Azure Certification Contracts in Wales

Microsoft Azure Certification
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales with a requirement for Azure Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 43 -
Rank change year-on-year +21 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Certification 21 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 7.17% 0.25% -
As % of the Qualifications category 16.41% 1.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 21 1 0
10th Percentile £236 - -
25th Percentile £257 £639 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £643 -
Median % change year-on-year -37.74% - -
75th Percentile £475 £646 -
90th Percentile £488 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Wales

Azure Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Wales.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 128 100 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 43.69% 25.32% 35.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 74 163
10th Percentile £193 £253 £186
25th Percentile £285 £471 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £494 £638 £613
90th Percentile £600 £724 £660
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 17
10th Percentile - £11.01 -
25th Percentile £20.12 £15.51 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.00 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +25.03% -60.78%
75th Percentile £41.25 £85.50 £20.47
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.25
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

Azure Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Azure Certification in Wales

Azure Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Azure Certification in Wales

Azure Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure Certification in Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Azure Certification in Wales

Azure Certification
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 Certification within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +24 20 £417 -35.14% 21
Azure Certification
UK

Azure Certification
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 21 (100.00%) Azure
2 13 (61.90%) GCP
3 12 (57.14%) AWS
4 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
5 2 (9.52%) PaaS
6 1 (4.76%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) DNS
2 2 (9.52%) DHCP
2 2 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 1 (4.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Metadata
2 4 (19.05%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (4.76%) Big Data
3 1 (4.76%) Data Lake
3 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (38.10%) Public Sector
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Architect
2 6 (28.57%) Cloud Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Data Centre Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Data Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Data Migration Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Migration Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Architect
3 4 (19.05%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) GCP Architect
4 3 (14.29%) Lead
4 3 (14.29%) Migration Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Data Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (9.52%) Lead Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Principal Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Principal Solutions Architect
5 2 (9.52%) Senior
5 2 (9.52%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
1 5 (23.81%) NHS
2 4 (19.05%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) Windows
1 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.76%) Linux
2 1 (4.76%) Rocky
2 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) TOGAF
2 10 (47.62%) Computer Science
3 9 (42.86%) Migration
4 8 (38.10%) Roadmaps
5 7 (33.33%) Analytics
5 7 (33.33%) Data Analytics
6 5 (23.81%) Data Engineering
6 5 (23.81%) Data Modelling
6 5 (23.81%) Data Science
6 5 (23.81%) DevOps
6 5 (23.81%) Metadata Management
7 4 (19.05%) Agile
7 4 (19.05%) Architectural Patterns
7 4 (19.05%) Cloud Security
7 4 (19.05%) Data Privacy
7 4 (19.05%) DevSecOps
7 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (19.05%) IT Strategy
7 4 (19.05%) ITIL
7 4 (19.05%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) AWS Certification
2 10 (47.62%) Computer Science Degree
2 10 (47.62%) Degree
2 10 (47.62%) Master's Degree
3 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (28.57%) TOGAF Certification
5 5 (23.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (19.05%) CITP
7 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 1 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.76%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 12 (57.14%) Google
3 5 (23.81%) Databricks
4 4 (19.05%) Cloudera
5 1 (4.76%) Dell
5 1 (4.76%) Remedy