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 3 months leading up to 15 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 69 83
Rank change year-on-year -17 +14 +21
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 2 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.18% 0.86% 0.42%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.45% 1.87% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 4
10th Percentile - £494 £277
25th Percentile £625 £552 £298
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £685 £323
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +112.40% -46.25%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £372
90th Percentile - £751 £434
Central London median daily rate £650 £685 £388
% change year-on-year -5.11% +76.77% -35.42%

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 445 374 466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 39.91% 45.78% 39.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 237 313
10th Percentile £346 £400 £333
25th Percentile £448 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% -11.67%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £749 £750 £773
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £29.79 £28.98 -
25th Percentile £43.25 £35.46 £12.75
Median hourly rate £54.60 £47.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.95% +111.11% -73.24%
75th Percentile £63.98 £118.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £71.64 £159.75 £39.65
Central London median hourly rate £54.60 £29.07 £22.50
% change year-on-year +87.83% +29.20% -72.99%

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
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