Cloud Architect Contracts in England

Cloud Architect
UK > England

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in England is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 334 329 271
Rank change year-on-year -5 -58 -9
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 209 379 721
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.57% 0.75% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.79% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 275 431
10th Percentile £525 £519 £525
25th Percentile £588 £600 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £750
90th Percentile £850 £875 £850
UK median daily rate £675 £675 £650
% change year-on-year - +3.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,271 47,824 67,952
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.61% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,751 33,955 48,268
10th Percentile £275 £312 £313
25th Percentile £412 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,422 1,902
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.71 £48.70
90th Percentile £72.54 £77.00 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cloud Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Architect in England

Cloud Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect in England.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Architect in England

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in England

Cloud Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Architect in England

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +20 134 £675 -3.57% 25
North of England +32 20 £775 +29.17% 4
North West +12 16 £800 +33.33% 4
South West -11 15 £600 -6.25% 6
South East +7 11 £719 +19.79% 10
East of England +12 10 £650 +26.46%
Midlands +5 8 £725 +11.54% 5
West Midlands +18 5 £638 -1.92% 5
Yorkshire +23 4 £575 -
East Midlands +13 3 £750 +38.89%
Cloud Architect
UK

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Cloud Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 96 (45.93%) Azure
2 86 (41.15%) AWS
3 59 (28.23%) Terraform
4 58 (27.75%) Security Cleared
5 54 (25.84%) Finance
6 50 (23.92%) GCP
7 47 (22.49%) SC Cleared
8 46 (22.01%) Migration
9 45 (21.53%) Cloud Security
10 41 (19.62%) Agile
11 40 (19.14%) DevOps
12 38 (18.18%) Microsoft
13 37 (17.70%) Social Skills
14 34 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
15 33 (15.79%) SaaS
16 30 (14.35%) PaaS
17 28 (13.40%) Kubernetes
18 27 (12.92%) IaaS
19 26 (12.44%) DV Cleared
20 25 (11.96%) Python
20 25 (11.96%) AWS Certification
21 24 (11.48%) Design Patterns
22 23 (11.00%) Security Architecture
23 22 (10.53%) SDLC
23 22 (10.53%) Roadmaps
24 20 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
24 20 (9.57%) Analytics
24 20 (9.57%) Big Data
25 19 (9.09%) Serverless
25 19 (9.09%) Firewall

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.44%) Camunda
2 2 (0.96%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (0.96%) CMS
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.48%) Apache
3 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.48%) Confluence
3 1 (0.48%) IIS
3 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.48%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.48%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.48%) Shopify
2 1 (0.48%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 96 (45.93%) Azure
2 86 (41.15%) AWS
3 50 (23.92%) GCP
4 33 (15.79%) SaaS
5 30 (14.35%) PaaS
6 27 (12.92%) IaaS
7 19 (9.09%) Serverless
8 13 (6.22%) AWS CloudFormation
9 11 (5.26%) Entra ID
10 10 (4.78%) OCI
10 10 (4.78%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 8 (3.83%) Amazon EC2
11 8 (3.83%) Azure DevOps
12 7 (3.35%) GitHub
13 6 (2.87%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (2.39%) AWS Lambda
14 5 (2.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 5 (2.39%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (1.91%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.09%) Firewall
2 11 (5.26%) VPN
3 6 (2.87%) HTTP
3 6 (2.87%) WAN
4 5 (2.39%) LAN
5 4 (1.91%) DNS
5 4 (1.91%) Network Security
5 4 (1.91%) VoIP
6 3 (1.44%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.44%) IPsec
6 3 (1.44%) PBX
7 2 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.96%) Intranet
7 2 (0.96%) MPLS
8 1 (0.48%) Internet
8 1 (0.48%) Multicast
8 1 (0.48%) NAS
8 1 (0.48%) SAN
8 1 (0.48%) SSL
8 1 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.57%) Big Data
2 18 (8.61%) Data Lake
3 8 (3.83%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.87%) BigQuery
4 6 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (2.39%) OLAP
5 5 (2.39%) OLTP
6 4 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.91%) Power BI
6 4 (1.91%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.44%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.44%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.44%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.96%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.96%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.96%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.48%) Metadata
9 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (4.31%) Jenkins
2 7 (3.35%) JIRA
3 3 (1.44%) Git
4 2 (0.96%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.48%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.48%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.48%) Selenium
5 1 (0.48%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (25.84%) Finance
2 37 (17.70%) Social Skills
3 17 (8.13%) Public Sector
4 15 (7.18%) Telecoms
5 13 (6.22%) Banking
6 10 (4.78%) Marketing
7 7 (3.35%) Electronics
7 7 (3.35%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.91%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.91%) Law
9 4 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.44%) Billing
10 3 (1.44%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.44%) Retail
11 2 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.96%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.31%) Middleware
2 7 (3.35%) Node.js
3 4 (1.91%) GraphQL
3 4 (1.91%) Lightning Web Components
3 4 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (1.91%) React
4 3 (1.44%) .NET
4 3 (1.44%) Kafka
4 3 (1.44%) OAuth
4 3 (1.44%) SAML
4 3 (1.44%) SOAP
5 2 (0.96%) ARM Templates
5 2 (0.96%) HTML
5 2 (0.96%) JSON
5 2 (0.96%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.96%) REST
5 2 (0.96%) RESTful
5 2 (0.96%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.96%) Web Services
6 1 (0.48%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.66%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 11 (5.26%) Public Cloud
4 10 (4.78%) IoT
4 10 (4.78%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.83%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.87%) PKI
7 4 (1.91%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.91%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.96%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.96%) Security Posture
10 1 (0.48%) DataPower
10 1 (0.48%) IVR
10 1 (0.48%) NHS
10 1 (0.48%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.13%) Linux
2 13 (6.22%) Windows
3 8 (3.83%) Android
3 8 (3.83%) Apple iOS
4 7 (3.35%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.01%) Migration
2 45 (21.53%) Cloud Security
3 41 (19.62%) Agile
4 40 (19.14%) DevOps
5 34 (16.27%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (11.48%) Design Patterns
7 23 (11.00%) Security Architecture
8 22 (10.53%) Roadmaps
8 22 (10.53%) SDLC
9 20 (9.57%) Analytics
9 20 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (9.09%) Service Management
11 18 (8.61%) CI/CD
11 18 (8.61%) Machine Learning
12 17 (8.13%) Containerisation
13 16 (7.66%) Architectural Patterns
14 15 (7.18%) Data Governance
14 15 (7.18%) Microservices
14 15 (7.18%) TOGAF
15 14 (6.70%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 25 (11.96%) Python
2 17 (8.13%) Java
2 17 (8.13%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.22%) SQL
4 4 (1.91%) Bash
4 4 (1.91%) Bicep
5 3 (1.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.96%) C#
6 2 (0.96%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.48%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.48%) Go
7 1 (0.48%) PHP
7 1 (0.48%) Ruby
7 1 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 58 (27.75%) Security Cleared
2 47 (22.49%) SC Cleared
3 26 (12.44%) DV Cleared
4 25 (11.96%) AWS Certification
5 17 (8.13%) Degree
6 10 (4.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.87%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.87%) CISSP
8 5 (2.39%) Cisco Certification
9 4 (1.91%) CCIE
10 3 (1.44%) CCNP
10 3 (1.44%) CISM
10 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.96%) GIAC
12 1 (0.48%) CCSP
12 1 (0.48%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.48%) CISA
12 1 (0.48%) CITP
12 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.74%) NIST
2 5 (2.39%) QA
3 4 (1.91%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.96%) GDPR
6 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.48%) NCSC
6 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.48%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (7.66%) Docker
2 9 (4.31%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.96%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.48%) KVM
Systems Management
1 59 (28.23%) Terraform
2 28 (13.40%) Kubernetes
3 14 (6.70%) Ansible
4 13 (6.22%) Puppet
5 3 (1.44%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.96%) Packer
7 1 (0.48%) Netcool
7 1 (0.48%) Podman
7 1 (0.48%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.48%) VxRail
Vendors
1 38 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.13%) Oracle
3 15 (7.18%) Google
4 11 (5.26%) Databricks
4 11 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 11 (5.26%) SAP
5 7 (3.35%) Cisco
6 6 (2.87%) VMware
7 5 (2.39%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.44%) Adobe
8 3 (1.44%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.44%) New Relic
8 3 (1.44%) SolarWinds
9 2 (0.96%) Dell
9 2 (0.96%) Marketo
10 1 (0.48%) AlienVault
10 1 (0.48%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.48%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.48%) Pardot
10 1 (0.48%) ServiceNow