Azure Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Azure
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 12 8
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 69 77 137
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 8.58% 10.31% 13.25%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.17% 41.18% 48.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 60 107
10th Percentile £328 £350 £275
25th Percentile £402 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.71% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £613 £628 £675
90th Percentile £707 £775 £716
South West median daily rate £509 £510 £550
% change year-on-year -0.25% -7.27% +0.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £76.25 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 £77.50 -
Median hourly rate £92.50 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% - -
75th Percentile £93.75 £92.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £83.75 £85.00 £15.35
% change year-on-year -1.47% +453.75% -78.07%

All Cloud Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 208 187 283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 25.87% 25.03% 27.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 121 229
10th Percentile £325 £225 £310
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £588 £630 £650
90th Percentile £666 £788 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 11
10th Percentile - - £20.25
25th Percentile - £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £18.87 £68.75 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -72.55% +108.33% -49.23%
75th Percentile £44.69 £70.00 £40.88
90th Percentile £92.13 £76.75 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -25.00% +50.00% -65.37%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Bristol

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Bristol over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Bristol

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure

Azure
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Bristol over the 6 months to 11 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Bristol

Azure
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 3 (4.35%) Apache
1 3 (4.35%) Apache Spark
1 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.45%) CMS
2 1 (1.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.45%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Primavera
2 1 (1.45%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.45%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 34 (49.28%) AWS
2 18 (26.09%) GCP
3 12 (17.39%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (11.59%) Power Automate
5 7 (10.14%) Entra ID
6 6 (8.70%) GitHub
7 5 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (4.35%) Azure AKS
8 3 (4.35%) OpenShift
8 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.90%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (2.90%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.90%) OCI
10 1 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (1.45%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (1.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (1.45%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.70%) HTTP
2 2 (2.90%) NetScaler
3 1 (1.45%) 2G
3 1 (1.45%) 5G
3 1 (1.45%) Firewall
3 1 (1.45%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.45%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.45%) VPN
3 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.70%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (8.70%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.80%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.35%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.35%) Oracle Database
3 3 (4.35%) Power BI
4 2 (2.90%) ClickHouse
4 2 (2.90%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.90%) MySQL
4 2 (2.90%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.45%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.45%) Big Data
5 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.45%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.45%) Metadata
5 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (21.74%) Git
2 7 (10.14%) JIRA
3 2 (2.90%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.45%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.45%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.45%) CMake
4 1 (1.45%) GitLab
4 1 (1.45%) GoogleTest
4 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.45%) Maven
4 1 (1.45%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.45%) SonarQube
General
1 26 (37.68%) Social Skills
2 14 (20.29%) Finance
3 7 (10.14%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.70%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Electronics
5 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Law
5 2 (2.90%) Manufacturing
5 2 (2.90%) Marketing
5 2 (2.90%) Tech for Good
6 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (30.43%) Developer
2 8 (11.59%) Senior
3 7 (10.14%) Architect
4 6 (8.70%) Data Engineer
5 5 (7.25%) Lead
5 5 (7.25%) Software Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Azure Engineer
6 4 (5.80%) Senior Developer
6 4 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.35%) DBA
7 3 (4.35%) ForgeRock Developer
7 3 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
7 3 (4.35%) Oracle DBA
8 2 (2.90%) Consultant
8 2 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Migration Engineer
8 2 (2.90%) Project Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Senior Project Manager
8 2 (2.90%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (20.29%) React
2 9 (13.04%) AngularJS
3 8 (11.59%) SOAP
4 7 (10.14%) Node.js
5 6 (8.70%) JMS
5 6 (8.70%) XML
5 6 (8.70%) XSD
6 5 (7.25%) CSS
6 5 (7.25%) HTML
7 4 (5.80%) Spring
8 3 (4.35%) .NET
8 3 (4.35%) Next.js
8 3 (4.35%) OAuth
8 3 (4.35%) OAuth2
8 3 (4.35%) OpenID
8 3 (4.35%) REST
8 3 (4.35%) RESTful
8 3 (4.35%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (4.35%) SAML
8 3 (4.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 15 (21.74%) Cloud Native
2 8 (11.59%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.80%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.35%) IoT
5 2 (2.90%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.90%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.90%) PKI
5 2 (2.90%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.45%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.45%) CMDB
6 1 (1.45%) CUDA
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.45%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.45%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.45%) Robotics
6 1 (1.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (10.14%) Windows
2 5 (7.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.35%) Linux
4 1 (1.45%) Android
4 1 (1.45%) Robot Operating System
4 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (42.03%) Agile
2 25 (36.23%) DevOps
3 13 (18.84%) CI/CD
4 12 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (17.39%) Scrum
5 11 (15.94%) Migration
6 10 (14.49%) Software Engineering
7 9 (13.04%) Data Modelling
7 9 (13.04%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.59%) Roadmaps
8 8 (11.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (10.14%) Analytics
9 7 (10.14%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (10.14%) OO
9 7 (10.14%) Test Automation
10 6 (8.70%) ITIL
10 6 (8.70%) OOP
10 6 (8.70%) Project Delivery
10 6 (8.70%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.99%) Python
2 19 (27.54%) SQL
3 11 (15.94%) TypeScript
4 10 (14.49%) JavaScript
5 7 (10.14%) PowerShell
6 5 (7.25%) Java
7 4 (5.80%) Bicep
7 4 (5.80%) C#
7 4 (5.80%) PL/SQL
8 3 (4.35%) Ruby
9 2 (2.90%) Bash
10 1 (1.45%) C++
10 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (1.45%) Go
Qualifications
1 28 (40.58%) Security Cleared
2 25 (36.23%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.70%) Degree
4 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.80%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.90%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.90%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.90%) OCA
6 2 (2.90%) OCP
6 2 (2.90%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.45%) CSPO
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.25%) GDPR
2 4 (5.80%) QA
3 3 (4.35%) PSD2
3 3 (4.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.45%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.45%) GRC
4 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.45%) NCSC
4 1 (1.45%) NIST
4 1 (1.45%) SLA
4 1 (1.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (17.39%) Docker
2 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (2.90%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.90%) XenDesktop
5 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (14.49%) Kubernetes
2 6 (8.70%) Terraform
3 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (5.80%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.35%) Ansible
4 3 (4.35%) Argo
4 3 (4.35%) Data Guard
4 3 (4.35%) Kibana
4 3 (4.35%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (2.90%) Grafana
5 2 (2.90%) Prometheus
5 2 (2.90%) SCCM
6 1 (1.45%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.45%) logstash
6 1 (1.45%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (1.45%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (31.88%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.59%) ServiceNow
3 6 (8.70%) Blue Prism
3 6 (8.70%) Oracle
4 5 (7.25%) Databricks
5 4 (5.80%) Google
6 3 (4.35%) ForgeRock
6 3 (4.35%) Ping Identity
6 3 (4.35%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.35%) VMware
7 2 (2.90%) Citrix
7 2 (2.90%) SAP
8 1 (1.45%) Brocade
8 1 (1.45%) Cisco
8 1 (1.45%) Dell
8 1 (1.45%) Fortinet
8 1 (1.45%) Foundry
8 1 (1.45%) Ivanti
8 1 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.45%) Sitecore