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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 13 7
Rank change year-on-year -2 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 71 74 138
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 8.89% 9.61% 13.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 32.27% 38.34% 48.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 56 108
10th Percentile £328 £350 £275
25th Percentile £378 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £513 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% -10.87% +9.52%
75th Percentile £606 £628 £675
90th Percentile £695 £775 £715
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £76.25 - -
25th Percentile £81.88 £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 £75.00 £85.00 £15.19
% change year-on-year -11.76% +459.67% -78.30%

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 220 193 283
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 27.53% 25.06% 27.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 117 229
10th Percentile £322 £220 £298
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £595 £638 £650
90th Percentile £658 £788 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 13 11
10th Percentile - £25.26 £20.25
25th Percentile - £35.00 -
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +112.12% -49.23%
75th Percentile £26.31 - £40.88
90th Percentile £87.25 - £80.00
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £22.07
% change year-on-year -35.71% +58.59% -61.78%

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 25 November 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Bristol over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

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 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.82%) Apache
2 2 (2.82%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.41%) CMS
3 1 (1.41%) Confluence
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.41%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Primavera
2 1 (1.41%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.41%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 32 (45.07%) AWS
2 14 (19.72%) Azure DevOps
2 14 (19.72%) GCP
3 8 (11.27%) Power Automate
4 7 (9.86%) Entra ID
5 6 (8.45%) GitHub
6 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.23%) Azure AKS
7 3 (4.23%) OpenShift
7 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.82%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (2.82%) Azure Sentinel
8 2 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.82%) OCI
8 2 (2.82%) Serverless
9 1 (1.41%) PaaS
9 1 (1.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.45%) HTTP
2 4 (5.63%) NetScaler
3 1 (1.41%) 2G
3 1 (1.41%) 5G
3 1 (1.41%) Firewall
3 1 (1.41%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (1.41%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.41%) VPN
3 1 (1.41%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.45%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (8.45%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.23%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (4.23%) Oracle Database
3 3 (4.23%) Power BI
4 2 (2.82%) ClickHouse
4 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.82%) MySQL
4 2 (2.82%) NoSQL
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (1.41%) Big Data
5 1 (1.41%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.41%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.41%) Metadata
5 1 (1.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (19.72%) Git
2 7 (9.86%) JIRA
3 2 (2.82%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.41%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.41%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.41%) CMake
4 1 (1.41%) GitLab
4 1 (1.41%) GoogleTest
4 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.41%) Maven
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.41%) SonarQube
General
1 25 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.72%) Finance
3 7 (9.86%) Telecoms
4 6 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.23%) Electronics
5 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing
5 3 (4.23%) Marketing
6 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Law
6 2 (2.82%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.41%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (33.80%) Developer
2 9 (12.68%) Senior
3 7 (9.86%) Lead
4 5 (7.04%) Architect
4 5 (7.04%) Data Engineer
4 5 (7.04%) Senior Developer
4 5 (7.04%) Software Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) DBA
5 3 (4.23%) ForgeRock Developer
5 3 (4.23%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (4.23%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 3 (4.23%) Oracle DBA
5 3 (4.23%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (2.82%) Azure Developer
6 2 (2.82%) Cloud Architect
6 2 (2.82%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
6 2 (2.82%) Product Owner
6 2 (2.82%) Senior Manager
6 2 (2.82%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (25.35%) React
2 10 (14.08%) Node.js
3 9 (12.68%) AngularJS
4 6 (8.45%) .NET
4 6 (8.45%) JMS
4 6 (8.45%) SOAP
4 6 (8.45%) XML
4 6 (8.45%) XSD
5 4 (5.63%) ARM Templates
5 4 (5.63%) CSS
5 4 (5.63%) HTML
5 4 (5.63%) Next.js
5 4 (5.63%) Spring
6 3 (4.23%) OAuth
6 3 (4.23%) OAuth2
6 3 (4.23%) OpenID
6 3 (4.23%) RESTful
6 3 (4.23%) Ruby on Rails
6 3 (4.23%) SAML
6 3 (4.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Cloud Native
2 8 (11.27%) Onboarding
3 4 (5.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.23%) IoT
5 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.82%) PKI
5 2 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.41%) CUDA
6 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.41%) Raspberry Pi
6 1 (1.41%) Robotics
6 1 (1.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.68%) Windows
2 6 (8.45%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.23%) Linux
3 3 (4.23%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (2.82%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.41%) Android
5 1 (1.41%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (42.25%) Agile
2 24 (33.80%) DevOps
3 15 (21.13%) CI/CD
4 14 (19.72%) Scrum
5 11 (15.49%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (14.08%) OO
6 10 (14.08%) Software Engineering
7 9 (12.68%) Migration
7 9 (12.68%) Roadmaps
7 9 (12.68%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (11.27%) Full-Stack Development
8 8 (11.27%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (11.27%) Microservices
8 8 (11.27%) OOP
9 7 (9.86%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (9.86%) Project Delivery
9 7 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (9.86%) Test Automation
10 6 (8.45%) Analytics
10 6 (8.45%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 20 (28.17%) Python
2 19 (26.76%) SQL
3 15 (21.13%) TypeScript
4 10 (14.08%) PowerShell
5 9 (12.68%) JavaScript
6 6 (8.45%) C#
7 5 (7.04%) Java
8 4 (5.63%) PL/SQL
9 3 (4.23%) Bicep
9 3 (4.23%) Ruby
10 2 (2.82%) Bash
11 1 (1.41%) C++
11 1 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (1.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 27 (38.03%) Security Cleared
2 24 (33.80%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.45%) Degree
4 4 (5.63%) Azure Certification
4 4 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.82%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.82%) ISTQB
6 2 (2.82%) OCA
6 2 (2.82%) OCP
6 2 (2.82%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.41%) CSPO
7 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.63%) GDPR
1 4 (5.63%) QA
2 3 (4.23%) PSD2
2 3 (4.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.82%) SLA
3 2 (2.82%) WCAG
4 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.41%) GRC
4 1 (1.41%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (19.72%) Docker
2 10 (14.08%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (5.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 4 (5.63%) XenDesktop
5 3 (4.23%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (2.82%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (1.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) Kubernetes
2 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (8.45%) Terraform
3 4 (5.63%) SCCM
3 4 (5.63%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (4.23%) Ansible
4 3 (4.23%) Argo
4 3 (4.23%) Data Guard
4 3 (4.23%) Kibana
4 3 (4.23%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (2.82%) Grafana
5 2 (2.82%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.41%) FortiGate
6 1 (1.41%) logstash
6 1 (1.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (1.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (33.80%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.45%) Blue Prism
2 6 (8.45%) Oracle
2 6 (8.45%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.04%) Databricks
3 5 (7.04%) VMware
4 4 (5.63%) Citrix
4 4 (5.63%) Google
5 3 (4.23%) ForgeRock
5 3 (4.23%) Ivanti
5 3 (4.23%) Ping Identity
5 3 (4.23%) Red Hat
5 3 (4.23%) SAP
6 1 (1.41%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco
6 1 (1.41%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (1.41%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.41%) NVIDIA
6 1 (1.41%) Okta
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce