Cloud Consultant Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Consultant
UK > England

The median Cloud Consultant daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 579 454 446
Rank change year-on-year -125 -8 +56
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Consultant 72 58 87
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.23% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 31 52
10th Percentile £413 £403 £463
25th Percentile £450 £492 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +1.10% +5.32%
75th Percentile £623 £615 £627
90th Percentile £688 £675 £748
UK median daily rate £523 £523 £565
% change year-on-year - -7.52% +5.12%

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.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 43,038 25,712 29,854
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 91.15% 93.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,329 16,534 18,240
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -2.78%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,814 1,462 1,240
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.84 £15.10
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -41.51% -6.89%
75th Percentile £67.85 £51.61 £67.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.06 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +63.24% -38.77% -8.72%

Cloud Consultant Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cloud Consultant job vacancy trend in England

Cloud Consultant Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cloud Consultant Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Consultant in England over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Consultant in England

Cloud Consultant Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cloud Consultant 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 Consultant within the England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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 -94 26 £488 -18.75% 90
South East -51 11 £629 +38.95% 18
North of England -64 11 £485 -1.42% 16
North West -41 9 £475 -1.04% 8
Midlands -43 8 £650 +30.00% 4
West Midlands -41 6 £650 +30.00% 2
South West -33 5 £523 +16.11%
East of England -28 2 £425 -12.82% 2
Yorkshire -36 2 £485 -15.65% 4
Cloud Consultant
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, Cloud Consultant 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 Consultant in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Oracle45.8%33
2OCI30.6%22
3SAP23.6%17
4Stakeholder Management22.2%16
5Analytics19.4%14
5AWS19.4%14
7Azure18.1%13
7Migration18.1%13
9Microsoft15.3%11
9Oracle Fusion15.3%11
11Data Migration11.1%8
11Problem-Solving11.1%8
11Security Cleared11.1%8
11Stakeholder Engagement11.1%8
11User Acceptance Testing11.1%8
16Agile9.7%7
16Cloud Security9.7%7
16ERP9.7%7
16GCP9.7%7
16Requirements Gathering9.7%7
21Continuous Improvement8.3%6
21Oracle Service Cloud8.3%6
21SAP S/4HANA8.3%6
21SC Cleared8.3%6
21System Testing8.3%6
21Validation8.3%6
27AI6.9%5
27B2C6.9%5
27Business Intelligence6.9%5
27Genesys6.9%5

Cloud Consultant Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Oracle Consultant43.1%31
2SAP Consultant19.4%14
3Analytics Consultant16.7%12
4Security Consultant12.5%9
4Technical Consultant12.5%9
6Oracle Payroll Consultant8.3%6
6Oracle Technical Consultant8.3%6
6Senior Consultant8.3%6
9Cloud Architect6.9%5
9Cloud Security Consultant6.9%5
11AWS Consultant5.6%4
11Cloud Security Architect5.6%4
11Migration Consultant5.6%4
11Oracle Functional Consultant5.6%4
11Senior SAP Consultant5.6%4
16ERP Consultant4.2%3
17Applications Consultant2.8%2
17Azure Consultant2.8%2
17Cloud Infrastructure Consultant2.8%2
17Cybersecurity Consultant2.8%2
139 Cloud Consultant jobs in England