Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Cloud Architect
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 42
Rank change year-on-year - - +15
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.33% - 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £601 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £490
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile £645 - £525
90th Percentile £648 - £546
South East median daily rate £575 £540 £700
% change year-on-year +6.48% -22.86% +3.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 875 287 380
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.55% 92.88% 92.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 160 250
10th Percentile £363 £213 £234
25th Percentile £439 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £436 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -3.06% -10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £560 £540
90th Percentile £638 £638 £625
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 44 23
10th Percentile £13.50 - £14.92
25th Percentile £15.05 £14.20 £17.16
Median hourly rate £18.32 £15.71 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.65% -37.18% +52.44%
75th Percentile £39.63 £24.66 £28.75
90th Percentile £43.75 £67.50 £34.80
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
% change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +14.70%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Milton Keynes - 3 £640 - 4
Cloud Architect
South East

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Cloud Architect 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) VMware NSX
2 2 (66.67%) Zachman Framework

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (66.67%) AWS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
1 2 (66.67%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (66.67%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware