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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 430 411
Rank change year-on-year +2 -19 +12
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 193 93 171
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.32% 0.39%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.15% 0.84% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 58 104
10th Percentile £355 £421 £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 £638 £666
90th Percentile £674 £723 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -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 16,759 11,113 14,217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 36.48% 37.96% 32.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,436 7,755 10,074
10th Percentile £314 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £635
90th Percentile £700 £725 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £490
% change year-on-year - -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 475 239 346
10th Percentile £15.35 £15.44 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £19.99 £16.02
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.50 £20.87
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% +31.77% -33.54%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.15 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.65 £60.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.46 £23.00 £17.69
% change year-on-year +97.65% +30.02% -26.29%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -25 158 £500 -16.84% 48
London -7 104 £500 -16.67% 28
Work from Home -11 59 £500 -16.67% 31
UK excluding London -65 56 £500 -16.67% 28
Midlands -55 14 £461 +24.66% 6
North of England - 12 £513 - 8
South East -51 11 £643 +2.88% 4
East of England -33 8 £600 - 4
East Midlands -30 7 £500 +5.82% 3
West Midlands -61 7 £460 +105.36% 3
North West - 6 £575 - 4
Yorkshire - 6 £460 - 3
Wales -8 5 £340 +112.50% 3
Scotland +5 4 £358 - 5
South West -28 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 (18.65%) SharePoint
2 17 (8.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (5.70%) HCL Notes
4 10 (5.18%) Mendix
5 3 (1.55%) ArcGIS
5 3 (1.55%) Confluence
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.52%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (6.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.55%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.52%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.52%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 193 (100.00%) Azure
2 96 (49.74%) Azure DevOps
3 89 (46.11%) Serverless
4 82 (42.49%) Azure Functions
5 77 (39.90%) Azure Logic Apps
6 56 (29.02%) Azure Monitor
6 56 (29.02%) GitHub
7 50 (25.91%) Azure Key Vault
7 50 (25.91%) GitHub Actions
8 45 (23.32%) Entra ID
9 40 (20.73%) Dynamics 365
9 40 (20.73%) Power Platform
10 38 (19.69%) Power Automate
11 37 (19.17%) Azure AKS
11 37 (19.17%) Azure Event Grid
12 35 (18.13%) Microsoft 365
13 34 (17.62%) Azure API Management
14 29 (15.03%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 28 (14.51%) PaaS
15 28 (14.51%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.15%) HTTP
2 6 (3.11%) Network Security
2 6 (3.11%) SMS
3 5 (2.59%) Firewall
4 1 (0.52%) LAN
4 1 (0.52%) MPLS
4 1 (0.52%) VPN
4 1 (0.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (22.80%) Azure SQL Database
2 27 (13.99%) SQL Server
3 16 (8.29%) Power BI
4 11 (5.70%) Oracle Database
5 8 (4.15%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (3.63%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.07%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.55%) Metadata
8 3 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.04%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.04%) Redis
10 1 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.52%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (7.77%) Git
2 4 (2.07%) Selenium
3 3 (1.55%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.55%) JIRA
3 3 (1.55%) NUnit
3 3 (1.55%) SpecFlow
4 2 (1.04%) GitLab
4 2 (1.04%) Jasmine
4 2 (1.04%) Karma Test Runner
5 1 (0.52%) Mocha
5 1 (0.52%) Moq
5 1 (0.52%) Serilog
General
1 32 (16.58%) Public Sector
2 31 (16.06%) Finance
2 31 (16.06%) Social Skills
3 11 (5.70%) Financial Institution
4 7 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (3.63%) Marketing
5 6 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.59%) Banking
7 3 (1.55%) Aviation
7 3 (1.55%) Law
7 3 (1.55%) Retail
8 2 (1.04%) Legal
9 1 (0.52%) Advertising
9 1 (0.52%) Billing
9 1 (0.52%) Digital Health
