Azure Developer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Azure Developer
South West > Somerset

The median Microsoft Azure Developer daily rate in Somerset is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South West median daily rate £500 £370 £675
% change year-on-year +35.14% -45.19% +27.36%

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 269 120 188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.08% 91.60% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 88 118
10th Percentile £217 £239 £160
25th Percentile £261 £396 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +11.11% -2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £641 £576
90th Percentile £614 £675 £606
South West median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 3 34
10th Percentile £36.85 £13.66 £12.33
25th Percentile £50.00 £15.48 £17.88
Median hourly rate £57.50 £18.51 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +210.64% -25.96% -44.44%
75th Percentile £58.75 £19.76 £40.00
90th Percentile - £20.51 £49.40
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £64.00 £47.92
% change year-on-year -10.16% +33.57% -26.28%

Azure Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Azure Developer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Azure Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Azure Developer
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 Developer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 1 April 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 - 1 £450 -
Azure Developer
South West

Azure Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 1 April 2026, Azure Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Azure Developer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Service Bus
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Copilot
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (100.00%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft