Azure Specialist Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Azure Specialist
South West > Bristol

The median Microsoft Azure Specialist daily rate in Bristol is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Specialist 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.076% - 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% - 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £453
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £550
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £648
South West median daily rate £675 - £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 1,233 635 980
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 93.38% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 597 332 546
10th Percentile £375 £250 £259
25th Percentile £431 £361 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £591
90th Percentile £650 £650 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £521
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.08% -0.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 106 241
10th Percentile £19.33 £15.48 £31.97
25th Percentile £45.00 £18.60 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.73 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.10% -30.77% +3.85%
75th Percentile £68.00 £67.13 £72.50
90th Percentile £72.54 £73.88 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £29.50 £63.75
% change year-on-year +94.92% -53.73% -0.62%

Azure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Azure Specialist job vacancy trend in Bristol

Azure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Specialist job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Specialist job vacancies in Bristol

Azure Specialist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 21 July 2026, Azure Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Azure Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Azure Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Storage
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft