Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Cloud Engineer
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in Lincolnshire is £352, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 9 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 5.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.08% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £232 - -
25th Percentile £272 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £352 - -
75th Percentile £445 - -
90th Percentile £493 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £450 £475 £356
% change year-on-year -5.26% +33.43% -25.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.20 - -
Median hourly rate £25.47 - -
75th Percentile £27.73 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.47 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Lincolnshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lincolnshire. 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 Lincolnshire with a recognized job title 148 42 40
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.57% 93.33% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 7 27
10th Percentile £205 £190 £174
25th Percentile £431 £225 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £577 £519 £694
90th Percentile £675 £531 £788
East Midlands median daily rate £475 £415 £443
% change year-on-year +14.46% -6.32% -6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 17 13
10th Percentile £18.00 £18.31 £17.04
25th Percentile £23.00 £18.87 £21.46
Median hourly rate £25.77 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +2.47% -48.21% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £30.30 £51.91
90th Percentile £77.85 £43.38 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £18.31 £21.39 £18.00
% change year-on-year -14.40% +18.83% -20.00%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Lincolnshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Lincolnshire

Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincolnshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Engineer in Lincolnshire

Cloud Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Lincoln - 7 £352 - 4
Cloud Engineer
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 Lincolnshire region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (44.44%) Azure
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (22.22%) DHCP
3 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) MCSA
3 2 (22.22%) MCSE
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) VxRail
4 1 (11.11%) API Integration
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
4 1 (11.11%) Data Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Data Ingestion

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) LAN
1 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) Ethernet
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
1 3 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) High Availability
3 1 (11.11%) Identity Management
3 1 (11.11%) Incident Response
3 1 (11.11%) Information Management
3 1 (11.11%) Patch Management
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) MCSA
2 2 (22.22%) MCSE
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
2 1 (11.11%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds