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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 437 437 416
Rank change year-on-year 0 -21 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 195 95 174
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.32% 0.40%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.16% 0.85% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 60 104
10th Percentile £356 £424 £415
25th Percentile £415 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £593 £600
Median % change year-on-year -15.61% -1.25% -
75th Percentile £600 £641 £666
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 16,741 11,123 14,214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.38% 37.89% 32.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,420 7,742 10,076
10th Percentile £318 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £522 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.12% -0.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +0.16% -2.86% -2.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 244 347
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £22.36 £19.79 £16.03
Median hourly rate £42.69 £27.88 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +53.10% +32.76% -30.29%
75th Percentile £68.29 £50.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.35 £60.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £23.00 £17.69
% change year-on-year +106.52% +30.02% -23.83%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -31 161 £500 -16.84% 42
London -21 105 £500 -15.61% 21
Work from Home -5 58 £500 -16.67% 29
UK excluding London -54 58 £500 -20.00% 27
Midlands -61 14 £461 +24.66% 4
North of England - 13 £513 - 8
South East -56 11 £643 +2.88% 7
East of England -22 9 £575 -14.81% 5
East Midlands -27 7 £500 +5.82% 3
West Midlands -52 7 £460 +105.36% 1
North West - 7 £575 - 5
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 3
Wales -6 5 £340 +112.50% 1
Scotland +5 4 £358 - 3
South West -29 2 £450 +20.00% 1

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 36 (18.46%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.64%) HCL Notes
4 10 (5.13%) Mendix
5 3 (1.54%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.54%) Confluence
6 1 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.03%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.54%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.51%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.51%) ResourceLink
3 1 (0.51%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 195 (100.00%) Azure
2 94 (48.21%) Azure DevOps
3 88 (45.13%) Serverless
4 81 (41.54%) Azure Functions
5 76 (38.97%) Azure Logic Apps
6 57 (29.23%) Azure Monitor
6 57 (29.23%) GitHub
7 51 (26.15%) GitHub Actions
8 50 (25.64%) Azure Key Vault
9 45 (23.08%) Entra ID
10 42 (21.54%) Dynamics 365
10 42 (21.54%) Power Platform
11 39 (20.00%) Azure AKS
12 38 (19.49%) Power Automate
13 36 (18.46%) Azure Event Grid
14 35 (17.95%) Microsoft 365
15 33 (16.92%) Azure API Management
16 29 (14.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 28 (14.36%) PaaS
17 28 (14.36%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.10%) HTTP
2 7 (3.59%) SMS
3 5 (2.56%) Firewall
3 5 (2.56%) Network Security
4 1 (0.51%) DKIM
4 1 (0.51%) DMARC
4 1 (0.51%) LAN
4 1 (0.51%) MPLS
4 1 (0.51%) VPN
4 1 (0.51%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (22.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 27 (13.85%) SQL Server
3 16 (8.21%) Power BI
4 11 (5.64%) Oracle Database
5 8 (4.10%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.59%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.05%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.05%) Metadata
7 4 (2.05%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.03%) InfluxDB
9 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.03%) Redis
10 1 (0.51%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (7.69%) Git
2 4 (2.05%) Selenium
3 3 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.54%) JIRA
3 3 (1.54%) NUnit
3 3 (1.54%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.03%) GitLab
4 2 (1.03%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.03%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.51%) Mocha
5 1 (0.51%) Moq
5 1 (0.51%) Serilog
General
1 32 (16.41%) Public Sector
2 31 (15.90%) Finance
3 29 (14.87%) Social Skills
4 11 (5.64%) Financial Institution
5 7 (3.59%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.08%) Marketing
7 5 (2.56%) Banking
8 3 (1.54%) Aviation
8 3 (1.54%) Law
8 3 (1.54%) Retail
9 2 (1.03%) Legal
10 1 (0.51%) Advertising
10 1 (0.51%) Billing
10 1 (0.51%) Digital Health
10 1 (0.51%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 101 (51.79%) Developer
2 33 (16.92%) Architect
2 33 (16.92%) Azure Developer
3 26 (13.33%) Senior
4 22 (11.28%) .NET Developer
5 19 (9.74%) Lead
6 18 (9.23%) Azure Engineer
7 16 (8.21%) C# Developer
7 16 (8.21%) Senior Developer
8 14 (7.18%) Power Platform Developer
9 11 (5.64%) Microsoft 365 Developer
10 10 (5.13%) Consultant
11 9 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (4.10%) C# .NET Developer
12 8 (4.10%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 8 (4.10%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (4.10%) Node.js Developer
13 7 (3.59%) Azure Architect
13 7 (3.59%) Full-Stack Developer
13 7 (3.59%) Senior .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (50.26%) .NET
2 51 (26.15%) REST
3 35 (17.95%) .NET Core
4 29 (14.87%) React
5 27 (13.85%) .NET Framework
6 24 (12.31%) Microsoft Graph
7 23 (11.79%) AngularJS
7 23 (11.79%) Node.js
7 23 (11.79%) RESTful
8 21 (10.77%) Kafka
9 19 (9.74%) OAuth
9 19 (9.74%) SOAP
10 17 (8.72%) OAuth2
11 16 (8.21%) Entity Framework
11 16 (8.21%) Web Services
12 14 (7.18%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (6.67%) HTML5 Canvas
14 12 (6.15%) ASP.NET Web API
14 12 (6.15%) JSON
15 10 (5.13%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.05%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.67%) Low-Code
3 12 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.62%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.10%) AI Agents
5 8 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (2.05%) IoT
6 4 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (2.05%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.51%) CMDB
8 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.51%) Grid Computing
8 1 (0.51%) Pricing Data
8 1 (0.51%) State Machine
8 1 (0.51%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.51%) VLE
8 1 (0.51%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (68.21%) DevOps
2 112 (57.44%) CI/CD
3 60 (30.77%) Microservices
4 57 (29.23%) API Management
5 53 (27.18%) Event-Driven
6 44 (22.56%) Analytics
7 43 (22.05%) Observability
8 42 (21.54%) Infrastructure as Code
9 40 (20.51%) Containerisation
10 39 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 32 (16.41%) Integration Patterns
12 27 (13.85%) Agile
12 27 (13.85%) Data Modelling
12 27 (13.85%) Log Analytics
13 24 (12.31%) RBAC
14 23 (11.79%) Migration
15 22 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
16 21 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
17 18 (9.23%) AI
17 18 (9.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 114 (58.46%) C#
2 73 (37.44%) SQL
3 33 (16.92%) Bicep
4 32 (16.41%) JavaScript
5 31 (15.90%) PowerShell
6 24 (12.31%) Python
7 21 (10.77%) TypeScript
8 20 (10.26%) Kusto Query Language
9 11 (5.64%) Formula Language
9 11 (5.64%) Java
9 11 (5.64%) LotusScript
10 3 (1.54%) X++
11 1 (0.51%) Korn
11 1 (0.51%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (26.15%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.44%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.67%) Degree
4 8 (4.10%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.05%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.51%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.10%) Data Quality
1 8 (4.10%) GDPR
2 6 (3.08%) QA
3 5 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.03%) FedRAMP
4 2 (1.03%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.51%) NCSC
5 1 (0.51%) PMO
5 1 (0.51%) WCAG
System Software
1 39 (20.00%) Docker
2 17 (8.72%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (23.08%) Terraform
2 37 (18.97%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.08%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.56%) Grafana
5 4 (2.05%) Ansible
5 4 (2.05%) Istio
5 4 (2.05%) Kustomize
5 4 (2.05%) linkerd
6 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 98 (50.26%) Microsoft
2 19 (9.74%) Databricks
3 13 (6.67%) OpenAI
3 13 (6.67%) Oracle
4 11 (5.64%) Lotus
5 10 (5.13%) Kofax
6 4 (2.05%) SAP
7 3 (1.54%) Informatica
7 3 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.54%) Talend
8 2 (1.03%) Foundry
8 2 (1.03%) Workday
9 1 (0.51%) Aderant
9 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.51%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.51%) iManage
9 1 (0.51%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.51%) New Relic
9 1 (0.51%) Planview
9 1 (0.51%) Solace