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 12 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 433 382
Rank change year-on-year -48 -51 +64
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 176 110 220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.34% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.94% 0.90% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 65 133
10th Percentile £401 £346 £430
25th Percentile £463 £410 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £588 £675
90th Percentile £670 £663 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £500 £556
% change year-on-year +3.50% -10.11% -5.08%
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 18,749 12,266 14,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.41% 37.55% 33.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,439 8,215 9,998
10th Percentile £326 £313 £307
25th Percentile £415 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.49% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £619 £638
90th Percentile £713 £734 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 312 353
10th Percentile £16.62 £15.25 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.78 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.06 £27.63 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.13% +23.90% -36.29%
75th Percentile £69.27 £47.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £82.56 £67.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £18.87 £21.00
% change year-on-year +98.73% -10.14% -20.72%

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 12 July 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 12 July 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 -60 144 £550 +8.64% 58
London -26 91 £575 +10.26% 34
UK excluding London -73 59 £518 +3.50% 35
Work from Home -46 56 £525 +5.00% 32
East of England -13 16 £550 -18.52% 4
North of England -66 15 £525 +16.67% 5
North West -40 9 £600 +33.33% 4
Midlands -45 9 £500 -0.74% 3
South East -67 7 £608 +5.65% 21
East Midlands -12 6 £500 -13.04% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
Scotland -11 5 £358 -
Wales -13 5 £340 +44.68% 1
West Midlands -63 3 £555 +12.12% 2
South West -39 2 £450 +20.00% 3

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 20 (11.36%) SharePoint
2 15 (8.52%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.14%) HCL Notes
3 2 (1.14%) Mendix
4 1 (0.57%) Anypoint
Applications
1 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (7.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.14%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.57%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.57%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 176 (100.00%) Azure
2 78 (44.32%) Azure Logic Apps
3 73 (41.48%) Azure DevOps
4 67 (38.07%) Serverless
5 55 (31.25%) Azure Functions
6 46 (26.14%) Dynamics 365
7 44 (25.00%) Power Platform
8 38 (21.59%) Azure Event Grid
9 35 (19.89%) Azure Monitor
10 34 (19.32%) GitHub
11 33 (18.75%) Azure AKS
11 33 (18.75%) Entra ID
12 31 (17.61%) PowerApps
13 29 (16.48%) Power Automate
14 28 (15.91%) Azure Key Vault
15 27 (15.34%) GitHub Actions
16 24 (13.64%) AWS
16 24 (13.64%) Azure API Management
17 23 (13.07%) Microsoft 365
18 17 (9.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.70%) HTTP
1 3 (1.70%) Network Security
1 3 (1.70%) VPN
2 2 (1.14%) SMS
3 1 (0.57%) DKIM
3 1 (0.57%) DMARC
3 1 (0.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (14.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 16 (9.09%) Power BI
3 13 (7.39%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.41%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (3.41%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.27%) InfluxDB
5 4 (2.27%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.14%) DynamoDB
7 2 (1.14%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.14%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.14%) Oracle Database
7 2 (1.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.57%) Metadata
8 1 (0.57%) Redis
8 1 (0.57%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 19 (10.80%) Git
2 10 (5.68%) JIRA
3 8 (4.55%) SpecFlow
4 4 (2.27%) NUnit
5 3 (1.70%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.14%) Jasmine
6 2 (1.14%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.14%) Karma Test Runner
6 2 (1.14%) Selenium
7 1 (0.57%) GitLab
7 1 (0.57%) Moq
7 1 (0.57%) Postman
7 1 (0.57%) Serilog
7 1 (0.57%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 33 (18.75%) Finance
2 25 (14.20%) Public Sector
3 24 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 5 (2.84%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.70%) Financial Institution
5 3 (1.70%) Law
5 3 (1.70%) Local Government
5 3 (1.70%) Marketing
5 3 (1.70%) Retail
6 2 (1.14%) Banking
