Cloud Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
England > South East

The median Cloud Infrastructure Architect daily rate in the South East is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 - 199
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Infrastructure Architect 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% - 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% - 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £600
25th Percentile - - £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - -3.70%
75th Percentile - - £698
90th Percentile - - £707
England median daily rate £675 £663 £613
% change year-on-year +1.89% +8.16% -9.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,941 3,515 4,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 92.96% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,556 2,194 3,063
10th Percentile £221 £237 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.49% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £686 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 371 139 234
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.33 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.51
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% -15.89% +51.04%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.59 £66.19
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cloud Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in the South East

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in the South East

Cloud Infrastructure Architect
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Infrastructure Architect within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £600 -
Thames Valley - 1 £600 -
Cloud Infrastructure Architect
England

Cloud Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, Cloud Infrastructure 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 South East region featuring Cloud Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) VPN

Cloud Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) RBAC
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos