Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Cloud Architect
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in South Yorkshire 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 97 66 -
Rank change year-on-year -31 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 8 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.68% 0.19% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.21% -
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 - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £650 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,069 470 432
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 90.04% 87.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 320 261
10th Percentile £358 £268 £235
25th Percentile £420 £384 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.37% -5.10% -9.09%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £579
90th Percentile £675 £625 £613
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.55% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 4 11
10th Percentile £22.20 - £10.90
25th Percentile - £18.10 £12.97
Median hourly rate £25.77 £18.35 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.42% +31.09% -26.32%
75th Percentile £34.77 £18.50 £21.75
90th Percentile £36.61 £18.51 £22.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £22.14 £17.50
% change year-on-year +16.40% +26.51% -14.63%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in South Yorkshire

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in South Yorkshire

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Architect within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 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
Sheffield -36 8 £650 -10.03% 3
Cloud Architect
Yorkshire

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

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 South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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