Azure Service Bus Contract Job Trends

Microsoft Azure Service Bus
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Azure Service Bus skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 426 423 400
Rank change year-on-year -3 -23 +15
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 195 95 186
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.32% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.16% 0.85% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 60 111
10th Percentile £356 £424 £413
25th Percentile £415 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% -1.25% +1.27%
75th Percentile £600 £641 £669
90th Percentile £668 £708 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £48.00 - -
25th Percentile £51.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.00 £29.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +94.87% - -
75th Percentile £64.00 - -
90th Percentile £67.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £29.25 -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Azure Service Bus falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 16,796 11,169 14,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.29% 37.93% 32.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,432 7,781 9,965
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +0.84% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 479 248 344
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.29 £18.68 £16.05
Median hourly rate £40.78 £27.63 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +47.59% +31.57% -37.31%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.15 £61.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £17.70
% change year-on-year +106.52% +29.94% -26.25%

Azure Service Bus
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Service Bus relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Azure Service Bus job vacancy trend in the UK

Azure Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Service Bus.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Service Bus

Azure Service Bus
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Service Bus over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Service Bus in the UK

Azure Service Bus
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Service Bus.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Azure Service Bus

Azure Service Bus
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure Service Bus over the 6 months to 21 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure Service Bus in the UK

Azure Service Bus
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Service Bus within the UK over the 6 months to 21 April 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 -28 161 £500 -16.84% 55
London -15 105 £500 -15.61% 32
Work from Home -10 58 £500 -16.67% 35
UK excluding London -66 58 £500 -20.00% 34
Midlands -55 14 £461 +24.66% 7
North of England - 13 £513 - 9
South East -56 11 £643 +2.88% 8
East of England -25 9 £575 -14.81% 5
East Midlands -29 7 £500 +5.82% 3
West Midlands -55 7 £460 +105.36% 4
North West - 7 £575 - 6
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
Wales -5 5 £340 +112.50% 1
Scotland +2 4 £358 - 4
South West -28 2 £450 +20.00% 2

Azure Service Bus
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 36 (18.46%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.64%) HCL Notes
4 10 (5.13%) Mendix
5 3 (1.54%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.03%) Confluence
7 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.51%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.51%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 195 (100.00%) Azure
2 93 (47.69%) Azure DevOps
3 89 (45.64%) Serverless
4 82 (42.05%) Azure Functions
5 77 (39.49%) Azure Logic Apps
6 57 (29.23%) Azure Monitor
6 57 (29.23%) GitHub
7 51 (26.15%) GitHub Actions
8 50 (25.64%) Azure Key Vault
9 46 (23.59%) Entra ID
10 43 (22.05%) Dynamics 365
10 43 (22.05%) Power Platform
11 39 (20.00%) Azure AKS
11 39 (20.00%) Power Automate
12 36 (18.46%) Azure Event Grid
12 36 (18.46%) Microsoft 365
13 34 (17.44%) Azure API Management
14 29 (14.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 29 (14.87%) PowerApps
15 28 (14.36%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.10%) HTTP
2 7 (3.59%) SMS
3 5 (2.56%) Firewall
3 5 (2.56%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) DKIM
4 1 (0.51%) DMARC
4 1 (0.51%) LAN
4 1 (0.51%) MPLS
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (22.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 27 (13.85%) SQL Server
3 16 (8.21%) Power BI
4 11 (5.64%) Oracle Database
5 8 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.59%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.05%) Metadata
7 4 (2.05%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.03%) InfluxDB
9 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.03%) Redis
10 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (7.18%) Git
2 4 (2.05%) Selenium
3 3 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.54%) NUnit
4 2 (1.03%) GitLab
4 2 (1.03%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.03%) JIRA
4 2 (1.03%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.03%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.51%) Mocha
5 1 (0.51%) Moq
5 1 (0.51%) Serilog
General
1 33 (16.92%) Public Sector
2 31 (15.90%) Finance
3 29 (14.87%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.64%) Financial Institution
5 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.08%) Marketing
7 5 (2.56%) Banking
8 3 (1.54%) Aviation
8 3 (1.54%) Law
8 3 (1.54%) Retail
9 2 (1.03%) Legal
10 1 (0.51%) Advertising
10 1 (0.51%) Billing
10 1 (0.51%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.51%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (51.79%) Developer
2 34 (17.44%) Architect
3 33 (16.92%) Azure Developer
4 25 (12.82%) Senior
5 22 (11.28%) .NET Developer
6 19 (9.74%) Lead
7 18 (9.23%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (8.21%) C# Developer
8 16 (8.21%) Senior Developer
9 14 (7.18%) Power Platform Developer
10 11 (5.64%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 10 (5.13%) Consultant
11 10 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (4.10%) C# .NET Developer
12 8 (4.10%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 8 (4.10%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Node.js Developer
13 7 (3.59%) Azure Architect
13 7 (3.59%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (3.59%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (50.77%) .NET
2 51 (26.15%) REST
3 35 (17.95%) .NET Core
4 29 (14.87%) React
5 27 (13.85%) .NET Framework
6 24 (12.31%) Microsoft Graph
7 23 (11.79%) AngularJS
7 23 (11.79%) Node.js
7 23 (11.79%) RESTful
8 21 (10.77%) Kafka
9 19 (9.74%) OAuth
9 19 (9.74%) SOAP
10 17 (8.72%) OAuth2
10 17 (8.72%) Web Services
11 16 (8.21%) Entity Framework
12 14 (7.18%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (6.67%) HTML5 Canvas
14 12 (6.15%) ASP.NET Web API
14 12 (6.15%) JSON
15 10 (5.13%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.05%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.67%) Low-Code
3 12 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.10%) AI Agents
5 8 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.05%) IoT
6 4 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.51%) CMDB
9 1 (0.51%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.51%) Distributed Architecture
9 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.51%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.51%) Pricing Data
9 1 (0.51%) State Machine
9 1 (0.51%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (68.72%) DevOps
2 113 (57.95%) CI/CD
3 60 (30.77%) Microservices
4 58 (29.74%) API Management
5 53 (27.18%) Event-Driven
6 44 (22.56%) Analytics
7 43 (22.05%) Observability
8 42 (21.54%) Infrastructure as Code
9 40 (20.51%) Containerisation
10 39 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 32 (16.41%) Integration Patterns
12 27 (13.85%) Data Modelling
12 27 (13.85%) Log Analytics
13 26 (13.33%) Agile
14 24 (12.31%) RBAC
15 23 (11.79%) Migration
16 21 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
16 21 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
17 18 (9.23%) Secure Coding
17 18 (9.23%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 114 (58.46%) C#
2 72 (36.92%) SQL
3 33 (16.92%) Bicep
4 31 (15.90%) JavaScript
4 31 (15.90%) PowerShell
5 23 (11.79%) Python
6 20 (10.26%) Kusto Query Language
6 20 (10.26%) TypeScript
7 11 (5.64%) Formula Language
7 11 (5.64%) Java
7 11 (5.64%) LotusScript
8 3 (1.54%) X++
9 1 (0.51%) Korn
9 1 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.18%) Degree
4 13 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.10%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.05%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.10%) Data Quality
1 8 (4.10%) GDPR
2 6 (3.08%) QA
3 5 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.03%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.51%) NCSC
5 1 (0.51%) PMO
5 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (20.00%) Docker
2 18 (9.23%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (23.08%) Terraform
2 37 (18.97%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.08%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.56%) Grafana
5 4 (2.05%) Ansible
5 4 (2.05%) Istio
5 4 (2.05%) Kustomize
5 4 (2.05%) linkerd
6 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (50.26%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.23%) Databricks
3 13 (6.67%) OpenAI
3 13 (6.67%) Oracle
4 11 (5.64%) Lotus
5 10 (5.13%) Kofax
6 3 (1.54%) Informatica
6 3 (1.54%) SAP
6 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.54%) Talend
7 2 (1.03%) Foundry
7 2 (1.03%) Workday
8 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.51%) IBM
8 1 (0.51%) iManage
8 1 (0.51%) Infor
8 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.51%) New Relic
8 1 (0.51%) Planview
8 1 (0.51%) Solace