Cloud Architect Contracts

Cloud Architect
UK

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 360 324 267
Rank change year-on-year -36 -57 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 236 459 883
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.55% 0.79% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.84% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 162 321 517
10th Percentile £519 £519 £525
25th Percentile £588 £600 £605
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £775 £750 £738
90th Percentile £825 £875 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £640 £625
% change year-on-year +5.47% +2.40% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cloud Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Top 15 Contract 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 9 May 2024. 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 -21 204 £675 - 51
London +18 132 £675 -3.57% 24
Work from Home -7 84 £700 +1.82% 36
UK excluding London -24 76 £675 +5.47% 29
North of England +28 20 £800 +33.33% 6
North West +12 16 £800 +28.00% 5
South East +6 13 £656 -0.94% 8
South West -24 11 £600 -6.43% 4
Scotland +43 10 £675 +3.85% 1
East of England +3 10 £650 +26.46%
Midlands +17 8 £725 +11.54% 7
West Midlands +10 5 £638 -3.30% 6
Yorkshire +21 4 £575 -4.17% 1
Northern Ireland - 4 £650 - 3
East Midlands +19 3 £750 +38.89% 1

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Cloud Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 108 (45.76%) Azure
2 96 (40.68%) AWS
3 62 (26.27%) Terraform
4 60 (25.42%) Finance
5 57 (24.15%) Migration
5 57 (24.15%) Security Cleared
6 53 (22.46%) GCP
7 49 (20.76%) Cloud Security
8 46 (19.49%) Agile
9 45 (19.07%) SC Cleared
9 45 (19.07%) Social Skills
10 43 (18.22%) DevOps
11 41 (17.37%) Microsoft
12 38 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
13 36 (15.25%) SaaS
14 35 (14.83%) IaaS
15 31 (13.14%) Kubernetes
16 30 (12.71%) PaaS
17 29 (12.29%) Security Architecture
18 27 (11.44%) Oracle
18 27 (11.44%) Roadmaps
19 26 (11.02%) Python
20 25 (10.59%) DV Cleared
20 25 (10.59%) Analytics
20 25 (10.59%) Public Sector
21 24 (10.17%) Java
21 24 (10.17%) Design Patterns
22 23 (9.75%) CI/CD
22 23 (9.75%) AWS Certification
23 22 (9.32%) Big Data

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.27%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.85%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.85%) CMS
2 2 (0.85%) Confluence
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (0.85%) SAS
3 1 (0.42%) Apache
3 1 (0.42%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.42%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.42%) IIS
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.42%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (2.54%) Oracle Payables
1 6 (2.54%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (2.12%) Oracle General Ledger
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.85%) PeopleSoft CRM
5 1 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.42%) Markit EDM
5 1 (0.42%) Primavera
5 1 (0.42%) Shopify
5 1 (0.42%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 108 (45.76%) Azure
2 96 (40.68%) AWS
3 53 (22.46%) GCP
4 36 (15.25%) SaaS
5 35 (14.83%) IaaS
6 30 (12.71%) PaaS
7 21 (8.90%) OCI
8 19 (8.05%) Serverless
9 13 (5.51%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (4.24%) Entra ID
11 9 (3.81%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (3.81%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 7 (2.97%) GitHub
12 7 (2.97%) Microsoft 365
12 7 (2.97%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.54%) Amazon EC2
13 6 (2.54%) Azure Sentinel
14 5 (2.12%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (2.12%) AWS CodeBuild
14 5 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.32%) Firewall
2 11 (4.66%) VPN
3 7 (2.97%) WAN
4 6 (2.54%) LAN
5 4 (1.69%) DNS
5 4 (1.69%) Network Security
5 4 (1.69%) VoIP
6 3 (1.27%) HTTP
6 3 (1.27%) HTTPS
6 3 (1.27%) IPsec
6 3 (1.27%) PBX
6 3 (1.27%) VSAN
7 2 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.85%) Intranet
7 2 (0.85%) MPLS
8 1 (0.42%) Internet
8 1 (0.42%) NAS
8 1 (0.42%) SAN
8 1 (0.42%) SSL
8 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.32%) Big Data
2 21 (8.90%) Data Lake
3 7 (2.97%) BigQuery
3 7 (2.97%) OLAP
3 7 (2.97%) OLTP
3 7 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (2.54%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (2.54%) Power BI
5 4 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.69%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
6 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.85%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.42%) Redis
8 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (4.24%) JIRA
2 7 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.27%) Git
4 2 (0.85%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.42%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.42%) Selenium
5 1 (0.42%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (25.42%) Finance
2 45 (19.07%) Social Skills
3 25 (10.59%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.93%) Banking
5 12 (5.08%) Telecoms
6 10 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (2.97%) Marketing
8 6 (2.54%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.12%) Back Office
9 5 (2.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.69%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.69%) Electronics
10 4 (1.69%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.27%) General Ledger
11 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.27%) Retail
12 2 (0.85%) Billing
12 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.66%) Middleware
2 8 (3.39%) Node.js
2 8 (3.39%) SOAP
3 7 (2.97%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (2.97%) REST
4 5 (2.12%) React
5 4 (1.69%) GraphQL
5 4 (1.69%) Kafka
5 4 (1.69%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.27%) .NET
6 3 (1.27%) OAuth
6 3 (1.27%) SAML
7 2 (0.85%) ARM Templates
7 2 (0.85%) HTML
7 2 (0.85%) J2EE
7 2 (0.85%) JSON
7 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.85%) RESTful
7 2 (0.85%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.36%) Cloud Native
2 13 (5.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (5.51%) Public Cloud
3 11 (4.66%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.24%) IoT
4 10 (4.24%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.54%) PKI
6 4 (1.69%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.27%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 2 (0.85%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.85%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.42%) IVR
9 1 (0.42%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.42%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.05%) Linux
2 14 (5.93%) Windows
3 8 (3.39%) Android
3 8 (3.39%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.97%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.15%) Migration
2 49 (20.76%) Cloud Security
3 46 (19.49%) Agile
4 43 (18.22%) DevOps
5 38 (16.10%) Infrastructure as Code
6 29 (12.29%) Security Architecture
7 27 (11.44%) Roadmaps
8 25 (10.59%) Analytics
9 24 (10.17%) Design Patterns
10 23 (9.75%) CI/CD
11 22 (9.32%) Containerisation
12 21 (8.90%) SDLC
12 21 (8.90%) Service Management
12 21 (8.90%) TOGAF
13 20 (8.47%) Machine Learning
13 20 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (8.05%) Cybersecurity
14 19 (8.05%) Enterprise Architecture
15 18 (7.63%) Architectural Patterns
16 16 (6.78%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 26 (11.02%) Python
2 24 (10.17%) Java
3 16 (6.78%) PowerShell
4 11 (4.66%) SQL
5 6 (2.54%) Bash
6 5 (2.12%) Bicep
7 3 (1.27%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.85%) C#
8 2 (0.85%) Go
8 2 (0.85%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.42%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.42%) PHP
9 1 (0.42%) Ruby
9 1 (0.42%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 57 (24.15%) Security Cleared
2 45 (19.07%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.59%) DV Cleared
4 23 (9.75%) AWS Certification
5 15 (6.36%) Degree
6 7 (2.97%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.54%) CISSP
8 5 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.12%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.69%) CCIE
10 3 (1.27%) CCNP
10 3 (1.27%) CISM
11 2 (0.85%) GIAC
12 1 (0.42%) CCSP
12 1 (0.42%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.42%) CISA
12 1 (0.42%) CITP
12 1 (0.42%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.08%) NIST
2 5 (2.12%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.12%) QA
3 4 (1.69%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.85%) GDPR
6 1 (0.42%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.42%) NCSC
6 1 (0.42%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.42%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.42%) PMO
6 1 (0.42%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (6.78%) Docker
2 9 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.69%) vSphere
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.42%) KVM
Systems Management
1 62 (26.27%) Terraform
2 31 (13.14%) Kubernetes
3 13 (5.51%) Ansible
4 12 (5.08%) Puppet
5 3 (1.27%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.27%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.27%) VxRail
6 2 (0.85%) Packer
7 1 (0.42%) Kibana
7 1 (0.42%) logstash
7 1 (0.42%) Netcool
7 1 (0.42%) Podman
7 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 41 (17.37%) Microsoft
2 27 (11.44%) Oracle
3 17 (7.20%) Google
4 15 (6.36%) Databricks
5 13 (5.51%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.39%) VMware
7 7 (2.97%) Cisco
8 6 (2.54%) SAP
9 5 (2.12%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.69%) Dell
11 3 (1.27%) Adobe
11 3 (1.27%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.27%) New Relic
11 3 (1.27%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.85%) Marketo
12 2 (0.85%) PeopleSoft
12 2 (0.85%) Red Hat
13 1 (0.42%) Genesys
13 1 (0.42%) IBM
13 1 (0.42%) Intel