Azure Job Trends in Bristol

Microsoft Azure
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 12 6
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 -1
Permanent jobs citing Azure 255 111 307
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 7.70% 9.64% 13.84%
As % of the Cloud Services category 42.86% 39.78% 46.44%
Number of salaries quoted 186 96 195
10th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £30,700
25th Percentile £52,500 £42,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £63,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -5.51% +1.60%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £79,375
90th Percentile £89,375 £85,000 £90,000
South West median annual salary £60,000 £51,058 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.51% -14.90% +9.09%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Bristol

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 595 279 661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 17.96% 24.24% 29.80%
Number of salaries quoted 459 240 430
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £39,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% +4.94%
75th Percentile £80,625 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £94,000 £95,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £46,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +18.92% -15.91% -

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Azure job vacancy trend in Bristol

Azure
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in Bristol over the 6 months to 10 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in Bristol

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 34 (13.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (4.71%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.57%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.18%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.78%) Apache
5 2 (0.78%) Confluence
5 2 (0.78%) nginx
6 1 (0.39%) Site Server
Applications
1 9 (3.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.78%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.39%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 62 (24.31%) AWS
2 57 (22.35%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (15.29%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (12.55%) Power Platform
5 26 (10.20%) Entra ID
5 26 (10.20%) GCP
5 26 (10.20%) GitHub
6 20 (7.84%) Serverless
7 17 (6.67%) IaaS
7 17 (6.67%) PaaS
8 16 (6.27%) Azure AI
9 13 (5.10%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 13 (5.10%) Azure Functions
9 13 (5.10%) Azure Monitor
10 12 (4.71%) Azure Key Vault
11 9 (3.53%) SaaS
12 8 (3.14%) Microsoft Purview
13 7 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.02%) DNS
2 21 (8.24%) VPN
3 16 (6.27%) DHCP
4 12 (4.71%) Firewall
5 4 (1.57%) VLAN
6 3 (1.18%) 3GPP
6 3 (1.18%) TETRA
6 3 (1.18%) WAN
6 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.78%) Internet
7 2 (0.78%) Wireless
8 1 (0.39%) BGP
8 1 (0.39%) LAN
8 1 (0.39%) MPLS
8 1 (0.39%) NAS
8 1 (0.39%) Network Security
8 1 (0.39%) SAN
8 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (7.06%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (4.31%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (3.92%) Power BI
4 9 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (3.53%) Metadata
5 8 (3.14%) SQL Server
5 8 (3.14%) Tableau
6 7 (2.75%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.35%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.57%) Big Data
8 4 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.18%) Data Vault
9 3 (1.18%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.78%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.78%) MySQL
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
11 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.39%) Parquet
11 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 27 (10.59%) Git
2 11 (4.31%) JIRA
3 4 (1.57%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.57%) MLflow
4 3 (1.18%) GitLab
5 2 (0.78%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.78%) git-flow
6 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.39%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.39%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.39%) Storybook
6 1 (0.39%) Subversion
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.39%) Vite
General
1 96 (37.65%) Social Skills
2 26 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (8.63%) Finance
4 21 (8.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 13 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (4.71%) Law
8 11 (4.31%) Local Government
9 6 (2.35%) Legal
10 4 (1.57%) Advertising
10 4 (1.57%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.78%) Banking
11 2 (0.78%) Billing
11 2 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.78%) Retail
11 2 (0.78%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 52 (20.39%) Architect
2 51 (20.00%) Senior
3 32 (12.55%) Solutions Architect
4 27 (10.59%) Azure Engineer
5 26 (10.20%) Analyst
6 23 (9.02%) Developer
7 17 (6.67%) Cloud Engineer
7 17 (6.67%) DevOps Engineer
8 14 (5.49%) Digital Architect
8 14 (5.49%) Digital Solutions Architect
9 13 (5.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.10%) Lead
10 12 (4.71%) Infrastructure Analyst
11 10 (3.92%) Data Engineer
11 10 (3.92%) Junior
11 10 (3.92%) Senior Architect
11 10 (3.92%) Software Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Azure Architect
12 9 (3.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.53%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (14.51%) Terraform
2 24 (9.41%) .NET
3 14 (5.49%) React
4 9 (3.53%) RESTful
5 7 (2.75%) ASP.NET
5 7 (2.75%) MFC
6 6 (2.35%) .NET Core
6 6 (2.35%) ASP.NET Core
6 6 (2.35%) Node.js
7 5 (1.96%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.96%) Blazor
7 5 (1.96%) ML.NET
8 4 (1.57%) OAuth
9 3 (1.18%) OpenID
9 3 (1.18%) PySpark
9 3 (1.18%) REST
10 2 (0.78%) CSS
10 2 (0.78%) HTML
10 2 (0.78%) JSON
10 2 (0.78%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.02%) Cloud Native
2 18 (7.06%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (5.88%) Security Posture
4 12 (4.71%) Podcast
4 12 (4.71%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.53%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.14%) iPhone
7 7 (2.75%) Mobile App
7 7 (2.75%) NHS
7 7 (2.75%) Onboarding
8 6 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.96%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.18%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.18%) Blog
11 3 (1.18%) Cyberattack
11 3 (1.18%) Driving Licence
11 3 (1.18%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
12 2 (0.78%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 46 (18.04%) Windows
2 16 (6.27%) Windows Server
3 15 (5.88%) Linux
4 12 (4.71%) VMS
5 9 (3.53%) Windows Server 2016
6 7 (2.75%) Android
7 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (28.63%) DevOps
2 71 (27.84%) Problem-Solving
3 68 (26.67%) AI
4 63 (24.71%) Agile
5 61 (23.92%) CI/CD
6 41 (16.08%) Infrastructure as Code
7 38 (14.90%) Mentoring
7 38 (14.90%) Software Engineering
8 36 (14.12%) Continuous Improvement
9 29 (11.37%) Analytics
9 29 (11.37%) Cybersecurity
9 29 (11.37%) Migration
10 28 (10.98%) Cloud Security
11 26 (10.20%) Observability
11 26 (10.20%) Roadmaps
11 26 (10.20%) Scrum
12 25 (9.80%) Machine Learning
13 21 (8.24%) Technical Leadership
14 20 (7.84%) Runbook
15 19 (7.45%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 57 (22.35%) SQL
2 49 (19.22%) Python
3 44 (17.25%) C#
4 31 (12.16%) JavaScript
5 25 (9.80%) PowerShell
6 20 (7.84%) Bash
7 17 (6.67%) Bicep
8 14 (5.49%) Kusto Query Language
9 10 (3.92%) TypeScript
10 9 (3.53%) Java
11 8 (3.14%) C++
12 6 (2.35%) PHP
13 5 (1.96%) Go
14 3 (1.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (1.18%) R
15 2 (0.78%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.78%) Rust
15 2 (0.78%) Shell Script
15 2 (0.78%) VBA
16 1 (0.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 61 (23.92%) Security Cleared
2 58 (22.75%) SC Cleared
3 35 (13.73%) Azure Certification
4 17 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (4.31%) Degree
6 10 (3.92%) AWS Certification
6 10 (3.92%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.53%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified Developer
8 3 (1.18%) CCNA
8 3 (1.18%) CEH
8 3 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (1.18%) CISSP
8 3 (1.18%) CompTIA CySA+
8 3 (1.18%) CompTIA Security+
8 3 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
9 2 (0.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 2 (0.78%) CSPO
9 2 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.49%) Cyber Essentials
2 14 (5.49%) NIST
3 10 (3.92%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.92%) PCI DSS
4 8 (3.14%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.35%) GDPR
6 5 (1.96%) NCSC
7 4 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (1.57%) Def Stans
7 4 (1.57%) NIST 800
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS
8 2 (0.78%) IFRS 17
8 2 (0.78%) PMO
8 2 (0.78%) QA
8 2 (0.78%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.39%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (18.43%) Active Directory
2 16 (6.27%) Virtual Desktop
3 15 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.10%) vSphere
5 12 (4.71%) Docker
6 11 (4.31%) Hyper-V
7 9 (3.53%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (6.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (5.49%) Kubernetes
3 9 (3.53%) Ansible
4 6 (2.35%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.18%) Autotask
6 2 (0.78%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.78%) Puppet
7 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.39%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.39%) SCCM
7 1 (0.39%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 135 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.41%) VMware
3 14 (5.49%) Databricks
4 13 (5.10%) Google
5 12 (4.71%) ScienceLogic
6 11 (4.31%) Veeam
7 9 (3.53%) Brocade
7 9 (3.53%) Cisco
7 9 (3.53%) ForeScout
7 9 (3.53%) Nimble Storage
7 9 (3.53%) SolarWinds
7 9 (3.53%) Splunk
7 9 (3.53%) Tanium
8 5 (1.96%) Aruba
8 5 (1.96%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.96%) Ubiquiti
9 4 (1.57%) ConnectWise
9 4 (1.57%) Datto
9 4 (1.57%) Draytek
9 4 (1.57%) OpenAI