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 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 59 39 69
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 21.93% 23.49% 29.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 60.20% 58.21% 63.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 36 61
10th Percentile £289 £213 £143
25th Percentile £303 £250 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £444 £508
Median % change year-on-year -15.49% -12.56% +12.78%
75th Percentile £484 £578 £588
90th Percentile £775 £597 £650
South Wales median daily rate £419 £406 £500
% change year-on-year +3.08% -18.75% +3.09%

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 98 67 108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 36.43% 40.36% 46.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 54 94
10th Percentile £278 £200 £143
25th Percentile £304 £238 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £497 £550 £551
90th Percentile £770 £594 £646
South Wales median daily rate £425 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% +13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £16.88 £19.06 -
25th Percentile £19.37 £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 £21.31 £23.75 £12.75
90th Percentile £21.88 - -
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 5 April 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 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.78%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.39%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.29%) Azure DevOps
2 12 (20.34%) Power Platform
3 11 (18.64%) GCP
3 11 (18.64%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (15.25%) PowerApps
5 8 (13.56%) GitHub
5 8 (13.56%) Power Automate
6 4 (6.78%) Azure Service Bus
7 3 (5.08%) Azure AI
7 3 (5.08%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (5.08%) BrowserStack
8 2 (3.39%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (3.39%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (3.39%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (3.39%) Miro
8 2 (3.39%) OneDrive
8 2 (3.39%) SonarCloud
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.86%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.47%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (3.39%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.39%) Metadata
2 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.69%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.69%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.69%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (11.86%) JMeter
2 4 (6.78%) Postman
3 3 (5.08%) Cucumber
3 3 (5.08%) JIRA
4 2 (3.39%) Selenium
5 1 (1.69%) Bitbucket
5 1 (1.69%) Git
5 1 (1.69%) GitLab
5 1 (1.69%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.69%) LoadRunner
5 1 (1.69%) MSTest
5 1 (1.69%) WebDriver
5 1 (1.69%) Zephyr
General
1 24 (40.68%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Finance
5 1 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) Lead
2 11 (18.64%) Developer
3 10 (16.95%) Analyst
4 7 (11.86%) Applications Developer
4 7 (11.86%) Power Apps Developer
4 7 (11.86%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Performance Test Leader
5 6 (10.17%) Test Leader
5 6 (10.17%) Tester
6 5 (8.47%) Senior
7 4 (6.78%) Architect
7 4 (6.78%) Automation Tester
8 3 (5.08%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 3 (5.08%) Consultant
8 3 (5.08%) Data Engineer
8 3 (5.08%) Test Analyst
8 3 (5.08%) Test Engineer
9 2 (3.39%) Applications Tester
9 2 (3.39%) Data Architect
9 2 (3.39%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (25.42%) .NET
2 9 (15.25%) Playwright
3 4 (6.78%) ADO
3 4 (6.78%) RESTful
4 3 (5.08%) .NET Core
4 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.69%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.69%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.69%) Node.js
5 1 (1.69%) PySpark
5 1 (1.69%) React
5 1 (1.69%) REST
5 1 (1.69%) SPFx
5 1 (1.69%) Taurus
5 1 (1.69%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (23.73%) NHS
2 8 (13.56%) Data Centre
3 6 (10.17%) Low-Code
4 3 (5.08%) AI Agents
4 3 (5.08%) Product Ownership
5 2 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.69%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.69%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.29%) DevOps
2 17 (28.81%) Agile
3 16 (27.12%) Migration
4 15 (25.42%) Test Automation
5 13 (22.03%) CI/CD
6 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (16.95%) Scrum
8 7 (11.86%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (11.86%) Regression Testing
9 6 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (10.17%) Performance Testing
9 6 (10.17%) Performance Tuning
10 5 (8.47%) AI
10 5 (8.47%) Defect Management
10 5 (8.47%) Functional Testing
10 5 (8.47%) Test Scripting
10 5 (8.47%) Validation
10 5 (8.47%) Workflow
11 4 (6.78%) Scenario Testing
11 4 (6.78%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.56%) C#
2 7 (11.86%) SQL
3 5 (8.47%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.47%) TypeScript
4 3 (5.08%) Python
5 2 (3.39%) Ruby
6 1 (1.69%) Bicep
6 1 (1.69%) C
6 1 (1.69%) Java
6 1 (1.69%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.69%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (13.56%) SC Cleared
1 8 (13.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.08%) Degree
3 1 (1.69%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.69%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.69%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.08%) QA
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.78%) Docker
3 1 (1.69%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.69%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.69%) SCCM
2 1 (1.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (55.93%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.64%) Google
3 7 (11.86%) Apple
3 7 (11.86%) HP
3 7 (11.86%) MobileIron
4 5 (8.47%) Databricks
5 4 (6.78%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.39%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.69%) Citrix
7 1 (1.69%) Foundry
7 1 (1.69%) McAfee