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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 11 7
Rank change year-on-year -7 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 65 74 125
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 7.67% 10.79% 12.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.50% 43.02% 47.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 59 104
10th Percentile £313 £350 £238
25th Percentile £391 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -8.70% +9.52%
75th Percentile £613 £622 £676
90th Percentile £695 £775 £720
South West median daily rate £524 £520 £550
% change year-on-year +0.77% -5.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £91.25 £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 £92.50 £85.00 £15.35
% change year-on-year +8.82% +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 200 172 264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 23.58% 25.07% 26.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 117 213
10th Percentile £333 £213 £275
25th Percentile £405 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £590 £619 £638
90th Percentile £665 £775 £708
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 10
10th Percentile - - £20.03
25th Percentile - £25.26 -
Median hourly rate £18.87 £27.13 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -17.80% -49.23%
75th Percentile £33.75 £44.87 -
90th Percentile £93.75 £73.45 £52.88
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £27.13 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.05% +29.17% -63.64%

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 27 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
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 (4.62%) Apache
1 3 (4.62%) Apache Spark
1 3 (4.62%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.54%) CMS
3 1 (1.54%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Primavera
2 1 (1.54%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 33 (50.77%) AWS
2 19 (29.23%) GCP
3 12 (18.46%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (12.31%) Power Automate
5 7 (10.77%) Entra ID
5 7 (10.77%) GitHub
6 6 (9.23%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (6.15%) Power Platform
8 3 (4.62%) Azure AKS
8 3 (4.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (4.62%) OpenShift
9 2 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (3.08%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (3.08%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (3.08%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.08%) OCI
9 2 (3.08%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.54%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.54%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 6 (9.23%) HTTP
2 2 (3.08%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.08%) WAN
3 1 (1.54%) 2G
3 1 (1.54%) 5G
3 1 (1.54%) DHCP
3 1 (1.54%) Firewall
3 1 (1.54%) LAN
3 1 (1.54%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.54%) VPN
3 1 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.23%) Relational Database
2 5 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.62%) Power BI
3 3 (4.62%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.08%) ClickHouse
4 2 (3.08%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.08%) MySQL
4 2 (3.08%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.08%) Oracle Database
4 2 (3.08%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.54%) Big Data
5 1 (1.54%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.54%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.54%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.54%) Metadata
5 1 (1.54%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (23.08%) Git
2 6 (9.23%) JIRA
3 3 (4.62%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.54%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.54%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.54%) CMake
4 1 (1.54%) GitLab
4 1 (1.54%) GoogleTest
4 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.54%) Maven
4 1 (1.54%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.54%) SonarQube
General
1 25 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 12 (18.46%) Finance
3 6 (9.23%) Public Sector
3 6 (9.23%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.08%) Electronics
4 2 (3.08%) Law
4 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.08%) Marketing
4 2 (3.08%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (32.31%) Developer
2 9 (13.85%) Senior
3 7 (10.77%) Architect
3 7 (10.77%) Data Engineer
4 5 (7.69%) Senior Developer
4 5 (7.69%) Software Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) ForgeRock Developer
6 3 (4.62%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (4.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.08%) Consultant
7 2 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Migration Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Oracle DBA
7 2 (3.08%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (20.00%) React
2 9 (13.85%) AngularJS
3 8 (12.31%) SOAP
4 7 (10.77%) Node.js
5 6 (9.23%) JMS
5 6 (9.23%) XML
5 6 (9.23%) XSD
6 5 (7.69%) CSS
6 5 (7.69%) HTML
7 4 (6.15%) Spring
8 3 (4.62%) .NET
8 3 (4.62%) OAuth
8 3 (4.62%) OAuth2
8 3 (4.62%) OpenID
8 3 (4.62%) REST
8 3 (4.62%) RESTful
8 3 (4.62%) Ruby on Rails
8 3 (4.62%) SAML
8 3 (4.62%) Vue
9 2 (3.08%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.62%) Cloud Native
2 8 (12.31%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (6.15%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.62%) IoT
5 2 (3.08%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.08%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.54%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.54%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.54%) CMDB
6 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.54%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.54%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (1.54%) Robotics
6 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.69%) Windows
2 3 (4.62%) Linux
2 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.54%) Android
3 1 (1.54%) Robot Operating System
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (41.54%) Agile
2 26 (40.00%) DevOps
3 13 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 12 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (16.92%) Scrum
6 10 (15.38%) Data Modelling
6 10 (15.38%) Software Engineering
7 9 (13.85%) Infrastructure as Code
7 9 (13.85%) Migration
8 8 (12.31%) Analytics
8 8 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (10.77%) Full-Stack Development
9 7 (10.77%) OO
9 7 (10.77%) Test Automation
10 6 (9.23%) ITIL
10 6 (9.23%) OOP
10 6 (9.23%) RBAC
10 6 (9.23%) Roadmaps
10 6 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (32.31%) SQL
2 20 (30.77%) Python
3 11 (16.92%) JavaScript
4 10 (15.38%) TypeScript
5 5 (7.69%) Java
5 5 (7.69%) PL/SQL
6 4 (6.15%) Bicep
6 4 (6.15%) C#
6 4 (6.15%) PowerShell
7 3 (4.62%) Ruby
8 2 (3.08%) Bash
9 1 (1.54%) C++
9 1 (1.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (1.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 26 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 23 (35.38%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.23%) Degree
4 4 (6.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.62%) Azure Certification
5 3 (4.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.08%) AWS Certification
6 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.08%) OCA
6 2 (3.08%) OCP
6 2 (3.08%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.54%) CCNA
7 1 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CSPO
7 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.23%) GDPR
2 4 (6.15%) QA
3 3 (4.62%) PSD2
3 3 (4.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.08%) NIST
5 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.54%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.54%) GRC
5 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.54%) NCSC
5 1 (1.54%) SLA
5 1 (1.54%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (16.92%) Docker
2 8 (12.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.08%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle RAC
3 2 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (9.23%) Terraform
3 4 (6.15%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.62%) Ansible
4 3 (4.62%) Argo
4 3 (4.62%) Kibana
5 2 (3.08%) Data Guard
5 2 (3.08%) Grafana
5 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (3.08%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (3.08%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.54%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.54%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.54%) logstash
6 1 (1.54%) Puppet
6 1 (1.54%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (35.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (12.31%) ServiceNow
3 6 (9.23%) Blue Prism
3 6 (9.23%) Databricks
4 5 (7.69%) Google
4 5 (7.69%) Oracle
5 3 (4.62%) ForgeRock
5 3 (4.62%) Ping Identity
5 3 (4.62%) Red Hat
6 2 (3.08%) Cisco
6 2 (3.08%) SAP
6 2 (3.08%) VMware
7 1 (1.54%) Brocade
7 1 (1.54%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (1.54%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.54%) Foundry
7 1 (1.54%) NetApp
7 1 (1.54%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.54%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.54%) Sitecore