Cloud Security Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

Cloud Security
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 41 46
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +13
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 22 13 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cheshire 3.17% 2.54% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 2.93% 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 9 2
10th Percentile £354 £504 £361
25th Percentile £450 £525 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £625 £438
Median % change year-on-year -23.20% +42.86% -30.56%
75th Percentile £538 £788 £528
90th Percentile £642 - £564
North West median daily rate £450 £650 £569
% change year-on-year -30.77% +14.29% -9.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 620 444 371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.47% 86.72% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 465 272 232
10th Percentile £268 £325 £313
25th Percentile £358 £382 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £477 £511
Median % change year-on-year -7.66% -6.80% +13.61%
75th Percentile £525 £566 £575
90th Percentile £688 £649 £611
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £16.00 £15.60
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.05 £17.38
Median hourly rate £18.94 £35.00 £23.61
Median % change year-on-year -45.90% +48.24% +46.92%
75th Percentile £39.19 £43.75 £35.39
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.13 £40.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £35.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% +13.59% +34.50%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Security relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cloud Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Cheshire over the 6 months to 28 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in Cheshire

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 28 October 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
Knutsford -11 12 £480 -24.11% 3
Warrington - 6 £450 - 5
Cloud Security
North West

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Apache Airflow
Cloud Services
1 12 (54.55%) AWS
2 6 (27.27%) GitHub
3 4 (18.18%) Azure
3 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (13.64%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (9.09%) AWS CodeBuild
5 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (9.09%) GCP
5 2 (9.09%) OpenShift
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (4.55%) Amazon S3
6 1 (4.55%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (4.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Firewall
2 2 (9.09%) DNS
2 2 (9.09%) Network Security
2 2 (9.09%) SSL
2 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) GitLab
2 2 (9.09%) Git
3 1 (4.55%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (40.91%) Finance
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Consultant
1 5 (22.73%) Security Consultant
2 4 (18.18%) Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Cloud Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) DevOps Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Security Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) AWS Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Network Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Network Security Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Applications Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Cloud Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Lead DevOps
5 1 (4.55%) Security Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) Senior Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Onboarding
2 3 (13.64%) Security Posture
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Security Posture
4 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (27.27%) Windows
2 4 (18.18%) Linux
2 4 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.09%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) DevOps
2 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) CI/CD
3 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure as Code
3 6 (27.27%) Vulnerability Management
4 5 (22.73%) Application Security
4 5 (22.73%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (22.73%) DevSecOps
4 5 (22.73%) Migration
5 4 (18.18%) AI
5 4 (18.18%) Generative AI
5 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
5 4 (18.18%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
5 4 (18.18%) Vulnerability Assessment
6 3 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (13.64%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (13.64%) High Availability
6 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Automation
6 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Bash
2 2 (9.09%) Python
3 1 (4.55%) Korn
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) CISSP
1 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) CISM
4 3 (13.64%) AWS Certification
5 2 (9.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 2 (9.09%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (9.09%) MCSA
5 2 (9.09%) MCSE
5 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (22.73%) Kubernetes
2 4 (18.18%) Norton AntiVirus
2 4 (18.18%) SCCM
2 4 (18.18%) Terraform
3 2 (9.09%) CASB
3 2 (9.09%) Fluentd
3 2 (9.09%) Nessus
Vendors
1 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) McAfee
2 4 (18.18%) Splunk
2 4 (18.18%) Symantec
3 2 (9.09%) Cribl.io
3 2 (9.09%) CyberArk
3 2 (9.09%) Remedy
3 2 (9.09%) Tenable