Cloud Engineer
UK
The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 317 | 265 | 242 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -52 | -23 | -21 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer | 275 | 553 | 1,043 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.64% | 0.99% | 1.19% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.69% | 1.04% | 1.25% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 188 | 377 | 648 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £415 | £410 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £475 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £563 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.22% | -2.17% | +11.11% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £714 | £757 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £510 | £550 | £515 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.27% | +6.80% | +4.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £55.03 | £41.92 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.50 | £61.06 | £42.18 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £74.25 | £61.95 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -59.60% | +19.86% | +14.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.50 | £90.56 | £80.63 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £98.48 | £84.00 |
| 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 | 39,969 | 53,015 | 83,520 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,870 | 37,031 | 58,844 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +10.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,841 | 1,476 | 1,963 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.67% | +12.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.33 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.13 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
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 1 June 2024.
Cloud Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Engineer.
Cloud Engineer
Top 14 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 1 June 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 | -42 | 239 | £550 | - | 193 |
| London | +6 | 141 | £575 | +1.55% | 56 |
| Work from Home | -7 | 115 | £588 | -2.08% | 119 |
| UK excluding London | -34 | 100 | £510 | -7.27% | 142 |
| North of England | +8 | 26 | £513 | -2.38% | 34 |
| South West | -4 | 26 | £500 | -16.67% | 26 |
| South East | -15 | 19 | £534 | +2.89% | 32 |
| Scotland | +38 | 15 | £500 | -16.67% | 7 |
| Yorkshire | +23 | 13 | £600 | +2.13% | 15 |
| Midlands | +11 | 13 | £474 | -5.72% | 25 |
| North West | +1 | 13 | £510 | +0.99% | 16 |
| West Midlands | +3 | 8 | £650 | +6.12% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +12 | 5 | £356 | -20.00% | 14 |
| East of England | -10 | 1 | £475 | -5.00% | 19 |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 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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