Azure Certification Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft Azure Certification
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 41 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 20 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 8.33% 0.30% -
As % of the Qualifications category 18.02% 1.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 20 1 0
10th Percentile £234 - -
25th Percentile £255 £639 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £417 £643 -
Median % change year-on-year -35.14% - -
75th Percentile £476 £646 -
90th Percentile £506 - -
Wales median daily rate £400 £643 -
% change year-on-year -37.74% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South Wales

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in South Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 111 89 191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 46.25% 26.57% 36.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 65 141
10th Percentile £175 £220 £210
25th Percentile £285 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £549
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +0.18% -0.18%
75th Percentile £491 £646 £625
90th Percentile £615 £725 £669
Wales median daily rate £400 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 14 16
10th Percentile - £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £23.93 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +31.92% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.75 £20.10
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -3.00% +25.03% -60.78%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Azure Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in South Wales

Azure Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Azure Certification in South Wales.

Daily rate trend for Azure Certification in South Wales

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in South Wales over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in South Wales

Azure Certification
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Certification within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff +24 19 £400 -37.74% 5
Monmouthshire - 1 £700 -
Azure Certification
Wales

Azure Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 20 (100.00%) Azure
2 12 (60.00%) GCP
3 11 (55.00%) AWS
4 3 (15.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (10.00%) PaaS
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) DNS
2 2 (10.00%) DHCP
2 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (5.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Metadata
2 3 (15.00%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (5.00%) Big Data
3 1 (5.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (35.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Architect
2 6 (30.00%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (20.00%) Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Data Centre Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Data Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Data Migration Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Migration Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) GCP Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Lead
4 3 (15.00%) Migration Architect
4 3 (15.00%) Technical Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Data Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Lead Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Principal Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Principal Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Senior
5 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Data Centre
1 5 (25.00%) NHS
2 4 (20.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
1 3 (15.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (5.00%) Linux
2 1 (5.00%) Rocky
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) TOGAF
2 9 (45.00%) Computer Science
2 9 (45.00%) Migration
3 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
4 6 (30.00%) Analytics
4 6 (30.00%) Data Analytics
5 4 (20.00%) Agile
5 4 (20.00%) Cloud Security
5 4 (20.00%) Data Engineering
5 4 (20.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (20.00%) Data Privacy
5 4 (20.00%) Data Science
5 4 (20.00%) DevOps
5 4 (20.00%) DevSecOps
5 4 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (20.00%) IT Strategy
5 4 (20.00%) ITIL
5 4 (20.00%) Metadata Management
5 4 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
6 3 (15.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) AWS Certification
2 9 (45.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (45.00%) Degree
2 9 (45.00%) Master's Degree
3 6 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (30.00%) TOGAF Certification
4 5 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (20.00%) CITP
6 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 1 (5.00%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) Google
3 4 (20.00%) Databricks
4 3 (15.00%) Cloudera
5 1 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.00%) Remedy