Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £555, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 November 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 115 134
Rank change year-on-year 0 +19 +40
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 8 17 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.43% 0.80% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.86% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 14 7
10th Percentile £455 £518 £623
25th Percentile £490 £560 £659
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £665 £700
Median % change year-on-year -16.54% -5.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £600 £738 £706
90th Percentile - £746 £714
South East median daily rate £540 £675 £675
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,701 1,975 2,495
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.87% 92.42% 94.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,131 1,628
10th Percentile £258 £288 £213
25th Percentile £401 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £620 £615
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £511
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.24% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 81 108
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.28
25th Percentile £15.91 £23.50 £24.32
Median hourly rate £24.00 £56.75 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -57.71% +12.31% +155.84%
75th Percentile £40.65 £63.43 £67.38
90th Percentile £81.00 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £52.10
% change year-on-year -63.84% +10.36% +38.93%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 17 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 17 November 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
Berkshire -5 4 £474 -34.66% 1
Buckinghamshire +3 2 - - 8
Oxfordshire - 2 £600 - 1
Cloud Architect
South East

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 17 November 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (25.00%) B2C
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Service Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) RBAC
2 2 (25.00%) REST
2 2 (25.00%) Runbook

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
2 2 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
2 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Service Cloud
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
2 1 (12.50%) Broadband
2 1 (12.50%) MPLS
2 1 (12.50%) NaaS
2 1 (12.50%) SD-WAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (25.00%) Legal
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
1 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) REST
1 2 (25.00%) SOAP
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
2 2 (25.00%) B2C
2 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
2 2 (25.00%) RBAC
2 2 (25.00%) Runbook
2 2 (25.00%) SIEM
3 1 (12.50%) API Management
3 1 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) Generative AI
3 1 (12.50%) Observability
3 1 (12.50%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) Ansible
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (25.00%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) Sophos
3 1 (12.50%) Fortinet
3 1 (12.50%) Juniper