Cloud Computing Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Cloud Computing
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 99 112
Rank change year-on-year -26 +13 +43
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 6 20 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.27% 1.15% 0.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.68% 2.66% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 14 12
10th Percentile £675 £504 £223
25th Percentile £750 £525 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £950 £648 £513
Median % change year-on-year +46.72% +26.34% -10.87%
75th Percentile £1,200 £751 £669
90th Percentile £1,305 £788 £823
Central London median daily rate £950 £650 £500
% change year-on-year +46.15% +30.00% -16.67%

All Cloud Computing Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 888 751 859
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 40.57% 43.04% 38.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 483 602
10th Percentile £350 £376 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.58%
75th Percentile £638 £669 £675
90th Percentile £749 £738 £761
Central London median daily rate £530 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -3.64% +1.85% -6.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 8
10th Percentile £33.72 £24.66 £12.75
25th Percentile £39.53 £29.64 £15.94
Median hourly rate £48.22 £42.50 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year +13.46% +104.82% -74.85%
75th Percentile £63.54 £74.38 £30.38
90th Percentile £75.53 £135.00 £57.30
Central London median hourly rate £40.64 £34.83 £20.75
% change year-on-year +16.70% +67.83% -60.48%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the City of London over the 6 months to 14 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in the City of London

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) AWS
2 3 (50.00%) Amazon SageMaker
2 3 (50.00%) IBM Watson
2 3 (50.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) GCP
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Power BI
1 3 (50.00%) Tableau
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Data Scientist
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Managing Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Matplotlib
1 3 (50.00%) NumPy
1 3 (50.00%) Pandas
1 3 (50.00%) scikit-learn
1 3 (50.00%) Seaborn
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Algorithms
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) AI
1 3 (50.00%) Analytics
1 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Data Extraction
1 3 (50.00%) Data Science
1 3 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 3 (50.00%) Deep Learning
1 3 (50.00%) Dialogue System
1 3 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (50.00%) Linear Algebra
1 3 (50.00%) Linear Regression
1 3 (50.00%) LLM
1 3 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (50.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 3 (50.00%) Neural Network
1 3 (50.00%) Predictive Modelling
1 3 (50.00%) Statistics
1 3 (50.00%) Time Series Analysis
1 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Python
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CISM
1 1 (16.67%) CISSP
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) NIST
1 1 (16.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Cognos
1 3 (50.00%) Google
1 3 (50.00%) IBM
1 3 (50.00%) Sage
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft