Public Cloud Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Public Cloud
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 54 59
Rank change year-on-year -16 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 7 6 19
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.99% 0.92% 1.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.65% 3.95% 6.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 16
10th Percentile £324 - £500
25th Percentile £383 £463 £559
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -17.50% -
75th Percentile £566 £500 -
90th Percentile £609 £523 £613
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £495 £600
% change year-on-year -1.52% -17.50% -

All Generic Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 264 152 276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 37.39% 23.24% 27.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 102 174
10th Percentile £363 £188 £289
25th Percentile £440 £425 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £600
90th Percentile £625 £700 £634
West Yorkshire median daily rate £503 £495 £500
% change year-on-year +1.62% -1.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 6
10th Percentile - £16.53 £18.50
25th Percentile - £18.50 £18.74
Median hourly rate - £25.00 £21.01
Median % change year-on-year - +19.01% -1.14%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £21.80
90th Percentile - £45.25 £22.11
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £27.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -22.55% +44.74% -9.52%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Public Cloud job vacancy trend in Leeds

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

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

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud in Leeds over the 6 months to 5 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Cloud in Leeds

Public Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 5 (71.43%) AWS
3 4 (57.14%) GCP
4 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 1 (14.29%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Mocha
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Security Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Express.js
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) Jest
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Cloud Native
1 4 (57.14%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (28.57%) Security Posture
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Roadmaps
1 4 (57.14%) Translating Business Requirements
2 3 (42.86%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Privacy
3 2 (28.57%) Data Security
3 2 (28.57%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Information Security
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) SDLC
3 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
3 2 (28.57%) Security Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Security Testing
3 2 (28.57%) SIEM
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (28.57%) Threat Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 2 (28.57%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (28.57%) AWS Certification
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
1 2 (28.57%) CCSP
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (28.57%) CISSP
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) GDPR
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (28.57%) NIST
1 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
1 2 (28.57%) PSD2
2 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow