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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 8
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure 63 41 30
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 19.27% 20.40% 13.27%
As % of the Cloud Services category 63.64% 68.33% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 35 19
10th Percentile £306 £296 £200
25th Percentile £325 £405 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% - -2.70%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £588
90th Percentile £770 £617 £628
South Wales median daily rate £425 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -10.00% +8.11%
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 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 30.28% 29.85% 30.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 52 48
10th Percentile £300 £293 £174
25th Percentile £325 £322 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £446 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.51% -10.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £496 £550
90th Percentile £735 £671 £595
South Wales median daily rate £425 £446 £493
% change year-on-year -4.71% -9.44% +15.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £17.85 - -
25th Percentile £19.25 £15.00 £20.30
Median hourly rate £19.50 £16.00 £21.59
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -25.89% +7.95%
75th Percentile £19.75 £17.00 £22.89
90th Percentile £20.29 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £22.84 £21.59
% change year-on-year -14.62% +5.79% +19.94%

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 28 September 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 (3.17%) Confluence
1 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (41.27%) Power Platform
2 22 (34.92%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (22.22%) PowerApps
4 13 (20.63%) GitHub
5 6 (9.52%) GCP
6 5 (7.94%) Azure Data Factory
6 5 (7.94%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.17%) AWS
7 2 (3.17%) Azure Databricks
7 2 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.17%) BrowserStack
7 2 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (3.17%) Miro
7 2 (3.17%) SonarCloud
8 1 (1.59%) Cloud Composer
8 1 (1.59%) Dagster
8 1 (1.59%) IaaS
8 1 (1.59%) Prefect
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (17.46%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (12.70%) Power BI
3 7 (11.11%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.76%) Metadata
4 3 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (3.17%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.59%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.59%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Git
2 2 (3.17%) JIRA
3 1 (1.59%) GitLab
General
1 6 (9.52%) Social Skills
2 3 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (4.76%) Finance
2 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
3 1 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (17.46%) DevOps Engineer
2 7 (11.11%) Senior
3 6 (9.52%) Architect
3 6 (9.52%) Developer
3 6 (9.52%) Lead
4 5 (7.94%) Analyst
4 5 (7.94%) Data Engineer
4 5 (7.94%) IT Support
4 5 (7.94%) Test Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) Cloud Architect
5 4 (6.35%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Lead DevOps
5 4 (6.35%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.76%) Databricks Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Applications Developer
7 2 (3.17%) Senior DevOps Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (22.22%) Terraform
2 9 (14.29%) .NET
2 9 (14.29%) Playwright
3 7 (11.11%) ADO
4 5 (7.94%) YAML
5 2 (3.17%) Django
6 1 (1.59%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.59%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.59%) React
6 1 (1.59%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 25 (39.68%) NHS
2 3 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 3 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.17%) Low-Code
3 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.59%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (58.73%) DevOps
2 32 (50.79%) CI/CD
3 16 (25.40%) Agile
4 14 (22.22%) Test Automation
5 13 (20.63%) Infrastructure as Code
5 13 (20.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 9 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 9 (14.29%) Deployment Automation
6 9 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (12.70%) Analytics
7 8 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (12.70%) Platform Engineering
7 8 (12.70%) Translating Business Requirements
8 7 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (11.11%) Data Modelling
8 7 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
8 7 (11.11%) Migration
9 6 (9.52%) Coaching
9 6 (9.52%) Data Engineering
9 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.05%) SQL
2 9 (14.29%) Python
3 5 (7.94%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.94%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.76%) T-SQL
5 2 (3.17%) R
6 1 (1.59%) C#
6 1 (1.59%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (23.81%) SC Cleared
1 15 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.94%) Azure Certification
3 4 (6.35%) Degree
4 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.52%) QA
2 4 (6.35%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (12.70%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 36 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (11.11%) Databricks
3 6 (9.52%) Google
4 5 (7.94%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.17%) MuleSoft