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 14 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
14 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 223 293 317
Rank change year-on-year +70 +24 -44
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 504 200 244
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.18% 0.81% 0.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.28% 0.88% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 158 172
10th Percentile £412 £402 £400
25th Percentile £463 £447 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -3.51%
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% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 3
10th Percentile £71.28 - -
25th Percentile £73.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £77.00 £45.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +71.11% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £81.25 £47.50 £32.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £77.00 £45.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +71.11% +50.00% -41.18%

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 39,506 22,778 34,836
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.39% 92.36% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,359 14,973 22,731
10th Percentile £325 £293 £286
25th Percentile £415 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £638
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,786 999 2,664
10th Percentile £15.93 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.17% -26.58% -11.30%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.88 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £43.30 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +57.46% -26.67% -16.67%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 June 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 +61 295 £550 +7.84% 38
North of England -26 67 £500 +5.26% 24
South East -30 63 £538 +3.66% 35
North West -21 33 £500 +24.38% 18
Midlands -40 29 £525 +5.00% 11
Yorkshire -26 27 £481 -3.75% 6
West Midlands -35 24 £525 - 10
East of England -13 22 £505 +2.54% 6
South West -15 15 £550 -2.22% 18
North East -36 7 £525 +5.00%
East Midlands -25 5 £413 -13.16% 1
Cloud Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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.

1 249 (49.40%) Azure
2 240 (47.62%) Terraform
3 216 (42.86%) AWS
4 207 (41.07%) CI/CD
5 194 (38.49%) Infrastructure as Code
6 176 (34.92%) DevOps
7 131 (25.99%) Security Cleared
8 118 (23.41%) Python
9 110 (21.83%) Kubernetes
10 109 (21.63%) Cloud Security
11 107 (21.23%) GCP
12 103 (20.44%) SC Cleared
13 102 (20.24%) Microsoft
14 91 (18.06%) PowerShell
15 86 (17.06%) GitHub
16 83 (16.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 83 (16.47%) Platform Engineering
17 80 (15.87%) Google
17 80 (15.87%) Migration
18 67 (13.29%) Windows
19 66 (13.10%) Agile
20 61 (12.10%) Firewall
21 60 (11.90%) GitHub Actions
22 59 (11.71%) AI
22 59 (11.71%) Containerisation
23 57 (11.31%) Docker
24 54 (10.71%) Serverless
25 52 (10.32%) Bash
26 49 (9.72%) SQL
27 46 (9.13%) Azure Certification

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 7 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.19%) Confluence
3 5 (0.99%) Apache
3 5 (0.99%) nginx
4 3 (0.60%) IIS
4 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.40%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.20%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.20%) SAS
6 1 (0.20%) Traefik
Business Applications
1 1 (0.20%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 249 (49.40%) Azure
2 216 (42.86%) AWS
3 107 (21.23%) GCP
4 86 (17.06%) GitHub
5 60 (11.90%) GitHub Actions
6 54 (10.71%) Serverless
7 45 (8.93%) Entra ID
8 40 (7.94%) Azure DevOps
9 39 (7.74%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 38 (7.54%) IaaS
11 37 (7.34%) PaaS
12 36 (7.14%) AWS CloudFormation
13 35 (6.94%) Amazon S3
13 35 (6.94%) Azure AKS
14 31 (6.15%) AWS Lambda
15 30 (5.95%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 27 (5.36%) Amazon EC2
17 25 (4.96%) Amazon EKS
18 23 (4.56%) Amazon ECS
18 23 (4.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (12.10%) Firewall
2 43 (8.53%) DNS
3 25 (4.96%) Network Security
4 23 (4.56%) VPN
5 9 (1.79%) WAN
6 7 (1.39%) DHCP
6 7 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.99%) Reverse Proxy
7 5 (0.99%) SSL
8 4 (0.79%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
8 4 (0.79%) VLAN
9 3 (0.60%) Internet
9 3 (0.60%) SMTP
10 2 (0.40%) BGP
10 2 (0.40%) BIG-IP
10 2 (0.40%) IPv4
10 2 (0.40%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.40%) SAN
10 2 (0.40%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.78%) SQL Server
2 11 (2.18%) BigQuery
3 9 (1.79%) Amazon Athena
4 8 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (1.59%) DynamoDB
5 6 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.99%) Oracle Database
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon QuickSight
7 4 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.60%) Big Data
8 3 (0.60%) MySQL
8 3 (0.60%) Oracle Database 12c
9 2 (0.40%) Metadata
9 2 (0.40%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.20%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.20%) Neo4j
10 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 41 (8.13%) GitLab
2 40 (7.94%) Jenkins
3 36 (7.14%) Git
4 10 (1.98%) JIRA
5 9 (1.79%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.60%) Selenium
6 3 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.40%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.40%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.40%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.40%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.20%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.20%) Chocolatey
8 1 (0.20%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.20%) Gatling
8 1 (0.20%) Postman
8 1 (0.20%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.20%) sqlmap
General
1 60 (11.90%) Social Skills
2 53 (10.52%) Finance
3 36 (7.14%) Public Sector
4 22 (4.37%) Banking
5 20 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
7 8 (1.59%) Retail
8 6 (1.19%) Investment Banking
8 6 (1.19%) Legal
8 6 (1.19%) Telecoms
9 5 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.79%) Law
10 4 (0.79%) Local Government
10 4 (0.79%) Marketing
10 4 (0.79%) Military
10 4 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.40%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.40%) International Banking
11 2 (0.40%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.57%) REST
2 14 (2.78%) Spring
2 14 (2.78%) Spring Boot
3 13 (2.58%) Node.js
4 12 (2.38%) React
5 11 (2.18%) OAuth
5 11 (2.18%) OAuth2
6 10 (1.98%) Kafka
7 8 (1.59%) OpenTelemetry
8 7 (1.39%) .NET
8 7 (1.39%) ARM Templates
8 7 (1.39%) OpenID
9 6 (1.19%) AngularJS
9 6 (1.19%) LangChain
10 5 (0.99%) Model Context Protocol
10 5 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (0.99%) Playwright
10 5 (0.99%) YAML
11 4 (0.79%) Express.js
11 4 (0.79%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 97 (19.25%) Cloud Native
2 28 (5.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 27 (5.36%) Public Cloud
4 21 (4.17%) Security Posture
5 18 (3.57%) Data Centre
6 13 (2.58%) Enterprise Cloud
7 11 (2.18%) Management Information System
8 10 (1.98%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.98%) Product Ownership
9 9 (1.79%) Cloud Security Posture
9 9 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.99%) Private Cloud
14 4 (0.79%) AI Agents
14 4 (0.79%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
15 3 (0.60%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 67 (13.29%) Windows
2 38 (7.54%) Linux
3 37 (7.34%) Windows Server
4 12 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (0.99%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.60%) CentOS
8 2 (0.40%) VMS
8 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (41.07%) CI/CD
2 194 (38.49%) Infrastructure as Code
3 176 (34.92%) DevOps
4 109 (21.63%) Cloud Security
5 83 (16.47%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 83 (16.47%) Platform Engineering
6 80 (15.87%) Migration
7 66 (13.10%) Agile
8 59 (11.71%) AI
8 59 (11.71%) Containerisation
9 46 (9.13%) Observability
9 46 (9.13%) Problem-Solving
10 44 (8.73%) Software Engineering
11 43 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 41 (8.13%) Cybersecurity
13 40 (7.94%) Infrastructure Automation
14 38 (7.54%) DevSecOps
14 38 (7.54%) Technical Leadership
15 29 (5.75%) Microservices
16 28 (5.56%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 118 (23.41%) Python
2 91 (18.06%) PowerShell
3 52 (10.32%) Bash
4 49 (9.72%) SQL
5 38 (7.54%) Bicep
6 30 (5.95%) Java
7 15 (2.98%) C#
8 10 (1.98%) Go
8 10 (1.98%) TypeScript
9 8 (1.59%) JavaScript
10 5 (0.99%) Groovy
11 2 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.40%) Ruby
12 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.20%) Cypher
12 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.20%) Perl
12 1 (0.20%) R
12 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 131 (25.99%) Security Cleared
2 103 (20.44%) SC Cleared
3 46 (9.13%) Azure Certification
4 31 (6.15%) DV Cleared
5 28 (5.56%) AWS Certification
6 18 (3.57%) Degree
7 12 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (2.18%) CISSP
9 9 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.59%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.99%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
13 4 (0.79%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 3 (0.60%) CCNP
14 3 (0.60%) CCSP
14 3 (0.60%) CISM
15 2 (0.40%) Citrix Certification
15 2 (0.40%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.38%) NIST
2 11 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.98%) NCSC
3 10 (1.98%) QA
4 8 (1.59%) GDPR
5 6 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.79%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.40%) SLA
7 2 (0.40%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 57 (11.31%) Docker
2 37 (7.34%) Active Directory
3 18 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (3.37%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (3.37%) VMware ESXi
4 17 (3.37%) VMware NSX
5 16 (3.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 13 (2.58%) vSphere
7 10 (1.98%) vCloud
8 9 (1.79%) Hyper-V
9 7 (1.39%) Squid
10 3 (0.60%) Dovecot
10 3 (0.60%) Firmware
10 3 (0.60%) Postfix
11 2 (0.40%) Ceph
11 2 (0.40%) KVM
11 2 (0.40%) NFS
Systems Management
1 240 (47.62%) Terraform
2 110 (21.83%) Kubernetes
3 35 (6.94%) Ansible
4 18 (3.57%) Grafana
5 17 (3.37%) Prometheus
6 14 (2.78%) Istio
6 14 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
6 14 (2.78%) vCenter Server
7 13 (2.58%) Progress Chef
8 12 (2.38%) SCOM
9 11 (2.18%) Puppet
10 10 (1.98%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (1.59%) Packer
12 7 (1.39%) Argo
13 4 (0.79%) HAProxy
13 4 (0.79%) Salt
13 4 (0.79%) Suricata
14 3 (0.60%) Active Directory Federation Services
15 2 (0.40%) Cilium
15 2 (0.40%) SELinux
Vendors
1 102 (20.24%) Microsoft
2 80 (15.87%) Google
3 35 (6.94%) VMware
4 21 (4.17%) Oracle
5 14 (2.78%) Palo Alto
6 13 (2.58%) Red Hat
6 13 (2.58%) Zscaler
7 9 (1.79%) Cisco
8 8 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.39%) Dynatrace
10 6 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 6 (1.19%) Splunk
11 5 (0.99%) Citrix
11 5 (0.99%) Fortinet
11 5 (0.99%) OpenAI
11 5 (0.99%) Rapid7
12 4 (0.79%) CrowdStrike
12 4 (0.79%) Juniper
12 4 (0.79%) PeopleSoft
12 4 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
121 Cloud Engineer jobs in England