Cloud Architect Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

Cloud Architect
England > Yorkshire

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in Yorkshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 83 103
Rank change year-on-year -45 +20 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 3 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.16% 0.29% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.31% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile £603 - £634
25th Percentile £606 £425 £676
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £450 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.89% -55.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £636 £475 £1,400
90th Percentile £637 - -
England median daily rate £650 £669 £675
% change year-on-year -2.80% -0.93% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,740 956 1,657
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 91.92% 94.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 569 1,051
10th Percentile £263 £213 £238
25th Percentile £380 £356 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £477 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -10.00% -0.10%
75th Percentile £545 £556 £588
90th Percentile £638 £665 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 37 37
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.93 £12.59
25th Percentile £17.82 £17.08 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.68 £20.00 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year +48.40% -3.40% -3.70%
75th Percentile £57.25 £38.75 £26.78
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.78
% change year-on-year -21.43% -21.83% +27.93%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Cloud Architect job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Architect job vacancies in Yorkshire

Cloud Architect
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Architect within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. 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
West Yorkshire -22 2 £630 +40.00% 1
Cloud Architect
England

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Cloud Architect 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 Yorkshire region featuring Cloud Architect in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) OCI
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Data Conversion
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) SnapLogic

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 2 (66.67%) OCI
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Data Conversion
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) SnapLogic