Cloud Computing Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
30 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 372 311
Rank change year-on-year -178 -61 -12
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 66 137 225
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.49% 0.68%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.41% 1.32% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 83 150
10th Percentile £209 £353 £345
25th Percentile £407 £440 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £585
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% -10.26% -0.85%
75th Percentile £697 £671 £675
90th Percentile £773 £863 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £575
% change year-on-year +5.00% -13.04% +1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £27.47 - £19.43
25th Percentile £34.18 £15.25 £20.81
Median hourly rate £45.35 £15.50 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year +192.58% -34.74% +25.00%
75th Percentile £56.53 £15.75 £26.81
90th Percentile £63.23 - £28.28
UK median hourly rate £45.35 £15.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year +192.58% -18.42% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Cloud Computing falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 15,975 10,361 11,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.75% 37.34% 34.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,671 7,016 7,872
10th Percentile £325 £310 £313
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.48% -4.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £644
90th Percentile £719 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 548 268 196
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.88 £18.51 £18.07
Median hourly rate £34.18 £26.30 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.95% -12.33% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70.00 £43.75 £58.39
90th Percentile £82.56 £68.63 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.75 £28.75 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.37% -4.17% -14.29%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in England

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 30 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
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 Computing within the England region over the 6 months to 30 August 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 -128 27 £552 -4.00% 143
South West -34 13 £438 +2.94% 37
North of England -75 10 £325 -31.58% 35
North West -55 8 £238 -47.57% 20
West Midlands -40 7 £750 +1.69% 18
Midlands -50 7 £750 +52.44% 28
East of England -29 4 £538 +126.32% 18
South East -75 3 £248 -38.39% 32
Yorkshire -48 2 £525 +3.70% 10
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
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 (9.09%) ArcGIS
2 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.03%) Confluence
4 1 (1.52%) CMS
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.52%) Maximo
2 1 (1.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 41 (62.12%) Azure
2 22 (33.33%) AWS
3 16 (24.24%) GCP
4 13 (19.70%) GitHub
5 12 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (13.64%) Serverless
7 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
8 4 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (6.06%) Entra ID
8 4 (6.06%) SaaS
9 3 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (4.55%) Azure AKS
9 3 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (4.55%) Mimecast
10 2 (3.03%) Azure Databricks
10 2 (3.03%) Azure Functions
10 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (3.03%) Azure Stack
10 2 (3.03%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) Firewall
2 1 (1.52%) DNS
2 1 (1.52%) Internet
2 1 (1.52%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) NoSQL
2 7 (10.61%) GIS
3 6 (9.09%) Power BI
4 3 (4.55%) Geospatial Data
5 2 (3.03%) QGIS
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (1.52%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.52%) Looker
6 1 (1.52%) Oracle Database
6 1 (1.52%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.52%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (1.52%) QlikView
6 1 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Git
2 4 (6.06%) Jenkins
2 4 (6.06%) JIRA
3 2 (3.03%) GitLab
4 1 (1.52%) AdminStudio
4 1 (1.52%) InstallShield
General
1 25 (37.88%) Social Skills
2 16 (24.24%) Public Sector
3 15 (22.73%) Finance
4 8 (12.12%) Telecoms
5 5 (7.58%) Aerospace
5 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (6.06%) Billing
6 4 (6.06%) Marketing
6 4 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Legal
7 3 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Advertising
8 2 (3.03%) Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.52%) Cyber-Physical System
9 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Military
9 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (16.67%) Architect
2 9 (13.64%) Consultant
2 9 (13.64%) Lead
3 7 (10.61%) Azure Consultant
3 7 (10.61%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Consultant
4 4 (6.06%) Analyst
4 4 (6.06%) Data Science Leader
4 4 (6.06%) Data Science Manager
4 4 (6.06%) Data Scientist
4 4 (6.06%) Enterprise Architect
4 4 (6.06%) Senior
4 4 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Azure Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Data Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Developer
5 3 (4.55%) GCP Architect
5 3 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 3 (4.55%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (4.55%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.12%) Terraform
2 7 (10.61%) React
3 5 (7.58%) AngularJS
3 5 (7.58%) Backbone.js
3 5 (7.58%) Redux
3 5 (7.58%) Vue
4 4 (6.06%) ARM Templates
5 2 (3.03%) A2A Protocol
5 2 (3.03%) AWS CDK
5 2 (3.03%) Model Context Protocol
5 2 (3.03%) Next.js
5 2 (3.03%) Node.js
5 2 (3.03%) YAML
6 1 (1.52%) .NET
6 1 (1.52%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET Web API
6 1 (1.52%) OpenID
6 1 (1.52%) SAML
6 1 (1.52%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.09%) AI Agents
1 6 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 5 (7.58%) Algorithms
2 5 (7.58%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.58%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) Virtual Team
3 4 (6.06%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (6.06%) TM Forum
4 3 (4.55%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.55%) FMCG
4 3 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.55%) Public Cloud
5 2 (3.03%) Grid Computing
5 2 (3.03%) IoT
5 2 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.03%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.12%) Windows
2 3 (4.55%) Linux
2 3 (4.55%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.03%) Solaris
3 2 (3.03%) Unix
4 1 (1.52%) AIX
4 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.52%) SUSE
4 1 (1.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) AI
2 20 (30.30%) Agile
3 17 (25.76%) Machine Learning
4 12 (18.18%) Change Management
4 12 (18.18%) DevOps
4 12 (18.18%) Project Management
5 11 (16.67%) CI/CD
5 11 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (15.15%) Data Science
6 10 (15.15%) Migration
6 10 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (13.64%) Data Analysis
7 9 (13.64%) Microservices
7 9 (13.64%) Roadmaps
8 8 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
8 8 (12.12%) Generative AI
9 7 (10.61%) Data Protection
9 7 (10.61%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 22 (33.33%) Python
2 11 (16.67%) SQL
3 8 (12.12%) PowerShell
4 7 (10.61%) Bash
5 5 (7.58%) JavaScript
6 3 (4.55%) Java
7 2 (3.03%) Bicep
7 2 (3.03%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.52%) LookML
8 1 (1.52%) Perl
8 1 (1.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (25.76%) Security Cleared
2 13 (19.70%) SC Cleared
3 11 (16.67%) Degree
4 5 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (6.06%) Azure Certification
6 3 (4.55%) AWS Certification
6 3 (4.55%) Master's Degree
6 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 2 (3.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (3.03%) City & Guilds
7 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (3.03%) NVQ Level 3
7 2 (3.03%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (1.52%) CCNA
8 1 (1.52%) CCSK
8 1 (1.52%) Chartered Engineer
8 1 (1.52%) CISSP
8 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) GDPR
2 2 (3.03%) NIST
2 2 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.52%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.52%) NCSC
3 1 (1.52%) NIST 800
3 1 (1.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (9.09%) Active Directory
1 6 (9.09%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (19.70%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.06%) Ansible
2 4 (6.06%) SCCM
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (4.55%) Progress Chef
3 3 (4.55%) Puppet
4 1 (1.52%) CASB
4 1 (1.52%) Grafana
4 1 (1.52%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.52%) Opsview
4 1 (1.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 23 (34.85%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.15%) Google
3 8 (12.12%) ServiceNow
4 4 (6.06%) Oracle
4 4 (6.06%) SAP
5 3 (4.55%) Sophos
6 2 (3.03%) Databricks
7 1 (1.52%) ESRI
7 1 (1.52%) IBM
7 1 (1.52%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.52%) Tenable
7 1 (1.52%) Workday
266 Cloud Computing jobs in England