Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Cloud Architect
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in Sheffield is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 59 -
Rank change year-on-year -36 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.74% 0.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.24% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £512 - -
25th Percentile £597 £711 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £723 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.03% - -
75th Percentile £675 £734 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £650 £723 -
% change year-on-year -10.03% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 980 410 378
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 89.91% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 632 276 220
10th Percentile £363 £285 £375
25th Percentile £425 £388 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £513
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -12.77%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £687 £638 £619
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.37% -5.10% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 4 7
10th Percentile - - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £15.70
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% -12.61% +10.53%
75th Percentile £36.61 £18.50 £22.00
90th Percentile - £18.51 £22.70
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £14.00
% change year-on-year +40.42% +31.09% -26.32%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Sheffield

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect in Sheffield over the 6 months to 5 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in Sheffield

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 Sheffield region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (75.00%) Presales
3 6 (75.00%) Windows
3 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
4 4 (50.00%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
5 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
5 3 (37.50%) Firewall
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) AWS
6 1 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
6 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
6 1 (12.50%) Cost Management
6 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Docker
6 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
6 1 (12.50%) GCP
6 1 (12.50%) Google
6 1 (12.50%) Google Compute Engine
6 1 (12.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (12.50%) Grafana
6 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
6 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (12.50%) Java

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) GCP
3 1 (12.50%) Google Compute Engine
3 1 (12.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
3 1 (12.50%) Stackdriver
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) Amazon RDS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Presales
2 3 (37.50%) Cost Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 1 (12.50%) Cost Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
3 1 (12.50%) Microservices
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Grafana
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Prometheus
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Google