Azure Architect Contracts in Cardiff

Microsoft Azure Architect
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in Cardiff is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
South Wales median daily rate £700 - £300
% change year-on-year - - -47.83%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 183 210 208
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.34% 92.92% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 157 153
10th Percentile £217 £130 £184
25th Percentile £300 £188 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £391 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% -2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £550
90th Percentile £650 £621 £638
South Wales median daily rate £381 £400 £475
% change year-on-year -4.69% -15.79% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 10
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.90 £16.00
25th Percentile - £15.48 £17.25
Median hourly rate £13.08 £18.57 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% -17.47% +18.42%
75th Percentile £17.00 £25.60 £25.75
90th Percentile £20.45 - £28.10
South Wales median hourly rate £16.00 £25.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -37.50% +13.78% +18.70%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Azure Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in Cardiff

Azure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Architect job vacancies in Cardiff

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 23 August 2025, Azure Architect 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 Cardiff region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft