Virtual Private Cloud Contract Job Trends in England
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England citing Virtual Private Cloud skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 447 | 384 | 433 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -63 | +49 | +2 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Private Cloud | 207 | 149 | 89 |
| As % of all contract jobs in England | 0.44% | 0.50% | 0.29% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 1.28% | 1.30% | 0.80% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 138 | 109 | 47 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £384 | £487 |
| 25th Percentile | £448 | £463 | £526 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £510 | £525 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -12.50% | +3.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £600 | £630 | £685 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £713 | £796 |
| UK median daily rate | £530 | £530 | £600 |
| % change year-on-year | -0.05% | -11.67% | +3.81% |
All Cloud Computing Skills
England
Virtual Private Cloud falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing cloud computing skills in England.
| 6 months to 9 Nov 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies citing cloud computing skills | 16,183 | 11,502 | 11,126 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 34.70% | 38.84% | 35.83% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 10,801 | 7,797 | 7,386 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £303 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £406 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -6.54% | +1.90% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £623 | £645 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £725 | £738 |
| UK median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -4.76% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 606 | 293 | 143 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.50 | £14.85 | £19.41 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.87 | £18.50 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.13 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +35.69% | -28.14% | +22.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £43.75 | £61.78 |
| 90th Percentile | £80.75 | £71.05 | £70.00 |
| UK median hourly rate | £34.62 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +37.63% | -28.14% | +12.90% |
Virtual Private Cloud Job Vacancy Trend in England
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Private Cloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.
Virtual Private Cloud Daily Rate Trend in England
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Virtual Private Cloud.
Virtual Private Cloud Daily Rate Histogram in England
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Private Cloud in England over the 6 months to 9 November 2026.
Virtual Private Cloud Hourly Rate Trend in England
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Virtual Private Cloud.
Virtual 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 Virtual Private Cloud within the England region over the 6 months to 9 November 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 |
Job Ads Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | -10 | 140 | £545 | -9.17% | 108 |
| North of England | -76 | 21 | £447 | -16.45% | 13 |
| Midlands | -58 | 19 | £477 | +0.42% | 11 |
| West Midlands | -57 | 16 | £482 | +1.53% | 9 |
| South East | -56 | 11 | £638 | +112.50% | 10 |
| Yorkshire | -39 | 10 | £432 | -17.76% | 3 |
| North West | -50 | 8 | £447 | -13.62% | 9 |
| East of England | -23 | 3 | £345 | -31.00% | 6 |
| North East | -37 | 3 | £444 | -22.83% | 1 |
| East Midlands | - | 3 | £450 | - | 2 |
| South West | -35 | 2 | £363 | -46.30% | 2 |
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Virtual Private Cloud Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 98.6% | 204 |
| 2 | Amazon EC2 | 47.8% | 99 |
| 3 | Amazon S3 | 47.3% | 98 |
| 4 | Amazon CloudWatch | 43.0% | 89 |
| 5 | Amazon EKS | 37.7% | 78 |
| 6 | Serverless | 34.8% | 72 |
| 7 | AWS CloudFormation | 34.3% | 71 |
| 8 | AWS Lambda | 32.9% | 68 |
| 9 | Azure | 25.1% | 52 |
| 10 | GCP | 21.7% | 45 |
| 11 | Amazon ECS | 17.4% | 36 |
| 11 | GitHub | 17.4% | 36 |
| 13 | AWS CloudTrail | 15.9% | 33 |
| 14 | AWS KMS | 14.0% | 29 |
| 14 | Route 53 | 14.0% | 29 |
| 16 | GitHub Actions | 12.6% | 26 |
| 17 | Amazon GuardDuty | 9.7% | 20 |
| 18 | Entra ID | 7.2% | 15 |
| 18 | Google Kubernetes Engine | 7.2% | 15 |
| 20 | AWS Direct Connect | 6.8% | 14 |