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 27 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 68 57
Rank change year-on-year +1 -11 +6
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 24 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 2.24% 0.32% 1.27%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.37% 0.87% 5.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 2 9
10th Percentile - £318 £463
25th Percentile £513 £367 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £458 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -12.86% -12.50%
75th Percentile £588 £552 £578
90th Percentile £608 £603 £586
West Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £458 £525
% change year-on-year +14.75% -12.86% -12.50%

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 377 231 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 35.14% 37.02% 24.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 140 118
10th Percentile £400 £375 £326
25th Percentile £463 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +1.94%
75th Percentile £600 £578 £595
90th Percentile £675 £638 £683
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 12
10th Percentile - - £12.15
25th Percentile - - £13.44
Median hourly rate £43.96 - £15.41
Median % change year-on-year - - -27.70%
75th Percentile - - £20.88
90th Percentile - - £28.38
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £26.72 £21.30 £16.19
% change year-on-year +25.45% +31.56% -14.79%

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 27 September 2026.

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 19 (79.17%) AWS
2 9 (37.50%) GCP
2 9 (37.50%) GitHub
3 8 (33.33%) Azure
4 4 (16.67%) GitHub Actions
4 4 (16.67%) IaaS
5 2 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (8.33%) PaaS
6 1 (4.17%) Google Compute Engine
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Firewall
2 3 (12.50%) BIG-IP
2 3 (12.50%) DNS
2 3 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
2 3 (12.50%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
3 1 (4.17%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Jenkins
2 4 (16.67%) JIRA
3 1 (4.17%) GitLab
General
1 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (12.50%) Banking
2 3 (12.50%) Finance
3 2 (8.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (41.67%) Developer
1 10 (41.67%) Python Developer
2 6 (25.00%) Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (12.50%) Senior Architect
3 3 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 2 (8.33%) AWS Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (8.33%) DevOps Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Network Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Cloud Architect
4 2 (8.33%) Senior Enterprise Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Data Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Python Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Senior Technical Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Site Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.17%) Technical Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) Terraform
2 2 (8.33%) Middleware
2 2 (8.33%) YAML
3 1 (4.17%) Kafka
3 1 (4.17%) OAuth
3 1 (4.17%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Cloud Native
2 6 (25.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (8.33%) AI Agents
3 2 (8.33%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.17%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (45.83%) CI/CD
2 10 (41.67%) Secure Coding
3 9 (37.50%) Agile
4 7 (29.17%) Infrastructure as Code
5 6 (25.00%) DevOps
5 6 (25.00%) Event-Driven
6 5 (20.83%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (20.83%) Event-Driven Architecture
6 5 (20.83%) Observability
6 5 (20.83%) Roadmaps
7 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (16.67%) Microservices
7 4 (16.67%) Migration
7 4 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
8 3 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
8 3 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (12.50%) SDLC
9 2 (8.33%) Cost Control
9 2 (8.33%) Cost Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) Python
2 4 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 3 (12.50%) ActionScript
4 2 (8.33%) Bash
5 1 (4.17%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 15 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 15 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.17%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 2 (8.33%) Ansible
3 1 (4.17%) Packer
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Google
2 4 (16.67%) Dynatrace
3 3 (12.50%) F5
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow