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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 13 8
Rank change year-on-year -8 -5 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 67 53 123
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 5.65% 9.80% 11.80%
As % of the Cloud Services category 28.39% 31.93% 46.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 47 93
10th Percentile £355 £355 £215
25th Percentile £450 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £576
90th Percentile £663 £665 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £63.13 - -
25th Percentile £67.81 - -
Median hourly rate £76.25 £78.70 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% - -
75th Percentile £85.31 - -
90th Percentile £90.38 - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.00 -
% change year-on-year +130.00% - -

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 236 166 266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 19.90% 30.68% 25.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 119 194
10th Percentile £355 £213 £244
25th Percentile £413 £355 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.89%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £574
90th Percentile £673 £675 £638
South West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 5
10th Percentile £13.65 £18.13 £12.53
25th Percentile £15.14 £18.22 £12.75
Median hourly rate £16.62 £18.51 £13.85
Median % change year-on-year -10.21% +33.65% -76.92%
75th Percentile £59.38 £28.56 £18.00
90th Percentile £99.50 £37.50 £36.45
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £14.50
% change year-on-year +210.64% +27.66% -74.78%

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 18 April 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 18 April 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 (4.48%) Apache Spark
2 2 (2.99%) Apache
2 2 (2.99%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.49%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Primavera
1 1 (1.49%) SAP EHS
1 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.49%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 33 (49.25%) AWS
2 20 (29.85%) GCP
3 10 (14.93%) Azure Data Factory
4 8 (11.94%) Power Platform
5 5 (7.46%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (5.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
6 4 (5.97%) Snowflake
7 3 (4.48%) GitHub
8 2 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.99%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 2 (2.99%) IaaS
8 2 (2.99%) OpenShift
8 2 (2.99%) PaaS
8 2 (2.99%) Serverless
9 1 (1.49%) Cloud Run
9 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.49%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) DHCP
1 1 (1.49%) LAN
1 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.49%) WAN
1 1 (1.49%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (10.45%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (10.45%) Power BI
2 5 (7.46%) Delta Lake
3 3 (4.48%) Star Schema
4 2 (2.99%) Amazon Redshift
4 2 (2.99%) GIS
4 2 (2.99%) Metadata
4 2 (2.99%) Spatial Data
5 1 (1.49%) Big Data
5 1 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 1 (1.49%) Data Vault
5 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.49%) Power Query
5 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.49%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.49%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.49%) Tableau
5 1 (1.49%) WhereScape RED
Development Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Git
2 5 (7.46%) GitLab
3 3 (4.48%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.49%) JUnit
4 1 (1.49%) MLflow
4 1 (1.49%) NUnit
4 1 (1.49%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (1.49%) Selenium
General
1 18 (26.87%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.96%) Finance
3 5 (7.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.46%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.99%) Local Government
6 1 (1.49%) Electronics
6 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.49%) Legal
6 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.49%) Marketing
6 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (23.88%) Architect
2 10 (14.93%) Data Engineer
2 10 (14.93%) Lead
3 8 (11.94%) Azure Engineer
4 6 (8.96%) Azure Architect
5 5 (7.46%) Data Architect
5 5 (7.46%) Platform Engineer
5 5 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.97%) Azure Data Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Cloud Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Consultant
6 4 (5.97%) Data Migration Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Migration Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) Senior
7 3 (4.48%) Data Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Developer
7 3 (4.48%) Security Architect
7 3 (4.48%) Software Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Team Leader
7 3 (4.48%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.45%) REST
2 3 (4.48%) GraphQL
2 3 (4.48%) Node.js
2 3 (4.48%) React
2 3 (4.48%) SOAP
3 2 (2.99%) Kafka
3 2 (2.99%) Keycloak
3 2 (2.99%) LDAP
3 2 (2.99%) OAuth
3 2 (2.99%) OpenID
3 2 (2.99%) PySpark
3 2 (2.99%) SailPoint
3 2 (2.99%) SAML
4 1 (1.49%) NumPy
4 1 (1.49%) OpenTelemetry
4 1 (1.49%) Pandas
4 1 (1.49%) pytest
4 1 (1.49%) PyTorch
4 1 (1.49%) scikit-learn
4 1 (1.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.99%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.99%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.99%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.49%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.49%) CMDB
4 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.99%) Linux
1 2 (2.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (2.99%) Windows
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (1.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.87%) DevOps
2 17 (25.37%) Agile
3 16 (23.88%) Data Modelling
4 15 (22.39%) Analytics
5 14 (20.90%) Roadmaps
6 13 (19.40%) CI/CD
6 13 (19.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (17.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (16.42%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (16.42%) Data Governance
8 11 (16.42%) Migration
9 10 (14.93%) Data Engineering
9 10 (14.93%) ETL
10 9 (13.43%) Data Pipeline
10 9 (13.43%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (11.94%) Software Engineering
11 8 (11.94%) Validation
12 7 (10.45%) Data Transformation
12 7 (10.45%) Decision-Making
12 7 (10.45%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (23.88%) SQL
2 13 (19.40%) Python
3 3 (4.48%) TypeScript
4 2 (2.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (2.99%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.49%) Bicep
5 1 (1.49%) Go
5 1 (1.49%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.49%) Scala
Qualifications
1 26 (38.81%) Security Cleared
2 25 (37.31%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) Degree
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.49%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.49%) CCNA
5 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.49%) CSPO
5 1 (1.49%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) Data Quality
2 5 (7.46%) GDPR
2 5 (7.46%) QA
3 3 (4.48%) NIST
4 2 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.99%) NCSC
5 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
5 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (10.45%) Docker
2 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.49%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (17.91%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.46%) Terraform
3 3 (4.48%) Grafana
3 3 (4.48%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.99%) Cilium
5 1 (1.49%) Ansible
5 1 (1.49%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.49%) Kubeflow
5 1 (1.49%) SCCM
5 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 15 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.42%) Databricks
3 5 (7.46%) SAP
4 3 (4.48%) Google
4 3 (4.48%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.99%) CyberArk
5 2 (2.99%) NEC
5 2 (2.99%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.49%) Cisco
6 1 (1.49%) NetApp
6 1 (1.49%) Oracle
6 1 (1.49%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.49%) Siemens