Cloud Platform Engineer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire
Cloud Platform Engineer
South East > Hampshire
The median Cloud Platform Engineer daily rate in Hampshire is £587, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 108 | 75 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | -33 | - | - |
| Contract Cloud Platform Engineer jobs | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire | 0.11% | 0.39% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.43% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £553 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £559 | £402 | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £587 | £476 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +23.37% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £634 | £577 | - |
| 90th Percentile | £651 | £581 | - |
| South East median daily rate | £598 | £475 | £400 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.79% | +18.75% | -33.33% |
All Contract IT Job Roles
Hampshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Hampshire matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in Hampshire matching a recognised job title | 1,730 | 928 | 1,100 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.15% | 89.66% | 92.75% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 944 | 629 | 722 |
| 10th Percentile | £327 | £246 | £355 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £438 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £553 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.24% | -4.55% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £669 | £600 | £639 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £650 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £509 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -1.82% | -0.63% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 330 | 87 | 76 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.00 | £16.17 | £21.89 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.11 | £19.00 | £27.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £38.25 | £25.15 | £66.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +52.09% | -62.28% | +28.32% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £41.00 | £74.06 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.25 | £66.11 | £75.00 |
| South East median hourly rate | £47.50 | £20.71 | £57.79 |
| % change year-on-year | +129.36% | -64.16% | +13.20% |
Cloud Platform Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Cloud Platform Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.
Cloud Platform Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Platform Engineer job vacancies in Hampshire.
Cloud Platform Engineer Contract Job Locations in Hampshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Cloud Platform Engineer jobs within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 24 October 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | - | 1 | £625 | - | 2 |
| Southampton | - | 1 | £550 | - | 5 |
| Cloud Platform Engineer South East |
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Cloud Platform Engineer Skill Set Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire
For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Cloud Platform Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Cloud Platform Engineer job ads across the Hampshire region.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | CI/CD | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Infrastructure as Code | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Microsoft | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Platform Engineering | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1 | Terraform | 100.0% | 2 |
| 7 | Active Directory | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Azure AKS | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Azure DevOps | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Azure Monitor | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Bicep | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Cloud Operations | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Cloudflare | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Cost Control | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Cost Optimisation | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | DevOps | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Entra ID | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | GitHub | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | GitHub Actions | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Kubernetes | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Microsoft Exchange | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Microsoft Purview | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Migration | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | PowerShell | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | RBAC | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | SC Cleared | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Security Cleared | 50.0% | 1 |
| 7 | Zero Trust | 50.0% | 1 |
Cloud Platform Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure Platform Engineer | 100.0% | 2 |
| 2 | Cloud Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |
| 2 | Senior Platform Engineer | 50.0% | 1 |