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 28 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
28 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 298 267
Rank change year-on-year +46 -31 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 373 197 317
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.05% 0.77% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 0.83% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 138 233
10th Percentile £405 £380 £413
25th Percentile £464 £425 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £617 £638 £625
90th Percentile £725 £689 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £537 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -2.36% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £56.13 - -
25th Percentile £63.44 - £27.50
Median hourly rate £78.75 - £30.00
75th Percentile £95.94 - £46.94
90th Percentile £104.38 - £72.93
UK median hourly rate £38.88 - £30.00
% change year-on-year - - -42.03%

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 32,663 23,861 35,129
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.93% 92.91% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,724 15,180 23,561
10th Percentile £306 £300 £270
25th Percentile £412 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £640
90th Percentile £725 £750 £747
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,100 745 2,165
10th Percentile £15.18 £16.24 £13.23
25th Percentile £19.00 £22.00 £16.30
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.40 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £33.50 £34.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% -0.71% -12.50%

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 28 February 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 28 February 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 28 February 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 +23 191 £525 -4.55% 33
North of England -8 71 £513 +7.95% 22
South East -11 41 £505 -12.17% 23
Yorkshire -24 41 £513 +60.78% 10
Midlands -34 40 £575 +21.05% 9
West Midlands -24 35 £670 +14.04% 5
North West -13 30 £506 +12.50% 10
South West -15 20 £550 -4.35% 18
East of England -18 13 £450 +41.51% 7
East Midlands -25 5 £575 +25.27% 4
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 February 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.

1 175 (46.92%) AWS
2 171 (45.84%) Terraform
3 167 (44.77%) CI/CD
4 161 (43.16%) DevOps
5 154 (41.29%) Infrastructure as Code
6 151 (40.48%) Azure
7 109 (29.22%) Security Cleared
8 108 (28.95%) Python
9 107 (28.69%) Kubernetes
10 87 (23.32%) GCP
11 82 (21.98%) GitHub
12 75 (20.11%) Agile
13 74 (19.84%) Cloud Security
13 74 (19.84%) Docker
13 74 (19.84%) SC Cleared
14 72 (19.30%) Containerisation
15 71 (19.03%) Microsoft
16 66 (17.69%) Google
17 58 (15.55%) Serverless
18 54 (14.48%) Jenkins
19 51 (13.67%) PowerShell
20 49 (13.14%) GitHub Actions
20 49 (13.14%) Migration
21 46 (12.33%) GitLab
22 45 (12.06%) Azure Certification
23 44 (11.80%) Microservices
24 43 (11.53%) Linux
25 42 (11.26%) Infrastructure Automation
25 42 (11.26%) REST
26 38 (10.19%) Cybersecurity

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 5 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.07%) Apache
2 4 (1.07%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.80%) Confluence
3 3 (0.80%) nginx
4 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.27%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
5 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.27%) SAS
5 1 (0.27%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.27%) Traefik
Business Applications
1 4 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 175 (46.92%) AWS
2 151 (40.48%) Azure
3 87 (23.32%) GCP
4 82 (21.98%) GitHub
5 58 (15.55%) Serverless
6 49 (13.14%) GitHub Actions
7 38 (10.19%) Entra ID
8 37 (9.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (8.85%) PaaS
10 32 (8.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 30 (8.04%) Azure DevOps
12 29 (7.77%) Amazon S3
13 26 (6.97%) IaaS
14 24 (6.43%) Amazon EKS
15 23 (6.17%) Amazon ECS
16 22 (5.90%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (5.90%) Azure AKS
17 18 (4.83%) Virtual Private Cloud
18 16 (4.29%) Azure Monitor
18 16 (4.29%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.12%) Firewall
2 19 (5.09%) Network Security
3 16 (4.29%) Cisco Firepower
3 16 (4.29%) Cisco IOS
3 16 (4.29%) Cisco ISE
3 16 (4.29%) Junos
4 15 (4.02%) VPN
5 10 (2.68%) DNS
6 5 (1.34%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.07%) Reverse Proxy
7 4 (1.07%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.54%) LAN
8 2 (0.54%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.27%) DHCP
9 1 (0.27%) HTTP
9 1 (0.27%) MPLS
9 1 (0.27%) SMTP
9 1 (0.27%) SSL
9 1 (0.27%) WAN
9 1 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (6.97%) NoSQL
2 20 (5.36%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (2.68%) BigQuery
4 8 (2.14%) Amazon Athena
4 8 (2.14%) DynamoDB
4 8 (2.14%) Power BI
5 6 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.07%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.80%) Amazon Redshift
7 3 (0.80%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.54%) Amazon QuickSight
8 2 (0.54%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.54%) OLAP
8 2 (0.54%) OLTP
8 2 (0.54%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
Development Applications
1 54 (14.48%) Jenkins
2 46 (12.33%) GitLab
3 28 (7.51%) Git
4 9 (2.41%) JIRA
4 9 (2.41%) Liquibase
5 3 (0.80%) Postman
5 3 (0.80%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.54%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.54%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.54%) Spinnaker
General
1 62 (16.62%) Finance
1 62 (16.62%) Social Skills
2 32 (8.58%) Public Sector
3 29 (7.77%) Banking
4 23 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.22%) Financial Institution
6 7 (1.88%) Aeronautics
6 7 (1.88%) Retail
7 6 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (1.61%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.34%) Aviation
9 4 (1.07%) Legal
9 4 (1.07%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (0.80%) Local Government
11 2 (0.54%) Billing
11 2 (0.54%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.54%) Marketing
11 2 (0.54%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.26%) REST
2 24 (6.43%) Node.js
3 19 (5.09%) Elastic Stack
3 19 (5.09%) RESTful
4 13 (3.49%) Kafka
5 11 (2.95%) OpenID
5 11 (2.95%) React
6 10 (2.68%) OpenTelemetry
7 9 (2.41%) ARM Templates
7 9 (2.41%) OpenAPI
7 9 (2.41%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (2.14%) SAML
8 8 (2.14%) SOAP
8 8 (2.14%) Spring
9 7 (1.88%) AngularJS
9 7 (1.88%) Lambda Expressions
9 7 (1.88%) NestJS
9 7 (1.88%) OAuth
9 7 (1.88%) Playwright
9 7 (1.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 72 (19.30%) Cloud Native
2 40 (10.72%) Public Cloud
3 21 (5.63%) Distributed Systems
4 13 (3.49%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (2.68%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.41%) Security Posture
7 8 (2.14%) PKI
8 7 (1.88%) Product Ownership
9 5 (1.34%) Cyber Threat
10 4 (1.07%) Cloud Security Posture
10 4 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.80%) Genomics
11 3 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.80%) Life Science
11 3 (0.80%) Onboarding
11 3 (0.80%) Replication
12 2 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.54%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 43 (11.53%) Linux
2 23 (6.17%) Windows
3 14 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.14%) Unix
5 4 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.07%) VMS
6 1 (0.27%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.27%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (44.77%) CI/CD
2 161 (43.16%) DevOps
3 154 (41.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 75 (20.11%) Agile
5 74 (19.84%) Cloud Security
6 72 (19.30%) Containerisation
7 49 (13.14%) Migration
8 44 (11.80%) Microservices
9 42 (11.26%) Infrastructure Automation
10 38 (10.19%) Cybersecurity
11 36 (9.65%) Platform Engineering
12 35 (9.38%) DevSecOps
13 34 (9.12%) Observability
13 34 (9.12%) Problem-Solving
14 33 (8.85%) Continuous Improvement
14 33 (8.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 31 (8.31%) AI
16 29 (7.77%) Software Engineering
17 27 (7.24%) High Availability
18 26 (6.97%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 108 (28.95%) Python
2 51 (13.67%) PowerShell
3 37 (9.92%) SQL
4 27 (7.24%) Java
5 24 (6.43%) Bash
6 20 (5.36%) Bicep
7 19 (5.09%) Go
8 15 (4.02%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.14%) JavaScript
10 7 (1.88%) Shell Script
11 6 (1.61%) C#
12 4 (1.07%) BeanShell
12 4 (1.07%) Ruby
13 2 (0.54%) Groovy
13 2 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.54%) Perl
14 1 (0.27%) C
14 1 (0.27%) Cypher
14 1 (0.27%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 109 (29.22%) Security Cleared
2 74 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 45 (12.06%) Azure Certification
4 30 (8.04%) Degree
4 30 (8.04%) DV Cleared
5 26 (6.97%) AWS Certification
6 21 (5.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (4.56%) Master's Degree
8 13 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (3.22%) CISSP
10 9 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (2.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.88%) CISM
13 6 (1.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (1.34%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 5 (1.34%) CCSP
14 5 (1.34%) TOGAF Certification
15 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Developer
16 3 (0.80%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.22%) GDPR
2 10 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (2.68%) NIST
3 9 (2.41%) NCSC
4 6 (1.61%) PCI DSS
4 6 (1.61%) QA
5 5 (1.34%) GRC
6 4 (1.07%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.27%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.27%) SOC 2
System Software
1 74 (19.84%) Docker
2 26 (6.97%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.29%) VMware NSX
4 11 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.34%) Firmware
7 4 (1.07%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
9 2 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 171 (45.84%) Terraform
2 107 (28.69%) Kubernetes
3 37 (9.92%) Ansible
4 29 (7.77%) Prometheus
5 27 (7.24%) Grafana
6 17 (4.56%) Istio
7 16 (4.29%) vCenter Server
8 10 (2.68%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (2.14%) Argo
10 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (1.07%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.80%) Podman
12 3 (0.80%) Proxmox
13 2 (0.54%) Consul
13 2 (0.54%) Packer
13 2 (0.54%) Puppet
13 2 (0.54%) Salt
14 1 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.27%) PaperCut
14 1 (0.27%) vRealize
Vendors
1 71 (19.03%) Microsoft
2 66 (17.69%) Google
3 22 (5.90%) Splunk
4 19 (5.09%) Cisco
5 18 (4.83%) Oracle
6 16 (4.29%) Juniper
6 16 (4.29%) SolarWinds
7 10 (2.68%) Databricks
7 10 (2.68%) ServiceNow
8 7 (1.88%) Ping Identity
9 5 (1.34%) Broadcom
9 5 (1.34%) Dynatrace
9 5 (1.34%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.34%) PeopleSoft
9 5 (1.34%) Rapid7
10 4 (1.07%) Citrix
10 4 (1.07%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.07%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.07%) Salesforce
10 4 (1.07%) Zscaler
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