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 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 10 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure 40 21 23
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 22.86% 11.48% 12.23%
As % of the Cloud Services category 48.78% 37.50% 36.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 15 21
10th Percentile £215 £418 £319
25th Percentile £252 £438 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £575 £650
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% -11.54% +13.14%
75th Percentile £550 £655 £725
90th Percentile £693 £857 £753
South West median daily rate £500 £510 £558
% change year-on-year -1.96% -8.52% +6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £57.90 - -
25th Percentile £58.50 - -
Median hourly rate £64.00 - -
75th Percentile £70.50 - -
90th Percentile £71.70 - -
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £85.00 £15.35
% change year-on-year -17.65% +453.75% -78.07%

All Cloud 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 82 56 63
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 46.86% 30.60% 33.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 40 44
10th Percentile £160 £213 £168
25th Percentile £220 £406 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £535 £431
Median % change year-on-year -48.60% +24.06% -21.59%
75th Percentile £458 £638 £650
90th Percentile £565 £833 £728
South West median daily rate £488 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -11.36% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £58.00 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £63.00 £13.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +384.62% -35.00% +8.84%
75th Percentile £68.50 £15.00 -
90th Percentile £70.90 £15.90 -
South West median hourly rate £18.87 £67.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -72.04% +170.00% -56.71%

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 12 November 2025.

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 12 November 2025. 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 +4 11 £550 -4.35% 2
Bath +3 8 £350 -22.22% 10
Yeovil - 8 £438 -
Bridgwater +3 5 £220 - 3
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 (35.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (30.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (32.50%) Entra ID
3 8 (20.00%) AWS
4 6 (15.00%) ShareGate
5 5 (12.50%) OneDrive
6 4 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (7.50%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (7.50%) GCP
7 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
7 3 (7.50%) SaaS
8 2 (5.00%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (5.00%) GitHub
8 2 (5.00%) Serverless
9 1 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (2.50%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.50%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (2.50%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Firewall
2 5 (12.50%) DNS
2 5 (12.50%) VPN
3 4 (10.00%) WAN
4 3 (7.50%) DHCP
4 3 (7.50%) Kerberos
5 2 (5.00%) LAN
5 2 (5.00%) Network Security
5 2 (5.00%) SD-WAN
5 2 (5.00%) SMTP
5 2 (5.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (5.00%) VLAN
6 1 (2.50%) BGP
6 1 (2.50%) DKIM
6 1 (2.50%) DMARC
6 1 (2.50%) MPLS
6 1 (2.50%) NAS
6 1 (2.50%) OSPF
6 1 (2.50%) SAN
6 1 (2.50%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) Metadata
1 3 (7.50%) Power BI
1 3 (7.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.00%) MySQL
3 1 (2.50%) Big Data
3 1 (2.50%) Data Lake
3 1 (2.50%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) JIRA
1 1 (2.50%) SonarQube
General
1 21 (52.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Electronics
5 1 (2.50%) Finance
5 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Marketing
5 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (17.50%) Analyst
1 7 (17.50%) Architect
2 5 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
2 5 (12.50%) Desktop Support
2 5 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 5 (12.50%) Security Engineer
2 5 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) Consultant
3 4 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (10.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
3 4 (10.00%) Security Analyst
4 3 (7.50%) Infrastructure Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Microsoft Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Migration Consultant
4 3 (7.50%) Senior
4 3 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (7.50%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.00%) Azure Security Engineer
5 2 (5.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.50%) LDAP
1 3 (7.50%) OAuth
1 3 (7.50%) OpenID
1 3 (7.50%) SAML
2 1 (2.50%) .NET
2 1 (2.50%) ADO
2 1 (2.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Security Posture
2 2 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (5.00%) Wiki
3 1 (2.50%) CMDB
3 1 (2.50%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.50%) IoT
3 1 (2.50%) iPad
3 1 (2.50%) iPhone
3 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.50%) NHS
3 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 21 (52.50%) Windows
2 11 (27.50%) Windows Server
3 7 (17.50%) Windows 10
4 5 (12.50%) Linux
5 3 (7.50%) Apple iOS
6 2 (5.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.50%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (22.50%) Migration
2 9 (22.50%) Runbook
3 8 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (17.50%) Change Management
4 7 (17.50%) DevOps
4 7 (17.50%) ITIL
5 6 (15.00%) Cloud Security
5 6 (15.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 6 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.50%) Customer Service
6 5 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 5 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.50%) Incident Response
6 5 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (12.50%) Patch Management
6 5 (12.50%) RBAC
6 5 (12.50%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 10 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.00%) Python
3 3 (7.50%) Bicep
4 1 (2.50%) Bash
4 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) SC Cleared
1 19 (47.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.00%) CCNP
2 2 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.50%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.50%) CCIE
3 1 (2.50%) CCNA
3 1 (2.50%) Degree
3 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.50%) JNCIE
3 1 (2.50%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (27.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (17.50%) GDPR
3 5 (12.50%) NCSC
4 4 (10.00%) NIST
5 3 (7.50%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 23 (57.50%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.50%) Docker
3 1 (2.50%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (20.00%) SCCM
3 4 (10.00%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (10.00%) Terraform
4 3 (7.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (7.50%) WSUS
5 2 (5.00%) Nessus
6 1 (2.50%) Ansible
6 1 (2.50%) Data Guard
6 1 (2.50%) HP ALM
6 1 (2.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (2.50%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.50%) Oracle
2 3 (7.50%) Qualys
3 2 (5.00%) CyberArk
3 2 (5.00%) PTC
3 2 (5.00%) VMware
4 1 (2.50%) Cisco
4 1 (2.50%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.50%) Google
4 1 (2.50%) HP
4 1 (2.50%) Juniper
4 1 (2.50%) McAfee
4 1 (2.50%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.50%) SAP
4 1 (2.50%) Starlink