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 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | +5 | -6 |
| Contract jobs citing Azure | 60 | 45 | 32 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff | 18.40% | 21.43% | 13.97% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 56.60% | 66.18% | 47.76% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 50 | 40 | 21 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £290 | £161 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £358 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £338 | £450 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -25.00% | -10.00% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £538 | £500 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £728 | £619 | £625 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £425 | £450 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.56% | -18.18% | +22.22% |
| 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.
| 6 months to 16 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 106 | 68 | 67 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff | 32.52% | 32.38% | 29.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 81 | 59 | 43 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £290 | £161 |
| 25th Percentile | £325 | £309 | £375 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £413 | £446 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.51% | -15.05% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £498 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £645 | £610 |
| South Wales median daily rate | £425 | £445 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.49% | -11.00% | +17.65% |
| 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 | £26.42 | £21.59 |
| % change year-on-year | -26.19% | +22.37% | +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 Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff
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 October 2026.
Azure Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Azure.
Azure Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power Platform | 43.3% | 26 |
| 2 | Azure DevOps | 28.3% | 17 |
| 3 | PowerApps | 23.3% | 14 |
| 4 | GitHub | 21.7% | 13 |
| 5 | GCP | 10.0% | 6 |
| 5 | Microsoft 365 | 10.0% | 6 |
| 7 | Azure Data Factory | 8.3% | 5 |
| 7 | Azure Monitor | 8.3% | 5 |
| 9 | AWS | 3.3% | 2 |
| 9 | Azure Databricks | 3.3% | 2 |
| 9 | Azure Key Vault | 3.3% | 2 |
| 9 | GitHub Actions | 3.3% | 2 |
| 13 | Cloud Composer | 1.7% | 1 |
| 13 | Dagster | 1.7% | 1 |
| 13 | IaaS | 1.7% | 1 |
| 13 | Prefect | 1.7% | 1 |