Azure Contract Job Trends in Newport

Microsoft Azure
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 8 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 +12 +7
Contract jobs citing Azure 9 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 12.33% 22.50% 3.66%
As % of the Cloud Services category 81.82% 75.00% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £430 £307 £369
25th Percentile £531 £339 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +57.58% -2.94% -30.61%
75th Percentile £731 £441 £456
90th Percentile £743 £446 £468
South Wales median daily rate £400 £405 £500
% change year-on-year -1.23% -19.00% -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
South Wales median hourly rate £19.00 £37.50 -
% change year-on-year -49.33% - -

All Cloud Computing 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 11 12 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 15.07% 30.00% 17.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 13
10th Percentile £403 £285 £99
25th Percentile £463 £312 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £431 £325
Median % change year-on-year +39.13% +32.69% -43.48%
75th Percentile £725 £516 £373
90th Percentile £740 £569 £430
South Wales median daily rate £425 £400 £500
% change year-on-year +6.25% -20.00% -3.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £37.50 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year -6.67% +80.00% -18.55%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Azure job vacancy trend in Newport

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in Newport over the 6 months to 2 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in Newport

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
3 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (11.11%) Big Data
1 1 (11.11%) DB2
1 1 (11.11%) DynamoDB
1 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) JMeter
1 3 (33.33%) MSTest
1 3 (33.33%) Selenium
1 3 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (11.11%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 3 (33.33%) Military
1 3 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Senior
2 3 (33.33%) Automation Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Automation Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Tester
2 3 (33.33%) Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Build Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Java Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Web Services
2 1 (11.11%) HTML5 Canvas
2 1 (11.11%) Playwright
2 1 (11.11%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Acceptance Criteria
1 5 (55.56%) Collaborative Working
1 5 (55.56%) DevOps
1 5 (55.56%) Performance Optimisation
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Continuous Deployment
2 4 (44.44%) Project Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Test Automation
2 4 (44.44%) Test Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Unit Testing
2 4 (44.44%) User Experience
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 3 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 3 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 3 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
4 2 (22.22%) AI
4 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) Python
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
5 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 3 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 5 (55.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Ansible
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) IBM
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) ServiceNow
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk
2 1 (11.11%) VMware