Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
24 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 293 319
Rank change year-on-year +79 +26 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 521 209 243
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.20% 0.83% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 0.90% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 163 173
10th Percentile £407 £403 £400
25th Percentile £463 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £625 £588 £625
90th Percentile £688 £638 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 1 3
10th Percentile £72.38 - -
25th Percentile £73.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £77.25 £45.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.67% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £47.50 £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 £45.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +72.22% +50.00% -

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 40,119 23,104 34,706
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 92.25% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,696 15,170 22,649
10th Percentile £325 £293 £291
25th Percentile £417 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £638
90th Percentile £734 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £518 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,847 1,049 2,652
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.13 £16.58
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.75 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +56.52% -27.31% -9.35%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.69 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.44
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £27.38 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.08% -27.00% -12.79%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in England

Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Engineer in England

Cloud Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Cloud Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Engineer in England over the 6 months to 24 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Engineer in England

Cloud Engineer
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 Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 24 June 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 +65 299 £545 +3.81% 52
North of England -37 72 £500 +8.11% 28
South East -25 68 £538 +7.50% 31
North West -30 34 £500 +24.38% 17
Midlands -34 33 £525 +7.69% 21
Yorkshire -25 31 £481 -1.28% 10
West Midlands -37 25 £525 - 11
East of England -9 22 £505 +60.32% 8
South West -22 15 £550 -2.22% 17
East Midlands -17 8 £450 -5.26% 10
North East -38 7 £525 +5.00% 1
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 June 2026, Cloud 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 England region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 263 (50.48%) Azure
2 250 (47.98%) Terraform
3 229 (43.95%) AWS
4 209 (40.12%) CI/CD
5 199 (38.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 179 (34.36%) DevOps
7 136 (26.10%) Security Cleared
8 127 (24.38%) Python
9 115 (22.07%) Cloud Security
10 110 (21.11%) Kubernetes
11 108 (20.73%) GCP
12 106 (20.35%) Microsoft
12 106 (20.35%) SC Cleared
13 101 (19.39%) PowerShell
14 94 (18.04%) Platform Engineering
15 88 (16.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 84 (16.12%) GitHub
17 81 (15.55%) Migration
18 78 (14.97%) Google
19 72 (13.82%) Windows
20 67 (12.86%) Agile
20 67 (12.86%) Firewall
21 60 (11.52%) AI
22 59 (11.32%) Containerisation
23 57 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
23 57 (10.94%) Serverless
24 56 (10.75%) Docker
25 53 (10.17%) Bash
26 51 (9.79%) SQL
27 50 (9.60%) DNS

Cloud Engineer 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 10 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.15%) Confluence
3 5 (0.96%) Apache
3 5 (0.96%) nginx
4 3 (0.58%) IIS
4 3 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.58%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.38%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.38%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.19%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.19%) SAS
6 1 (0.19%) Traefik
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 263 (50.48%) Azure
2 229 (43.95%) AWS
3 108 (20.73%) GCP
4 84 (16.12%) GitHub
5 57 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
5 57 (10.94%) Serverless
6 50 (9.60%) Entra ID
7 42 (8.06%) Azure DevOps
8 41 (7.87%) IaaS
9 40 (7.68%) PaaS
10 38 (7.29%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (7.29%) Azure AKS
11 36 (6.91%) Amazon S3
12 34 (6.53%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 33 (6.33%) AWS Lambda
14 31 (5.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 29 (5.57%) Amazon EC2
16 27 (5.18%) Amazon EKS
16 27 (5.18%) SaaS
17 25 (4.80%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (12.86%) Firewall
2 50 (9.60%) DNS
3 28 (5.37%) Network Security
3 28 (5.37%) VPN
4 13 (2.50%) WAN
5 11 (2.11%) DHCP
6 10 (1.92%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.15%) Reverse Proxy
7 6 (1.15%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.96%) Internet
8 5 (0.96%) SSL
9 4 (0.77%) BGP
9 4 (0.77%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.77%) VLAN
10 3 (0.58%) IPv4
10 3 (0.58%) OSPF
10 3 (0.58%) SAN
10 3 (0.58%) SMTP
11 2 (0.38%) Kerberos
11 2 (0.38%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.73%) Amazon Athena
3 8 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (1.54%) DynamoDB
3 8 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (1.34%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.15%) BigQuery
6 5 (0.96%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.77%) Amazon QuickSight
7 4 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.58%) Big Data
8 3 (0.58%) MySQL
8 3 (0.58%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.38%) Metadata
9 2 (0.38%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.19%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.19%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 38 (7.29%) Jenkins
2 37 (7.10%) GitLab
3 36 (6.91%) Git
4 11 (2.11%) JIRA
5 9 (1.73%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.58%) Selenium
6 3 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.38%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.38%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.38%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.38%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.19%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.19%) Gatling
8 1 (0.19%) Postman
8 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 61 (11.71%) Social Skills
2 58 (11.13%) Finance
3 40 (7.68%) Public Sector
4 25 (4.80%) Banking
5 19 (3.65%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.34%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.15%) Legal
9 5 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (0.96%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.77%) Law
10 4 (0.77%) Military
10 4 (0.77%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.58%) Local Government
11 3 (0.58%) Marketing
11 3 (0.58%) Retail
12 2 (0.38%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.38%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.38%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.84%) REST
2 12 (2.30%) OAuth
2 12 (2.30%) OAuth2
3 10 (1.92%) Kafka
4 9 (1.73%) Spring
4 9 (1.73%) Spring Boot
5 8 (1.54%) ARM Templates
5 8 (1.54%) Node.js
6 7 (1.34%) .NET
6 7 (1.34%) OpenID
6 7 (1.34%) React
7 6 (1.15%) YAML
8 5 (0.96%) Model Context Protocol
8 5 (0.96%) Playwright
9 4 (0.77%) AWS CDK
9 4 (0.77%) Express.js
9 4 (0.77%) FastAPI
9 4 (0.77%) Flask
9 4 (0.77%) Jest
10 3 (0.58%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 100 (19.19%) Cloud Native
2 31 (5.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (5.18%) Public Cloud
4 25 (4.80%) Security Posture
5 19 (3.65%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.88%) Enterprise Cloud
7 12 (2.30%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.11%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.92%) Cloud Security Posture
10 9 (1.73%) Product Ownership
11 8 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.15%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (0.77%) AI Agents
13 4 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.77%) Private Cloud
13 4 (0.77%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 72 (13.82%) Windows
2 43 (8.25%) Linux
3 41 (7.87%) Windows Server
4 14 (2.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.15%) Ubuntu
6 5 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.58%) CentOS
8 2 (0.38%) VMS
8 2 (0.38%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (40.12%) CI/CD
2 199 (38.20%) Infrastructure as Code
3 179 (34.36%) DevOps
4 115 (22.07%) Cloud Security
5 94 (18.04%) Platform Engineering
6 88 (16.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 81 (15.55%) Migration
8 67 (12.86%) Agile
9 60 (11.52%) AI
10 59 (11.32%) Containerisation
11 46 (8.83%) Infrastructure Automation
11 46 (8.83%) Problem-Solving
12 44 (8.45%) Observability
13 42 (8.06%) Software Engineering
14 41 (7.87%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (7.68%) Technical Leadership
16 39 (7.49%) Cybersecurity
17 35 (6.72%) DevSecOps
18 29 (5.57%) Change Management
18 29 (5.57%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 127 (24.38%) Python
2 101 (19.39%) PowerShell
3 53 (10.17%) Bash
4 51 (9.79%) SQL
5 41 (7.87%) Bicep
6 29 (5.57%) Java
7 15 (2.88%) C#
8 10 (1.92%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.73%) Go
9 9 (1.73%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.96%) Groovy
11 2 (0.38%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.38%) Ruby
12 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.19%) C
12 1 (0.19%) Cypher
12 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.19%) Perl
12 1 (0.19%) R
12 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 136 (26.10%) Security Cleared
2 106 (20.35%) SC Cleared
3 48 (9.21%) Azure Certification
4 36 (6.91%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.57%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.26%) Degree
7 13 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 12 (2.30%) CISSP
9 10 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.15%) CCNP
12 5 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.77%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 4 (0.77%) CCIE
14 3 (0.58%) CCSP
14 3 (0.58%) MCSE
15 2 (0.38%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.30%) NIST
2 10 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (1.92%) NCSC
3 9 (1.73%) QA
4 7 (1.34%) GDPR
5 6 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.77%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.38%) SLA
8 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.19%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.19%) GRC
8 1 (0.19%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.19%) WCAG
System Software
1 56 (10.75%) Docker
2 42 (8.06%) Active Directory
3 20 (3.84%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (3.45%) VMware NSX
5 17 (3.26%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (2.69%) vSphere
7 11 (2.11%) vCloud
8 9 (1.73%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.34%) Squid
10 4 (0.77%) Firmware
11 3 (0.58%) Dovecot
11 3 (0.58%) Postfix
12 2 (0.38%) Ceph
12 2 (0.38%) KVM
12 2 (0.38%) NFS
Systems Management
1 250 (47.98%) Terraform
2 110 (21.11%) Kubernetes
3 40 (7.68%) Ansible
4 19 (3.65%) Grafana
5 18 (3.45%) Prometheus
6 15 (2.88%) vCenter Server
7 14 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (2.50%) Progress Chef
8 13 (2.50%) SCOM
9 12 (2.30%) Puppet
10 11 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (1.73%) Istio
11 9 (1.73%) Packer
12 4 (0.77%) HAProxy
12 4 (0.77%) Salt
12 4 (0.77%) Suricata
13 3 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.58%) vRealize
14 2 (0.38%) FortiGate
14 2 (0.38%) SELinux
Vendors
1 106 (20.35%) Microsoft
2 78 (14.97%) Google
3 38 (7.29%) VMware
4 21 (4.03%) Oracle
5 15 (2.88%) Red Hat
5 15 (2.88%) Zscaler
6 13 (2.50%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.73%) Cisco
9 7 (1.34%) CrowdStrike
9 7 (1.34%) Dynatrace
9 7 (1.34%) Fortinet
9 7 (1.34%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.15%) OpenAI
10 6 (1.15%) Splunk
11 5 (0.96%) Citrix
11 5 (0.96%) Rapid7
12 4 (0.77%) Juniper
12 4 (0.77%) PagerDuty
12 4 (0.77%) PeopleSoft
149 Cloud Engineer jobs in England