Azure Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Azure
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 14 12
Rank change year-on-year +8 -2 -9
Contract jobs citing Azure 44 18 19
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 20.18% 11.46% 10.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 52.38% 34.62% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 12 17
10th Percentile £219 £414 £360
25th Percentile £413 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -10.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £618 £706
90th Percentile £620 £636 £750
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.50 - -
Median hourly rate £63.00 - -
75th Percentile £64.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £92.50 £85.00 £15.35
% change year-on-year +8.82% +453.75% -78.07%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 84 52 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 38.53% 33.12% 31.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 34 40
10th Percentile £201 £228 £168
25th Percentile £225 £413 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £485 £413
Median % change year-on-year -15.46% +17.58% -28.20%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £597
90th Percentile £600 £688 £709
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.64% -0.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £60.15 - -
25th Percentile £60.38 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.50 £13.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +373.08% -35.00% +19.85%
75th Percentile £63.38 £15.00 -
90th Percentile £64.05 £15.90 -
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £27.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year +19.82% +35.63% -68.13%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Azure job vacancy trend in Somerset

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Somerset

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Somerset over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Somerset

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Azure.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing Azure

Azure
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 within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 10 January 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 - 12 £575 -
Yeovil - 7 £438 - 2
Bridgwater +3 5 £220 -
Bath +1 4 £550 +4.76% 27
Street 0 1 - - 6
Azure
South West

Azure
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 14 (31.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (31.82%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.55%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Teamcenter
2 1 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (27.27%) Entra ID
3 10 (22.73%) AWS
4 7 (15.91%) Power Platform
5 6 (13.64%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (13.64%) GCP
5 6 (13.64%) ShareGate
6 5 (11.36%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (11.36%) Azure Sentinel
7 4 (9.09%) OneDrive
7 4 (9.09%) SaaS
8 3 (6.82%) Azure Key Vault
8 3 (6.82%) IaaS
8 3 (6.82%) PaaS
9 2 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (4.55%) GitHub
9 2 (4.55%) Serverless
10 1 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (2.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (18.18%) VPN
2 7 (15.91%) DHCP
2 7 (15.91%) DNS
2 7 (15.91%) Firewall
3 3 (6.82%) Kerberos
4 2 (4.55%) LAN
4 2 (4.55%) Network Security
4 2 (4.55%) SMTP
4 2 (4.55%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.55%) WAN
5 1 (2.27%) DKIM
5 1 (2.27%) DMARC
5 1 (2.27%) NAS
5 1 (2.27%) SAN
5 1 (2.27%) SD-WAN
5 1 (2.27%) VLAN
5 1 (2.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.91%) Power BI
2 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 4 (9.09%) Metadata
4 2 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.55%) MySQL
4 2 (4.55%) Power Query
5 1 (2.27%) Big Data
5 1 (2.27%) Data Lake
5 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (2.27%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Git
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
1 1 (2.27%) SonarQube
General
1 26 (59.09%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.91%) Public Sector
3 6 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (11.36%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Finance
6 1 (2.27%) Banking
6 1 (2.27%) Electronics
6 1 (2.27%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.27%) Marketing
6 1 (2.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Architect
2 6 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (13.64%) Senior
3 5 (11.36%) Azure Architect
3 5 (11.36%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Desktop Support
3 5 (11.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (11.36%) Support Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Administrator
4 4 (9.09%) Analyst
4 4 (9.09%) Consultant
4 4 (9.09%) Data Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Data Engineer
4 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (9.09%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
4 4 (9.09%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (6.82%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (6.82%) Migration Consultant
5 3 (6.82%) Senior Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) LDAP
1 3 (6.82%) OAuth
1 3 (6.82%) OpenID
1 3 (6.82%) SAML
2 2 (4.55%) PySpark
3 1 (2.27%) .NET
3 1 (2.27%) ADO
3 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.82%) FMCG
1 3 (6.82%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.55%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.55%) Wiki
3 1 (2.27%) CMDB
3 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (2.27%) IoT
3 1 (2.27%) iPad
3 1 (2.27%) iPhone
3 1 (2.27%) Low-Code
3 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.27%) NHS
3 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (43.18%) Windows
2 11 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (18.18%) Linux
4 7 (15.91%) Windows 10
5 3 (6.82%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (27.27%) Runbook
3 10 (22.73%) Change Management
4 9 (20.45%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (20.45%) DevOps
4 9 (20.45%) ITIL
4 9 (20.45%) Migration
5 8 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 8 (18.18%) SIEM
6 7 (15.91%) CI/CD
6 7 (15.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (13.64%) Agile
7 6 (13.64%) Business Continuity
8 5 (11.36%) Analytics
8 5 (11.36%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (11.36%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (11.36%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (11.36%) RBAC
8 5 (11.36%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.82%) PowerShell
2 6 (13.64%) Bicep
2 6 (13.64%) Python
3 5 (11.36%) SQL
4 2 (4.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 2 (4.55%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.27%) Bash
5 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.27%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 20 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.82%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (13.64%) GDPR
3 5 (11.36%) NCSC
4 3 (6.82%) Government Security Classifications
4 3 (6.82%) NIST
5 2 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 27 (61.36%) Active Directory
2 8 (18.18%) Hyper-V
3 3 (6.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.27%) Docker
4 1 (2.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (18.18%) SCCM
3 7 (15.91%) Terraform
4 4 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (6.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (2.27%) Ansible
6 1 (2.27%) HP ALM
6 1 (2.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 31 (70.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.36%) Databricks
2 5 (11.36%) VMware
3 3 (6.82%) Google
4 2 (4.55%) CyberArk
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle
4 2 (4.55%) PTC
4 2 (4.55%) SAP
5 1 (2.27%) Citrix
5 1 (2.27%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.27%) HP
5 1 (2.27%) McAfee
5 1 (2.27%) NetApp
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds
5 1 (2.27%) Starlink
5 1 (2.27%) Veeam