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 3 July 2026.

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

 6 months to
3 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 283 320
Rank change year-on-year +71 +37 -39
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 539 222 245
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.23% 0.85% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% 0.92% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 360 172 174
10th Percentile £400 £400 £390
25th Percentile £462 £425 £453
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 19 3 3
10th Percentile £71.00 £32.50 -
25th Percentile £73.75 £36.25 £27.50
Median hourly rate £77.00 £45.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.11% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £55.00 £32.50
90th Percentile - £59.50 -
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £45.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +71.11% +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 40,580 24,049 34,742
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.16% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,840 15,686 22,733
10th Percentile £325 £291 £300
25th Percentile £419 £404 £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 £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,926 1,128 2,569
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.00 £12.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £18.00 £16.86
Median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.69% -29.55% -8.95%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +56 297 £525 - 68
North of England -23 79 £500 +8.11% 36
South East -21 71 £538 +7.50% 39
Midlands -33 43 £513 +7.89% 41
North West -18 40 £488 +21.27% 21
Yorkshire -24 32 £475 -2.56% 14
West Midlands -43 25 £525 - 25
East of England -4 22 £505 +60.32% 8
East Midlands -6 17 £450 -5.26% 16
South West -18 15 £550 -2.22% 24
North East -40 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 3 July 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.

1 272 (50.46%) Azure
2 253 (46.94%) Terraform
3 228 (42.30%) AWS
4 207 (38.40%) CI/CD
5 199 (36.92%) Infrastructure as Code
6 178 (33.02%) DevOps
7 146 (27.09%) Security Cleared
8 129 (23.93%) Python
9 121 (22.45%) Cloud Security
10 116 (21.52%) GCP
11 113 (20.96%) Kubernetes
11 113 (20.96%) SC Cleared
12 111 (20.59%) Microsoft
13 108 (20.04%) PowerShell
14 96 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 92 (17.07%) Platform Engineering
16 83 (15.40%) Migration
17 81 (15.03%) Windows
18 80 (14.84%) Google
19 78 (14.47%) GitHub
20 68 (12.62%) Agile
21 66 (12.24%) AI
22 65 (12.06%) Firewall
23 61 (11.32%) Containerisation
24 59 (10.95%) Docker
25 58 (10.76%) DNS
26 56 (10.39%) Serverless
27 55 (10.20%) Bash
28 53 (9.83%) SQL
29 51 (9.46%) Active Directory

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 (1.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.11%) Confluence
3 5 (0.93%) Apache
3 5 (0.93%) nginx
4 3 (0.56%) IIS
4 3 (0.56%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.56%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.37%) 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
Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 272 (50.46%) Azure
2 228 (42.30%) AWS
3 116 (21.52%) GCP
4 78 (14.47%) GitHub
5 56 (10.39%) Serverless
6 50 (9.28%) Entra ID
6 50 (9.28%) GitHub Actions
7 41 (7.61%) IaaS
8 40 (7.42%) Azure AKS
8 40 (7.42%) PaaS
9 37 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
10 36 (6.68%) Amazon S3
11 35 (6.49%) AWS CloudFormation
12 34 (6.31%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 33 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
14 32 (5.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 30 (5.57%) Amazon EC2
15 30 (5.57%) SaaS
16 27 (5.01%) Amazon ECS
17 25 (4.64%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (12.06%) Firewall
2 58 (10.76%) DNS
3 29 (5.38%) VPN
4 26 (4.82%) Network Security
5 15 (2.78%) WAN
6 12 (2.23%) DHCP
6 12 (2.23%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.11%) Reverse Proxy
7 6 (1.11%) SD-WAN
8 5 (0.93%) Internet
8 5 (0.93%) SSL
9 4 (0.74%) BGP
9 4 (0.74%) LAN
9 4 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
9 4 (0.74%) VLAN
10 3 (0.56%) IPv4
10 3 (0.56%) OSPF
10 3 (0.56%) SAN
10 3 (0.56%) SMTP
11 2 (0.37%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.71%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.67%) Amazon Athena
5 8 (1.48%) DynamoDB
6 7 (1.30%) BigQuery
7 6 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.74%) Amazon QuickSight
9 4 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.56%) Big Data
10 3 (0.56%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.56%) MySQL
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle Database 12c
11 2 (0.37%) Metadata
11 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
12 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.19%) InfluxDB
12 1 (0.19%) Power BI
12 1 (0.19%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (7.05%) GitLab
1 38 (7.05%) Jenkins
2 36 (6.68%) Git
3 11 (2.04%) JIRA
4 9 (1.67%) Artifactory
5 3 (0.56%) Selenium
5 3 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.37%) Claude Code
6 2 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.37%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.37%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.19%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.19%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.19%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.19%) Gatling
7 1 (0.19%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.19%) sqlmap
7 1 (0.19%) TestRail
General
1 60 (11.13%) Finance
2 58 (10.76%) Social Skills
3 46 (8.53%) Public Sector
4 22 (4.08%) Banking
5 17 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (1.86%) Documentation Skills
7 7 (1.30%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.11%) Legal
9 5 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.74%) Law
10 4 (0.74%) Military
10 4 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
11 3 (0.56%) Local Government
11 3 (0.56%) Retail
12 2 (0.37%) International Banking
12 2 (0.37%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.37%) Marketing
12 2 (0.37%) Police
12 2 (0.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.71%) REST
2 12 (2.23%) OAuth
2 12 (2.23%) OAuth2
3 9 (1.67%) ARM Templates
3 9 (1.67%) Spring
3 9 (1.67%) Spring Boot
4 8 (1.48%) Kafka
4 8 (1.48%) Node.js
5 7 (1.30%) .NET
5 7 (1.30%) OpenID
5 7 (1.30%) React
6 6 (1.11%) YAML
7 5 (0.93%) Model Context Protocol
7 5 (0.93%) Playwright
8 4 (0.74%) AWS CDK
8 4 (0.74%) Express.js
8 4 (0.74%) FastAPI
8 4 (0.74%) Flask
8 4 (0.74%) Jest
9 3 (0.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 102 (18.92%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (5.19%) Security Posture
4 27 (5.01%) Public Cloud
5 19 (3.53%) Data Centre
6 15 (2.78%) Enterprise Cloud
7 13 (2.41%) Cloud Security Posture
7 13 (2.41%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.23%) Onboarding
9 11 (2.04%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.11%) Product Ownership
13 5 (0.93%) Linux Command Line
13 5 (0.93%) Private Cloud
14 4 (0.74%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
14 4 (0.74%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.56%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 81 (15.03%) Windows
2 48 (8.91%) Linux
3 45 (8.35%) Windows Server
4 18 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (1.48%) Ubuntu
6 7 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.56%) CentOS
7 3 (0.56%) VMS
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.19%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (38.40%) CI/CD
2 199 (36.92%) Infrastructure as Code
3 178 (33.02%) DevOps
4 121 (22.45%) Cloud Security
5 96 (17.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 92 (17.07%) Platform Engineering
7 83 (15.40%) Migration
8 68 (12.62%) Agile
9 66 (12.24%) AI
10 61 (11.32%) Containerisation
11 48 (8.91%) Observability
12 43 (7.98%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (7.79%) Infrastructure Automation
13 42 (7.79%) Software Engineering
14 38 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 38 (7.05%) Problem-Solving
15 37 (6.86%) Cybersecurity
16 35 (6.49%) DevSecOps
17 31 (5.75%) Change Management
18 30 (5.57%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 129 (23.93%) Python
2 108 (20.04%) PowerShell
3 55 (10.20%) Bash
4 53 (9.83%) SQL
5 43 (7.98%) Bicep
6 29 (5.38%) Java
7 16 (2.97%) C#
8 10 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 9 (1.67%) Go
9 9 (1.67%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.93%) Groovy
11 2 (0.37%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.37%) Ruby
12 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.19%) Cypher
12 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.19%) Perl
12 1 (0.19%) R
12 1 (0.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 146 (27.09%) Security Cleared
2 113 (20.96%) SC Cleared
3 44 (8.16%) Azure Certification
4 42 (7.79%) DV Cleared
5 29 (5.38%) AWS Certification
6 19 (3.53%) Degree
7 12 (2.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.23%) CISSP
7 12 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (1.86%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (1.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (1.11%) CCNP
11 4 (0.74%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.74%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (0.74%) CCIE
11 4 (0.74%) MCSE
11 4 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.56%) CCSP
13 2 (0.37%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.23%) NIST
2 10 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.48%) QA
4 7 (1.30%) GDPR
5 6 (1.11%) NCSC
5 6 (1.11%) PCI DSS
6 5 (0.93%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.37%) 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 59 (10.95%) Docker
2 51 (9.46%) Active Directory
3 24 (4.45%) Virtual Machines
3 24 (4.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (3.90%) VMware ESXi
5 19 (3.53%) VMware NSX
6 14 (2.60%) vSphere
7 13 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
8 12 (2.23%) vCloud
9 9 (1.67%) Hyper-V
10 7 (1.30%) Squid
11 4 (0.74%) Firmware
12 3 (0.56%) Dovecot
12 3 (0.56%) NFS
12 3 (0.56%) Postfix
13 2 (0.37%) Ceph
13 2 (0.37%) KVM
Systems Management
1 253 (46.94%) Terraform
2 113 (20.96%) Kubernetes
3 41 (7.61%) Ansible
4 19 (3.53%) Grafana
4 19 (3.53%) Prometheus
5 18 (3.34%) vCenter Server
6 16 (2.97%) SCOM
7 14 (2.60%) Microsoft Intune
8 13 (2.41%) Progress Chef
9 12 (2.23%) Puppet
9 12 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
10 9 (1.67%) Istio
10 9 (1.67%) Packer
11 4 (0.74%) HAProxy
11 4 (0.74%) Salt
11 4 (0.74%) Suricata
12 3 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.56%) vRealize
12 3 (0.56%) VxRail
13 2 (0.37%) Cilium
Vendors
1 111 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 80 (14.84%) Google
3 43 (7.98%) VMware
4 22 (4.08%) Oracle
5 15 (2.78%) Red Hat
5 15 (2.78%) Zscaler
6 11 (2.04%) Palo Alto
7 10 (1.86%) ServiceNow
8 9 (1.67%) Cisco
8 9 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.48%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.30%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (1.30%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.11%) OpenAI
11 6 (1.11%) Splunk
12 5 (0.93%) Broadcom
12 5 (0.93%) Citrix
12 5 (0.93%) Databricks
12 5 (0.93%) Rapid7
12 5 (0.93%) SolarWinds
212 Cloud Engineer jobs in England