Live market evidence
Cloud Engineer Contract Job Market
Current Cloud Engineer contract demand, compensation evidence, engagement mix, sources, and hiring velocity from Radar's normalized live inventory.
Updated September 24, 2026 from persisted Radar inventory.
Find my Cloud Engineer matches →Current opportunities
237
New · 24h
95
New · 7d
168
Sources represented
6
Compensation evidence
Current stated hourly rates
Based on 42 current listings with structured USD hourly evidence. This is observed listing data, not a salary estimate or guarantee.
- 25th percentile
- $63/hr
- Median
- $70/hr
- 75th percentile
- $80/hr
What is in this market
Contract types
- W2 Contract211
- 109955
- C2c4
Top sources
- Dice115
- LinkedIn99
- FreelancerMap14
- Indeed6
- Himalayas2
- Freelancer1
Relevant specialties
- Cloud216
- Artificial Intelligence7
- Data Platform1
- Generative Ai1
- Machine Learning1
- Agentic Ai1
Seniority
- Senior70
- Lead11
- Mid9
- Principal7
- Manager2
- Staff2
Remote mix
- Unknown119
- Onsite Or Hybrid78
- Remote40
Work arrangements
- Contract Duration33
- Ongoing Contract4
- Freelance Ad Hoc1
- Fixed Project1
Current examples
A bounded preview of current persisted jobs. Open a result for normalized facts or use RadarJobs for the full live set.
Senior AWS Cloud Administrator – GovCloud & Kubernetes
W2 Contract · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
GCP Engineer
1099 · Location not listed
Azure Cloud Infra Engineer (SC Cleared)
1099 · Location not listed
Oracle Order Management Cloud Engineer
1099 · W2 Contract · Durham, North Carolina, USA
Senior AWS Cloud Administrator (GovCloud & Kubernetes)(onsite Washington, DC)//
W2 Contract · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Forward Deployed Engineer, Remote - 69934
W2 Contract · Remote
Certified Cloud Engineer
W2 Contract · Remote
Certified Cloud Engineer
W2 Contract · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
GCP - Cloud Native Engineer / Lead – overall 12yrs experience need
W2 Contract · Orangeburg, SC 29118
GCP Cloud Engineer with Teradata
1099 · Lansing, MI 48917
SAS AWS-Kubernetes Administrator\Architect
1099 · W2 Contract · Chantilly, Virginia, USA
AWS Lead Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Automation (IaC) @ Charlotte NC _ Remote (Only on W2)
W2 Contract · Remote
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Methodology
Current live, classified Cloud Engineer opportunities with a 1099, C2C, or W-2 contract engagement in Radar's normalized inventory.
Global current inventory; location and remote status are reported as observed, including unknown values rather than inferring them.
Current counts use Radar liveness; new counts use the first-seen timestamp over rolling 24-hour and seven-day windows.
Compensation includes only structured USD hourly evidence. Ranges use the midpoint; single stated bounds use that bound. Statistics require at least 20 observations.
Listings and source classifications can change after the latest verification; observed postings are not a census of all contract work.