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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 447 365
Rank change year-on-year -87 -82 +50
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 161 106 207
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.32% 0.55%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.85% 0.84% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 61 126
10th Percentile £416 £356 £428
25th Percentile £463 £404 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £594
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% -13.68% -1.04%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £669
90th Percentile £650 £688 £701
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £508 £575
% change year-on-year -1.48% -11.74% -4.17%

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 18,894 12,693 13,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.63% 38.33% 34.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,522 8,484 8,680
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £715 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 636 292 183
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.28 £16.30
25th Percentile £17.75 £18.87 £22.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.25% -28.14% +6.06%
75th Percentile £67.50 £43.84 £65.36
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £19.00 £33.93
% change year-on-year +57.89% -44.00% +44.85%

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 11 October 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 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 11 October 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 -76 138 £550 +5.47% 128
London -51 94 £550 +4.76% 72
Work from Home -61 55 £525 +16.67% 73
UK excluding London -86 43 £500 -1.48% 76
South East -57 13 £460 -24.90% 21
East of England -20 11 £550 -18.52% 5
Midlands -47 7 £500 -2.44% 9
North of England -73 7 £525 +16.67% 21
North West -49 6 £575 +27.78% 9
South West -28 5 £485 +29.33% 3
East Midlands -11 4 £500 -12.09%
West Midlands -51 2 £625 +24.07% 9
Yorkshire -29 1 £475 - 9
Scotland - 1 - - 10

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 15 (9.32%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.11%) CMS
2 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.24%) Mendix
3 2 (1.24%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.62%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.62%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.62%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 15 (9.32%) 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%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.62%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 161 (100.00%) Azure
2 73 (45.34%) Serverless
3 67 (41.61%) Azure Functions
4 66 (40.99%) Azure Logic Apps
5 60 (37.27%) Azure DevOps
6 53 (32.92%) Dynamics 365
7 50 (31.06%) Power Platform
8 32 (19.88%) GitHub
9 30 (18.63%) AWS
9 30 (18.63%) PowerApps
10 29 (18.01%) Azure Event Grid
10 29 (18.01%) Entra ID
11 27 (16.77%) Power Automate
12 25 (15.53%) Azure API Management
13 24 (14.91%) Azure Key Vault
13 24 (14.91%) Azure Monitor
14 23 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 21 (13.04%) Azure AKS
16 19 (11.80%) Microsoft Copilot
17 17 (10.56%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.83%) HTTP
2 5 (3.11%) Network Security
3 3 (1.86%) VPN
4 2 (1.24%) Firewall
5 1 (0.62%) DKIM
5 1 (0.62%) DMARC
5 1 (0.62%) DNS
5 1 (0.62%) Internet
5 1 (0.62%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (11.80%) Power BI
3 11 (6.83%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (5.59%) SQL Server
5 8 (4.97%) Metadata
6 7 (4.35%) NoSQL
6 7 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
7 6 (3.73%) Relational Database
7 6 (3.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (3.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 4 (2.48%) Data Lake
9 4 (2.48%) InfluxDB
9 4 (2.48%) Oracle Database
10 2 (1.24%) Redis
11 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
11 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.62%) Parquet
11 1 (0.62%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 21 (13.04%) Git
2 13 (8.07%) JIRA
3 11 (6.83%) SpecFlow
4 6 (3.73%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.48%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.24%) Claude 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 32 (19.88%) Social Skills
2 28 (17.39%) Finance
3 22 (13.66%) Public Sector
4 11 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (4.97%) Marketing
6 3 (1.86%) Local Government
7 2 (1.24%) Banking
7 2 (1.24%) Legal
7 2 (1.24%) Police
7 2 (1.24%) Retail
8 1 (0.62%) Automotive
8 1 (0.62%) Billing
8 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.62%) Front Office
8 1 (0.62%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.62%) Law
8 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.62%) Public Speaking
8 1 (0.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 77 (47.83%) Developer
2 31 (19.25%) Architect
3 29 (18.01%) Senior
4 23 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
5 22 (13.66%) Azure Developer
6 21 (13.04%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 15 (9.32%) .NET Developer
8 13 (8.07%) Lead
9 12 (7.45%) Senior Developer
10 11 (6.83%) C# Developer
11 9 (5.59%) Azure Engineer
12 8 (4.97%) Integration Specialist
12 8 (4.97%) Power Platform Developer
13 7 (4.35%) Azure Specialist
14 6 (3.73%) Backend Developer
14 6 (3.73%) Integration Engineer
14 6 (3.73%) Senior Architect
15 5 (3.11%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
15 5 (3.11%) Consultant
15 5 (3.11%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (57.14%) .NET
2 65 (40.37%) REST
3 27 (16.77%) OAuth
3 27 (16.77%) Terraform
4 25 (15.53%) OpenAPI
4 25 (15.53%) Swagger
5 24 (14.91%) JSON
6 21 (13.04%) Kafka
6 21 (13.04%) Middleware
6 21 (13.04%) RESTful
6 21 (13.04%) XML
7 19 (11.80%) .NET Core
8 16 (9.94%) RabbitMQ
9 15 (9.32%) SOAP
10 13 (8.07%) React
11 12 (7.45%) GraphQL
11 12 (7.45%) JWT
12 11 (6.83%) EDI
12 11 (6.83%) OAuth2
12 11 (6.83%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 50 (31.06%) Cloud Native
2 28 (17.39%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (6.83%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (6.21%) Product Ownership
5 8 (4.97%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (4.35%) AI Agents
6 7 (4.35%) Low-Code
7 5 (3.11%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (2.48%) Wiki
9 3 (1.86%) BYOD
9 3 (1.86%) Hybrid Cloud
9 3 (1.86%) IoT
9 3 (1.86%) Life Science
9 3 (1.86%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.86%) NHS
10 2 (1.24%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.24%) Distributed Applications
10 2 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
10 2 (1.24%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.24%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (59.63%) DevOps
2 95 (59.01%) CI/CD
3 67 (41.61%) Event-Driven
4 58 (36.02%) Agile
5 53 (32.92%) API Management
6 50 (31.06%) Event-Driven Architecture
7 37 (22.98%) Microservices
8 35 (21.74%) Integration Patterns
9 33 (20.50%) Infrastructure as Code
10 27 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (15.53%) Stakeholder Management
11 25 (15.53%) Test Automation
12 23 (14.29%) AI
12 23 (14.29%) Analytics
13 20 (12.42%) API Integration
13 20 (12.42%) Enterprise Architecture
13 20 (12.42%) Migration
14 19 (11.80%) Business Intelligence
14 19 (11.80%) CRM
14 19 (11.80%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 83 (51.55%) C#
2 44 (27.33%) SQL
3 29 (18.01%) Bicep
3 29 (18.01%) JavaScript
3 29 (18.01%) Python
4 22 (13.66%) TypeScript
5 12 (7.45%) Java
6 4 (2.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 4 (2.48%) X++
7 1 (0.62%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.62%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.62%) C
7 1 (0.62%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 45 (27.95%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.47%) SC Cleared
3 18 (11.18%) Azure Certification
4 13 (8.07%) Degree
5 10 (6.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (2.48%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.48%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.59%) Data Quality
1 9 (5.59%) QA
2 3 (1.86%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.86%) GDPR
2 3 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.86%) NIST
3 2 (1.24%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.24%) SLA
4 1 (0.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (15.53%) Docker
2 9 (5.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 31 (19.25%) Kubernetes
2 6 (3.73%) Grafana
3 1 (0.62%) Argo
3 1 (0.62%) Istio
3 1 (0.62%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 91 (56.52%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.32%) Oracle
3 12 (7.45%) MuleSoft
4 9 (5.59%) Google
4 9 (5.59%) IBM
4 9 (5.59%) Informatica
4 9 (5.59%) TIBCO
4 9 (5.59%) WSO2
5 5 (3.11%) Databricks
5 5 (3.11%) SAP
5 5 (3.11%) Workday
6 4 (2.48%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.86%) Aprimo
7 3 (1.86%) OneTrust
7 3 (1.86%) OpenAI
7 3 (1.86%) Optimizely
7 3 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.24%) Adobe
8 2 (1.24%) Syncfusion
8 2 (1.24%) Telerik