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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 10
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 -4
Contract jobs citing Azure 106 76 104
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 8.15% 11.08% 10.74%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.76% 29.92% 41.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 56 79
10th Percentile £426 £323 £368
25th Percentile £488 £355 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £428 £500
Median % change year-on-year +28.65% -14.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £497 £588
90th Percentile £663 £609 £675
South West median daily rate £539 £500 £503
% change year-on-year +7.75% -0.50% -8.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £73.12 -
25th Percentile - £74.05 £77.50
Median hourly rate - £76.85 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -9.59% +21.43%
75th Percentile - £78.40 £92.50
90th Percentile - £78.58 -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% -17.65% +41.90%

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 314 254 249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 24.14% 37.03% 25.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 163 169
10th Percentile £377 £239 £268
25th Percentile £463 £355 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £663 £638 £688
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 29 29
10th Percentile £13.65 £18.13 £30.77
25th Percentile £15.88 £18.51 -
Median hourly rate £19.42 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -73.04% +33.33%
75th Percentile £50.06 - -
90th Percentile £99.13 £37.50 -
South West median hourly rate £39.00 £18.87 £70.00
% change year-on-year +106.68% -73.04% +76.99%

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 4 August 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 4 (3.77%) Apache Spark
1 4 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.94%) Apache
2 1 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.94%) Confluence
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.94%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.94%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.94%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.94%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.94%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 41 (38.68%) AWS
2 24 (22.64%) Entra ID
3 22 (20.75%) GCP
4 17 (16.04%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (8.49%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 8 (7.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 8 (7.55%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (6.60%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 7 (6.60%) Power Platform
8 6 (5.66%) GitHub
8 6 (5.66%) Serverless
9 5 (4.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (4.72%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (4.72%) SaaS
10 4 (3.77%) Azure Functions
10 4 (3.77%) Azure Key Vault
10 4 (3.77%) Azure Storage
10 4 (3.77%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.49%) WAN
2 8 (7.55%) Firewall
3 5 (4.72%) BGP
3 5 (4.72%) DNS
4 1 (0.94%) Calico
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.55%) Data Lake
2 6 (5.66%) Power BI
3 4 (3.77%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.89%) Delta Lake
4 2 (1.89%) GIS
4 2 (1.89%) Metadata
4 2 (1.89%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.89%) Spatial Data
4 2 (1.89%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.94%) Big Data
5 1 (0.94%) Data Vault
5 1 (0.94%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.94%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.94%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.94%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.94%) Power Query
5 1 (0.94%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.94%) Tableau
5 1 (0.94%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 7 (6.60%) Git
2 6 (5.66%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.77%) GitLab
4 1 (0.94%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.94%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.94%) Gatling
4 1 (0.94%) Gradle
4 1 (0.94%) JIRA
4 1 (0.94%) JUnit
4 1 (0.94%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.94%) MLflow
4 1 (0.94%) NUnit
4 1 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.94%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.94%) Selenium
4 1 (0.94%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.94%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 26 (24.53%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.26%) Public Sector
3 8 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (6.60%) Local Government
5 5 (4.72%) Military
6 3 (2.83%) Aviation
6 3 (2.83%) Finance
6 3 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.83%) Police