6 2 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.14%) General Ledger
6 2 (1.14%) Legal
7 1 (0.57%) Automotive
7 1 (0.57%) Billing
7 1 (0.57%) Digital Health
7 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
7 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.57%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 82 (46.59%) Developer
2 33 (18.75%) Architect
3 29 (16.48%) Senior
4 28 (15.91%) Azure Developer
5 20 (11.36%) .NET Developer
6 19 (10.80%) Lead
7 16 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
8 15 (8.52%) Senior Developer
8 15 (8.52%) Solutions Architect
9 14 (7.95%) Dynamics 365 Developer
10 13 (7.39%) C# Developer
11 10 (5.68%) Microsoft 365 Developer
12 9 (5.11%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (4.55%) Integration Architect
13 8 (4.55%) Power Platform Developer
14 7 (3.98%) Azure Platform Engineer
15 6 (3.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
15 6 (3.41%) Dynamics 365 Architect
15 6 (3.41%) Platform Engineer
15 6 (3.41%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (55.11%) .NET
2 50 (28.41%) REST
3 26 (14.77%) RESTful
4 23 (13.07%) .NET Core
5 21 (11.93%) .NET Framework
6 20 (11.36%) SOAP
7 19 (10.80%) OAuth
8 18 (10.23%) Kafka
8 18 (10.23%) React
9 16 (9.09%) Microsoft Graph
9 16 (9.09%) RabbitMQ
10 15 (8.52%) OAuth2
10 15 (8.52%) Web Services
11 12 (6.82%) AngularJS
11 12 (6.82%) JSON
12 11 (6.25%) Swagger
13 10 (5.68%) Middleware
14 9 (5.11%) Entity Framework
14 9 (5.11%) Node.js
14 9 (5.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 48 (27.27%) Cloud Native
2 16 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (7.95%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (5.11%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.55%) Low-Code
6 5 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.84%) IoT
7 4 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.27%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (2.27%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.70%) AI Agents
8 3 (1.70%) BYOD
8 3 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.70%) NHS
9 2 (1.14%) Wiki
10 1 (0.57%) CMDB
10 1 (0.57%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.57%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.57%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.57%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (65.91%) DevOps
2 101 (57.39%) CI/CD
3 62 (35.23%) Event-Driven
4 51 (28.98%) API Management
4 51 (28.98%) Microservices
5 46 (26.14%) Agile
6 40 (22.73%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 35 (19.89%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (16.48%) Containerisation
9 28 (15.91%) Analytics
10 27 (15.34%) Integration Patterns
11 25 (14.20%) Observability
12 23 (13.07%) Problem-Solving
13 22 (12.50%) Data Modelling
13 22 (12.50%) Mentoring
14 21 (11.93%) Migration
15 19 (10.80%) Business Intelligence
16 18 (10.23%) CRM
16 18 (10.23%) ERP
16 18 (10.23%) Log Analytics
Programming Languages
1 91 (51.70%) C#
2 46 (26.14%) SQL
3 28 (15.91%) JavaScript
4 25 (14.20%) Python
5 20 (11.36%) Bicep
6 18 (10.23%) PowerShell
7 16 (9.09%) Java
7 16 (9.09%) Kusto Query Language
8 15 (8.52%) TypeScript
9 5 (2.84%) X++
10 2 (1.14%) Formula Language
10 2 (1.14%) LotusScript
11 1 (0.57%) Korn
11 1 (0.57%) Rust
Qualifications
1 49 (27.84%) Security Cleared
2 43 (24.43%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.23%) Degree
4 15 (8.52%) Azure Certification
5 14 (7.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.27%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.70%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.57%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.41%) GDPR
1 6 (3.41%) QA
2 4 (2.27%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.70%) NIST
4 2 (1.14%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.14%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.14%) SLA
5 1 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (21.02%) Docker
2 10 (5.68%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 39 (22.16%) Kubernetes
2 31 (17.61%) Terraform
3 6 (3.41%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.84%) Grafana
4 5 (2.84%) Istio
5 4 (2.27%) Kustomize
5 4 (2.27%) linkerd
6 1 (0.57%) Argo
Vendors
1 89 (50.57%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.98%) Databricks
2 7 (3.98%) Oracle
3 6 (3.41%) SAP
4 5 (2.84%) MuleSoft
4 5 (2.84%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.84%) Workday
5 3 (1.70%) Foundry
5 3 (1.70%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.14%) IBM
6 2 (1.14%) Infor
6 2 (1.14%) Kofax
6 2 (1.14%) Lotus
7 1 (0.57%) Aderant
7 1 (0.57%) Adobe
7 1 (0.57%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.57%) Concur
7 1 (0.57%) Genesys
7 1 (0.57%) iManage
7 1 (0.57%) Informatica