9 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 100 (51.81%) Developer
2 33 (17.10%) Azure Developer
3 32 (16.58%) Architect
4 24 (12.44%) Senior
5 22 (11.40%) .NET Developer
6 20 (10.36%) Lead
7 18 (9.33%) Azure Engineer
8 16 (8.29%) C# Developer
8 16 (8.29%) Senior Developer
9 14 (7.25%) Power Platform Developer
10 11 (5.70%) Microsoft 365 Developer
11 9 (4.66%) Consultant
12 8 (4.15%) C# .NET Developer
12 8 (4.15%) Dynamics 365 Consultant
12 8 (4.15%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (4.15%) Node.js Developer
12 8 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (4.15%) Technical Leader
13 7 (3.63%) Azure Architect
13 7 (3.63%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (50.78%) .NET
2 53 (27.46%) REST
3 35 (18.13%) .NET Core
4 29 (15.03%) React
5 26 (13.47%) .NET Framework
6 24 (12.44%) Microsoft Graph
6 24 (12.44%) RESTful
7 23 (11.92%) AngularJS
7 23 (11.92%) Node.js
8 21 (10.88%) Kafka
8 21 (10.88%) SOAP
9 19 (9.84%) OAuth
10 17 (8.81%) OAuth2
11 16 (8.29%) Entity Framework
11 16 (8.29%) Web Services
12 14 (7.25%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (7.25%) RabbitMQ
13 13 (6.74%) JSON
14 12 (6.22%) ASP.NET Web API
15 10 (5.18%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.28%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.74%) Low-Code
3 12 (6.22%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.66%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.15%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.07%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 4 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 4 (2.07%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.55%) IoT
9 2 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.04%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.52%) CMDB
10 1 (0.52%) Data Fabric
10 1 (0.52%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.52%) Distributed Architecture
10 1 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.52%) Pricing Data
10 1 (0.52%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (69.43%) DevOps
2 112 (58.03%) CI/CD
3 60 (31.09%) Microservices
4 58 (30.05%) API Management
5 49 (25.39%) Event-Driven
6 43 (22.28%) Observability
7 42 (21.76%) Infrastructure as Code
8 41 (21.24%) Analytics
9 40 (20.73%) Containerisation
10 37 (19.17%) Event-Driven Architecture
11 32 (16.58%) Integration Patterns
12 27 (13.99%) Agile
12 27 (13.99%) Log Analytics
13 24 (12.44%) Data Modelling
13 24 (12.44%) RBAC
14 23 (11.92%) Migration
15 22 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
16 21 (10.88%) Business Intelligence
17 18 (9.33%) AI
17 18 (9.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 114 (59.07%) C#
2 74 (38.34%) SQL
3 33 (17.10%) Bicep
3 33 (17.10%) JavaScript
4 32 (16.58%) PowerShell
5 22 (11.40%) Python
5 22 (11.40%) TypeScript
6 18 (9.33%) Kusto Query Language
7 11 (5.70%) Formula Language
7 11 (5.70%) Java
7 11 (5.70%) LotusScript
8 3 (1.55%) X++
9 1 (0.52%) Korn
9 1 (0.52%) Rust
Qualifications
1 51 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 34 (17.62%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (6.74%) Degree
4 8 (4.15%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (2.07%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.52%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.52%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.66%) GDPR
2 7 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.11%) QA
4 5 (2.59%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.55%) HIPAA
6 2 (1.04%) FedRAMP
6 2 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.52%) NCSC
7 1 (0.52%) PMO
7 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (19.17%) Docker
2 17 (8.81%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 45 (23.32%) Terraform
2 35 (18.13%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.11%) Prometheus
4 5 (2.59%) Grafana
5 4 (2.07%) Ansible
5 4 (2.07%) Istio
5 4 (2.07%) Kustomize
5 4 (2.07%) linkerd
6 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 97 (50.26%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.36%) Databricks
3 13 (6.74%) OpenAI
3 13 (6.74%) Oracle
4 11 (5.70%) Lotus
5 10 (5.18%) Kofax
6 3 (1.55%) Informatica
6 3 (1.55%) SAP
6 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.55%) Talend
7 2 (1.04%) Foundry
7 2 (1.04%) Workday
8 1 (0.52%) Aderant
8 1 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (0.52%) Charles River
8 1 (0.52%) IBM
8 1 (0.52%) iManage
8 1 (0.52%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.52%) New Relic
8 1 (0.52%) Solace