Cloud Computing Contracts in England

Cloud Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cloud Computing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 304 324 318
Rank change year-on-year +20 -6 +109
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 185 225 384
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.76% 0.60% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.04% 1.90% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 152 278
10th Percentile £373 £316 £425
25th Percentile £464 £447 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +1.77%
75th Percentile £713 £675 £675
90th Percentile £778 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £600 £565
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 6
10th Percentile £19.85 £16.70 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.88 £17.38 £16.63
Median hourly rate £25.50 £18.75 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% - -27.88%
75th Percentile £26.13 £36.63 £30.56
90th Percentile £26.35 £67.45 £42.13
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year +36.00% -1.32% -13.64%

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 9,062 11,852 18,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 37.21% 31.87% 36.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,341 8,544 13,518
10th Percentile £313 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £669
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 321 311
10th Percentile £15.03 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £15.85 £18.25
Median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%
75th Percentile £40.50 £32.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £73.38 £61.60 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £27.35 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +30.24% -40.00% +62.79%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing in England.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing in England.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 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 +26 113 £625 +4.17% 591
North of England +23 31 £475 +5.56% 78
North West +15 16 £466 +3.56% 47
Yorkshire +14 12 £600 +33.33% 24
South East +41 9 £450 +100.00% 100
Midlands +29 9 £367 +33.45% 34
East Midlands - 7 £367 - 9
South West +18 5 £550 -15.38% 47
East of England +24 3 £751 +30.61% 48
North East 0 3 £358 - 8
West Midlands +14 2 - - 21
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (11.89%) Confluence
2 11 (5.95%) Apache
3 6 (3.24%) Apache Airflow
3 6 (3.24%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.70%) NetWeaver
4 5 (2.70%) OpenStack
5 4 (2.16%) nginx
6 3 (1.62%) CMS
7 1 (0.54%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.54%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.54%) SAS
7 1 (0.54%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (4.86%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.54%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.54%) Maximo
2 1 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 74 (40.00%) Azure
2 45 (24.32%) AWS
3 37 (20.00%) GCP
4 20 (10.81%) SaaS
5 18 (9.73%) GitHub
6 17 (9.19%) Azure DevOps
7 16 (8.65%) Power Platform
8 14 (7.57%) IaaS
8 14 (7.57%) PaaS
8 14 (7.57%) Slack
9 11 (5.95%) Serverless
10 9 (4.86%) Entra ID
10 9 (4.86%) OCI
11 8 (4.32%) Azure AKS
11 8 (4.32%) Azure Sentinel
12 7 (3.78%) Azure Data Factory
12 7 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (3.24%) Amazon S3
13 6 (3.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 5 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.65%) HTTP
2 11 (5.95%) Firewall
3 8 (4.32%) DNS
4 7 (3.78%) Network Security
5 6 (3.24%) TCP/IP
5 6 (3.24%) VPN
6 4 (2.16%) DHCP
6 4 (2.16%) Kerberos
7 2 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.08%) NAS
7 2 (1.08%) SAN
7 2 (1.08%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.08%) WAN
8 1 (0.54%) 5G
8 1 (0.54%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.54%) LTE
8 1 (0.54%) NX-OS
8 1 (0.54%) Skype
8 1 (0.54%) Wireless Security
8 1 (0.54%) xDSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (11.35%) MongoDB
2 17 (9.19%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (7.57%) Apache Cassandra
3 14 (7.57%) MySQL
3 14 (7.57%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (7.57%) Power BI
4 11 (5.95%) NoSQL
5 10 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (5.41%) Data Lake
5 10 (5.41%) SQL Server
6 9 (4.86%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 9 (4.86%) Oracle ODI
6 9 (4.86%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (4.86%) Tableau
7 7 (3.78%) Big Data
8 6 (3.24%) Flink
9 5 (2.70%) Qlik Sense
10 4 (2.16%) Amazon Redshift
11 3 (1.62%) BigQuery
11 3 (1.62%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 30 (16.22%) JIRA
2 22 (11.89%) Git
3 15 (8.11%) Cucumber
4 14 (7.57%) Jasmine
4 14 (7.57%) JUnit
5 10 (5.41%) Jenkins
6 6 (3.24%) Subversion
7 5 (2.70%) Oracle Forms
7 5 (2.70%) TeamCity
8 3 (1.62%) ERwin
8 3 (1.62%) Postman
9 2 (1.08%) Eclipse
9 2 (1.08%) NetBeans
10 1 (0.54%) MLflow
10 1 (0.54%) Selenium
10 1 (0.54%) Serena SBM
10 1 (0.54%) Snyk
General
1 57 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 52 (28.11%) Finance
3 35 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.35%) Public Sector
5 20 (10.81%) Banking
6 8 (4.32%) Back Office
7 7 (3.78%) Legal
8 5 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.70%) Investment Banking
8 5 (2.70%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.16%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.62%) Military
10 3 (1.62%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.08%) Publishing
11 2 (1.08%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.54%) Games
12 1 (0.54%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.54%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (18.38%) Architect
2 32 (17.30%) Developer
2 32 (17.30%) Lead
3 26 (14.05%) Senior
4 15 (8.11%) Java Developer
