Private Cloud Contract Job Trends in England

Private Cloud
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 27 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 498 402 448
Rank change year-on-year -96 +46 -89
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 122 80 101
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.32% 0.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.85% 0.91% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 46 89
10th Percentile £463 £358 £463
25th Percentile £519 £402 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £596 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +10.83% -13.92%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £609
90th Percentile £778 £750 £688
UK median daily rate £600 £575 £538
% change year-on-year +4.35% +6.88% -10.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £45.14 - -
25th Percentile £67.11 - -
Median hourly rate £107.43 - -
75th Percentile £111.15 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £107.43 - £50.00
% change year-on-year - - -28.57%

All Generic Skills
England

Private 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,285 8,780 11,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.86% 34.75% 30.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,900 5,626 7,328
10th Percentile £313 £305 £280
25th Percentile £415 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.22%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £816
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 778 413 843
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.84 £12.24
25th Percentile £21.14 £19.00 £15.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £33.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +33.21% -12.00% +61.99%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £87.16 £81.01 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.10 £31.04 £36.50
% change year-on-year +38.86% -14.96% +62.22%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Private Cloud job vacancy trend in England

Private Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Private Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Private Cloud in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Private Cloud in England

Private Cloud
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

Private Cloud
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Private Cloud in England over the 6 months to 27 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Private Cloud in England

Private Cloud
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 Private Cloud within the England region over the 6 months to 27 June 2026. 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 -76 41 £625 -3.85% 10
North of England -54 27 £550 +43.23% 6
South East -48 21 £675 +50.00% 6
North West -41 19 £581 +47.84% 2
South West -33 11 £550 -6.38% 5
West Midlands -53 11 £653 -27.42% 1
Midlands -53 11 £653 -27.42% 2
Yorkshire -33 8 £525 +43.84% 2
East of England -22 7 £549 +52.59%
Private Cloud
UK

Private Cloud
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 5 (4.10%) OpenStack
2 4 (3.28%) Apache
3 3 (2.46%) SAS
4 2 (1.64%) CloudStack
5 1 (0.82%) Confluence
5 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.64%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.82%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.82%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 45 (36.89%) AWS
2 39 (31.97%) Azure
3 23 (18.85%) GCP
4 11 (9.02%) GitHub
4 11 (9.02%) OpenShift
5 9 (7.38%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.92%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 5 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.10%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (3.28%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 4 (3.28%) Datadog
9 3 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (2.46%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (1.64%) Azure Stack
10 2 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.64%) IaaS
10 2 (1.64%) OCI
10 2 (1.64%) SaaS
10 2 (1.64%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 16 (13.11%) Firewall
2 11 (9.02%) VPN
3 10 (8.20%) LAN
3 10 (8.20%) TCP/IP
3 10 (8.20%) WAN
4 9 (7.38%) DNS
5 8 (6.56%) BGP
6 7 (5.74%) MPLS
7 6 (4.92%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (4.92%) VLAN
8 5 (4.10%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (4.10%) OSPF
8 5 (4.10%) SD-WAN
9 4 (3.28%) BIG-IP
9 4 (3.28%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (3.28%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 4 (3.28%) IPsec
9 4 (3.28%) Network Security
9 4 (3.28%) VSAN
10 3 (2.46%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.28%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.82%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.82%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 8 (6.56%) GitLab
2 5 (4.10%) Git
2 5 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 4 (3.28%) JIRA
4 2 (1.64%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.82%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.82%) LSMW
5 1 (0.82%) RStudio
General
1 15 (12.30%) Finance
1 15 (12.30%) Public Sector
2 13 (10.66%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.74%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.10%) Banking
6 4 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.28%) Legal
7 3 (2.46%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.46%) Military
8 2 (1.64%) Billing
8 2 (1.64%) Law
8 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.82%) Advertising
9 1 (0.82%) Electronics
9 1 (0.82%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.82%) Local Government
9 1 (0.82%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 44 (36.07%) Architect
2 19 (15.57%) Senior
3 17 (13.93%) Lead
4 13 (10.66%) Solutions Architect
5 11 (9.02%) DevOps Engineer
5 11 (9.02%) Lead Architect
6 10 (8.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.38%) Network Architect
7 9 (7.38%) Project Manager
7 9 (7.38%) Technical Architect
7 9 (7.38%) VMware Engineer
8 8 (6.56%) Consultant
9 7 (5.74%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 7 (5.74%) Security Architect
9 7 (5.74%) Security Consultant
9 7 (5.74%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 7 (5.74%) Technical Manager
9 7 (5.74%) Technical Project Manager
10 6 (4.92%) Cloud Architect
10 6 (4.92%) GCP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.38%) RESTful
2 5 (4.10%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (2.46%) REST
4 2 (1.64%) A2A Protocol
4 2 (1.64%) cloud-init
4 2 (1.64%) Model Context Protocol
4 2 (1.64%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.64%) Next.js
4 2 (1.64%) Node.js
4 2 (1.64%) OAuth
4 2 (1.64%) OpenConfig
4 2 (1.64%) React
4 2 (1.64%) RESTCONF
4 2 (1.64%) SAML
4 2 (1.64%) SOAP
4 2 (1.64%) YANG
5 1 (0.82%) Kafka
5 1 (0.82%) OpenID
5 1 (0.82%) Spring
5 1 (0.82%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 28 (22.95%) Data Centre
2 18 (14.75%) Public Cloud
3 15 (12.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 14 (11.48%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (4.92%) Operational Technology
6 5 (4.10%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (4.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 4 (3.28%) PKI
7 4 (3.28%) Virtual Team
8 3 (2.46%) e-Learning
8 3 (2.46%) Onboarding
9 2 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.64%) Replication
10 1 (0.82%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.82%) Industry 4.0
10 1 (0.82%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.82%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 13 (10.66%) Linux
2 9 (7.38%) Windows
3 6 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.28%) Data ONTAP
5 3 (2.46%) AIX
5 3 (2.46%) Debian
5 3 (2.46%) Solaris
5 3 (2.46%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.82%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (27.87%) CI/CD
2 33 (27.05%) DevOps
3 30 (24.59%) Agile
4 29 (23.77%) Infrastructure as Code
5 25 (20.49%) Containerisation
6 23 (18.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (18.85%) Technical Leadership
7 22 (18.03%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (15.57%) Threat Modelling
9 18 (14.75%) Migration
9 18 (14.75%) Platform Engineering
9 18 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (13.11%) Roadmaps
11 15 (12.30%) Microservices
11 15 (12.30%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 13 (10.66%) Observability
13 12 (9.84%) Zero Trust
14 11 (9.02%) Architecture Governance
14 11 (9.02%) Cloud Security
14 11 (9.02%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (13.93%) Python
2 8 (6.56%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.10%) Bash
3 5 (4.10%) Go
4 4 (3.28%) Java
4 4 (3.28%) SQL
5 2 (1.64%) Ruby
6 1 (0.82%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.82%) C++
6 1 (0.82%) Perl
6 1 (0.82%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (53.28%) Security Cleared
2 31 (25.41%) DV Cleared
2 31 (25.41%) SC Cleared
3 21 (17.21%) Cisco Certification
4 15 (12.30%) CISSP
5 12 (9.84%) CISM
6 11 (9.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 11 (9.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 10 (8.20%) CCSP
7 10 (8.20%) CEH
7 10 (8.20%) Degree
7 10 (8.20%) OSCP
8 8 (6.56%) CCNP
9 5 (4.10%) AWS Certification
9 5 (4.10%) CCIE
10 4 (3.28%) Azure Certification
10 4 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (2.46%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.46%) PMP
11 3 (2.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.66%) NCSC
2 12 (9.84%) NIST
3 10 (8.20%) PCI DSS
4 9 (7.38%) COBIT
5 3 (2.46%) PMO
6 2 (1.64%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.64%) SLA
7 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.82%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.82%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.82%) RMADS
System Software
1 19 (15.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (11.48%) VMware NSX
3 12 (9.84%) Docker
4 6 (4.92%) Active Directory
4 6 (4.92%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (4.10%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (4.10%) vSphere
6 3 (2.46%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.64%) Ceph
7 2 (1.64%) KVM
7 2 (1.64%) NFS
7 2 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.82%) GPFS
8 1 (0.82%) Lustre
8 1 (0.82%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 32 (26.23%) Terraform
2 31 (25.41%) Kubernetes
3 25 (20.49%) Ansible
4 6 (4.92%) vCenter Server
5 5 (4.10%) Argo
5 5 (4.10%) Grafana
5 5 (4.10%) Prometheus
5 5 (4.10%) Puppet
6 4 (3.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (3.28%) Progress Chef
7 3 (2.46%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (1.64%) Consul
8 2 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.64%) SCCM
8 2 (1.64%) SELinux
9 1 (0.82%) Kibana
9 1 (0.82%) logstash
9 1 (0.82%) Packer
9 1 (0.82%) Rancher
9 1 (0.82%) Salt
Vendors
1 32 (26.23%) VMware
2 14 (11.48%) Microsoft
3 13 (10.66%) Google
4 9 (7.38%) Cisco
4 9 (7.38%) F5
5 7 (5.74%) Palo Alto
6 5 (4.10%) SAP
6 5 (4.10%) Splunk
7 4 (3.28%) NetApp
7 4 (3.28%) Oracle
7 4 (3.28%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.46%) Denodo
8 3 (2.46%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.46%) Juniper
8 3 (2.46%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.46%) Talend
9 2 (1.64%) Ariba
9 2 (1.64%) Guidewire
9 2 (1.64%) IBM
9 2 (1.64%) Veeam