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 26 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 55 42 64
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 21.83% 22.83% 27.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 60.44% 58.33% 64.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 38 57
10th Percentile £289 £213 £143
25th Percentile £290 £293 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £454 £500
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -9.25% -
75th Percentile £466 £587 £563
90th Percentile £714 £600 £650
South Wales median daily rate £375 £431 £500
% change year-on-year -13.04% -13.75% -14.46%

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 91 72 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 36.11% 39.13% 42.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 59 87
10th Percentile £276 £196 £169
25th Percentile £304 £247 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £438 £500
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% -12.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £484 £563 £545
90th Percentile £635 £600 £647
South Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £21.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £16.44 £22.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.96% +80.00% -37.41%
75th Percentile £17.65 £23.75 £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £13.08
% change year-on-year -7.69% +148.47% -14.77%

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 26 February 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 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (16.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (34.55%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (23.64%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (20.00%) GCP
4 10 (18.18%) Power Platform
5 9 (16.36%) GitHub
6 8 (14.55%) Power Automate
7 7 (12.73%) PowerApps
8 4 (7.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (5.45%) Azure AI
9 3 (5.45%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (5.45%) Azure Service Bus
10 2 (3.64%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (3.64%) Azure Pipelines
10 2 (3.64%) BrowserStack
10 2 (3.64%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (3.64%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (3.64%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.82%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.36%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.82%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (10.91%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (7.27%) Data Lake
4 3 (5.45%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.64%) BigQuery
5 2 (3.64%) Metadata
5 2 (3.64%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.64%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (12.73%) JMeter
2 6 (10.91%) Cucumber
3 5 (9.09%) JIRA
4 4 (7.27%) GitLab
4 4 (7.27%) Jenkins
4 4 (7.27%) Postman
4 4 (7.27%) Zephyr
5 3 (5.45%) Selenium
6 2 (3.64%) Bitbucket
6 2 (3.64%) Git
6 2 (3.64%) WebDriver
7 1 (1.82%) MSTest
General
1 26 (47.27%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.27%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.27%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (7.27%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.45%) Finance
4 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (21.82%) Analyst
2 11 (20.00%) Lead
3 9 (16.36%) Developer
3 9 (16.36%) Support Analyst
4 6 (10.91%) Applications Developer
4 6 (10.91%) Data Engineer
4 6 (10.91%) Power Apps Developer
4 6 (10.91%) Tester
5 4 (7.27%) Automation Tester
5 4 (7.27%) Performance Test Leader
5 4 (7.27%) Test Leader
6 3 (5.45%) Architect
6 3 (5.45%) Consultant
6 3 (5.45%) Test Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Applications Tester
7 2 (3.64%) Data Architect
7 2 (3.64%) Data Consultant
7 2 (3.64%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (3.64%) Test Analyst
7 2 (3.64%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.64%) .NET
2 6 (10.91%) Playwright
3 4 (7.27%) PySpark
4 3 (5.45%) .NET Core
4 3 (5.45%) RESTful
5 2 (3.64%) ADO
5 2 (3.64%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (3.64%) Node.js
6 1 (1.82%) React
6 1 (1.82%) REST
6 1 (1.82%) SPFx
6 1 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.45%) NHS
2 6 (10.91%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.91%) Low-Code
3 3 (5.45%) AI Agents
4 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.82%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.36%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (34.55%) DevOps
2 18 (32.73%) Agile
3 14 (25.45%) Migration
4 13 (23.64%) Test Automation
5 12 (21.82%) CI/CD
6 9 (16.36%) Mobile Device Management
6 9 (16.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (14.55%) Scrum
8 6 (10.91%) ETL
8 6 (10.91%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (10.91%) Regression Testing
9 5 (9.09%) Analytics
9 5 (9.09%) Functional Testing
9 5 (9.09%) Workflow
10 4 (7.27%) AI
10 4 (7.27%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (7.27%) Data Governance
10 4 (7.27%) Integration Testing
10 4 (7.27%) Performance Testing
10 4 (7.27%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.00%) SQL
2 7 (12.73%) C#
2 7 (12.73%) Python
3 6 (10.91%) JavaScript
4 5 (9.09%) TypeScript
5 4 (7.27%) T-SQL
6 2 (3.64%) Java
6 2 (3.64%) Ruby
7 1 (1.82%) Bicep
7 1 (1.82%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.82%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (5.45%) Degree
1 3 (5.45%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.45%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.82%) ISTQB
2 1 (1.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (1.82%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.82%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.09%) QA
2 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.27%) Docker
3 1 (1.82%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.82%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.82%) SCCM
2 1 (1.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (58.18%) Microsoft
2 9 (16.36%) Apple
2 9 (16.36%) Google
2 9 (16.36%) HP
2 9 (16.36%) MobileIron
3 5 (9.09%) Databricks
4 2 (3.64%) OpenAI
4 2 (3.64%) Oracle
5 1 (1.82%) Foundry
5 1 (1.82%) McAfee