Cloud Engineer Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Cloud Engineer
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in Worcestershire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 0.93% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £533 £510 £480
% change year-on-year +4.41% +6.25% -4.95%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Worcestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire with a recognized job title 95 79 76
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.79% 94.05% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 55 56
10th Percentile £519 £198 £163
25th Percentile £525 £356 £303
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -1.64% +15.41%
75th Percentile £700 £606 £606
90th Percentile £750 £700 £658
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 8
10th Percentile £15.10 £19.63 £16.35
25th Percentile £16.40 £20.30 £16.54
Median hourly rate £18.23 £22.89 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -20.36% +29.15% -
75th Percentile £19.31 £32.30 £33.81
90th Percentile - £55.00 £77.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £23.05 £22.20
% change year-on-year +9.11% +3.85% +25.25%

Cloud Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Cloud Engineer job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Cloud Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Worcestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Engineer job vacancies in Worcestershire

Cloud Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 6 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
Malvern - 1 £550 -
Cloud Engineer
West Midlands

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire

For the 6 months to 6 November 2025, 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 Worcestershire region featuring Cloud Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework

Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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%) Amazon EKS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (100.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft