Cloud Engineer
UK
The median Cloud Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 320 | 261 | 242 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -59 | -19 | -27 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Engineer | 273 | 577 | 1,060 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.64% | 1.01% | 1.20% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.69% | 1.07% | 1.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 184 | 395 | 660 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £413 |
| 25th Percentile | £463 | £475 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £550 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -4.35% | +11.92% |
| 75th Percentile | £616 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £713 | £756 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £510 | £550 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.27% | +7.84% | +3.82% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £58.30 | £41.87 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.50 | £69.25 | £42.04 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £95.00 | £45.14 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -68.42% | +110.46% | -16.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.50 | £103.13 | £63.35 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £103.50 | £72.59 |
| 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 | 39,468 | 54,175 | 84,246 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.79% | 94.61% | 95.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,716 | 37,826 | 59,224 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £410 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.23% | +3.33% | +8.47% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +5.26% | +11.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,674 | 1,504 | 2,051 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.83 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.82 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £45.00 | £23.91 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -18.89% | +88.21% | +6.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.30 | £65.75 | £49.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.90 | £76.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +4.19% |
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 20 May 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 20 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 |
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| England | -27 | 233 | £550 | - | 200 |
| London | +2 | 133 | £575 | +1.55% | 63 |
| Work from Home | -20 | 113 | £600 | - | 137 |
| UK excluding London | -33 | 102 | £510 | -7.27% | 147 |
| North of England | +8 | 25 | £511 | +1.24% | 37 |
| South West | -4 | 25 | £500 | -16.67% | 28 |
| South East | -4 | 21 | £534 | -0.70% | 39 |
| Scotland | +44 | 16 | £500 | -16.67% | 5 |
| Midlands | +4 | 14 | £474 | -11.86% | 22 |
| North West | -8 | 14 | £510 | +2.00% | 15 |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 11 | £588 | +2.17% | 18 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 9 | £650 | +8.33% | 9 |
| East Midlands | +16 | 5 | £356 | -17.93% | 13 |
| East of England | -8 | 1 | £475 | -5.00% | 14 |
Cloud Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 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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