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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 229 188
Rank change year-on-year -74 -41 +72
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 269 567 1,090
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.73% 1.15% 1.55%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.38% 3.43% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 406 690
10th Percentile £450 £438 £445
25th Percentile £525 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £625 £605
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% +3.31% +15.24%
75th Percentile £769 £762 £700
90th Percentile £850 £836 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - £62.45 -
25th Percentile £36.75 £70.00 £63.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £78.00 £66.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.64% +17.29% +13.19%
75th Percentile £40.25 - £69.75
90th Percentile - £82.00 -
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £75.50 £53.25
% change year-on-year -49.01% +41.78% -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 11,288 16,535 23,937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.64% 33.66% 33.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,395 11,470 17,004
10th Percentile £268 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £675
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £540 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 818 588 630
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £16.64
Median hourly rate £32.25 £22.49 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.43% -15.15% +1.50%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £65.75
UK median hourly rate £30.58 £22.49 £27.50
% change year-on-year +36.00% -18.24% +4.90%

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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -46 120 £575 -11.54% 87
North of England -8 61 £800 +33.33% 48
North West +36 50 £850 +41.67% 20
South West +9 30 £600 +9.09% 25
South East -4 27 £595 +20.20% 18
Midlands +17 18 £675 -3.57% 13
West Midlands +10 12 £700 - 9
Yorkshire -11 10 £550 - 19
East Midlands +14 6 £445 -36.43% 4
North East -6 1 £525 -32.26% 9
East of England -10 1 - - 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 19 (7.06%) Confluence
2 7 (2.60%) Anypoint
2 7 (2.60%) Apache
3 6 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.86%) nginx
4 5 (1.86%) OpenStack
5 3 (1.12%) NetWeaver
5 3 (1.12%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (3.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.12%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.74%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.74%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.74%) Shopify
4 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 139 (51.67%) Azure
2 121 (44.98%) AWS
3 57 (21.19%) GCP
4 24 (8.92%) SaaS
5 23 (8.55%) PaaS
6 19 (7.06%) Serverless
7 16 (5.95%) GitHub
8 14 (5.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 14 (5.20%) AWS Lambda
9 13 (4.83%) Amazon S3
9 13 (4.83%) OpenShift
10 11 (4.09%) Amazon EC2
10 11 (4.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 11 (4.09%) IaaS
11 10 (3.72%) Entra ID
11 10 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
12 8 (2.97%) Amazon EKS
12 8 (2.97%) AWS CloudTrail
12 8 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (2.60%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 53 (19.70%) VPN
2 44 (16.36%) Firewall
3 17 (6.32%) WAN
4 12 (4.46%) LAN
5 8 (2.97%) DNS
6 6 (2.23%) BGP
6 6 (2.23%) MPLS
6 6 (2.23%) Network Security
7 5 (1.86%) SSL
8 4 (1.49%) Internet
8 4 (1.49%) SAN
8 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.12%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (1.12%) DHCP
9 3 (1.12%) IOS XR
9 3 (1.12%) OpenLDAP
9 3 (1.12%) OSPF
9 3 (1.12%) Wireless
10 2 (0.74%) DSL
10 2 (0.74%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (10.41%) SQL Server
2 17 (6.32%) Relational Database
3 12 (4.46%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.35%) MySQL
4 9 (3.35%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (2.60%) DB2
6 6 (2.23%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (2.23%) BigQuery
7 5 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.86%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (1.86%) Couchbase
7 5 (1.86%) RDBMS
8 4 (1.49%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.49%) SAP HANA
9 3 (1.12%) MongoDB
9 3 (1.12%) Oracle Database
9 3 (1.12%) SAP BW
10 2 (0.74%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.74%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 37 (13.75%) Jenkins
2 32 (11.90%) Git
3 17 (6.32%) GitLab
3 17 (6.32%) JIRA
4 8 (2.97%) Bitbucket
5 6 (2.23%) Maven
5 6 (2.23%) SonarQube
6 5 (1.86%) AppScan
6 5 (1.86%) Burp Suite
6 5 (1.86%) Spinnaker
6 5 (1.86%) TeamCity
7 4 (1.49%) JUnit
7 4 (1.49%) Mockito
8 3 (1.12%) JMeter
8 3 (1.12%) Selenium
8 3 (1.12%) Subversion
8 3 (1.12%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.37%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
General
1 83 (30.86%) Finance
2 52 (19.33%) Social Skills
3 33 (12.27%) Banking
4 25 (9.29%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.32%) Telecoms
6 16 (5.95%) Billing
7 14 (5.20%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (2.97%) Legal
9 6 (2.23%) Investment Banking
9 6 (2.23%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.86%) Marketing
11 3 (1.12%) Automotive
11 3 (1.12%) Aviation
11 3 (1.12%) Electronics
11 3 (1.12%) Front Office
11 3 (1.12%) Law
11 3 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 88 (32.71%) Architect
