Cloud Computing Contracts in England

Cloud Computing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cloud Computing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 323 425
Rank change year-on-year +10 +102 -96
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 229 364 385
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.63% 0.75% 0.54%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.96% 2.04% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 265 220
10th Percentile £359 £425 £400
25th Percentile £450 £500 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% +5.77%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £650
90th Percentile £775 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £588 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +6.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £16.70 - -
25th Percentile £17.38 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.75 £17.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -32.69% +33.33%
75th Percentile £36.63 £19.50 £85.00
90th Percentile £67.45 £37.80 -
UK median hourly rate £18.75 £18.25 £22.00
% change year-on-year +2.74% -17.05% +12.82%

All Cloud Skills
England

Cloud Computing is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 11,659 17,804 27,159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.97% 36.53% 38.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,403 13,040 20,065
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £414 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 298 350
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.88
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £32.40 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +50.70% -
75th Percentile £33.75 £66.00 £51.00
90th Percentile £65.75 £78.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.37 £35.00 £22.40
% change year-on-year -38.94% +56.25% -0.73%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the England region over the 6 months to 14 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
London +3 123 £600 +3.90% 91
North of England +40 35 £475 -17.39% 32
South West -17 30 £650 +4.00% 18
North West +30 17 £450 -21.74% 14
Yorkshire +31 15 £496 -31.59% 13
South East +10 15 £300 -45.45% 22
East of England +12 9 £575 -1.29% 6
North East - 3 - - 5
West Midlands +7 1 - - 6
Midlands +3 1 - - 17
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (3.93%) Apache Spark
2 8 (3.49%) Apache
3 6 (2.62%) Confluence
4 5 (2.18%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (1.31%) CMS
5 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.87%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.44%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.44%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.44%) IIS
7 1 (0.44%) JBoss
7 1 (0.44%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (2.18%) MS Visio
2 4 (1.75%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.31%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (3.49%) Endur
2 5 (2.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 3 (1.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.44%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.44%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 96 (41.92%) Azure
2 86 (37.55%) AWS
3 57 (24.89%) PaaS
4 55 (24.02%) IaaS
5 52 (22.71%) SaaS
6 48 (20.96%) GCP
7 18 (7.86%) Serverless
8 13 (5.68%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (4.37%) Amazon S3
10 10 (4.37%) Nutanix
11 9 (3.93%) Entra ID
12 7 (3.06%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (3.06%) GitHub
12 7 (3.06%) Snowflake
13 6 (2.62%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
13 6 (2.62%) Azure Storage
13 6 (2.62%) Rubrik
14 5 (2.18%) Azure Monitor
14 5 (2.18%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 40 (17.47%) WAN
2 38 (16.59%) LAN
3 20 (8.73%) Firewall
4 17 (7.42%) DNS
5 14 (6.11%) VPN
6 13 (5.68%) TCP/IP
7 9 (3.93%) NAS
7 9 (3.93%) SAN
8 8 (3.49%) DHCP
8 8 (3.49%) Network Security
9 7 (3.06%) Internet
10 6 (2.62%) InfiniBand
10 6 (2.62%) Kerberos
10 6 (2.62%) VLAN
10 6 (2.62%) VoIP
11 5 (2.18%) CTI
11 5 (2.18%) IPsec
11 5 (2.18%) SSH
11 5 (2.18%) WLAN
12 4 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.55%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (6.11%) Big Data
3 13 (5.68%) NoSQL
4 11 (4.80%) Data Lake
4 11 (4.80%) MySQL
4 11 (4.80%) PostgreSQL
5 10 (4.37%) BigQuery
5 10 (4.37%) Hadoop
6 9 (3.93%) SQL Server
7 8 (3.49%) Amazon Redshift
7 8 (3.49%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (3.06%) MongoDB
9 6 (2.62%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (2.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (2.18%) Bigtable
10 5 (2.18%) DynamoDB
10 5 (2.18%) Relational Database
11 4 (1.75%) Cloud Spanner
12 3 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (1.31%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 23 (10.04%) Git
2 17 (7.42%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.49%) JIRA
4 7 (3.06%) TeamCity
5 5 (2.18%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.75%) JMeter
7 3 (1.31%) GitLab
7 3 (1.31%) LoadRunner
7 3 (1.31%) NeoLoad
7 3 (1.31%) Terragrunt
8 2 (0.87%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.87%) webpack
9 1 (0.44%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.44%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.44%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.44%) JUnit
9 1 (0.44%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.44%) Spinnaker
General
1 55 (24.02%) Finance
2 52 (22.71%) Public Sector
3 45 (19.65%) Social Skills
4 34 (14.85%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (9.61%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.99%) Telecoms
7 15 (6.55%) Banking
8 13 (5.68%) Marketing
9 11 (4.80%) Electronics
10 9 (3.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (3.06%) Law
12 6 (2.62%) Retail
13 5 (2.18%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.31%) Legal
15 3 (1.31%) Mandarin Language
16 2 (0.87%) Financial Institution
17 1 (0.44%) Automotive
17 1 (0.44%) Games
17 1 (0.44%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 72 (31.44%) Architect
2 28 (12.23%) Network Architect
3 24 (10.48%) Solutions Architect
4 20 (8.73%) Analyst
5 19 (8.30%) Senior
6 13 (5.68%) Azure Engineer
7 12 (5.24%) Consultant
7 12 (5.24%) Developer
7 12 (5.24%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (5.24%) Support Engineer
8 11 (4.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.37%) Network Engineer
10 8 (3.49%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (3.49%) Business Analyst
11 7 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
11 7 (3.06%) Enterprise Architect
12 6 (2.62%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 6 (2.62%) Lead
12 6 (2.62%) Software Engineer
13 5 (2.18%) GCP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.68%) React
2 12 (5.24%) Kafka
3 10 (4.37%) HTML
3 10 (4.37%) LDAP
3 10 (4.37%) Middleware
3 10 (4.37%) RESTful
4 8 (3.49%) .NET
5 6 (2.62%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.62%) Web Services
6 5 (2.18%) JSON
6 5 (2.18%) Node.js
6 5 (2.18%) PyTorch
6 5 (2.18%) TensorFlow
7 4 (1.75%) Hugging Face
7 4 (1.75%) LangChain
8 3 (1.31%) CSS
8 3 (1.31%) FastAPI
8 3 (1.31%) IDoc
8 3 (1.31%) Next.js
8 3 (1.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 35 (15.28%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.37%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (4.37%) Product Ownership
3 9 (3.93%) IoT
4 8 (3.49%) Clustering
5 7 (3.06%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (3.06%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.06%) Robotics
6 6 (2.62%) Replication
7 5 (2.18%) Cloud Native
7 5 (2.18%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (2.18%) IVR
7 5 (2.18%) PKI
7 5 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.75%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.75%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.75%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.31%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.79%) Windows
2 24 (10.48%) Linux
3 16 (6.99%) Windows Server
4 9 (3.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (3.93%) Unix
5 6 (2.62%) Oracle Linux
5 6 (2.62%) Solaris
6 5 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.75%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.87%) CentOS
8 2 (0.87%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.87%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.44%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (24.89%) DevOps
2 53 (23.14%) Problem-Solving
3 50 (21.83%) Agile
4 38 (16.59%) Business Strategy
5 36 (15.72%) Open Source
6 33 (14.41%) Computer Science
7 32 (13.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 31 (13.54%) Artificial Intelligence
9 30 (13.10%) CI/CD
10 28 (12.23%) Network Management
11 27 (11.79%) Zero Trust
12 25 (10.92%) Migration
13 23 (10.04%) Analytics
14 22 (9.61%) Machine Learning
15 21 (9.17%) Change Management
15 21 (9.17%) High Availability
16 20 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
17 19 (8.30%) Containerisation
17 19 (8.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
18 18 (7.86%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 52 (22.71%) SQL
2 49 (21.40%) Python
3 36 (15.72%) Java
4 26 (11.35%) PowerShell
5 18 (7.86%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.55%) C#
6 15 (6.55%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.24%) Bash
8 8 (3.49%) C
9 6 (2.62%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (2.18%) ABAP
11 4 (1.75%) Go
11 4 (1.75%) Scala
12 3 (1.31%) C++
13 2 (0.87%) Bicep
13 2 (0.87%) Clojure
13 2 (0.87%) Haskell
13 2 (0.87%) Perl
13 2 (0.87%) Rust
13 2 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 52 (22.71%) Security Cleared
2 38 (16.59%) Degree
3 32 (13.97%) DV Cleared
4 22 (9.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 19 (8.30%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (3.49%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.62%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.18%) Master's Degree
10 4 (1.75%) AWS Certification
10 4 (1.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (1.31%) CCIE
11 3 (1.31%) CCNA
11 3 (1.31%) CCNP
12 2 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.87%) CITP
12 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.87%) MCP
12 2 (0.87%) MCSE
12 2 (0.87%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.24%) GDPR
2 10 (4.37%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (2.62%) Accessibility
4 6 (2.62%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.75%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.75%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.75%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.31%) SLA
7 2 (0.87%) COBIT
7 2 (0.87%) QA
8 1 (0.44%) EMIR
8 1 (0.44%) FATCA
8 1 (0.44%) MiFID
8 1 (0.44%) NCSC
8 1 (0.44%) PMO
8 1 (0.44%) WCAG
System Software
1 20 (8.73%) Active Directory
2 19 (8.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (6.99%) Docker
4 11 (4.80%) Hyper-V
5 6 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (2.18%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (2.18%) vSphere
7 4 (1.75%) NFS
8 2 (0.87%) HDFS
8 2 (0.87%) KVM
8 2 (0.87%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.44%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.44%) Firmware
9 1 (0.44%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 28 (12.23%) Kubernetes
2 25 (10.92%) Terraform
3 15 (6.55%) Ansible
4 8 (3.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (2.62%) EMC NetWorker
5 6 (2.62%) Grafana
5 6 (2.62%) Netcool
5 6 (2.62%) Tivoli
5 6 (2.62%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (2.18%) FortiGate
6 5 (2.18%) SCCM
7 4 (1.75%) Kibana
8 2 (0.87%) Puppet
8 2 (0.87%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.44%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.44%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.44%) yum
9 1 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 52 (22.71%) Microsoft
2 32 (13.97%) Google
3 25 (10.92%) Oracle
4 21 (9.17%) VMware
5 20 (8.73%) Cisco
6 19 (8.30%) SAP
7 12 (5.24%) ServiceNow
8 10 (4.37%) Splunk
9 7 (3.06%) Dell
9 7 (3.06%) HP
9 7 (3.06%) IBM
10 6 (2.62%) CyberArk
10 6 (2.62%) EMC
10 6 (2.62%) Isilon
10 6 (2.62%) Qualys
10 6 (2.62%) Serena
11 5 (2.18%) Citrix
11 5 (2.18%) Foundry
11 5 (2.18%) Palantir
11 5 (2.18%) Triple Point