Public Cloud Contract Job Trends in Dorset

Public Cloud
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 20 34
Rank change year-on-year +8 +14 -7
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 1 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in Dorset 1.14% 2.91% 1.72%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.23% 15.00% 7.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £493
25th Percentile £625 £650 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £700 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +21.74% -6.12%
75th Percentile £675 £750 £669
90th Percentile - - £718
South West median daily rate £650 £575 £588
% change year-on-year +13.04% -2.13% +4.91%

All Generic Skills
Dorset

Public Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 31 20 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 35.23% 19.42% 23.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 40
10th Percentile £146 £171 £172
25th Percentile £165 £282 £176
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £263 £650 £506
Median % change year-on-year -59.62% +28.40% -3.57%
75th Percentile £540 £688 £638
90th Percentile £549 £719 £650
South West median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £14.41 £15.16
Median hourly rate £44.81 £14.81 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +202.57% -5.17% -12.51%
75th Percentile - £15.62 £17.60
90th Percentile - - £49.93
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £67.50 £70.00
% change year-on-year -50.37% -3.57% +9.38%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Public Cloud job vacancy trend in Dorset

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Public Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Cloud within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 15 December 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
Bournemouth - 1 £650 - 3
Public Cloud
South West

Public Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management