Azure Contract Job Trends in Bracknell

Microsoft Azure
Berkshire > Bracknell

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bracknell requiring Azure skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 17 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 -6
Contract jobs citing Azure 7 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bracknell 6.19% 4.00% 6.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.17% 23.81% 34.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 6
10th Percentile - £439 £323
25th Percentile £413 £478 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £725
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -31.03% +13.73%
75th Percentile £438 - £738
90th Percentile - - £756
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £28.50 £72.00
Median % change year-on-year - -60.42% -
Berkshire median hourly rate - £48.94 £72.00
% change year-on-year - -32.03% -4.95%

All Cloud Skills
Bracknell

Azure 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 Bracknell.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 24 21 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bracknell 21.24% 16.80% 19.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 16
10th Percentile £261 £275 £185
25th Percentile £403 £390 £283
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £408 £340
Median % change year-on-year +3.07% +19.85% -40.87%
75th Percentile £436 £467 £536
90th Percentile £438 £500 £738
Berkshire median daily rate £501 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -12.96% - +10.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 5
10th Percentile - £20.15 £18.75
25th Percentile £32.05 £21.41 £21.00
Median hourly rate £32.18 £23.90 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.64% -31.71% -
75th Percentile £36.98 £26.76 £61.88
90th Percentile £45.39 £28.26 £67.95
Berkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £58.17 £45.00
% change year-on-year -67.56% +29.27% +113.78%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Bracknell

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bracknell.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Bracknell

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Azure

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Bracknell

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bracknell citing Azure

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bracknell 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 2 (28.57%) SAS
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (14.29%) IaaS
3 1 (14.29%) PaaS
3 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) HTTP
2 2 (28.57%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) Network Security
3 1 (14.29%) IPFIX
3 1 (14.29%) SSL
3 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
3 1 (14.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Power BI
2 2 (28.57%) Tableau
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (14.29%) Power Query
3 1 (14.29%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (14.29%) Sisense
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Fiddler
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (28.57%) French Language
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) German Language
2 1 (14.29%) Italian Language
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Support Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support
1 4 (57.14%) Technical Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Power BI Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Security Support Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) MDX
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
2 1 (14.29%) ADO
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (14.29%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Analytics
1 4 (57.14%) Customer Experience
1 4 (57.14%) Data Protection
2 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) CRM
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) SIEM
4 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (14.29%) Ansible
1 1 (14.29%) QRadar
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) MicroStrategy
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Palo Alto
2 1 (14.29%) Qualys
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk