Cloud Specialist Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Cloud Specialist
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Cloud Specialist daily rate in Cardiff is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.31% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Cardiff with a recognized job title 293 181 220
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.43% 95.77% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 129 169
10th Percentile £300 £213 £135
25th Percentile £370 £300 £188
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £400 £445
Median % change year-on-year +16.88% -10.11% -1.11%
75th Percentile £583 £488 £544
90th Percentile £715 £664 £603
South Wales median daily rate £468 £390 £413
% change year-on-year +19.87% -5.45% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 10 14
10th Percentile - £12.21 £11.90
25th Percentile £12.21 - £15.48
Median hourly rate £19.50 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +49.08% -29.56% -17.47%
75th Percentile £21.00 £18.13 £25.60
90th Percentile £21.10 £24.20 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £16.00 £25.60
% change year-on-year +32.81% -37.50% +31.35%

Cloud Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Cloud Specialist job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Cloud Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Specialist job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Specialist job vacancies in Cardiff

Cloud Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 9 August 2026, Cloud Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Cardiff region featuring Cloud Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

Cloud Specialist Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MuleSoft
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce