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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure 56 43 64
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 21.13% 27.22% 30.33%
As % of the Cloud Services category 64.37% 68.25% 58.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 40 55
10th Percentile £289 £213 £143
25th Percentile £300 £255 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £446 £515
Median % change year-on-year -16.95% -13.50% +3.00%
75th Percentile £475 £532 £588
90th Percentile £775 £600 £650
South Wales median daily rate £370 £425 £508
% change year-on-year -12.94% -16.26% -3.33%

All Cloud Computing 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 87 63 109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 32.83% 39.87% 51.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 53 91
10th Percentile £275 £200 £188
25th Percentile £300 £236 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £405 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -19.00% -3.61%
75th Percentile £497 £501 £550
90th Percentile £775 £588 £645
South Wales median daily rate £413 £403 £500
% change year-on-year +2.48% -19.50% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £20.80 £19.06 -
25th Percentile £20.88 £19.88 £12.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +80.00% -23.99%
75th Percentile £21.63 £23.75 £12.75
90th Percentile £22.00 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -5.56% +80.00% -12.28%

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

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Cardiff over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

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 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (8.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.57%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (39.29%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (23.21%) Power Platform
3 11 (19.64%) PowerApps
4 10 (17.86%) GCP
5 7 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (12.50%) Power Automate
6 6 (10.71%) GitHub
7 4 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
8 3 (5.36%) Azure AI
8 3 (5.36%) Azure Event Grid
8 3 (5.36%) BrowserStack
8 3 (5.36%) SonarCloud
9 2 (3.57%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (3.57%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (3.57%) Miro
9 2 (3.57%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.79%) AWS
10 1 (1.79%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.93%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.71%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.36%) Metadata
3 1 (1.79%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (10.71%) JMeter
2 3 (5.36%) Postman
3 2 (3.57%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.57%) JIRA
4 1 (1.79%) LoadRunner
General
1 22 (39.29%) Social Skills
2 8 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (23.21%) Lead
2 12 (21.43%) Developer
3 9 (16.07%) Analyst
3 9 (16.07%) Applications Developer
3 9 (16.07%) Power Apps Developer
4 6 (10.71%) Performance Test Leader
4 6 (10.71%) Test Leader
5 5 (8.93%) Senior
5 5 (8.93%) Support Analyst
5 5 (8.93%) Tester
6 4 (7.14%) Test Analyst
7 3 (5.36%) Architect
7 3 (5.36%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 3 (5.36%) Automation Tester
7 3 (5.36%) Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Salesforce Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Senior DevOps
7 3 (5.36%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (26.79%) .NET
2 11 (19.64%) Playwright
3 5 (8.93%) ADO
4 4 (7.14%) RESTful
5 3 (5.36%) .NET Core
5 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.79%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.79%) PySpark
6 1 (1.79%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 16 (28.57%) NHS
2 8 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 8 (14.29%) Low-Code
3 3 (5.36%) AI Agents
3 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (39.29%) DevOps
2 17 (30.36%) Agile
3 16 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 15 (26.79%) Migration
5 14 (25.00%) CI/CD
6 12 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (17.86%) Scrum
8 8 (14.29%) Regression Testing
9 6 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.71%) Defect Management
9 6 (10.71%) Performance Testing
9 6 (10.71%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (10.71%) Test Scripting
10 5 (8.93%) Functional Testing
10 5 (8.93%) Mobile Device Management
10 5 (8.93%) Validation
11 4 (7.14%) AI
11 4 (7.14%) Coaching
11 4 (7.14%) Machine Learning
11 4 (7.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) SQL
2 6 (10.71%) C#
3 5 (8.93%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.14%) TypeScript
5 2 (3.57%) Ruby
6 1 (1.79%) Bicep
6 1 (1.79%) C
6 1 (1.79%) Java
6 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
1 9 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.36%) Degree
3 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.57%) QA
System Software
1 5 (8.93%) Active Directory
2 3 (5.36%) Docker
3 1 (1.79%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) SCCM
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (55.36%) Microsoft
2 10 (17.86%) Google
3 5 (8.93%) Apple
3 5 (8.93%) HP
3 5 (8.93%) MobileIron
3 5 (8.93%) Salesforce
4 4 (7.14%) Databricks
5 2 (3.57%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.79%) Citrix
6 1 (1.79%) Foundry
6 1 (1.79%) McAfee