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 2 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 237 304 306
Rank change year-on-year +67 +2 -36
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 424 182 242
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 0.75% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 0.81% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 148 169
10th Percentile £401 £400 £400
25th Percentile £463 £425 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £619
90th Percentile £705 £675 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -0.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £53.73 - -
25th Percentile £57.44 - £27.50
Median hourly rate £64.25 - £30.00
75th Percentile £70.44 - £32.50
90th Percentile £73.78 - -
UK median hourly rate £38.88 - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - -58.90%

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 37,309 22,595 34,454
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.34% 92.59% 92.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,342 15,022 22,866
10th Percentile £313 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% -1.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,525 898 2,434
10th Percentile £15.73 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.51 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £30.79 £36.02
Median % change year-on-year +52.63% -14.52% -19.53%
75th Percentile £67.50 £64.31 £61.25
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £44.00 £29.00 £36.02
% change year-on-year +51.72% -19.49% -19.95%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 +43 244 £525 - 69
North of England -28 52 £500 +8.11% 35
South East -31 45 £510 -9.33% 39
Midlands -55 29 £675 +42.11% 19
North West -23 27 £544 +20.83% 22
East of England -14 24 £505 +2.54% 10
West Midlands -44 24 £675 +14.89% 15
South West -14 22 £550 -4.35% 21
Yorkshire -27 22 £481 +13.24% 10
East Midlands -38 5 £496 +4.47% 4
North East -23 3 £525 -12.50% 3
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 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.

1 203 (47.88%) Azure
2 198 (46.70%) Terraform
3 173 (40.80%) AWS
4 170 (40.09%) CI/CD
5 168 (39.62%) Infrastructure as Code
6 157 (37.03%) DevOps
7 124 (29.25%) Security Cleared
8 105 (24.76%) SC Cleared
9 102 (24.06%) Kubernetes
10 92 (21.70%) GCP
11 90 (21.23%) Cloud Security
12 86 (20.28%) Python
13 84 (19.81%) GitHub
14 83 (19.58%) Microsoft
15 72 (16.98%) PowerShell
16 71 (16.75%) Google
17 69 (16.27%) Agile
18 59 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 59 (13.92%) Migration
19 56 (13.21%) Platform Engineering
20 55 (12.97%) Docker
21 53 (12.50%) Containerisation
21 53 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
22 48 (11.32%) Firewall
23 43 (10.14%) Serverless
24 41 (9.67%) Azure Certification
24 41 (9.67%) SQL
25 40 (9.43%) AI
25 40 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
25 40 (9.43%) DevSecOps

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 7 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (0.94%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.94%) Confluence
3 3 (0.71%) Apache
4 2 (0.47%) nginx
5 1 (0.24%) SAS
5 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.24%) Traefik
Business Applications
1 2 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.24%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 203 (47.88%) Azure
2 173 (40.80%) AWS
3 92 (21.70%) GCP
4 84 (19.81%) GitHub
5 53 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
6 43 (10.14%) Serverless
7 39 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (9.20%) Entra ID
8 35 (8.25%) AWS CloudFormation
9 34 (8.02%) PaaS
10 33 (7.78%) Azure AKS
10 33 (7.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 30 (7.08%) Amazon S3
11 30 (7.08%) IaaS
12 23 (5.42%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (5.19%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (4.95%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (4.48%) Azure Monitor
16 18 (4.25%) OCI
16 18 (4.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 48 (11.32%) Firewall
2 17 (4.01%) Network Security
3 16 (3.77%) DNS
3 16 (3.77%) VPN
4 6 (1.42%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (1.42%) Reverse Proxy
5 5 (1.18%) Cisco IOS
5 5 (1.18%) Cisco ISE
5 5 (1.18%) Junos
5 5 (1.18%) NX-OS
6 4 (0.94%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.71%) SMTP
8 2 (0.47%) BGP
8 2 (0.47%) DKIM
8 2 (0.47%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.47%) NGFW
8 2 (0.47%) VLAN
9 1 (0.24%) tcpdump
9 1 (0.24%) Wireless
9 1 (0.24%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.83%) BigQuery
2 11 (2.59%) Amazon Athena
3 7 (1.65%) DynamoDB
3 7 (1.65%) SQL Server
4 6 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.94%) Amazon QuickSight
6 4 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.94%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.71%) Big Data
7 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.71%) Power BI
7 3 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.47%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.47%) OLAP
8 2 (0.47%) OLTP
8 2 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (8.96%) Jenkins
2 30 (7.08%) Git
3 29 (6.84%) GitLab
4 6 (1.42%) JIRA
5 4 (0.94%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.47%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.47%) Postman
7 2 (0.47%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.47%) Selenium
7 2 (0.47%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.24%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.24%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.24%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.24%) JUnit
8 1 (0.24%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.24%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.24%) sqlmap
General
1 54 (12.74%) Social Skills
2 49 (11.56%) Finance
3 37 (8.73%) Public Sector
4 16 (3.77%) Banking
5 15 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.89%) Retail
8 7 (1.65%) Aeronautics
8 7 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.42%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.18%) Legal
10 5 (1.18%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.94%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.94%) Marketing
12 3 (0.71%) Military
13 2 (0.47%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.47%) Law
13 2 (0.47%) Local Government
13 2 (0.47%) Police
14 1 (0.24%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.95%) Node.js
1 21 (4.95%) REST
2 12 (2.83%) Kafka
3 11 (2.59%) OpenTelemetry
4 10 (2.36%) React
4 10 (2.36%) Spring
5 9 (2.12%) OAuth
5 9 (2.12%) OpenID
5 9 (2.12%) Spring Boot
6 8 (1.89%) .NET
6 8 (1.89%) OAuth2
6 8 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (1.65%) ARM Templates
7 7 (1.65%) Playwright
7 7 (1.65%) SOAP
8 6 (1.42%) AngularJS
8 6 (1.42%) LangChain
9 5 (1.18%) NestJS
9 5 (1.18%) OpenAPI
9 5 (1.18%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 75 (17.69%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.60%) Public Cloud
3 18 (4.25%) Hybrid Cloud
4 13 (3.07%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.12%) Security Posture
6 8 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (1.18%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.18%) PKI
9 5 (1.18%) Virtual Team
10 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.71%) Cloud Security Posture
11 3 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
11 3 (0.71%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.71%) Replication
12 2 (0.47%) CMDB
12 2 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.55%) Windows
2 23 (5.42%) Linux
3 15 (3.54%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.71%) VMS
6 2 (0.47%) Unix
7 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (40.09%) CI/CD
2 168 (39.62%) Infrastructure as Code
3 157 (37.03%) DevOps
4 90 (21.23%) Cloud Security
5 69 (16.27%) Agile
6 59 (13.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 59 (13.92%) Migration
7 56 (13.21%) Platform Engineering
8 53 (12.50%) Containerisation
9 40 (9.43%) AI
9 40 (9.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 40 (9.43%) DevSecOps
10 38 (8.96%) Observability
11 37 (8.73%) Cybersecurity
12 34 (8.02%) Software Engineering
13 33 (7.78%) Problem-Solving
14 31 (7.31%) Infrastructure Automation
15 28 (6.60%) Mentoring
16 26 (6.13%) Microservices
17 24 (5.66%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 86 (20.28%) Python
2 72 (16.98%) PowerShell
3 41 (9.67%) SQL
4 31 (7.31%) Bash
5 30 (7.08%) Bicep
6 23 (5.42%) Java
7 17 (4.01%) C#
8 12 (2.83%) TypeScript
9 7 (1.65%) Go
10 6 (1.42%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.94%) BeanShell
11 4 (0.94%) Groovy
12 3 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.47%) Ruby
13 2 (0.47%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.24%) Cypher
14 1 (0.24%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 124 (29.25%) Security Cleared
2 105 (24.76%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.67%) Azure Certification
4 18 (4.25%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.77%) AWS Certification
6 14 (3.30%) Degree
7 13 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (2.83%) CISSP
9 10 (2.36%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.65%) CISM
12 7 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (1.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (1.18%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (0.94%) CCSP
16 3 (0.71%) CCNP
16 3 (0.71%) OSCP
16 3 (0.71%) SANS
17 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.36%) GDPR
1 10 (2.36%) NCSC
1 10 (2.36%) NIST
2 9 (2.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (2.12%) QA
3 7 (1.65%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.18%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.18%) GRC
5 2 (0.47%) SLA
5 2 (0.47%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.24%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 55 (12.97%) Docker
2 22 (5.19%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
4 13 (3.07%) Virtual Machines
5 12 (2.83%) VMware NSX
6 7 (1.65%) vSphere
7 6 (1.42%) Firmware
8 5 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
9 4 (0.94%) Hyper-V
10 1 (0.24%) Squid
10 1 (0.24%) vCloud
10 1 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 198 (46.70%) Terraform
2 102 (24.06%) Kubernetes
3 21 (4.95%) Prometheus
4 20 (4.72%) Ansible
5 17 (4.01%) Istio
6 16 (3.77%) Grafana
7 15 (3.54%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (1.89%) Argo
8 8 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (1.65%) vCenter Server
10 6 (1.42%) Packer
11 4 (0.94%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.94%) Puppet
11 4 (0.94%) Salt
12 2 (0.47%) Cilium
13 1 (0.24%) Consul
13 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
13 1 (0.24%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.24%) SCCM
13 1 (0.24%) SCOM
Vendors
1 83 (19.58%) Microsoft
2 71 (16.75%) Google
3 18 (4.25%) Oracle
4 14 (3.30%) VMware
5 10 (2.36%) Cisco
6 9 (2.12%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.12%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.65%) Databricks
7 7 (1.65%) Salesforce
8 6 (1.42%) Juniper
8 6 (1.42%) Splunk
9 5 (1.18%) Broadcom
9 5 (1.18%) Citrix
9 5 (1.18%) Fortinet
9 5 (1.18%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (1.18%) Ping Identity
9 5 (1.18%) Rapid7
9 5 (1.18%) SolarWinds
10 4 (0.94%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.94%) Red Hat
188 Cloud Engineer jobs in England