Azure Engineer Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft Azure Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 37 54 70
Rank change year-on-year +17 +16 -22
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 5 1 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.49% 0.19% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.68% 0.20% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
10th Percentile - - £478
25th Percentile £413 - £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £505
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +28.71% -8.18%
75th Percentile £650 - £523
90th Percentile - - £524
Wales median daily rate £600 £556 £505
% change year-on-year +7.87% +10.15% -8.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 298 492 861
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.96% 94.62% 96.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 379 641
10th Percentile £168 £180 £203
25th Percentile £356 £325 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% -3.16% +11.76%
75th Percentile £563 £575 £575
90th Percentile £646 £650 £638
Wales median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% +9.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 35
10th Percentile £11.75 £13.00 £11.15
25th Percentile £15.20 £16.98 £11.70
Median hourly rate £22.68 £18.14 £19.91
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -8.89% +10.61%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.98 £25.38
90th Percentile £87.80 £49.38 £47.19
Wales median hourly rate £19.09 £18.14 £19.91
% change year-on-year +5.21% -8.89% +20.58%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Azure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Engineer in South Wales

Azure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Engineer in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Azure Engineer in South Wales

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Engineer in South Wales over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Engineer in South Wales

Azure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 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
Cardiff +11 4 £538 -17.31% 2
Newport - 1 £600 - 2
Azure Engineer
Wales

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Azure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South Wales region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Terraform
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Azure AKS
3 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (40.00%) Scrum
3 2 (40.00%) API Management
3 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
3 2 (40.00%) WSO2
3 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (40.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 2 (40.00%) Line Management
3 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) NHS
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) Docker

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Azure AKS
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (20.00%) Azure Pipelines
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) API Management
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Line Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (40.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
2 2 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) WSO2
2 1 (20.00%) Dynatrace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft