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 21 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 2
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +4
Contract jobs citing Azure 37 38 53
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 16.23% 20.65% 25.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 54.41% 55.07% 64.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 32 45
10th Percentile - £172 £178
25th Percentile £290 £250 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £454 £425
Median % change year-on-year -17.36% +6.76% -23.77%
75th Percentile £507 £586 £588
90th Percentile £743 £594 £650
South Wales median daily rate £411 £438 £425
% change year-on-year -6.00% +2.94% -27.47%

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 68 69 82
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 29.82% 37.50% 39.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 56 63
10th Percentile £287 £174 £183
25th Percentile £293 £241 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £444 £388
Median % change year-on-year -9.86% +14.52% -24.39%
75th Percentile £509 £550 £581
90th Percentile £725 £594 £649
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £394
% change year-on-year -2.94% +7.94% -28.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.22 £20.30 -
Median hourly rate £16.44 £21.59 -
Median % change year-on-year -23.88% - -
75th Percentile £17.65 £22.89 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £26.42 £37.50 £13.33
% change year-on-year -29.55% +181.32% -33.26%

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 21 January 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 (24.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.70%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Azure DevOps
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.92%) GitHub
3 6 (16.22%) Power Platform
4 5 (13.51%) GCP
4 5 (13.51%) Power Automate
5 4 (10.81%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (8.11%) Azure AI
6 3 (8.11%) PowerApps
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Event Grid
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Pipelines
7 2 (5.41%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (5.41%) BrowserStack
7 2 (5.41%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (5.41%) GitHub Actions
7 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
8 1 (2.70%) Cloud Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (24.32%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.81%) Azure SQL Database
2 4 (10.81%) Data Lake
3 3 (8.11%) SQL Server
4 2 (5.41%) BigQuery
4 2 (5.41%) Metadata
4 2 (5.41%) RDBMS
4 2 (5.41%) Relational Database
4 2 (5.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Cucumber
2 5 (13.51%) JIRA
3 4 (10.81%) GitLab
3 4 (10.81%) Jenkins
3 4 (10.81%) Postman
3 4 (10.81%) Zephyr
4 3 (8.11%) JMeter
4 3 (8.11%) Selenium
5 2 (5.41%) Bitbucket
5 2 (5.41%) Git
5 2 (5.41%) WebDriver
6 1 (2.70%) Cypress.io
6 1 (2.70%) MSTest
General
1 18 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Finance
4 2 (5.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (27.03%) Analyst
2 9 (24.32%) Support Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Data Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Lead
6 3 (8.11%) Test Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Applications Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Automation Tester
7 2 (5.41%) Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Data Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Data Consultant
7 2 (5.41%) Power Apps Developer
7 2 (5.41%) Quality Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Test Automation Engineer
7 2 (5.41%) Tester
8 1 (2.70%) NHS Project Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Automation Tester
8 1 (2.70%) Software Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) .NET
2 4 (10.81%) Playwright
2 4 (10.81%) PySpark
3 3 (8.11%) .NET Core
3 3 (8.11%) RESTful
4 2 (5.41%) ADO
4 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (5.41%) Node.js
4 2 (5.41%) React
5 1 (2.70%) .NET Framework
5 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
5 1 (2.70%) CSS
5 1 (2.70%) Entity Framework
5 1 (2.70%) Flutter
5 1 (2.70%) HTML
5 1 (2.70%) Jest
5 1 (2.70%) Next.js
5 1 (2.70%) REST
5 1 (2.70%) SPFx
5 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) NHS
2 3 (8.11%) AI Agents
2 3 (8.11%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.41%) Low-Code
3 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (2.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (24.32%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) DevOps
2 13 (35.14%) Agile
3 11 (29.73%) CI/CD
4 9 (24.32%) Mobile Device Management
5 8 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (18.92%) Test Automation
7 6 (16.22%) ETL
8 5 (13.51%) Migration
8 5 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.51%) Scrum
9 4 (10.81%) AI
9 4 (10.81%) Analytics
9 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (10.81%) Data Engineering
9 4 (10.81%) Data Governance
10 3 (8.11%) BDD
10 3 (8.11%) Machine Learning
10 3 (8.11%) Microservices
10 3 (8.11%) Non-Functional Testing
10 3 (8.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) SQL
2 7 (18.92%) Python
3 5 (13.51%) C#
3 5 (13.51%) JavaScript
4 4 (10.81%) T-SQL
4 4 (10.81%) TypeScript
5 2 (5.41%) Java
5 2 (5.41%) Ruby
6 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (5.41%) Degree
1 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (2.70%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (2.70%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) QA
2 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.70%) NIST
3 1 (2.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (24.32%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.81%) Docker
3 1 (2.70%) BitLocker
3 1 (2.70%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (59.46%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) Apple
2 9 (24.32%) HP
2 9 (24.32%) MobileIron
3 5 (13.51%) Databricks
4 3 (8.11%) Google
5 2 (5.41%) OpenAI
5 2 (5.41%) Oracle
6 1 (2.70%) Foundry
6 1 (2.70%) McAfee