Azure Monitor Contracts in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor (Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, Azure Diagnostics)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Azure Monitor skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure Monitor over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 80 125 167
Rank change year-on-year +45 +42 -24
Contract jobs citing Azure Monitor 59 22 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.20% 0.76% 0.17%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.91% 2.62% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 22 6
10th Percentile £509 £614 £390
25th Percentile £603 £625 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £683 £486
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% +40.36% -15.43%
75th Percentile £641 £750 £531
90th Percentile £675 - £550
South East median daily rate £605 £683 £513
% change year-on-year -11.36% +33.17% +7.89%

All Cloud Skills
Thames Valley

Azure Monitor 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 in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 746 841 1,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 27.82% 29.23% 31.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 607 860
10th Percentile £305 £313 £205
25th Percentile £413 £425 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £602
90th Percentile £670 £706 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 14
10th Percentile £16.75 £17.15 £17.38
25th Percentile £20.56 £18.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £50.25 £26.58 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year +89.05% +26.42% -0.12%
75th Percentile £60.44 £58.50 £46.00
90th Percentile £61.60 £79.19 £76.53
South East median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £20.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +57.56% -2.61%

Azure Monitor
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Azure Monitor as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Azure Monitor in the Thames Valley

Azure Monitor
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Monitor within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Berkshire +25 58 £605 -11.36% 5
Buckinghamshire - 1 £350 - 4
Azure Monitor
South East

Azure Monitor
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 21 (35.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 59 (100.00%) Azure
2 43 (72.88%) Entra ID
3 28 (47.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 25 (42.37%) Azure Storage
5 23 (38.98%) Azure Data Factory
6 21 (35.59%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (30.51%) Azure Functions
7 18 (30.51%) Serverless
8 11 (18.64%) Azure Key Vault
9 8 (13.56%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (11.86%) Azure API Management
10 7 (11.86%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (6.78%) Azure Cognitive Search
12 3 (5.08%) Azure Logic Apps
13 2 (3.39%) PaaS
14 1 (1.69%) Azure AKS
14 1 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (37.29%) DNS
1 22 (37.29%) Firewall
2 21 (35.59%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (33.90%) NoSQL
2 6 (10.17%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (6.78%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.78%) SSDT
4 3 (5.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (44.07%) Git
2 8 (13.56%) Selenium
3 2 (3.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 23 (38.98%) Social Skills
2 16 (27.12%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.78%) Finance
3 4 (6.78%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 30 (50.85%) Developer
2 21 (35.59%) Active Directory Support
3 20 (33.90%) Azure Developer
3 20 (33.90%) Full Stack Developer
4 14 (23.73%) Active Directory Specialist
4 14 (23.73%) Azure Specialist
4 14 (23.73%) Support Specialist
5 10 (16.95%) Full Stack Python Developer
5 10 (16.95%) Python Developer
6 8 (13.56%) Azure Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Active Directory Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Active Directory Support Engineer
7 7 (11.86%) Support Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) .NET Developer
9 4 (6.78%) Designer
9 4 (6.78%) Environment And Release Manager
9 4 (6.78%) Environment Manager
9 4 (6.78%) Lead
9 4 (6.78%) Lead Designer
9 4 (6.78%) Release Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (40.68%) ARM Templates
2 20 (33.90%) React
3 5 (8.47%) .NET
3 5 (8.47%) YAML
4 4 (6.78%) AngularJS
4 4 (6.78%) Node.js
5 2 (3.39%) .NET Framework
5 2 (3.39%) Entity Framework
5 2 (3.39%) GraphQL
6 1 (1.69%) CSS
6 1 (1.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (35.59%) PKI
1 21 (35.59%) Self-Motivation
2 17 (28.81%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.39%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 22 (37.29%) Linux
2 21 (35.59%) Windows
2 21 (35.59%) Windows Server
2 21 (35.59%) Windows Server 2016
2 21 (35.59%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (93.22%) DevOps
2 46 (77.97%) CI/CD
3 39 (66.10%) Agile
4 28 (47.46%) Infrastructure as Code
5 22 (37.29%) Analytics
5 22 (37.29%) Identity Management
5 22 (37.29%) Log Analytics
5 22 (37.29%) Microservices
5 22 (37.29%) Release Management
5 22 (37.29%) Service Management
6 21 (35.59%) ITIL
6 21 (35.59%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 21 (35.59%) Privileged Identity Management
6 21 (35.59%) RBAC
7 20 (33.90%) Full Stack Development
8 17 (28.81%) SDLC
9 16 (27.12%) Product Backlog
9 16 (27.12%) Unit Testing
10 14 (23.73%) Continuous Improvement
10 14 (23.73%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (47.46%) C#
2 24 (40.68%) PowerShell
3 23 (38.98%) Bicep
4 21 (35.59%) VB
4 21 (35.59%) VBScript
5 20 (33.90%) Python
6 8 (13.56%) Java
7 5 (8.47%) SQL
8 4 (6.78%) C
8 4 (6.78%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
10 1 (1.69%) PHP
10 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (42.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (40.68%) SC Cleared
3 21 (35.59%) Degree
3 21 (35.59%) DV Cleared
3 21 (35.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 42 (71.19%) Active Directory
2 21 (35.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 21 (35.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (44.07%) Kubernetes
2 21 (35.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 21 (35.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 21 (35.59%) SCCM
2 21 (35.59%) SCOM
2 21 (35.59%) WSUS
3 5 (8.47%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (40.68%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.69%) BMC
2 1 (1.69%) Databricks
2 1 (1.69%) Remedy
2 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow