Cloud Architect Contracts

Cloud Architect
UK

The median Cloud Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 318 274
Rank change year-on-year -41 -44 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Architect 248 464 912
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.78% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 0.82% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 322 545
10th Percentile £522 £519 £525
25th Percentile £588 £600 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £675 £650
Median % change year-on-year - +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £775 £738 £738
90th Percentile £825 £867 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £631 £625
% change year-on-year +4.95% +1.00% +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

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 40,362 56,304 84,700
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,261 39,350 59,476
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,668 1,565 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.40 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £42.43 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.91% +117.60% +2.63%

Cloud Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Cloud Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Architect.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Architect in the UK

Cloud Architect
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 Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +5 212 £675 - 64
London +27 138 £675 -3.57% 37
Work from Home -6 91 £700 +1.82% 36
UK excluding London -19 82 £663 +4.95% 34
North of England +29 20 £775 +29.17% 5
North West +23 16 £800 +33.33% 5
Scotland +44 14 £675 +3.85% 5
South West -17 14 £600 -6.25% 4
South East +1 12 £688 +10.00% 11
East of England +4 10 £650 +26.46% 1
Midlands +9 8 £725 +11.54% 6
West Midlands +15 5 £638 -3.30% 6
Yorkshire +30 4 £575 -
Northern Ireland - 4 £650 - 2
East Midlands +12 3 £750 +38.89%

Cloud Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Cloud Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 111 (44.76%) Azure
2 101 (40.73%) AWS
3 67 (27.02%) Finance
4 65 (26.21%) Terraform
5 59 (23.79%) Security Cleared
6 58 (23.39%) Migration
7 54 (21.77%) GCP
8 51 (20.56%) Cloud Security
9 50 (20.16%) Social Skills
10 47 (18.95%) Agile
10 47 (18.95%) SC Cleared
11 46 (18.55%) DevOps
12 42 (16.94%) Microsoft
13 41 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
14 38 (15.32%) SaaS
15 36 (14.52%) IaaS
16 32 (12.90%) PaaS
17 31 (12.50%) Kubernetes
18 30 (12.10%) Oracle
19 29 (11.69%) Public Sector
20 28 (11.29%) Security Architecture
20 28 (11.29%) Roadmaps
21 26 (10.48%) CI/CD
21 26 (10.48%) DV Cleared
21 26 (10.48%) Python
21 26 (10.48%) AWS Certification
22 25 (10.08%) Analytics
22 25 (10.08%) Linux
23 24 (9.68%) Java
23 24 (9.68%) Service Management

Cloud Architect 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.61%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 2 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.81%) Cloud Foundry
2 2 (0.81%) CMS
2 2 (0.81%) Confluence
2 2 (0.81%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.40%) Apache
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.40%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (0.40%) Camunda
3 1 (0.40%) IIS
3 1 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.40%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
2 5 (2.02%) Oracle General Ledger
2 5 (2.02%) Oracle Payables
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Assets
3 4 (1.61%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.40%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.40%) PeopleSoft CRM
4 1 (0.40%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.40%) Shopify
4 1 (0.40%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 111 (44.76%) Azure
2 101 (40.73%) AWS
3 54 (21.77%) GCP
4 38 (15.32%) SaaS
5 36 (14.52%) IaaS
6 32 (12.90%) PaaS
7 21 (8.47%) OCI
7 21 (8.47%) Serverless
8 13 (5.24%) AWS CloudFormation
8 13 (5.24%) Entra ID
9 11 (4.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 9 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
11 8 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (2.82%) AWS Lambda
12 7 (2.82%) GitHub
13 6 (2.42%) Azure Sentinel
13 6 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (2.42%) Power Platform
14 5 (2.02%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (2.02%) AWS CodeBuild
Communications & Networking
1 24 (9.68%) Firewall
2 11 (4.44%) VPN
3 9 (3.63%) WAN
4 8 (3.23%) LAN
5 6 (2.42%) HTTP
6 4 (1.61%) DNS
6 4 (1.61%) Network Security
6 4 (1.61%) VoIP
7 3 (1.21%) HTTPS
7 3 (1.21%) IPsec
7 3 (1.21%) PBX
7 3 (1.21%) VSAN
8 2 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.81%) Intranet
8 2 (0.81%) MPLS
9 1 (0.40%) Internet
9 1 (0.40%) NAS
9 1 (0.40%) SAN
9 1 (0.40%) SSL
9 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.27%) Big Data
2 21 (8.47%) Data Lake
3 8 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (2.82%) BigQuery
4 7 (2.82%) OLAP
4 7 (2.82%) OLTP
4 7 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.42%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.42%) Power BI
6 4 (1.61%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.61%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.61%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.21%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.21%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.81%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.81%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.81%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.40%) MySQL
9 1 (0.40%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 10 (4.03%) JIRA
2 9 (3.63%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.21%) Git
4 2 (0.81%) Terragrunt
5 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.40%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.40%) Selenium
5 1 (0.40%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (27.02%) Finance
2 50 (20.16%) Social Skills
3 29 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 14 (5.65%) Banking
4 14 (5.65%) Telecoms
5 11 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (3.63%) Marketing
7 8 (3.23%) Manufacturing
8 6 (2.42%) Electronics
9 5 (2.02%) Back Office
9 5 (2.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Billing
10 4 (1.61%) Financial Institution
10 4 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.61%) Law
11 3 (1.21%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.21%) Retail
12 2 (0.81%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.24%) Middleware
2 10 (4.03%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (3.23%) Node.js
3 8 (3.23%) SOAP
4 7 (2.82%) REST
5 5 (2.02%) React
6 4 (1.61%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.61%) Kafka
6 4 (1.61%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (1.21%) .NET
7 3 (1.21%) OAuth
7 3 (1.21%) SAML
8 2 (0.81%) ARM Templates
8 2 (0.81%) HTML
8 2 (0.81%) J2EE
8 2 (0.81%) JSON
8 2 (0.81%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.81%) RESTful
8 2 (0.81%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.85%) Cloud Native
1 17 (6.85%) Public Cloud
2 14 (5.65%) Data Centre
3 13 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (4.03%) IoT
4 10 (4.03%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.42%) PKI
6 4 (1.61%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 4 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 3 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.21%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.21%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 2 (0.81%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.81%) Security Posture
9 1 (0.40%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.40%) NHS
9 1 (0.40%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.08%) Linux
2 19 (7.66%) Windows
3 8 (3.23%) Android
3 8 (3.23%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.82%) Windows Server
5 6 (2.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (23.39%) Migration
2 51 (20.56%) Cloud Security
3 47 (18.95%) Agile
4 46 (18.55%) DevOps
5 41 (16.53%) Infrastructure as Code
6 28 (11.29%) Roadmaps
6 28 (11.29%) Security Architecture
7 26 (10.48%) CI/CD
8 25 (10.08%) Analytics
9 24 (9.68%) Design Patterns
9 24 (9.68%) Service Management
10 22 (8.87%) Containerisation
10 22 (8.87%) SDLC
10 22 (8.87%) TOGAF
11 21 (8.47%) Machine Learning
11 21 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
12 20 (8.06%) Architectural Patterns
12 20 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
13 18 (7.26%) Enterprise Architecture
14 17 (6.85%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.48%) Python
2 24 (9.68%) Java
3 17 (6.85%) PowerShell
4 14 (5.65%) SQL
5 6 (2.42%) Bash
6 5 (2.02%) Bicep
7 3 (1.21%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.81%) C#
8 2 (0.81%) Go
8 2 (0.81%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.40%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.40%) PHP
9 1 (0.40%) Ruby
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 59 (23.79%) Security Cleared
2 47 (18.95%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.48%) AWS Certification
3 26 (10.48%) DV Cleared
4 19 (7.66%) Degree
5 9 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.82%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.42%) CISSP
8 5 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.02%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.61%) CCIE
10 3 (1.21%) CCNP
10 3 (1.21%) CISM
11 2 (0.81%) GIAC
11 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 1 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.40%) CRISC
12 1 (0.40%) FFIEC
12 1 (0.40%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.84%) NIST
2 8 (3.23%) QA
3 5 (2.02%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.61%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.81%) GDPR
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
7 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.40%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.40%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (6.45%) Docker
2 9 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.61%) vSphere
5 1 (0.40%) Ceph
5 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.40%) KVM
Systems Management
1 65 (26.21%) Terraform
2 31 (12.50%) Kubernetes
3 14 (5.65%) Ansible
4 13 (5.24%) Puppet
5 3 (1.21%) FortiGate
5 3 (1.21%) vCenter Server
5 3 (1.21%) VxRail
6 2 (0.81%) Packer
7 1 (0.40%) Netcool
7 1 (0.40%) Podman
7 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 42 (16.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (12.10%) Oracle
3 17 (6.85%) Google
4 15 (6.05%) Databricks
5 12 (4.84%) Salesforce
6 11 (4.44%) SAP
7 8 (3.23%) VMware
8 7 (2.82%) Cisco
9 5 (2.02%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.61%) Dell
10 4 (1.61%) F5
11 3 (1.21%) Adobe
11 3 (1.21%) Dynatrace
11 3 (1.21%) New Relic
11 3 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.21%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.81%) Marketo
13 1 (0.40%) CyberArk
13 1 (0.40%) Pardot
13 1 (0.40%) ServiceNow