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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 446 458
Rank change year-on-year -110 +12 +45
Contract jobs citing ARM Templates 107 105 114
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.20% 0.32% 0.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.05% 1.41% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 74 80
10th Percentile £363 £363 £415
25th Percentile £425 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £600
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £542 £628
90th Percentile £623 £646 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £500 £605
% change year-on-year +2.45% -17.31% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £64.25 - -
25th Percentile £65.38 £67.50 -
Median hourly rate £69.00 £70.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% - -
75th Percentile £70.88 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £70.95 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.00 - -

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 10,155 7,440 8,609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 19.09% 22.61% 21.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,639 5,024 5,854
10th Percentile £363 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £413 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £634 £666
90th Percentile £738 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £469 £500
% change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 268 165 248
10th Percentile £28.26 £30.10 £22.50
25th Percentile £41.33 £40.75 £43.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.88 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +18.45% +2.09% -10.42%
75th Percentile £73.00 £67.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £79.48 £74.46
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £58.60
% change year-on-year +18.18% -6.15% +0.02%

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 5 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 5 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 -123 91 £515 +14.44% 39
UK excluding London -99 46 £513 +2.45% 21
London -55 44 £515 +17.05% 19
Work from Home -56 35 £527 +20.17% 23
South East -60 24 £527 +5.34% 7
North of England -56 13 £536 -0.23% 9
North West -46 9 £566 +25.78% 8
Midlands -54 5 £488 -12.56% 1
East Midlands -6 4 £488 -
Scotland -12 3 £513 +2.50% 1
North East -38 2 £513 -6.82%
Yorkshire -48 2 - - 1
South West -55 1 £500 +30.72% 3
West Midlands -58 1 - - 1

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 5 (4.67%) Confluence
2 3 (2.80%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.93%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.93%) PeopleSoft HCM
Cloud Services
1 107 (100.00%) Azure
2 65 (60.75%) Azure DevOps
3 48 (44.86%) Azure Monitor
4 35 (32.71%) Azure AKS
4 35 (32.71%) Entra ID
5 28 (26.17%) GitHub
6 23 (21.50%) GitHub Actions
7 18 (16.82%) AWS
8 15 (14.02%) Azure Key Vault
9 14 (13.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 14 (13.08%) Serverless
10 13 (12.15%) Azure Data Factory
11 11 (10.28%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (8.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 9 (8.41%) Azure Functions
12 9 (8.41%) PaaS
13 8 (7.48%) GCP
13 8 (7.48%) IaaS
13 8 (7.48%) Power Platform
14 7 (6.54%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (25.23%) DNS
2 23 (21.50%) Firewall
3 15 (14.02%) VPN
4 13 (12.15%) DHCP
4 13 (12.15%) TCP/IP
5 12 (11.21%) Network Security
6 5 (4.67%) SSH
7 3 (2.80%) WAN
8 2 (1.87%) SD-WAN
8 2 (1.87%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (0.93%) DNSSEC
9 1 (0.93%) LAN
9 1 (0.93%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.93%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.28%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (6.54%) Data Lake
3 5 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.74%) NoSQL
5 3 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (2.80%) Delta Lake
5 3 (2.80%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.87%) Parquet
6 2 (1.87%) Power BI
6 2 (1.87%) Redis
6 2 (1.87%) Spark SQL
6 2 (1.87%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.93%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.93%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.93%) MySQL
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.93%) Power Query
7 1 (0.93%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (25.23%) Git
2 13 (12.15%) GitLab
3 12 (11.21%) Jenkins
4 6 (5.61%) JIRA
5 1 (0.93%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.93%) Moq
5 1 (0.93%) NUnit
5 1 (0.93%) PeopleTools
5 1 (0.93%) Serilog
5 1 (0.93%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.93%) VersionOne
General
1 27 (25.23%) Public Sector
1 27 (25.23%) Social Skills
2 8 (7.48%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (6.54%) Finance
3 7 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.74%) Aerospace
5 3 (2.80%) Military
6 2 (1.87%) Law
6 2 (1.87%) Legal
6 2 (1.87%) Local Government
6 2 (1.87%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.87%) Retail
7 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 36 (33.64%) Azure Engineer
2 33 (30.84%) DevOps Engineer
3 18 (16.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
4 16 (14.95%) Senior
5 14 (13.08%) Platform Engineer
6 12 (11.21%) Cloud Engineer
6 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (9.35%) Architect
7 10 (9.35%) Developer
8 8 (7.48%) Azure Platform Engineer
8 8 (7.48%) Cloud Platform Engineer
9 7 (6.54%) Azure Architect
9 7 (6.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 6 (5.61%) Lead
11 5 (4.67%) Full-Stack Developer
12 3 (2.80%) Cloud Architect
12 3 (2.80%) Data Engineer
12 3 (2.80%) DevSecOps Engineer
12 3 (2.80%) Security Engineer
12 3 (2.80%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.28%) .NET
1 11 (10.28%) YAML
2 10 (9.35%) REST
3 5 (4.67%) Entity Framework
3 5 (4.67%) OAuth
3 5 (4.67%) RESTful
4 4 (3.74%) .NET Core
4 4 (3.74%) .NET Framework
4 4 (3.74%) OpenID
4 4 (3.74%) React
4 4 (3.74%) SAML
5 3 (2.80%) Azure Blueprints
5 3 (2.80%) JSON
5 3 (2.80%) PySpark
6 1 (0.93%) ADO
6 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.93%) Jest
6 1 (0.93%) Next.js
6 1 (0.93%) OpenTelemetry
6 1 (0.93%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 21 (19.63%) Cloud Native
2 20 (18.69%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (6.54%) ARM Cortex
4 6 (5.61%) Enterprise Cloud
4 6 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (5.61%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.61%) Onboarding
5 5 (4.67%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.74%) Security Posture
7 3 (2.80%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.80%) NHS
8 2 (1.87%) Distributed Architecture
8 2 (1.87%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.87%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.93%) Distributed Computing
9 1 (0.93%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.69%) Linux
2 18 (16.82%) Windows
3 14 (13.08%) Windows Server
4 8 (7.48%) VMS
5 5 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (3.74%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (83.18%) Infrastructure as Code
2 88 (82.24%) DevOps
3 79 (73.83%) CI/CD
4 48 (44.86%) Containerisation
5 40 (37.38%) Analytics
6 38 (35.51%) Platform Engineering
7 35 (32.71%) Log Analytics
8 32 (29.91%) Agile
9 31 (28.97%) RBAC
10 30 (28.04%) Continuous Improvement
11 27 (25.23%) Observability
11 27 (25.23%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (23.36%) Identity Access Management
13 22 (20.56%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 21 (19.63%) Cloud Security
14 21 (19.63%) Deployment Automation
15 16 (14.95%) Disaster Recovery
16 15 (14.02%) High Availability
17 14 (13.08%) Configuration Management
17 14 (13.08%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 75 (70.09%) Bicep
2 68 (63.55%) PowerShell
3 47 (43.93%) Python
4 40 (37.38%) Bash
5 21 (19.63%) SQL
6 8 (7.48%) C#
7 5 (4.67%) Java
8 2 (1.87%) C
8 2 (1.87%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 47 (43.93%) Security Cleared
2 40 (37.38%) Azure Certification
3 33 (30.84%) SC Cleared
4 11 (10.28%) Degree
5 10 (9.35%) DV Cleared
6 9 (8.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (5.61%) AWS Certification
8 4 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (1.87%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (1.87%) CISSP
10 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
10 2 (1.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 1 (0.93%) CCNA
11 1 (0.93%) CCNP
11 1 (0.93%) CEH
11 1 (0.93%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.93%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.74%) QA
2 3 (2.80%) GDPR
2 3 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.80%) NCSC
2 3 (2.80%) SLA
3 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.87%) NIST
4 1 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.93%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.93%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 42 (39.25%) Docker
2 29 (27.10%) Active Directory
3 13 (12.15%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (4.67%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (3.74%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.93%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.93%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 94 (87.85%) Terraform
2 50 (46.73%) Kubernetes
3 19 (17.76%) Ansible
4 13 (12.15%) Grafana
5 12 (11.21%) Prometheus
6 10 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (8.41%) Progress Chef
8 7 (6.54%) Puppet
8 7 (6.54%) SCCM
9 2 (1.87%) Argo
9 2 (1.87%) Istio
10 1 (0.93%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.93%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 66 (61.68%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.28%) Databricks
3 8 (7.48%) CrowdStrike
4 7 (6.54%) Google
5 5 (4.67%) VMware
6 4 (3.74%) Oracle
6 4 (3.74%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.80%) Splunk
8 2 (1.87%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.87%) SAP
9 1 (0.93%) Alibaba
9 1 (0.93%) Ariba
9 1 (0.93%) Citrix
9 1 (0.93%) IBM
9 1 (0.93%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.93%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.93%) Temenos
9 1 (0.93%) Zscaler