Cloud Automation Engineer Contract Job Trends

Cloud Automation Engineer
UK

The median Cloud Automation Engineer daily rate in the UK is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 578 559 607
Rank change year-on-year -19 +48 +185
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Automation Engineer 3 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.008% 0.014% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.016% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £518
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £450 - £738
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £650
% change year-on-year - - +10.64%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 33,137 32,079 41,606
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 92.76% 93.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,987 19,722 27,981
10th Percentile £290 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £644
90th Percentile £723 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,959 1,044 1,467
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.48 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.98 £21.05 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.46 £73.28 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.00%

Cloud Automation Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Automation Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Automation Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cloud Automation Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Automation Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Automation Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Cloud Automation Engineer
Top 3 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 Automation Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Work from Home +15 2 £400 - 4
London +1 2 £400 -27.27%
England -37 2 £400 -27.27% 2

Cloud Automation Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Cloud Automation Engineer 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 Automation Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) ARM Templates
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Bicep
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Operations

Cloud Automation Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) GCP
2 2 (66.67%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) KNIME
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) ARM Templates
1 1 (33.33%) React
1 1 (33.33%) REST
1 1 (33.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Security
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Operations
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) Bicep
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
3 1 (33.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) Okta
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk