Private Cloud Contracts

Private Cloud
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Private Cloud over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 462 353 479
Rank change year-on-year -109 +126 +22
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 136 416 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.70% 0.48%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.03% 2.09% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 112 326 302
10th Percentile £463 £461 £426
25th Percentile £475 £525 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £615 £556
Median % change year-on-year -12.52% +10.56% +5.95%
75th Percentile £638 £737 £650
90th Percentile £688 £820 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £616 £525
% change year-on-year -13.18% +17.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 15 5
10th Percentile £52.25 - £41.98
25th Percentile £55.63 - £42.33
Median hourly rate £62.50 £70.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +47.37% -1.55%
75th Percentile £70.63 - £48.75
90th Percentile £74.75 - £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +47.37% -9.52%

All Generic Skills
UK

Private Cloud is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,143 19,914 29,327
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.35% 33.30% 33.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,422 13,704 20,462
10th Percentile £263 £308 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £656 £680 £653
90th Percentile £788 £800 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 903 647 727
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.11
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.88
Median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +25.00% +10.00% -16.67%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Private Cloud as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Private Cloud over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Private Cloud over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Private Cloud in the UK

Private Cloud
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Private Cloud within the UK over the 6 months to 27 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
England -71 117 £538 -17.23% 57
UK excluding London -25 105 £535 -13.18% 37
South West -19 69 £500 -19.35% 11
Work from Home -6 39 £498 -17.08% 46
London -12 18 £600 -17.24% 22
South East +21 15 £638 +50.00% 4
Scotland +32 8 £630 +5.00% 2
North of England +8 6 £513 -33.87% 9
North West +6 5 £513 -4.65% 7
East of England +12 4 £475 -38.71% 2
West Midlands +14 3 £675 +3.85% 6
Midlands +7 3 £675 +3.85% 6
North East +9 1 £600 -24.95% 1

Private Cloud
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:

Application Platforms
1 40 (29.41%) Confluence
2 35 (25.74%) SharePoint
2 35 (25.74%) SharePoint Server
3 3 (2.21%) CMS
3 3 (2.21%) Drupal
3 3 (2.21%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.74%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.74%) IIS
5 1 (0.74%) JBoss
5 1 (0.74%) nginx
5 1 (0.74%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.74%) WildFly
Business Applications
1 2 (1.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (0.74%) SAP R/3
Cloud Services
1 62 (45.59%) Azure
2 37 (27.21%) Azure Stack
3 22 (16.18%) AWS
4 9 (6.62%) GCP
5 7 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.41%) IaaS
7 5 (3.68%) AWS Direct Connect
7 5 (3.68%) Datadog
7 5 (3.68%) GitHub
7 5 (3.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (2.94%) OpenShift
9 3 (2.21%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (2.21%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.21%) Amazon ECR
9 3 (2.21%) Amazon S3
9 3 (2.21%) Amazon SQS
9 3 (2.21%) AWS CloudTrail
9 3 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
9 3 (2.21%) Route 53
9 3 (2.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 60 (44.12%) Firewall
2 36 (26.47%) BGP
3 21 (15.44%) DNS
4 14 (10.29%) DHCP
5 5 (3.68%) TCP/IP
5 5 (3.68%) VoIP
6 4 (2.94%) Internet
7 3 (2.21%) LAN
7 3 (2.21%) OpenLDAP
7 3 (2.21%) SD-WAN
7 3 (2.21%) SSL
7 3 (2.21%) VLAN
7 3 (2.21%) VSAN
7 3 (2.21%) WAN
7 3 (2.21%) WLAN
8 2 (1.47%) VPN
9 1 (0.74%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.74%) IPv6
9 1 (0.74%) MPLS
9 1 (0.74%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.41%) Amazon Redshift
2 5 (3.68%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (2.21%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.74%) MySQL
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Exadata
5 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.74%) Redis
Development Applications
1 48 (35.29%) JIRA
2 12 (8.82%) Git
3 11 (8.09%) Jenkins
4 5 (3.68%) Artifactory
4 5 (3.68%) GitLab
5 4 (2.94%) Selenium
6 3 (2.21%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (2.21%) Subversion
7 2 (1.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (1.47%) Maven
7 2 (1.47%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.74%) GoCD
General
1 45 (33.09%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.24%) Organisational Skills
3 12 (8.82%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.15%) Finance
5 3 (2.21%) Banking
5 3 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (2.21%) Marketing
6 2 (1.47%) Electronics
6 2 (1.47%) Investment Banking
6 2 (1.47%) Legal
6 2 (1.47%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.47%) Retail
6 2 (1.47%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.74%) French Language
7 1 (0.74%) Front Office
7 1 (0.74%) German Language
7 1 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (19.12%) Architect
2 22 (16.18%) Analyst
3 19 (13.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 19 (13.97%) Network Engineer
4 17 (12.50%) Microsoft Engineer
5 12 (8.82%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (8.09%) DevOps Engineer
6 11 (8.09%) SOC Analyst
7 10 (7.35%) Solutions Architect
8 9 (6.62%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
10 7 (5.15%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
10 7 (5.15%) Security Architect
11 5 (3.68%) Senior
11 5 (3.68%) Service Analyst
11 5 (3.68%) Service Management Analyst
11 5 (3.68%) VoIP Engineer
12 4 (2.94%) Developer
12 4 (2.94%) Technical Architect
12 4 (2.94%) Voice Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.68%) SailPoint
2 4 (2.94%) Node.js
3 3 (2.21%) LDAP
3 3 (2.21%) RESTful
4 2 (1.47%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.74%) .NET
5 1 (0.74%) Keycloak
5 1 (0.74%) Middleware
5 1 (0.74%) OpenFin
5 1 (0.74%) Playwright
5 1 (0.74%) React
5 1 (0.74%) Reactive Extensions
5 1 (0.74%) RxJS
5 1 (0.74%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.74%) WebRTC
Miscellaneous
1 42 (30.88%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.35%) Public Cloud
3 8 (5.88%) Cloud Native
4 6 (4.41%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.21%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.21%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.47%) PKI
7 1 (0.74%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.74%) Replication
7 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (31.62%) Windows
2 12 (8.82%) Linux
3 3 (2.21%) Unix
3 3 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.74%) Oracle Linux
5 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (30.88%) ITIL
2 38 (27.94%) Network Management
3 37 (27.21%) Service Management
4 36 (26.47%) Capacity Management
4 36 (26.47%) Security Monitoring
5 29 (21.32%) Cybersecurity
6 28 (20.59%) ITSM
7 25 (18.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 21 (15.44%) Agile
9 20 (14.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (13.97%) DevOps
11 17 (12.50%) Resource Management
12 16 (11.76%) Privileged Access Management
12 16 (11.76%) Virtual Infrastructure
13 15 (11.03%) Knowledge Transfer
13 15 (11.03%) Penetration Testing
14 13 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (9.56%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 12 (8.82%) Test Automation
16 11 (8.09%) Backlog Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.24%) Python
2 8 (5.88%) Java
3 7 (5.15%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.41%) Bash
5 5 (3.68%) Perl
6 3 (2.21%) C
6 3 (2.21%) C++
6 3 (2.21%) Ruby
6 3 (2.21%) SQL
7 1 (0.74%) C#
7 1 (0.74%) Go
Qualifications
1 96 (70.59%) Security Cleared
2 57 (41.91%) DV Cleared
3 39 (28.68%) SC Cleared
4 11 (8.09%) Degree
5 2 (1.47%) VCAP
5 2 (1.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.74%) CISM
6 1 (0.74%) CISSP
6 1 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.74%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (25.74%) Government Security Classifications
2 9 (6.62%) QA
3 6 (4.41%) SLA
4 3 (2.21%) GRC
5 2 (1.47%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.74%) GDPR
6 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (18.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (11.76%) vSphere
3 6 (4.41%) Docker
3 6 (4.41%) VMware NSX
4 5 (3.68%) Active Directory
5 3 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.47%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.47%) KVM
6 2 (1.47%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.74%) NFS
7 1 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 27 (19.85%) SCOM
2 19 (13.97%) Terraform
3 18 (13.24%) Ansible
4 15 (11.03%) Kubernetes
4 15 (11.03%) vCenter Server
5 6 (4.41%) Progress Chef
5 6 (4.41%) Puppet
6 3 (2.21%) Nagios
7 2 (1.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (1.47%) Check_MK
7 2 (1.47%) Salt
7 2 (1.47%) vRealize
7 2 (1.47%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.74%) Consul
8 1 (0.74%) Grafana
8 1 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 49 (36.03%) Microsoft
2 35 (25.74%) Atlassian
3 33 (24.26%) VMware
4 6 (4.41%) CyberArk
4 6 (4.41%) Palo Alto
5 5 (3.68%) Cisco
5 5 (3.68%) Oracle
5 5 (3.68%) SAP
6 4 (2.94%) Citrix
6 4 (2.94%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.94%) Splunk
7 3 (2.21%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.21%) Google
7 3 (2.21%) New Relic
7 3 (2.21%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.47%) 3PAR
8 2 (1.47%) Dell
8 2 (1.47%) Dell Compellent
8 2 (1.47%) Mercator
8 2 (1.47%) Veeam