Cloud Security Contracts in England

Cloud Security
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 25 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 213 154
Rank change year-on-year +59 -59 +86
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 446 403 812
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.86% 1.10% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 1.28% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 270 565
10th Percentile £413 £425 £453
25th Percentile £500 £507 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £688 £749 £725
90th Percentile £788 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £76.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +75.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 21,895 31,416 43,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.29% 86.07% 90.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,310 20,580 30,173
10th Percentile £305 £300 £325
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £769
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 929 2,281 1,522
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.87 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.00 £15.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -23.29% -2.46% +49.68%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.05 £36.13
% change year-on-year -23.71% -0.22% +40.67%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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 +41 270 £625 - 586
North of England +37 65 £550 -12.00% 525
North West +31 48 £496 -26.63% 235
South East +54 35 £550 +3.29% 725
Midlands +12 26 £588 -6.75% 453
South West +41 25 £550 - 294
West Midlands +17 23 £588 -7.48% 248
Yorkshire +12 16 £550 -8.33% 220
East of England +29 10 £650 -7.14% 379
East Midlands +5 3 £492 -21.28% 176
North East - 1 £775 - 70
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
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 21 (4.71%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (2.69%) Confluence
4 6 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.67%) nginx
6 3 (0.67%) Traefik
7 2 (0.45%) SAS
8 1 (0.22%) Apache
8 1 (0.22%) CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (1.12%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.22%) Notion
Business Applications
1 7 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.67%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.67%) SAP GRC
2 3 (0.67%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.45%) BASE24
4 1 (0.22%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 243 (54.48%) Azure
2 196 (43.95%) AWS
3 96 (21.52%) GCP
4 67 (15.02%) Entra ID
5 63 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (8.30%) IaaS
7 35 (7.85%) Azure Sentinel
7 35 (7.85%) Serverless
8 33 (7.40%) GitHub
9 29 (6.50%) PaaS
10 27 (6.05%) SaaS
11 23 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
12 21 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (4.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 18 (4.04%) OneDrive
14 18 (4.04%) Power Platform
15 17 (3.81%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (3.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 16 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
16 16 (3.59%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 87 (19.51%) Firewall
2 72 (16.14%) Network Security
3 31 (6.95%) VPN
4 17 (3.81%) DNS
5 15 (3.36%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.69%) SSL
7 9 (2.02%) HTTP
8 8 (1.79%) NGFW
8 8 (1.79%) WAN
9 6 (1.35%) DHCP
9 6 (1.35%) SD-WAN
10 5 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.90%) BGP
11 4 (0.90%) HTTPS
11 4 (0.90%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.90%) OSPF
11 4 (0.90%) VLAN
11 4 (0.90%) Wireless
12 3 (0.67%) NAS
12 3 (0.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
2 11 (2.47%) Big Data
2 11 (2.47%) Data Lake
3 10 (2.24%) Power BI
4 9 (2.02%) MongoDB
4 9 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
7 6 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.35%) MySQL
7 6 (1.35%) Oracle Database
8 5 (1.12%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.12%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.12%) GIS
8 5 (1.12%) NoSQL
8 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.67%) Hadoop
11 2 (0.45%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (6.05%) GitLab
2 17 (3.81%) JIRA
3 15 (3.36%) Jenkins
4 14 (3.14%) Git
5 11 (2.47%) Burp Suite
5 11 (2.47%) Metasploit
6 9 (2.02%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.90%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.90%) Jasmine
7 4 (0.90%) JUnit
8 3 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.45%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.22%) JMeter
10 1 (0.22%) Locust
10 1 (0.22%) Postman
10 1 (0.22%) Robot Framework
10 1 (0.22%) Snyk
10 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 133 (29.82%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.83%) Finance
3 60 (13.45%) Public Sector
4 45 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.38%) Banking
6 13 (2.91%) Legal
7 10 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.24%) Military
8 9 (2.02%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.57%) Telecoms
10 4 (0.90%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (0.67%) Law
11 3 (0.67%) Marketing
11 3 (0.67%) Retail
12 2 (0.45%) Local Government
12 2 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.22%) Automotive
13 1 (0.22%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 147 (32.96%) Architect
2 82 (18.39%) Security Architect
3 69 (15.47%) Security Engineer
4 48 (10.76%) Senior
5 44 (9.87%) Cloud Engineer
6 40 (8.97%) Cloud Architect
7 35 (7.85%) Lead
8 31 (6.95%) AWS Engineer
8 31 (6.95%) DevOps Engineer
