Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Cloud Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Edinburgh is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
17 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 73
Rank change year-on-year - - +40
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.47% - 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% - 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £463
75th Percentile £675 - £469
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £650 - £463

All Contract IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 586 573 797
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 93.63% 94.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 296 325 463
10th Percentile £241 £196 £184
25th Percentile £406 £388 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -
75th Percentile £574 £538 £575
90th Percentile £669 £638 £650
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 19 51
10th Percentile £19.78 £20.86 £16.00
25th Percentile £50.00 £21.61 £17.11
Median hourly rate £51.25 £24.18 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -59.70% +182.22%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.42 £62.00
90th Percentile £81.24 £29.56 £66.00
Scotland median hourly rate £21.20 £22.00 £40.94
% change year-on-year -3.64% -46.26% +92.57%

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, Cloud Infrastructure 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 Edinburgh region featuring Cloud Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
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