Cloud Computing Contract Job Trends in Central London

Cloud Computing
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 109 129
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +50
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 10 21 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.51% 0.91% 0.96%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.29% 2.24% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 21
10th Percentile £460 £422 £431
25th Percentile £495 £505 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £626 £625
Median % change year-on-year -16.17% +0.20% +13.64%
75th Percentile £638 £733 £688
90th Percentile £680 £816 £800
London median daily rate £575 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +13.64%

All Cloud Skills
Central London

Cloud Computing falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 775 936 1,364
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 39.80% 40.70% 42.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 532 633 940
10th Percentile £333 £389 £325
25th Percentile £425 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £763 £788
London median daily rate £535 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.73% -4.35% -1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 6
10th Percentile £20.82 - £14.63
25th Percentile £25.56 £27.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +68.67% -37.59%
75th Percentile £54.46 - £34.44
90th Percentile £79.48 £69.50 £45.25
London median hourly rate £31.00 £30.59 £40.25
% change year-on-year +1.34% -24.00% +15.00%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in Central London

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in Central London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in Central London

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 17 September 2025. 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
City of London -4 9 £510 -18.52% 13
City of Westminster - 1 £650 -
Cloud Computing
London

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (10.00%) Confluence
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Workflow
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
2 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (30.00%) GCP
4 2 (20.00%) IaaS
4 2 (20.00%) PaaS
4 2 (20.00%) SaaS
5 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
5 1 (10.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (10.00%) MemSQL
2 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
1 1 (10.00%) MLflow
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Back Office
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Architect
1 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Service Manager
1 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Banking Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Business Solution Architect
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) IT Security Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Security Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Kafka
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (10.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (10.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (10.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Fixed Income
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL
1 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Change Management
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) Data Loss Prevention
2 2 (20.00%) DevOps
2 2 (20.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) Email Migration
3 1 (10.00%) High Availability
3 1 (10.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Low Latency
3 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
3 1 (10.00%) SDLC
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
1 2 (20.00%) Python
2 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) AWS Certification
2 2 (20.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (20.00%) MCITP
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CCNA
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (20.00%) SCOM
2 1 (10.00%) Ansible
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 2 (20.00%) Databricks
3 2 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Google