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 3 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 +4 +2
Contract jobs citing Azure 61 58 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 25.85% 17.63% 14.14%
As % of the Cloud Services category 64.89% 49.57% 52.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 49 52
10th Percentile £190 £143 £191
25th Percentile £271 £356 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% -6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £480 £563 £590
90th Percentile £588 £650 £636
Wales median daily rate £400 £488 £525
% change year-on-year -17.95% -7.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £28.50 - -
25th Percentile £31.88 - -
Median hourly rate £37.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median hourly rate £37.50 - £15.00

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 94 117 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 39.83% 35.56% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 98 104
10th Percentile £190 £143 £157
25th Percentile £263 £313 £252
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -3.61% +3.75%
75th Percentile £480 £538 £600
90th Percentile £587 £579 £659
Wales median daily rate £400 £490 £466
% change year-on-year -18.37% +5.09% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 4
10th Percentile £16.00 - £12.54
25th Percentile £16.63 £12.25 £12.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £15.35
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -18.55% +24.73%
75th Percentile £38.13 £12.75 £18.00
90th Percentile £41.25 - £20.40
Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £15.84 £15.00
% change year-on-year +42.09% +5.57% +7.14%

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 3 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 3 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% 365
Newport +12 9 £413 -2.94% 367
Bridgend - 4 £300 - 5
Glamorgan - 4 £200 - 47
Monmouthshire - 1 £700 -
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 (6.56%) WebLogic
2 3 (4.92%) Oracle Service Bus
2 3 (4.92%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (3.28%) Confluence
3 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (3.28%) SAS
4 1 (1.64%) Apache
4 1 (1.64%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (1.64%) JBoss
4 1 (1.64%) nginx
4 1 (1.64%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.64%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (1.64%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.64%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (3.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 24 (39.34%) AWS
2 18 (29.51%) GCP
3 13 (21.31%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (18.03%) Entra ID
5 8 (13.11%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (9.84%) GitHub
7 4 (6.56%) OCI
8 3 (4.92%) Azure Machine Learning
8 3 (4.92%) Power Platform
9 2 (3.28%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (3.28%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (3.28%) IaaS
9 2 (3.28%) PaaS
9 2 (3.28%) SaaS
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Functions
10 1 (1.64%) Azure Stack
10 1 (1.64%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.64%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (19.67%) Firewall
2 5 (8.20%) IPsec
2 5 (8.20%) Network Security
2 5 (8.20%) Wireless
3 4 (6.56%) BGP
3 4 (6.56%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (6.56%) DNS
3 4 (6.56%) LAN
3 4 (6.56%) OSPF
3 4 (6.56%) SD-WAN
3 4 (6.56%) WAN
4 2 (3.28%) 802.11
4 2 (3.28%) DHCP
4 2 (3.28%) HSRP
4 2 (3.28%) TCP/IP
4 2 (3.28%) VPN
5 1 (1.64%) HTTP
5 1 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.64%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.56%) Metadata
2 3 (4.92%) Metadata Repository
3 2 (3.28%) Power BI
3 2 (3.28%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.64%) Big Data
4 1 (1.64%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (6.56%) JIRA
2 3 (4.92%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.92%) Subversion
3 2 (3.28%) Git
3 2 (3.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.64%) Artifactory
4 1 (1.64%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.64%) Postman
4 1 (1.64%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.64%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (37.70%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.28%) Digital Health
4 1 (1.64%) Automotive
4 1 (1.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (18.03%) Architect
2 7 (11.48%) Cloud Architect
3 6 (9.84%) Network Engineer
4 5 (8.20%) Developer
4 5 (8.20%) Senior
4 5 (8.20%) Support Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) 2nd Line Support
5 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Technical Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 4 (6.56%) Data Consultant
5 4 (6.56%) Data Migration Consultant
5 4 (6.56%) Migration Consultant
5 4 (6.56%) Support Specialist
5 4 (6.56%) Technical Consultant
5 4 (6.56%) Technical Engineer
5 4 (6.56%) Technical Support
5 4 (6.56%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.56%) Middleware
2 3 (4.92%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (3.28%) .NET
3 2 (3.28%) 802.1X
3 2 (3.28%) PyTorch
3 2 (3.28%) RESTful
3 2 (3.28%) scikit-learn
3 2 (3.28%) TensorFlow
4 1 (1.64%) Anaconda
4 1 (1.64%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (1.64%) FHIR
4 1 (1.64%) JWT
4 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (1.64%) NestJS
4 1 (1.64%) NumPy
4 1 (1.64%) Playwright
4 1 (1.64%) SciPy
4 1 (1.64%) SOAP
4 1 (1.64%) Web Services
4 1 (1.64%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.39%) Data Centre
2 6 (9.84%) Cloud Native
2 6 (9.84%) NHS
3 5 (8.20%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (6.56%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.28%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.28%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.64%) Clustering
6 1 (1.64%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.64%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (1.64%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.64%) Industrial Internet of Things
6 1 (1.64%) IoT
6 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.64%) PKI
6 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.64%) Replication
6 1 (1.64%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.03%) Windows
2 5 (8.20%) Linux
3 3 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.64%) Rocky
4 1 (1.64%) VMS
4 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (29.51%) Computer Science
2 13 (21.31%) DevOps
2 13 (21.31%) Migration
2 13 (21.31%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (19.67%) ITIL
4 11 (18.03%) TOGAF
5 10 (16.39%) Agile
6 9 (14.75%) CI/CD
6 9 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (14.75%) Roadmaps
7 8 (13.11%) Cloud Security
7 8 (13.11%) Data Science
8 7 (11.48%) Analytics
9 6 (9.84%) Data Analytics
9 6 (9.84%) High Availability
10 5 (8.20%) Customer Service
10 5 (8.20%) Data Privacy
10 5 (8.20%) DevSecOps
10 5 (8.20%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (8.20%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.48%) Python
2 3 (4.92%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.92%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.92%) SQL
2 3 (4.92%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
3 2 (3.28%) C#
4 1 (1.64%) C
4 1 (1.64%) Java
4 1 (1.64%) R
4 1 (1.64%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (32.79%) Azure Certification
1 20 (32.79%) Degree
2 13 (21.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (19.67%) AWS Certification
4 9 (14.75%) Master's Degree
5 7 (11.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (9.84%) Network+ Certification
6 6 (9.84%) TOGAF Certification
7 5 (8.20%) A+ Certification
7 5 (8.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.56%) CCNP
8 4 (6.56%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (6.56%) CITP
9 2 (3.28%) CREST Certified
9 2 (3.28%) OSCE
9 2 (3.28%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.64%) CSSLP
10 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
10 1 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.64%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.64%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.64%) HL7
2 1 (1.64%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (22.95%) Active Directory
2 4 (6.56%) Docker
2 4 (6.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.28%) Hyper-V
3 2 (3.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.64%) LXC
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (16.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (8.20%) Jamf Pro
2 5 (8.20%) Kubernetes
3 4 (6.56%) Ansible
3 4 (6.56%) Cacti
4 3 (4.92%) Terraform
5 1 (1.64%) Argo
5 1 (1.64%) Grafana
5 1 (1.64%) Nagios
5 1 (1.64%) Oracle Identity Management
5 1 (1.64%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.64%) SCOM
Vendors
1 25 (40.98%) Microsoft
2 15 (24.59%) Google
3 9 (14.75%) Cisco
4 8 (13.11%) ServiceNow
5 7 (11.48%) Sophos
6 4 (6.56%) Databricks
6 4 (6.56%) Oracle
6 4 (6.56%) SolarWinds
6 4 (6.56%) VMware
7 3 (4.92%) Cloudera
8 1 (1.64%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.64%) Citrix
8 1 (1.64%) Dell
8 1 (1.64%) IBM
8 1 (1.64%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.64%) RedGate
8 1 (1.64%) Remedy