Public Cloud Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Public Cloud
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 6 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 55 92
Rank change year-on-year -41 +37 +2
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 2 17 9
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.12% 2.28% 0.56%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.51% 8.02% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 15 8
10th Percentile £516 £538 £432
25th Percentile £522 £563 £539
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £595
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% +0.84% +20.20%
75th Percentile £547 £675 £664
90th Percentile £549 £694 £698
South East median daily rate £554 £620 £593
% change year-on-year -10.73% +4.64% +19.70%

All Generic Skills
Hampshire

Public 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 395 212 438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 23.36% 28.38% 27.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 150 231
10th Percentile £269 £313 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £627 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £675 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 60
10th Percentile £15.72 £22.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.00 £40.63 £46.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year - -4.10% +20.74%
75th Percentile £60.00 £61.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £83.60 £65.00 £66.00
South East median hourly rate £70.00 £47.90 £47.50
% change year-on-year +46.13% +0.85% -5.00%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Cloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Public Cloud job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Public Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
Farnborough -9 2 £538 -2.27% 1
Public Cloud
South East

Public Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Linux Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (50.00%) CentOS
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (100.00%) VMware