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 15 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 442 429 388
Rank change year-on-year -13 -41 +22
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 185 90 205
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.31% 0.48%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.09% 0.82% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 58 122
10th Percentile £342 £443 £409
25th Percentile £420 £494 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £557 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +1.27% -6.38%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £650
90th Percentile £671 £679 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £29.25 -
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 17,001 10,920 13,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.65% 37.57% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,473 7,513 9,833
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% -1.97% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £623 £634
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 247 347
10th Percentile £15.38 £15.22 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £18.50 £16.03
Median hourly rate £37.54 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +36.51% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.50 £36.81
90th Percentile £81.00 £73.00 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.87 £21.39 £17.72
% change year-on-year +95.76% +20.71% -29.12%

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 15 May 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
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 15 May 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 -41 153 £525 -8.70% 79
London -14 101 £525 -7.49% 47
UK excluding London -65 57 £500 -13.04% 41
Work from Home -13 56 £500 -13.04% 39
North of England -51 13 £525 +16.67% 9
South East -57 12 £609 -2.56% 19
East of England -24 11 £563 -16.67% 4
Midlands -62 9 £500 -2.44% 4
North West -27 7 £550 +22.22% 6
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
Wales -4 5 £340 +112.50% 1
West Midlands -60 5 £460 -8.68% 3
Scotland +3 4 £358 - 3
East Midlands -25 4 £500 -13.04% 1
South West -28 3 £450 +20.00% 1

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 32 (17.30%) SharePoint
2 14 (7.57%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.41%) HCL Notes
3 10 (5.41%) Mendix
4 3 (1.62%) ArcGIS
5 2 (1.08%) Confluence
6 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (7.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.62%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.54%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.54%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.54%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 185 (100.00%) Azure
2 88 (47.57%) Azure DevOps
2 88 (47.57%) Serverless
3 77 (41.62%) Azure Functions
4 70 (37.84%) Azure Logic Apps
5 46 (24.86%) Dynamics 365
6 44 (23.78%) Azure Monitor
7 42 (22.70%) Azure Key Vault
7 42 (22.70%) GitHub
8 41 (22.16%) Power Platform
9 38 (20.54%) Entra ID
9 38 (20.54%) Power Automate
10 36 (19.46%) Azure AKS
11 35 (18.92%) GitHub Actions
12 34 (18.38%) Azure Event Grid
13 31 (16.76%) Microsoft 365
14 29 (15.68%) Azure API Management
14 29 (15.68%) PowerApps
15 26 (14.05%) PaaS
16 22 (11.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.78%) SMS
2 2 (1.08%) Firewall
2 2 (1.08%) Network Security
3 1 (0.54%) DKIM
3 1 (0.54%) DMARC
3 1 (0.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (20.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 20 (10.81%) SQL Server
3 15 (8.11%) Power BI
4 10 (5.41%) Oracle Database
5 7 (3.78%) Data Lake
5 7 (3.78%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.16%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.62%) InfluxDB
8 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.08%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.54%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.54%) Metadata
9 1 (0.54%) Redis
9 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.54%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 16 (8.65%) Git
2 4 (2.16%) NUnit
2 4 (2.16%) Selenium
3 3 (1.62%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.62%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.08%) GitLab
4 2 (1.08%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.08%) JIRA
4 2 (1.08%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.54%) Mocha
5 1 (0.54%) Moq
5 1 (0.54%) Serilog
5 1 (0.54%) Visual Studio
General
1 38 (20.54%) Finance
2 30 (16.22%) Public Sector
3 27 (14.59%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.95%) Financial Institution
5 7 (3.78%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.78%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.24%) Marketing
7 4 (2.16%) Banking
8 3 (1.62%) Aviation
9 2 (1.08%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.08%) Law
9 2 (1.08%) Legal
9 2 (1.08%) Retail
10 1 (0.54%) Advertising
10 1 (0.54%) Automotive
10 1 (0.54%) Billing
10 1 (0.54%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.54%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.54%) Local Government
10 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 89 (48.11%) Developer
2 36 (19.46%) Architect
3 30 (16.22%) Azure Developer
4 28 (15.14%) Senior
5 23 (12.43%) .NET Developer
6 19 (10.27%) Senior Developer
7 18 (9.73%) Lead
8 16 (8.65%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (8.11%) C# Developer
10 11 (5.95%) Power Platform Developer
11 10 (5.41%) Consultant
11 10 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
11 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 10 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (4.86%) Full-Stack Developer
13 8 (4.32%) Azure Architect
13 8 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 8 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Developer
14 7 (3.78%) C# .NET Developer
14 7 (3.78%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (52.97%) .NET
2 50 (27.03%) REST
3 30 (16.22%) .NET Core
3 30 (16.22%) React
4 24 (12.97%) .NET Framework
5 22 (11.89%) OAuth
6 21 (11.35%) RESTful
7 20 (10.81%) OAuth2
8 19 (10.27%) Kafka
8 19 (10.27%) Microsoft Graph
9 18 (9.73%) SOAP
10 16 (8.65%) Entity Framework
10 16 (8.65%) Web Services
11 14 (7.57%) AngularJS
12 13 (7.03%) HTML5 Canvas
13 12 (6.49%) ASP.NET Web API
13 12 (6.49%) JWT
13 12 (6.49%) RabbitMQ
14 11 (5.95%) Node.js
15 9 (4.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 40 (21.62%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.03%) Low-Code
3 12 (6.49%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (5.95%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.86%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.16%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.16%) IoT
6 4 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.08%) Wiki
8 1 (0.54%) BYOD
8 1 (0.54%) CMDB
8 1 (0.54%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.54%) NHS
8 1 (0.54%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.54%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (67.57%) DevOps
2 100 (54.05%) CI/CD
3 60 (32.43%) Event-Driven
4 56 (30.27%) API Management
5 53 (28.65%) Microservices
6 43 (23.24%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (22.16%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 34 (18.38%) Integration Patterns
8 34 (18.38%) Observability
9 33 (17.84%) Analytics
10 31 (16.76%) Containerisation
11 28 (15.14%) Data Modelling
12 25 (13.51%) Agile
13 22 (11.89%) Migration
13 22 (11.89%) Problem-Solving
14 19 (10.27%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
15 18 (9.73%) Log Analytics
15 18 (9.73%) Secure Coding
15 18 (9.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 115 (62.16%) C#
2 65 (35.14%) SQL
3 35 (18.92%) JavaScript
4 29 (15.68%) Bicep
5 28 (15.14%) PowerShell
6 20 (10.81%) Python
7 18 (9.73%) Kusto Query Language
8 16 (8.65%) TypeScript
9 11 (5.95%) Java
10 10 (5.41%) Formula Language
10 10 (5.41%) LotusScript
11 4 (2.16%) X++
12 1 (0.54%) Korn
12 1 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 46 (24.86%) Security Cleared
2 34 (18.38%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.11%) Degree
4 13 (7.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.32%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.08%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.32%) GDPR
1 8 (4.32%) QA
2 5 (2.70%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.08%) FedRAMP
3 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
3 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.54%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.54%) NCSC
4 1 (0.54%) PMO
4 1 (0.54%) SLA
4 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 40 (21.62%) Docker
2 12 (6.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 43 (23.24%) Terraform
2 38 (20.54%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.70%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.16%) Grafana
4 4 (2.16%) Istio
4 4 (2.16%) Kustomize
4 4 (2.16%) linkerd
5 3 (1.62%) Ansible
Vendors
1 91 (49.19%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.03%) Databricks
2 13 (7.03%) Oracle
3 10 (5.41%) Kofax
3 10 (5.41%) Lotus
4 6 (3.24%) OpenAI
5 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.16%) Workday
6 3 (1.62%) SAP
7 2 (1.08%) Foundry
7 2 (1.08%) Infor
7 2 (1.08%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.54%) Aderant
8 1 (0.54%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.54%) IBM
8 1 (0.54%) iManage
8 1 (0.54%) New Relic
8 1 (0.54%) Planview
8 1 (0.54%) SnapLogic