Azure Architect Contracts in Wales

Microsoft Azure Architect
UK > Wales

The median Microsoft Azure Architect daily rate in Wales is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £658
% change year-on-year -4.00% -5.02% +5.28%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 Wales with a recognized job title 304 357 467
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.36% 91.30% 95.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 214 343
10th Percentile £190 £137 £158
25th Percentile £265 £199 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £588
90th Percentile £640 £604 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 58 25
10th Percentile £13.08 £14.32 £15.55
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.92 £16.98
Median hourly rate £18.51 £25.48 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -27.35% +40.46% +9.94%
75th Percentile £21.01 £45.63 £26.50
90th Percentile £24.57 £52.88 £49.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.00% +64.15%

Azure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings that featured Azure Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Azure Architect in Wales

Azure Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Architect in Wales

Azure Architect
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure Architect within the Wales region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
South Wales - 1 £700 - 1
Azure Architect
UK

Azure Architect Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 14 August 2025, Azure Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Azure Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture

Azure Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Key Vault
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft