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 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 99 123
Rank change year-on-year -15 +24 +49
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 9 21 25
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.51% 0.99% 0.91%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.23% 2.52% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 17
10th Percentile £442 £430 £438
25th Percentile £495 £501 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% -6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £1,100 £736 £800
Central London median daily rate £496 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -11.91% -6.25% +9.09%

All Cloud 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 732 834 1,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.64% 39.32% 40.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 548 540 781
10th Percentile £348 £400 £350
25th Percentile £429 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £671 £675 £675
90th Percentile £757 £763 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 10
10th Percentile £23.68 £32.05 £16.53
25th Percentile £30.69 £39.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £56.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.46% +169.88% +1.22%
75th Percentile £58.96 £76.13 £46.06
90th Percentile £72.53 £85.95 £54.63
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +84.21% -7.32%

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 November 2025.

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Azure
2 5 (55.56%) AWS
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (22.22%) GCP
3 2 (22.22%) IaaS
3 2 (22.22%) PaaS
3 2 (22.22%) SaaS
4 1 (11.11%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (11.11%) IBM Watson
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) MemSQL
2 1 (11.11%) MongoDB
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MLflow
General
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 3 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Scientist
3 1 (11.11%) Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Managing Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Kafka
1 1 (11.11%) Matplotlib
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
1 1 (11.11%) NumPy
1 1 (11.11%) Pandas
1 1 (11.11%) PyTorch
1 1 (11.11%) scikit-learn
1 1 (11.11%) Seaborn
1 1 (11.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Algorithms
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
1 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 3 (33.33%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
1 3 (33.33%) Release Management
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (22.22%) AI
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (22.22%) Data Science
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Machine Learning
2 2 (22.22%) Matrix Management
2 2 (22.22%) Matrix Organization
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (11.11%) Data Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Deep Learning
3 1 (11.11%) Predictive Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) Java
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (22.22%) MCITP
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) CISM
2 1 (11.11%) CISSP
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (22.22%) SLA
3 1 (11.11%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) NIST
3 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (22.22%) SCOM
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) HP
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Cognos
3 1 (11.11%) Databricks
3 1 (11.11%) Google
3 1 (11.11%) IBM
3 1 (11.11%) Sage