Lead Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Lead Cloud Engineer
England > West Midlands

As of 5 November 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Cloud Engineer daily rate in the West Midlands.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Cloud Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.050% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
England median daily rate £500 £688 £850
% change year-on-year -27.27% -19.12% +51.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,802 1,761 1,797
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.25% 92.83% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,165 1,114 1,229
10th Percentile £256 £213 £220
25th Percentile £393 £381 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £588
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -2.86% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 58 66
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.38
25th Percentile £15.71 £14.03 £17.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £22.20
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% +3.85% +25.25%
75th Percentile £36.75 £33.23 £33.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.63 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.63% -12.11% +52.93%

Lead Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Lead Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Lead Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Cloud Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Cloud Engineer job vacancies in the West Midlands

Lead Cloud Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Cloud Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Coventry - 1 - - 1
Lead Cloud Engineer
England

Lead Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Lead Cloud 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Lead Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BeanShell
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

Lead Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) BeanShell
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow