Azure ExpressRoute Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Azure ExpressRoute skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure ExpressRoute over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 337 453
Rank change year-on-year +52 +116 +133
Contract jobs citing Azure ExpressRoute 19 8 24
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.19% 0.052% 0.093%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.48% 0.14% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 2 5
10th Percentile - £510 -
25th Percentile £388 £525 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £375
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +46.67% -28.57%
75th Percentile £546 £575 £688
90th Percentile £574 £590 £759
UK median daily rate £425 £525 £575
% change year-on-year -19.05% -8.70% +6.48%

All Cloud Skills
Work from Home

Azure ExpressRoute falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,940 5,557 10,236
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 39.78% 36.21% 39.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,887 3,982 7,514
10th Percentile £351 £350 £373
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 89 125
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.50 £16.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £17.00 £21.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £26.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.62% -52.73% +83.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £50.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £92.50 £64.37 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Azure ExpressRoute
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure ExpressRoute as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Azure ExpressRoute trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Azure ExpressRoute.

Azure ExpressRoute daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Azure ExpressRoute
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Azure ExpressRoute over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Azure ExpressRoute daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Azure ExpressRoute
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (36.84%) Entra ID
3 3 (15.79%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (15.79%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (15.79%) OneDrive
3 3 (15.79%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure AKS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Functions
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (5.26%) Azure Storage
4 1 (5.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) VPN
2 12 (63.16%) Firewall
3 9 (47.37%) DNS
4 7 (36.84%) NGFW
5 5 (26.32%) WAN
6 3 (15.79%) LAN
6 3 (15.79%) Network Security
6 3 (15.79%) Skype
6 3 (15.79%) Wireless
7 2 (10.53%) Internet
7 2 (10.53%) MPLS
7 2 (10.53%) VLAN
8 1 (5.26%) BGP
8 1 (5.26%) OSPF
8 1 (5.26%) SNMP
8 1 (5.26%) SSL
8 1 (5.26%) TCP/IP
8 1 (5.26%) VoIP
8 1 (5.26%) VPLS
8 1 (5.26%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
1 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Legal
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Azure Engineer
2 10 (52.63%) Network Engineer
3 7 (36.84%) Network Support
3 7 (36.84%) Network Support Engineer
3 7 (36.84%) Support Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) Architect
5 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Azure Architect
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Cisco Network Engineer
6 2 (10.53%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (5.26%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (5.26%) DevOps Architect
7 1 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (5.26%) Network Architect
7 1 (5.26%) Network Security Engineer
7 1 (5.26%) Security Architect
7 1 (5.26%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (36.84%) ADO
2 3 (15.79%) .NET
3 1 (5.26%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Anti-Spyware
2 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) Clustering
3 1 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
2 2 (10.53%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Migration
2 9 (47.37%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (42.11%) Agile
4 7 (36.84%) Kalman Filter
5 3 (15.79%) B2B
5 3 (15.79%) Cloud Security
5 3 (15.79%) Data Loss Prevention
5 3 (15.79%) DevOps
5 3 (15.79%) E-Discovery
5 3 (15.79%) Identity Management
5 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Automation
5 3 (15.79%) Privileged Identity Management
6 2 (10.53%) Change Management
6 2 (10.53%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.53%) High Availability
6 2 (10.53%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (10.53%) RBAC
7 1 (5.26%) Data Privacy
7 1 (5.26%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (5.26%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) Bicep
3 1 (5.26%) C
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) CCNA
1 2 (10.53%) CCNP
1 2 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
1 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
2 1 (5.26%) CCSA
2 1 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) GDPR
1 1 (5.26%) HIPAA
1 1 (5.26%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (31.58%) Active Directory
2 3 (15.79%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.53%) VMware NSX
4 1 (5.26%) Docker
4 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (52.63%) Terraform
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (5.26%) FortiGate
3 1 (5.26%) Grafana
3 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (5.26%) Prometheus
3 1 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) CheckPoint
2 8 (42.11%) Infoblox
2 8 (42.11%) Palo Alto
3 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
4 3 (15.79%) Meraki
4 3 (15.79%) VMware
5 2 (10.53%) Arista
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco
5 2 (10.53%) Forcepoint
6 1 (5.26%) Atempo
6 1 (5.26%) Citrix
6 1 (5.26%) Databricks
6 1 (5.26%) F5
6 1 (5.26%) ForeScout
6 1 (5.26%) Mellanox
6 1 (5.26%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.26%) Ubiquiti