Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Azure Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 September 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 1.94% - 0.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.07% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.05%
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £500 £573 £575
% change year-on-year -12.66% -0.43% +4.55%

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 435 166 171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 87.37% 86.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 109 113
10th Percentile £214 £210 £201
25th Percentile £413 £263 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £599
90th Percentile £730 £715 £649
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 81 3 6
10th Percentile £22.96 £31.62 £12.50
25th Percentile £41.25 £41.33 £13.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £60.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +96.72% -41.22%
75th Percentile £92.53 £66.25 £57.81
90th Percentile £98.82 £70.00 £64.38
South West median hourly rate £62.00 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +146.52% -62.74% +12.50%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

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

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

Azure Engineer
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 Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 23 September 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 - 9 £450 -
Azure Engineer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 23 September 2026, Azure Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Performance Monitoring
2 8 (88.89%) PowerShell
3 7 (77.78%) Agile
3 7 (77.78%) Application Performance Monitoring
3 7 (77.78%) ARM Templates
3 7 (77.78%) Azure AKS
3 7 (77.78%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (77.78%) Bash
3 7 (77.78%) Bicep
3 7 (77.78%) Containerisation
3 7 (77.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (77.78%) Deployment Automation
3 7 (77.78%) DevOps
3 7 (77.78%) DevSecOps
3 7 (77.78%) Docker
3 7 (77.78%) Event-Driven
3 7 (77.78%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 7 (77.78%) Git
3 7 (77.78%) Identity Management
3 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure as Code
3 7 (77.78%) Kubernetes
3 7 (77.78%) Observability
3 7 (77.78%) Performance Management
3 7 (77.78%) Release Management
3 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
3 7 (77.78%) Software Delivery

Azure Engineer 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 7 (77.78%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 9 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (77.78%) Azure AKS
2 7 (77.78%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (77.78%) Git
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (77.78%) ARM Templates
1 7 (77.78%) Terraform
2 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Product Ownership
1 7 (77.78%) Wiki
2 2 (22.22%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (11.11%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
1 8 (88.89%) Performance Monitoring
2 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 7 (77.78%) Application Performance Monitoring
2 7 (77.78%) Containerisation
2 7 (77.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 7 (77.78%) Deployment Automation
2 7 (77.78%) DevOps
2 7 (77.78%) DevSecOps
2 7 (77.78%) Event-Driven
2 7 (77.78%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 7 (77.78%) Identity Management
2 7 (77.78%) Infrastructure as Code
2 7 (77.78%) Observability
2 7 (77.78%) Performance Management
2 7 (77.78%) Release Management
2 7 (77.78%) Software Delivery
2 7 (77.78%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) PowerShell
2 7 (77.78%) Bash
2 7 (77.78%) Bicep
3 1 (11.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (77.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft