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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 8 1
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 42 31 66
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 17.07% 12.60% 27.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 59.15% 44.93% 59.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 22 51
10th Percentile £290 £183 £183
25th Percentile £293 £403 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +13.51% -7.50%
75th Percentile £501 £592 £553
90th Percentile £708 £624 £650
South Wales median daily rate £438 £545 £469
% change year-on-year -19.72% +16.27% -14.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £21.73
25th Percentile - - £22.44
Median hourly rate - - £24.25
75th Percentile - - £25.44
90th Percentile - - £25.78
South Wales median hourly rate - - £24.25
% change year-on-year - - +3.19%

All Cloud 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 71 69 111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 28.86% 28.05% 46.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 48 83
10th Percentile £290 £161 £180
25th Percentile £298 £375 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -22.89% +20.06% -11.39%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £544
90th Percentile £678 £617 £649
South Wales median daily rate £410 £525 £431
% change year-on-year -21.90% +21.74% -13.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £15.02 - -
25th Percentile £15.05 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.22 £21.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.88% +7.95% +1.27%
75th Percentile £17.49 £22.89 £23.75
90th Percentile £17.59 - £25.10
South Wales median hourly rate £22.84 £21.59 £18.00
% change year-on-year +5.79% +19.94% -8.86%

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 14 November 2025.

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 (21.43%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.76%) Confluence
2 2 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (21.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (30.95%) Azure DevOps
1 13 (30.95%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (23.81%) GCP
3 5 (11.90%) AWS
3 5 (11.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 5 (11.90%) GitHub
3 5 (11.90%) Power Platform
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.14%) PowerApps
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Pipelines
6 2 (4.76%) BrowserStack
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (2.38%) Cloud Functions
7 1 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.38%) Power Automate
7 1 (2.38%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.05%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (4.76%) Firewall
3 1 (2.38%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (11.90%) Data Lake
3 4 (9.52%) MongoDB
3 4 (9.52%) MySQL
3 4 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (9.52%) Relational Database
3 4 (9.52%) SQL Server
4 3 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (4.76%) BigQuery
5 2 (4.76%) Metadata
5 2 (4.76%) RDBMS
6 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) JIRA
2 4 (9.52%) Cucumber
2 4 (9.52%) GitLab
2 4 (9.52%) Jenkins
2 4 (9.52%) Zephyr
3 3 (7.14%) Git
3 3 (7.14%) JMeter
3 3 (7.14%) Postman
3 3 (7.14%) Selenium
4 2 (4.76%) Bitbucket
4 2 (4.76%) Cypress.io
4 2 (4.76%) WebDriver
5 1 (2.38%) MSTest
5 1 (2.38%) SoapUI
5 1 (2.38%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (2.38%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 6 (14.29%) Finance
3 5 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Analyst
2 9 (21.43%) Support Analyst
3 7 (16.67%) Data Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Developer
4 3 (7.14%) Java Developer
4 3 (7.14%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.76%) Architect
5 2 (4.76%) Lead
5 2 (4.76%) Product Owner
5 2 (4.76%) Quality Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Senior
5 2 (4.76%) SOC Analyst
5 2 (4.76%) Test Automation Engineer
5 2 (4.76%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.38%) Cloud Architect
6 1 (2.38%) Financial Services Project Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Senior SQL Developer
6 1 (2.38%) Technical Product Owner
6 1 (2.38%) Transformation Manager
6 1 (2.38%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (16.67%) .NET
2 4 (9.52%) PySpark
2 4 (9.52%) Spring
2 4 (9.52%) Spring Boot
3 3 (7.14%) React
3 3 (7.14%) RESTful
3 3 (7.14%) Spring Cloud
4 2 (4.76%) .NET Core
4 2 (4.76%) .NET Framework
4 2 (4.76%) ADO
4 2 (4.76%) AngularJS
4 2 (4.76%) CSS
4 2 (4.76%) Entity Framework
4 2 (4.76%) Flutter
4 2 (4.76%) HTML
4 2 (4.76%) Jest
4 2 (4.76%) Next.js
4 2 (4.76%) Node.js
4 2 (4.76%) Playwright
4 2 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) NHS
2 3 (7.14%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.76%) Cyber Defence
3 2 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.76%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.38%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.38%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.38%) Clustering
4 1 (2.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.38%) Replication
4 1 (2.38%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (40.48%) Agile
2 16 (38.10%) DevOps
3 13 (30.95%) CI/CD
4 9 (21.43%) Test Automation
5 8 (19.05%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (16.67%) ETL
7 6 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (14.29%) Microservices
7 6 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (14.29%) Scrum
7 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (11.90%) API Design
9 4 (9.52%) Code Quality
9 4 (9.52%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (9.52%) Kanban
9 4 (9.52%) Migration
9 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 3 (7.14%) BDD
10 3 (7.14%) Integration Testing
10 3 (7.14%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) SQL
2 8 (19.05%) Python
3 7 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 6 (14.29%) Java
5 5 (11.90%) C#
5 5 (11.90%) T-SQL
5 5 (11.90%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.38%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (9.52%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.14%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.76%) CISMP
3 2 (4.76%) GSEC
4 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.38%) Degree
4 1 (2.38%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.52%) QA
2 2 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.76%) GDPR
2 2 (4.76%) PMO
2 2 (4.76%) WCAG
3 1 (2.38%) HL7
3 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) Docker
3 2 (4.76%) BitLocker
3 2 (4.76%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (4.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Microsoft
2 8 (19.05%) Apple
2 8 (19.05%) HP
2 8 (19.05%) MobileIron
3 7 (16.67%) Google
4 4 (9.52%) Databricks
5 2 (4.76%) McAfee
5 2 (4.76%) Oracle
6 1 (2.38%) Foundry
6 1 (2.38%) RedGate