Cloud Specialist Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Cloud Specialist
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Cloud Specialist daily rate in Birmingham is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025.

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

 6 months to
14 Oct 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Specialist 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 589 691 773
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 95.84% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 395 442 524
10th Percentile £213 £200 £261
25th Percentile £363 £357 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £618 £600
90th Percentile £645 £738 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 14 25
10th Percentile - £15.45 £13.87
25th Percentile £12.62 £20.69 £15.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £25.06 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.19% +22.26% +7.89%
75th Percentile £26.51 £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £30.86 £56.65 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £21.80 £22.65
% change year-on-year +15.39% -3.75% +27.79%

Cloud Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Cloud Specialist job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Cloud Specialist Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 14 October 2025, Cloud Specialist 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 Birmingham region featuring Cloud Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) VBA
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments

Cloud Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) VBA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
4 Cloud Specialist jobs in the West Midlands