Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends
Cloud Architect
UK
The median Cloud Architect daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 365 | 396 | 327 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +31 | -69 | +55 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect | 369 | 173 | 246 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.67% | 0.52% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.73% | 0.57% | 0.71% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 243 | 129 | 155 |
| 10th Percentile | £451 | £449 | £466 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £513 | £523 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £625 | £630 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.00% | -0.79% | -6.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £713 | £750 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £600 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -7.69% | -3.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £22.69 | - | - |
| Median hourly rate | £25.47 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £27.73 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.47 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Roles
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 50,792 | 30,277 | 34,849 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.89% | 90.93% | 93.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29,802 | 19,116 | 21,016 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £280 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £402 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £625 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £737 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £492 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.36% | -1.70% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4,200 | 1,670 | 1,418 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.25 | £13.80 | £15.02 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.25 | £17.30 | £20.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.06 | £25.15 | £41.27 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +63.25% | -39.05% | -8.30% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.00 | £68.75 | £73.83 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.32 | £24.62 | £41.53 |
| % change year-on-year | +63.77% | -40.72% | -6.67% |
Cloud Architect Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Architect Daily Rate Trend
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the UK.
Cloud Architect Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Cloud Architect Hourly Rate Trend
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in the UK.
Cloud Architect Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Architect over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
Cloud Architect Top 16 Contract Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 17 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +27 | 303 | £600 | -6.25% | 536 |
| UK excluding London | +4 | 164 | £600 | - | 225 |
| London | -22 | 158 | £650 | +1.56% | 318 |
| Work from Home | -41 | 97 | £615 | +2.50% | 184 |
| North of England | -40 | 46 | £600 | -14.29% | 68 |
| South East | -29 | 42 | £575 | +5.50% | 63 |
| Midlands | -12 | 30 | £615 | +47.31% | 34 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 27 | £600 | -10.95% | 27 |
| Scotland | -2 | 23 | £450 | - | 28 |
| East Midlands | +7 | 19 | £563 | +29.31% | 11 |
| North West | -34 | 17 | £600 | +30.43% | 34 |
| South West | -35 | 13 | £750 | +16.73% | 12 |
| West Midlands | -31 | 11 | £675 | +68.75% | 23 |
| East of England | -20 | 6 | £650 | -3.70% | 11 |
| Wales | -13 | 5 | £625 | +34.99% | 5 |
| North East | -41 | 2 | - | - | 7 |
Cloud Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 17 October 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 featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 43.1% | 159 |
| 2 | AWS | 42.8% | 158 |
| 3 | Migration | 25.5% | 94 |
| 4 | GCP | 22.5% | 83 |
| 4 | Security Cleared | 22.5% | 83 |
| 6 | Infrastructure as Code | 21.7% | 80 |
| 7 | CI/CD | 19.5% | 72 |
| 8 | DevOps | 19.0% | 70 |
| 9 | SC Cleared | 18.4% | 68 |
| 10 | Roadmaps | 17.9% | 66 |
| 10 | Technical Leadership | 17.9% | 66 |
| 12 | Microsoft | 17.3% | 64 |
| 13 | Stakeholder Management | 17.1% | 63 |
| 14 | Cloud Security | 16.0% | 59 |
| 14 | Kubernetes | 16.0% | 59 |
| 16 | Terraform | 15.2% | 56 |
| 17 | 11.9% | 44 | |
| 17 | Oracle | 11.9% | 44 |
| 19 | Architectural Patterns | 11.4% | 42 |
| 19 | Stakeholder Engagement | 11.4% | 42 |
| 21 | Security Architecture | 11.1% | 41 |
| 22 | Platform Engineering | 10.8% | 40 |
| 23 | AI | 10.3% | 38 |
| 23 | SaaS | 10.3% | 38 |
| 25 | Microservices | 8.9% | 33 |
| 26 | TOGAF | 8.7% | 32 |
| 27 | Event-Driven | 7.9% | 29 |
| 27 | Mentoring | 7.9% | 29 |
| 27 | Technical Architecture | 7.9% | 29 |
| 30 | Containerisation | 7.6% | 28 |
Cloud Architect Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS Architect | 16.3% | 60 |
| 2 | Cloud Solutions Architect | 15.2% | 56 |
| 3 | Solutions Architect | 14.1% | 52 |
| 4 | Azure Architect | 12.2% | 45 |
| 5 | Platform Architect | 11.7% | 43 |
| 6 | Oracle Architect | 8.7% | 32 |
| 7 | Security Architect | 7.9% | 29 |
| 8 | Technical Architect | 7.6% | 28 |
| 9 | Salesforce Architect | 6.5% | 24 |
| 10 | GCP Architect | 6.2% | 23 |
| 11 | Senior Cloud Architect | 6.0% | 22 |
| 12 | Cloud Infrastructure Architect | 4.9% | 18 |
| 12 | Cloud Security Architect | 4.9% | 18 |
| 12 | Integration Architect | 4.9% | 18 |
| 15 | Cloud Engineer | 4.3% | 16 |
| 16 | Data Architect | 4.1% | 15 |
| 17 | Server Engineer | 3.5% | 13 |
| 18 | Enterprise Architect | 3.3% | 12 |
| 18 | Lead Cloud Architect | 3.3% | 12 |
| 20 | Migration Architect | 3.0% | 11 |