Public Cloud Contracts in England

Public Cloud
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Cloud over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 233 184
Rank change year-on-year -59 -49 +81
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 266 604 1,123
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.72% 1.19% 1.58%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.34% 3.55% 4.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 421 703
10th Percentile £460 £438 £446
25th Percentile £550 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £625 £613
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +2.04% +16.67%
75th Percentile £769 £775 £700
90th Percentile £850 £836 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 1
10th Percentile - £62.43 -
25th Percentile £36.75 £68.13 £63.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £75.50 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.01% +13.53% +13.19%
75th Percentile £40.25 £78.00 £69.75
90th Percentile - £78.60 -
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £73.00 £53.25
% change year-on-year -47.26% +37.09% -7.39%

All Generic Skills
England

Public Cloud is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,373 17,010 24,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.77% 33.65% 33.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,425 11,824 17,120
10th Percentile £263 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £437
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 598 643
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.16 £10.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £22.50 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.60% +1.24%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.15 £65.77
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +26.75% -18.24% +3.19%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Cloud in England

Public Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Public Cloud in England

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Cloud in England

Public Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Cloud in England

Public 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 Public Cloud within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -70 119 £593 -8.85% 74
North of England -6 63 £750 +32.45% 38
North West +29 51 £850 +41.67% 18
South West +6 28 £600 +9.09% 26
South East +14 27 £595 +20.20% 19
Midlands +2 13 £700 - 11
West Midlands +12 12 £700 - 7
Yorkshire -18 11 £538 -2.27% 16
East Midlands +8 1 - - 4
East of England +3 1 - - 3
North East -4 1 £525 -32.26% 4
Public Cloud
UK

Public Cloud
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 17 (6.39%) Confluence
2 7 (2.63%) Anypoint
2 7 (2.63%) Apache
3 6 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.88%) nginx
4 5 (1.88%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.13%) NetWeaver
5 3 (1.13%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.13%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.75%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.75%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.75%) Shopify
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 137 (51.50%) Azure
2 118 (44.36%) AWS
3 52 (19.55%) GCP
4 19 (7.14%) PaaS
5 17 (6.39%) SaaS
6 16 (6.02%) GitHub
6 16 (6.02%) Serverless
7 14 (5.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 14 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (4.89%) Amazon S3
9 12 (4.51%) OpenShift
10 11 (4.14%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
11 10 (3.76%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (3.38%) Entra ID
12 9 (3.38%) IaaS
13 8 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (3.01%) AWS CloudTrail
13 8 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
14 7 (2.63%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (19.17%) VPN
2 44 (16.54%) Firewall
3 18 (6.77%) WAN
4 13 (4.89%) LAN
5 8 (3.01%) DNS
6 7 (2.63%) DSL
7 6 (2.26%) BGP
7 6 (2.26%) MPLS
8 5 (1.88%) Network Security
8 5 (1.88%) SSL
9 4 (1.50%) SAN
9 4 (1.50%) TCP/IP
10 3 (1.13%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (1.13%) DHCP
10 3 (1.13%) Internet
10 3 (1.13%) IOS XR
10 3 (1.13%) OpenLDAP
10 3 (1.13%) OSPF
10 3 (1.13%) Wireless
11 2 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (8.27%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.02%) Relational Database
3 12 (4.51%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.38%) MySQL
4 9 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (2.26%) Amazon Redshift
6 5 (1.88%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (1.88%) Couchbase
6 5 (1.88%) RDBMS
7 4 (1.50%) BigQuery
7 4 (1.50%) Data Lake
7 4 (1.50%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.50%) SAP HANA
8 3 (1.13%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.13%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.75%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (14.66%) Jenkins
2 31 (11.65%) Git
3 20 (7.52%) JIRA
4 16 (6.02%) GitLab
5 6 (2.26%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.26%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.88%) AppScan
6 5 (1.88%) Burp Suite
6 5 (1.88%) Maven
6 5 (1.88%) Spinnaker
6 5 (1.88%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.50%) JUnit
7 4 (1.50%) Mockito
8 3 (1.13%) JMeter
8 3 (1.13%) Selenium
8 3 (1.13%) Subversion
9 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.38%) VisualWorks
General
1 83 (31.20%) Finance
2 54 (20.30%) Social Skills
3 28 (10.53%) Banking
4 25 (9.40%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (6.39%) Telecoms
6 16 (6.02%) Billing
7 8 (3.01%) Legal
8 6 (2.26%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.88%) Investment Banking
9 5 (1.88%) Marketing
10 4 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.13%) Automotive
11 3 (1.13%) Electronics
11 3 (1.13%) Police
11 3 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.13%) Retail
12 2 (0.75%) Front Office
12 2 (0.75%) Law
Job Titles
1 85 (31.95%) Architect
2 50 (18.80%) Technical Architect
3 38 (14.29%) Lead
4 34 (12.78%) Senior
5 30 (11.28%) Lead Architect
5 30 (11.28%) Technical Leader
6 26 (9.77%) Developer
7 20 (7.52%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (6.77%) Consultant
9 12 (4.51%) Cloud Engineer
9 12 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (4.14%) Cloud Architect
10 11 (4.14%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 10 (3.76%) Java Developer
11 10 (3.76%) Network Engineer
12 9 (3.38%) Commercial Manager
12 9 (3.38%) Contracts Manager
12 9 (3.38%) Security Architect
12 9 (3.38%) Site Engineer
13 8 (3.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (15.04%) Node.js
2 15 (5.64%) REST
3 14 (5.26%) Elastic Stack
4 12 (4.51%) Spring
5 11 (4.14%) Kafka
6 9 (3.38%) JSON
6 9 (3.38%) Swagger
7 8 (3.01%) .NET
7 8 (3.01%) Middleware
8 7 (2.63%) OAuth
8 7 (2.63%) OpenAPI
8 7 (2.63%) RESTful
8 7 (2.63%) SOAP
9 6 (2.26%) YAML
10 5 (1.88%) ActiveMQ
10 5 (1.88%) Apache Camel
10 5 (1.88%) LAPP Stack
10 5 (1.88%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.88%) RAML
10 5 (1.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.27%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.64%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.89%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.51%) PKI
5 11 (4.14%) Distributed Systems
5 11 (4.14%) Virtual Team
6 10 (3.76%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.38%) Mobile App
8 8 (3.01%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.63%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.26%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (2.26%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.50%) Credit Derivative
11 4 (1.50%) Derivative
11 4 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.50%) Fixed Income
12 3 (1.13%) Equities
12 3 (1.13%) Linux Command Line
12 3 (1.13%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.13%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 74 (27.82%) Windows
2 64 (24.06%) Linux
3 46 (17.29%) Windows Server
4 32 (12.03%) Android
4 32 (12.03%) Apple iOS
5 16 (6.02%) Unix
6 7 (2.63%) VMS
7 6 (2.26%) CentOS
8 5 (1.88%) Ubuntu
9 3 (1.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (1.13%) zOS
10 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.75%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (42.48%) Agile
2 107 (40.23%) DevOps
3 88 (33.08%) CI/CD
4 44 (16.54%) Security Architecture
5 42 (15.79%) Risk Management
6 38 (14.29%) Microservices
7 37 (13.91%) Design Patterns
7 37 (13.91%) Roadmaps
8 36 (13.53%) Zero Trust
9 32 (12.03%) Mobile Device Management
10 30 (11.28%) Containerisation
10 30 (11.28%) Migration
10 30 (11.28%) Threat Intelligence
11 28 (10.53%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
11 28 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
12 25 (9.40%) Configuration Management
13 24 (9.02%) Continuous Integration
13 24 (9.02%) Technical Leadership
14 22 (8.27%) Mentoring
14 22 (8.27%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 61 (22.93%) Python
2 33 (12.41%) Java
3 29 (10.90%) SQL
4 27 (10.15%) PowerShell
5 26 (9.77%) Bash
6 14 (5.26%) Go
6 14 (5.26%) Ruby
7 7 (2.63%) C#
8 6 (2.26%) C
8 6 (2.26%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.88%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.50%) C++
10 4 (1.50%) Perl
11 3 (1.13%) Groovy
11 3 (1.13%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.75%) Bicep
12 2 (0.75%) Clojure
12 2 (0.75%) Haskell
12 2 (0.75%) Scala
12 2 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (20.68%) Security Cleared
2 52 (19.55%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.39%) Degree
4 9 (3.38%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.63%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.63%) SANS
6 6 (2.26%) CISM
6 6 (2.26%) CISSP
6 6 (2.26%) CRISC
7 5 (1.88%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.88%) CCNP
7 5 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.50%) CCIE
8 4 (1.50%) HND
8 4 (1.50%) MCSE
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.75%) RHCE
10 1 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.52%) QA
2 12 (4.51%) SLA
3 11 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (4.14%) NCSC
4 9 (3.38%) NIST
5 4 (1.50%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.38%) COBIT
8 1 (0.38%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 46 (17.29%) Docker
2 20 (7.52%) Active Directory
3 17 (6.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (4.89%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (2.26%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.88%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.50%) vCloud
8 3 (1.13%) vSphere
9 1 (0.38%) Ceph
9 1 (0.38%) Firmware
9 1 (0.38%) NFS
9 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.38%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 59 (22.18%) Kubernetes
2 50 (18.80%) Terraform
3 44 (16.54%) Ansible
4 21 (7.89%) Progress Chef
5 20 (7.52%) Puppet
6 15 (5.64%) Grafana
6 15 (5.64%) Prometheus
7 9 (3.38%) Graylog
8 8 (3.01%) Nagios
9 7 (2.63%) CFEngine
9 7 (2.63%) PowerBroker
10 6 (2.26%) Nessus
11 5 (1.88%) HP Fortify
11 5 (1.88%) Istio
11 5 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.88%) WebInspect
11 5 (1.88%) ZABBIX
12 4 (1.50%) Red Hat Satellite
12 4 (1.50%) Trend Micro Deep Security
13 3 (1.13%) OPNET
Vendors
1 44 (16.54%) Microsoft
2 28 (10.53%) SAP
2 28 (10.53%) VMware
3 25 (9.40%) Google
4 23 (8.65%) Oracle
5 21 (7.89%) Splunk
6 14 (5.26%) Cisco
7 10 (3.76%) Atlassian
8 8 (3.01%) F5
8 8 (3.01%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.63%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.63%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.63%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.26%) Checkmarx
11 5 (1.88%) Apple
11 5 (1.88%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.88%) Veracode
11 5 (1.88%) WSO2
11 5 (1.88%) Zscaler
12 4 (1.50%) CheckPoint