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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 451 452
Rank change year-on-year -105 +1 +59
Contract jobs citing ARM Templates 123 103 107
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.31% 0.28%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.05% 1.24% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 72 71
10th Percentile £378 £363 £413
25th Percentile £448 £400 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% -18.18% -
75th Percentile £575 £539 £608
90th Percentile £623 £636 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £450 £605
% change year-on-year +13.89% -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 11,719 8,295 9,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 21.80% 25.36% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,711 5,600 6,428
10th Percentile £375 £354 £356
25th Percentile £431 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -6.82% -
75th Percentile £635 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £780
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +6.00% -5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 183 200
10th Percentile £29.07 £30.35 £25.27
25th Percentile £45.00 £41.00 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -14.77% -1.83%
75th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £77.96 £74.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £55.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +22.73% -15.38% +8.33%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -87 106 £515 +14.44% 53
UK excluding London -92 53 £513 +13.89% 33
London -84 50 £518 +17.61% 22
Work from Home -51 41 £525 +23.53% 24
South East -46 28 £575 +14.89% 11
North of England -62 12 £513 -2.38% 12
North West -42 7 £519 +15.33% 8
Midlands -44 7 £475 -14.80% 8
East Midlands -13 5 £475 - 1
South West -40 4 £500 +25.00% 1
North East - 3 £513 - 1
Scotland -11 2 £513 +7.89%
Yorkshire -47 2 £447 -16.84% 3
West Midlands -54 2 £475 -14.80% 7

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 4 (3.25%) Confluence
2 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.81%) Apache
3 1 (0.81%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.81%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 123 (100.00%) Azure
2 78 (63.41%) Azure DevOps
3 51 (41.46%) Azure Monitor
4 40 (32.52%) Entra ID
5 39 (31.71%) Azure AKS
6 36 (29.27%) GitHub
7 28 (22.76%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (20.33%) AWS
9 23 (18.70%) Serverless
10 17 (13.82%) Azure Functions
10 17 (13.82%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (13.01%) Azure Key Vault
12 15 (12.20%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (9.76%) AWS CloudFormation
13 12 (9.76%) Azure Logic Apps
13 12 (9.76%) Power Platform
14 10 (8.13%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 8 (6.50%) GCP
15 8 (6.50%) PaaS
16 7 (5.69%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (23.58%) DNS
2 26 (21.14%) Firewall
3 17 (13.82%) VPN
4 15 (12.20%) DHCP
5 14 (11.38%) Network Security
6 13 (10.57%) TCP/IP
7 6 (4.88%) SSH
8 3 (2.44%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (2.44%) WAN
9 2 (1.63%) SD-WAN
10 1 (0.81%) DNSSEC
10 1 (0.81%) LAN
10 1 (0.81%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.81%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (6.50%) Data Lake
3 6 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.44%) Delta Lake
4 3 (2.44%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.63%) Power BI
5 2 (1.63%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.63%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.81%) MySQL
6 1 (0.81%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.81%) Parquet
6 1 (0.81%) Power Query
6 1 (0.81%) Redis
6 1 (0.81%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 33 (26.83%) Git
2 16 (13.01%) Jenkins
3 14 (11.38%) GitLab
4 5 (4.07%) JIRA
5 3 (2.44%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.81%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.81%) PeopleTools
6 1 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.81%) VersionOne
6 1 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 31 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 28 (22.76%) Public Sector
3 14 (11.38%) Finance
4 7 (5.69%) Aerospace
4 7 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.25%) Military
6 3 (2.44%) Local Government
7 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Legal
8 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Public Speaking
8 1 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (36.59%) Azure Engineer
2 43 (34.96%) DevOps Engineer
3 24 (19.51%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 24 (19.51%) Senior
4 16 (13.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 16 (13.01%) Platform Engineer
5 15 (12.20%) Cloud Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Architect
6 10 (8.13%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Cloud Platform Engineer
6 10 (8.13%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (6.50%) Developer
8 7 (5.69%) Azure Architect
9 6 (4.88%) DevSecOps Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Cloud Architect
10 4 (3.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Security Engineer
10 4 (3.25%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 3 (2.44%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (90.24%) Terraform
2 19 (15.45%) YAML
3 13 (10.57%) .NET
4 10 (8.13%) REST
5 5 (4.07%) OAuth
6 4 (3.25%) .NET Framework
6 4 (3.25%) Azure Blueprints
6 4 (3.25%) Entity Framework
6 4 (3.25%) OpenID
7 3 (2.44%) .NET Core
7 3 (2.44%) JSON
7 3 (2.44%) RESTful
7 3 (2.44%) SAML
8 1 (0.81%) ADO
8 1 (0.81%) Django
8 1 (0.81%) EDI
8 1 (0.81%) EDIFACT
8 1 (0.81%) PySpark
8 1 (0.81%) SOAP
8 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (20.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 21 (17.07%) Cloud Native
3 9 (7.32%) Management Information System
4 8 (6.50%) ARM Cortex
5 7 (5.69%) Onboarding
6 6 (4.88%) Enterprise Cloud
6 6 (4.88%) Linux Command Line
6 6 (4.88%) Security Posture
7 5 (4.07%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (4.07%) Product Ownership
8 4 (3.25%) NHS
8 4 (3.25%) Wiki
9 3 (2.44%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.63%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.63%) Cloud Security Posture
10 2 (1.63%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 1 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 25 (20.33%) Linux
2 23 (18.70%) Windows
3 18 (14.63%) Windows Server
4 11 (8.94%) VMS
5 6 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.25%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (84.55%) Infrastructure as Code
2 103 (83.74%) DevOps
3 94 (76.42%) CI/CD
4 54 (43.90%) Containerisation
5 46 (37.40%) Analytics
6 44 (35.77%) Platform Engineering
7 42 (34.15%) RBAC
8 41 (33.33%) Agile
9 40 (32.52%) Log Analytics
10 38 (30.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 32 (26.02%) Observability
12 31 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
13 30 (24.39%) Cloud Security
14 28 (22.76%) Deployment Automation
15 27 (21.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 25 (20.33%) Identity Access Management
17 23 (18.70%) DevSecOps
18 18 (14.63%) High Availability
18 18 (14.63%) Infrastructure Automation
19 17 (13.82%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 94 (76.42%) Bicep
2 90 (73.17%) PowerShell
3 57 (46.34%) Python
4 54 (43.90%) Bash
5 18 (14.63%) SQL
6 10 (8.13%) C#
7 5 (4.07%) Java
8 1 (0.81%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.81%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.81%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 58 (47.15%) Security Cleared
2 46 (37.40%) Azure Certification
3 40 (32.52%) SC Cleared
4 15 (12.20%) Degree
5 12 (9.76%) DV Cleared
5 12 (9.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (5.69%) AWS Certification
6 7 (5.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (4.88%) CISSP
7 6 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (4.07%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (3.25%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (2.44%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 3 (2.44%) CEH
10 3 (2.44%) CompTIA Security+
10 3 (2.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.63%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.81%) CRISC
12 1 (0.81%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.69%) QA
2 6 (4.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (4.88%) NCSC
3 4 (3.25%) NIST
4 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.44%) GDPR
4 3 (2.44%) SLA
5 2 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.63%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.81%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.81%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 43 (34.96%) Docker
2 31 (25.20%) Active Directory
3 11 (8.94%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (6.50%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (4.88%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (4.07%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.81%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 59 (47.97%) Kubernetes
2 22 (17.89%) Ansible
3 15 (12.20%) Grafana
4 13 (10.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 12 (9.76%) Prometheus
6 10 (8.13%) Progress Chef
7 8 (6.50%) SCCM
8 7 (5.69%) Puppet
9 3 (2.44%) Istio
10 2 (1.63%) Argo
11 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.81%) Packer
11 1 (0.81%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 85 (69.11%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.94%) Databricks
3 9 (7.32%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (5.69%) Google
5 6 (4.88%) Red Hat
5 6 (4.88%) VMware
6 4 (3.25%) Oracle
7 3 (2.44%) Splunk
8 2 (1.63%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.63%) SAP
8 2 (1.63%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.81%) Ariba
9 1 (0.81%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.81%) Citrix
9 1 (0.81%) IBM
9 1 (0.81%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.81%) New Relic
9 1 (0.81%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.81%) Temenos