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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 444 375
Rank change year-on-year -75 -69 +60
Contract jobs citing Azure Service Bus 162 115 202
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.30% 0.35% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.85% 0.93% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 67 122
10th Percentile £419 £354 £430
25th Percentile £463 £407 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.00% -16.67% +3.90%
75th Percentile £613 £589 £675
90th Percentile £650 £688 £723
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £600
% change year-on-year - -16.67% -
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 19,002 12,378 13,117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.77% 37.58% 34.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,607 8,249 8,849
10th Percentile £325 £313 £313
25th Percentile £425 £410 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £713 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 616 299 198
10th Percentile £15.28 £15.50 £14.52
25th Percentile £17.99 £18.87 £20.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £29.07 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.80% -6.23% -11.43%
75th Percentile £68.00 £52.50 £62.14
90th Percentile £81.25 £67.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £20.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +62.50% -33.33% +11.11%

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 September 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 17 September 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 -87 140 £550 +7.32% 126
London -65 94 £572 +9.68% 67
Work from Home -64 56 £500 +11.11% 71
UK excluding London -99 45 £500 - 77
South East -65 11 £460 -23.33% 23
East of England -24 10 £550 -18.52% 6
Midlands -46 9 £500 -2.44% 11
North of England -76 9 £525 +16.67% 20
East Midlands -4 6 £500 -14.89% 4
North West -41 6 £575 +27.78% 14
South West -43 5 £470 +25.33% 3
Yorkshire -45 3 £525 - 6
West Midlands -54 2 £625 +24.07% 7
Wales -15 1 £310 +31.91% 5
Scotland - 1 - - 4

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 16 (9.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.09%) CMS
3 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.23%) Mendix
4 2 (1.23%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.62%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.62%) EPiServer
5 1 (0.62%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 16 (9.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.09%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (1.23%) 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
1 162 (100.00%) Azure
2 70 (43.21%) Azure Logic Apps
3 68 (41.98%) Serverless
4 62 (38.27%) Azure Functions
5 56 (34.57%) Azure DevOps
5 56 (34.57%) Dynamics 365
6 46 (28.40%) Power Platform
7 32 (19.75%) AWS
7 32 (19.75%) Azure Event Grid
8 30 (18.52%) PowerApps
9 27 (16.67%) GitHub
10 26 (16.05%) Entra ID
10 26 (16.05%) Power Automate
11 25 (15.43%) Azure AKS
11 25 (15.43%) Azure API Management
12 23 (14.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 21 (12.96%) Azure Key Vault
13 21 (12.96%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (11.73%) Microsoft Copilot
15 17 (10.49%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.79%) HTTP
2 4 (2.47%) Network Security
3 3 (1.85%) VPN
4 1 (0.62%) DKIM
4 1 (0.62%) DMARC
4 1 (0.62%) Firewall
4 1 (0.62%) Internet
4 1 (0.62%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (12.96%) Azure SQL Database
2 19 (11.73%) Power BI
3 11 (6.79%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (4.94%) NoSQL
5 6 (3.70%) Metadata
6 5 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (2.47%) Data Lake
7 4 (2.47%) InfluxDB
7 4 (2.47%) SQL Server
7 4 (2.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.85%) Relational Database
8 3 (1.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.23%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.62%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.62%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.62%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 18 (11.11%) Git
2 13 (8.02%) JIRA
3 10 (6.17%) SpecFlow
4 6 (3.70%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.47%) Visual Studio Code
6 2 (1.23%) NUnit
6 2 (1.23%) 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 31 (19.14%) Social Skills
2 27 (16.67%) Finance
3 20 (12.35%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.70%) Marketing
6 3 (1.85%) Legal
6 3 (1.85%) Local Government
6 3 (1.85%) Retail
7 2 (1.23%) Banking
7 2 (1.23%) Law
8 1 (0.62%) Automotive
8 1 (0.62%) Billing
8 1 (0.62%) Digital Health
8 1 (0.62%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.62%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.62%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.62%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.62%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 75 (46.30%) Developer
2 32 (19.75%) Architect
3 24 (14.81%) Senior
4 23 (14.20%) Azure Developer
5 22 (13.58%) Solutions Architect
6 19 (11.73%) Dynamics 365 Developer
7 16 (9.88%) .NET Developer
8 15 (9.26%) Lead
9 12 (7.41%) C# Developer
10 11 (6.79%) Azure Engineer
11 10 (6.17%) Senior Developer
12 8 (4.94%) Integration Engineer
12 8 (4.94%) Integration Specialist
12 8 (4.94%) Power Platform Developer
13 7 (4.32%) Azure Specialist
14 6 (3.70%) Backend Developer
14 6 (3.70%) Dynamics 365 Architect
15 5 (3.09%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
15 5 (3.09%) Integration Developer
15 5 (3.09%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (57.41%) .NET
2 59 (36.42%) REST
3 27 (16.67%) OAuth
4 24 (14.81%) JSON
4 24 (14.81%) OpenAPI
4 24 (14.81%) Swagger
4 24 (14.81%) Terraform
5 21 (12.96%) Kafka
5 21 (12.96%) XML
6 19 (11.73%) Middleware
6 19 (11.73%) RESTful
7 18 (11.11%) RabbitMQ
8 17 (10.49%) .NET Core
9 15 (9.26%) SOAP
10 12 (7.41%) GraphQL
10 12 (7.41%) JWT
10 12 (7.41%) OAuth2
11 11 (6.79%) EDI
11 11 (6.79%) React
12 10 (6.17%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 53 (32.72%) Cloud Native
2 26 (16.05%) Distributed Systems
3 11 (6.79%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (6.17%) Product Ownership
5 7 (4.32%) AI Agents
5 7 (4.32%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.09%) Distributed Architecture
6 5 (3.09%) IoT
6 5 (3.09%) Wiki
7 4 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.47%) NHS
8 3 (1.85%) BYOD
8 3 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.85%) Life Science
9 2 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.62%) Autonomous Agent
10 1 (0.62%) Mainframe
10 1 (0.62%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (58.02%) CI/CD
1 94 (58.02%) DevOps
2 64 (39.51%) Event-Driven
3 55 (33.95%) Agile
4 54 (33.33%) API Management
5 47 (29.01%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 35 (21.60%) Integration Patterns
7 34 (20.99%) Microservices
8 30 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
9 26 (16.05%) Problem-Solving
10 22 (13.58%) AI
10 22 (13.58%) Containerisation
10 22 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (12.96%) Test Automation
12 20 (12.35%) API Development
12 20 (12.35%) CRM
13 19 (11.73%) API Integration
13 19 (11.73%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (11.73%) Data Modelling
13 19 (11.73%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 82 (50.62%) C#
2 42 (25.93%) SQL
3 29 (17.90%) JavaScript
4 28 (17.28%) Python
5 25 (15.43%) Bicep
6 18 (11.11%) TypeScript
7 12 (7.41%) Java
8 4 (2.47%) Kusto Query Language
8 4 (2.47%) X++
9 2 (1.23%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.62%) ActionScript
10 1 (0.62%) ActionScript 2.0
10 1 (0.62%) Rust
Qualifications
1 42 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 37 (22.84%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.49%) Azure Certification
4 14 (8.64%) Degree
5 10 (6.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (6.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.62%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.62%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.56%) QA
2 7 (4.32%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.47%) GDPR
4 3 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.85%) NIST
5 2 (1.23%) SLA
6 1 (0.62%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.62%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (16.67%) Docker
2 11 (6.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 30 (18.52%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.85%) Grafana
3 2 (1.23%) Istio
3 2 (1.23%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.62%) Argo
4 1 (0.62%) Kustomize
4 1 (0.62%) linkerd
Vendors
1 87 (53.70%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.26%) Oracle
3 12 (7.41%) MuleSoft
4 9 (5.56%) Google
4 9 (5.56%) IBM
4 9 (5.56%) Informatica
4 9 (5.56%) TIBCO
4 9 (5.56%) WSO2
5 7 (4.32%) SAP
6 6 (3.70%) Workday
7 4 (2.47%) Databricks
8 3 (1.85%) Aprimo
8 3 (1.85%) OneTrust
8 3 (1.85%) OpenAI
8 3 (1.85%) Optimizely
8 3 (1.85%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.23%) Adyen
10 1 (0.62%) Concur
10 1 (0.62%) iManage
10 1 (0.62%) Okta