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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 444 375 435
Rank change year-on-year -69 +60 +60
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 115 202 207
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.93% 1.54% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 122 134
10th Percentile £354 £430 £404
25th Percentile £407 £500 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £578
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £589 £675 £650
90th Percentile £688 £723 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £29.25 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.25 - -

All Cloud 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 12,359 13,112 17,776
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.52% 34.29% 35.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,240 8,846 12,789
10th Percentile £313 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 296 197 342
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.50 £15.21
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £28.75 £31.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% -11.43% +62.79%
75th Percentile £52.25 £62.50 £66.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £70.00 £78.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.27 £30.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -35.77% +11.11% +40.30%

Azure Service Bus
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Azure Service Bus as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Service Bus 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 September 2025.

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
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 September 2025. 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 -55 101 £513 -14.58% 66
London -60 66 £522 -13.08% 31
Work from Home -9 65 £450 -18.18% 47
UK excluding London +4 32 £500 -16.67% 58
Midlands -6 7 £513 -14.58% 6
South East +8 6 £600 +14.29% 16
North of England -10 6 £450 -25.00% 21
North West -11 6 £450 -28.00% 14
South West +27 5 £375 - 1
East of England - 5 £675 - 1
West Midlands -8 4 £504 -16.04%
East Midlands - 3 £588 - 2
Wales - 3 £235 - 12
Yorkshire -10 2 - - 2

Azure Service Bus
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.61%) NServiceBus
2 2 (1.74%) Oracle Service Bus
2 2 (1.74%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.87%) HCL Notes
3 1 (0.87%) Mendix
Applications
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.48%) Aladdin
1 4 (3.48%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (3.48%) Fidessa
1 4 (3.48%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (3.48%) thinkFolio
2 2 (1.74%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.74%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 110 (95.65%) Azure
2 62 (53.91%) Azure Logic Apps
3 44 (38.26%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (38.26%) Serverless
4 39 (33.91%) Azure Functions
5 22 (19.13%) Azure API Management
6 21 (18.26%) Azure Monitor
7 20 (17.39%) Power Platform
8 19 (16.52%) PowerApps
9 17 (14.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 16 (13.91%) Azure Event Grid
10 16 (13.91%) Dynamics 365
11 13 (11.30%) PaaS
12 12 (10.43%) Azure Storage
12 12 (10.43%) Entra ID
12 12 (10.43%) Power Automate
13 11 (9.57%) GitHub
14 10 (8.70%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (8.70%) Azure Key Vault
15 6 (5.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.22%) Network Security
2 2 (1.74%) SSL
3 1 (0.87%) DNS
3 1 (0.87%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (9.57%) Relational Database
3 8 (6.96%) Power BI
4 5 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (4.35%) Redis
5 4 (3.48%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.87%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.87%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.87%) HDInsight
7 1 (0.87%) Metadata
7 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.83%) Postman
2 4 (3.48%) Git
3 2 (1.74%) git-flow
3 2 (1.74%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.74%) JIRA
3 2 (1.74%) JMeter
3 2 (1.74%) Liquibase
3 2 (1.74%) Locust
3 2 (1.74%) Selenium
3 2 (1.74%) SonarQube
3 2 (1.74%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.87%) TestRail
General
1 36 (31.30%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.13%) Finance
3 14 (12.17%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.09%) Banking
6 6 (5.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (5.22%) Law
7 4 (3.48%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.61%) Billing
8 3 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.61%) Front Office
8 3 (2.61%) Retail
9 2 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Local Government
9 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.87%) Back Office
10 1 (0.87%) Electronics
10 1 (0.87%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.87%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 54 (46.96%) Developer
2 28 (24.35%) Architect
3 17 (14.78%) Senior
4 15 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (12.17%) Senior Developer
6 12 (10.43%) Integration Developer
7 11 (9.57%) .NET Developer
8 10 (8.70%) Azure Architect
8 10 (8.70%) Azure Developer
9 9 (7.83%) Lead
10 8 (6.96%) C# Developer
11 7 (6.09%) C# .NET Developer
11 7 (6.09%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 7 (6.09%) Power Apps Developer
12 6 (5.22%) Applications Developer
12 6 (5.22%) Azure Engineer
12 6 (5.22%) Software Engineer
13 5 (4.35%) C# Software Engineer
13 5 (4.35%) Data Architect
13 5 (4.35%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (46.09%) .NET
2 29 (25.22%) REST
3 26 (22.61%) .NET Core
4 16 (13.91%) RESTful
4 16 (13.91%) SOAP
5 14 (12.17%) OAuth
6 13 (11.30%) .NET Framework
6 13 (11.30%) React
7 11 (9.57%) ASP.NET
7 11 (9.57%) ASP.NET Web API
7 11 (9.57%) HTML5 Canvas
8 9 (7.83%) XML
8 9 (7.83%) YAML
9 8 (6.96%) ARM Templates
9 8 (6.96%) HTML
9 8 (6.96%) Web Services
10 7 (6.09%) JSON
10 7 (6.09%) Kafka
11 6 (5.22%) AngularJS
11 6 (5.22%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 10 (8.70%) Cloud Native
2 10 (8.70%) Distributed Systems
3 6 (5.22%) Greenfield Project
4 5 (4.35%) Low-Code
4 5 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 4 (3.48%) Derivative
5 4 (3.48%) Fixed Income
5 4 (3.48%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (3.48%) N-Tier
6 3 (2.61%) Hedge funds
6 3 (2.61%) Legacy Code
6 3 (2.61%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.74%) Data Fabric
7 2 (1.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.74%) IVR
7 2 (1.74%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.87%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.87%) FMCG
8 1 (0.87%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.48%) Android
1 4 (3.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (56.52%) DevOps
2 49 (42.61%) Agile
3 48 (41.74%) CI/CD
4 39 (33.91%) API Management
5 30 (26.09%) Event-Driven
6 28 (24.35%) Infrastructure as Code
6 28 (24.35%) Scrum
7 27 (23.48%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 25 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (16.52%) Microservices
10 17 (14.78%) Analytics
11 15 (13.04%) Log Analytics
11 15 (13.04%) Test Automation
12 13 (11.30%) Data Modelling
12 13 (11.30%) DevSecOps
13 11 (9.57%) Data Integration
14 10 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (8.70%) ETL
14 10 (8.70%) TDD
15 9 (7.83%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (53.04%) C#
2 33 (28.70%) JavaScript
2 33 (28.70%) SQL
3 24 (20.87%) Python
4 20 (17.39%) Bicep
5 15 (13.04%) PowerShell
6 8 (6.96%) TypeScript
7 7 (6.09%) Java
8 6 (5.22%) Bash
8 6 (5.22%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.74%) PL/SQL
9 2 (1.74%) X++
10 1 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.87%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.87%) LotusScript
Qualifications
1 15 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.17%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.83%) Degree
4 8 (6.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.09%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.61%) MCPD
6 3 (2.61%) MCSD
7 2 (1.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.74%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.22%) GDPR
2 5 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (3.48%) MiFID
4 3 (2.61%) HL7
5 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.87%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (7.83%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (19.13%) Terraform
2 8 (6.96%) Kubernetes
3 4 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.87%) Foglight
4 1 (0.87%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 39 (33.91%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) Salesforce
3 12 (10.43%) Oracle
4 4 (3.48%) Portware
5 3 (2.61%) Databricks
5 3 (2.61%) SAP
6 1 (0.87%) Ariba
6 1 (0.87%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.87%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.87%) Kofax
6 1 (0.87%) Lotus
6 1 (0.87%) Northgate
6 1 (0.87%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.87%) Snow
6 1 (0.87%) webMethods