Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 306 322 263
Rank change year-on-year +16 -59 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 218 212 392
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.79% 0.65% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.70% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 132 298
10th Percentile £402 £406 £425
25th Percentile £450 £463 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £575 £639 £650
90th Percentile £638 £699 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £551 £550
% change year-on-year -9.17% +0.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £29.00 - -
25th Percentile £29.50 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £86.25 - -
90th Percentile £110.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - -

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 25,142 30,231 40,165
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.98% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,215 18,878 28,055
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,352 1,487 1,370
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.61 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.32 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.25 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.77% +5.58% +69.89%
75th Percentile £53.99 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.96% +68.69%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Cloud Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Engineer 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 16 September 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 +26 123 £513 -10.09% 49
South East +40 36 £500 - 60
North of England -9 32 £450 +4.35% 36
North West -5 17 £444 +10.94% 23
Midlands -10 14 £540 -16.92% 22
Yorkshire -21 10 £538 +19.44% 12
East Midlands +4 9 £475 +18.75% 6
South West +12 7 £550 -10.20% 19
West Midlands -18 5 £550 -15.38% 15
North East - 5 £460 - 1
East of England - 2 £485 - 22
Cloud Engineer
UK

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Cloud Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 118 (54.13%) Azure
2 109 (50.00%) AWS
3 104 (47.71%) DevOps
4 103 (47.25%) CI/CD
5 91 (41.74%) Terraform
6 83 (38.07%) Python
7 82 (37.61%) Infrastructure as Code
8 67 (30.73%) Kubernetes
9 58 (26.61%) Security Cleared
10 54 (24.77%) Social Skills
11 47 (21.56%) GCP
11 47 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
12 46 (21.10%) Docker
13 45 (20.64%) Microsoft
14 44 (20.18%) SC Cleared
14 44 (20.18%) Cloud Security
15 40 (18.35%) Finance
16 39 (17.89%) Bash
17 38 (17.43%) Jenkins
18 36 (16.51%) Agile
19 35 (16.06%) Migration
19 35 (16.06%) GitHub
19 35 (16.06%) Containerisation
20 32 (14.68%) Windows
21 30 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
21 30 (13.76%) SQL
22 29 (13.30%) PowerShell
23 28 (12.84%) GitHub Actions
24 27 (12.39%) Firewall
25 26 (11.93%) Linux

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 13 (5.96%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.29%) OpenStack
3 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.38%) Confluence
5 2 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.92%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.46%) Apache
6 1 (0.46%) DataSynapse
6 1 (0.46%) JBoss
6 1 (0.46%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.46%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Magento
1 2 (0.92%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.92%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 118 (54.13%) Azure
2 109 (50.00%) AWS
3 47 (21.56%) GCP
4 35 (16.06%) GitHub
5 28 (12.84%) GitHub Actions
6 24 (11.01%) Entra ID
7 21 (9.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (9.17%) Serverless
9 19 (8.72%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (7.34%) Amazon S3
11 14 (6.42%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (5.96%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (5.96%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (5.96%) IaaS
13 8 (3.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 8 (3.67%) Azure AKS
13 8 (3.67%) PaaS
14 7 (3.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 7 (3.21%) Power Platform
14 7 (3.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.39%) Firewall
2 17 (7.80%) VPN
3 13 (5.96%) DNS
4 12 (5.50%) Network Security
5 9 (4.13%) Cisco Firepower
5 9 (4.13%) Cisco IOS
5 9 (4.13%) Cisco ISE
5 9 (4.13%) Junos
6 5 (2.29%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.83%) BGP
7 4 (1.83%) SAN
7 4 (1.83%) WAN
8 3 (1.38%) OSPF
8 3 (1.38%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.92%) Ethernet VPN
9 2 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.92%) Spanning Tree
9 2 (0.92%) TACACS
9 2 (0.92%) VSAN
9 2 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.80%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (6.88%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (3.21%) Azure SQL Database
4 7 (3.21%) BigQuery
4 7 (3.21%) DynamoDB
5 6 (2.75%) Amazon Redshift
5 6 (2.75%) Power BI
6 5 (2.29%) Looker
7 4 (1.83%) SQL Server
7 4 (1.83%) Tableau
8 3 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.38%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.92%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.46%) Data Hub
10 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.46%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 38 (17.43%) Jenkins
2 22 (10.09%) GitLab
3 16 (7.34%) Git
4 15 (6.88%) JIRA
5 14 (6.42%) Liquibase
6 4 (1.83%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.92%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket Server
8 1 (0.46%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.46%) Locust
8 1 (0.46%) MLflow
8 1 (0.46%) Postman
8 1 (0.46%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 54 (24.77%) Social Skills
2 40 (18.35%) Finance
3 30 (13.76%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.26%) Banking
5 13 (5.96%) Public Sector
6 8 (3.67%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.75%) Law
8 5 (2.29%) Local Government
9 4 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 4 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.38%) Marketing
11 2 (0.92%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.92%) Military
11 2 (0.92%) Retail
12 1 (0.46%) Billing
12 1 (0.46%) Electronics
12 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.46%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.88%) Kafka
2 11 (5.05%) ARM Templates
3 9 (4.13%) REST
4 7 (3.21%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (2.29%) RESTful
5 5 (2.29%) YAML
6 4 (1.83%) AWS CDK
6 4 (1.83%) FastAPI
6 4 (1.83%) Middleware
6 4 (1.83%) pydantic
6 4 (1.83%) pytest
7 3 (1.38%) GraphQL
7 3 (1.38%) JSON
7 3 (1.38%) LangGraph
7 3 (1.38%) Web Services
8 2 (0.92%) .NET
8 2 (0.92%) LangChain
8 2 (0.92%) OAuth
8 2 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.92%) WebdriverIO
Miscellaneous
1 25 (11.47%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.50%) Public Cloud
3 7 (3.21%) Data Centre
3 7 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.29%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.83%) Life Science
5 4 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.83%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.38%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (1.38%) Genomics
6 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.38%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.92%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.46%) Cloud Security Posture
8 1 (0.46%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.46%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.46%) FMCG
8 1 (0.46%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.68%) Windows
2 26 (11.93%) Linux
3 16 (7.34%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.92%) Unix
4 2 (0.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (47.71%) DevOps
2 103 (47.25%) CI/CD
3 82 (37.61%) Infrastructure as Code
4 47 (21.56%) Problem-Solving
5 44 (20.18%) Cloud Security
6 36 (16.51%) Agile
7 35 (16.06%) Containerisation
7 35 (16.06%) Migration
8 23 (10.55%) High Availability
9 22 (10.09%) Infrastructure Automation
9 22 (10.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 19 (8.72%) Continuous Integration
10 19 (8.72%) Service Management
11 18 (8.26%) Change Management
12 16 (7.34%) Platform Engineering
13 14 (6.42%) Mentoring
14 13 (5.96%) Artificial Intelligence
14 13 (5.96%) Continuous Deployment
14 13 (5.96%) TDD
15 12 (5.50%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 83 (38.07%) Python
2 39 (17.89%) Bash
3 30 (13.76%) SQL
4 29 (13.30%) PowerShell
5 25 (11.47%) Go
6 21 (9.63%) Java
7 11 (5.05%) Perl
8 9 (4.13%) Bicep
9 7 (3.21%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.75%) JavaScript
11 2 (0.92%) C#
11 2 (0.92%) Scala
11 2 (0.92%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.92%) VB
12 1 (0.46%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.46%) Korn
12 1 (0.46%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 58 (26.61%) Security Cleared
2 44 (20.18%) SC Cleared
3 21 (9.63%) AWS Certification
4 20 (9.17%) Azure Certification
5 15 (6.88%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.59%) Degree
6 10 (4.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (3.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 6 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 3 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.38%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.92%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.92%) CCSP
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
11 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.46%) CCNP
11 1 (0.46%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.46%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.13%) NIST
1 9 (4.13%) QA
2 7 (3.21%) GDPR
2 7 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.75%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.83%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.83%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.46%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.46%) GxP
5 1 (0.46%) NCSC
5 1 (0.46%) SOC 2
System Software
1 46 (21.10%) Docker
2 23 (10.55%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.13%) VMware NSX
3 9 (4.13%) vSphere
4 6 (2.75%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.83%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.92%) Ceph
7 2 (0.92%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.46%) iptables
8 1 (0.46%) KVM
8 1 (0.46%) Squid
Systems Management
1 91 (41.74%) Terraform
2 67 (30.73%) Kubernetes
3 25 (11.47%) Ansible
4 9 (4.13%) Grafana
4 9 (4.13%) vCenter Server
5 7 (3.21%) Prometheus
6 6 (2.75%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (2.75%) Puppet
7 5 (2.29%) Argo
8 4 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (1.38%) HP Fortify
9 3 (1.38%) Nessus
9 3 (1.38%) Progress Chef
9 3 (1.38%) QRadar
10 2 (0.92%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.46%) Cilium
11 1 (0.46%) Kibana
11 1 (0.46%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.46%) Packer
11 1 (0.46%) vRealize
Vendors
1 45 (20.64%) Microsoft
2 19 (8.72%) Google
3 14 (6.42%) Cisco
4 10 (4.59%) Juniper
4 10 (4.59%) SolarWinds
5 9 (4.13%) Zscaler
6 8 (3.67%) Palo Alto
6 8 (3.67%) Splunk
7 6 (2.75%) Darktrace
7 6 (2.75%) SAP
8 5 (2.29%) Oracle
8 5 (2.29%) ServiceNow
8 5 (2.29%) VMware
9 4 (1.83%) Databricks
9 4 (1.83%) Salesforce
10 3 (1.38%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.38%) Axway
10 3 (1.38%) Qualys
10 3 (1.38%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.92%) Adobe