Azure Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Azure Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Machine Learning 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.28% - 0.28%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.08% - 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £525
75th Percentile £775 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £750 - £525

All Cloud Skills
South Wales

Azure Machine Learning 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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 93 101 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 26.27% 29.36% 36.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 79 106
10th Percentile £290 £167 £177
25th Percentile £304 £213 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% - -22.73%
75th Percentile £545 £581 £564
90th Percentile £713 £690 £630
Wales median daily rate £425 £450 £406
% change year-on-year -5.56% +10.77% -18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 3
10th Percentile £15.09 £21.49 £12.73
25th Percentile £15.22 £23.27 £12.96
Median hourly rate £22.84 £27.50 £13.33
Median % change year-on-year -16.95% +106.30% -43.28%
75th Percentile £30.00 £35.00 £84.67
90th Percentile £32.25 £38.75 £127.47
Wales median hourly rate £21.00 £28.75 £13.33
% change year-on-year -26.96% +115.68% -11.13%

Azure Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Machine Learning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Azure Machine Learning job vacancy trend in South Wales

Azure Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Azure Machine Learning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Azure Machine Learning

Azure Machine Learning
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 Machine Learning within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 - 1 £750 - 1
Azure Machine Learning
Wales

Azure Machine Learning
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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Engineer
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