Azure Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 354 629 457
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 11.16% 17.73% 12.34%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.47% 51.73% 40.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 527 331
10th Percentile £213 £400 £313
25th Percentile £425 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £703 £669
England median daily rate £545 £560 £550
% change year-on-year -2.68% +1.82% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 2
10th Percentile - £49.68 £22.70
25th Percentile - £59.90 £26.76
Median hourly rate - £60.70 £34.14
Median % change year-on-year - +77.82% -32.74%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £42.14
90th Percentile - - £46.57
England median hourly rate £35.00 £58.65 £48.27
% change year-on-year -40.32% +21.50% -3.46%

All Cloud Skills
South West

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 796 1,216 1,138
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.09% 34.27% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 602 979 859
10th Percentile £205 £298 £250
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £650 £592
90th Percentile £688 £719 £662
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 56 22
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.40 £11.50
25th Percentile £14.06 £19.69 £18.13
Median hourly rate £15.20 £51.68 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.60% +106.70% -44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £53.78
England median hourly rate £21.00 £32.30 £21.31
% change year-on-year -34.98% +51.55% +0.95%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the South West

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Bristol -2 119 £500 -4.76% 123
Wiltshire -8 104 £500 -16.67% 34
Gloucestershire +3 69 £550 +4.76% 71
Dorset -6 17 £185 -63.04% 25
Devon -1 14 £313 -21.88% 40
Somerset -16 9 £450 -30.77% 30
Cornwall -6 1 £225 -59.64% 6
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 72 (20.34%) SharePoint
2 44 (12.43%) Confluence
3 35 (9.89%) SharePoint Server
4 28 (7.91%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.41%) Umbraco
6 4 (1.13%) CMS
7 2 (0.56%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.56%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.28%) Apache
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.28%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
Applications
1 9 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.28%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 63 (17.80%) AWS
1 63 (17.80%) Power Platform
2 59 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 56 (15.82%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (11.86%) Azure Stack
5 38 (10.73%) Entra ID
6 21 (5.93%) Azure Data Factory
7 19 (5.37%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (5.08%) PaaS
9 16 (4.52%) Azure Logic Apps
10 15 (4.24%) GCP
11 13 (3.67%) Power Automate
12 11 (3.11%) IaaS
13 10 (2.82%) PowerApps
14 9 (2.54%) OneDrive
15 8 (2.26%) Azure Monitor
16 7 (1.98%) Azure Storage
16 7 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Purview
18 5 (1.41%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 58 (16.38%) Firewall
2 35 (9.89%) BGP
3 13 (3.67%) WAN
4 12 (3.39%) LAN
5 10 (2.82%) Intranet
5 10 (2.82%) VPN
6 9 (2.54%) DNS
7 8 (2.26%) SAN
8 6 (1.69%) FTP
9 3 (0.85%) DHCP
10 2 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.56%) Skype
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.28%) IPv4
11 1 (0.28%) MQTT
11 1 (0.28%) Network Security
11 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (11.86%) Power BI
2 31 (8.76%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (3.95%) Relational Database
4 14 (3.95%) Tableau
5 12 (3.39%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 12 (3.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (2.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (2.54%) Data Lake
7 8 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.41%) NoSQL
10 4 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
10 4 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.85%) GIS
12 2 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.56%) Metadata
12 2 (0.56%) OLAP
12 2 (0.56%) OLTP
13 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 55 (15.54%) JIRA
2 13 (3.67%) Git
3 9 (2.54%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.26%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.98%) Postman
5 7 (1.98%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.69%) Artifactory
6 6 (1.69%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.41%) NUnit
8 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.85%) Selenium
9 2 (0.56%) GitLab
9 2 (0.56%) Snyk
10 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) git-flow
10 1 (0.28%) JUnit
10 1 (0.28%) Maven
10 1 (0.28%) MSI
10 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 96 (27.12%) Social Skills
2 34 (9.60%) Finance
2 34 (9.60%) Public Sector
3 22 (6.21%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (5.08%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (4.52%) Manufacturing
6 14 (3.95%) Telecoms
7 13 (3.67%) Electronics
7 13 (3.67%) Legal
7 13 (3.67%) Marketing
8 9 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.13%) Banking
9 4 (1.13%) German Language
9 4 (1.13%) Local Government
9 4 (1.13%) Military
10 3 (0.85%) Tech for Good
11 2 (0.56%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.56%) Retail
12 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 65 (18.36%) Architect
2 49 (13.84%) Analyst
3 47 (13.28%) Developer
4 25 (7.06%) Data Engineer
5 24 (6.78%) Azure Engineer
6 23 (6.50%) Senior
7 22 (6.21%) Cloud Engineer
7 22 (6.21%) Solutions Architect
8 17 (4.80%) Microsoft Engineer
9 16 (4.52%) SOC Analyst
10 15 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
11 14 (3.95%) Technical Architect
12 12 (3.39%) Infrastructure Technician
12 12 (3.39%) SharePoint Developer
13 10 (2.82%) Administrator
14 9 (2.54%) Full Stack Developer
14 9 (2.54%) SOC Engineer
15 8 (2.26%) Consultant
15 8 (2.26%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.45%) .NET
2 15 (4.24%) AngularJS
3 13 (3.67%) React
4 12 (3.39%) CSS
5 11 (3.11%) REST
6 8 (2.26%) Spring
7 7 (1.98%) ASP.NET
7 7 (1.98%) HTML
7 7 (1.98%) SailPoint
7 7 (1.98%) SPFx
7 7 (1.98%) YAML
8 6 (1.69%) Blazor
9 5 (1.41%) GraphQL
9 5 (1.41%) Playwright
9 5 (1.41%) PySpark
10 4 (1.13%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.13%) ARM Templates
10 4 (1.13%) JSON
10 4 (1.13%) Middleware
10 4 (1.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (12.99%) Private Cloud
2 20 (5.65%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.39%) NHS
4 11 (3.11%) Security Posture
5 10 (2.82%) Cloud Native
5 10 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 10 (2.82%) Replication
6 8 (2.26%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.98%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.69%) IoT
8 6 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.69%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.41%) PKI
9 5 (1.41%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.13%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 99 (27.97%) Windows
2 25 (7.06%) Linux
2 25 (7.06%) Windows Server
3 14 (3.95%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.82%) VMS
5 9 (2.54%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.98%) Android
7 6 (1.69%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.56%) Unix
8 2 (0.56%) Windows 2000
8 2 (0.56%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (0.56%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.28%) Solaris
9 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (25.14%) DevOps
2 79 (22.32%) Agile
3 59 (16.67%) ITIL
4 54 (15.25%) Business Intelligence
5 48 (13.56%) Network Management
6 46 (12.99%) Migration
7 44 (12.43%) Service Management
8 42 (11.86%) CI/CD
9 36 (10.17%) Capacity Management
9 36 (10.17%) Security Monitoring
10 32 (9.04%) ITSM
11 31 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 30 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 30 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (7.34%) Project Management
14 25 (7.06%) Infrastructure as Code
15 23 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (6.50%) Data Modelling
15 23 (6.50%) SIEM
16 22 (6.21%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 54 (15.25%) SQL
2 38 (10.73%) C#
3 35 (9.89%) Python
4 33 (9.32%) PowerShell
5 29 (8.19%) JavaScript
6 16 (4.52%) C
7 15 (4.24%) TypeScript
8 14 (3.95%) Bash
9 12 (3.39%) Java
9 12 (3.39%) T-SQL
10 6 (1.69%) Bicep
11 5 (1.41%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.85%) Julia
12 3 (0.85%) Perl
13 1 (0.28%) C++
13 1 (0.28%) Go
13 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 159 (44.92%) Security Cleared
2 85 (24.01%) DV Cleared
3 76 (21.47%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.63%) Degree
5 9 (2.54%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.13%) HND
9 3 (0.85%) CISSP
9 3 (0.85%) MCP
9 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.56%) CEH
10 2 (0.56%) CISM
10 2 (0.56%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.56%) SANS
11 1 (0.28%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.02%) Government Security Classifications
2 34 (9.60%) QA
3 8 (2.26%) NCSC
4 6 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 6 (1.69%) Data Quality
4 6 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.69%) NIST
5 3 (0.85%) SLA
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (12.43%) Active Directory
2 27 (7.63%) Docker
3 18 (5.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.82%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.82%) VMware NSX
5 9 (2.54%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (2.26%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.85%) vSphere
9 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.28%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 36 (10.17%) Terraform
2 26 (7.34%) SCOM
3 25 (7.06%) Ansible
3 25 (7.06%) Kubernetes
4 19 (5.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (3.95%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (2.54%) vCenter Server
7 6 (1.69%) SCCM
8 5 (1.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 5 (1.41%) Grafana
8 5 (1.41%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.41%) Puppet
9 4 (1.13%) OPNET
9 4 (1.13%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 3 (0.85%) PowerCLI
11 2 (0.56%) Argo
11 2 (0.56%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.28%) Packer
12 1 (0.28%) vRealize
Vendors
1 151 (42.66%) Microsoft
2 41 (11.58%) VMware
3 40 (11.30%) Atlassian
4 18 (5.08%) Veeam
5 16 (4.52%) SAP
6 13 (3.67%) Cisco
7 12 (3.39%) CA
8 11 (3.11%) Databricks
9 8 (2.26%) Palo Alto
9 8 (2.26%) Splunk
10 7 (1.98%) Citrix
11 6 (1.69%) CheckPoint
12 5 (1.41%) Google
13 4 (1.13%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.13%) Dell
13 4 (1.13%) Oracle
14 3 (0.85%) Okta
14 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
15 2 (0.56%) Fortinet
15 2 (0.56%) Mapbox