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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Azure 56 42 68
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 21.54% 24.28% 29.44%
As % of the Cloud Services category 59.57% 58.33% 66.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 38 60
10th Percentile £289 £199 £143
25th Percentile £290 £250 £343
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £444 £504
Median % change year-on-year -16.62% -11.91% +0.75%
75th Percentile £475 £569 £588
90th Percentile £546 £596 £652
South Wales median daily rate £410 £406 £500
% change year-on-year +0.92% -18.75% -10.31%

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 72 103
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 36.15% 41.62% 44.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 57 91
10th Percentile £275 £187 £143
25th Percentile £301 £236 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £488 £550 £551
90th Percentile £575 £594 £650
South Wales median daily rate £405 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +1.25% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £16.88 £19.06 -
25th Percentile £19.37 £19.88 £12.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £12.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +80.00% -37.41%
75th Percentile £21.31 £23.75 £12.75
90th Percentile £21.88 - -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £13.08
% change year-on-year -5.56% +72.02% -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 21 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 (16.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (30.36%) Azure DevOps
2 13 (23.21%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (21.43%) GCP
4 10 (17.86%) Power Platform
5 8 (14.29%) GitHub
5 8 (14.29%) Power Automate
6 7 (12.50%) PowerApps
7 3 (5.36%) Azure AI
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (5.36%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Machine Learning
8 2 (3.57%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (3.57%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (3.57%) OneDrive
9 1 (1.79%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (1.79%) BlazeMeter
9 1 (1.79%) BrowserStack
9 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (16.07%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.79%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.93%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (5.36%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.79%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.79%) Delta Lake
4 1 (1.79%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.79%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.79%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 8 (14.29%) JMeter
2 4 (7.14%) Cucumber
2 4 (7.14%) Postman
3 2 (3.57%) GitLab
3 2 (3.57%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.57%) JIRA
3 2 (3.57%) Selenium
3 2 (3.57%) Zephyr
4 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.79%) Git
4 1 (1.79%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.79%) MSTest
4 1 (1.79%) WebDriver
General
1 25 (44.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (7.14%) Public Sector
3 3 (5.36%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Finance
5 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (23.21%) Lead
2 12 (21.43%) Analyst
3 10 (17.86%) Developer
4 9 (16.07%) Support Analyst
5 6 (10.71%) Applications Developer
5 6 (10.71%) Performance Test Leader
5 6 (10.71%) Power Apps Developer
5 6 (10.71%) Test Leader
5 6 (10.71%) Tester
6 4 (7.14%) Architect
6 4 (7.14%) Automation Tester
6 4 (7.14%) Data Engineer
7 3 (5.36%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
7 3 (5.36%) Consultant
7 3 (5.36%) Senior
7 3 (5.36%) Test Analyst
8 2 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.57%) Senior Data Engineer
8 2 (3.57%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (23.21%) .NET
2 6 (10.71%) Playwright
3 4 (7.14%) RESTful
4 3 (5.36%) .NET Core
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
5 2 (3.57%) PySpark
6 1 (1.79%) ADO
6 1 (1.79%) Node.js
6 1 (1.79%) React
6 1 (1.79%) REST
6 1 (1.79%) SPFx
6 1 (1.79%) Taurus
6 1 (1.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (23.21%) NHS
2 8 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 6 (10.71%) Low-Code
4 3 (5.36%) AI Agents
5 2 (3.57%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.79%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (16.07%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) DevOps
2 16 (28.57%) Migration
3 14 (25.00%) Agile
4 13 (23.21%) Test Automation
5 12 (21.43%) CI/CD
6 9 (16.07%) Mobile Device Management
6 9 (16.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (12.50%) Scrum
8 6 (10.71%) Performance Testing
8 6 (10.71%) Performance Tuning
8 6 (10.71%) Regression Testing
9 5 (8.93%) AI
9 5 (8.93%) Functional Testing
9 5 (8.93%) Validation
9 5 (8.93%) Workflow
10 4 (7.14%) Analytics
10 4 (7.14%) Defect Management
10 4 (7.14%) Integration Testing
10 4 (7.14%) Machine Learning
10 4 (7.14%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.29%) SQL
2 7 (12.50%) C#
3 5 (8.93%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.93%) TypeScript
4 4 (7.14%) Python
5 2 (3.57%) Java
5 2 (3.57%) Ruby
6 1 (1.79%) Bicep
6 1 (1.79%) C
6 1 (1.79%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.79%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.79%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 4 (7.14%) SC Cleared
1 4 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.36%) Computer Science Degree
2 3 (5.36%) Degree
3 1 (1.79%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.79%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.36%) QA
2 1 (1.79%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (16.07%) Active Directory
2 4 (7.14%) Docker
3 1 (1.79%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (5.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.79%) SCCM
2 1 (1.79%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (60.71%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.64%) Google
3 9 (16.07%) Apple
3 9 (16.07%) HP
3 9 (16.07%) MobileIron
4 5 (8.93%) Databricks
5 2 (3.57%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.79%) Citrix
6 1 (1.79%) Foundry
6 1 (1.79%) McAfee
6 1 (1.79%) Oracle