Azure Contracts in Bristol

Microsoft Azure
South West > Bristol

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bristol 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 8 9
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 119 171 179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 11.42% 13.55% 12.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.24% 43.96% 40.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 136 155
10th Percentile £215 £356 £319
25th Percentile £363 £417 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% +7.53%
75th Percentile £575 £630 £581
90th Percentile £615 £675 £673
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate - £65.35 £34.14
% change year-on-year - +91.45% -32.74%

All Cloud Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 269 389 437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 25.82% 30.82% 30.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 298 355
10th Percentile £258 £321 £300
25th Percentile £325 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £503 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% +0.50% +8.40%
75th Percentile £566 £630 £588
90th Percentile £630 £713 £648
South West median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 15
10th Percentile £12.72 £18.40 £17.50
25th Percentile £14.89 £28.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £57.50 £60.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +140.00% -44.44%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.25 £42.00
90th Percentile - £70.00 -
South West median hourly rate £14.50 £55.43 £25.00
% change year-on-year -73.84% +121.70% -44.44%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Bristol

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Bristol.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Bristol

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Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Bristol

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Bristol.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Bristol

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 15 (12.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.72%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.20%) Confluence
4 3 (2.52%) CMS
4 3 (2.52%) Skype for Business
4 3 (2.52%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.68%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.84%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.84%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.84%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.84%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.84%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.84%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.84%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.84%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.21%) Azure DevOps
2 22 (18.49%) AWS
2 22 (18.49%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 19 (15.97%) Power Platform
5 12 (10.08%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (5.88%) GCP
7 5 (4.20%) Azure Stack
7 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Purview
7 5 (4.20%) PaaS
8 4 (3.36%) IaaS
8 4 (3.36%) SaaS
9 3 (2.52%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.52%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (2.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 3 (2.52%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.52%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 18 (15.13%) Firewall
2 8 (6.72%) WAN
3 7 (5.88%) LAN
3 7 (5.88%) SAN
4 6 (5.04%) FTP
5 5 (4.20%) DNS
6 3 (2.52%) DHCP
6 3 (2.52%) Skype
6 3 (2.52%) VPN
7 2 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.84%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.84%) Intranet
8 1 (0.84%) Junos
8 1 (0.84%) MQTT
8 1 (0.84%) Network Security
8 1 (0.84%) SDH
8 1 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
8 1 (0.84%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.84%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (14.29%) Power BI
2 8 (6.72%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (5.04%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.36%) Data Lake
4 4 (3.36%) Snowflake Schema
5 3 (2.52%) GIS
6 2 (1.68%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.84%) Metadata
7 1 (0.84%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.84%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.84%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.72%) JIRA
2 6 (5.04%) Artifactory
2 6 (5.04%) SonarQube
3 3 (2.52%) Git
3 3 (2.52%) NUnit
3 3 (2.52%) Postman
3 3 (2.52%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.84%) Cypress.io
General
1 27 (22.69%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 14 (11.76%) Legal
4 9 (7.56%) Finance
4 9 (7.56%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.72%) Telecoms
6 6 (5.04%) Electronics
6 6 (5.04%) Marketing
7 5 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.36%) Banking
8 4 (3.36%) Local Government
9 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.52%) Tech for Good
10 2 (1.68%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (25.21%) Architect
2 15 (12.61%) Solutions Architect
3 14 (11.76%) Analyst
4 11 (9.24%) Developer
5 9 (7.56%) Azure Engineer
5 9 (7.56%) Senior
6 7 (5.88%) Data Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) IT Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) DevOps Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) IT Support
7 6 (5.04%) IT Support Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Network Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Applications Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Cybersecurity Analyst
8 5 (4.20%) IT Architect
8 5 (4.20%) Lead
8 5 (4.20%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (13.45%) .NET
2 7 (5.88%) SailPoint
3 6 (5.04%) YAML
4 5 (4.20%) ASP.NET
5 4 (3.36%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.36%) CSS
5 4 (3.36%) HTML
5 4 (3.36%) JSON
5 4 (3.36%) REST
5 4 (3.36%) XML
6 3 (2.52%) .NET Core
6 3 (2.52%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (2.52%) Blazor
6 3 (2.52%) GraphQL
6 3 (2.52%) Playwright
6 3 (2.52%) PySpark
7 2 (1.68%) 802.1X
7 2 (1.68%) React
7 2 (1.68%) Web Services
8 1 (0.84%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.88%) Public Cloud
2 6 (5.04%) Replication
3 5 (4.20%) Data Structures
4 4 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.36%) Reference Data
5 3 (2.52%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.52%) IoT
5 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.52%) PKI
5 3 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.84%) CSOC
7 1 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.84%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.81%) Windows
2 11 (9.24%) Windows Server
3 8 (6.72%) VMS
4 7 (5.88%) Linux
5 5 (4.20%) Android
5 5 (4.20%) Mac OS
5 5 (4.20%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.68%) Unix
6 2 (1.68%) Windows 2000
6 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.68%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (31.09%) DevOps
2 29 (24.37%) Agile
3 22 (18.49%) Business Intelligence
4 21 (17.65%) Migration
5 17 (14.29%) Data Management
6 16 (13.45%) CI/CD
7 14 (11.76%) Data Protection
7 14 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (10.08%) ITIL
9 11 (9.24%) Project Delivery
10 10 (8.40%) Architectural Patterns
10 10 (8.40%) Change Management
10 10 (8.40%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 9 (7.56%) Architecture Governance
11 9 (7.56%) Computer Science
11 9 (7.56%) Software Engineering
12 8 (6.72%) Analytics
12 8 (6.72%) Architectural Design
12 8 (6.72%) Containerisation
12 8 (6.72%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.49%) SQL
2 15 (12.61%) C#
3 10 (8.40%) PowerShell
4 8 (6.72%) Python
4 8 (6.72%) TypeScript
5 7 (5.88%) Bash
6 5 (4.20%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.68%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.84%) Bicep
8 1 (0.84%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (21.01%) Security Cleared
2 12 (10.08%) DV Cleared
3 10 (8.40%) Degree
4 9 (7.56%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.52%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.52%) MCP
6 2 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.68%) CISM
6 2 (1.68%) CISSP
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.84%) CCNA
7 1 (0.84%) CISA
7 1 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.84%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.84%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.88%) QA
2 4 (3.36%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.36%) Government Security Classifications
2 4 (3.36%) NCSC
3 3 (2.52%) Accessibility
3 3 (2.52%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 11 (9.24%) Docker
2 11 (9.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.56%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (5.04%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.04%) VMware NSX
5 3 (2.52%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.52%) vSphere
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.84%) XenApp
6 1 (0.84%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (11.76%) Terraform
2 11 (9.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (7.56%) Ansible
3 9 (7.56%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (7.56%) vCenter Server
4 5 (4.20%) Kubernetes
5 4 (3.36%) SCCM
6 2 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.84%) Grafana
7 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.84%) Puppet
7 1 (0.84%) vRealize
7 1 (0.84%) WSUS
Vendors
1 42 (35.29%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.97%) VMware
3 12 (10.08%) Cisco
4 9 (7.56%) CA
5 8 (6.72%) SAP
6 7 (5.88%) Databricks
6 7 (5.88%) Palo Alto
7 6 (5.04%) CheckPoint
7 6 (5.04%) Veeam
8 4 (3.36%) Citrix
8 4 (3.36%) CyberArk
8 4 (3.36%) Dell
9 3 (2.52%) Juniper
9 3 (2.52%) Okta
10 2 (1.68%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.68%) Mapbox
10 2 (1.68%) Oracle
11 1 (0.84%) Ciena
11 1 (0.84%) Google
11 1 (0.84%) Hitachi