7 2 (1.89%) Advertising
7 2 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.89%) Legal
7 2 (1.89%) Marketing
8 1 (0.94%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (29.25%) Architect
2 22 (20.75%) Consultant
3 13 (12.26%) Azure Consultant
4 12 (11.32%) Lead
5 11 (10.38%) Solutions Architect
6 10 (9.43%) Azure Architect
7 7 (6.60%) Active Directory Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) Data Engineer
7 7 (6.60%) IT Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) Microsoft Consultant
7 7 (6.60%) Senior
7 7 (6.60%) Technical Architect
8 6 (5.66%) Data Architect
9 5 (4.72%) Developer
10 4 (3.77%) Enterprise Architect
11 3 (2.83%) Data Manager
11 3 (2.83%) Team Leader
11 3 (2.83%) Technical Leader
11 3 (2.83%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.60%) Node.js
2 6 (5.66%) React
3 5 (4.72%) REST
4 4 (3.77%) GraphQL
4 4 (3.77%) LDAP
4 4 (3.77%) OAuth
4 4 (3.77%) OpenID
4 4 (3.77%) SailPoint
5 3 (2.83%) .NET
5 3 (2.83%) Kafka
5 3 (2.83%) PyTorch
5 3 (2.83%) SAML
5 3 (2.83%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.83%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.89%) Keycloak
6 2 (1.89%) PySpark
6 2 (1.89%) RESTful
6 2 (1.89%) SOAP
6 2 (1.89%) Swagger
6 2 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (12.26%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.72%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.94%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.94%) Data Fabric
6 1 (0.94%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.94%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.94%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.94%) PKI
6 1 (0.94%) Replication
6 1 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.49%) Windows
2 5 (4.72%) Linux
3 2 (1.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.89%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.53%) DevOps
2 20 (18.87%) CI/CD
2 20 (18.87%) Infrastructure as Code
3 19 (17.92%) Migration
3 19 (17.92%) Roadmaps
4 18 (16.98%) Agile
5 16 (15.09%) Analytics
5 16 (15.09%) Data Governance
6 15 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (13.21%) Containerisation
8 13 (12.26%) Data Architecture
8 13 (12.26%) RBAC
9 12 (11.32%) Data Modelling
9 12 (11.32%) Decision-Making
9 12 (11.32%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 12 (11.32%) Validation
10 11 (10.38%) AI
10 11 (10.38%) Architecture Governance
10 11 (10.38%) Microservices
10 11 (10.38%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.98%) Python
1 18 (16.98%) SQL
2 9 (8.49%) Java
3 5 (4.72%) Bash
4 4 (3.77%) PowerShell
4 4 (3.77%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.89%) BeanShell
5 2 (1.89%) C++
5 2 (1.89%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.89%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.89%) R
6 1 (0.94%) C#
6 1 (0.94%) Go
6 1 (0.94%) Groovy
6 1 (0.94%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (39.62%) Security Cleared
2 39 (36.79%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.66%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.83%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.89%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.89%) CCNA
7 2 (1.89%) Degree
7 2 (1.89%) MCSE
8 1 (0.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.94%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.94%) CCSK
8 1 (0.94%) CCSP
8 1 (0.94%) CISM
8 1 (0.94%) CISSP
8 1 (0.94%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.94%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.49%) QA
2 5 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.83%) NCSC
3 3 (2.83%) SLA
4 2 (1.89%) GDPR
4 2 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.89%) NIST
5 1 (0.94%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.94%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (16.04%) Active Directory
2 13 (12.26%) Docker
3 4 (3.77%) Hyper-V
3 4 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.77%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.94%) KVM
4 1 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 21 (19.81%) Kubernetes
2 18 (16.98%) Terraform
3 6 (5.66%) FortiGate
4 5 (4.72%) Ansible
5 4 (3.77%) Grafana
6 3 (2.83%) Argo
6 3 (2.83%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (2.83%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.89%) Cilium
7 2 (1.89%) Istio
8 1 (0.94%) CASB
8 1 (0.94%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 10 (9.43%) Databricks
3 6 (5.66%) Google
4 5 (4.72%) Oracle
4 5 (4.72%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.72%) Zscaler
5 4 (3.77%) CyberArk
5 4 (3.77%) SAP
5 4 (3.77%) VMware
6 2 (1.89%) BiZZdesign
6 2 (1.89%) Cisco
6 2 (1.89%) Dynatrace
6 2 (1.89%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.89%) NEC
7 1 (0.94%) IBM
7 1 (0.94%) Splunk
7 1 (0.94%) webMethods