Cloud Computing Contract Job Trends in England

Cloud Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 296 320
Rank change year-on-year -100 +24 +66
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 144 223 255
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.46% 0.77% 0.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.20% 2.11% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 123 157
10th Percentile £403 £366 £315
25th Percentile £426 £484 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £618 £738 £700
90th Percentile £863 £800 £800
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 4
10th Percentile £30.65 £20.53 -
25th Percentile £43.61 £23.56 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £26.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.69% +44.44% -63.45%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.19 £19.31
90th Percentile - £28.43 £19.43
UK median hourly rate £47.50 £24.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +97.92% +33.33% -48.57%

All Cloud Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,038 10,554 12,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 38.10% 36.66% 34.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,279 7,053 9,297
10th Percentile £305 £313 £275
25th Percentile £406 £425 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 137 243
10th Percentile £14.75 £16.90 £14.39
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.21 £29.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +16.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £76.34 £68.75 £77.90
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £26.75
% change year-on-year -3.64% +2.80% +18.89%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in England

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
London -72 66 £590 -5.90% 52
South East -4 26 £525 +23.53% 43
Midlands -38 20 £460 -20.00% 32
North of England -65 14 £450 -0.88% 25
West Midlands -25 13 £435 -24.35% 12
North West -39 9 £430 -9.76% 11
East of England -9 7 £413 - 21
East Midlands -11 7 £520 +3.38% 19
South West -14 5 £425 -41.38% 13
North East -7 3 £450 +25.70% 6
Yorkshire -42 2 £513 +1.99% 8
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 8 (5.56%) Apache
1 8 (5.56%) JBoss
1 8 (5.56%) WebLogic
2 5 (3.47%) OpenStack
3 4 (2.78%) Jupyter
3 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.78%) SharePoint
4 3 (2.08%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.08%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.39%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Revit
1 5 (3.47%) Weka
2 4 (2.78%) Navisworks
3 3 (2.08%) ProjectWise
4 1 (0.69%) DaVinci Resolve
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.69%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Avolution ABACUS
1 1 (0.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 77 (53.47%) AWS
2 58 (40.28%) Azure
3 28 (19.44%) GCP
4 17 (11.81%) GitHub
5 13 (9.03%) SaaS
6 11 (7.64%) Power Platform
7 10 (6.94%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (6.94%) Serverless
8 9 (6.25%) IaaS
8 9 (6.25%) PaaS
9 8 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.86%) Amazon ECR
10 7 (4.86%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (4.17%) Amazon S3
11 6 (4.17%) OpenShift
12 5 (3.47%) Google Sheets
12 5 (3.47%) Google Workspace
13 4 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 4 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
14 3 (2.08%) Amazon EMR
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.94%) Firewall
2 7 (4.86%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.47%) Network Security
4 3 (2.08%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.39%) LAN
5 2 (1.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.69%) BGP
6 1 (0.69%) DMZ
6 1 (0.69%) DNS
6 1 (0.69%) HTTP
6 1 (0.69%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.69%) NAS
6 1 (0.69%) NGFW
6 1 (0.69%) OSPF
6 1 (0.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (9.03%) Relational Database
2 11 (7.64%) Power BI
3 10 (6.94%) MongoDB
3 10 (6.94%) Tableau
4 6 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (2.78%) Big Data
6 3 (2.08%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (2.08%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (2.08%) Delta Lake
6 3 (2.08%) DynamoDB
6 3 (2.08%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.39%) Amazon Aurora
7 2 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.39%) Data Vault
7 2 (1.39%) MemSQL
7 2 (1.39%) Metadata
7 2 (1.39%) MySQL
7 2 (1.39%) Spark SQL
7 2 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (14.58%) Git
2 12 (8.33%) GitLab
3 8 (5.56%) Eclipse
3 8 (5.56%) IntelliJ
3 8 (5.56%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.56%) JUnit
3 8 (5.56%) Selenium
4 7 (4.86%) Artifactory
4 7 (4.86%) JIRA
5 3 (2.08%) Postman
6 2 (1.39%) Vite
6 2 (1.39%) webpack
7 1 (0.69%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.69%) Gatling
7 1 (0.69%) Gemini Tracker
7 1 (0.69%) Gradle
7 1 (0.69%) MLflow
7 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 58 (40.28%) Social Skills
2 30 (20.83%) Finance
3 23 (15.97%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 9 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (4.17%) Banking
7 5 (3.47%) Retail
8 4 (2.78%) Military
9 3 (2.08%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.08%) Marketing
9 3 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.39%) German Language
10 2 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.69%) Electronics
11 1 (0.69%) French Language
11 1 (0.69%) Front Office
11 1 (0.69%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.69%) Legal
11 1 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (13.89%) Developer
2 15 (10.42%) Architect
3 13 (9.03%) Senior
4 11 (7.64%) DevOps Engineer
4 11 (7.64%) Software Engineer
4 11 (7.64%) Solutions Architect
5 10 (6.94%) Python Developer
6 9 (6.25%) AWS DevOps
6 9 (6.25%) Lead
7 8 (5.56%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (5.56%) Consultant
7 8 (5.56%) Data Engineer
8 7 (4.86%) Java Engineer
9 5 (3.47%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.47%) Senior Developer
10 4 (2.78%) Analyst
10 4 (2.78%) AWS Developer
10 4 (2.78%) Data Scientist
10 4 (2.78%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.08%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.42%) REST
1 15 (10.42%) XML
2 14 (9.72%) JSON
3 9 (6.25%) Elastic Stack
3 9 (6.25%) J2EE
3 9 (6.25%) Spring
4 8 (5.56%) EJB
4 8 (5.56%) Hibernate
4 8 (5.56%) HTML
4 8 (5.56%) HTML5
4 8 (5.56%) J2SE
4 8 (5.56%) Play Framework
4 8 (5.56%) SOAP
4 8 (5.56%) YAML
5 7 (4.86%) Web Services
6 6 (4.17%) NumPy
6 6 (4.17%) Pandas
7 5 (3.47%) ARM Templates
7 5 (3.47%) RESTful
7 5 (3.47%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.25%) Algorithms
3 7 (4.86%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.47%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.47%) Grid Computing
5 5 (3.47%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.78%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.78%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.08%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.39%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.39%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.39%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.39%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (15.97%) Linux
2 10 (6.94%) Unix
2 10 (6.94%) Windows
3 3 (2.08%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.39%) Android
4 2 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (40.28%) DevOps
2 46 (31.94%) Agile
3 42 (29.17%) Problem-Solving
4 38 (26.39%) CI/CD
5 28 (19.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 26 (18.06%) Migration
7 20 (13.89%) Microservices
8 19 (13.19%) AI
9 18 (12.50%) Software Engineering
9 18 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (11.11%) Data Science
10 16 (11.11%) Visualisation
11 15 (10.42%) Machine Learning
11 15 (10.42%) Scrum
12 14 (9.72%) Generative AI
13 13 (9.03%) Analytics
13 13 (9.03%) Data Engineering
14 12 (8.33%) Project Management
14 12 (8.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 55 (38.19%) Python
2 39 (27.08%) SQL
3 18 (12.50%) Java
4 13 (9.03%) Bash
4 13 (9.03%) PowerShell
5 11 (7.64%) Scala
6 5 (3.47%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.78%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.08%) C++
8 3 (2.08%) Ruby
9 2 (1.39%) Bicep
9 2 (1.39%) C
9 2 (1.39%) Fortran
9 2 (1.39%) Go
9 2 (1.39%) R
10 1 (0.69%) C#
10 1 (0.69%) Perl
10 1 (0.69%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.69%) XPath
Qualifications
1 35 (24.31%) Security Cleared
2 32 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 22 (15.28%) Degree
4 9 (6.25%) Master's Degree
5 6 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.47%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.78%) OCP
7 4 (2.78%) Oracle Certification
7 4 (2.78%) PhD
7 4 (2.78%) PMI Certification
8 3 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 3 (2.08%) PgMP
8 3 (2.08%) PMP
9 2 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (1.39%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.39%) MCITP
9 2 (1.39%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.69%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 1 (0.69%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (6.94%) GDPR
3 7 (4.86%) QA
4 6 (4.17%) Data Quality
5 5 (3.47%) ISO 19650
5 5 (3.47%) SLA
6 3 (2.08%) NCSC
6 3 (2.08%) NIST
7 2 (1.39%) PCI DSS
7 2 (1.39%) SOC 2
7 2 (1.39%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.69%) GRC
8 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.69%) JSP 440
System Software
1 27 (18.75%) Docker
2 7 (4.86%) Virtual Machines
3 6 (4.17%) Active Directory
4 5 (3.47%) GPFS
4 5 (3.47%) Lustre
4 5 (3.47%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 5 (3.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.69%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (20.83%) Terraform
2 27 (18.75%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.64%) Puppet
4 9 (6.25%) Prometheus
5 7 (4.86%) Grafana
5 7 (4.86%) Sysdig
6 6 (4.17%) Ansible
7 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (1.39%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.39%) SCOM
7 2 (1.39%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.69%) CASB
8 1 (0.69%) Consul
8 1 (0.69%) Podman
8 1 (0.69%) Salt
8 1 (0.69%) SCCM
8 1 (0.69%) vRealize
8 1 (0.69%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 24 (16.67%) Google
2 20 (13.89%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.56%) webMethods
4 7 (4.86%) Databricks
5 6 (4.17%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.47%) Autodesk
6 5 (3.47%) NetApp
6 5 (3.47%) Oracle
7 4 (2.78%) Dataiku
8 3 (2.08%) Samsung
9 2 (1.39%) Apple
9 2 (1.39%) Cognos
9 2 (1.39%) HP
9 2 (1.39%) IBM
9 2 (1.39%) Sage
9 2 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.39%) VMware
10 1 (0.69%) Adobe
10 1 (0.69%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.69%) Sophos
177 Cloud Computing jobs in England