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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 12 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure 41 21 20
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 21.47% 12.21% 10.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 49.40% 38.89% 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 15 18
10th Percentile £217 £409 £302
25th Percentile £294 £425 £484
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -12.00% +8.27%
75th Percentile £588 £655 £724
90th Percentile £685 £857 £753
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
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 £75.00 £85.00 £15.19
% change year-on-year -11.76% +459.67% -78.30%

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 83 54 62
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Somerset 43.46% 31.40% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 38 42
10th Percentile £160 £213 £168
25th Percentile £225 £413 £218
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £508 £413
Median % change year-on-year -32.02% +23.03% -25.00%
75th Percentile £488 £638 £616
90th Percentile £589 £840 £728
South West median daily rate £500 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +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% +28.51%
75th Percentile £68.50 £15.00 -
90th Percentile £70.90 £15.90 -
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £22.07
% change year-on-year -35.71% +58.59% -61.78%

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 27 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 27 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
Yeovil - 8 £438 -
Bath 0 6 £350 -22.22% 17
Bridgwater +2 5 £220 - 1
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 (34.15%) SharePoint
2 12 (29.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.88%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (31.71%) Entra ID
3 8 (19.51%) AWS
4 6 (14.63%) ShareGate
5 5 (12.20%) OneDrive
6 4 (9.76%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (9.76%) Power Platform
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Key Vault
7 3 (7.32%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (7.32%) GCP
7 3 (7.32%) SaaS
8 2 (4.88%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (4.88%) GitHub
8 2 (4.88%) Serverless
9 1 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (2.44%) Azure API Management
9 1 (2.44%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
9 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) Firewall
2 5 (12.20%) VPN
3 4 (9.76%) DNS
4 3 (7.32%) Kerberos
4 3 (7.32%) WAN
5 2 (4.88%) DHCP
5 2 (4.88%) Network Security
5 2 (4.88%) SD-WAN
5 2 (4.88%) SMTP
5 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.88%) VLAN
6 1 (2.44%) BGP
6 1 (2.44%) DKIM
6 1 (2.44%) DMARC
6 1 (2.44%) LAN
6 1 (2.44%) MPLS
6 1 (2.44%) NAS
6 1 (2.44%) OSPF
6 1 (2.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) Metadata
1 4 (9.76%) Power BI
2 3 (7.32%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.88%) MySQL
4 1 (2.44%) Big Data
4 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.44%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Git
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
1 1 (2.44%) SonarQube
General
1 21 (51.22%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.63%) Public Sector
3 5 (12.20%) Documentation Skills
4 4 (9.76%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Electronics
5 1 (2.44%) Finance
5 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.44%) Marketing
5 1 (2.44%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (24.39%) Architect
2 6 (14.63%) Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Azure Architect
3 5 (12.20%) Desktop Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Desktop Support
3 5 (12.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Security Engineer
3 5 (12.20%) Support Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Consultant
4 4 (9.76%) Data Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Data Architect
4 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
5 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Migration Consultant
5 3 (7.32%) Security Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (7.32%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.32%) LDAP
1 3 (7.32%) OAuth
1 3 (7.32%) OpenID
1 3 (7.32%) SAML
2 1 (2.44%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) ADO
2 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) FMCG
1 3 (7.32%) Security Posture
2 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (4.88%) Wiki
3 1 (2.44%) CMDB
3 1 (2.44%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (2.44%) IoT
3 1 (2.44%) iPad
3 1 (2.44%) iPhone
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Windows Server
3 7 (17.07%) Windows 10
4 5 (12.20%) Linux
5 3 (7.32%) Apple iOS
6 2 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (21.95%) Migration
2 9 (21.95%) Runbook
3 8 (19.51%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (19.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (17.07%) Change Management
4 7 (17.07%) DevOps
4 7 (17.07%) ITIL
5 6 (14.63%) Knowledge Transfer
6 5 (12.20%) Agile
6 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (12.20%) CI/CD
6 5 (12.20%) Cloud Security
6 5 (12.20%) Customer Service
6 5 (12.20%) Decision-Making
6 5 (12.20%) Enterprise Architecture
6 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 5 (12.20%) RBAC
6 5 (12.20%) SIEM
6 5 (12.20%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.76%) Python
3 3 (7.32%) Bicep
4 1 (2.44%) Bash
4 1 (2.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (46.34%) SC Cleared
1 19 (46.34%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 1 (2.44%) CCIE
3 1 (2.44%) CCNP
3 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.44%) Degree
3 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.44%) JNCIE
3 1 (2.44%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (17.07%) GDPR
3 5 (12.20%) NCSC
4 4 (9.76%) NIST
5 3 (7.32%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
7 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (2.44%) HIPAA
System Software
1 23 (56.10%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (2.44%) Docker
3 1 (2.44%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (17.07%) SCCM
3 4 (9.76%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (9.76%) Terraform
4 3 (7.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (4.88%) WSUS
6 1 (2.44%) Ansible
6 1 (2.44%) Data Guard
6 1 (2.44%) HP ALM
6 1 (2.44%) Nessus
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 24 (58.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (7.32%) Databricks
2 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 2 (4.88%) CyberArk
3 2 (4.88%) PTC
3 2 (4.88%) Qualys
3 2 (4.88%) SAP
3 2 (4.88%) VMware
4 1 (2.44%) Cisco
4 1 (2.44%) Fortinet
4 1 (2.44%) Google
4 1 (2.44%) HP
4 1 (2.44%) Juniper
4 1 (2.44%) McAfee
4 1 (2.44%) Palo Alto
4 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.44%) Starlink