Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in England is £508, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 295 316 252
Rank change year-on-year +21 -64 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 265 212 389
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.89% 0.68% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.73% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 120 294
10th Percentile £400 £385 £425
25th Percentile £450 £435 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% - -1.35%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £638
90th Percentile £644 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £29.00 - -
25th Percentile £29.50 - £86.75
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £88.50
75th Percentile £86.25 - £90.25
90th Percentile £110.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - £79.25
% change year-on-year - - +53.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,142 28,971 37,444
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 93.00% 93.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,434 17,700 25,988
10th Percentile £281 £300 £299
25th Percentile £404 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,605 1,092 1,424
10th Percentile £14.07 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.79 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +50.70%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.15 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 2025. 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 +10 132 £516 -8.22% 154
North of England -3 53 £500 +21.21% 94
South East +25 41 £500 -1.48% 131
Yorkshire -14 30 £516 +25.15% 22
Midlands -15 29 £540 +35.00% 43
West Midlands -19 21 £540 +5.88% 29
North West -9 20 £438 -2.72% 68
South West -4 9 £550 -10.20% 32
East Midlands -12 8 £525 +31.25% 12
East of England -6 7 £431 +36.26% 12
North East - 3 £450 - 4
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 November 2025, 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.

1 140 (52.83%) AWS
1 140 (52.83%) DevOps
2 124 (46.79%) CI/CD
3 118 (44.53%) Azure
3 118 (44.53%) Terraform
4 109 (41.13%) Python
5 106 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
6 84 (31.70%) Kubernetes
7 79 (29.81%) Security Cleared
8 67 (25.28%) GCP
9 60 (22.64%) Docker
10 56 (21.13%) Microsoft
11 55 (20.75%) Agile
12 53 (20.00%) Jenkins
13 52 (19.62%) Containerisation
14 51 (19.25%) SC Cleared
15 49 (18.49%) Cloud Security
16 47 (17.74%) Linux
17 45 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
18 44 (16.60%) GitHub
19 40 (15.09%) Ansible
20 39 (14.72%) Serverless
21 38 (14.34%) GitLab
22 37 (13.96%) Go
22 37 (13.96%) Google
22 37 (13.96%) Windows
23 36 (13.58%) Bash
23 36 (13.58%) SQL
24 33 (12.45%) PowerShell
25 32 (12.08%) High Availability

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 13 (4.91%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.89%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.51%) Confluence
4 3 (1.13%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.75%) Apache
5 2 (0.75%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.38%) CMS
6 1 (0.38%) DataSynapse
6 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.38%) nginx
6 1 (0.38%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.75%) Magento
1 2 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.75%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 140 (52.83%) AWS
2 118 (44.53%) Azure
3 67 (25.28%) GCP
4 44 (16.60%) GitHub
5 39 (14.72%) Serverless
6 25 (9.43%) AWS CloudFormation
6 25 (9.43%) GitHub Actions
7 24 (9.06%) Entra ID
8 22 (8.30%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (7.17%) Amazon S3
10 18 (6.79%) Amazon EKS
11 16 (6.04%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
12 15 (5.66%) IaaS
13 14 (5.28%) PaaS
14 13 (4.91%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 12 (4.53%) Azure Monitor
15 12 (4.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 11 (4.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 11 (4.15%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 28 (10.57%) Firewall
2 21 (7.92%) VPN
3 17 (6.42%) Cisco Firepower
3 17 (6.42%) Cisco IOS
3 17 (6.42%) Cisco ISE
3 17 (6.42%) Junos
4 14 (5.28%) DNS
5 10 (3.77%) Network Security
6 5 (1.89%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.51%) WAN
8 3 (1.13%) BGP
8 3 (1.13%) SAN
9 2 (0.75%) LAN
9 2 (0.75%) MPLS
9 2 (0.75%) OSPF
9 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.75%) SSL
9 2 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.38%) Ethernet VPN
10 1 (0.38%) WireGuard
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (11.70%) NoSQL
1 31 (11.70%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (3.77%) Power BI
3 8 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.64%) BigQuery
4 7 (2.64%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.26%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (2.26%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.89%) Looker
6 5 (1.89%) Tableau
7 4 (1.51%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.13%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.13%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.75%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.38%) Big Data
10 1 (0.38%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.38%) KNIME
10 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.38%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 53 (20.00%) Jenkins
2 38 (14.34%) GitLab
3 20 (7.55%) Git
4 19 (7.17%) Liquibase
5 17 (6.42%) JIRA
6 2 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.75%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.75%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.38%) Postman
7 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
General
1 66 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 52 (19.62%) Finance
3 30 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (10.94%) Banking
5 18 (6.79%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.15%) Financial Institution
7 8 (3.02%) Telecoms
8 6 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.89%) Aviation
9 5 (1.89%) Local Government
9 5 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.75%) Law
11 2 (0.75%) Marketing
11 2 (0.75%) Military
11 2 (0.75%) Retail
12 1 (0.38%) Billing
12 1 (0.38%) Electronics
12 1 (0.38%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.70%) REST
2 19 (7.17%) Elastic Stack
3 18 (6.79%) RESTful
4 15 (5.66%) Kafka
5 12 (4.53%) ARM Templates
6 8 (3.02%) AWS CDK
7 7 (2.64%) Node.js
8 6 (2.26%) JSON
8 6 (2.26%) SAML
9 5 (1.89%) FastAPI
9 5 (1.89%) OpenID
9 5 (1.89%) pytest
10 4 (1.51%) GraphQL
10 4 (1.51%) Lambda Expressions
10 4 (1.51%) OpenAPI
10 4 (1.51%) React
10 4 (1.51%) SOAP
10 4 (1.51%) Web Services
10 4 (1.51%) XSD
10 4 (1.51%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.34%) Cloud Native
2 27 (10.19%) Public Cloud
3 19 (7.17%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.26%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.89%) Genomics
6 5 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 4 (1.51%) Life Science
7 4 (1.51%) PKI
7 4 (1.51%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.13%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.75%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.75%) Cloud Security Posture
9 2 (0.75%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.75%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.38%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.38%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 47 (17.74%) Linux
2 37 (13.96%) Windows
3 21 (7.92%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.02%) Unix
5 4 (1.51%) VMS
6 1 (0.38%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (52.83%) DevOps
2 124 (46.79%) CI/CD
3 106 (40.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 55 (20.75%) Agile
5 52 (19.62%) Containerisation
6 49 (18.49%) Cloud Security
7 45 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
8 32 (12.08%) High Availability
8 32 (12.08%) Infrastructure Automation
8 32 (12.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 29 (10.94%) Migration
10 26 (9.81%) Service Management
11 24 (9.06%) Continuous Integration
12 23 (8.68%) Microservices
13 22 (8.30%) Cost Optimisation
14 20 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
14 20 (7.55%) ITSM
15 19 (7.17%) Computer Science
15 19 (7.17%) Software Engineering
16 18 (6.79%) AI
Programming Languages
1 109 (41.13%) Python
2 37 (13.96%) Go
3 36 (13.58%) Bash
3 36 (13.58%) SQL
4 33 (12.45%) PowerShell
5 26 (9.81%) Java
6 12 (4.53%) Perl
7 10 (3.77%) Bicep
7 10 (3.77%) Shell Script
8 9 (3.40%) JavaScript
9 6 (2.26%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.75%) C#
10 2 (0.75%) Ruby
10 2 (0.75%) Scala
10 2 (0.75%) T-SQL
10 2 (0.75%) VB
11 1 (0.38%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.38%) C
11 1 (0.38%) Korn
11 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 79 (29.81%) Security Cleared
2 51 (19.25%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.57%) AWS Certification
3 28 (10.57%) DV Cleared
4 25 (9.43%) Degree
5 24 (9.06%) Azure Certification
6 19 (7.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (6.04%) Master's Degree
8 9 (3.40%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (3.02%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (1.51%) AWS Certified Developer
10 4 (1.51%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 3 (1.13%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 3 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.75%) CCSP
13 1 (0.38%) CCNA
13 1 (0.38%) CCNP
13 1 (0.38%) CISM
13 1 (0.38%) CISSP
13 1 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (3.77%) NIST
2 8 (3.02%) QA
3 6 (2.26%) GDPR
4 5 (1.89%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.51%) NCSC
6 3 (1.13%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.75%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.38%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 60 (22.64%) Docker
2 28 (10.57%) Active Directory
3 17 (6.42%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.89%) vSphere
5 3 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.38%) Ceph
7 1 (0.38%) iptables
7 1 (0.38%) KVM
7 1 (0.38%) Squid
Systems Management
1 118 (44.53%) Terraform
2 84 (31.70%) Kubernetes
3 40 (15.09%) Ansible
4 24 (9.06%) Grafana
4 24 (9.06%) Prometheus
5 17 (6.42%) vCenter Server
6 8 (3.02%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (2.26%) Puppet
7 6 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (1.13%) Argo
8 3 (1.13%) Podman
8 3 (1.13%) Proxmox
8 3 (1.13%) QRadar
9 2 (0.75%) FortiGate
9 2 (0.75%) HP Fortify
9 2 (0.75%) Istio
9 2 (0.75%) Nessus
9 2 (0.75%) Packer
10 1 (0.38%) Cilium
10 1 (0.38%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 56 (21.13%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.96%) Google
3 21 (7.92%) Cisco
3 21 (7.92%) Splunk
4 18 (6.79%) Juniper
5 17 (6.42%) SolarWinds
6 11 (4.15%) Zscaler
7 8 (3.02%) Oracle
7 8 (3.02%) ServiceNow
8 7 (2.64%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.26%) SAP
10 5 (1.89%) Darktrace
10 5 (1.89%) Databricks
10 5 (1.89%) VMware
11 4 (1.51%) MuleSoft
11 4 (1.51%) Salesforce
12 3 (1.13%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.13%) Axway
12 3 (1.13%) Ping Identity
13 2 (0.75%) WooCommerce