Azure Contracts in the South West

Microsoft Azure
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Azure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Azure over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 9 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 -3
Contract jobs citing Azure 353 601 454
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 11.17% 17.35% 12.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 44.63% 51.28% 40.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 291 506 328
10th Percentile £215 £400 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £589 £659 £588
90th Percentile £688 £719 £675
England median daily rate £545 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.11% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 11 2
10th Percentile - £49.68 £22.70
25th Percentile - £59.90 £26.76
Median hourly rate - £60.70 £34.14
Median % change year-on-year - +77.82% -32.74%
75th Percentile - £70.00 £42.14
90th Percentile - - £46.57
England median hourly rate £35.00 £61.85 £47.50
% change year-on-year -43.41% +30.21% -7.77%

All Cloud Skills
South West

Azure is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 791 1,172 1,127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 25.03% 33.84% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 601 947 851
10th Percentile £213 £300 £250
25th Percentile £381 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £599 £656 £596
90th Percentile £675 £721 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 56 21
10th Percentile £12.58 £17.19 £11.17
25th Percentile £14.25 £28.88 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.50 £54.18 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.01% +151.98% -52.22%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £42.00
90th Percentile - £78.00 £54.25
England median hourly rate £21.00 £34.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.24% +58.14% +2.14%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in the South West over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in the South West

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in the South West

Azure
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South West region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
Bristol 0 120 £500 -4.31% 126
Wiltshire -9 97 £500 -16.67% 32
Gloucestershire +5 71 £550 +2.33% 61
Dorset -6 17 £185 -63.04% 25
Devon -1 15 £325 +8.33% 49
Somerset -12 11 £475 -28.30% 32
Cornwall -6 1 £225 -59.64% 9
Azure
England

Azure
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 68 (19.26%) SharePoint
2 44 (12.46%) Confluence
3 35 (9.92%) SharePoint Server
4 25 (7.08%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (1.70%) Apache
6 5 (1.42%) Umbraco
7 4 (1.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.57%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.57%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.28%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.28%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.28%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (0.28%) SAP CRM
2 1 (0.28%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.28%) SAP SRM
Cloud Services
1 68 (19.26%) AWS
2 63 (17.85%) Power Platform
3 56 (15.86%) Azure DevOps
4 53 (15.01%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (11.90%) Azure Stack
6 38 (10.76%) Entra ID
7 23 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 19 (5.38%) Dynamics 365
9 18 (5.10%) PaaS
10 16 (4.53%) GCP
11 14 (3.97%) Azure Logic Apps
12 12 (3.40%) OpenShift
13 11 (3.12%) Power Automate
14 10 (2.83%) PowerApps
15 9 (2.55%) GitHub
16 8 (2.27%) Azure Monitor
16 8 (2.27%) IaaS
16 8 (2.27%) OneDrive
17 7 (1.98%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 5 (1.42%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 57 (16.15%) Firewall
2 35 (9.92%) BGP
3 12 (3.40%) WAN
4 11 (3.12%) LAN
5 10 (2.83%) DNS
5 10 (2.83%) Intranet
5 10 (2.83%) VPN
6 8 (2.27%) SAN
7 6 (1.70%) FTP
8 5 (1.42%) HTTP
9 4 (1.13%) DHCP
10 2 (0.57%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.57%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.57%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.28%) MQTT
11 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.28%) Skype
11 1 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (12.46%) Power BI
2 28 (7.93%) SQL Server
3 16 (4.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (3.97%) Relational Database
4 14 (3.97%) Tableau
5 12 (3.40%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 12 (3.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 11 (3.12%) Data Lake
7 9 (2.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 7 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (1.42%) NoSQL
9 5 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.42%) Triplestore
10 4 (1.13%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.85%) GIS
12 2 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
12 2 (0.57%) Metadata
12 2 (0.57%) OLAP
12 2 (0.57%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 55 (15.58%) JIRA
2 13 (3.68%) Git
3 11 (3.12%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.27%) SonarQube
5 7 (1.98%) GitLab
5 7 (1.98%) Postman
5 7 (1.98%) Visual Studio
6 6 (1.70%) Artifactory
6 6 (1.70%) Bitbucket
7 5 (1.42%) NUnit
8 3 (0.85%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.85%) Selenium
9 2 (0.57%) Snyk
10 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) git-flow
10 1 (0.28%) JUnit
10 1 (0.28%) Maven
10 1 (0.28%) MSI
10 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 98 (27.76%) Social Skills
2 39 (11.05%) Public Sector
3 33 (9.35%) Finance
4 22 (6.23%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
6 16 (4.53%) Manufacturing
7 14 (3.97%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.68%) Electronics
8 13 (3.68%) Marketing
9 11 (3.12%) Legal
10 9 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.13%) Banking
11 4 (1.13%) Local Government
12 3 (0.85%) Tech for Good
13 2 (0.57%) General Ledger
13 2 (0.57%) German Language
13 2 (0.57%) Military
13 2 (0.57%) Retail
14 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 64 (18.13%) Architect
2 48 (13.60%) Analyst
3 46 (13.03%) Developer
4 25 (7.08%) Data Engineer
5 23 (6.52%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (6.23%) Senior
6 22 (6.23%) Solutions Architect
7 21 (5.95%) Cloud Engineer
7 21 (5.95%) DevOps Engineer
8 17 (4.82%) Microsoft Engineer
9 16 (4.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (4.53%) SOC Analyst
10 14 (3.97%) Technical Architect
11 12 (3.40%) Infrastructure Technician
12 10 (2.83%) Administrator
12 10 (2.83%) SharePoint Developer
13 9 (2.55%) Consultant
13 9 (2.55%) SOC Engineer
13 9 (2.55%) Software Developer
14 8 (2.27%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.48%) .NET
2 17 (4.82%) CSS
3 16 (4.53%) REST
4 15 (4.25%) AngularJS
5 14 (3.97%) React
6 12 (3.40%) HTML
7 10 (2.83%) GraphQL
8 7 (1.98%) ASP.NET
8 7 (1.98%) SailPoint
8 7 (1.98%) Spring
8 7 (1.98%) YAML
9 6 (1.70%) Apache NiFi
9 6 (1.70%) Blazor
9 6 (1.70%) Kafka
10 5 (1.42%) Apache Jena
10 5 (1.42%) Playwright
10 5 (1.42%) PostGIS
10 5 (1.42%) PySpark
10 5 (1.42%) SPFx
11 4 (1.13%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 46 (13.03%) Private Cloud
2 20 (5.67%) Public Cloud
3 12 (3.40%) NHS
3 12 (3.40%) Security Posture
4 10 (2.83%) Replication
5 9 (2.55%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.27%) Data Structures
7 7 (1.98%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.70%) IoT
8 6 (1.70%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.42%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.42%) PKI
9 5 (1.42%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.13%) Legacy Applications
10 4 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.13%) Reference Data
11 3 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
12 2 (0.57%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 100 (28.33%) Windows
2 31 (8.78%) Linux
3 25 (7.08%) Windows Server
4 14 (3.97%) Windows 10
5 10 (2.83%) VMS
6 8 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (1.98%) Android
8 6 (1.70%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.57%) Unix
10 2 (0.57%) Windows 2000
10 2 (0.57%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.57%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.28%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (25.78%) DevOps
2 76 (21.53%) Agile
3 57 (16.15%) ITIL
4 56 (15.86%) Business Intelligence
5 48 (13.60%) CI/CD
5 48 (13.60%) Network Management
6 43 (12.18%) Service Management
7 42 (11.90%) Migration
8 36 (10.20%) Capacity Management
8 36 (10.20%) Security Monitoring
9 32 (9.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 31 (8.78%) ITSM
10 31 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
11 28 (7.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (7.08%) Project Management
13 23 (6.52%) Data Modelling
13 23 (6.52%) SIEM
14 22 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
14 22 (6.23%) ETL
14 22 (6.23%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.01%) SQL
2 37 (10.48%) Python
3 35 (9.92%) C#
3 35 (9.92%) PowerShell
4 31 (8.78%) JavaScript
5 15 (4.25%) C
6 14 (3.97%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.68%) Bash
8 12 (3.40%) T-SQL
9 11 (3.12%) Java
10 6 (1.70%) Bicep
11 5 (1.42%) SPARQL
12 3 (0.85%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.28%) C++
13 1 (0.28%) Go
13 1 (0.28%) Julia
13 1 (0.28%) Perl
13 1 (0.28%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 164 (46.46%) Security Cleared
2 88 (24.93%) DV Cleared
3 79 (22.38%) SC Cleared
4 27 (7.65%) Degree
5 10 (2.83%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.98%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.13%) HND
9 3 (0.85%) CISSP
9 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CEH
10 2 (0.57%) CISM
10 2 (0.57%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.57%) MCP
10 2 (0.57%) SANS
11 1 (0.28%) CCNP
11 1 (0.28%) CCSP
11 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.28%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (11.05%) Government Security Classifications
2 33 (9.35%) QA
3 8 (2.27%) NCSC
4 7 (1.98%) NIST
5 6 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (1.42%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.57%) GDPR
7 2 (0.57%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) COBIT
8 1 (0.28%) COSO
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) GRC
8 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 43 (12.18%) Active Directory
2 35 (9.92%) Docker
3 17 (4.82%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.83%) Hyper-V
4 10 (2.83%) VMware NSX
5 8 (2.27%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.27%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (1.70%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.28%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 34 (9.63%) Kubernetes
2 32 (9.07%) Terraform
3 26 (7.37%) SCOM
4 23 (6.52%) Ansible
5 18 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (3.97%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (2.55%) vCenter Server
8 7 (1.98%) Grafana
8 7 (1.98%) Prometheus
9 5 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 5 (1.42%) SCCM
10 4 (1.13%) Argo
10 4 (1.13%) OPNET
10 4 (1.13%) Puppet
10 4 (1.13%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (0.85%) PowerCLI
12 2 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.57%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.28%) Kibana
13 1 (0.28%) SELinux
Vendors
1 145 (41.08%) Microsoft
2 40 (11.33%) Atlassian
2 40 (11.33%) VMware
3 18 (5.10%) Veeam
4 16 (4.53%) SAP
5 12 (3.40%) CA
5 12 (3.40%) Cisco
6 11 (3.12%) Databricks
7 9 (2.55%) Splunk
8 8 (2.27%) Palo Alto
9 7 (1.98%) Citrix
10 6 (1.70%) CheckPoint
10 6 (1.70%) Google
11 5 (1.42%) CyberArk
12 4 (1.13%) Dell
12 4 (1.13%) Oracle
13 3 (0.85%) Salesforce
14 2 (0.57%) Fortinet
14 2 (0.57%) Informatica
14 2 (0.57%) Juniper