Azure Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Azure Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Microsoft Azure Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 31 37
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 +13
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Engineer 1 11 4
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.30% 3.55% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 3.94% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 4
10th Percentile - £300 £615
25th Percentile £725 £500 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £594 £650
Median % change year-on-year +26.26% -8.62% -
75th Percentile £775 £700 £659
90th Percentile - - £676
Wales median daily rate £575 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +15.00% -23.08% +0.78%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 315 279 306
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 90.00% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 176 230
10th Percentile £195 £172 £165
25th Percentile £290 £213 £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £413
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -10.81%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £560
90th Percentile £646 £688 £638
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £390
% change year-on-year -2.94% +8.97% -15.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 30 22
10th Percentile £12.96 £19.63 £13.80
25th Percentile £15.83 £20.16 £21.34
Median hourly rate £20.00 £25.36 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.14% -23.15% +103.42%
75th Percentile £22.84 £40.94 £54.88
90th Percentile £33.00 £45.38 £56.38
Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £25.27 £33.00
% change year-on-year -22.83% -23.42% +116.96%

Azure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Azure Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Azure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Azure Engineer
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 Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 22 January 2026. 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 -9 1 £750 +27.12% 3
Azure Engineer
Wales

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 22 January 2026, Azure Engineer 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 South Wales region featuring Azure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Azure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Machine Learning
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft