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 2 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 8 13
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 -11
Contract jobs citing Azure 79 25 17
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 29.04% 18.80% 8.37%
As % of the Cloud Services category 65.83% 47.17% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 18 17
10th Percentile £335 £443 £205
25th Percentile £453 £489 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.64% +6.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £650
90th Percentile £600 £657 £750
South West median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.95% - -8.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 - -
75th Percentile £58.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £25.00 £15.35
% change year-on-year +130.00% +62.87% -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 120 53 48
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 44.12% 39.85% 23.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 38 39
10th Percentile £225 £411 £203
25th Percentile £263 £452 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £563 £425
Median % change year-on-year -27.11% +32.35% -26.02%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £531
90th Percentile £593 £729 £666
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £56.25 £12.50 -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +342.31% - -
75th Percentile £58.75 £13.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £26.81 £14.50
% change year-on-year +114.45% +84.91% -65.88%

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 2 March 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 2 March 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
Yeovil - 46 £438 -
Taunton - 13 £550 - 2
Bath -4 5 £550 - 16
Bridgwater +1 1 £220 - 1
Street +1 1 - - 8
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 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (13.92%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) Confluence
3 1 (1.27%) IIS
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) InDesign
2 1 (1.27%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.72%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (16.46%) Entra ID
3 9 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (10.13%) AWS
5 7 (8.86%) Power Platform
6 6 (7.59%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (7.59%) ShareGate
7 5 (6.33%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (6.33%) GCP
8 4 (5.06%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (5.06%) OneDrive
8 4 (5.06%) PaaS
8 4 (5.06%) SaaS
9 3 (3.80%) IaaS
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (2.53%) GitHub
11 1 (1.27%) Azure Event Grid
11 1 (1.27%) Figma
11 1 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.86%) Firewall
2 6 (7.59%) DHCP
3 5 (6.33%) VPN
4 4 (5.06%) DNS
5 3 (3.80%) Kerberos
6 2 (2.53%) Network Security
6 2 (2.53%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.27%) DKIM
7 1 (1.27%) DMARC
7 1 (1.27%) HTTP
7 1 (1.27%) LAN
7 1 (1.27%) NAS
7 1 (1.27%) SAN
7 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
7 1 (1.27%) SMTP
7 1 (1.27%) WAN
7 1 (1.27%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.86%) Power BI
2 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.06%) Metadata
4 3 (3.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.53%) Power Query
6 1 (1.27%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.27%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.53%) JIRA
2 1 (1.27%) Git
2 1 (1.27%) MSI
2 1 (1.27%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.27%) webpack
General
1 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (5.06%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.80%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.27%) Banking
5 1 (1.27%) Finance
5 1 (1.27%) Legal
5 1 (1.27%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 43 (54.43%) Consultant
2 39 (49.37%) Implementation Consultant
3 11 (13.92%) Architect
4 5 (6.33%) Analyst
4 5 (6.33%) Azure Architect
4 5 (6.33%) Data Architect
4 5 (6.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 4 (5.06%) Administrator
5 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (5.06%) Enterprise Data Architect
5 4 (5.06%) Senior
5 4 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (5.06%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (3.80%) Azure Data Architect
6 3 (3.80%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
6 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Consultant
6 3 (3.80%) Migration Consultant
6 3 (3.80%) Security Engineer
6 3 (3.80%) Senior Systems Administrator
6 3 (3.80%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.80%) LDAP
1 3 (3.80%) OAuth
1 3 (3.80%) OpenID
1 3 (3.80%) SAML
2 2 (2.53%) .NET
2 2 (2.53%) PySpark
3 1 (1.27%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.27%) ADO
3 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.27%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (1.27%) ATL
3 1 (1.27%) COM
3 1 (1.27%) Entity Framework
3 1 (1.27%) GeoJSON
3 1 (1.27%) MFC
3 1 (1.27%) Razor View Engine
3 1 (1.27%) REST
3 1 (1.27%) SignalR
3 1 (1.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.80%) Cloud Native
1 3 (3.80%) FMCG
1 3 (3.80%) Security Posture
2 2 (2.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.53%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.53%) Wiki
3 1 (1.27%) CMDB
3 1 (1.27%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.27%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.27%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.27%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.27%) PMI
3 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.46%) Windows
2 8 (10.13%) Windows Server
3 6 (7.59%) Linux
4 3 (3.80%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.27%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (49.37%) ERP
1 39 (49.37%) PLM
2 12 (15.19%) DevOps
3 11 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (12.66%) Change Management
4 10 (12.66%) Runbook
5 9 (11.39%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (11.39%) Migration
6 8 (10.13%) Analytics
6 8 (10.13%) Infrastructure as Code
6 8 (10.13%) SIEM
7 7 (8.86%) Agile
7 7 (8.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (7.59%) Decision-Making
8 6 (7.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 6 (7.59%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (6.33%) CI/CD
9 5 (6.33%) RBAC
9 5 (6.33%) Scrum
9 5 (6.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 14 (17.72%) PowerShell
2 7 (8.86%) Bicep
2 7 (8.86%) SQL
3 5 (6.33%) Python
4 3 (3.80%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (2.53%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.53%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.27%) Bash
6 1 (1.27%) C#
6 1 (1.27%) C++
6 1 (1.27%) Java
6 1 (1.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (21.52%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.19%) SC Cleared
3 4 (5.06%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.53%) Degree
5 1 (1.27%) CBAP
5 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) IIBA
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (11.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (8.86%) GDPR
3 5 (6.33%) NCSC
4 3 (3.80%) Data Quality
4 3 (3.80%) Government Security Classifications
4 3 (3.80%) NIST
System Software
1 20 (25.32%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.86%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.27%) Docker
4 1 (1.27%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (10.13%) Terraform
2 7 (8.86%) SCCM
3 6 (7.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (3.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (2.53%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.27%) Ansible
6 1 (1.27%) HP ALM
6 1 (1.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 39 (49.37%) Siemens
2 28 (35.44%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.59%) Databricks
4 5 (6.33%) Google
5 4 (5.06%) VMware
6 1 (1.27%) Adobe
6 1 (1.27%) Citrix
6 1 (1.27%) Fortinet
6 1 (1.27%) HP
6 1 (1.27%) NetApp
6 1 (1.27%) Oracle
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.27%) SAP
6 1 (1.27%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.27%) Veeam