Cloud Security Engineer Contract Job Trends in Knutsford

Cloud Security Engineer
Cheshire > Knutsford

The median Cloud Security Engineer daily rate in Knutsford is £453, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Security Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Knutsford 1.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £434 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 - -
75th Percentile £498 - -
90th Percentile £526 - -
Cheshire median daily rate £453 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Knutsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Knutsford. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Knutsford with a recognized job title 244 228 170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.09% 91.20% 93.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 213 149
10th Percentile £352 £313 £350
25th Percentile £409 £358 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £402 £451
Median % change year-on-year +16.60% -10.77% -20.27%
75th Percentile £590 £492 £575
90th Percentile £653 £537 £618
Cheshire median daily rate £472 £430 £475
% change year-on-year +9.83% -9.47% -6.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £15.93 - -
Median hourly rate £16.87 - -
75th Percentile £17.80 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £32.23 £32.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +0.70% -8.57% +14.60%

Cloud Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Knutsford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Security Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Knutsford.

Cloud Security Engineer job vacancy trend in Knutsford

Cloud Security Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Knutsford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Engineer job vacancies in Knutsford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Engineer job vacancies in Knutsford

Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford

For the 6 months to 9 July 2026, Cloud Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Knutsford region featuring Cloud Security Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Java

Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Knutsford 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
1 3 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 3 (100.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Native
2 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Observability
2 2 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Bash
1 3 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (100.00%) Python
2 2 (66.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 2 (66.67%) AWS Certification
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (100.00%) Terraform
2 2 (66.67%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google
1 3 (100.00%) Red Hat