Azure Contracts in South Wales

Microsoft Azure
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 17 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing Azure 59 57 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 24.28% 16.81% 14.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 65.56% 48.31% 51.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 48 52
10th Percentile £190 £143 £200
25th Percentile £285 £322 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £479 £563 £590
90th Percentile £554 £652 £636
Wales median daily rate £400 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.75 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £26.00
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 - £20.50
% change year-on-year - - +36.67%

All Cloud Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 90 118 134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 37.04% 34.81% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 98 107
10th Percentile £190 £143 £157
25th Percentile £285 £313 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £480 £538 £600
90th Percentile £575 £575 £655
Wales median daily rate £400 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.11% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 6
10th Percentile - - £12.56
25th Percentile £16.00 £12.25 £13.47
Median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £16.22
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -22.95% +31.84%
75th Percentile £41.25 £12.75 £20.67
90th Percentile - - £24.00
Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £15.84 £16.00
% change year-on-year +42.09% -1.03% +14.29%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure in South Wales

Azure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Azure in South Wales

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Wales over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Wales

Azure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Azure in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Azure in South Wales

Azure
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 within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 17 June 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 42 £441 -11.75% 395
Newport +9 7 £370 -6.33% 366
Glamorgan - 5 £200 - 53
Bridgend - 4 £300 - 14
Gwent - 1 £290 - 8
Azure
Wales

Azure
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (6.78%) WebLogic
2 3 (5.08%) Confluence
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle Service Bus
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (3.39%) SAS
4 1 (1.69%) Apache
4 1 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.69%) JBoss
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.69%) nginx
4 1 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.69%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.69%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (1.69%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.69%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 22 (37.29%) AWS
2 17 (28.81%) GCP
3 12 (20.34%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (16.95%) Azure DevOps
5 9 (15.25%) Entra ID
6 5 (8.47%) GitHub
6 5 (8.47%) Power Platform
7 4 (6.78%) OCI
8 3 (5.08%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (5.08%) PowerApps
9 2 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (3.39%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (3.39%) IaaS
9 2 (3.39%) SaaS
10 1 (1.69%) Asana
10 1 (1.69%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.69%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.69%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.64%) Firewall
2 5 (8.47%) IPsec
2 5 (8.47%) LAN
2 5 (8.47%) Network Security
2 5 (8.47%) WAN
2 5 (8.47%) Wireless
3 4 (6.78%) BGP
3 4 (6.78%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (6.78%) OSPF
3 4 (6.78%) SD-WAN
4 3 (5.08%) DNS
5 2 (3.39%) 802.11
5 2 (3.39%) HSRP
5 2 (3.39%) VPN
6 1 (1.69%) DHCP
6 1 (1.69%) SSL
6 1 (1.69%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.39%) Metadata
1 2 (3.39%) Power BI
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.69%) Metadata Repository
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Jenkins
1 3 (5.08%) JIRA
1 3 (5.08%) Subversion
2 2 (3.39%) Git
2 2 (3.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (1.69%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.69%) Postman
3 1 (1.69%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.69%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (33.90%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.86%) Public Sector
3 5 (8.47%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.39%) Digital Health
5 1 (1.69%) Automotive
5 1 (1.69%) Finance
5 1 (1.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (18.64%) Architect
2 7 (11.86%) Cloud Architect
2 7 (11.86%) Developer
3 6 (10.17%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 5 (8.47%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) 2nd/3rd Line Technical Support
4 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Support
4 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 5 (8.47%) Support Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Technical Engineer
4 5 (8.47%) Technical Support
4 5 (8.47%) Technical Support Engineer
5 4 (6.78%) Data Centre Consultant
5 4 (6.78%) Data Consultant
5 4 (6.78%) Data Migration Consultant
5 4 (6.78%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) .NET
1 4 (6.78%) Middleware
2 3 (5.08%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.39%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (3.39%) HTML5 Canvas
3 2 (3.39%) Microsoft Graph
3 2 (3.39%) PyTorch
3 2 (3.39%) RESTful
3 2 (3.39%) scikit-learn
3 2 (3.39%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.69%) Anaconda
4 1 (1.69%) FHIR
4 1 (1.69%) JWT
4 1 (1.69%) NestJS
4 1 (1.69%) Node.js
4 1 (1.69%) NumPy
4 1 (1.69%) Pandas
4 1 (1.69%) Playwright
4 1 (1.69%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.25%) Data Centre
2 6 (10.17%) Cloud Native
2 6 (10.17%) NHS
3 3 (5.08%) Public Cloud
3 3 (5.08%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.39%) Algorithms
4 2 (3.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (3.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (1.69%) Clustering
5 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.69%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.69%) Industrial Internet of Things
5 1 (1.69%) IoT
5 1 (1.69%) Operational Technology
5 1 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Replication
5 1 (1.69%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.86%) Windows
2 3 (5.08%) Linux
3 1 (1.69%) VMS
3 1 (1.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (23.73%) Computer Science
2 13 (22.03%) DevOps
3 12 (20.34%) Migration
4 11 (18.64%) Agile
4 11 (18.64%) TOGAF
5 10 (16.95%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (16.95%) ITIL
5 10 (16.95%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (15.25%) Roadmaps
7 8 (13.56%) CI/CD
7 8 (13.56%) Cloud Security
8 6 (10.17%) Data Science
8 6 (10.17%) High Availability
9 5 (8.47%) Data Privacy
9 5 (8.47%) DevSecOps
9 5 (8.47%) Strategic Roadmap
10 4 (6.78%) Infrastructure as Code
10 4 (6.78%) IT Strategy
10 4 (6.78%) Performance Tuning
10 4 (6.78%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) Python
2 4 (6.78%) JavaScript
3 3 (5.08%) C#
3 3 (5.08%) SQL
3 3 (5.08%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
4 2 (3.39%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.69%) C
5 1 (1.69%) Java
5 1 (1.69%) R
5 1 (1.69%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (28.81%) Degree
2 16 (27.12%) Azure Certification
3 11 (18.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (15.25%) AWS Certification
5 7 (11.86%) Master's Degree
6 6 (10.17%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (8.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 5 (8.47%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (6.78%) CCNP
8 4 (6.78%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (6.78%) CITP
9 3 (5.08%) A+ Certification
9 3 (5.08%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (3.39%) CREST Certified
10 2 (3.39%) OSCE
11 1 (1.69%) SC Cleared
11 1 (1.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.39%) QA
2 1 (1.69%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.69%) HL7
2 1 (1.69%) PMO
2 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (18.64%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.08%) Docker
4 2 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.69%) LXC
5 1 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (15.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.78%) Ansible
2 4 (6.78%) Cacti
3 3 (5.08%) Jamf Pro
3 3 (5.08%) Kubernetes
4 2 (3.39%) Terraform
5 1 (1.69%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (1.69%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 14 (23.73%) Google
3 9 (15.25%) Cisco
4 8 (13.56%) Sophos
5 6 (10.17%) ServiceNow
6 4 (6.78%) Oracle
6 4 (6.78%) SolarWinds
6 4 (6.78%) VMware
7 2 (3.39%) Databricks
8 1 (1.69%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.69%) Citrix
8 1 (1.69%) Cloudera
8 1 (1.69%) IBM
8 1 (1.69%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.69%) RedGate