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 9 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 427 389
Rank change year-on-year +3 -38 +81
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 171 99 214
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.44% 0.32% 0.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.16% 0.86% 1.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 127 56 141
10th Percentile £342 £450 £425
25th Percentile £414 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £604 £600
Median % change year-on-year -17.18% +0.63% -
75th Percentile £575 £641 £688
90th Percentile £647 £825 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £504 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -18.75% +3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £48.00 - -
25th Percentile £51.00 - -
Median hourly rate £57.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.00 - -
90th Percentile £67.60 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 14,770 11,534 15,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.88% 37.34% 33.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,142 7,674 10,749
10th Percentile £306 £313 £285
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £700 £725 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -0.80% -1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 171 328
10th Percentile £14.45 £16.75 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.98 £21.46 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.61 £27.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +29.47% +22.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £60.00 £44.13 £50.06
90th Percentile £79.63 £73.75 £72.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.00 £24.18 £20.87
% change year-on-year +53.02% +15.86% +4.35%

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 9 February 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 9 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure Service Bus in the UK

Azure Service Bus
Top 14 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 9 February 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 -16 141 £500 -19.03% 56
London +11 98 £490 -21.64% 20
Work from Home +10 59 £500 -16.67% 41
UK excluding London -64 41 £504 -18.75% 49
Midlands -36 13 £450 -4.76% 11
South East -47 11 £575 -7.63% 11
East Midlands -22 7 £450 -4.76% 4
East of England -14 6 £600 - 2
West Midlands - 6 £443 - 7
Wales - 5 £370 - 1
North of England - 5 £500 - 16
North West - 5 £500 - 13
Yorkshire - 2 - - 2
South West - 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 25 (14.62%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.85%) HCL Notes
3 9 (5.26%) Mendix
4 8 (4.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.75%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.75%) Confluence
6 2 (1.17%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.58%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.75%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (7.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.75%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.75%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.17%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.58%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.58%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 171 (100.00%) Azure
2 81 (47.37%) Azure Logic Apps
2 81 (47.37%) Serverless
3 79 (46.20%) Azure DevOps
4 77 (45.03%) Azure Functions
5 49 (28.65%) Azure Monitor
5 49 (28.65%) GitHub
6 43 (25.15%) Dynamics 365
6 43 (25.15%) GitHub Actions
7 41 (23.98%) Azure Key Vault
8 39 (22.81%) Power Automate
8 39 (22.81%) Power Platform
9 32 (18.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 30 (17.54%) Azure API Management
10 30 (17.54%) Azure Event Grid
10 30 (17.54%) Entra ID
11 29 (16.96%) PowerApps
12 25 (14.62%) Azure AKS
13 24 (14.04%) PaaS
14 22 (12.87%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.09%) HTTP
2 6 (3.51%) Firewall
2 6 (3.51%) Network Security
2 6 (3.51%) SMS
3 2 (1.17%) LAN
3 2 (1.17%) MPLS
3 2 (1.17%) VPN
3 2 (1.17%) WAN
4 1 (0.58%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (22.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 28 (16.37%) SQL Server
3 18 (10.53%) Power BI
4 10 (5.85%) Oracle Database
5 9 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (3.51%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.34%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.34%) Metadata
7 4 (2.34%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.17%) Redis
10 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.58%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.58%) HDInsight
10 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (8.19%) Git
2 8 (4.68%) Postman
3 6 (3.51%) Selenium
4 5 (2.92%) JIRA
5 4 (2.34%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.17%) git-flow
6 2 (1.17%) GitLab
6 2 (1.17%) JMeter
6 2 (1.17%) Locust
6 2 (1.17%) SpecFlow
6 2 (1.17%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.58%) Mocha
7 1 (0.58%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.58%) TestRail
General
1 38 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 30 (17.54%) Public Sector
3 25 (14.62%) Finance
4 9 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 9 (5.26%) Financial Institution
5 7 (4.09%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.09%) Marketing
6 6 (3.51%) Banking
7 3 (1.75%) Aviation
7 3 (1.75%) Law
8 2 (1.17%) Billing
8 2 (1.17%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.17%) Legal
9 1 (0.58%) Advertising
9 1 (0.58%) Front Office
9 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.58%) Military
9 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 89 (52.05%) Developer
2 26 (15.20%) Architect
3 25 (14.62%) Azure Developer
4 24 (14.04%) Senior
5 20 (11.70%) Lead
6 16 (9.36%) Senior Developer
7 15 (8.77%) Power Platform Developer
8 13 (7.60%) Dynamics 365 Developer
9 12 (7.02%) .NET Developer
9 12 (7.02%) C# Developer
10 11 (6.43%) Consultant
11 10 (5.85%) Azure Engineer
12 9 (5.26%) Azure Architect
12 9 (5.26%) Integration Developer
12 9 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (4.68%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
13 8 (4.68%) Node.js Developer
14 7 (4.09%) Integration Engineer
14 7 (4.09%) Technical Consultant
14 7 (4.09%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (46.20%) .NET
2 43 (25.15%) REST
3 31 (18.13%) .NET Core
4 24 (14.04%) React
5 23 (13.45%) RESTful
6 21 (12.28%) Node.js
7 17 (9.94%) AngularJS
7 17 (9.94%) HTML5 Canvas
7 17 (9.94%) SOAP
8 16 (9.36%) OAuth
9 15 (8.77%) Kafka
10 14 (8.19%) .NET Framework
11 11 (6.43%) Entity Framework
11 11 (6.43%) JSON
11 11 (6.43%) Microsoft Graph
12 9 (5.26%) ASP.NET Web API
12 9 (5.26%) JWT
12 9 (5.26%) OAuth2
12 9 (5.26%) Web Services
13 8 (4.68%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 34 (19.88%) Cloud Native
2 13 (7.60%) Low-Code
3 12 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 9 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.68%) AI Agents
6 7 (4.09%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.92%) Data Fabric
7 5 (2.92%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.34%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (1.17%) IVR
10 1 (0.58%) Data Centre
10 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.58%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.58%) Derivative
10 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Cloud
10 1 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.58%) Hedge funds
10 1 (0.58%) IoT
10 1 (0.58%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (68.42%) DevOps
2 102 (59.65%) CI/CD
3 52 (30.41%) API Management
4 45 (26.32%) Microservices
5 41 (23.98%) Analytics
6 39 (22.81%) Event-Driven
6 39 (22.81%) Infrastructure as Code
7 35 (20.47%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 32 (18.71%) Agile
8 32 (18.71%) Containerisation
9 30 (17.54%) Observability
10 26 (15.20%) Log Analytics
11 25 (14.62%) RBAC
12 23 (13.45%) Test Automation
13 22 (12.87%) Integration Patterns
14 21 (12.28%) Business Intelligence
14 21 (12.28%) Problem-Solving
15 20 (11.70%) Data Modelling
16 17 (9.94%) Secure Coding
17 16 (9.36%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (58.48%) C#
2 72 (42.11%) SQL
3 40 (23.39%) JavaScript
4 35 (20.47%) Bicep
5 23 (13.45%) TypeScript
6 22 (12.87%) PowerShell
7 21 (12.28%) Python
8 10 (5.85%) Formula Language
8 10 (5.85%) LotusScript
9 9 (5.26%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (4.68%) Java
11 4 (2.34%) X++
12 3 (1.75%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.58%) Korn
Qualifications
1 43 (25.15%) Security Cleared
2 26 (15.20%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.43%) Degree
4 10 (5.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.92%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.34%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.17%) ISTQB
7 2 (1.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.58%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (8.77%) GDPR
2 7 (4.09%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.92%) QA
4 3 (1.75%) HIPAA
4 3 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.17%) FedRAMP
5 2 (1.17%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 1 (0.58%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.58%) MiFID
6 1 (0.58%) NCSC
6 1 (0.58%) PMO
6 1 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (15.20%) Docker
2 15 (8.77%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (26.32%) Terraform
2 26 (15.20%) Kubernetes
3 5 (2.92%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.34%) Ansible
5 2 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.58%) Grafana
Vendors
1 84 (49.12%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.11%) Databricks
3 13 (7.60%) OpenAI
4 12 (7.02%) Oracle
5 10 (5.85%) Lotus
6 9 (5.26%) Kofax
7 8 (4.68%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.75%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.75%) Informatica
8 3 (1.75%) Talend
9 1 (0.58%) Charles River
9 1 (0.58%) Foundry
9 1 (0.58%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.58%) IBM
9 1 (0.58%) iManage
9 1 (0.58%) Portware
9 1 (0.58%) SAP
9 1 (0.58%) Solace
9 1 (0.58%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.58%) Workday