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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 11 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 113 73 114
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 8.41% 11.25% 10.24%
As % of the Cloud Services category 36.33% 30.29% 41.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 53 90
10th Percentile £413 £327 £349
25th Percentile £475 £355 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £438 £508
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% -13.79% -0.98%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £655 £623 £725
South West median daily rate £539 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +7.75% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £76.85 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 -
% change year-on-year -11.54% - -

All Cloud Computing 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 311 241 278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 23.16% 37.13% 24.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 156 192
10th Percentile £375 £235 £271
25th Percentile £450 £355 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £588
90th Percentile £663 £650 £674
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 28 28
10th Percentile £13.65 £18.13 £28.66
25th Percentile - £18.51 £69.06
Median hourly rate £16.62 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% -73.04% +30.23%
75th Percentile £44.38 - -
90th Percentile £91.00 £37.50 -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £18.87 £70.00
% change year-on-year +204.72% -73.04% +40.00%

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 7 July 2026.

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
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 5 (4.42%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.77%) Apache
3 2 (1.77%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.88%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.88%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (0.88%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.88%) SAP Hybris
1 1 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 43 (38.05%) AWS
2 24 (21.24%) Entra ID
2 24 (21.24%) GCP
3 17 (15.04%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (10.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 9 (7.96%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 9 (7.96%) Power Platform
6 8 (7.08%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (6.19%) GitHub
7 7 (6.19%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 6 (5.31%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (5.31%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 6 (5.31%) Serverless
9 5 (4.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (4.42%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (4.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (4.42%) Snowflake
10 4 (3.54%) Azure Functions
10 4 (3.54%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (3.54%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.96%) WAN
2 8 (7.08%) Firewall
3 5 (4.42%) BGP
3 5 (4.42%) DNS
4 1 (0.88%) Calico
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) Data Lake
1 8 (7.08%) Power BI
2 7 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.54%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.54%) Delta Lake
4 3 (2.65%) Star Schema
5 2 (1.77%) GIS
5 2 (1.77%) Metadata
5 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.77%) Spatial Data
5 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.88%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.88%) Power Query
6 1 (0.88%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.88%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Git
2 5 (4.42%) GitLab
2 5 (4.42%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.88%) Burp Suite
3 1 (0.88%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.88%) Gatling
3 1 (0.88%) Gradle
3 1 (0.88%) JUnit
3 1 (0.88%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.88%) MLflow
3 1 (0.88%) NUnit
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.88%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
3 1 (0.88%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (23.01%) Social Skills
2 12 (10.62%) Public Sector
3 9 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.42%) Local Government
5 4 (3.54%) Military
6 3 (2.65%) Finance
6 3 (2.65%) Legal
6 3 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Police
7 2 (1.77%) Advertising
7 2 (1.77%) Aviation
7 2 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.77%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (26.55%) Architect
2 23 (20.35%) Consultant
3 14 (12.39%) Lead
4 13 (11.50%) Azure Consultant
5 11 (9.73%) Azure Architect
5 11 (9.73%) Data Engineer
6 10 (8.85%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (7.08%) Technical Architect
8 7 (6.19%) Active Directory Consultant
8 7 (6.19%) IT Consultant
8 7 (6.19%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
8 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Consultant
8 7 (6.19%) Senior
9 6 (5.31%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (4.42%) Data Architect
10 5 (4.42%) Developer
10 5 (4.42%) Technical Leader
11 4 (3.54%) Azure Data Engineer
11 4 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
12 3 (2.65%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.19%) Node.js
2 6 (5.31%) React
2 6 (5.31%) REST
3 4 (3.54%) GraphQL
3 4 (3.54%) Kafka
3 4 (3.54%) LDAP
3 4 (3.54%) OAuth
3 4 (3.54%) OpenID
3 4 (3.54%) SailPoint
4 3 (2.65%) .NET
4 3 (2.65%) PyTorch
4 3 (2.65%) SAML
4 3 (2.65%) SOAP
4 3 (2.65%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.65%) TensorFlow
5 2 (1.77%) Keycloak
5 2 (1.77%) PySpark
5 2 (1.77%) RESTful
5 2 (1.77%) Swagger
5 2 (1.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.50%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.88%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (0.88%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) PKI
6 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Replication
6 1 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.96%) Windows
2 5 (4.42%) Linux
3 2 (1.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.77%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (23.89%) DevOps
2 22 (19.47%) Analytics
3 21 (18.58%) CI/CD
4 20 (17.70%) Agile
4 20 (17.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 20 (17.70%) Migration
4 20 (17.70%) Roadmaps
5 18 (15.93%) Data Modelling
6 15 (13.27%) Data Governance
7 14 (12.39%) Containerisation
7 14 (12.39%) RBAC
8 13 (11.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (11.50%) Data Engineering
8 13 (11.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (11.50%) Validation
9 12 (10.62%) Data Architecture
9 12 (10.62%) Data Pipeline
9 12 (10.62%) Decision-Making
9 12 (10.62%) ETL
10 11 (9.73%) Architecture Governance
Programming Languages
1 24 (21.24%) SQL
2 20 (17.70%) Python
3 9 (7.96%) Java
4 4 (3.54%) Bash
4 4 (3.54%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.77%) BeanShell
5 2 (1.77%) C++
5 2 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.77%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.77%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.77%) R
6 1 (0.88%) C#
6 1 (0.88%) Go
6 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 42 (37.17%) Security Cleared
2 39 (34.51%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.31%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.65%) Degree
5 3 (2.65%) TOGAF Certification
6 2 (1.77%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.88%) CCNA
7 1 (0.88%) CCSK
7 1 (0.88%) CCSP
7 1 (0.88%) CISM
7 1 (0.88%) CISSP
7 1 (0.88%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.88%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.08%) QA
2 7 (6.19%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.54%) GDPR
4 3 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.65%) NCSC
5 2 (1.77%) NIST
5 2 (1.77%) SLA
6 1 (0.88%) Government Security Classifications
6 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.88%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (15.04%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.62%) Docker
3 4 (3.54%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) KVM
4 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (17.70%) Kubernetes
2 18 (15.93%) Terraform
3 6 (5.31%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.42%) Ansible
5 4 (3.54%) Grafana
6 3 (2.65%) Argo
6 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.65%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.77%) Cilium
7 2 (1.77%) Istio
8 1 (0.88%) CASB
8 1 (0.88%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (41.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Databricks
3 6 (5.31%) Google
4 5 (4.42%) SAP
4 5 (4.42%) Zscaler
5 4 (3.54%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.54%) Oracle
5 4 (3.54%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.54%) VMware
6 2 (1.77%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (1.77%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.77%) NEC
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco
7 1 (0.88%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.88%) IBM
7 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.88%) Siemens
7 1 (0.88%) Splunk
7 1 (0.88%) webMethods