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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 10 16
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 -8
Contract jobs citing Azure 115 80 86
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 8.50% 11.25% 9.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 34.53% 32.13% 36.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 58 71
10th Percentile £426 £332 £350
25th Percentile £488 £389 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.04% -10.60% -9.09%
75th Percentile £628 £588 £590
90th Percentile £713 £695 £775
South West median daily rate £550 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £77.50
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -11.76% +21.43%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £92.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £96.27 £65.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year +48.10% -23.53% +304.76%

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 333 249 235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 24.61% 35.02% 25.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 162 157
10th Percentile £389 £305 £273
25th Percentile £466 £393 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -3.15%
75th Percentile £629 £575 £590
90th Percentile £675 £650 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 27
10th Percentile - £18.13 £66.25
25th Percentile £13.65 £18.51 -
Median hourly rate £19.42 £18.87 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.89% -73.04% +112.12%
75th Percentile £50.06 - -
90th Percentile £54.70 £35.25 -
South West median hourly rate £18.50 £18.87 £70.00
% change year-on-year -1.96% -73.04% +87.79%

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 15 September 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 (3.48%) Apache Spark
1 4 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.87%) Apache
2 1 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.87%) Confluence
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.87%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.87%) ResourceLink
1 1 (0.87%) SAP EHS
1 1 (0.87%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 34 (29.57%) AWS
2 26 (22.61%) Entra ID
3 23 (20.00%) GCP
4 22 (19.13%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (13.04%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (7.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 8 (6.96%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (6.09%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 7 (6.09%) Power Platform
8 7 (6.09%) Serverless
9 6 (5.22%) Azure Data Factory
9 6 (5.22%) Azure Databricks
9 6 (5.22%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (5.22%) GitHub
10 5 (4.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 5 (4.35%) Azure Functions
10 5 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
10 5 (4.35%) SaaS
11 4 (3.48%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (3.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.70%) Firewall
2 9 (7.83%) WAN
3 5 (4.35%) BGP
3 5 (4.35%) DNS
4 2 (1.74%) VSAN
5 1 (0.87%) Calico
5 1 (0.87%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.96%) Data Lake
2 5 (4.35%) Power BI
3 4 (3.48%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (3.48%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.61%) EDRMS
4 3 (2.61%) Metadata
4 3 (2.61%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.74%) Delta Lake
5 2 (1.74%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.87%) Big Data
6 1 (0.87%) Data Vault
6 1 (0.87%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.87%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.87%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.87%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.87%) Star Schema
6 1 (0.87%) Tableau
6 1 (0.87%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Git
1 8 (6.96%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.22%) GitLab
3 2 (1.74%) Visual Studio Team System
4 1 (0.87%) Burp Suite
4 1 (0.87%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.87%) Gatling
4 1 (0.87%) Gradle
4 1 (0.87%) JIRA
4 1 (0.87%) JUnit
4 1 (0.87%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.87%) MLflow
4 1 (0.87%) NUnit
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.87%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.87%) Selenium
4 1 (0.87%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.87%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 29 (25.22%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.65%) Public Sector
3 9 (7.83%) Local Government
4 8 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (4.35%) Military
6 3 (2.61%) Aviation
6 3 (2.61%) Finance
6 3 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (2.61%) Police
7 2 (1.74%) Advertising
7 2 (1.74%) Banking
7 2 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.74%) Legal
7 2 (1.74%) Marketing
8 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 34 (29.57%) Architect
2 24 (20.87%) Consultant
3 15 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (12.17%) Azure Consultant
5 13 (11.30%) Senior
6 12 (10.43%) Azure Architect
7 9 (7.83%) Lead
8 8 (6.96%) DevOps Engineer
9 7 (6.09%) Active Directory Consultant
9 7 (6.09%) Data Engineer
9 7 (6.09%) IT Consultant
9 7 (6.09%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
9 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Consultant
9 7 (6.09%) Technical Architect
10 5 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
10 5 (4.35%) Developer
10 5 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (4.35%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 4 (3.48%) Data Architect
11 4 (3.48%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (17.39%) Terraform
2 7 (6.09%) Node.js
3 6 (5.22%) React
4 4 (3.48%) GraphQL
4 4 (3.48%) LDAP
4 4 (3.48%) OAuth
4 4 (3.48%) OpenID
4 4 (3.48%) REST
4 4 (3.48%) SailPoint
5 3 (2.61%) .NET
5 3 (2.61%) Kafka
5 3 (2.61%) PyTorch
5 3 (2.61%) SAML
5 3 (2.61%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.61%) TensorFlow
6 2 (1.74%) A2A Protocol
6 2 (1.74%) Keycloak
6 2 (1.74%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (1.74%) PySpark
6 2 (1.74%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.17%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (3.48%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.74%) AI Agents
4 2 (1.74%) Clustering
4 2 (1.74%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.74%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.87%) Data Fabric
5 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.87%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.87%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.87%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.87%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.87%) PKI
5 1 (0.87%) Replication
5 1 (0.87%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.87%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.57%) Windows
2 6 (5.22%) Linux
3 4 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.74%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.70%) DevOps
2 25 (21.74%) CI/CD
3 21 (18.26%) Infrastructure as Code
3 21 (18.26%) Roadmaps
4 19 (16.52%) Agile
5 16 (13.91%) Migration
6 14 (12.17%) Analytics
6 14 (12.17%) Containerisation
6 14 (12.17%) Data Governance
6 14 (12.17%) Data Modelling
7 13 (11.30%) AI
7 13 (11.30%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (10.43%) Decision-Making
8 12 (10.43%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 12 (10.43%) RBAC
9 11 (9.57%) Data Architecture
9 11 (9.57%) Microservices
9 11 (9.57%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (9.57%) Validation
10 9 (7.83%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.78%) Python
2 15 (13.04%) SQL
3 9 (7.83%) Java
4 5 (4.35%) Bash
5 4 (3.48%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.48%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.74%) BeanShell
6 2 (1.74%) C++
6 2 (1.74%) Go
6 2 (1.74%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.74%) R
7 1 (0.87%) Bicep
7 1 (0.87%) C#
7 1 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.87%) Groovy
7 1 (0.87%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 43 (37.39%) Security Cleared
2 37 (32.17%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.83%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.48%) Azure Certification
4 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.48%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.74%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.74%) CCNA
6 2 (1.74%) MCSE
6 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 1 (0.87%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.87%) CCSP
7 1 (0.87%) CISM
7 1 (0.87%) CISSP
7 1 (0.87%) Degree
7 1 (0.87%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.87%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (0.87%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.35%) QA
2 3 (2.61%) Data Quality
2 3 (2.61%) NCSC
2 3 (2.61%) SLA
3 2 (1.74%) GDPR
3 2 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.87%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.87%) NIST
4 1 (0.87%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (14.78%) Active Directory
2 12 (10.43%) Docker
3 7 (6.09%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (5.22%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.87%) KVM
6 1 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.87%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (20.00%) Kubernetes
2 6 (5.22%) FortiGate
3 5 (4.35%) Ansible
4 4 (3.48%) Grafana
5 3 (2.61%) Argo
5 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.61%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.74%) Cilium
6 2 (1.74%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (1.74%) Istio
6 2 (1.74%) VxRail
7 1 (0.87%) CASB
7 1 (0.87%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.87%) QRadar
7 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 54 (46.96%) Microsoft
2 13 (11.30%) Databricks
3 7 (6.09%) VMware
4 6 (5.22%) Google
5 5 (4.35%) Oracle
5 5 (4.35%) Zscaler
6 4 (3.48%) CyberArk
6 4 (3.48%) MuleSoft
6 4 (3.48%) Red Hat
6 4 (3.48%) SAP
7 2 (1.74%) BiZZdesign
7 2 (1.74%) Cisco
7 2 (1.74%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.74%) Foundry
7 2 (1.74%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.74%) Splunk
8 1 (0.87%) ArcSight
8 1 (0.87%) Cribl.io
8 1 (0.87%) IBM
8 1 (0.87%) webMethods