Azure Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Microsoft Azure
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Swindon requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 9 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 11 13 12
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 11.00% 10.66% 7.45%
As % of the Cloud Services category 29.73% 30.23% 16.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 10
10th Percentile £360 £373 £472
25th Percentile £421 £428 £551
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £610
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -22.13% +38.64%
75th Percentile £525 £519 £645
90th Percentile £550 £538 £650
Wiltshire median daily rate £569 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +19.74% -13.64% -4.35%

All Cloud Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 37 43 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 37.00% 35.25% 45.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 32 62
10th Percentile £154 £180 £190
25th Percentile £207 £205 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £420 £588
Median % change year-on-year +5.95% -28.51% +17.50%
75th Percentile £525 £553 £675
90th Percentile £558 £636 £736
Wiltshire median daily rate £475 £490 £550
% change year-on-year -3.06% -10.91% -1.79%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Swindon

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Swindon over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Swindon

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Swindon citing Azure

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Anypoint
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) AWS
2 6 (54.55%) GCP
3 1 (9.09%) iPaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Network Security
1 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
1 2 (18.18%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SAP BW
1 3 (27.27%) SAP HANA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
General
1 3 (27.27%) Banking
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) General Ledger
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Military
3 1 (9.09%) Social Housing
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) SAP Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) SAP Technical Consultant
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Network Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Build Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Principal Solutions Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Product Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) SAP Financial Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Software Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cloud Native
1 3 (27.27%) Data Centre
1 3 (27.27%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Data Modelling
1 3 (27.27%) Network Design
1 3 (27.27%) Roadmaps
1 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (18.18%) Agile
2 2 (18.18%) Architectural Design
2 2 (18.18%) Data Transformation
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Strategy
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Microservices
2 2 (18.18%) Network Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (9.09%) Cost Management
3 1 (9.09%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
3 1 (9.09%) FinOps
3 1 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (9.09%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
1 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Basel III
1 3 (27.27%) IFRS
1 3 (27.27%) IFRS 17
1 3 (27.27%) IFRS 9
2 1 (9.09%) PCI DSS
2 1 (9.09%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
2 1 (9.09%) NetApp
2 1 (9.09%) Salesforce