Cloud Engineer
UK
The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 312 | 312 | 259 |
| Rank change year-on-year | 0 | -53 | -20 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer | 222 | 291 | 629 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.76% | 0.67% | 1.05% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.82% | 0.72% | 1.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 170 | 197 | 431 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £401 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £428 | £463 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | -4.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £613 | £625 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £688 | £713 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £523 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.31% | -5.00% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £39.80 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £27.50 | £47.00 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £30.00 | £73.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -58.90% | +61.72% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £32.50 | £102.81 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £103.38 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | £30.00 | - |
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 | 27,084 | 40,415 | 56,464 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.52% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,692 | 26,309 | 39,470 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £492 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.46% | -1.60% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,035 | 2,664 | 1,570 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.07 | £12.86 | £14.29 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.42 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.37% | -19.07% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.55 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.20% | -6.94% | +117.95% |
Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cloud Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer.
Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Engineer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Cloud Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer.
Cloud Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 |
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| England | +8 | 185 | £525 | -4.55% | 343 |
| London | +17 | 112 | £525 | -8.70% | 110 |
| UK excluding London | +39 | 85 | £500 | -4.31% | 272 |
| Work from Home | -2 | 81 | £500 | -16.67% | 221 |
| South East | +47 | 21 | £563 | +6.13% | 83 |
| North of England | +14 | 21 | £450 | -14.29% | 84 |
| Midlands | +23 | 16 | £475 | -9.09% | 37 |
| Scotland | +8 | 14 | £525 | -4.55% | 13 |
| North West | +12 | 12 | £450 | -11.76% | 47 |
| East Midlands | +13 | 8 | £475 | +33.43% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 8 | £588 | -9.62% | 26 |
| North East | - | 7 | £600 | - | 11 |
| East of England | +35 | 6 | £493 | +3.68% | 24 |
| South West | +25 | 5 | £575 | +15.00% | 33 |
| Wales | 0 | 2 | £300 | -53.85% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | 0 | 1 | £425 | -29.17% | 27 |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Cloud Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.
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Cloud Engineer 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:
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