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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 460 469
Rank change year-on-year -99 +9 +13
Contract jobs citing ARM Templates 130 107 94
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.32% 0.24%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.09% 1.25% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 75 62
10th Percentile £400 £363 £416
25th Percentile £450 £406 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £541 £638
90th Percentile £630 £633 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £519 £450 £605
% change year-on-year +15.28% -25.62% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile £64.70 - -
25th Percentile £66.50 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £71.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% - -
75th Percentile - £72.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £71.00 - -

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 11,928 8,587 9,531
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.74% 26.02% 24.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,844 5,729 6,245
10th Percentile £375 £353 £356
25th Percentile £438 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 295 190 190
10th Percentile £29.07 £31.25 £25.60
25th Percentile £49.50 £41.25 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.85 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +18.51% -10.96% +2.67%
75th Percentile £76.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.00 £72.75 £74.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £57.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +17.39% -11.54% +10.11%

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 25 September 2026.

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 14 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 25 September 2026. 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 -105 110 £525 +16.67% 53
UK excluding London -86 61 £519 +15.28% 46
London -98 45 £520 +12.80% 18
Work from Home -50 42 £527 +22.26% 23
South East -57 28 £575 +14.89% 9
North of England -55 14 £531 +1.19% 13
South West -41 10 £500 +23.08% 2
Midlands -42 7 £475 -2.06% 10
North West -50 7 £630 +40.04% 9
East Midlands -8 5 £475 +15.15% 5
Yorkshire -38 4 £500 -6.98% 3
North East - 3 £513 - 1
Scotland -27 2 £513 +7.89% 2
West Midlands -39 2 £475 -14.80% 5

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 9 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.08%) Confluence
3 1 (0.77%) Apache
3 1 (0.77%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 1 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.77%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 130 (100.00%) Azure
2 79 (60.77%) Azure DevOps
3 49 (37.69%) Azure Monitor
4 45 (34.62%) Entra ID
5 38 (29.23%) Azure AKS
6 28 (21.54%) AWS
6 28 (21.54%) GitHub
7 23 (17.69%) Serverless
8 21 (16.15%) GitHub Actions
9 17 (13.08%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (12.31%) Azure Functions
11 14 (10.77%) AWS CloudFormation
11 14 (10.77%) Azure Key Vault
12 11 (8.46%) Azure Logic Apps
13 10 (7.69%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (7.69%) GCP
13 10 (7.69%) Power Platform
14 9 (6.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 9 (6.92%) PaaS
15 8 (6.15%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (22.31%) DNS
2 26 (20.00%) Firewall
3 16 (12.31%) VPN
4 15 (11.54%) Network Security
5 14 (10.77%) DHCP
6 12 (9.23%) TCP/IP
7 6 (4.62%) SSH
8 3 (2.31%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.77%) DNSSEC
9 1 (0.77%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.77%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.77%) VSAN
9 1 (0.77%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (6.15%) Data Lake
3 6 (4.62%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.31%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.54%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.54%) Power BI
6 1 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.77%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.77%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.77%) MySQL
6 1 (0.77%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.77%) Parquet
6 1 (0.77%) Power Query
6 1 (0.77%) Redis
6 1 (0.77%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.77%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.77%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (29.23%) Git
2 11 (8.46%) Jenkins
3 9 (6.92%) GitLab
4 4 (3.08%) JIRA
5 3 (2.31%) SonarQube
6 2 (1.54%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.77%) PeopleTools
7 1 (0.77%) VersionOne
7 1 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (23.85%) Social Skills
2 28 (21.54%) Public Sector
3 14 (10.77%) Finance
4 9 (6.92%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (5.38%) Aerospace
5 7 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.08%) Military
7 3 (2.31%) Legal
7 3 (2.31%) Local Government
8 2 (1.54%) Banking
8 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.77%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 55 (42.31%) Azure Engineer
2 48 (36.92%) DevOps Engineer
3 29 (22.31%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 24 (18.46%) Senior
5 19 (14.62%) Cloud Engineer
6 17 (13.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (12.31%) Platform Engineer
8 12 (9.23%) Architect
9 11 (8.46%) Azure Platform Engineer
9 11 (8.46%) Cloud Platform Engineer
10 9 (6.92%) Azure Architect
10 9 (6.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (6.15%) Developer
12 6 (4.62%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (3.85%) Cloud Architect
13 5 (3.85%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 5 (3.85%) DevSecOps Engineer
13 5 (3.85%) Security Engineer
14 4 (3.08%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 4 (3.08%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (91.54%) Terraform
2 17 (13.08%) YAML
3 13 (10.00%) .NET
4 9 (6.92%) REST
5 5 (3.85%) Azure Blueprints
5 5 (3.85%) OAuth
6 4 (3.08%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.08%) Entity Framework
6 4 (3.08%) OpenID
7 3 (2.31%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.31%) JSON
7 3 (2.31%) RESTful
7 3 (2.31%) SAML
8 1 (0.77%) Kafka
8 1 (0.77%) LangChain
8 1 (0.77%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.77%) OpenTelemetry
8 1 (0.77%) pgvector
8 1 (0.77%) pydantic
8 1 (0.77%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 26 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 21 (16.15%) Cloud Native
3 11 (8.46%) Product Ownership
4 10 (7.69%) Management Information System
4 10 (7.69%) Wiki
5 8 (6.15%) ARM Cortex
5 8 (6.15%) Security Posture
6 7 (5.38%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (5.38%) Onboarding
7 6 (4.62%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (3.08%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (3.08%) NHS
9 3 (2.31%) Cloud Security Posture
9 3 (2.31%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (2.31%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
11 1 (0.77%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 1 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 27 (20.77%) Linux
2 23 (17.69%) Windows
3 17 (13.08%) Windows Server
4 10 (7.69%) VMS
5 7 (5.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.08%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.77%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (86.92%) Infrastructure as Code
2 105 (80.77%) DevOps
3 100 (76.92%) CI/CD
4 58 (44.62%) Containerisation
5 49 (37.69%) Agile
6 47 (36.15%) RBAC
7 45 (34.62%) Analytics
8 44 (33.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (33.08%) Platform Engineering
10 40 (30.77%) Log Analytics
11 36 (27.69%) Deployment Automation
12 35 (26.92%) Observability
13 32 (24.62%) Cloud Security
14 30 (23.08%) DevSecOps
14 30 (23.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 30 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
15 27 (20.77%) Identity Access Management
16 23 (17.69%) Migration
17 22 (16.92%) Software Delivery
18 19 (14.62%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 102 (78.46%) Bicep
2 96 (73.85%) PowerShell
3 59 (45.38%) Bash
4 55 (42.31%) Python
5 16 (12.31%) SQL
6 10 (7.69%) C#
7 6 (4.62%) Java
8 1 (0.77%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.77%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 63 (48.46%) Security Cleared
2 47 (36.15%) Azure Certification
3 45 (34.62%) SC Cleared
4 17 (13.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 16 (12.31%) Degree
6 12 (9.23%) DV Cleared
7 9 (6.92%) AWS Certification
8 7 (5.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (5.38%) CISSP
9 6 (4.62%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (3.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 4 (3.08%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (2.31%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (2.31%) CEH
11 3 (2.31%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (2.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (1.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (1.54%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.77%) CRISC
13 1 (0.77%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.38%) QA
2 6 (4.62%) NCSC
3 5 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (3.08%) NIST
5 3 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.31%) SLA
6 2 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (1.54%) GDPR
7 1 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.77%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.77%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.77%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (36.92%) Docker
2 35 (26.92%) Active Directory
3 15 (11.54%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (6.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (3.85%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.77%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.77%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 64 (49.23%) Kubernetes
2 17 (13.08%) Ansible
3 14 (10.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (10.00%) Grafana
5 10 (7.69%) Prometheus
6 8 (6.15%) SCCM
7 7 (5.38%) Progress Chef
8 4 (3.08%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (2.31%) Istio
9 3 (2.31%) Puppet
10 2 (1.54%) Argo
11 1 (0.77%) Packer
11 1 (0.77%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 97 (74.62%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.92%) CrowdStrike
2 9 (6.92%) Google
3 7 (5.38%) Databricks
3 7 (5.38%) Red Hat
4 6 (4.62%) VMware
5 4 (3.08%) Oracle
6 3 (2.31%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.54%) SAP
7 2 (1.54%) Splunk
7 2 (1.54%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.77%) Foundry
8 1 (0.77%) IBM
8 1 (0.77%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.77%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.77%) New Relic
8 1 (0.77%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.77%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.77%) Temenos
8 1 (0.77%) Veracode