Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Engineer
UK > England

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in England is £522, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 313 259
Rank change year-on-year +39 -54 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 296 206 342
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.94% 0.72% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 0.77% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 125 254
10th Percentile £404 £380 £425
25th Percentile £453 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £522 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% - -
75th Percentile £588 £650 £638
90th Percentile £707 £708 £700
UK median daily rate £520 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -5.45% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £29.00 - -
25th Percentile £29.50 - £86.75
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £88.50
75th Percentile £86.25 - £90.25
90th Percentile £110.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £30.00 - £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 28,847 26,756 34,133
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 92.94% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,393 16,655 23,374
10th Percentile £294 £300 £285
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
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 1,772 837 1,370
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.74 £15.24
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £20.00
Median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%
75th Percentile £60.34 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.95 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +45.77%

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 24 December 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 24 December 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 24 December 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 +7 147 £513 -10.87% 67
North of England -25 50 £513 +24.24% 27
South East +11 40 £500 -6.98% 39
Midlands -22 39 £575 +21.05% 11
West Midlands -4 32 £575 -11.54% 10
Yorkshire -17 29 £520 +26.06% 8
North West -22 21 £450 - 16
South West +4 16 £538 -6.52% 17
East of England -11 10 £438 -12.50% 4
East Midlands -16 7 £513 +13.89% 1
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 December 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.

1 137 (46.28%) DevOps
2 131 (44.26%) AWS
3 124 (41.89%) Azure
4 119 (40.20%) Terraform
5 117 (39.53%) CI/CD
6 111 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 100 (33.78%) Security Cleared
8 94 (31.76%) Python
9 86 (29.05%) Kubernetes
10 74 (25.00%) GCP
11 65 (21.96%) Agile
12 62 (20.95%) SC Cleared
13 60 (20.27%) GitHub
14 59 (19.93%) Docker
15 56 (18.92%) Microsoft
16 53 (17.91%) Containerisation
17 51 (17.23%) Cloud Security
18 50 (16.89%) Jenkins
19 46 (15.54%) Google
20 41 (13.85%) GitLab
20 41 (13.85%) Linux
20 41 (13.85%) REST
21 38 (12.84%) PowerShell
22 36 (12.16%) Ansible
22 36 (12.16%) GitHub Actions
22 36 (12.16%) Serverless
23 35 (11.82%) SQL
24 34 (11.49%) DV Cleared
25 33 (11.15%) Windows
26 32 (10.81%) 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 8 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.69%) Apache
3 4 (1.35%) Confluence
4 3 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.68%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.68%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Superset
6 1 (0.34%) CMS
6 1 (0.34%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.34%) nginx
6 1 (0.34%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 4 (1.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (44.26%) AWS
2 124 (41.89%) Azure
3 74 (25.00%) GCP
4 60 (20.27%) GitHub
5 36 (12.16%) GitHub Actions
5 36 (12.16%) Serverless
6 28 (9.46%) Entra ID
7 25 (8.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (7.77%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (7.43%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 18 (6.08%) Amazon EKS
11 17 (5.74%) PaaS
12 15 (5.07%) IaaS
12 15 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (4.73%) Amazon S3
13 14 (4.73%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (4.05%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (4.05%) Azure AKS
14 12 (4.05%) Azure Sentinel
14 12 (4.05%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 24 (8.11%) Firewall
2 21 (7.09%) Cisco Firepower
2 21 (7.09%) Cisco IOS
2 21 (7.09%) Cisco ISE
2 21 (7.09%) Junos
3 15 (5.07%) VPN
4 10 (3.38%) Network Security
5 7 (2.36%) DNS
6 5 (1.69%) NX-OS
7 4 (1.35%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.01%) WAN
9 2 (0.68%) LAN
9 2 (0.68%) SAN
9 2 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.34%) BGP
10 1 (0.34%) IPsec
10 1 (0.34%) MPLS
10 1 (0.34%) VRRP
10 1 (0.34%) Wireless
10 1 (0.34%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.80%) NoSQL
2 27 (9.12%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (3.04%) BigQuery
4 8 (2.70%) Power BI
5 6 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.35%) DynamoDB
7 4 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 3 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (1.01%) Data Lake
8 3 (1.01%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.01%) Oracle Database
9 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.68%) Mixpanel
9 2 (0.68%) OLAP
9 2 (0.68%) OLTP
9 2 (0.68%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.34%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 50 (16.89%) Jenkins
2 41 (13.85%) GitLab
3 23 (7.77%) Git
4 14 (4.73%) JIRA
4 14 (4.73%) Liquibase
5 3 (1.01%) Postman
6 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.68%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.68%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.34%) TeamCity
General
1 59 (19.93%) Social Skills
2 54 (18.24%) Finance
3 26 (8.78%) Banking
4 23 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.76%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.72%) Financial Institution
7 10 (3.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.36%) Aeronautics
8 7 (2.36%) Local Government
9 6 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (2.03%) Retail
10 5 (1.69%) Aviation
10 5 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.68%) Billing
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.34%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.34%) Marketing
12 1 (0.34%) Military
12 1 (0.34%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (13.85%) REST
2 20 (6.76%) RESTful
3 18 (6.08%) Elastic Stack
3 18 (6.08%) Node.js
4 12 (4.05%) Kafka
5 10 (3.38%) ARM Templates
6 9 (3.04%) React
6 9 (3.04%) SOAP
7 8 (2.70%) OpenAPI
7 8 (2.70%) OpenTelemetry
7 8 (2.70%) Oracle Fusion
7 8 (2.70%) SAML
8 7 (2.36%) GraphQL
8 7 (2.36%) OpenID
9 6 (2.03%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.03%) AWS CDK
9 6 (2.03%) JSON
9 6 (2.03%) Spring
9 6 (2.03%) Web Services
9 6 (2.03%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 48 (16.22%) Cloud Native
2 32 (10.81%) Public Cloud
3 20 (6.76%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (2.70%) PKI
5 7 (2.36%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.69%) Genomics
6 5 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.69%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.35%) Life Science
8 3 (1.01%) Replication
9 2 (0.68%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (0.34%) Cyber Security Posture
10 1 (0.34%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.34%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.34%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.34%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 41 (13.85%) Linux
2 33 (11.15%) Windows
3 20 (6.76%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.04%) Unix
5 3 (1.01%) VMS
6 1 (0.34%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (46.28%) DevOps
2 117 (39.53%) CI/CD
3 111 (37.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 65 (21.96%) Agile
5 53 (17.91%) Containerisation
6 51 (17.23%) Cloud Security
7 32 (10.81%) Microservices
7 32 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
8 31 (10.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 31 (10.47%) Migration
9 29 (9.80%) Software Engineering
10 28 (9.46%) Cybersecurity
11 27 (9.12%) Infrastructure Automation
12 25 (8.45%) AI
12 25 (8.45%) DevSecOps
13 24 (8.11%) Observability
13 24 (8.11%) Service Management
14 23 (7.77%) Cost Optimisation
14 23 (7.77%) ITSM
15 22 (7.43%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 94 (31.76%) Python
2 38 (12.84%) PowerShell
3 35 (11.82%) SQL
4 30 (10.14%) Go
5 27 (9.12%) Java
6 21 (7.09%) Bash
7 13 (4.39%) Bicep
8 11 (3.72%) Shell Script
9 9 (3.04%) TypeScript
10 7 (2.36%) C#
10 7 (2.36%) Perl
11 6 (2.03%) JavaScript
12 4 (1.35%) BeanShell
13 3 (1.01%) Ruby
14 2 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.68%) VB
15 1 (0.34%) C
15 1 (0.34%) Korn
15 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 100 (33.78%) Security Cleared
2 62 (20.95%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.49%) DV Cleared
4 29 (9.80%) Degree
5 28 (9.46%) Azure Certification
6 23 (7.77%) AWS Certification
7 18 (6.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 16 (5.41%) Master's Degree
9 10 (3.38%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (2.03%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.03%) CISSP
11 5 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
11 5 (1.69%) CISM
12 4 (1.35%) AWS Certified Developer
12 4 (1.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 4 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (1.01%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (1.01%) CCSP
13 3 (1.01%) DBS Check
14 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (3.38%) NIST
3 7 (2.36%) QA
4 6 (2.03%) GDPR
5 5 (1.69%) GRC
5 5 (1.69%) NCSC
6 4 (1.35%) PCI DSS
7 3 (1.01%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.34%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 59 (19.93%) Docker
2 32 (10.81%) Active Directory
3 21 (7.09%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (1.35%) Firmware
5 4 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.68%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.34%) KVM
7 1 (0.34%) Squid
Systems Management
1 119 (40.20%) Terraform
2 86 (29.05%) Kubernetes
3 36 (12.16%) Ansible
4 26 (8.78%) Grafana
4 26 (8.78%) Prometheus
5 21 (7.09%) vCenter Server
6 12 (4.05%) Istio
7 8 (2.70%) Argo
8 6 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (1.01%) Podman
10 3 (1.01%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.68%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.68%) Packer
11 2 (0.68%) Puppet
11 2 (0.68%) QRadar
12 1 (0.34%) Consul
12 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.34%) vRealize
Vendors
1 56 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 46 (15.54%) Google
3 23 (7.77%) Cisco
4 22 (7.43%) Juniper
4 22 (7.43%) Splunk
5 21 (7.09%) SolarWinds
6 16 (5.41%) Oracle
7 11 (3.72%) Databricks
8 10 (3.38%) ServiceNow
9 6 (2.03%) MuleSoft
9 6 (2.03%) Palo Alto
9 6 (2.03%) VMware
10 5 (1.69%) Broadcom
10 5 (1.69%) Ping Identity
10 5 (1.69%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.35%) Dynatrace
12 3 (1.01%) Atlassian
12 3 (1.01%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.68%) Axway
13 2 (0.68%) Proofpoint