Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Architect
UK > England

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in England is £623, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 338 345
Rank change year-on-year -25 +7 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 279 170 211
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.62% 0.62% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 0.68% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 130 150
10th Percentile £475 £455 £500
25th Percentile £550 £528 £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £623 £640 £675
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -5.19% -
75th Percentile £750 £738 £775
90th Percentile £763 £801 £825
UK median daily rate £623 £608 £668
% change year-on-year +2.43% -8.95% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.20 - -
Median hourly rate £25.47 - -
75th Percentile £27.73 - -
90th Percentile £53.09 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.47 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 41,522 25,105 32,718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 91.81% 93.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,299 16,309 21,568
10th Percentile £325 £288 £300
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,983 1,254 2,147
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £13.51
25th Percentile £22.46 £17.87 £18.30
Median hourly rate £45.56 £27.29 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.91% -35.78% -3.53%
75th Percentile £68.00 £56.44 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.04 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.69 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +73.72% -37.63% -7.70%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in 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 England.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in England

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in England

Cloud Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cloud Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Architect in England over the 6 months to 23 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 23 July 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
London -3 184 £650 +1.56% 116
South East -53 24 £575 +6.48% 25
Midlands -39 22 £670 +11.67% 13
North of England -65 17 £650 +18.18% 18
South West -40 13 £600 -6.61% 12
West Midlands -50 13 £725 +44.57% 10
East of England -18 11 £600 -11.11% 1
East Midlands -5 9 £538 - 3
North West -42 8 £600 +33.33% 9
Yorkshire -47 8 £650 +18.18% 8
North East - 1 - - 1
Cloud Architect
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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 England region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 134 (48.03%) AWS
2 111 (39.78%) Azure
3 92 (32.97%) Migration
4 63 (22.58%) Security Cleared
5 56 (20.07%) GCP
6 52 (18.64%) DevOps
7 49 (17.56%) CI/CD
8 48 (17.20%) SC Cleared
9 45 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
10 43 (15.41%) Microsoft
11 41 (14.70%) Cloud Security
12 37 (13.26%) Analytics
13 36 (12.90%) Roadmaps
14 35 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
15 33 (11.83%) Technical Leadership
15 33 (11.83%) Terraform
16 29 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
17 28 (10.04%) Kubernetes
17 28 (10.04%) SaaS
18 27 (9.68%) Security Architecture
19 26 (9.32%) Integration Patterns
20 25 (8.96%) Data Lake
20 25 (8.96%) Oracle
21 24 (8.60%) AI
22 23 (8.24%) Architectural Patterns
22 23 (8.24%) Containerisation
22 23 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 22 (7.89%) Agile
23 22 (7.89%) Data Engineering
24 21 (7.53%) Architectural Design

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.15%) Palantir Foundry
2 2 (0.72%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.72%) SAS
2 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Apache
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.36%) Appian
3 1 (0.36%) Camunda
3 1 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.36%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.72%) Oracle Retail
1 2 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.36%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 134 (48.03%) AWS
2 111 (39.78%) Azure
3 56 (20.07%) GCP
4 28 (10.04%) SaaS
5 21 (7.53%) Serverless
6 19 (6.81%) PaaS
7 16 (5.73%) Entra ID
8 13 (4.66%) OCI
9 11 (3.94%) IaaS
10 10 (3.58%) AWS CloudFormation
11 9 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.87%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.15%) GitHub
14 5 (1.79%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (1.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 5 (1.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 4 (1.43%) Amazon EKS
15 4 (1.43%) Amazon GuardDuty
15 4 (1.43%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (4.66%) Network Security
2 11 (3.94%) Firewall
3 9 (3.23%) VPN
4 3 (1.08%) DNS
5 2 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.72%) NGFW
6 1 (0.36%) 5G
6 1 (0.36%) Anycast
6 1 (0.36%) BGP
6 1 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.36%) DAB
6 1 (0.36%) DMVPN
6 1 (0.36%) Internet
6 1 (0.36%) IPsec
6 1 (0.36%) MPLS
6 1 (0.36%) OSPF
6 1 (0.36%) Radio Access Network
6 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.96%) Data Lake
2 11 (3.94%) Oracle Database
3 8 (2.87%) BigQuery
4 7 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.43%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.72%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.72%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.72%) Tableau
9 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.36%) Big Data
9 1 (0.36%) Cloudera CDH
9 1 (0.36%) HBase
9 1 (0.36%) Metadata
9 1 (0.36%) Oracle ODI
9 1 (0.36%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.36%) Power BI
9 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 5 (1.79%) JIRA
2 4 (1.43%) Git
3 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.72%) IntelliJ
4 2 (0.72%) JUnit
4 2 (0.72%) MLflow
4 2 (0.72%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (0.72%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.36%) AppScan
5 1 (0.36%) Burp Suite
5 1 (0.36%) Metasploit
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
General
1 50 (17.92%) Finance
2 48 (17.20%) Social Skills
3 32 (11.47%) Public Sector
4 23 (8.24%) Banking
4 23 (8.24%) Documentation Skills
5 13 (4.66%) Retail
6 10 (3.58%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (2.51%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.79%) Marketing
9 4 (1.43%) Legal
10 3 (1.08%) Billing
10 3 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.36%) Aviation
11 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.94%) REST
2 9 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.15%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.43%) SailPoint
5 3 (1.08%) .NET
5 3 (1.08%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.08%) Kafka
5 3 (1.08%) Node.js
5 3 (1.08%) OAuth
5 3 (1.08%) SOAP
6 2 (0.72%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.72%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.72%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.72%) Middleware
6 2 (0.72%) React
6 2 (0.72%) Spring
6 2 (0.72%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.72%) XML
7 1 (0.36%) JWT
7 1 (0.36%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 52 (18.64%) Cloud Native
2 21 (7.53%) Enterprise Cloud
3 16 (5.73%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 9 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.51%) Public Cloud
8 6 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.15%) Security Posture
9 5 (1.79%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.43%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.08%) AI Agents
11 3 (1.08%) NHS
11 3 (1.08%) Wiki
12 2 (0.72%) Cloud Security Posture
12 2 (0.72%) Data Fabric
12 2 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.72%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.72%) N-Tier
12 2 (0.72%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.02%) Windows
2 6 (2.15%) Linux
2 6 (2.15%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (1.08%) Unix
5 1 (0.36%) AIX
5 1 (0.36%) Android
5 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.36%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.36%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.36%) Solaris
5 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (32.97%) Migration
2 52 (18.64%) DevOps
3 49 (17.56%) CI/CD
4 45 (16.13%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (14.70%) Cloud Security
6 37 (13.26%) Analytics
7 36 (12.90%) Roadmaps
8 35 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (11.83%) Technical Leadership
10 29 (10.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 27 (9.68%) Security Architecture
12 26 (9.32%) Integration Patterns
13 24 (8.60%) AI
14 23 (8.24%) Architectural Patterns
14 23 (8.24%) Containerisation
14 23 (8.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 22 (7.89%) Agile
15 22 (7.89%) Data Engineering
16 21 (7.53%) Architectural Design
16 21 (7.53%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 11 (3.94%) Bicep
2 10 (3.58%) Java
3 6 (2.15%) Apex Code
3 6 (2.15%) Python
3 6 (2.15%) SQL
4 4 (1.43%) C#
4 4 (1.43%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.08%) Bash
5 3 (1.08%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.36%) C
6 1 (0.36%) Lisp
6 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.36%) ProC
6 1 (0.36%) Scala
6 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 63 (22.58%) Security Cleared
2 48 (17.20%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.09%) AWS Certification
4 9 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (2.87%) CISSP
5 8 (2.87%) DV Cleared
6 7 (2.51%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 7 (2.51%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.15%) Degree
8 5 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.79%) CCSP
9 4 (1.43%) CCNP
10 3 (1.08%) CISM
10 3 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.72%) GIAC
11 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.38%) NIST
3 13 (4.66%) PCI DSS
4 8 (2.87%) GDPR
5 3 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.08%) NCSC
6 2 (0.72%) COBIT
6 2 (0.72%) GRC
6 2 (0.72%) QA
7 1 (0.36%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.36%) PSD2
7 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (4.30%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.87%) Docker
3 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.36%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 33 (11.83%) Terraform
2 28 (10.04%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.08%) Ansible
4 2 (0.72%) CASB
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.72%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.36%) CloudForms
5 1 (0.36%) Grafana
5 1 (0.36%) Nessus
5 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.36%) Puppet
5 1 (0.36%) QRadar
Vendors
1 43 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 25 (8.96%) Oracle
3 20 (7.17%) Google
4 16 (5.73%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.66%) Databricks
6 12 (4.30%) CyberArk
7 8 (2.87%) VMware
8 7 (2.51%) Foundry
9 6 (2.15%) IBM
9 6 (2.15%) Palantir
9 6 (2.15%) SAP
9 6 (2.15%) Splunk
10 5 (1.79%) Cisco
11 4 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.43%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.72%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 2 (0.72%) Talend
12 2 (0.72%) Virgin Media
12 2 (0.72%) Zscaler