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 17 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 420 410 400
Rank change year-on-year -10 -10 +62
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 162 111 203
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.35% 0.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.14% 0.95% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 66 134
10th Percentile £355 £469 £425
25th Percentile £413 £561 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £625 £605
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +3.31% +0.83%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £675
90th Percentile £651 £856 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -19.40% +4.17% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £48.00 - -
25th Percentile £51.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.00 - -
90th Percentile £67.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 14,203 11,650 14,671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 38.07% 36.62% 33.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,776 7,757 10,516
10th Percentile £306 £313 £296
25th Percentile £406 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% -1.45% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 176 276
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.44 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.11 £27.50 £24.02
Median % change year-on-year +5.85% +14.49% +6.76%
75th Percentile £57.25 £43.94 £53.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £66.88 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £26.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year +2.68% +26.19% +9.60%

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 17 January 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 17 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure Service Bus in the UK

Azure Service Bus
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 Azure Service Bus within the UK over the 6 months to 17 January 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 -29 135 £500 -20.00% 92
London +22 98 £488 -24.88% 19
Work from Home +5 58 £500 -17.18% 43
UK excluding London -50 34 £504 -19.40% 95
Midlands -28 12 £449 -7.53% 10
South East -40 10 £575 -8.00% 30
East Midlands -22 7 £450 +21.62% 7
West Midlands -32 5 £425 -29.17% 3
North of England - 5 £500 - 23
Wales - 5 £370 - 6
North West - 5 £500 - 16
Yorkshire - 2 - - 6
East of England -18 1 £725 - 6
South West - 1 - - 10

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 22 (13.58%) SharePoint
2 11 (6.79%) HCL Notes
3 10 (6.17%) Mendix
4 5 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.85%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.85%) Confluence
6 2 (1.23%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.62%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (6.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.85%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.85%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.23%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.62%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.62%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 162 (100.00%) Azure
2 80 (49.38%) Azure Logic Apps
3 79 (48.77%) Serverless
4 74 (45.68%) Azure Functions
5 72 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
6 45 (27.78%) Azure Monitor
6 45 (27.78%) GitHub
7 42 (25.93%) Dynamics 365
8 39 (24.07%) Power Platform
9 38 (23.46%) GitHub Actions
9 38 (23.46%) Power Automate
10 36 (22.22%) Azure Key Vault
11 31 (19.14%) Azure Event Grid
12 30 (18.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 29 (17.90%) PowerApps
14 28 (17.28%) Azure API Management
15 27 (16.67%) Entra ID
16 22 (13.58%) PaaS
17 18 (11.11%) Azure AKS
17 18 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.94%) HTTP
2 6 (3.70%) Firewall
2 6 (3.70%) Network Security
2 6 (3.70%) SMS
3 2 (1.23%) LAN
3 2 (1.23%) MPLS
3 2 (1.23%) VPN
3 2 (1.23%) WAN
4 1 (0.62%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (24.07%) Azure SQL Database
2 27 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 19 (11.73%) Power BI
4 11 (6.79%) Oracle Database
5 7 (4.32%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.70%) Data Lake
7 5 (3.09%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (2.47%) Metadata
9 3 (1.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (1.23%) Redis
11 1 (0.62%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.62%) HDInsight
11 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (8.64%) Git
2 9 (5.56%) Postman
3 6 (3.70%) Selenium
4 5 (3.09%) JIRA
5 2 (1.23%) git-flow
5 2 (1.23%) GitLab
5 2 (1.23%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.23%) JMeter
5 2 (1.23%) Locust
5 2 (1.23%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.23%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.62%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.62%) Mocha
6 1 (0.62%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.62%) TestRail
General
1 37 (22.84%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.90%) Finance
3 28 (17.28%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.56%) Financial Institution
5 8 (4.94%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.94%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (4.94%) Marketing
6 7 (4.32%) Banking
7 3 (1.85%) Aviation
8 2 (1.23%) Billing
8 2 (1.23%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.23%) Law
9 1 (0.62%) Advertising
9 1 (0.62%) Electronics
9 1 (0.62%) Front Office
9 1 (0.62%) Legal
9 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.62%) Military
9 1 (0.62%) Retail
9 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 86 (53.09%) Developer
2 25 (15.43%) Senior
3 24 (14.81%) Architect
4 22 (13.58%) Azure Developer
5 17 (10.49%) Lead
5 17 (10.49%) Senior Developer
6 16 (9.88%) Power Platform Developer
7 14 (8.64%) .NET Developer
7 14 (8.64%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 12 (7.41%) C# Developer
9 10 (6.17%) Azure Engineer
9 10 (6.17%) Consultant
9 10 (6.17%) Integration Developer
10 9 (5.56%) Azure Architect
10 9 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.94%) Node.js Developer
12 7 (4.32%) C# .NET Developer
12 7 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 7 (4.32%) Integration Engineer
13 6 (3.70%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (45.68%) .NET
2 40 (24.69%) REST
3 29 (17.90%) .NET Core
4 23 (14.20%) React
5 22 (13.58%) RESTful
6 21 (12.96%) Node.js
7 18 (11.11%) AngularJS
7 18 (11.11%) HTML5 Canvas
8 15 (9.26%) OAuth
9 14 (8.64%) Kafka
9 14 (8.64%) SOAP
10 13 (8.02%) JSON
11 11 (6.79%) .NET Framework
12 9 (5.56%) Entity Framework
13 8 (4.94%) Express.js
13 8 (4.94%) Microsoft Graph
13 8 (4.94%) PyTorch
13 8 (4.94%) TensorFlow
14 7 (4.32%) JWT
14 7 (4.32%) SignalR
Miscellaneous
1 26 (16.05%) Cloud Native
2 14 (8.64%) Low-Code
3 11 (6.79%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.94%) AI Agents
6 5 (3.09%) Data Fabric
6 5 (3.09%) Management Information System
6 5 (3.09%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.47%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.23%) IVR
8 2 (1.23%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.62%) Derivative
9 1 (0.62%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.62%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.62%) IoT
9 1 (0.62%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (64.81%) DevOps
2 98 (60.49%) CI/CD
3 48 (29.63%) API Management
4 41 (25.31%) Microservices
5 39 (24.07%) Analytics
6 36 (22.22%) Event-Driven
7 35 (21.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 33 (20.37%) Agile
9 32 (19.75%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 28 (17.28%) Containerisation
11 27 (16.67%) Observability
12 25 (15.43%) RBAC
13 24 (14.81%) Log Analytics
14 23 (14.20%) Business Intelligence
14 23 (14.20%) Integration Patterns
14 23 (14.20%) Test Automation
15 21 (12.96%) Data Modelling
16 20 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
17 17 (10.49%) Data Management
18 15 (9.26%) AI
Programming Languages
1 97 (59.88%) C#
2 73 (45.06%) SQL
3 41 (25.31%) JavaScript
4 35 (21.60%) Bicep
5 22 (13.58%) Python
5 22 (13.58%) TypeScript
6 20 (12.35%) PowerShell
7 11 (6.79%) Formula Language
7 11 (6.79%) LotusScript
8 6 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
9 4 (2.47%) X++
10 3 (1.85%) Java
10 3 (1.85%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.62%) Korn
Qualifications
1 39 (24.07%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.32%) Degree
4 6 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.09%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.47%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.23%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.26%) GDPR
2 7 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.09%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.09%) QA
4 3 (1.85%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.23%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.62%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.62%) MiFID
6 1 (0.62%) NCSC
6 1 (0.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (13.58%) Docker
2 16 (9.88%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (27.78%) Terraform
2 20 (12.35%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.09%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.47%) Ansible
5 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.62%) Grafana
Vendors
1 79 (48.77%) Microsoft
2 18 (11.11%) Databricks
3 13 (8.02%) Oracle
4 12 (7.41%) OpenAI
5 11 (6.79%) Lotus
6 10 (6.17%) Kofax
7 8 (4.94%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.85%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.85%) Informatica
8 3 (1.85%) SAP
8 3 (1.85%) Talend
9 1 (0.62%) Ariba
9 1 (0.62%) Charles River
9 1 (0.62%) Foundry
9 1 (0.62%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.62%) IBM
9 1 (0.62%) iManage
9 1 (0.62%) Solace
9 1 (0.62%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.62%) Workday