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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 14 7
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 57 61 148
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 6.19% 10.18% 14.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.84% 41.22% 50.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 48 125
10th Percentile £344 £368 £232
25th Percentile £411 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £637 £600 £675
90th Percentile £718 £670 £733
South West median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.57% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £66.25 - -
25th Percentile £75.63 - -
Median hourly rate £92.50 - -
75th Percentile £93.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.00 £15.35
% change year-on-year +130.00% +62.87% -78.07%

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 191 148 293
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 20.74% 24.71% 28.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 97 229
10th Percentile £362 £213 £270
25th Percentile £407 £375 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £597 £600 £630
90th Percentile £675 £679 £700
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 8
10th Percentile - - £19.58
25th Percentile £16.62 £25.26 £29.81
Median hourly rate £22.27 £27.13 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.92% -17.80% -49.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £28.99 £36.94
90th Percentile £93.75 - £61.13
South West median hourly rate £51.21 £26.50 £19.06
% change year-on-year +93.25% +39.03% -68.50%

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 26 January 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Bristol over the 6 months to 26 January 2026.

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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.51%) Apache
2 2 (3.51%) Apache Spark
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.75%) CMS
3 1 (1.75%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Primavera
2 1 (1.75%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.75%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 30 (52.63%) AWS
2 18 (31.58%) GCP
3 10 (17.54%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (14.04%) Entra ID
5 7 (12.28%) GitHub
6 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (8.77%) OpenShift
8 4 (7.02%) Power Automate
8 4 (7.02%) Power Platform
9 3 (5.26%) Azure AKS
9 3 (5.26%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (3.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 2 (3.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (3.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (3.51%) PowerApps
11 1 (1.75%) Datadog
11 1 (1.75%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.75%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) HTTP
1 2 (3.51%) SD-WAN
1 2 (3.51%) WAN
2 1 (1.75%) 2G
2 1 (1.75%) 5G
2 1 (1.75%) DHCP
2 1 (1.75%) Firewall
2 1 (1.75%) LAN
2 1 (1.75%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.75%) VPN
2 1 (1.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.77%) PostgreSQL
2 4 (7.02%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.26%) Power BI
4 2 (3.51%) Delta Lake
4 2 (3.51%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (3.51%) MongoDB
4 2 (3.51%) NoSQL
4 2 (3.51%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.75%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.75%) ClickHouse
5 1 (1.75%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.75%) Metadata
5 1 (1.75%) MySQL
5 1 (1.75%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (15.79%) Git
2 3 (5.26%) GitLab
3 2 (3.51%) JIRA
3 2 (3.51%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.75%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.75%) Maven
4 1 (1.75%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.75%) SonarQube
General
1 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 12 (21.05%) Finance
3 6 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 4 (7.02%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.51%) Electronics
5 2 (3.51%) Law
5 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.51%) Marketing
6 1 (1.75%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 16 (28.07%) Developer
2 7 (12.28%) Senior
3 6 (10.53%) Architect
4 5 (8.77%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Data Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Platform Engineer
5 4 (7.02%) Senior Developer
5 4 (7.02%) Software Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Consultant
6 3 (5.26%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) ForgeRock Developer
6 3 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.51%) AWS Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) DevSecOps Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Kubernetes Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.79%) React
2 7 (12.28%) Node.js
3 5 (8.77%) AngularJS
3 5 (8.77%) CSS
3 5 (8.77%) HTML
4 4 (7.02%) SOAP
4 4 (7.02%) Spring
5 3 (5.26%) .NET
5 3 (5.26%) OAuth
5 3 (5.26%) OAuth2
5 3 (5.26%) OpenID
5 3 (5.26%) REST
5 3 (5.26%) RESTful
5 3 (5.26%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (5.26%) SAML
5 3 (5.26%) Vue
6 2 (3.51%) Express.js
6 2 (3.51%) Next.js
6 2 (3.51%) XML
6 2 (3.51%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Cloud Native
2 8 (14.04%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.02%) Product Ownership
4 3 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (5.26%) Security Posture
5 2 (3.51%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.75%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.75%) CMDB
6 1 (1.75%) Data Centre
6 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.75%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.75%) IoT
6 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.75%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.77%) Windows
2 3 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (38.60%) DevOps
2 19 (33.33%) Agile
3 12 (21.05%) CI/CD
4 9 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (14.04%) Migration
5 8 (14.04%) Roadmaps
5 8 (14.04%) Software Engineering
6 7 (12.28%) Data Modelling
6 7 (12.28%) Full-Stack Development
6 7 (12.28%) RBAC
7 6 (10.53%) Analytics
7 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (10.53%) Platform Engineering
7 6 (10.53%) Scrum
7 6 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (8.77%) SDLC
8 5 (8.77%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.07%) Python
2 13 (22.81%) SQL
3 9 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 9 (15.79%) TypeScript
4 5 (8.77%) Java
5 4 (7.02%) Bicep
5 4 (7.02%) PowerShell
6 3 (5.26%) C#
6 3 (5.26%) Ruby
7 2 (3.51%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.75%) Bash
8 1 (1.75%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.75%) Go
Qualifications
1 20 (35.09%) SC Cleared
1 20 (35.09%) Security Cleared
2 6 (10.53%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (5.26%) Azure Certification
5 2 (3.51%) AWS Certification
5 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.75%) CCNA
6 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.75%) CSPO
6 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) GDPR
2 3 (5.26%) PSD2
2 3 (5.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (3.51%) NIST
4 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.75%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.75%) GRC
4 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.75%) NCSC
4 1 (1.75%) QA
4 1 (1.75%) SLA
4 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (15.79%) Active Directory
1 9 (15.79%) Docker
2 2 (3.51%) Hyper-V
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (19.30%) Kubernetes
2 5 (8.77%) Terraform
3 4 (7.02%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (5.26%) Argo
5 2 (3.51%) Ansible
5 2 (3.51%) Kibana
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (1.75%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.75%) Grafana
6 1 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.75%) Puppet
6 1 (1.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) Databricks
2 4 (7.02%) Google
2 4 (7.02%) ServiceNow
3 3 (5.26%) ForgeRock
3 3 (5.26%) Ping Identity
3 3 (5.26%) Red Hat
3 3 (5.26%) SAP
4 2 (3.51%) Blue Prism
4 2 (3.51%) Cisco
4 2 (3.51%) Oracle
4 2 (3.51%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) Brocade
5 1 (1.75%) Extreme Networks
5 1 (1.75%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.75%) Foundry
5 1 (1.75%) NetApp
5 1 (1.75%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.75%) Siemens
5 1 (1.75%) Sitecore