Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Cloud Engineer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 46 57
Rank change year-on-year +9 +11 +31
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 1.89% 0.35% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.98% 0.36% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £522 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £695
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.92%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £590 - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £550 - £695
% change year-on-year - - +20.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 303 274 495
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.58% 96.48% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 196 383
10th Percentile £219 £248 £275
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £550 £560 £600
90th Percentile £629 £653 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 14
10th Percentile £14.97 £14.25 £13.16
25th Percentile £18.00 £17.68 £13.27
Median hourly rate £29.61 £21.25 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +39.34% +4.94% +19.12%
75th Percentile - £36.19 £23.97
90th Percentile £36.00 £37.12 £28.20
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £24.00 £18.70 £20.25
% change year-on-year +28.34% -7.65% +26.56%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
3 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
3 4 (66.67%) DevOps
3 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (50.00%) AI
4 3 (50.00%) AI Transformation
4 3 (50.00%) Ansible
4 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) DNS
4 3 (50.00%) Docker
4 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
4 3 (50.00%) GitHub
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
4 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 3 (50.00%) Linux
4 3 (50.00%) Podman
4 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
4 3 (50.00%) Proxmox
4 3 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (50.00%) Zscaler
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
5 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving

Cloud Engineer 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 6 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (50.00%) GitHub
3 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
2 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 4 (66.67%) DevOps
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) AI Transformation
2 3 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Ansible
1 3 (50.00%) Podman
1 3 (50.00%) Proxmox
2 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft