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 15 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 490 392 447
Rank change year-on-year -98 +55 -19
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 136 111 81
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% 1.13% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 71 68
10th Percentile £424 £358 -
25th Percentile £531 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £595 £531
Median % change year-on-year +0.84% +12.00% -3.41%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £614
90th Percentile £769 £775 £688
UK median daily rate £600 £585 £528
% change year-on-year +2.56% +10.90% -4.09%
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 15,371 9,822 10,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.55% 35.48% 30.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,431 6,193 6,639
10th Percentile £325 £306 £300
25th Percentile £425 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £680
90th Percentile £750 £775 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 905 492 536
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.48 £12.88
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.87 £19.22
Median hourly rate £42.71 £31.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.59% -33.69% +13.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £61.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £29.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +44.07% -34.44% +12.04%

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 15 August 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 15 August 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 15 August 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 -63 56 £600 -14.29% 111
North of England -54 29 £550 +36.82% 38
South East -70 22 £625 +25.00% 14
North West -50 15 £800 +99.00% 21
Yorkshire -31 14 £550 +50.68% 13
West Midlands -37 12 £675 -8.54% 8
Midlands -39 12 £675 +17.30% 12
East of England -13 8 £512 +70.72% 14
South West -54 7 £575 -4.17% 30
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 10 (7.35%) OpenStack
2 3 (2.21%) Apache
3 2 (1.47%) CloudStack
4 1 (0.74%) Confluence
4 1 (0.74%) IIS
4 1 (0.74%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.94%) MS Visio
3 3 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.74%) Weka
Business Applications
1 10 (7.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.74%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.74%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.74%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.74%) SAP PS
2 1 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 42 (30.88%) AWS
2 37 (27.21%) Azure
3 24 (17.65%) GCP
4 15 (11.03%) GitHub
4 15 (11.03%) OpenShift
5 14 (10.29%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (7.35%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (6.62%) IaaS
8 7 (5.15%) Datadog
8 7 (5.15%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 6 (4.41%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 4 (2.94%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (2.21%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
12 2 (1.47%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (1.47%) AWS Direct Connect
12 2 (1.47%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 2 (1.47%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (1.47%) Azure Stack
12 2 (1.47%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (10.29%) Firewall
1 14 (10.29%) LAN
1 14 (10.29%) WAN
2 11 (8.09%) BGP
3 10 (7.35%) VPN
4 9 (6.62%) TCP/IP
5 8 (5.88%) MPLS
6 7 (5.15%) DNS
7 6 (4.41%) Cisco Nexus
7 6 (4.41%) VLAN
7 6 (4.41%) VSAN
8 5 (3.68%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (3.68%) SD-WAN
8 5 (3.68%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.94%) BIG-IP
9 4 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
9 4 (2.94%) IPsec
9 4 (2.94%) OSPF
9 4 (2.94%) SNMP
9 4 (2.94%) TACACS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.94%) MySQL
2 1 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (0.74%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (10.29%) Jenkins
2 11 (8.09%) Git
3 9 (6.62%) GitLab
4 3 (2.21%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (1.47%) JIRA
6 1 (0.74%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.74%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.74%) Gradle
6 1 (0.74%) JUnit
6 1 (0.74%) LSMW
6 1 (0.74%) Maven
6 1 (0.74%) Postman
6 1 (0.74%) Selenium
6 1 (0.74%) Snyk
6 1 (0.74%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.74%) webpack
General
1 19 (13.97%) Finance
2 18 (13.24%) Social Skills
3 14 (10.29%) Public Sector
4 9 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (6.62%) Telecoms
5 8 (5.88%) Legal
6 7 (5.15%) Banking
7 4 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.47%) Law
8 2 (1.47%) Military
8 2 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.47%) Police
9 1 (0.74%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.74%) Automotive
9 1 (0.74%) Electronics
9 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 47 (34.56%) Architect
2 22 (16.18%) Senior
3 21 (15.44%) Lead
4 14 (10.29%) Project Manager
5 13 (9.56%) Solutions Architect
6 11 (8.09%) Consultant
6 11 (8.09%) Lead Architect
6 11 (8.09%) Network Architect
7 10 (7.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 10 (7.35%) Technical Manager
7 10 (7.35%) Technical Project Manager
8 9 (6.62%) Security Architect
8 9 (6.62%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (5.88%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 8 (5.88%) Technical Architect
9 8 (5.88%) VMware Engineer
10 7 (5.15%) Infrastructure Manager
10 7 (5.15%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 7 (5.15%) Security Consultant
10 7 (5.15%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.62%) Elastic Stack
1 9 (6.62%) RESTful
2 4 (2.94%) NETCONF
2 4 (2.94%) OpenConfig
2 4 (2.94%) REST
2 4 (2.94%) RESTCONF
2 4 (2.94%) YANG
3 3 (2.21%) Kafka
3 3 (2.21%) Middleware
3 3 (2.21%) SOAP
4 2 (1.47%) A2A Protocol
4 2 (1.47%) cloud-init
4 2 (1.47%) Model Context Protocol
4 2 (1.47%) Next.js
4 2 (1.47%) Node.js
4 2 (1.47%) React
5 1 (0.74%) JSON
5 1 (0.74%) Web Services
5 1 (0.74%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (24.26%) Data Centre
2 24 (17.65%) Public Cloud
3 22 (16.18%) Hybrid Cloud
4 15 (11.03%) Cloud Native
5 10 (7.35%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (4.41%) Operational Technology
7 5 (3.68%) Cyber Threat
7 5 (3.68%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 5 (3.68%) Onboarding
8 4 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.94%) PKI
8 4 (2.94%) Product Ownership
9 3 (2.21%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.47%) Clustering
10 2 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.47%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.74%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
11 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 28 (20.59%) Linux
2 10 (7.35%) Windows
3 6 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (4.41%) Windows Server
4 5 (3.68%) Unix
5 4 (2.94%) Data ONTAP
6 3 (2.21%) AIX
6 3 (2.21%) Debian
6 3 (2.21%) Solaris
6 3 (2.21%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.47%) VMS
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (29.41%) CI/CD
1 40 (29.41%) Infrastructure as Code
2 32 (23.53%) Agile
3 30 (22.06%) DevOps
4 27 (19.85%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 27 (19.85%) Technical Leadership
5 25 (18.38%) Containerisation
5 25 (18.38%) Migration
6 24 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
7 21 (15.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (13.24%) Roadmaps
8 18 (13.24%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 17 (12.50%) Threat Modelling
10 15 (11.03%) Architecture Governance
10 15 (11.03%) Microservices
10 15 (11.03%) Platform Engineering
11 14 (10.29%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (9.56%) Configuration Management
12 13 (9.56%) Data Protection
12 13 (9.56%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 26 (19.12%) Python
2 9 (6.62%) Bash
3 8 (5.88%) Go
3 8 (5.88%) PowerShell
4 6 (4.41%) C++
4 6 (4.41%) Java
4 6 (4.41%) Perl
5 5 (3.68%) C
6 4 (2.94%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.21%) SQL
8 2 (1.47%) Bicep
8 2 (1.47%) Ruby
9 1 (0.74%) Korn
9 1 (0.74%) Scala
Qualifications
1 62 (45.59%) Security Cleared
2 37 (27.21%) DV Cleared
3 25 (18.38%) SC Cleared
4 20 (14.71%) Cisco Certification
5 17 (12.50%) CISSP
6 13 (9.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 12 (8.82%) CISM
8 10 (7.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 10 (7.35%) CCSP
8 10 (7.35%) CEH
8 10 (7.35%) OSCP
9 8 (5.88%) Degree
10 6 (4.41%) CCIE
10 6 (4.41%) CCNP
11 5 (3.68%) VCAP
12 4 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (2.94%) JNCIE
13 3 (2.21%) PMI Certification
13 3 (2.21%) PMP
13 3 (2.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.09%) NCSC
1 11 (8.09%) NIST
1 11 (8.09%) PCI DSS
2 9 (6.62%) COBIT
3 3 (2.21%) Government Security Classifications
3 3 (2.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 3 (2.21%) PMO
4 2 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.47%) JSP 440
4 2 (1.47%) SLA
5 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.74%) GxP
5 1 (0.74%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (15.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (12.50%) Docker
3 16 (11.76%) VMware NSX
4 10 (7.35%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.41%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.41%) vSphere
6 5 (3.68%) Ceph
6 5 (3.68%) KVM
7 3 (2.21%) Active Directory
7 3 (2.21%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (1.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (1.47%) NFS
8 2 (1.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.47%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.74%) GPFS
9 1 (0.74%) Lustre
9 1 (0.74%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 41 (30.15%) Kubernetes
2 35 (25.74%) Terraform
3 32 (23.53%) Ansible
4 13 (9.56%) Puppet
5 12 (8.82%) Progress Chef
6 11 (8.09%) Prometheus
7 10 (7.35%) Grafana
8 8 (5.88%) vCenter Server
9 5 (3.68%) Argo
10 2 (1.47%) Consul
10 2 (1.47%) SELinux
11 1 (0.74%) Cilium
11 1 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.74%) Kibana
11 1 (0.74%) logstash
11 1 (0.74%) Packer
11 1 (0.74%) Salt
11 1 (0.74%) SCOM
11 1 (0.74%) SCVMM
11 1 (0.74%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 33 (24.26%) VMware
2 20 (14.71%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.09%) Cisco
3 11 (8.09%) SAP
3 11 (8.09%) Splunk
4 10 (7.35%) Google
5 8 (5.88%) F5
5 8 (5.88%) Palo Alto
6 5 (3.68%) Juniper
6 5 (3.68%) Oracle
6 5 (3.68%) Red Hat
6 5 (3.68%) SaltStack
7 4 (2.94%) Ariba
7 4 (2.94%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.94%) NetApp
7 4 (2.94%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.21%) Dell
9 2 (1.47%) Citrix
9 2 (1.47%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.74%) Guidewire