
5 2 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.20%) Splunk
6 1 (1.10%) Citrix
6 1 (1.10%) CloudEndure
6 1 (1.10%) Google
6 1 (1.10%) Okta
6 1 (1.10%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle
6 1 (1.10%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.10%) Sophos
6 1 (1.10%) Tenable
6 1 (1.10%) VMware