9 27 (6.05%) Azure Architect
10 24 (5.38%) Consultant
11 23 (5.16%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (4.71%) Analyst
13 19 (4.26%) Administrator
13 19 (4.26%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 17 (3.81%) Cloud Security Architect
14 17 (3.81%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
14 17 (3.81%) Security Consultant
14 17 (3.81%) Senior Architect
15 15 (3.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.59%) ARM Templates
2 14 (3.14%) OAuth
3 12 (2.69%) SAML
4 11 (2.47%) OpenID
5 8 (1.79%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (1.79%) LDAP
6 7 (1.57%) Kafka
6 7 (1.57%) Node.js
6 7 (1.57%) RESTful
6 7 (1.57%) SAP Fiori
6 7 (1.57%) Spring
7 6 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 6 (1.35%) REST
7 6 (1.35%) Spring Boot
8 5 (1.12%) .NET
9 4 (0.90%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.90%) SailPoint
9 4 (0.90%) Spring Batch
9 4 (0.90%) Spring Security
9 4 (0.90%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 57 (12.78%) Security Posture
2 29 (6.50%) Management Information System
3 25 (5.61%) Cloud Native
4 20 (4.48%) PKI
5 18 (4.04%) Onboarding
6 15 (3.36%) Data Centre
7 14 (3.14%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (2.69%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (2.02%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.79%) Cyber Defence
10 8 (1.79%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.79%) Public Cloud
11 7 (1.57%) Algorithms
11 7 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.35%) Cloud Security Posture
12 6 (1.35%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (1.12%) Operational Technology
13 5 (1.12%) Reinsurance
13 5 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 43 (9.64%) Windows
2 28 (6.28%) Linux
3 23 (5.16%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.79%) Unix
5 4 (0.90%) CentOS
6 3 (0.67%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.45%) VMS
7 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (26.91%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (23.77%) Cybersecurity
3 103 (23.09%) DevOps
4 95 (21.30%) CI/CD
5 94 (21.08%) Infrastructure as Code
6 75 (16.82%) Identity Access Management
7 69 (15.47%) Security Architecture
8 66 (14.80%) Incident Response
9 56 (12.56%) Agile
10 55 (12.33%) Vulnerability Management
11 48 (10.76%) Information Security
12 47 (10.54%) SIEM
13 45 (10.09%) DevSecOps
13 45 (10.09%) Migration
13 45 (10.09%) Risk Management
13 45 (10.09%) Security Operations
14 44 (9.87%) Application Security
15 42 (9.42%) Penetration Testing
16 40 (8.97%) Data Protection
17 38 (8.52%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 108 (24.22%) Python
2 67 (15.02%) PowerShell
3 40 (8.97%) Bash
4 34 (7.62%) SQL
5 31 (6.95%) Java
6 16 (3.59%) Bicep
7 11 (2.47%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.57%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (1.35%) C++
9 6 (1.35%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.12%) Go
10 5 (1.12%) Perl
11 4 (0.90%) C
11 4 (0.90%) C#
12 3 (0.67%) Ruby
12 3 (0.67%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.22%) Scala
13 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 118 (26.46%) Security Cleared
2 89 (19.96%) SC Cleared
3 64 (14.35%) Degree
4 60 (13.45%) CISSP
5 38 (8.52%) AWS Certification
6 35 (7.85%) Azure Certification
7 28 (6.28%) CISM
8 27 (6.05%) DV Cleared
9 22 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 22 (4.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (4.26%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (3.59%) OSCP
12 14 (3.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 14 (3.14%) CREST Certified
13 13 (2.91%) CISA
13 13 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (2.47%) CEH
15 10 (2.24%) CRISC
16 9 (2.02%) CompTIA Security+
16 9 (2.02%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (21.30%) NIST
2 77 (17.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (11.88%) GDPR
4 25 (5.61%) PCI DSS
5 21 (4.71%) SOC 2
6 16 (3.59%) NCSC
7 14 (3.14%) GRC
8 12 (2.69%) HIPAA
9 9 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 8 (1.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 8 (1.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 8 (1.79%) SLA
11 7 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (1.35%) NIST 800
13 5 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
14 4 (0.90%) Data Quality
15 2 (0.45%) FIPS 140-2
15 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 55 (12.33%) Active Directory
2 31 (6.95%) Docker
3 24 (5.38%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.45%) vSphere
7 1 (0.22%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.22%) iptables
7 1 (0.22%) Lustre
7 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 98 (21.97%) Terraform
2 63 (14.13%) Kubernetes
3 27 (6.05%) Ansible
4 22 (4.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
6 14 (3.14%) Grafana
7 12 (2.69%) CASB
8 11 (2.47%) Prometheus
9 9 (2.02%) SCCM
10 8 (1.79%) Nessus
10 8 (1.79%) Nmap
11 5 (1.12%) Argo
11 5 (1.12%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.90%) Cilium
12 4 (0.90%) Consul
12 4 (0.90%) Istio
12 4 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (0.90%) linkerd
12 4 (0.90%) Packer
12 4 (0.90%) Rancher
Vendors
1 123 (27.58%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.40%) Google
3 23 (5.16%) Splunk
4 19 (4.26%) Oracle
4 19 (4.26%) Palo Alto
5 15 (3.36%) Zscaler
6 14 (3.14%) ServiceNow
7 13 (2.91%) Qualys
8 12 (2.69%) Cisco
9 10 (2.24%) SAP
10 9 (2.02%) CyberArk
11 8 (1.79%) Veracode
11 8 (1.79%) VMware
12 7 (1.57%) Okta
13 6 (1.35%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.35%) Meraki
13 6 (1.35%) Rapid7
13 6 (1.35%) Salesforce
13 6 (1.35%) Tenable
14 5 (1.12%) ESRI