Azure Architect Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Azure Architect
South West > Somerset

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in Somerset is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.74% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £550 £450 £638
% change year-on-year +22.22% -29.41% -1.92%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Somerset with a recognized job title 267 115 183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.03% 91.27% 94.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 84 113
10th Percentile £225 £207 £164
25th Percentile £261 £374 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £614 £684 £606
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 3 35
10th Percentile £37.25 £13.66 £12.35
25th Percentile £50.00 £15.48 £20.25
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -37.50%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.76 £40.00
90th Percentile - £20.51 £53.27
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £48.29
% change year-on-year -11.54% +34.61% -25.71%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Azure Architect job vacancy trend in Somerset

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Somerset

Azure Architect
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 25 March 2026. 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
Taunton - 2 £550 -
Azure Architect
South West

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 25 March 2026, Azure Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Somerset region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Databricks
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
4 2 (40.00%) DevOps
4 2 (40.00%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (40.00%) MODAF
4 2 (40.00%) NCSC
4 2 (40.00%) Observability
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) Scrum
4 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) UX Research
4 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
5 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 1 (20.00%) ADO
5 1 (20.00%) AI
5 1 (20.00%) Ansible
5 1 (20.00%) API Management
5 1 (20.00%) AWS
5 1 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
5 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (20.00%) Azure Event Grid

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) AWS CloudFormation
2 1 (20.00%) Azure API Management
2 1 (20.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Event Grid
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) NAS
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Metadata
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) FMCG
2 1 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (40.00%) MODAF
3 2 (40.00%) Observability
3 2 (40.00%) Performance Tuning
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) UX Research
3 2 (40.00%) Zero Trust
4 1 (20.00%) API Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 1 (20.00%) Data Ingestion
4 1 (20.00%) FinOps
4 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (20.00%) SOAR
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Bicep
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 2 (40.00%) NCSC
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Databricks
2 1 (20.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) VMware