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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 441 435 376
Rank change year-on-year -6 -59 +34
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 185 94 210
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.38% 0.32% 0.49%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.08% 0.86% 1.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 59 125
10th Percentile £330 £445 £413
25th Percentile £425 £496 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £554 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.75% +0.73% -6.78%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £650
90th Percentile £668 £678 £733
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 17,079 10,959 13,868
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.47% 37.57% 32.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,519 7,525 9,860
10th Percentile £325 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £606 £620 £634
90th Percentile £704 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +3.58% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 512 249 350
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.14 £14.00
25th Percentile £20.46 £18.13 £16.06
Median hourly rate £37.00 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +34.55% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £63.75 £47.50 £38.13
90th Percentile £77.50 £73.75 £65.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £20.37 £17.72
% change year-on-year +84.09% +14.95% -31.49%

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 20 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 20 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 -40 150 £525 -8.70% 48
London -8 100 £525 -7.49% 26
Work from Home -29 59 £500 -11.89% 26
UK excluding London -60 55 £500 -13.04% 31
North of England -52 13 £525 +16.67% 8
East of England -21 11 £563 -16.67% 2
South East -65 11 £575 -8.00% 13
Midlands -61 9 £500 -2.44% 4
North West -34 7 £550 +22.22% 6
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 2
Wales -8 5 £340 +112.50%
West Midlands -51 5 £460 -8.68% 3
Scotland -8 4 £358 - 3
East Midlands -26 4 £500 -13.04% 1
South West -37 2 £450 +20.00%

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 29 (15.68%) SharePoint
2 12 (6.49%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (5.41%) HCL Notes
3 10 (5.41%) Mendix
4 2 (1.08%) ArcGIS
4 2 (1.08%) Confluence
5 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.54%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.54%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (7.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.08%) 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 90 (48.65%) Serverless
3 87 (47.03%) Azure DevOps
4 79 (42.70%) Azure Functions
5 72 (38.92%) Azure Logic Apps
6 47 (25.41%) Dynamics 365
7 43 (23.24%) Power Platform
8 42 (22.70%) Azure Monitor
9 40 (21.62%) GitHub
10 39 (21.08%) Azure Key Vault
10 39 (21.08%) Power Automate
11 36 (19.46%) Azure AKS
12 35 (18.92%) Entra ID
13 34 (18.38%) Azure Event Grid
14 33 (17.84%) GitHub Actions
15 31 (16.76%) PowerApps
16 29 (15.68%) Azure API Management
16 29 (15.68%) Microsoft 365
17 23 (12.43%) PaaS
18 22 (11.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.78%) SMS
2 3 (1.62%) Network Security
3 2 (1.08%) Firewall
4 1 (0.54%) DKIM
4 1 (0.54%) DMARC
4 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
7 3 (1.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.08%) Relational Database
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 15 (8.11%) Git
2 4 (2.16%) NUnit
2 4 (2.16%) Selenium
3 3 (1.62%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.08%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.08%) JIRA
4 2 (1.08%) Karma Test Runner
4 2 (1.08%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.54%) GitLab
5 1 (0.54%) Moq
5 1 (0.54%) Serilog
General
1 39 (21.08%) Finance
2 31 (16.76%) Public Sector
3 28 (15.14%) 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 2 (1.08%) Aviation
8 2 (1.08%) General Ledger
8 2 (1.08%) Law
8 2 (1.08%) Legal
8 2 (1.08%) Retail
9 1 (0.54%) Advertising
9 1 (0.54%) Automotive
9 1 (0.54%) Billing
9 1 (0.54%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.54%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.54%) Local Government
9 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 87 (47.03%) Developer
2 36 (19.46%) Architect
3 29 (15.68%) Azure Developer
4 26 (14.05%) Senior
5 22 (11.89%) .NET Developer
6 18 (9.73%) Lead
7 17 (9.19%) Azure Engineer
7 17 (9.19%) Senior Developer
8 15 (8.11%) C# Developer
9 11 (5.95%) Power Platform Developer
10 10 (5.41%) Consultant
10 10 (5.41%) Integration Engineer
10 10 (5.41%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 10 (5.41%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.86%) Dynamics 365 Developer
12 8 (4.32%) Azure Architect
12 8 (4.32%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 8 (4.32%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (3.78%) Integration Architect
13 7 (3.78%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (52.97%) .NET
2 50 (27.03%) REST
3 30 (16.22%) .NET Core
4 28 (15.14%) React
5 22 (11.89%) .NET Framework
6 21 (11.35%) OAuth
7 20 (10.81%) RESTful
8 19 (10.27%) OAuth2
9 18 (9.73%) Kafka
10 17 (9.19%) Microsoft Graph
11 16 (8.65%) Entity Framework
11 16 (8.65%) SOAP
12 14 (7.57%) Web Services
13 13 (7.03%) AngularJS
13 13 (7.03%) HTML5 Canvas
14 12 (6.49%) ASP.NET Web API
15 11 (5.95%) JWT
15 11 (5.95%) RabbitMQ
16 9 (4.86%) JSON
16 9 (4.86%) Node.js
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 10 (5.41%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.16%) IoT
6 4 (2.16%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.62%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.08%) BYOD
8 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.08%) Wiki
9 1 (0.54%) Grid Computing
9 1 (0.54%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.54%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.54%) NHS
9 1 (0.54%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.54%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (67.03%) DevOps
2 100 (54.05%) CI/CD
3 60 (32.43%) Event-Driven
4 57 (30.81%) API Management
5 52 (28.11%) Microservices
6 43 (23.24%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (22.16%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 34 (18.38%) Integration Patterns
9 32 (17.30%) Observability
10 31 (16.76%) Analytics
10 31 (16.76%) Containerisation
11 28 (15.14%) Data Modelling
12 24 (12.97%) Agile
12 24 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (12.43%) Migration
14 19 (10.27%) Technical Leadership
15 18 (9.73%) API Integration
15 18 (9.73%) Business Intelligence
16 17 (9.19%) CRM
16 17 (9.19%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 115 (62.16%) C#
2 66 (35.68%) SQL
3 35 (18.92%) JavaScript
4 30 (16.22%) Bicep
5 26 (14.05%) PowerShell
6 19 (10.27%) Python
7 16 (8.65%) Kusto Query Language
8 15 (8.11%) TypeScript
9 11 (5.95%) Java
10 10 (5.41%) Formula Language
10 10 (5.41%) LotusScript
11 5 (2.70%) X++
12 1 (0.54%) Korn
12 1 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 43 (23.24%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.76%) SC Cleared
3 15 (8.11%) Degree
4 13 (7.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.86%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.62%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.32%) GDPR
1 8 (4.32%) QA
2 5 (2.70%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.16%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.08%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.08%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.08%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.54%) PMO
5 1 (0.54%) SLA
5 1 (0.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (21.08%) Docker
2 12 (6.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 42 (22.70%) Terraform
2 37 (20.00%) 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 2 (1.08%) Ansible
Vendors
1 92 (49.73%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.03%) Oracle
3 12 (6.49%) Databricks
4 10 (5.41%) Kofax
4 10 (5.41%) Lotus
5 6 (3.24%) OpenAI
6 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.16%) Workday
7 3 (1.62%) MuleSoft
7 3 (1.62%) SAP
8 2 (1.08%) Foundry
8 2 (1.08%) Infor
9 1 (0.54%) Aderant
9 1 (0.54%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.54%) IBM
9 1 (0.54%) iManage
9 1 (0.54%) New Relic
9 1 (0.54%) Planview
9 1 (0.54%) SnapLogic