Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Cloud Architect
England > East of England

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in the East of England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 March 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 74 104
Rank change year-on-year -34 +30 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 5 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.25% 0.41% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.46% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile - £539 -
25th Percentile - £578 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £675
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -11.11% +26.17%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £750
90th Percentile £630 £706 £825
England median daily rate £630 £619 £675
% change year-on-year +1.86% -8.37% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 1,860 871 1,698
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 90.17% 89.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 829 476 845
10th Percentile £191 £225 £207
25th Percentile £335 £363 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +8.89% -5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £551
90th Percentile £675 £681 £657
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 541 165 507
10th Percentile £13.50 £15.13 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.05 £21.46 £16.13
Median hourly rate £23.83 £55.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -56.68% +39.06% +13.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £85.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £41.77 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +21.07% +6.15% -24.14%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in the East of England

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the East of England

Cloud Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the East of England

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 31 March 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
Norfolk - 4 £550 -
Hertfordshire -24 1 £650 +8.33%
Cloud Architect
England

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 31 March 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 East of England region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) AWS
1 4 (80.00%) AWS Certification
2 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
3 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
3 2 (40.00%) Open Source
3 2 (40.00%) Route 53
3 2 (40.00%) SDLC
3 2 (40.00%) Serverless
3 2 (40.00%) Service Catalogue
3 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (20.00%) Data Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Information Security
4 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) OCI

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) AWS
2 2 (40.00%) Route 53
2 2 (40.00%) Serverless
3 1 (20.00%) OCI
3 1 (20.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (40.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (40.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) Open Source
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Quality Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (40.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle