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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 7 14
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure 137 23 13
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 31.21% 13.86% 6.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 67.49% 51.11% 38.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 16 12
10th Percentile £406 £325 £414
25th Percentile £450 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £494 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% -14.13% -15.44%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £658
90th Percentile £750 £680 £871
South West median daily rate £530 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £72.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £70.00 £85.00
% change year-on-year -17.86% -17.65% +41.67%

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 203 45 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 46.24% 27.11% 17.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 38 26
10th Percentile £319 £179 £219
25th Percentile £408 £278 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +14.71% -15.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £654 £519 £600
90th Percentile £740 £641 £715
South West median daily rate £525 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 1 3
10th Percentile £15.24 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £57.50 £12.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +400.00% -69.34%
75th Percentile £58.75 £72.50 £13.50
90th Percentile £85.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £54.00 £18.87 £70.00
% change year-on-year +186.17% -73.04% +33.33%

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 24 July 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in Somerset

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Azure in Somerset over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Azure in Somerset

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 24 July 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 +6 62 £450 -36.62% 5
Yeovil +3 43 £581 +13.41% 8
Bath 0 19 £525 +23.53% 14
Street +4 2 £663 +3.92% 9
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 15 (10.95%) Confluence
2 11 (8.03%) IIS
3 6 (4.38%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.46%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (2.92%) Trello
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.73%) InDesign
3 1 (0.73%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (1.46%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.20%) Azure DevOps
2 39 (28.47%) AWS
3 11 (8.03%) Azure Monitor
4 8 (5.84%) GitHub
5 7 (5.11%) GCP
6 6 (4.38%) PaaS
7 5 (3.65%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (3.65%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.92%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (2.92%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (2.19%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (2.19%) Azure AKS
9 3 (2.19%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.19%) Serverless
10 2 (1.46%) Amazon S3
10 2 (1.46%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.46%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (1.46%) Boomi
10 2 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.46%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.03%) Firewall
2 8 (5.84%) TCP/IP
3 7 (5.11%) DNS
4 5 (3.65%) DHCP
4 5 (3.65%) VSAN
5 4 (2.92%) VLAN
6 3 (2.19%) BGP
6 3 (2.19%) OSPF
6 3 (2.19%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (2.19%) VPN
7 2 (1.46%) Network Security
8 1 (0.73%) HTTP
8 1 (0.73%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (14.60%) SQL Server
2 11 (8.03%) Geospatial Data
3 8 (5.84%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (3.65%) Oracle Database
5 3 (2.19%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (1.46%) Big Data
6 2 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.46%) Hadoop
6 2 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.46%) Power BI
7 1 (0.73%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.73%) Apache Iceberg
7 1 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.73%) Electronic Patient Records
7 1 (0.73%) GIS
7 1 (0.73%) Metadata
7 1 (0.73%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 19 (13.87%) JIRA
2 14 (10.22%) Git
3 10 (7.30%) MSI
4 1 (0.73%) GitLab
4 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.73%) Snyk
4 1 (0.73%) webpack
General
1 15 (10.95%) Public Sector
2 13 (9.49%) Social Skills
3 10 (7.30%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.11%) Finance
4 7 (5.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (1.46%) Legal
7 1 (0.73%) Advertising
7 1 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.73%) Publishing
7 1 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 33 (24.09%) Consultant
1 33 (24.09%) Implementation Consultant
2 19 (13.87%) Architect
3 16 (11.68%) Lead
4 14 (10.22%) Developer
5 11 (8.03%) Technical Architect
6 10 (7.30%) Delivery Manager
6 10 (7.30%) Senior
7 9 (6.57%) DBA
8 8 (5.84%) Azure Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Site Engineer
8 8 (5.84%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) .NET Developer
9 7 (5.11%) Automation Tester
9 7 (5.11%) Data Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Migration Engineer
9 7 (5.11%) Tester
10 6 (4.38%) DV Cleared DBA
10 6 (4.38%) SQL DBA
11 5 (3.65%) Oracle DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (24.82%) .NET
2 28 (20.44%) .NET Framework
3 13 (9.49%) .NET Core
4 12 (8.76%) GeoJSON
4 12 (8.76%) REST
4 12 (8.76%) RESTful
5 10 (7.30%) ATL
5 10 (7.30%) COM
5 10 (7.30%) MFC
6 9 (6.57%) CSS
6 9 (6.57%) CSS3
6 9 (6.57%) HTML
6 9 (6.57%) HTML5
6 9 (6.57%) WPF
7 7 (5.11%) Playwright
8 2 (1.46%) Apache NiFi
8 2 (1.46%) ASP.NET Core
8 2 (1.46%) FHIR
8 2 (1.46%) OpenAPI
8 2 (1.46%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 21 (15.33%) Cloud Native
2 19 (13.87%) Legacy Systems
3 12 (8.76%) Onboarding
4 7 (5.11%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.38%) Data Centre
5 6 (4.38%) Data Structures
5 6 (4.38%) Legacy Code
5 6 (4.38%) Wiki
6 4 (2.92%) PKI
7 3 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.19%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.19%) NHS
7 3 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.46%) PMI
8 2 (1.46%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.73%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.44%) Windows
2 13 (9.49%) Windows Server
3 8 (5.84%) Linux
4 1 (0.73%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (40.88%) DevOps
2 43 (31.39%) CI/CD
3 40 (29.20%) Agile
4 37 (27.01%) ERP
5 33 (24.09%) PLM
6 26 (18.98%) Infrastructure as Code
7 20 (14.60%) DevSecOps
7 20 (14.60%) Technical Leadership
8 19 (13.87%) Test Automation
9 18 (13.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (11.68%) Containerisation
10 16 (11.68%) Decision-Making
11 15 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (10.22%) Migration
13 13 (9.49%) Deployment Automation
13 13 (9.49%) Microservices
13 13 (9.49%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 12 (8.76%) Knowledge Transfer
15 11 (8.03%) Data Pipeline
15 11 (8.03%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 20 (14.60%) Python
2 19 (13.87%) C#
3 18 (13.14%) SQL
4 15 (10.95%) Bicep
5 12 (8.76%) PowerShell
6 11 (8.03%) TypeScript
7 10 (7.30%) JavaScript
8 5 (3.65%) Bash
9 1 (0.73%) C++
9 1 (0.73%) Java
9 1 (0.73%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.73%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 73 (53.28%) Security Cleared
2 50 (36.50%) SC Cleared
3 19 (13.87%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.92%) Degree
5 2 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.46%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.46%) VCAP
6 1 (0.73%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.73%) CBAP
6 1 (0.73%) IIBA
6 1 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.73%) PMP
6 1 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.03%) NCSC
2 9 (6.57%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 9 (6.57%) WCAG
3 6 (4.38%) QA
4 5 (3.65%) ISO 9000
5 4 (2.92%) GDPR
6 3 (2.19%) SLA
6 3 (2.19%) SNOMED CT
7 2 (1.46%) GRC
7 2 (1.46%) HL7
8 1 (0.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.73%) NIST
System Software
1 18 (13.14%) Docker
2 8 (5.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (4.38%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.65%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.65%) vSphere
5 4 (2.92%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.73%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 31 (22.63%) Terraform
2 16 (11.68%) Kubernetes
3 13 (9.49%) Ansible
4 5 (3.65%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (1.46%) VxRail
6 1 (0.73%) Argo
6 1 (0.73%) Grafana
6 1 (0.73%) Nessus
6 1 (0.73%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (32.85%) Microsoft
2 33 (24.09%) Siemens
3 11 (8.03%) Oracle
4 8 (5.84%) VMware
5 5 (3.65%) InterSystems
6 3 (2.19%) Cisco
6 3 (2.19%) CyberArk
7 2 (1.46%) Google
7 2 (1.46%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.46%) Thales
8 1 (0.73%) Adobe
8 1 (0.73%) Databricks
8 1 (0.73%) Informatica