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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 473 422 466
Rank change year-on-year -51 +44 -34
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 146 99 60
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.32% 0.35% 0.19%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.92% 0.97% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 69 49
10th Percentile £413 £382 £462
25th Percentile £501 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £687 £688 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £695
UK median daily rate £590 £575 £555
% change year-on-year +2.61% +3.60% +1.83%

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 15,917 10,192 9,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.41% 36.42% 30.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,566 6,374 6,025
10th Percentile £325 £300 £294
25th Percentile £425 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £543
Median % change year-on-year - -3.23% -1.36%
75th Percentile £644 £645 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK median daily rate £525 £518 £526
% change year-on-year +1.32% -1.49% -4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,171 530 363
10th Percentile £13.81 £15.13 £15.92
25th Percentile £17.48 £18.87 £24.34
Median hourly rate £33.99 £30.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.30% -45.45% +19.49%
75th Percentile £67.86 £56.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.62 £73.75 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £27.54 £47.50
% change year-on-year +30.74% -42.03% +6.15%

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 8 October 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
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 8 October 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 -61 64 £600 -8.05% 114
North of England -37 35 £550 +29.41% 26
Yorkshire -10 26 £550 - 5
South East -67 19 £625 +25.00% 31
West Midlands -39 13 £675 +17.30% 8
Midlands -45 13 £675 +17.30% 10
North West -45 9 £500 +17.65% 17
East of England -28 8 £620 +1.22% 9
South West -45 4 £588 -2.08% 24
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 (6.85%) OpenStack
2 2 (1.37%) Apache
2 2 (1.37%) CloudStack
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.74%) MS Visio
2 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.68%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (11.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.74%) SAP CO
2 4 (2.74%) SAP FI
2 4 (2.74%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.68%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.68%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 37 (25.34%) AWS
1 37 (25.34%) Azure
2 26 (17.81%) GCP
3 16 (10.96%) OpenShift
4 15 (10.27%) GitHub
4 15 (10.27%) GitHub Actions
5 12 (8.22%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (6.85%) Datadog
6 10 (6.85%) IaaS
7 8 (5.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
8 6 (4.11%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 6 (4.11%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (4.11%) SuccessFactors
9 5 (3.42%) Amazon EKS
9 5 (3.42%) Azure AKS
9 5 (3.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (2.74%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (2.05%) AWS Direct Connect
11 3 (2.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.90%) WAN
2 12 (8.22%) BGP
2 12 (8.22%) LAN
3 10 (6.85%) Firewall
4 9 (6.16%) TCP/IP
4 9 (6.16%) VPN
5 8 (5.48%) DNS
5 8 (5.48%) MPLS
6 6 (4.11%) Cisco Nexus
6 6 (4.11%) SD-WAN
6 6 (4.11%) VLAN
6 6 (4.11%) VSAN
7 5 (3.42%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.74%) BIG-IP
8 4 (2.74%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (2.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
8 4 (2.74%) IPsec
8 4 (2.74%) OSPF
8 4 (2.74%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.74%) MySQL
2 2 (1.37%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.68%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 18 (12.33%) Jenkins
2 12 (8.22%) Git
2 12 (8.22%) GitLab
3 3 (2.05%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.68%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.68%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.68%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.68%) Gradle
4 1 (0.68%) Hudson
4 1 (0.68%) JIRA
4 1 (0.68%) JUnit
4 1 (0.68%) Maven
4 1 (0.68%) Postman
4 1 (0.68%) Selenium
4 1 (0.68%) Snyk
4 1 (0.68%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 24 (16.44%) Finance
2 22 (15.07%) Social Skills
3 12 (8.22%) Legal
3 12 (8.22%) Public Sector
4 10 (6.85%) Banking
5 7 (4.79%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.42%) Automotive
6 5 (3.42%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Law
9 2 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Police
10 1 (0.68%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (41.78%) Architect
2 26 (17.81%) Senior
3 22 (15.07%) Cloud Architect
4 15 (10.27%) Project Manager
5 14 (9.59%) Cloud Engineer
6 13 (8.90%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (8.22%) Senior Architect
8 11 (7.53%) Lead
8 11 (7.53%) Technical Manager
8 11 (7.53%) Technical Project Manager
9 9 (6.16%) Senior Cloud Architect
10 8 (5.48%) DV Cleared Project Manager
10 8 (5.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) Network Architect
10 8 (5.48%) Principal Engineer
10 8 (5.48%) Security Architect
10 8 (5.48%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 7 (4.79%) Consultant
11 7 (4.79%) Infrastructure Manager
11 7 (4.79%) Infrastructure Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (26.71%) Terraform
2 17 (11.64%) Kafka
3 8 (5.48%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (3.42%) Pulumi
5 4 (2.74%) NETCONF
5 4 (2.74%) OpenConfig
5 4 (2.74%) RESTCONF
5 4 (2.74%) RESTful
5 4 (2.74%) YANG
6 3 (2.05%) Middleware
6 3 (2.05%) REST
6 3 (2.05%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (1.37%) A2A Protocol
7 2 (1.37%) Model Context Protocol
7 2 (1.37%) Next.js
7 2 (1.37%) Node.js
7 2 (1.37%) OAuth
7 2 (1.37%) OAuth2
7 2 (1.37%) React
7 2 (1.37%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (20.55%) Data Centre
2 23 (15.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 23 (15.75%) Public Cloud
3 22 (15.07%) Distributed Systems
4 17 (11.64%) Onboarding
5 15 (10.27%) Product Ownership
6 12 (8.22%) Cloud Native
7 4 (2.74%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.74%) Enterprise Cloud
7 4 (2.74%) PKI
8 3 (2.05%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (2.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 2 (1.37%) Clustering
9 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (1.37%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.68%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.68%) Grid Computing
10 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
10 1 (0.68%) Replication
10 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.12%) Linux
2 7 (4.79%) Windows
3 6 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (4.11%) Unix
4 5 (3.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.37%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.68%) AIX
6 1 (0.68%) Debian
6 1 (0.68%) Solaris
6 1 (0.68%) VMS
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.68%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (39.73%) CI/CD
2 54 (36.99%) Infrastructure as Code
3 36 (24.66%) Technical Leadership
4 32 (21.92%) DevOps
5 31 (21.23%) Platform Engineering
5 31 (21.23%) Roadmaps
6 30 (20.55%) Configuration Management
6 30 (20.55%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 29 (19.86%) Observability
8 27 (18.49%) Agile
8 27 (18.49%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 26 (17.81%) Cybersecurity
9 26 (17.81%) Microservices
10 23 (15.75%) Capacity Planning
10 23 (15.75%) Migration
10 23 (15.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (14.38%) Architectural Patterns
11 21 (14.38%) Containerisation
12 20 (13.70%) Data Protection
12 20 (13.70%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 31 (21.23%) Python
2 9 (6.16%) Bash
2 9 (6.16%) Go
3 8 (5.48%) C
3 8 (5.48%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.79%) C++
4 7 (4.79%) Java
4 7 (4.79%) Perl
5 5 (3.42%) Bicep
6 4 (2.74%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.37%) C#
8 1 (0.68%) Korn
8 1 (0.68%) Ruby
8 1 (0.68%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (32.88%) Security Cleared
2 34 (23.29%) DV Cleared
3 15 (10.27%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.90%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (8.22%) CISSP
6 10 (6.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 7 (4.79%) CISM
8 6 (4.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (4.11%) CCIE
9 5 (3.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (3.42%) CCSP
9 5 (3.42%) CEH
9 5 (3.42%) Degree
9 5 (3.42%) OSCP
10 4 (2.74%) CCNP
10 4 (2.74%) JNCIE
10 4 (2.74%) VCAP
11 3 (2.05%) PMI Certification
11 3 (2.05%) PMP
11 3 (2.05%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.85%) NCSC
2 6 (4.11%) NIST
2 6 (4.11%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.42%) COBIT
4 3 (2.05%) Government Security Classifications
4 3 (2.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 2 (1.37%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.68%) GxP
6 1 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.68%) PMO
6 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (22.60%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (10.27%) Docker
3 14 (9.59%) VMware NSX
4 7 (4.79%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (4.11%) Hyper-V
6 5 (3.42%) Ceph
6 5 (3.42%) KVM
6 5 (3.42%) vSphere
7 2 (1.37%) Active Directory
7 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 2 (1.37%) NFS
7 2 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.68%) GPFS
8 1 (0.68%) Lustre
8 1 (0.68%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 59 (40.41%) Kubernetes
2 33 (22.60%) Ansible
3 17 (11.64%) Puppet
4 16 (10.96%) Progress Chef
5 13 (8.90%) Prometheus
6 12 (8.22%) Grafana
7 5 (3.42%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.05%) Argo
9 2 (1.37%) SELinux
10 1 (0.68%) Cilium
10 1 (0.68%) Consul
10 1 (0.68%) Failover Clustering
10 1 (0.68%) Podman
10 1 (0.68%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.68%) Salt
10 1 (0.68%) SCOM
10 1 (0.68%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.68%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 1 (0.68%) vMotion
Vendors
1 46 (31.51%) VMware
2 22 (15.07%) Microsoft
3 18 (12.33%) SAP
4 14 (9.59%) Cisco
5 11 (7.53%) Google
6 10 (6.85%) Splunk
7 9 (6.16%) SaltStack
8 8 (5.48%) Ariba
8 8 (5.48%) F5
9 7 (4.79%) Palo Alto
9 7 (4.79%) Red Hat
10 5 (3.42%) Juniper
11 4 (2.74%) Concur
11 4 (2.74%) Fortinet
11 4 (2.74%) Oracle
11 4 (2.74%) SolarWinds
12 3 (2.05%) Dynatrace
13 2 (1.37%) Databricks
13 2 (1.37%) Dell
13 2 (1.37%) NetApp