Cloud Security Contracts in London

Cloud Security
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 171 123
Rank change year-on-year +45 -48 +76
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 271 261 515
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 2.24% 1.49% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 1.69% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 179 370
10th Percentile £414 £425 £461
25th Percentile £500 £525 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -
75th Percentile £700 £775 £742
90th Percentile £813 £800 £825
England median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £22.40
25th Percentile - - £44.00
Median hourly rate - - £80.00
75th Percentile - - £91.88
90th Percentile - - £99.00
England median hourly rate - - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +152.98%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,178 15,459 23,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.48% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,507 11,105 16,762
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 316 266
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.10 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in London

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in London

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in London

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in London.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in London

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the London region over the 6 months to 29 May 2025. 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
Central London +19 47 £650 +11.11% 24
South London +12 7 £450 -33.33%
West London +13 2 - - 64
East London +13 2 £540 -7.69% 2
North London - 1 £413 -
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (5.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (4.80%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.74%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.37%) Apache
5 1 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.37%) nginx
5 1 (0.37%) Traefik
Applications
1 5 (1.85%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.37%) Notion
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
1 1 (0.37%) BASE24
Cloud Services
1 162 (59.78%) Azure
2 124 (45.76%) AWS
3 72 (26.57%) GCP
4 48 (17.71%) Entra ID
5 37 (13.65%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (11.07%) IaaS
7 26 (9.59%) Serverless
8 24 (8.86%) PaaS
9 23 (8.49%) SaaS
10 21 (7.75%) GitHub
11 16 (5.90%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (5.54%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (5.17%) Power Platform
14 13 (4.80%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (4.43%) Amazon S3
15 12 (4.43%) OneDrive
16 11 (4.06%) AWS Lambda
16 11 (4.06%) Azure AKS
16 11 (4.06%) Cloud Computing
16 11 (4.06%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 58 (21.40%) Firewall
2 48 (17.71%) Network Security
3 18 (6.64%) VPN
4 8 (2.95%) DNS
4 8 (2.95%) SSL
5 7 (2.58%) TCP/IP
6 6 (2.21%) NGFW
7 5 (1.85%) HTTPS
7 5 (1.85%) WAN
7 5 (1.85%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.48%) DHCP
8 4 (1.48%) VLAN
9 3 (1.11%) BGP
9 3 (1.11%) HTTP
9 3 (1.11%) NAS
9 3 (1.11%) OSPF
9 3 (1.11%) SAN
9 3 (1.11%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.74%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.32%) Big Data
2 7 (2.58%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (2.21%) BigQuery
3 6 (2.21%) Power BI
4 5 (1.85%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.85%) GIS
4 5 (1.85%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.11%) MySQL
6 3 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.74%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.74%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.74%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.74%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (5.17%) GitLab
2 10 (3.69%) Jenkins
2 10 (3.69%) JIRA
2 10 (3.69%) SonarQube
3 9 (3.32%) Burp Suite
3 9 (3.32%) Git
3 9 (3.32%) Metasploit
4 3 (1.11%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.37%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.37%) Jasmine
5 1 (0.37%) JMeter
5 1 (0.37%) JUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Locust
5 1 (0.37%) Postman
5 1 (0.37%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
5 1 (0.37%) TeamCity
General
1 78 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 60 (22.14%) Finance
3 44 (16.24%) Public Sector
4 24 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.54%) Banking
6 8 (2.95%) Financial Institution
7 7 (2.58%) Military
8 6 (2.21%) Legal
9 5 (1.85%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.11%) Law
11 3 (1.11%) Marketing
12 2 (0.74%) Local Government
12 2 (0.74%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Retail
13 1 (0.37%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.37%) Front Office
13 1 (0.37%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 95 (35.06%) Architect
2 51 (18.82%) Security Architect
3 44 (16.24%) Security Engineer
4 29 (10.70%) Senior
5 26 (9.59%) Azure Architect
5 26 (9.59%) Cloud Engineer
6 25 (9.23%) Cloud Architect
7 23 (8.49%) Lead
8 20 (7.38%) DevOps Engineer
9 18 (6.64%) AWS Engineer
10 15 (5.54%) Analyst
10 15 (5.54%) Azure Engineer
11 13 (4.80%) Cybersecurity Engineer
11 13 (4.80%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
12 12 (4.43%) Enterprise Architect
12 12 (4.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 10 (3.69%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 10 (3.69%) Solutions Architect
14 9 (3.32%) Senior Architect
15 8 (2.95%) Enterprise Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.17%) ARM Templates
2 10 (3.69%) SAML
3 9 (3.32%) OAuth
3 9 (3.32%) OpenID
3 9 (3.32%) REST
4 5 (1.85%) Node.js
4 5 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
5 4 (1.48%) .NET
5 4 (1.48%) AngularJS
5 4 (1.48%) Spring
6 3 (1.11%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (1.11%) Middleware
6 3 (1.11%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.11%) YAML
7 2 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.74%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.74%) React
7 2 (0.74%) RESTful
7 2 (0.74%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.74%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.81%) Security Posture
2 20 (7.38%) Management Information System
3 19 (7.01%) Cloud Native
4 12 (4.43%) Onboarding
5 11 (4.06%) PKI
6 9 (3.32%) Data Centre
7 7 (2.58%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (2.21%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (1.48%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.48%) Insider Threat
9 4 (1.48%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.48%) Reinsurance
10 3 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.11%) BYOD
10 3 (1.11%) Cloud Security Posture
10 3 (1.11%) Clustering
10 3 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.11%) Hedge funds
10 3 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 25 (9.23%) Windows
2 16 (5.90%) Linux
3 14 (5.17%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.48%) Unix
5 3 (1.11%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.74%) VMS
6 2 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.37%) CentOS
7 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (27.31%) Cybersecurity
2 70 (25.83%) Infrastructure as Code
3 68 (25.09%) DevOps
4 64 (23.62%) CI/CD
5 57 (21.03%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (16.97%) Security Architecture
7 41 (15.13%) Identity Access Management
8 38 (14.02%) Agile
9 37 (13.65%) Incident Response
9 37 (13.65%) Vulnerability Management
10 35 (12.92%) Information Security
11 31 (11.44%) DevSecOps
11 31 (11.44%) Penetration Testing
12 30 (11.07%) Risk Management
13 28 (10.33%) Security Operations
14 27 (9.96%) Application Security
15 24 (8.86%) High Availability
15 24 (8.86%) Mentoring
15 24 (8.86%) SIEM
15 24 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (27.31%) Python
2 46 (16.97%) PowerShell
3 33 (12.18%) Bash
4 20 (7.38%) Java
5 18 (6.64%) SQL
6 15 (5.54%) Bicep
7 6 (2.21%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.48%) C#
8 4 (1.48%) Perl
8 4 (1.48%) TypeScript
9 3 (1.11%) C++
9 3 (1.11%) Go
9 3 (1.11%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.74%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.37%) C
11 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.37%) Scala
11 1 (0.37%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 85 (31.37%) Security Cleared
2 65 (23.99%) SC Cleared
3 48 (17.71%) CISSP
4 40 (14.76%) Degree
5 24 (8.86%) Azure Certification
6 21 (7.75%) AWS Certification
6 21 (7.75%) CISM
7 15 (5.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (4.80%) DV Cleared
8 13 (4.80%) OSCP
9 12 (4.43%) CREST Certified
10 10 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (3.32%) CEH
12 8 (2.95%) CISA
12 8 (2.95%) CompTIA Security+
13 7 (2.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 7 (2.58%) CRISC
13 7 (2.58%) Tigerscheme
14 6 (2.21%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (23.62%) NIST
2 55 (20.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 34 (12.55%) GDPR
4 15 (5.54%) SOC 2
5 12 (4.43%) NCSC
5 12 (4.43%) PCI DSS
6 8 (2.95%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 7 (2.58%) SLA
8 6 (2.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (2.21%) GRC
8 6 (2.21%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 1 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.37%) QA
12 1 (0.37%) RMADS
System Software
1 38 (14.02%) Active Directory
2 18 (6.64%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (6.27%) Docker
4 6 (2.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.11%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.74%) vSphere
7 1 (0.37%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.37%) iptables
7 1 (0.37%) Lustre
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.37%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 75 (27.68%) Terraform
2 42 (15.50%) Kubernetes
3 23 (8.49%) Ansible
4 18 (6.64%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (3.32%) Grafana
6 8 (2.95%) Nmap
6 8 (2.95%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (2.21%) CASB
7 6 (2.21%) Prometheus
8 5 (1.85%) Argo
8 5 (1.85%) SCCM
9 4 (1.48%) Cilium
10 3 (1.11%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.11%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.11%) Nessus
11 2 (0.74%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.74%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.74%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.74%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.37%) Podman
Vendors
1 78 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.12%) Google
3 12 (4.43%) Oracle
4 11 (4.06%) Palo Alto
5 10 (3.69%) Zscaler
6 9 (3.32%) Splunk
7 8 (2.95%) Veracode
7 8 (2.95%) VMware
8 6 (2.21%) Cisco
8 6 (2.21%) Qualys
8 6 (2.21%) Tenable
9 5 (1.85%) ESRI
9 5 (1.85%) Meraki
10 4 (1.48%) CrowdStrike
10 4 (1.48%) Databricks
10 4 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 4 (1.48%) Okta
11 3 (1.11%) Dell
11 3 (1.11%) Rapid7
11 3 (1.11%) ServiceNow