Cloud Architect Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £731 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 130 135
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 8 21 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.72% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.76% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 27
10th Percentile £547 £513 £535
25th Percentile £633 £559 £604
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £731 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £788 £700 £650
90th Percentile - £719 £671
South East median daily rate £719 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +19.79% -4.00% +6.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,507 2,770 3,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 94.31% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,429 1,919 2,284
10th Percentile £210 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £489
% change year-on-year - +2.16% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 103
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.38
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £64.48
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Cloud Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Berkshire -11 7 £775 +14.81%
Buckinghamshire +21 1 £490 -16.24% 1
Cloud Architect
South East

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Cloud 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 Thames Valley region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) JIRA
3 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
3 3 (37.50%) Open Source
3 3 (37.50%) Big Data
3 3 (37.50%) Big Data Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (37.50%) Azure Stack
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) DevOps
4 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 2 (25.00%) IaaS
4 2 (25.00%) PaaS
4 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (12.50%) PKI
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) CCIE
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) MPLS

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (62.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) Azure Stack
3 2 (25.00%) IaaS
3 2 (25.00%) PaaS
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) MPLS
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) Big Data
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) JIRA
General
1 2 (25.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Analytics
1 3 (37.50%) Big Data Analytics
1 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
1 3 (37.50%) Data Integration
1 3 (37.50%) DevOps
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
1 3 (37.50%) Open Source
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Network Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Service Design
3 1 (12.50%) SIEM
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) CCIE
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft