Cloud Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Cambridge

Cloud Solution Architect
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Cloud Solution Architect daily rate in Cambridge is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridge 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £750 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 150 163 172
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.42% 88.11% 90.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 87 82
10th Percentile £188 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £332
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £420
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +25.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £538 £625 £547
90th Percentile £671 £700 £638
Cambridgeshire median daily rate £525 £501 £442
% change year-on-year +4.74% +13.40% -5.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 6 12
10th Percentile £19.48 £34.53 £22.50
25th Percentile £30.13 £55.16 £25.32
Median hourly rate £45.00 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +19.05% +196.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £73.13 £59.06
90th Percentile £77.50 £81.25 £63.75
Cambridgeshire median hourly rate £14.22 £16.30 £21.37
% change year-on-year -12.76% -23.72% +20.60%

Cloud Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Cambridge

Cloud Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridge

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancies in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, Cloud Solutions 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 Cambridge region featuring Cloud Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Direct Connect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) OpenStack
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Cloud Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Direct Connect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architecture Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft