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 1 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Azure 58 39 65
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 22.75% 22.03% 27.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 61.70% 56.52% 65.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 36 58
10th Percentile £289 £213 £143
25th Percentile £292 £255 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -10.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £472 £578 £563
90th Percentile £680 £597 £650
South Wales median daily rate £375 £425 £500
% change year-on-year -11.76% -15.00% -14.68%

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 94 69 99
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 36.86% 38.98% 42.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 57 88
10th Percentile £281 £192 £171
25th Percentile £304 £244 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -15.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £543
90th Percentile £628 £596 £647
South Wales median daily rate £400 £400 £500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £21.25 £12.25
Median hourly rate £16.44 £22.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -26.96% +80.00% -37.41%
75th Percentile £17.65 £23.75 £12.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £13.08
% change year-on-year +9.09% +110.24% -14.77%

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 1 March 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 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (6.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (34.48%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (22.41%) GCP
2 13 (22.41%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (17.24%) Power Platform
4 9 (15.52%) GitHub
5 8 (13.79%) Power Automate
6 7 (12.07%) PowerApps
7 4 (6.90%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (5.17%) Azure AI
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Event Grid
8 3 (5.17%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (3.45%) Azure Pipelines
9 2 (3.45%) BrowserStack
9 2 (3.45%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (3.45%) OneDrive
10 1 (1.72%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.52%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.72%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.07%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (10.34%) Azure SQL Database
3 4 (6.90%) Data Lake
4 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.45%) BigQuery
5 2 (3.45%) Metadata
5 2 (3.45%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.45%) Relational Database
5 2 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.72%) Delta Lake
6 1 (1.72%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) JMeter
2 6 (10.34%) Cucumber
3 5 (8.62%) JIRA
3 5 (8.62%) Postman
4 4 (6.90%) GitLab
4 4 (6.90%) Jenkins
4 4 (6.90%) Zephyr
5 3 (5.17%) Selenium
6 2 (3.45%) Bitbucket
6 2 (3.45%) Git
6 2 (3.45%) WebDriver
7 1 (1.72%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.72%) MSTest
General
1 28 (48.28%) Social Skills
2 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
2 4 (6.90%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.17%) Finance
4 1 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Lead
2 12 (20.69%) Analyst
3 9 (15.52%) Developer
3 9 (15.52%) Support Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) Data Engineer
5 6 (10.34%) Applications Developer
5 6 (10.34%) Performance Test Leader
5 6 (10.34%) Power Apps Developer
5 6 (10.34%) Test Leader
5 6 (10.34%) Tester
6 4 (6.90%) Automation Tester
7 3 (5.17%) Architect
7 3 (5.17%) Consultant
7 3 (5.17%) Test Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Applications Tester
8 2 (3.45%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.45%) Data Consultant
8 2 (3.45%) Quality Engineer
8 2 (3.45%) Test Analyst
8 2 (3.45%) Test Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (22.41%) .NET
2 6 (10.34%) Playwright
3 5 (8.62%) PySpark
4 3 (5.17%) .NET Core
4 3 (5.17%) RESTful
5 2 (3.45%) ADO
5 2 (3.45%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (3.45%) Node.js
6 1 (1.72%) React
6 1 (1.72%) REST
6 1 (1.72%) SPFx
6 1 (1.72%) Taurus
6 1 (1.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (25.86%) NHS
2 8 (13.79%) Data Centre
3 6 (10.34%) Low-Code
4 3 (5.17%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.72%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (15.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (34.48%) DevOps
2 18 (31.03%) Agile
3 16 (27.59%) Migration
4 14 (24.14%) Test Automation
5 13 (22.41%) CI/CD
6 10 (17.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (15.52%) Mobile Device Management
8 8 (13.79%) Scrum
9 6 (10.34%) ETL
9 6 (10.34%) Performance Testing
9 6 (10.34%) Performance Tuning
9 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (10.34%) Regression Testing
10 5 (8.62%) Analytics
10 5 (8.62%) Functional Testing
10 5 (8.62%) Validation
10 5 (8.62%) Workflow
11 4 (6.90%) AI
11 4 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (6.90%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 12 (20.69%) SQL
2 7 (12.07%) C#
2 7 (12.07%) Python
3 6 (10.34%) JavaScript
4 5 (8.62%) TypeScript
5 4 (6.90%) T-SQL
6 3 (5.17%) Java
7 2 (3.45%) Ruby
8 1 (1.72%) Bicep
8 1 (1.72%) C
8 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.72%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (5.17%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (5.17%) Degree
1 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.72%) ISTQB
2 1 (1.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (1.72%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.62%) QA
2 2 (3.45%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (15.52%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.90%) Docker
3 1 (1.72%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.72%) SCCM
2 1 (1.72%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (18.97%) Google
3 9 (15.52%) Apple
3 9 (15.52%) HP
3 9 (15.52%) MobileIron
4 6 (10.34%) Databricks
5 2 (3.45%) OpenAI
5 2 (3.45%) Oracle
6 1 (1.72%) Citrix
6 1 (1.72%) Foundry
6 1 (1.72%) McAfee