Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Cloud Architect
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in Milton Keynes is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
2 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.38% - 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £578 - -
25th Percentile £601 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - £490
Median % change year-on-year - - -30.00%
75th Percentile £645 - £525
90th Percentile £648 - £546
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £640 - £490
% change year-on-year - - -30.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 760 215 299
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.44% 95.13% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 140 214
10th Percentile £363 £279 £251
25th Percentile £450 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £599 £553 £548
90th Percentile £638 £653 £626
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 £436 £450
% change year-on-year +20.34% -3.06% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 11 9
10th Percentile £15.05 £14.54 £17.44
25th Percentile £16.35 £15.12 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.32 £17.87 £22.58
Median % change year-on-year +2.52% -20.86% +68.89%
75th Percentile £39.63 £19.25 £36.00
90th Percentile £42.10 £53.75 £37.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £15.71 £25.00
% change year-on-year +16.65% -37.18% +52.44%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Milton Keynes

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 2 August 2026, Cloud Architect 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) DevOps
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 2 (66.67%) NIST
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) VMware NSX
2 2 (66.67%) Zachman Framework

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Matrix Organization
1 2 (66.67%) Microservices
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) TOGAF
1 2 (66.67%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) MCSE
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
1 2 (66.67%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (66.67%) VMware NSX
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
Cloud Architect jobs