Azure Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Microsoft Azure
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 6 1
Rank change year-on-year +2 -5 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 42 36 66
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 16.87% 15.52% 27.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 58.33% 47.37% 62.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 28 53
10th Percentile £290 £165 £183
25th Percentile £293 £213 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.39% +3.95% -5.00%
75th Percentile £502 £589 £588
90th Percentile £708 £604 £650
South Wales median daily rate £450 £500 £469
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.67% -18.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.73
25th Percentile - - £22.44
Median hourly rate - - £24.25
75th Percentile - - £25.44
90th Percentile - - £25.78
South Wales median hourly rate - - £24.25
% change year-on-year - - +3.19%

All Cloud Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 72 76 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 28.92% 32.76% 43.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 56 81
10th Percentile £290 £164 £179
25th Percentile £304 £213 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% -10.00%
75th Percentile £503 £550 £550
90th Percentile £644 £600 £650
South Wales median daily rate £440 £425 £431
% change year-on-year +3.53% -1.45% -20.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile £15.02 - -
25th Percentile £15.05 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.22 £21.59 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.88% +12.16% -18.09%
75th Percentile £17.49 £22.89 £24.31
90th Percentile £17.59 - £25.33
South Wales median hourly rate £22.84 £21.59 £16.00
% change year-on-year +5.79% +34.94% -31.91%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Azure job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Azure

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Cardiff over the 6 months to 8 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Cardiff

Azure
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Azure

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) Confluence
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
3 9 (21.43%) GCP
4 7 (16.67%) GitHub
5 5 (11.90%) AWS
5 5 (11.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (9.52%) Power Platform
7 3 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (7.14%) PowerApps
8 2 (4.76%) Azure Pipelines
8 2 (4.76%) BrowserStack
8 2 (4.76%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (2.38%) Azure AI
9 1 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) Firewall
3 1 (2.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (11.90%) Data Lake
3 4 (9.52%) MongoDB
3 4 (9.52%) MySQL
3 4 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (9.52%) Relational Database
4 3 (7.14%) SQL Server
5 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (4.76%) BigQuery
5 2 (4.76%) Metadata
5 2 (4.76%) RDBMS
5 2 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 5 (11.90%) JIRA
3 4 (9.52%) GitLab
3 4 (9.52%) Jenkins
3 4 (9.52%) Postman
3 4 (9.52%) Zephyr
4 3 (7.14%) Git
4 3 (7.14%) JMeter
4 3 (7.14%) Selenium
5 2 (4.76%) Bitbucket
5 2 (4.76%) Cypress.io
5 2 (4.76%) WebDriver
6 1 (2.38%) MSTest
General
1 20 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Support Analyst
3 7 (16.67%) Data Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) Developer
5 3 (7.14%) Java Developer
5 3 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.14%) Test Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Architect
6 2 (4.76%) Automation Tester
6 2 (4.76%) Lead
6 2 (4.76%) Product Owner
6 2 (4.76%) Quality Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Test Automation Engineer
6 2 (4.76%) Tester
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Architect
7 1 (2.38%) Financial Services Project Manager
7 1 (2.38%) QA Automation Tester
7 1 (2.38%) Transformation Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) .NET
2 4 (9.52%) Playwright
2 4 (9.52%) PySpark
2 4 (9.52%) Spring
2 4 (9.52%) Spring Boot
3 3 (7.14%) React
3 3 (7.14%) RESTful
3 3 (7.14%) Spring Cloud
4 2 (4.76%) .NET Core
4 2 (4.76%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.76%) ADO
4 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.76%) CSS
4 2 (4.76%) Entity Framework
4 2 (4.76%) Flutter
4 2 (4.76%) HTML
4 2 (4.76%) Jest
4 2 (4.76%) Next.js
4 2 (4.76%) Node.js
5 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) NHS
1 4 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
2 2 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.38%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (42.86%) Agile
2 15 (35.71%) CI/CD
2 15 (35.71%) DevOps
3 11 (26.19%) Test Automation
4 9 (21.43%) Mobile Device Management
5 7 (16.67%) ETL
5 7 (16.67%) Scrum
6 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (14.29%) Microservices
6 6 (14.29%) Migration
6 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (11.90%) API Design
7 5 (11.90%) Kanban
7 5 (11.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (9.52%) Code Quality
8 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 3 (7.14%) BDD
9 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (7.14%) Non-Functional Testing
9 3 (7.14%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 12 (28.57%) SQL
2 8 (19.05%) Python
3 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.29%) Java
5 5 (11.90%) C#
5 5 (11.90%) TypeScript
6 4 (9.52%) T-SQL
7 2 (4.76%) Ruby
8 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
8 1 (2.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) CISMP
3 2 (4.76%) GSEC
4 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.38%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.76%) GDPR
2 2 (4.76%) PMO
2 2 (4.76%) WCAG
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) Docker
3 2 (4.76%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.43%) Apple
2 9 (21.43%) HP
2 9 (21.43%) MobileIron
3 6 (14.29%) Google
4 4 (9.52%) Databricks
5 2 (4.76%) McAfee
5 2 (4.76%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) Foundry
95 Azure jobs in Cardiff