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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 99 109
Rank change year-on-year -16 +10 +59
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 9 20 19
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.48% 1.06% 0.78%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.17% 2.65% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 13 13
10th Percentile £534 £502 £228
25th Percentile £593 £505 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £670 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.12% +16.52% +1.77%
75th Percentile £859 £751 £675
90th Percentile £1,169 £790 £784
Central London median daily rate £663 £670 £569
% change year-on-year -1.12% +17.80% +2.02%

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 769 755 937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 41.01% 40.14% 38.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 573 480 679
10th Percentile £344 £403 £363
25th Percentile £419 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
Central London median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 12
10th Percentile £26.66 - £13.18
25th Percentile £34.19 - £17.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 - £20.75
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.00%
75th Percentile £46.11 - £40.69
90th Percentile £49.83 - £50.10
Central London median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -27.23% +68.67% -11.70%

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 30 January 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 7 (77.78%) AWS
2 5 (55.56%) Azure
3 3 (33.33%) Amazon SageMaker
3 3 (33.33%) IBM Watson
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (33.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (22.22%) GCP
5 1 (11.11%) IaaS
5 1 (11.11%) PaaS
5 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) 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 3 (33.33%) Power BI
1 3 (33.33%) Tableau
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MLflow
General
1 3 (33.33%) Banking
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Data Scientist
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Managing Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Matplotlib
1 3 (33.33%) NumPy
1 3 (33.33%) Pandas
1 3 (33.33%) scikit-learn
1 3 (33.33%) Seaborn
2 1 (11.11%) PyTorch
2 1 (11.11%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
3 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) AI
1 4 (44.44%) Data Science
1 4 (44.44%) Machine Learning
2 3 (33.33%) Analytics
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Data Extraction
2 3 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 3 (33.33%) Deep Learning
2 3 (33.33%) Dialogue System
2 3 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 3 (33.33%) Linear Algebra
2 3 (33.33%) Linear Regression
2 3 (33.33%) LLM
2 3 (33.33%) Natural Language Processing
2 3 (33.33%) Neural Network
2 3 (33.33%) Predictive Modelling
2 3 (33.33%) Statistics
2 3 (33.33%) Time Series Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CISM
1 1 (11.11%) CISSP
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
1 1 (11.11%) MCITP
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) NIST
2 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cognos
1 3 (33.33%) Google
1 3 (33.33%) IBM
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Sage
2 1 (11.11%) Databricks
2 1 (11.11%) HP
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle