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 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 517 450 382
Rank change year-on-year -67 -68 +25
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 163 109 196
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.33% 0.50%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.87% 0.90% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 64 117
10th Percentile £416 £346 £425
25th Percentile £455 £399 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £613 £604 £675
90th Percentile £650 £684 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £473 £600
% change year-on-year +5.82% -21.25% -
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 18,735 12,164 13,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.93% 37.18% 33.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,407 8,112 9,037
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 607 320 227
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.48 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.13 £18.51 £17.80
Median hourly rate £33.99 £28.00 £27.72
Median % change year-on-year +21.39% +1.01% -20.80%
75th Percentile £69.25 £47.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £67.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £18.87 £22.00
% change year-on-year +72.23% -14.23% -18.52%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -65 141 £550 +7.32% 35
London -49 92 £550 +4.76% 19
Work from Home -65 56 £500 - 20
UK excluding London -65 49 £500 +5.82% 21
North of England -61 14 £525 +16.67% 4
East of England -18 11 £550 -18.52% 4
South East -66 9 £460 -24.90% 4
North West -44 8 £575 +27.78% 3
Midlands -51 8 £500 +1.01% 5
East Midlands -11 6 £500 - 3
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 1
South West -45 5 £470 +25.33% 3
Scotland - 2 £500 -
Wales -16 1 £310 +31.91% 1
West Midlands -62 1 - - 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 19 (11.66%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.23%) CMS
3 2 (1.23%) Mendix
4 1 (0.61%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.61%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.61%) HCL Notes
4 1 (0.61%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.61%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (7.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.23%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.23%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.61%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.61%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.61%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.61%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 163 (100.00%) Azure
2 72 (44.17%) Azure Logic Apps
3 64 (39.26%) Azure DevOps
4 60 (36.81%) Serverless
5 53 (32.52%) Azure Functions
6 50 (30.67%) Dynamics 365
7 44 (26.99%) Power Platform
8 36 (22.09%) Entra ID
9 32 (19.63%) Azure Event Grid
10 31 (19.02%) GitHub
10 31 (19.02%) PowerApps
11 30 (18.40%) Azure Monitor
12 29 (17.79%) Azure Key Vault
13 27 (16.56%) AWS
13 27 (16.56%) Azure AKS
13 27 (16.56%) Power Automate
14 26 (15.95%) Azure API Management
15 22 (13.50%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
16 19 (11.66%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.91%) HTTP
2 3 (1.84%) Network Security
2 3 (1.84%) VPN
3 1 (0.61%) DKIM
3 1 (0.61%) DMARC
3 1 (0.61%) Firewall
3 1 (0.61%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.27%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (11.66%) Power BI
3 9 (5.52%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (3.68%) Metadata
5 5 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (3.07%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.45%) InfluxDB
6 4 (2.45%) NoSQL
6 4 (2.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.84%) Relational Database
7 3 (1.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.61%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.61%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.61%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 21 (12.88%) Git
2 13 (7.98%) JIRA
3 8 (4.91%) SpecFlow
4 5 (3.07%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.84%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.23%) TestRail
7 1 (0.61%) GitLab
7 1 (0.61%) NUnit
7 1 (0.61%) Postman
7 1 (0.61%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 28 (17.18%) Finance
2 26 (15.95%) Social Skills
3 19 (11.66%) Public Sector
4 9 (5.52%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.07%) Marketing
6 3 (1.84%) Legal
6 3 (1.84%) Local Government
6 3 (1.84%) Retail
7 2 (1.23%) Banking
7 2 (1.23%) Billing
7 2 (1.23%) Financial Institution
7 2 (1.23%) Law
8 1 (0.61%) Automotive
8 1 (0.61%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.61%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.61%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.61%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 78 (47.85%) Developer
2 29 (17.79%) Architect
3 27 (16.56%) Azure Developer
4 26 (15.95%) Senior
5 18 (11.04%) Dynamics 365 Developer
6 17 (10.43%) .NET Developer
6 17 (10.43%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (8.59%) Azure Engineer
8 13 (7.98%) Lead
9 12 (7.36%) Senior Developer
10 11 (6.75%) C# Developer
11 9 (5.52%) Integration Engineer
11 9 (5.52%) Power Platform Developer
12 7 (4.29%) Azure Platform Engineer
12 7 (4.29%) Integration Specialist
12 7 (4.29%) Microsoft 365 Developer
13 6 (3.68%) Azure Specialist
13 6 (3.68%) Cloud Platform Engineer
13 6 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
14 5 (3.07%) Dynamics 365 Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (59.51%) .NET
2 61 (37.42%) REST
3 23 (14.11%) OAuth
3 23 (14.11%) Terraform
4 22 (13.50%) JSON
4 22 (13.50%) SOAP
5 19 (11.66%) .NET Framework
5 19 (11.66%) Kafka
5 19 (11.66%) RESTful
5 19 (11.66%) XML
6 18 (11.04%) RabbitMQ
7 17 (10.43%) .NET Core
7 17 (10.43%) Middleware
8 14 (8.59%) OpenAPI
8 14 (8.59%) Swagger
9 13 (7.98%) React
9 13 (7.98%) Web Services
10 12 (7.36%) Microsoft Graph
10 12 (7.36%) OAuth2
11 9 (5.52%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 49 (30.06%) Cloud Native
2 22 (13.50%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (6.75%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (5.52%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.91%) Low-Code
6 6 (3.68%) AI Agents
6 6 (3.68%) IoT
7 5 (3.07%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (3.07%) Wiki
8 4 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (2.45%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.45%) NHS
9 3 (1.84%) BYOD
9 3 (1.84%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.23%) Life Science
10 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.61%) Distributed Applications
11 1 (0.61%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (63.19%) DevOps
2 88 (53.99%) CI/CD
3 56 (34.36%) Event-Driven
4 55 (33.74%) Agile
5 47 (28.83%) API Management
6 38 (23.31%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 34 (20.86%) Microservices
8 32 (19.63%) Integration Patterns
9 27 (16.56%) Analytics
10 26 (15.95%) Infrastructure as Code
11 24 (14.72%) Containerisation
11 24 (14.72%) Observability
12 22 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (12.88%) Business Intelligence
14 20 (12.27%) API Development
14 20 (12.27%) Migration
15 19 (11.66%) API Integration
15 19 (11.66%) Data Modelling
15 19 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
16 18 (11.04%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 83 (50.92%) C#
2 40 (24.54%) SQL
3 29 (17.79%) JavaScript
4 25 (15.34%) Python
5 21 (12.88%) Bicep
6 15 (9.20%) TypeScript
7 13 (7.98%) Kusto Query Language
7 13 (7.98%) PowerShell
8 10 (6.13%) Java
9 6 (3.68%) X++
10 1 (0.61%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.61%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.61%) Formula Language
10 1 (0.61%) LotusScript
10 1 (0.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 52 (31.90%) Security Cleared
2 47 (28.83%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.20%) Azure Certification
4 12 (7.36%) Degree
5 10 (6.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.45%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.61%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.29%) QA
2 4 (2.45%) GDPR
3 3 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.84%) NIST
4 2 (1.23%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.23%) SLA
5 1 (0.61%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.61%) WCAG
System Software
1 29 (17.79%) Docker
2 12 (7.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (19.02%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.68%) Grafana
3 5 (3.07%) Istio
3 5 (3.07%) Prometheus
4 4 (2.45%) Kustomize
4 4 (2.45%) linkerd
5 1 (0.61%) Argo
Vendors
1 87 (53.37%) Microsoft
2 12 (7.36%) Oracle
3 9 (5.52%) MuleSoft
4 7 (4.29%) SAP
5 6 (3.68%) Google
5 6 (3.68%) IBM
5 6 (3.68%) Informatica
5 6 (3.68%) TIBCO
5 6 (3.68%) Workday
5 6 (3.68%) WSO2
6 5 (3.07%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.84%) Databricks
7 3 (1.84%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.23%) Aprimo
8 2 (1.23%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.23%) Optimizely
9 1 (0.61%) Foundry
9 1 (0.61%) Infor
9 1 (0.61%) Planview
9 1 (0.61%) Splunk