Senior Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Senior Cloud Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Senior Cloud Engineer daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 122 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Cloud Engineer 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.059% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.20% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Central London median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,593 1,973 2,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.64% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 1,217 1,871
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £781 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +0.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 14
10th Percentile £16.85 £16.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £25.06 £18.06
Median hourly rate £26.57 £57.50 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.79% +55.41% -8.64%
75th Percentile £36.00 £112.00 £48.25
90th Percentile £64.48 £137.50 £63.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% -2.78% -11.11%

Senior Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Cloud Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Senior Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Cloud Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Senior Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Senior Cloud Engineer 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 City of London region featuring Senior Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Senior Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft