Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in Kensington and Chelsea

Cloud Engineer
Central London > Kensington and Chelsea

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in Kensington and Chelsea is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington and Chelsea 33.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Central London median daily rate £525 £596 £550
% change year-on-year -11.95% +8.41% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kensington and Chelsea

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kensington and Chelsea. 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 Kensington and Chelsea with a recognized job title 3 7 2
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £570 £280 £244
25th Percentile £581 £306 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £358 £338
Median % change year-on-year +67.83% +5.93% -38.64%
75th Percentile £669 £406 £397
90th Percentile £710 £429 £421
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £565
% change year-on-year -5.65% +1.77% -1.74%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea.

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in Kensington and Chelsea

Cloud Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea region over the 6 months to 26 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
Chelsea - 1 £600 -
Kensington - 1 £600 -
Cloud Engineer
Central London

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington and Chelsea

For the 6 months to 26 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 Kensington and Chelsea region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington and Chelsea 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto