Azure Contracts in Newport

Microsoft Azure
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport requiring Azure skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Azure over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 19 24
Rank change year-on-year +13 +5 -7
Contract jobs citing Azure 11 6 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 19.64% 6.52% 3.79%
As % of the Cloud Services category 57.89% 35.29% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 4
10th Percentile £314 £382 -
25th Percentile £358 £408 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £438 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.57% -30.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £431 £569 £644
90th Percentile £443 £644 £678
South Wales median daily rate £425 £508 £525
% change year-on-year -16.26% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £37.50 - -

All Cloud Skills
Newport

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 Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 19 17 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 33.93% 18.48% 10.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 12
10th Percentile £205 £112 £250
25th Percentile £285 £196 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £325 £625
Median % change year-on-year +26.92% -48.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £600 £423 £663
90th Percentile £635 £538 £700
South Wales median daily rate £409 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -18.25% -2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £14.25
% change year-on-year +80.00% -12.28% +2.50%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings citing Azure as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for Azure in Newport

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure in Newport.

Daily rate trend for Azure in Newport

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Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Newport over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Newport

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (27.27%) AWS
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Firewall
2 3 (27.27%) BGP
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (27.27%) IPsec
2 3 (27.27%) Network Security
2 3 (27.27%) OSPF
2 3 (27.27%) SD-WAN
2 3 (27.27%) Wireless
3 2 (18.18%) SAN
4 1 (9.09%) 802.11
4 1 (9.09%) HSRP
4 1 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (36.36%) Support Specialist
2 3 (27.27%) IT Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Network Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support
4 1 (9.09%) IT Support Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Data Centre
1 5 (45.45%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (63.64%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (9.09%) Mac OS
3 1 (9.09%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Computer Science
1 7 (63.64%) ITIL
2 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (45.45%) Customer Service
4 4 (36.36%) Application Packaging
4 4 (36.36%) Incident Management
5 3 (27.27%) Network Design
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (18.18%) Performance Metrics
7 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
7 1 (9.09%) Agile
7 1 (9.09%) Change Management
7 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (9.09%) High Availability
7 1 (9.09%) ITSM
7 1 (9.09%) Mobile Device Management
7 1 (9.09%) Network Optimisation
7 1 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Server Management
7 1 (9.09%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) A+ Certification
2 5 (45.45%) Network+ Certification
3 3 (27.27%) CCNP
3 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (27.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 3 (27.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (45.45%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (27.27%) Cacti
3 1 (9.09%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) ServiceNow
1 5 (45.45%) VMware
2 4 (36.36%) Cisco
3 3 (27.27%) SolarWinds