Azure Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Wales

Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Azure Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 41 -
Rank change year-on-year -10 - -
Contract jobs citing Azure Machine Learning 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.19% 0.61% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.65% 1.61% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £551 -
25th Percentile £725 £553 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £563 -
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - -
75th Percentile £775 £578 -
90th Percentile - £584 -
UK median daily rate £550 £481 £525
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.33% -9.95%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Wales

Azure Machine Learning 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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 155 124 148
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 29.36% 37.58% 34.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 97 127
10th Percentile £178 £187 £148
25th Percentile £290 £250 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -17.50% +12.36%
75th Percentile £491 £540 £545
90th Percentile £608 £600 £632
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 5
10th Percentile £17.34 £16.00 £12.38
25th Percentile £18.44 £16.63 £12.58
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.50 £13.33
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +68.79% -11.13%
75th Percentile £24.19 £38.13 £19.17
90th Percentile £31.13 £41.25 £101.27
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £25.50 £21.37
% change year-on-year +47.06% +19.33% -14.52%

Azure Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure Machine Learning relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Azure Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Wales

Azure Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Azure Machine Learning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Azure Machine Learning

Azure Machine Learning
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 Machine Learning within the Wales region over the 6 months to 17 March 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
South Wales -12 1 £750 +33.33% 1
Azure Machine Learning
UK

Azure Machine Learning
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) AI Agents
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Data Science
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (100.00%) Observability
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Foundry
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft