Cloud Security Lead Contracts in London

Cloud Security Leader
England > London

The median Cloud Security Leader daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 393 496
Rank change year-on-year +41 +103 +103
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Security Lead 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.011% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.012% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £604 -
25th Percentile £525 £609 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £638 £700
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% -8.93% +11.11%
75th Percentile £575 £684 -
90th Percentile - £701 -
England median daily rate £550 £638 £613
% change year-on-year -13.73% +4.08% -4.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,753 16,611 25,696
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.26% 95.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,049 12,008 18,613
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £679 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 338 287
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.05 £20.02 £22.57
Median hourly rate £34.33 £27.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +24.82% -21.43% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.88 £64.67 £76.10
England median hourly rate £30.78 £36.02 £44.77
% change year-on-year -14.55% -19.53% +98.96%

Cloud Security Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Cloud Security Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security Lead in London

Cloud Security Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security Lead in London.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security Lead in London

Cloud Security Lead Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Cloud Security Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Cloud Security Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Cloud Security Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Assessment