2 49 (18.22%) Technical Architect
3 40 (14.87%) Lead
4 35 (13.01%) Senior
5 31 (11.52%) Technical Leader
6 30 (11.15%) Lead Architect
7 25 (9.29%) Developer
8 21 (7.81%) DevOps Engineer
9 19 (7.06%) Consultant
10 17 (6.32%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (4.46%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (4.09%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 10 (3.72%) Cloud Architect
13 10 (3.72%) Java Developer
13 10 (3.72%) Network Engineer
14 9 (3.35%) Commercial Manager
14 9 (3.35%) Contracts Manager
14 9 (3.35%) Site Engineer
15 8 (2.97%) Java Engineer
15 8 (2.97%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.87%) Node.js
2 16 (5.95%) REST
3 15 (5.58%) .NET
4 14 (5.20%) Elastic Stack
5 12 (4.46%) Spring
6 11 (4.09%) Kafka
7 10 (3.72%) JSON
7 10 (3.72%) Swagger
8 7 (2.60%) Middleware
8 7 (2.60%) OpenAPI
8 7 (2.60%) RESTful
8 7 (2.60%) SOAP
9 6 (2.23%) OAuth
9 6 (2.23%) YAML
10 5 (1.86%) ActiveMQ
10 5 (1.86%) Apache Camel
10 5 (1.86%) LAPP Stack
10 5 (1.86%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.86%) React
10 5 (1.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.18%) Data Centre
2 15 (5.58%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.20%) Cloud Native
4 13 (4.83%) PKI
5 12 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
6 10 (3.72%) Security Posture
7 9 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (3.35%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.97%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.60%) Virtual Team
10 6 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.23%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.86%) Mainframe
12 4 (1.49%) Credit Derivative
12 4 (1.49%) Derivative
12 4 (1.49%) Equities
12 4 (1.49%) Fixed Income
12 4 (1.49%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.49%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 69 (25.65%) Windows
2 62 (23.05%) Linux
3 46 (17.10%) Windows Server
4 37 (13.75%) Android
4 37 (13.75%) Apple iOS
5 14 (5.20%) Unix
6 7 (2.60%) VMS
7 6 (2.23%) CentOS
8 5 (1.86%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (1.49%) zOS
10 2 (0.74%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.74%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.37%) AIX
11 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (44.24%) Agile
2 103 (38.29%) DevOps
3 85 (31.60%) CI/CD
4 46 (17.10%) Microservices
5 45 (16.73%) Security Architecture
6 42 (15.61%) Risk Management
7 37 (13.75%) Design Patterns
8 36 (13.38%) Roadmaps
9 35 (13.01%) Containerisation
9 35 (13.01%) Zero Trust
10 32 (11.90%) Mobile Device Management
11 31 (11.52%) Migration
12 30 (11.15%) Threat Intelligence
13 28 (10.41%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
13 28 (10.41%) Infrastructure as Code
14 25 (9.29%) Configuration Management
14 25 (9.29%) Project Management
15 24 (8.92%) Continuous Integration
15 24 (8.92%) Technical Leadership
16 23 (8.55%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 65 (24.16%) Python
2 41 (15.24%) Java
3 31 (11.52%) SQL
4 28 (10.41%) PowerShell
5 26 (9.67%) Bash
6 13 (4.83%) Go
7 11 (4.09%) C
8 9 (3.35%) Ruby
9 8 (2.97%) C#
10 6 (2.23%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.86%) T-SQL
12 4 (1.49%) C++
12 4 (1.49%) Groovy
13 3 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (1.12%) Perl
13 3 (1.12%) PHP
14 2 (0.74%) Bicep
14 2 (0.74%) Clojure
14 2 (0.74%) Haskell
14 2 (0.74%) R
Qualifications
1 57 (21.19%) Security Cleared
2 54 (20.07%) SC Cleared
3 19 (7.06%) Degree
4 9 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (2.60%) SANS
6 6 (2.23%) CISM
6 6 (2.23%) CISSP
6 6 (2.23%) CRISC
6 6 (2.23%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.86%) CCNP
7 5 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.49%) CCIE
8 4 (1.49%) HND
8 4 (1.49%) MCSE
9 2 (0.74%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.74%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.74%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.06%) QA
2 12 (4.46%) SLA
3 11 (4.09%) NCSC
4 10 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (3.35%) NIST
6 4 (1.49%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.37%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 48 (17.84%) Docker
2 21 (7.81%) Active Directory
3 18 (6.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (5.20%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.60%) Hyper-V
6 6 (2.23%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.49%) vCloud
8 3 (1.12%) vSphere
9 1 (0.37%) Ceph
9 1 (0.37%) Firmware
9 1 (0.37%) NFS
9 1 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.37%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 63 (23.42%) Kubernetes
2 51 (18.96%) Terraform
3 43 (15.99%) Ansible
4 17 (6.32%) Progress Chef
5 15 (5.58%) Grafana
5 15 (5.58%) Prometheus
5 15 (5.58%) Puppet
6 9 (3.35%) Graylog
7 8 (2.97%) Nagios
8 6 (2.23%) Nessus
8 6 (2.23%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (1.86%) HP Fortify
9 5 (1.86%) Istio
9 5 (1.86%) WebInspect
9 5 (1.86%) ZABBIX
10 4 (1.49%) OPNET
10 4 (1.49%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (1.49%) Trend Micro Deep Security
11 3 (1.12%) Podman
11 3 (1.12%) PowerBroker
Vendors
1 46 (17.10%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.15%) VMware
3 28 (10.41%) SAP
4 27 (10.04%) Google
5 25 (9.29%) Oracle
6 22 (8.18%) Splunk
7 15 (5.58%) Cisco
8 9 (3.35%) F5
9 7 (2.60%) MuleSoft
9 7 (2.60%) Palo Alto
9 7 (2.60%) Red Hat
9 7 (2.60%) Salesforce
10 6 (2.23%) Atlassian
10 6 (2.23%) Checkmarx
11 5 (1.86%) Apple
11 5 (1.86%) Databricks
11 5 (1.86%) Fortinet
11 5 (1.86%) Veracode
11 5 (1.86%) WSO2
11 5 (1.86%) Zscaler