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 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 55 59
Rank change year-on-year -18 +4 -9
Contract jobs citing Azure DevOps 14 14 17
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.03% 2.01% 1.88%
As % of the Cloud Services category 4.31% 5.62% 7.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 16
10th Percentile £438 £381 £326
25th Percentile £503 £463 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £513
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% +6.83% -4.65%
75th Percentile £603 £588 £583
90th Percentile £688 £711 £590
South West median daily rate £475 £549 £525
% change year-on-year -13.44% +4.52% -6.67%

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 325 249 237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 23.81% 35.67% 26.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 206 160 157
10th Percentile £381 £283 £273
25th Percentile £463 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.33% -6.25% -2.44%
75th Percentile £624 £578 £590
90th Percentile £675 £650 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 28 29
10th Percentile - £18.13 £30.77
25th Percentile £13.65 £18.51 -
Median hourly rate £19.33 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -73.04% +112.12%
75th Percentile £48.75 - -
90th Percentile £74.75 £37.50 -
South West median hourly rate £18.50 £18.87 £70.00
% change year-on-year -1.96% -73.04% +87.79%

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 9 September 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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 14 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 2 (14.29%) GCP
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (7.14%) Azure Databricks
3 1 (7.14%) dbt
3 1 (7.14%) GitHub
3 1 (7.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (21.43%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) EDRMS
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (7.14%) Data Lake
2 1 (7.14%) Data Vault
2 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Git
1 4 (28.57%) Jenkins
2 2 (14.29%) GitLab
2 2 (14.29%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (7.14%) Burp Suite
3 1 (7.14%) Cucumber
3 1 (7.14%) Gatling
3 1 (7.14%) Gradle
3 1 (7.14%) JIRA
3 1 (7.14%) LoadRunner
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (7.14%) REST Assured
3 1 (7.14%) SonarQube
3 1 (7.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Aviation
3 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) DevOps Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Architect
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Azure Engineer
2 3 (21.43%) Senior
2 3 (21.43%) Senior DevOps
2 3 (21.43%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Azure Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Data Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Developer
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Linux DevOps Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Linux Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Linux/Unix DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Product Owner
4 1 (7.14%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) ADO
2 1 (7.14%) Node.js
2 1 (7.14%) Playwright
2 1 (7.14%) PySpark
2 1 (7.14%) Quarkus
2 1 (7.14%) React
2 1 (7.14%) Spring
2 1 (7.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (14.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (7.14%) PKI
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) DevOps
2 8 (57.14%) CI/CD
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Data Transformation
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (21.43%) Translating Business Requirements
5 2 (14.29%) Business Transformation
5 2 (14.29%) Content Management
5 2 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (14.29%) Data Governance
5 2 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Content Management
5 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Load Balancing
5 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Bash
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (7.14%) Bicep
3 1 (7.14%) Groovy
3 1 (7.14%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.14%) PL/SQL
3 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
1 1 (7.14%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Istio
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Databricks
3 2 (14.29%) Dynatrace
3 2 (14.29%) MuleSoft
4 1 (7.14%) Oracle
4 1 (7.14%) SAP