Cloud Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Cloud Platform Engineer
South West > Dorset

As of 5 February 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Cloud Platform Engineer daily rate in Dorset.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Platform Engineer 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 0.79% - 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
75th Percentile - - £525
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £510 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Dorset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 121 93 205
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 100.00% 99.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 57 111
10th Percentile £244 £223 £170
25th Percentile £378 £381 £175
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £498
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.04% +0.51%
75th Percentile £550 £563 £675
90th Percentile £688 £688 £825
South West median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 63
10th Percentile £22.00 - £13.05
25th Percentile £24.36 £14.41 £14.71
Median hourly rate £54.91 £14.81 £46.39
Median % change year-on-year +270.73% -68.08% -14.24%
75th Percentile £74.68 £20.11 £57.33
90th Percentile - £23.04 £65.98
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

Cloud Platform Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Cloud Platform Engineer job vacancy trend in Dorset

Cloud Platform Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Platform Engineer within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 5 February 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
Bournemouth - 1 - -
Cloud Platform Engineer
South West

Cloud Platform Engineer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Cloud Platform 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 Dorset region featuring Cloud Platform Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Python

Cloud Platform Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure AKS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes