Cloud Engineer
UK
The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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 25 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 315 | 254 | 235 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -61 | -19 | -25 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer | 294 | 625 | 1,100 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.67% | 1.04% | 1.24% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.73% | 1.10% | 1.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 201 | 427 | 672 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £475 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +13.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £713 | £757 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £523 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +5.16% | +10.11% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £39.80 | £41.87 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.50 | £47.00 | £42.04 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £73.00 | £45.14 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -58.90% | +61.72% | -16.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.50 | £102.81 | £63.35 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £103.38 | £72.59 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.00 | - | £44.82 |
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 | 40,482 | 56,783 | 84,604 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.77% | 94.58% | 95.49% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26,407 | 39,621 | 59,331 |
| 10th Percentile | £275 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £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 | £725 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.00% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,642 | 1,607 | 2,111 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.28 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.45 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £35.68 | £45.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.71% | +95.65% | +1.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.75 | £48.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.60 | £63.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.50 | £42.50 | £19.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -11.76% | +117.95% | +2.63% |
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 25 April 2024.
Cloud Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer.
Cloud Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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 |
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| England | -45 | 241 | £550 | - | 186 |
| London | -5 | 134 | £573 | -0.43% | 53 |
| Work from Home | -16 | 124 | £600 | - | 93 |
| UK excluding London | -23 | 112 | £525 | -4.55% | 150 |
| North of England | +10 | 27 | £525 | +5.00% | 39 |
| South West | +7 | 24 | £500 | -16.67% | 25 |
| Scotland | +30 | 21 | £600 | - | 7 |
| South East | -23 | 20 | £530 | -5.99% | 26 |
| North West | -6 | 17 | £510 | +3.29% | 19 |
| Midlands | +8 | 16 | £536 | +6.19% | 29 |
| Yorkshire | +26 | 10 | £600 | +6.67% | 16 |
| West Midlands | +11 | 10 | £650 | +28.71% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 6 | £356 | -17.93% | 18 |
| Wales | +16 | 3 | £650 | - | 6 |
| East of England | -6 | 1 | £475 | - | 13 |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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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