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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 3 6
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -5
Contract jobs citing Azure 66 38 41
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 20.37% 20.21% 17.52%
As % of the Cloud Services category 68.75% 63.33% 46.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 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 £463 £448 £438
% change year-on-year +3.24% +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 96 60 88
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 29.63% 31.91% 37.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 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 £710 £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 12 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 (3.03%) Confluence
1 2 (3.03%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.03%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (39.39%) Azure DevOps
2 22 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 12 (18.18%) PowerApps
4 10 (15.15%) GCP
4 10 (15.15%) GitHub
5 5 (7.58%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (4.55%) BrowserStack
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.55%) SonarCloud
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.03%) Miro
8 1 (1.52%) AWS
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (1.52%) BlazeMeter
8 1 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.52%) IaaS
8 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) Azure SQL Database
2 8 (12.12%) Power BI
3 6 (9.09%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.55%) Metadata
5 2 (3.03%) Data Lake
5 2 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.52%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.52%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Git
2 3 (4.55%) JMeter
3 2 (3.03%) JIRA
4 1 (1.52%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.52%) Postman
General
1 11 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.58%) Public Sector
3 3 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (4.55%) Finance
4 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (15.15%) Lead
2 9 (13.64%) Developer
2 9 (13.64%) Senior
3 7 (10.61%) Analyst
4 5 (7.58%) Data Engineer
4 5 (7.58%) DevOps Engineer
4 5 (7.58%) IT Support
4 5 (7.58%) Test Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Applications Developer
5 4 (6.06%) Architect
5 4 (6.06%) Azure Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Delivery Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Lead DevOps
5 4 (6.06%) Network Engineer
5 4 (6.06%) Power Apps Developer
5 4 (6.06%) Test Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Automation Test Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Business Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Performance Test Leader
6 3 (4.55%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.18%) Playwright
2 9 (13.64%) .NET
3 8 (12.12%) ADO
4 2 (3.03%) Django
4 2 (3.03%) RESTful
4 2 (3.03%) YAML
5 1 (1.52%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.52%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (1.52%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Graph
5 1 (1.52%) PySpark
5 1 (1.52%) React
5 1 (1.52%) Taurus
Miscellaneous
1 20 (30.30%) NHS
2 4 (6.06%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.55%) Low-Code
3 3 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.52%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (51.52%) DevOps
2 26 (39.39%) CI/CD
3 19 (28.79%) Test Automation
4 17 (25.76%) Agile
5 13 (19.70%) Infrastructure as Code
5 13 (19.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (15.15%) Migration
7 9 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (12.12%) Coaching
8 8 (12.12%) Data Pipeline
8 8 (12.12%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (12.12%) Translating Business Requirements
9 7 (10.61%) Analytics
9 7 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (10.61%) Scrum
10 6 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
10 6 (9.09%) Regression Testing
10 6 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (9.09%) Validation
11 5 (7.58%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.67%) SQL
2 8 (12.12%) JavaScript
2 8 (12.12%) Python
3 7 (10.61%) TypeScript
4 3 (4.55%) C#
5 2 (3.03%) Java
5 2 (3.03%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.52%) C
6 1 (1.52%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (22.73%) SC Cleared
1 15 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
2 4 (6.06%) Degree
3 1 (1.52%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.03%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (15.15%) Terraform
2 5 (7.58%) Kubernetes
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 32 (48.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) Google
3 9 (13.64%) Databricks
4 6 (9.09%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.03%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.52%) Citrix