5 12 (6.49%) Data Engineer
6 10 (5.41%) Cloud Architect
6 10 (5.41%) Security Architect
6 10 (5.41%) Senior Developer
7 9 (4.86%) Azure Architect
7 9 (4.86%) Solutions Architect
8 8 (4.32%) Analyst
8 8 (4.32%) DevOps Engineer
8 8 (4.32%) Report Writer
8 8 (4.32%) Technical Leader
9 7 (3.78%) Lead Developer
9 7 (3.78%) Senior Java Developer
10 6 (3.24%) Business Analyst
11 5 (2.70%) Lead Java Developer
11 5 (2.70%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.27%) RESTful
2 17 (9.19%) Swagger
3 16 (8.65%) OpenAPI
3 16 (8.65%) Spring
3 16 (8.65%) Spring Boot
4 14 (7.57%) Spring Security
5 13 (7.03%) Spring Batch
6 10 (5.41%) .NET
7 9 (4.86%) Oracle Fusion
7 9 (4.86%) REST
8 8 (4.32%) Middleware
9 7 (3.78%) PySpark
10 6 (3.24%) EDI
10 6 (3.24%) XML
11 5 (2.70%) JDBC
11 5 (2.70%) JMS
11 5 (2.70%) Kafka
11 5 (2.70%) SAP PI
11 5 (2.70%) SOAP
11 5 (2.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.03%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
2 12 (6.49%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
4 8 (4.32%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.24%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.24%) Low-Code
5 6 (3.24%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.70%) Clustering
6 5 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
6 5 (2.70%) PKI
6 5 (2.70%) Replication
7 4 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (2.16%) Derivative
7 4 (2.16%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.16%) IoT
7 4 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.16%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (2.16%) Security Posture
8 3 (1.62%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 40 (21.62%) Linux
2 19 (10.27%) Windows
3 16 (8.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (7.03%) Windows Server
5 9 (4.86%) Unix
6 4 (2.16%) Solaris
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (0.54%) VMS
7 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (31.35%) DevOps
2 55 (29.73%) Agile
3 52 (28.11%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (24.32%) CI/CD
5 33 (17.84%) Analytics
6 29 (15.68%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (15.14%) Data Modelling
8 27 (14.59%) Machine Learning
9 25 (13.51%) Continuous Integration
9 25 (13.51%) TDD
9 25 (13.51%) Visualisation
10 24 (12.97%) Migration
11 23 (12.43%) Cloud Security
11 23 (12.43%) Containerisation
11 23 (12.43%) High Availability
11 23 (12.43%) Software Engineering
12 22 (11.89%) Microservices
12 22 (11.89%) Test Automation
13 21 (11.35%) Data Pipeline
14 19 (10.27%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 65 (35.14%) SQL
2 45 (24.32%) Python
3 41 (22.16%) Java
4 26 (14.05%) PowerShell
5 19 (10.27%) Bash
6 13 (7.03%) C#
6 13 (7.03%) JavaScript
7 9 (4.86%) Bicep
8 7 (3.78%) Scala
9 6 (3.24%) PL/SQL
10 5 (2.70%) ABAP
10 5 (2.70%) Haskell
10 5 (2.70%) Shell Script
11 4 (2.16%) Groovy
11 4 (2.16%) OCaml
12 3 (1.62%) C++
12 3 (1.62%) Go
12 3 (1.62%) Perl
12 3 (1.62%) TypeScript
13 2 (1.08%) C
Qualifications
1 42 (22.70%) Security Cleared
2 37 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 28 (15.14%) Degree
4 17 (9.19%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.24%) AWS Certification
5 6 (3.24%) Azure Certification
5 6 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.24%) CISSP
6 5 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (2.16%) CESG Certified Professional
7 4 (2.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 2 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (1.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (1.08%) CCNA
8 2 (1.08%) CCNP
8 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.08%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (8.65%) Data Quality
1 16 (8.65%) GDPR
2 9 (4.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (4.32%) QA
4 7 (3.78%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.24%) PCI DSS
6 5 (2.70%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (1.62%) NIST
7 3 (1.62%) Software Quality Assurance
8 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (1.08%) MISRA
8 2 (1.08%) MISRA C
8 2 (1.08%) NCSC
8 2 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.08%) SLA
8 2 (1.08%) WCAG
9 1 (0.54%) COBIT
9 1 (0.54%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 36 (19.46%) Docker
2 13 (7.03%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (4.32%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.08%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.08%) NFS
6 2 (1.08%) Veritas File System
6 2 (1.08%) Veritas Volume Manager
6 2 (1.08%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.54%) Ceph
7 1 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.54%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.54%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 39 (21.08%) Kubernetes
2 24 (12.97%) Terraform
3 9 (4.86%) Ansible
4 5 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.16%) Puppet
5 4 (2.16%) QRadar
5 4 (2.16%) Tivoli
6 3 (1.62%) Control-M
6 3 (1.62%) Netcool
7 2 (1.08%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (1.08%) Prometheus
7 2 (1.08%) Red Hat Satellite
7 2 (1.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.54%) CASB
8 1 (0.54%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
8 1 (0.54%) Grafana
8 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Clustering
8 1 (0.54%) SCCM
8 1 (0.54%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 35 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 22 (11.89%) Google
3 21 (11.35%) Oracle
4 10 (5.41%) VMware
5 8 (4.32%) SAP
5 8 (4.32%) Splunk
6 6 (3.24%) Databricks
6 6 (3.24%) IBM
7 5 (2.70%) CyberArk
7 5 (2.70%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.16%) AppDynamics
8 4 (2.16%) Cisco
8 4 (2.16%) Dynatrace
8 4 (2.16%) iManage
8 4 (2.16%) Qualys
8 4 (2.16%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.62%) BMC
9 3 (1.62%) EMC
9 3 (1.62%) Murex
10 2 (1.08%) TIBCO