Azure Data Engineer Contract Job Trends in Wales

Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure
UK > Wales

The median Data Engineer - Microsoft Azure daily rate in Wales is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Azure Data Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £480 - -
25th Percentile £488 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile £570 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £498 £550
% change year-on-year +0.50% -9.55% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 555 310 372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.58% 87.82% 90.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 214 224
10th Percentile £250 £186 £139
25th Percentile £370 £265 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £400 £431
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -7.25% -6.76%
75th Percentile £550 £488 £538
90th Percentile £675 £634 £600
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 25 59
10th Percentile £12.71 £13.08 £14.61
25th Percentile £17.83 £15.00 £18.95
Median hourly rate £21.25 £18.51 £25.36
Median % change year-on-year +14.80% -27.01% +39.80%
75th Percentile £36.70 £21.01 £43.75
90th Percentile £54.46 £24.57 £52.75
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%

Azure Data Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Azure Data Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Azure Data Engineer job vacancy trend in Wales

Azure Data Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Data Engineer job vacancies in Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Azure Data Engineer job vacancies in Wales

Azure Data Engineer
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 Data Engineer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 4 August 2026. 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
West Wales - 2 £525 - 1
Dyfed - 1 - -
Azure Data Engineer
UK

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, Azure Data Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wales region featuring Azure Data Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) Databricks
2 2 (66.67%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) ETL
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL

Azure Data Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
1 1 (33.33%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (33.33%) DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) ETL
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Databricks
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft