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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 431 427 400
Rank change year-on-year -4 -27 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 189 94 190
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.32% 0.43%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.12% 0.84% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 60 114
10th Percentile £354 £424 £415
25th Percentile £415 £500 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% -3.33% +0.84%
75th Percentile £588 £641 £662
90th Percentile £668 £708 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -20.00% +13.64% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £48.00 - -
25th Percentile £51.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.00 £29.25 -
Median % change year-on-year +94.87% - -
75th Percentile £64.00 - -
90th Percentile £67.60 - -
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 16,843 11,171 14,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.28% 37.83% 32.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,468 7,766 10,039
10th Percentile £319 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +1.05% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 251 345
10th Percentile £15.43 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.46 £18.51 £16.06
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.22% +30.95% -37.78%
75th Percentile £67.50 £48.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.38 £75.00 £61.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £17.70
% change year-on-year +106.52% +29.94% -26.25%

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 23 April 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 23 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure Service Bus in the UK

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 23 April 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 -23 158 £500 -16.67% 53
London 0 105 £500 -14.53% 30
UK excluding London -71 58 £500 -20.00% 32
Work from Home -16 53 £488 -18.75% 29
Midlands -50 14 £461 +24.66% 6
North of England - 13 £513 - 8
South East -53 11 £643 +2.88% 9
East of England -20 9 £575 -14.81% 6
East Midlands -28 7 £500 +5.82% 2
West Midlands -54 7 £460 +105.36% 4
North West - 7 £575 - 6
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
Wales -6 5 £340 +112.50% 1
Scotland +5 4 £358 - 1
South West -30 2 £450 +20.00% 2

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 35 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.82%) HCL Notes
4 10 (5.29%) Mendix
5 3 (1.59%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.06%) Confluence
7 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.59%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.53%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.53%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.53%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 189 (100.00%) Azure
2 94 (49.74%) Azure DevOps
3 90 (47.62%) Serverless
4 82 (43.39%) Azure Functions
5 77 (40.74%) Azure Logic Apps
6 56 (29.63%) Azure Monitor
7 51 (26.98%) Azure Key Vault
8 49 (25.93%) GitHub
9 45 (23.81%) Entra ID
10 43 (22.75%) Dynamics 365
10 43 (22.75%) GitHub Actions
11 42 (22.22%) Power Platform
12 41 (21.69%) Azure AKS
13 38 (20.11%) Power Automate
14 37 (19.58%) Azure Event Grid
15 35 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
16 34 (17.99%) Azure API Management
17 29 (15.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
18 28 (14.81%) PaaS
18 28 (14.81%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.70%) SMS
2 5 (2.65%) Firewall
2 5 (2.65%) Network Security
3 1 (0.53%) DKIM
3 1 (0.53%) DMARC
3 1 (0.53%) HTTP
3 1 (0.53%) LAN
3 1 (0.53%) MPLS
3 1 (0.53%) VPN
3 1 (0.53%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (19.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 22 (11.64%) SQL Server
3 16 (8.47%) Power BI
4 11 (5.82%) Oracle Database
5 8 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.70%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.12%) Metadata
7 4 (2.12%) NoSQL
7 4 (2.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.06%) InfluxDB
8 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.06%) Redis
8 2 (1.06%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.53%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (7.94%) Git
2 4 (2.12%) Selenium
3 3 (1.59%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.59%) NUnit
3 3 (1.59%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.06%) GitLab
4 2 (1.06%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.06%) JIRA
4 2 (1.06%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.53%) Mocha
5 1 (0.53%) Moq
5 1 (0.53%) Serilog
General
1 31 (16.40%) Finance
1 31 (16.40%) Public Sector
2 30 (15.87%) Social Skills
3 11 (5.82%) Financial Institution
4 7 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 6 (3.17%) Marketing
6 5 (2.65%) Banking
7 3 (1.59%) Aviation
7 3 (1.59%) Law
7 3 (1.59%) Retail
8 2 (1.06%) Legal
9 1 (0.53%) Advertising
9 1 (0.53%) Billing
9 1 (0.53%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.53%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (49.74%) Developer
2 34 (17.99%) Architect
2 34 (17.99%) Azure Developer
3 25 (13.23%) Senior
4 23 (12.17%) .NET Developer
5 20 (10.58%) Lead
6 18 (9.52%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (8.47%) C# Developer
7 16 (8.47%) Senior Developer
8 13 (6.88%) Power Platform Developer
9 11 (5.82%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 10 (5.29%) Consultant
10 10 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.76%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (4.23%) C# .NET Developer
12 8 (4.23%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 7 (3.70%) Azure Architect
13 7 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (3.70%) Senior .NET Developer
13 7 (3.70%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (52.91%) .NET
2 51 (26.98%) REST
3 36 (19.05%) .NET Core
4 30 (15.87%) React
5 27 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 23 (12.17%) Microsoft Graph
6 23 (12.17%) RESTful
7 21 (11.11%) Kafka
8 20 (10.58%) OAuth
9 19 (10.05%) SOAP
10 18 (9.52%) OAuth2
11 17 (8.99%) AngularJS
11 17 (8.99%) Web Services
12 16 (8.47%) Entity Framework
12 16 (8.47%) Node.js
13 14 (7.41%) RabbitMQ
14 13 (6.88%) HTML5 Canvas
15 12 (6.35%) ASP.NET Web API
16 11 (5.82%) JWT
17 8 (4.23%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.75%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.88%) Low-Code
3 11 (5.82%) Product Ownership
4 10 (5.29%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (4.76%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (4.23%) AI Agents
7 4 (2.12%) IoT
7 4 (2.12%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.12%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.53%) CMDB
10 1 (0.53%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.53%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.53%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.53%) Pricing Data
10 1 (0.53%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (71.43%) DevOps
2 108 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 59 (31.22%) API Management
4 55 (29.10%) Event-Driven
4 55 (29.10%) Microservices
5 43 (22.75%) Analytics
5 43 (22.75%) Infrastructure as Code
6 40 (21.16%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 37 (19.58%) Observability
8 34 (17.99%) Containerisation
9 33 (17.46%) Integration Patterns
10 27 (14.29%) Agile
11 26 (13.76%) Data Modelling
11 26 (13.76%) Log Analytics
12 23 (12.17%) Migration
12 23 (12.17%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (10.05%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (9.52%) CRM
15 18 (9.52%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 116 (61.38%) C#
2 66 (34.92%) SQL
3 34 (17.99%) Bicep
4 32 (16.93%) JavaScript
5 31 (16.40%) PowerShell
6 23 (12.17%) Python
7 20 (10.58%) Kusto Query Language
8 13 (6.88%) TypeScript
9 11 (5.82%) Formula Language
9 11 (5.82%) Java
9 11 (5.82%) LotusScript
10 3 (1.59%) X++
11 1 (0.53%) Korn
11 1 (0.53%) Rust
Qualifications
1 48 (25.40%) Security Cleared
2 35 (18.52%) SC Cleared
3 14 (7.41%) Degree
4 13 (6.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.23%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.23%) Data Quality
1 8 (4.23%) GDPR
2 6 (3.17%) QA
3 5 (2.65%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.06%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.06%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.06%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.53%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.53%) NCSC
5 1 (0.53%) PMO
5 1 (0.53%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (21.69%) Docker
2 17 (8.99%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 46 (24.34%) Terraform
2 39 (20.63%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.17%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.65%) Grafana
5 4 (2.12%) Ansible
5 4 (2.12%) Istio
5 4 (2.12%) Kustomize
5 4 (2.12%) linkerd
6 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 18 (9.52%) Databricks
3 13 (6.88%) Oracle
4 12 (6.35%) OpenAI
5 11 (5.82%) Lotus
6 10 (5.29%) Kofax
7 3 (1.59%) Informatica
7 3 (1.59%) SAP
7 3 (1.59%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.59%) Talend
8 2 (1.06%) Foundry
8 2 (1.06%) Workday
9 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.53%) IBM
9 1 (0.53%) iManage
9 1 (0.53%) Infor
9 1 (0.53%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.53%) New Relic
9 1 (0.53%) Planview
9 1 (0.53%) Solace