Cloud Security Posture Contracts in England

Cloud Security Posture
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 550 626
Rank change year-on-year +61 +76 +157
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 14 10 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.051% 0.028% 0.011%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.15% 0.089% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 2
10th Percentile £533 £425 £465
25th Percentile £592 £439 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £494 £550
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% -10.23% -16.98%
75th Percentile £763 £511 £588
90th Percentile £865 £520 £595
UK median daily rate £625 £494 £450
% change year-on-year +26.58% +9.72% -32.58%

All Generic Skills
England

Cloud Security Posture 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 9,478 11,183 15,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.82% 30.92% 32.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,009 7,215 10,948
10th Percentile £306 £292 £310
25th Percentile £409 £424 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 476 743 453
10th Percentile £15.41 £12.50 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.08
Median hourly rate £32.95 £40.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.64% +14.29% +32.65%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £79.64
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +11.19%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security Posture in England

Cloud Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security Posture in England

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Posture in England over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security Posture in England

Cloud Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the England region over the 6 months to 17 July 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 +35 8 £638 +41.67% 14
North of England +5 4 £621 +21.76% 4
North West +4 4 £621 +21.76% 1
South West - 1 £550 - 1
Cloud Security Posture
UK

Cloud Security Posture
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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (64.29%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) GCP
3 4 (28.57%) AWS
3 4 (28.57%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.14%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 6 (42.86%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 4 (28.57%) SSL
2 4 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (35.71%) Security Engineer
2 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 2 (14.29%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Cloud Security Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) GCP Architect
3 1 (7.14%) Lead
3 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
3 1 (7.14%) SOC Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) LDAP
2 1 (7.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (14.29%) Cloud Native
2 2 (14.29%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (7.14%) NHS
3 1 (7.14%) PKI
3 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Linux
1 4 (28.57%) Unix
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 8 (57.14%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 5 (35.71%) Penetration Testing
5 4 (28.57%) Application Security
5 4 (28.57%) Identity Management
5 4 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (28.57%) ITIL
5 4 (28.57%) Log Correlation
5 4 (28.57%) SDLC
5 4 (28.57%) Security Architecture
5 4 (28.57%) Security Operations
5 4 (28.57%) Ticket Management
5 4 (28.57%) Validation
5 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (28.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (21.43%) CI/CD
6 3 (21.43%) Patch Management
6 3 (21.43%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (21.43%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Kusto Query Language
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) CISSP
1 4 (28.57%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (28.57%) MCSA
1 4 (28.57%) MCSE
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) NIST
2 3 (21.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (14.29%) GDPR
4 1 (7.14%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (35.71%) CASB
2 4 (28.57%) Nessus
3 3 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 3 (21.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) CyberArk
2 4 (28.57%) Remedy
2 4 (28.57%) Splunk
2 4 (28.57%) Tenable
3 1 (7.14%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto