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 16 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 3
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Azure 74 40 58
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 23.95% 20.83% 22.31%
As % of the Cloud Services category 69.16% 65.57% 51.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 35 48
10th Percentile £300 £244 £143
25th Percentile £316 £353 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £475 £494 £563
90th Percentile £590 £542 £652
South Wales median daily rate £425 £446 £500
% change year-on-year -4.71% -10.80% -2.44%
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 107 61 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 34.63% 31.77% 43.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 48 91
10th Percentile £289 £234 £143
25th Percentile £313 £320 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £446 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% -10.80% -
75th Percentile £500 £489 £545
90th Percentile £675 £558 £600
South Wales median daily rate £425 £446 £500
% change year-on-year -4.60% -10.90% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 1
10th Percentile £18.90 £16.05 -
25th Percentile £19.25 £17.63 £12.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £20.51 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.90% +64.04% -37.50%
75th Percentile £21.00 £23.75 £12.75
90th Percentile £21.21 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £20.87 £16.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year +30.41% +28.00% -21.88%

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 16 July 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 4 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.70%) Confluence
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.19%) Azure DevOps
2 21 (28.38%) Power Platform
3 15 (20.27%) PowerApps
4 13 (17.57%) GCP
5 9 (12.16%) GitHub
6 5 (6.76%) Power Automate
7 3 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (4.05%) BrowserStack
7 3 (4.05%) SonarCloud
8 2 (2.70%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.70%) Miro
9 1 (1.35%) Azure AI
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Event Grid
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (1.35%) Azure Storage
9 1 (1.35%) BlazeMeter
9 1 (1.35%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) DNS
1 1 (1.35%) Firewall
1 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.51%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (8.11%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.05%) Metadata
3 3 (4.05%) Power BI
4 2 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.35%) Delta Lake
5 1 (1.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 6 (8.11%) JMeter
2 4 (5.41%) Git
3 2 (2.70%) JIRA
4 1 (1.35%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.35%) Postman
General
1 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (4.05%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (21.62%) Lead
2 13 (17.57%) Developer
3 9 (12.16%) Senior
4 8 (10.81%) Applications Developer
4 8 (10.81%) Power Apps Developer
5 6 (8.11%) Analyst
5 6 (8.11%) Performance Test Leader
5 6 (8.11%) Test Leader
6 5 (6.76%) Azure Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) Data Engineer
6 5 (6.76%) IT Support
6 5 (6.76%) Test Analyst
6 5 (6.76%) Test Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (5.41%) DevOps Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Lead DevOps
7 4 (5.41%) Network Engineer
7 4 (5.41%) Tester
8 3 (4.05%) Salesforce Engineer
8 3 (4.05%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.27%) .NET
2 13 (17.57%) Playwright
3 8 (10.81%) ADO
4 3 (4.05%) RESTful
5 2 (2.70%) .NET Core
5 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.35%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.35%) Django
6 1 (1.35%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.35%) PySpark
6 1 (1.35%) React
6 1 (1.35%) Taurus
6 1 (1.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (31.08%) NHS
2 8 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 7 (9.46%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.35%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.35%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.35%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (45.95%) DevOps
2 25 (33.78%) CI/CD
3 22 (29.73%) Test Automation
4 18 (24.32%) Agile
5 16 (21.62%) Migration
6 11 (14.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (13.51%) Scrum
8 9 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
8 9 (12.16%) Infrastructure as Code
9 8 (10.81%) Data Pipeline
9 8 (10.81%) Regression Testing
9 8 (10.81%) Validation
10 7 (9.46%) Analytics
10 7 (9.46%) Coaching
10 7 (9.46%) Defect Management
10 7 (9.46%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (9.46%) Test Scripting
11 6 (8.11%) Performance Testing
11 6 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (8.11%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.86%) SQL
2 9 (12.16%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.81%) Python
3 8 (10.81%) TypeScript
4 5 (6.76%) C#
5 2 (2.70%) Java
5 2 (2.70%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.35%) Bicep
6 1 (1.35%) C
6 1 (1.35%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (16.22%) SC Cleared
1 12 (16.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.76%) Degree
3 4 (5.41%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.41%) QA
2 3 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.35%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (5.41%) Docker
2 1 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.35%) BitLocker
2 1 (1.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (8.11%) Terraform
2 5 (6.76%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (5.41%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.35%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (51.35%) Microsoft
2 13 (17.57%) Google
3 7 (9.46%) Databricks
4 5 (6.76%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.35%) Apple
5 1 (1.35%) Citrix
5 1 (1.35%) HP
5 1 (1.35%) McAfee
5 1 (1.35%) MobileIron
5 1 (1.35%) OpenAI