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 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 424 398
Rank change year-on-year -10 -26 +3
Contract jobs citing Private Cloud 111 81 156
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.35% 0.28% 0.42%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% 0.88% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 60 116
10th Percentile £420 £501 £419
25th Percentile £500 £526 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £550
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -12.00%
75th Percentile £663 £700 £668
90th Percentile £719 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £575 £615 £550
% change year-on-year -6.50% +11.82% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £61.20 - -
25th Percentile £63.38 £72.50 -
Median hourly rate £69.38 £75.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.49% - -
75th Percentile £73.01 £77.50 -
90th Percentile £73.76 - -
UK median hourly rate £69.38 £75.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year -7.49% +3.45% +3.57%

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 11,243 9,251 11,699
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 35.36% 32.43% 31.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,098 5,596 7,916
10th Percentile £285 £276 £263
25th Percentile £408 £413 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -3.51%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £502 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -5.31% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 555 269 471
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.08 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £23.60 £20.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £37.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.62% -12.94% +25.67%
75th Percentile £62.29 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.44 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.21 £33.54 £41.50
% change year-on-year -18.87% -19.18% +25.76%

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 December 2025.

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 27 December 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 -18 42 £655 +10.55% 15
South East +7 26 £538 -17.31% 30
North of England -45 15 £436 -34.19% 16
North West -14 12 £436 -32.92% 9
South West -1 10 £550 -19.12% 23
West Midlands - 7 £575 - 13
Midlands - 7 £575 - 20
East of England -20 6 £413 -44.82% 9
Yorkshire -41 3 - - 6
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 17 (15.32%) OpenStack
2 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.80%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.90%) Cloud Foundry
4 1 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.90%) JBoss
4 1 (0.90%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.90%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.90%) WebSphere
Applications
1 6 (5.41%) Weka
2 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 12 (10.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.80%) SAP CO
2 2 (1.80%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.90%) Primavera
3 1 (0.90%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.90%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.90%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 38 (34.23%) Azure
2 24 (21.62%) AWS
3 21 (18.92%) OpenShift
4 18 (16.22%) GCP
5 14 (12.61%) Amazon EKS
5 14 (12.61%) GitHub
6 9 (8.11%) GitHub Actions
7 8 (7.21%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (5.41%) npm
10 5 (4.50%) Azure AKS
10 5 (4.50%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (4.50%) Datadog
10 5 (4.50%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 5 (4.50%) Pulumi
11 3 (2.70%) PaaS
11 3 (2.70%) SaaS
11 3 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.80%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.41%) Firewall
2 13 (11.71%) TCP/IP
3 10 (9.01%) DNS
4 6 (5.41%) VSAN
5 5 (4.50%) HTTP
5 5 (4.50%) SSL
6 3 (2.70%) Skype
7 2 (1.80%) Calico
7 2 (1.80%) DHCP
7 2 (1.80%) NetScaler
7 2 (1.80%) Network Security
7 2 (1.80%) VLAN
7 2 (1.80%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.90%) BGP
8 1 (0.90%) DMZ
8 1 (0.90%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.90%) Internet
8 1 (0.90%) Radio Access Network
8 1 (0.90%) SAN
8 1 (0.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.60%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.80%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.90%) DB2
3 1 (0.90%) Power BI
3 1 (0.90%) Redis
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.90%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 20 (18.02%) Jenkins
2 14 (12.61%) GitLab
3 11 (9.91%) Git
4 6 (5.41%) Bitbucket
4 6 (5.41%) Maven
4 6 (5.41%) SonarQube
4 6 (5.41%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (4.50%) Artifactory
5 5 (4.50%) CircleCI
5 5 (4.50%) Cypress.io
5 5 (4.50%) Gradle
5 5 (4.50%) JUnit
5 5 (4.50%) Postman
5 5 (4.50%) Robot Framework
5 5 (4.50%) Selenium
5 5 (4.50%) Snyk
5 5 (4.50%) webpack
6 3 (2.70%) RStudio
7 1 (0.90%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.90%) JIRA
General
1 22 (19.82%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.02%) Finance
3 9 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (3.60%) Banking
4 4 (3.60%) Financial Institution
5 3 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.70%) Social Science
6 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.80%) Retail
7 1 (0.90%) Billing
7 1 (0.90%) Front Office
7 1 (0.90%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.90%) Legal
7 1 (0.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.90%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (23.42%) Architect
2 18 (16.22%) DevOps Engineer
3 16 (14.41%) Platform Engineer
4 13 (11.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (8.11%) Security Architect
6 7 (6.31%) Consultant
6 7 (6.31%) Kubernetes Engineer
6 7 (6.31%) Senior
7 6 (5.41%) Principal Architect
8 5 (4.50%) Automation Engineer
8 5 (4.50%) SAP Architect
9 4 (3.60%) Python Engineer
9 4 (3.60%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (3.60%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (3.60%) VMware Engineer
10 3 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.70%) Service Delivery Manager
10 3 (2.70%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) SAML
2 9 (8.11%) OpenID
3 8 (7.21%) Middleware
3 8 (7.21%) OAuth
3 8 (7.21%) REST
4 7 (6.31%) React
5 6 (5.41%) Elastic Stack
5 6 (5.41%) OAuth2
6 5 (4.50%) JSON
6 5 (4.50%) YAML
7 2 (1.80%) ModSecurity
7 2 (1.80%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.90%) LangChain
8 1 (0.90%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.90%) LDAP
8 1 (0.90%) SOAP
8 1 (0.90%) Spring
8 1 (0.90%) Web Services
8 1 (0.90%) WSDL
8 1 (0.90%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.71%) Public Cloud
2 12 (10.81%) Data Centre
3 8 (7.21%) Replication
4 7 (6.31%) PKI
5 6 (5.41%) Grid Computing
6 5 (4.50%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (3.60%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.70%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
8 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
9 2 (1.80%) e-Learning
9 2 (1.80%) FMCG
9 2 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.80%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.90%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.90%) CUDA
10 1 (0.90%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.90%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 27 (24.32%) Linux
2 20 (18.02%) Windows
3 15 (13.51%) Windows Server
4 6 (5.41%) Unix
5 4 (3.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.70%) VMS
6 3 (2.70%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.80%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.90%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (38.74%) CI/CD
2 39 (35.14%) DevOps
3 35 (31.53%) Infrastructure as Code
4 24 (21.62%) Containerisation
5 23 (20.72%) Configuration Management
5 23 (20.72%) Migration
6 22 (19.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 18 (16.22%) Agile
7 18 (16.22%) Platform Engineering
8 17 (15.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (15.32%) High Availability
9 12 (10.81%) SDLC
10 11 (9.91%) Deployment Automation
10 11 (9.91%) Infrastructure Automation
11 10 (9.01%) Load Balancing
11 10 (9.01%) Test Automation
12 9 (8.11%) DevSecOps
12 9 (8.11%) Mentoring
12 9 (8.11%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (7.21%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (36.94%) Python
2 28 (25.23%) PowerShell
3 17 (15.32%) SQL
4 15 (13.51%) Bash
5 11 (9.91%) Java
5 11 (9.91%) JavaScript
6 7 (6.31%) C#
6 7 (6.31%) Perl
7 2 (1.80%) Go
8 1 (0.90%) Bicep
8 1 (0.90%) C++
8 1 (0.90%) R
8 1 (0.90%) Ruby
8 1 (0.90%) Rust
8 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.90%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (44.14%) Security Cleared
2 30 (27.03%) SC Cleared
3 16 (14.41%) DV Cleared
4 10 (9.01%) Degree
5 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.70%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.80%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.80%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.80%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.80%) CCNP
7 2 (1.80%) CISSP
7 2 (1.80%) IBM Certification
8 1 (0.90%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.90%) CCNA
8 1 (0.90%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.90%) OCP
8 1 (0.90%) Oracle Certification
8 1 (0.90%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.50%) NCSC
2 3 (2.70%) QA
3 2 (1.80%) SLA
4 1 (0.90%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.90%) GRC
4 1 (0.90%) NIST
4 1 (0.90%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.90%) P3O
System Software
1 24 (21.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (14.41%) Docker
3 13 (11.71%) Active Directory
3 13 (11.71%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.41%) GPFS
4 6 (5.41%) Lustre
4 6 (5.41%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 5 (4.50%) VMware NSX
5 5 (4.50%) vSphere
6 4 (3.60%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.80%) UAG
9 1 (0.90%) Ceph
9 1 (0.90%) KVM
9 1 (0.90%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 44 (39.64%) Kubernetes
2 38 (34.23%) Ansible
2 38 (34.23%) Terraform
3 12 (10.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 9 (8.11%) Grafana
5 8 (7.21%) Prometheus
5 8 (7.21%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (6.31%) Puppet
7 6 (5.41%) vCenter Server
8 5 (4.50%) Podman
8 5 (4.50%) Progress Chef
9 3 (2.70%) Kibana
9 3 (2.70%) OPNET
9 3 (2.70%) Rancher
10 2 (1.80%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.80%) Istio
10 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.80%) SCCM
10 2 (1.80%) vRealize
10 2 (1.80%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 31 (27.93%) VMware
2 21 (18.92%) Microsoft
3 14 (12.61%) SAP
4 12 (10.81%) Red Hat
5 8 (7.21%) F5
5 8 (7.21%) Splunk
6 5 (4.50%) Ariba
6 5 (4.50%) Cisco
6 5 (4.50%) Veeam
7 4 (3.60%) Oracle
8 3 (2.70%) Citrix
8 3 (2.70%) Concur
8 3 (2.70%) Dell
8 3 (2.70%) ServiceNow
9 2 (1.80%) Arista
9 2 (1.80%) IBM
9 2 (1.80%) NetApp
9 2 (1.80%) NetIQ
9 2 (1.80%) NVIDIA
9 2 (1.80%) Wind River