Azure Contracts in Gloucestershire

Microsoft Azure
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 +12
Contract jobs citing Azure 60 77 85
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 21.90% 17.95% 17.97%
As % of the Cloud Services category 55.05% 48.13% 45.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 55 74
10th Percentile £218 £345 £350
25th Percentile £400 £438 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year - +2.44% -
75th Percentile £700 £656 £600
90th Percentile £775 £706 £650
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Cloud Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 109 160 188
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 39.78% 37.30% 39.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 115 148
10th Percentile £230 £300 £400
25th Percentile £409 £463 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.32%
75th Percentile £636 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £706 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 15
10th Percentile - £17.42 -
25th Percentile £31.50 £19.72 £35.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £21.00 £73.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -71.23% +398.63%
75th Percentile £68.75 £33.25 £78.00
90th Percentile - £55.30 -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £14.50 £53.35
% change year-on-year +27.66% -72.82% +113.40%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Gloucestershire

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Gloucestershire.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Gloucestershire

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Gloucestershire

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in Gloucestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in Gloucestershire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester -1 27 £500 -8.26% 82
Cheltenham -2 9 £615 +9.33% 84
Filton 0 3 £300 +36.36%
Azure
South West

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (21.67%) SharePoint
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (5.00%) Confluence
4 1 (1.67%) Appian
4 1 (1.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (36.67%) AWS
2 15 (25.00%) OpenShift
3 13 (21.67%) Entra ID
3 13 (21.67%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (6.67%) SaaS
6 3 (5.00%) GCP
7 2 (3.33%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (3.33%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (3.33%) Power Automate
7 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
7 2 (3.33%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.67%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.67%) Azure Stack
8 1 (1.67%) GitHub
8 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 18 (30.00%) DNS
2 15 (25.00%) DHCP
2 15 (25.00%) HTTP
2 15 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (11.67%) VPN
4 3 (5.00%) WAN
5 2 (3.33%) Firewall
5 2 (3.33%) LAN
5 2 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (3.33%) SAN
5 2 (3.33%) VLAN
6 1 (1.67%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.67%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (1.67%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Data Lake
1 2 (3.33%) NoSQL
1 2 (3.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (11.67%) JIRA
2 2 (3.33%) Git
3 1 (1.67%) Selenium
3 1 (1.67%) TestRail
General
1 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.33%) Legal
4 4 (6.67%) Finance
5 3 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.00%) Local Government
6 1 (1.67%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (13.33%) Architect
2 7 (11.67%) Support Engineer
3 6 (10.00%) DevOps Engineer
3 6 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 5 (8.33%) Automation Engineer
5 4 (6.67%) Developer
6 3 (5.00%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) DevSecOps Engineer
6 3 (5.00%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.33%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (3.33%) Analyst
7 2 (3.33%) Azure Data Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Data Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 2 (3.33%) Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
7 2 (3.33%) Technical Architect
7 2 (3.33%) Wintel Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) CSS
1 3 (5.00%) HTML
2 2 (3.33%) .NET
2 2 (3.33%) Node.js
2 2 (3.33%) React
2 2 (3.33%) RESTful
3 1 (1.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.67%) Hybrid Cloud
1 4 (6.67%) iPad
1 4 (6.67%) iPhone
1 4 (6.67%) Security Posture
1 4 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (1.67%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (1.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.67%) PKI
3 1 (1.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (46.67%) Windows
2 17 (28.33%) Linux
2 17 (28.33%) Windows Server
3 15 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (8.33%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.33%) Android
5 2 (3.33%) Mac OS
5 2 (3.33%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.67%) Rocky
6 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (31.67%) Containerisation
2 18 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (20.00%) DevOps
3 12 (20.00%) Service Management
4 9 (15.00%) Agile
5 8 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (11.67%) CI/CD
6 7 (11.67%) Task Automation
7 6 (10.00%) Incident Management
7 6 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 6 (10.00%) ITIL
8 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.33%) Customer Service
8 5 (8.33%) DevSecOps
8 5 (8.33%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (6.67%) Antivirus Management
9 4 (6.67%) Deployment Automation
9 4 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (6.67%) Inventory Management
9 4 (6.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 29 (48.33%) PowerShell
2 23 (38.33%) Python
3 15 (25.00%) Bash
3 15 (25.00%) Java
4 5 (8.33%) SQL
5 3 (5.00%) VBA
6 2 (3.33%) Go
6 2 (3.33%) JavaScript
6 2 (3.33%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.67%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (1.67%) VB
7 1 (1.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (68.33%) Security Cleared
2 29 (48.33%) SC Cleared
3 22 (36.67%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.33%) Azure Certification
4 5 (8.33%) Degree
5 4 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (5.00%) DBS Check
6 3 (5.00%) MCSE
6 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.33%) MCP
8 1 (1.67%) A+ Certification
8 1 (1.67%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (1.67%) MCSA
8 1 (1.67%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.67%) NCSC
2 3 (5.00%) PMO
2 3 (5.00%) QA
3 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.67%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 20 (33.33%) Docker
1 20 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 19 (31.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (3.33%) vSphere
5 1 (1.67%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.67%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 24 (40.00%) Terraform
2 21 (35.00%) Kubernetes
3 18 (30.00%) Ansible
4 15 (25.00%) Puppet
5 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (5.00%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (1.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (45.00%) Microsoft
2 20 (33.33%) VMware
3 15 (25.00%) Red Hat
4 5 (8.33%) McAfee
5 3 (5.00%) Apple
6 2 (3.33%) Citrix
6 2 (3.33%) Databricks
6 2 (3.33%) Symantec
6 2 (3.33%) Veeam
7 1 (1.67%) Aruba
7 1 (1.67%) Cisco
7 1 (1.67%) Dell
7 1 (1.67%) F5
7 1 (1.67%) FireEye
7 1 (1.67%) Google
7 1 (1.67%) Juniper
7 1 (1.67%) Meraki
7 1 (1.67%) Oracle
7 1 (1.67%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow