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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 1 2
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 61 44 54
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 23.28% 27.16% 27.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 69.32% 66.67% 52.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 40 45
10th Percentile £289 £213 £143
25th Percentile £305 £255 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £441 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.15% -11.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £470 £508 £563
90th Percentile £775 £589 £659
South Wales median daily rate £375 £405 £475
% change year-on-year -7.41% -14.74% -14.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £19.25 - -
Median hourly rate £19.50 - -
75th Percentile £19.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £18.50 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year -50.67% - -

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 88 66 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 33.59% 40.74% 51.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 55 84
10th Percentile £275 £200 £156
25th Percentile £305 £250 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £405 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -19.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £481 £484 £539
90th Percentile £775 £588 £584
South Wales median daily rate £425 £400 £490
% change year-on-year +6.25% -18.37% -10.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £19.06 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £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 - £23.75 £12.75
90th Percentile £21.75 - -
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 20 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 (8.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.28%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 27 (44.26%) Azure DevOps
2 15 (24.59%) Power Platform
3 13 (21.31%) PowerApps
4 12 (19.67%) GCP
5 7 (11.48%) Power Automate
6 6 (9.84%) GitHub
7 5 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (6.56%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (4.92%) Azure Event Grid
9 3 (4.92%) BrowserStack
9 3 (4.92%) SonarCloud
10 2 (3.28%) Azure AI
10 2 (3.28%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (3.28%) Miro
10 2 (3.28%) OneDrive
11 1 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
11 1 (1.64%) Azure Storage
11 1 (1.64%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.92%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.64%) DNS
2 1 (1.64%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.84%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (4.92%) Metadata
3 1 (1.64%) Delta Lake
3 1 (1.64%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (9.84%) JMeter
2 2 (3.28%) JIRA
3 1 (1.64%) Git
3 1 (1.64%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.64%) Postman
General
1 20 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
3 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (26.23%) Lead
2 12 (19.67%) Developer
3 9 (14.75%) Applications Developer
3 9 (14.75%) Power Apps Developer
4 8 (13.11%) Analyst
5 6 (9.84%) Performance Test Leader
5 6 (9.84%) Test Leader
6 5 (8.20%) Senior
6 5 (8.20%) Test Analyst
7 4 (6.56%) Azure Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Test Engineer
7 4 (6.56%) Tester
8 3 (4.92%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
8 3 (4.92%) Automation Test Analyst
8 3 (4.92%) Consultant
8 3 (4.92%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Lead DevOps
8 3 (4.92%) Network Engineer
8 3 (4.92%) Senior DevOps
8 3 (4.92%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (26.23%) .NET
2 12 (19.67%) Playwright
3 7 (11.48%) ADO
4 4 (6.56%) RESTful
5 3 (4.92%) .NET Core
5 3 (4.92%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.64%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.64%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.64%) PySpark
6 1 (1.64%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 19 (31.15%) NHS
2 8 (13.11%) Data Centre
2 8 (13.11%) Low-Code
3 2 (3.28%) AI Agents
3 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.64%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (47.54%) DevOps
2 18 (29.51%) CI/CD
2 18 (29.51%) Test Automation
3 15 (24.59%) Agile
4 12 (19.67%) Migration
5 11 (18.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (13.11%) Scrum
7 7 (11.48%) Defect Management
7 7 (11.48%) Regression Testing
7 7 (11.48%) Test Scripting
8 6 (9.84%) Infrastructure as Code
8 6 (9.84%) Performance Testing
8 6 (9.84%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (9.84%) Validation
9 5 (8.20%) Coaching
9 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (6.56%) Functional Testing
10 4 (6.56%) Integration Testing
10 4 (6.56%) Scenario Testing
10 4 (6.56%) Traceability Matrix
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.48%) JavaScript
1 7 (11.48%) SQL
2 6 (9.84%) C#
2 6 (9.84%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.64%) Bicep
3 1 (1.64%) C
3 1 (1.64%) Java
3 1 (1.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
1 10 (16.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (4.92%) Degree
3 1 (1.64%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 3 (4.92%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.92%) Docker
2 1 (1.64%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.64%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.92%) Kubernetes
1 3 (4.92%) Terraform
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (52.46%) Microsoft
2 12 (19.67%) Google
3 5 (8.20%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.56%) Databricks
5 3 (4.92%) Apple
5 3 (4.92%) HP
5 3 (4.92%) MobileIron
6 2 (3.28%) OpenAI
7 1 (1.64%) Citrix
7 1 (1.64%) McAfee