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 29 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 373 | 398 | 328 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +25 | -70 | +59 |
| Contract Cloud Architect jobs | 362 | 170 | 241 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the UK | 0.66% | 0.50% | 0.66% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.72% | 0.55% | 0.70% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 237 | 124 | 156 |
| 10th Percentile | £453 | £471 | £470 |
| 25th Percentile | £531 | £522 | £520 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £633 | £640 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.14% | -1.17% | -5.19% |
| 75th Percentile | £700 | £725 | £749 |
| 90th Percentile | £775 | £775 | £800 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £600 | £633 | £650 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.14% | -2.69% | - |
| 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 adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 29 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title | 50,192 | 31,079 | 34,191 |
| % of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title | 91.65% | 90.91% | 92.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 29,573 | 19,672 | 20,643 |
| 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 | £620 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £725 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £475 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -3.06% | -2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4,192 | 1,719 | 1,309 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.22 | £13.85 | £15.06 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.75 | £17.30 | £20.30 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.00 | £25.15 | £39.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +63.02% | -36.33% | -12.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £68.00 | £50.00 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £81.25 | £69.49 | £73.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £25.00 | £40.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +60.00% | -37.50% | -10.11% |
Cloud Architect Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Cloud Architect job postings 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 Cloud Architect jobs over the 6 months to 29 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 for Cloud Architect jobs over the 6 months to 29 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 Cloud Architect jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +19 | 301 | £615 | -3.91% | 36 |
| UK excluding London | +22 | 162 | £600 | -5.14% | 25 |
| London | -21 | 154 | £650 | +0.78% | 18 |
| Work from Home | -51 | 95 | £623 | -2.73% | 14 |
| South East | -22 | 46 | £575 | +5.50% | 15 |
| North of England | -32 | 46 | £600 | -9.43% | 2 |
| Midlands | -11 | 28 | £635 | +52.10% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | -12 | 27 | £600 | -10.95% | |
| Scotland | -11 | 19 | £450 | - | 1 |
| East Midlands | +4 | 17 | - | - | 3 |
| North West | -37 | 17 | £600 | +30.43% | 2 |
| South West | -31 | 14 | £750 | +16.73% | 3 |
| West Midlands | -26 | 11 | £635 | +58.75% | 1 |
| Wales | -7 | 5 | £625 | +12.36% | |
| East of England | -23 | 5 | £650 | -3.70% | |
| North East | -40 | 2 | - | - |
Cloud Architect Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities
For the 6 months to 29 October 2026, Cloud Architect contract job ads cited 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 Cloud Architect job ads.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azure | 43.6% | 158 |
| 2 | AWS | 42.8% | 155 |
| 3 | Migration | 25.1% | 91 |
| 4 | Infrastructure as Code | 24.0% | 87 |
| 5 | Security Cleared | 23.2% | 84 |
| 6 | GCP | 22.9% | 83 |
| 7 | DevOps | 20.2% | 73 |
| 8 | Roadmaps | 19.6% | 71 |
| 9 | CI/CD | 19.1% | 69 |
| 9 | Kubernetes | 19.1% | 69 |
| 9 | SC Cleared | 19.1% | 69 |
| 12 | Cloud Security | 17.7% | 64 |
| 12 | Microsoft | 17.7% | 64 |
| 12 | Technical Leadership | 17.7% | 64 |
| 15 | Stakeholder Management | 17.4% | 63 |
| 16 | Terraform | 15.5% | 56 |
| 17 | Architectural Patterns | 13.5% | 49 |
| 18 | 13.0% | 47 | |
| 19 | Oracle | 12.4% | 45 |
| 20 | Platform Engineering | 12.2% | 44 |
| 21 | Stakeholder Engagement | 11.9% | 43 |
| 22 | Security Architecture | 11.6% | 42 |
| 23 | SaaS | 10.8% | 39 |
| 24 | AI | 10.5% | 38 |
| 25 | Event-Driven | 9.9% | 36 |
| 26 | Identity Access Management | 9.7% | 35 |
| 27 | Microservices | 9.4% | 34 |
| 28 | Architecture Governance | 9.1% | 33 |
| 29 | Observability | 8.8% | 32 |
| 29 | TOGAF | 8.8% | 32 |
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 | 15.7% | 57 |
| 2 | Cloud Solutions Architect | 14.6% | 53 |
| 3 | Solutions Architect | 13.5% | 49 |
| 4 | Azure Architect | 11.6% | 42 |
| 5 | Platform Architect | 11.3% | 41 |
| 6 | Oracle Architect | 9.1% | 33 |
| 7 | Security Architect | 7.7% | 28 |
| 8 | Technical Architect | 6.9% | 25 |
| 9 | GCP Architect | 6.6% | 24 |
| 10 | Senior Cloud Architect | 6.4% | 23 |
| 11 | Salesforce Architect | 5.8% | 21 |
| 12 | Cloud Infrastructure Architect | 5.2% | 19 |
| 13 | Cloud Engineer | 4.7% | 17 |
| 13 | Cloud Security Architect | 4.7% | 17 |
| 15 | Integration Architect | 4.4% | 16 |
| 16 | Lead Cloud Architect | 3.9% | 14 |
| 17 | Server Engineer | 3.6% | 13 |
| 18 | Data Architect | 3.3% | 12 |
| 19 | Enterprise Architect | 3.0% | 11 |
| 19 | Oracle Solutions Architect | 3.0% | 11 |