Cloud Security Contracts in England

Cloud Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 212 156 240
Rank change year-on-year -56 +84 -69
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 402 861 874
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.08% 1.71% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.89% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 583 576
10th Percentile £425 £463 £463
25th Percentile £500 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £635 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% +1.52% +9.65%
75th Percentile £738 £721 £725
90th Percentile £788 £800 £803
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 2
10th Percentile - - £30.48
25th Percentile - - £34.69
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £43.59
Median % change year-on-year - +60.61% -30.26%
75th Percentile - - £54.36
90th Percentile - £76.00 £59.69
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +75.00% -17.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies 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 process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
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 Security within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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 -48 245 £625 -3.85% 117
North of England -57 38 £638 +15.91% 48
South East -11 34 £510 -27.14% 20
Midlands +11 29 £615 +11.82% 22
West Midlands +19 27 £615 +11.82% 15
South West 0 23 £550 -18.52% 22
North West -25 20 £676 +8.16% 14
Yorkshire -26 18 £600 +9.09% 20
East of England +5 8 £700 +27.27% 14
East Midlands +20 2 £625 +25.00% 7
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
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 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.74%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.00%) nginx
4 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.50%) IIS
4 2 (0.50%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (0.50%) Traefik
5 1 (0.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 11 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.25%) Trello
3 1 (0.25%) Weka
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 190 (47.26%) Azure
2 116 (28.86%) AWS
3 62 (15.42%) GCP
4 59 (14.68%) IaaS
5 45 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
5 45 (11.19%) SaaS
6 40 (9.95%) PaaS
7 33 (8.21%) Entra ID
8 28 (6.97%) Serverless
9 27 (6.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (4.98%) Azure Sentinel
11 15 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (3.23%) OCI
13 10 (2.49%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (2.49%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 9 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (1.99%) CloudFront
15 8 (1.99%) GitHub
16 7 (1.74%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 93 (23.13%) Firewall
2 59 (14.68%) Network Security
3 34 (8.46%) VPN
4 29 (7.21%) WAN
5 27 (6.72%) DNS
6 18 (4.48%) SD-WAN
7 16 (3.98%) LAN
8 9 (2.24%) Internet
8 9 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
9 8 (1.99%) TCP/IP
10 6 (1.49%) DHCP
10 6 (1.49%) DMZ
10 6 (1.49%) WLAN
11 4 (1.00%) BGP
11 4 (1.00%) MPLS
11 4 (1.00%) Multicast
11 4 (1.00%) NGFW
11 4 (1.00%) OSPF
12 3 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.75%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.99%) Data Lake
2 7 (1.74%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.24%) Big Data
4 4 (1.00%) Bigtable
4 4 (1.00%) Cloud Spanner
4 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.00%) DynamoDB
4 4 (1.00%) Power BI
4 4 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.00%) SAP BW
5 3 (0.75%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.75%) MySQL
5 3 (0.75%) OLAP
5 3 (0.75%) OLTP
5 3 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.50%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (4.48%) GitLab
2 17 (4.23%) Jenkins
3 11 (2.74%) Git
4 7 (1.74%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.00%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.75%) JIRA
7 2 (0.50%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.50%) JMeter
7 2 (0.50%) Selenium
7 2 (0.50%) Snyk
7 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.25%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.25%) NUnit
8 1 (0.25%) Terragrunt
General
1 93 (23.13%) Finance
2 85 (21.14%) Social Skills
3 35 (8.71%) Banking
4 26 (6.47%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.98%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.48%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.23%) Retail
8 11 (2.74%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.74%) Legal
9 7 (1.74%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.00%) French Language
11 4 (1.00%) German Language
11 4 (1.00%) Local Government
11 4 (1.00%) Military
12 3 (0.75%) Automotive
13 2 (0.50%) Marketing
13 2 (0.50%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.25%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 138 (34.33%) Architect
2 75 (18.66%) Security Architect
3 52 (12.94%) Consultant
4 48 (11.94%) Security Engineer
5 47 (11.69%) Senior
6 46 (11.44%) Cloud Architect
6 46 (11.44%) Security Consultant
7 31 (7.71%) Cloud Engineer
8 22 (5.47%) Senior Architect
9 21 (5.22%) Senior Security Architect
10 20 (4.98%) Analyst
11 19 (4.73%) Cloud Security Architect
12 18 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
12 18 (4.48%) Lead
13 17 (4.23%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
14 16 (3.98%) AWS Architect
14 16 (3.98%) Cloud Security Consultant
14 16 (3.98%) Security Manager
15 15 (3.73%) Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.98%) SailPoint
2 12 (2.99%) Node.js
2 12 (2.99%) SAML
3 7 (1.74%) REST
4 6 (1.49%) OAuth
4 6 (1.49%) YAML
5 5 (1.24%) JSON
5 5 (1.24%) Kafka
5 5 (1.24%) OAuth2
5 5 (1.24%) React
5 5 (1.24%) Spring
5 5 (1.24%) Spring Boot
6 4 (1.00%) .NET
6 4 (1.00%) CSS
6 4 (1.00%) GWT
6 4 (1.00%) JAX-RS
6 4 (1.00%) Restlet
7 3 (0.75%) OpenID
7 3 (0.75%) RESTful
7 3 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.96%) Management Information System
2 31 (7.71%) Cloud Native
2 31 (7.71%) PKI
3 25 (6.22%) Security Posture
4 17 (4.23%) IoT
5 16 (3.98%) Public Cloud
6 15 (3.73%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.99%) Operational Technology
8 11 (2.74%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (2.24%) Cloud Security Posture
9 9 (2.24%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.24%) Security Operations Centre
10 8 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (1.24%) Private Cloud
13 5 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 34 (8.46%) Linux
2 23 (5.72%) Windows
3 8 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.74%) Kali Linux
4 7 (1.74%) Unix
5 4 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.50%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (27.86%) Cybersecurity
2 97 (24.13%) DevOps
3 90 (22.39%) Infrastructure as Code
4 82 (20.40%) Security Architecture
5 78 (19.40%) Information Security
6 70 (17.41%) CI/CD
7 62 (15.42%) SIEM
8 55 (13.68%) Application Security
8 55 (13.68%) DevSecOps
9 52 (12.94%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (12.69%) Identity Access Management
11 47 (11.69%) Agile
12 42 (10.45%) Containerisation
12 42 (10.45%) Penetration Testing
13 38 (9.45%) Microservices
14 37 (9.20%) Risk Management
15 36 (8.96%) Migration
16 34 (8.46%) Incident Response
17 33 (8.21%) Risk Assessment
18 31 (7.71%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 49 (12.19%) Python
2 24 (5.97%) PowerShell
3 20 (4.98%) Java
4 13 (3.23%) Bash
5 12 (2.99%) SQL
6 10 (2.49%) Kusto Query Language
7 8 (1.99%) C#
8 6 (1.49%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.00%) Go
9 4 (1.00%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.00%) Ruby
9 4 (1.00%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.75%) PHP
11 2 (0.50%) Bicep
11 2 (0.50%) Julia
11 2 (0.50%) Perl
11 2 (0.50%) SOQL
11 2 (0.50%) SOSL
12 1 (0.25%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (16.92%) CISSP
2 67 (16.67%) Degree
3 63 (15.67%) Security Cleared
4 55 (13.68%) SC Cleared
5 48 (11.94%) CISM
6 31 (7.71%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (6.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 24 (5.97%) CISA
8 24 (5.97%) CRISC
9 23 (5.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (3.98%) Azure Certification
11 12 (2.99%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.99%) CCSK
11 12 (2.99%) GIAC
12 10 (2.49%) CCSP
12 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (2.49%) SANS
13 9 (2.24%) Master's Degree
14 7 (1.74%) CCNP
14 7 (1.74%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (18.41%) NIST
2 58 (14.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.72%) PCI DSS
4 21 (5.22%) GRC
5 19 (4.73%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 14 (3.48%) GDPR
7 12 (2.99%) NCSC
8 10 (2.49%) COBIT
9 9 (2.24%) NIST 800
10 4 (1.00%) HIPAA
10 4 (1.00%) ISO 31000
10 4 (1.00%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.75%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.75%) GPG13
11 3 (0.75%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.50%) QA
13 1 (0.25%) GxP
System Software
1 40 (9.95%) Active Directory
2 38 (9.45%) Docker
3 13 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.24%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.75%) XenApp
7 2 (0.50%) KVM
7 2 (0.50%) Squid
7 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.25%) IAG
8 1 (0.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 89 (22.14%) Terraform
2 41 (10.20%) Kubernetes
3 14 (3.48%) Ansible
3 14 (3.48%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.49%) CASB
5 5 (1.24%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.24%) Packer
6 4 (1.00%) Argo
6 4 (1.00%) HAProxy
6 4 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (1.00%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 2 (0.50%) Consul
7 2 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.50%) Graphite
7 2 (0.50%) Istio
7 2 (0.50%) linkerd
7 2 (0.50%) Podman
7 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.50%) Puppet
7 2 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 98 (24.38%) Microsoft
2 31 (7.71%) Google
3 24 (5.97%) Palo Alto
4 17 (4.23%) Cisco
5 16 (3.98%) Oracle
6 15 (3.73%) ServiceNow
7 14 (3.48%) CyberArk
8 13 (3.23%) BeyondTrust
8 13 (3.23%) F5
8 13 (3.23%) VMware
9 11 (2.74%) Fortinet
10 9 (2.24%) Splunk
11 7 (1.74%) Citrix
11 7 (1.74%) Databricks
12 6 (1.49%) SAP
13 5 (1.24%) CheckPoint
13 5 (1.24%) Zscaler
14 4 (1.00%) Darktrace
14 4 (1.00%) Qualys
14 4 (1.00%) Red Hat