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 11 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure 69 38 41
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 21.23% 20.21% 17.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 69.70% 63.33% 46.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 32 30
10th Percentile £306 £290 £143
25th Percentile £325 £380 £173
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £444
Median % change year-on-year - +1.41% -8.97%
75th Percentile £538 £491 £575
90th Percentile £750 £528 £638
South Wales median daily rate £460 £448 £438
% change year-on-year +2.68% +2.40% -10.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 - -

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 99 60 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 30.46% 31.91% 37.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 47 64
10th Percentile £300 £230 £143
25th Percentile £325 £315 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £446 £490
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% -8.98% +3.16%
75th Percentile £538 £491 £550
90th Percentile £700 £605 £596
South Wales median daily rate £450 £446 £450
% change year-on-year +0.90% -0.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 2
10th Percentile £18.90 £15.70 £13.05
25th Percentile £19.25 £16.76 £14.26
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.51 £17.05
Median % change year-on-year +5.35% +8.59% -14.78%
75th Percentile £21.00 £21.13 £20.35
90th Percentile £21.21 £22.70 £21.87
South Wales median hourly rate £20.87 £16.00 £17.05
% change year-on-year +30.41% -6.13% -14.78%

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 11 August 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 2 (2.90%) Confluence
1 2 (2.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (39.13%) Azure DevOps
2 22 (31.88%) Power Platform
3 12 (17.39%) PowerApps
4 11 (15.94%) GCP
5 10 (14.49%) GitHub
6 5 (7.25%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (4.35%) BrowserStack
7 3 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.35%) SonarCloud
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Key Vault
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (2.90%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (2.90%) Miro
9 1 (1.45%) AWS
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (1.45%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (1.45%) BlazeMeter
9 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.45%) IaaS
9 1 (1.45%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.94%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (11.59%) Power BI
3 6 (8.70%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.35%) Metadata
5 2 (2.90%) Data Lake
5 2 (2.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.45%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.45%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.45%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Git
1 4 (5.80%) JMeter
2 2 (2.90%) JIRA
3 1 (1.45%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.45%) Postman
General
1 13 (18.84%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.25%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (17.39%) Lead
2 9 (13.04%) Developer
2 9 (13.04%) Senior
3 7 (10.14%) Analyst
4 5 (7.25%) Data Engineer
4 5 (7.25%) DevOps Engineer
4 5 (7.25%) IT Support
4 5 (7.25%) Test Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Applications Developer
5 4 (5.80%) Architect
5 4 (5.80%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.80%) Lead DevOps
5 4 (5.80%) Network Engineer
5 4 (5.80%) Performance Test Leader
5 4 (5.80%) Power Apps Developer
5 4 (5.80%) Test Analyst
5 4 (5.80%) Test Leader
6 3 (4.35%) Automation Test Analyst
6 3 (4.35%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.39%) Playwright
2 10 (14.49%) .NET
3 8 (11.59%) ADO
4 3 (4.35%) RESTful
5 2 (2.90%) .NET Core
5 2 (2.90%) Django
5 2 (2.90%) YAML
6 1 (1.45%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.45%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.45%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.45%) PySpark
6 1 (1.45%) React
6 1 (1.45%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 22 (31.88%) NHS
2 5 (7.25%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.35%) Low-Code
3 3 (4.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.90%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.45%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.45%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.45%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (50.72%) DevOps
2 27 (39.13%) CI/CD
3 20 (28.99%) Test Automation
4 17 (24.64%) Agile
5 14 (20.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (18.84%) Infrastructure as Code
7 12 (17.39%) Migration
8 9 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.59%) Coaching
9 8 (11.59%) Data Pipeline
9 8 (11.59%) Technical Leadership
9 8 (11.59%) Translating Business Requirements
10 7 (10.14%) Analytics
10 7 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
10 7 (10.14%) Regression Testing
10 7 (10.14%) Scrum
10 7 (10.14%) Validation
11 6 (8.70%) Containerisation
11 6 (8.70%) Deployment Automation
11 6 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (17.39%) SQL
2 8 (11.59%) JavaScript
2 8 (11.59%) Python
3 7 (10.14%) TypeScript
4 4 (5.80%) C#
5 2 (2.90%) Java
5 2 (2.90%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.45%) C
6 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (21.74%) SC Cleared
1 15 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.25%) Degree
3 4 (5.80%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.80%) QA
2 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 6 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (14.49%) Terraform
2 6 (8.70%) Kubernetes
3 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 33 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 11 (15.94%) Google
3 9 (13.04%) Databricks
4 6 (8.70%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.90%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.45%) Citrix