Azure DevOps Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Azure DevOps
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Azure DevOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 45 45
Rank change year-on-year -27 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 6 9 34
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.51% 1.69% 3.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.52% 5.52% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 26
10th Percentile £370 £391 £431
25th Percentile £401 £491 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £506 £608 £538
90th Percentile £518 £673 £590
South West median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 - -

All Cloud Computing Skills
Bristol

Azure DevOps 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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 238 163 268
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 20.03% 30.70% 25.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 116 197
10th Percentile £350 £213 £237
25th Percentile £410 £361 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +3.26% -8.00%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £638
South West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 5
10th Percentile £13.65 £18.13 £12.53
25th Percentile £15.14 £18.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £16.62 £18.51 £13.85
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% +33.65% -78.69%
75th Percentile £59.38 £28.56 £18.00
90th Percentile £99.50 £37.50 £36.45
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £21.76 £14.50
% change year-on-year +164.31% +50.03% -74.78%

Azure DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure DevOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Azure DevOps job vacancy trend in Bristol

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure DevOps in Bristol over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure DevOps in Bristol

Azure DevOps
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure DevOps.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure DevOps

Azure DevOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (16.67%) AWS
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (16.67%) dbt
3 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
3 1 (16.67%) PowerApps
3 1 (16.67%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (16.67%) Data Lake
2 1 (16.67%) Data Vault
2 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) Artifactory
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Maven
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (16.67%) SonarQube
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Facilities Management Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Facilities Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Facilities Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Power Apps Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Power Apps Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) ADO
1 1 (16.67%) Bootstrap
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) CSS3
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5 Canvas
1 1 (16.67%) JAX-RS
1 1 (16.67%) LESS
1 1 (16.67%) PySpark
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) Sass
1 1 (16.67%) Spring
1 1 (16.67%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (50.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Change Control
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Data Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Programme Governance
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 2 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 2 (33.33%) Validation
5 1 (16.67%) Business Analytics
5 1 (16.67%) Network Management
5 1 (16.67%) Progressive Enhancement
5 1 (16.67%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (16.67%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (16.67%) Scala
3 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) PMO
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) SAP