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 14 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 439 366
Rank change year-on-year -66 -73 +81
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 161 115 202
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.35% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.86% 0.94% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 67 123
10th Percentile £419 £354 £430
25th Percentile £463 £407 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £589 £675
90th Percentile £650 £688 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £600
% change year-on-year - -16.67% -
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 18,762 12,268 13,182
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.66% 37.53% 34.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,441 8,169 8,927
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 607 300 201
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.50 £14.41
25th Percentile £17.86 £18.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.16 £30.88
Median % change year-on-year +11.45% -5.55% -11.79%
75th Percentile £67.77 £52.81 £61.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.27 £30.00
% change year-on-year +55.68% -35.77% +11.11%

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 14 September 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 14 September 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 -82 139 £550 +7.32% 84
London -57 93 £572 +9.68% 51
Work from Home -71 56 £500 +11.11% 112
UK excluding London -87 45 £500 - 47
East of England -24 11 £550 -18.52% 4
South East -50 10 £460 -23.33% 15
Midlands -45 9 £500 -2.44% 8
North of England -72 9 £575 +27.78% 10
North West -51 7 £575 +27.78% 6
East Midlands -13 6 £500 -14.89% 2
South West -46 5 £470 +25.33% 2
Yorkshire -34 2 £613 - 4
West Midlands -48 2 £625 +24.07% 6
Wales -14 1 £310 +31.91% 1
Scotland - 1 - - 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 16 (9.94%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.11%) CMS
3 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.24%) Mendix
4 2 (1.24%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.62%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.62%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 16 (9.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.11%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.24%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.62%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.62%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.62%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 161 (100.00%) Azure
2 71 (44.10%) Azure Logic Apps
3 69 (42.86%) Serverless
4 62 (38.51%) Azure Functions
5 56 (34.78%) Dynamics 365
6 55 (34.16%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (28.57%) Power Platform
8 32 (19.88%) AWS
8 32 (19.88%) Azure Event Grid
9 30 (18.63%) PowerApps
10 28 (17.39%) GitHub
11 26 (16.15%) Entra ID
11 26 (16.15%) Power Automate
12 24 (14.91%) Azure AKS
12 24 (14.91%) Azure API Management
13 23 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (13.04%) Azure Monitor
15 19 (11.80%) Azure Key Vault
15 19 (11.80%) Microsoft Copilot
16 17 (10.56%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.21%) HTTP
2 3 (1.86%) Network Security
2 3 (1.86%) VPN
3 1 (0.62%) DKIM
3 1 (0.62%) DMARC
3 1 (0.62%) Firewall
3 1 (0.62%) Internet
3 1 (0.62%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.42%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (11.80%) Power BI
3 11 (6.83%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.97%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.73%) Metadata
6 5 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (3.11%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.48%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.48%) InfluxDB
7 4 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.86%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.24%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.62%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 19 (11.80%) Git
2 13 (8.07%) JIRA
3 10 (6.21%) SpecFlow
4 6 (3.73%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.48%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.24%) NUnit
6 2 (1.24%) TestRail
7 1 (0.62%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.62%) GitLab
7 1 (0.62%) JUnit
7 1 (0.62%) MSTest
7 1 (0.62%) Postman
7 1 (0.62%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.62%) Selenium
7 1 (0.62%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.62%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 31 (19.25%) Social Skills
2 26 (16.15%) Finance
3 20 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.73%) Marketing
6 3 (1.86%) Legal
6 3 (1.86%) Local Government
6 3 (1.86%) Retail
7 2 (1.24%) Banking
7 2 (1.24%) Law
8 1 (0.62%) Automotive
8 1 (0.62%) Billing
8 1 (0.62%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.62%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.62%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 76 (47.20%) Developer
2 30 (18.63%) Architect
3 25 (15.53%) Senior
4 23 (14.29%) Azure Developer
5 20 (12.42%) Solutions Architect
6 19 (11.80%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 17 (10.56%) .NET Developer
8 14 (8.70%) Lead
9 12 (7.45%) C# Developer
10 11 (6.83%) Senior Developer
11 10 (6.21%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (5.59%) Integration Engineer
13 8 (4.97%) Integration Specialist
13 8 (4.97%) Power Platform Developer
14 7 (4.35%) Azure Specialist
15 6 (3.73%) Backend Developer
15 6 (3.73%) Dynamics 365 Architect
16 5 (3.11%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
16 5 (3.11%) Azure Platform Engineer
16 5 (3.11%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (58.39%) .NET
2 58 (36.02%) REST
3 25 (15.53%) OAuth
4 24 (14.91%) JSON
4 24 (14.91%) Terraform
5 22 (13.66%) OpenAPI
5 22 (13.66%) Swagger
6 21 (13.04%) RESTful
7 20 (12.42%) Kafka
7 20 (12.42%) XML
8 19 (11.80%) Middleware
9 18 (11.18%) .NET Core
9 18 (11.18%) RabbitMQ
10 14 (8.70%) SOAP
11 11 (6.83%) GraphQL
11 11 (6.83%) JWT
11 11 (6.83%) OAuth2
11 11 (6.83%) React
12 10 (6.21%) .NET Framework
12 10 (6.21%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 50 (31.06%) Cloud Native
2 25 (15.53%) Distributed Systems
3 10 (6.21%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (6.21%) Product Ownership
4 7 (4.35%) AI Agents
4 7 (4.35%) Low-Code
5 5 (3.11%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (3.11%) IoT
5 5 (3.11%) Wiki
6 4 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.48%) NHS
7 3 (1.86%) BYOD
7 3 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.86%) Life Science
8 2 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.62%) Autonomous Agent
9 1 (0.62%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.62%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (58.39%) CI/CD
1 94 (58.39%) DevOps
2 62 (38.51%) Event-Driven
3 56 (34.78%) Agile
4 52 (32.30%) API Management
5 45 (27.95%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 34 (21.12%) Microservices
7 33 (20.50%) Integration Patterns
8 30 (18.63%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (16.15%) Problem-Solving
10 23 (14.29%) AI
11 22 (13.66%) API Development
11 22 (13.66%) Test Automation
12 21 (13.04%) Containerisation
12 21 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 20 (12.42%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (12.42%) CRM
13 20 (12.42%) Data Modelling
13 20 (12.42%) Migration
14 19 (11.80%) API Integration
Programming Languages
1 83 (51.55%) C#
2 41 (25.47%) SQL
3 29 (18.01%) JavaScript
4 28 (17.39%) Python
5 24 (14.91%) Bicep
6 17 (10.56%) TypeScript
7 11 (6.83%) Java
8 4 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (2.48%) X++
9 2 (1.24%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.62%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.62%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.62%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 37 (22.98%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.56%) Azure Certification
4 14 (8.70%) Degree
5 10 (6.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.59%) QA
2 7 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.48%) GDPR
4 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.86%) NIST
5 2 (1.24%) SLA
6 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (16.15%) Docker
2 11 (6.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (18.01%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.86%) Grafana
3 2 (1.24%) Istio
3 2 (1.24%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.62%) Argo
4 1 (0.62%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.62%) linkerd
Vendors
1 85 (52.80%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.70%) Oracle
3 11 (6.83%) MuleSoft
4 8 (4.97%) Google
4 8 (4.97%) IBM
4 8 (4.97%) Informatica
4 8 (4.97%) TIBCO
4 8 (4.97%) WSO2
5 7 (4.35%) SAP
6 6 (3.73%) Workday
7 4 (2.48%) Databricks
8 3 (1.86%) Aprimo
8 3 (1.86%) OneTrust
8 3 (1.86%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.86%) Optimizely
8 3 (1.86%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.24%) Adyen
10 1 (0.62%) Concur
10 1 (0.62%) iManage
10 1 (0.62%) Okta