Public Cloud Contract Job Trends in London

Public Cloud
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 302 240 270
Rank change year-on-year -62 +30 -45
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 117 111 124
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.61% 0.88% 0.70%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.69% 2.39% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 73 82
10th Percentile £460 £453 £428
25th Percentile £500 £575 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £663 £566
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% +17.05% -12.92%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £686
90th Percentile £825 £820 £825
England median daily rate £600 £613 £593
% change year-on-year -2.16% +3.37% -6.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.25 - £52.00
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £54.00
75th Percentile £73.75 - £56.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £72.50 £57.50 £46.25
% change year-on-year +26.09% +24.32% -40.71%

All Generic Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,930 4,642 5,864
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 36.24% 36.76% 33.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,396 3,082 4,111
10th Percentile £356 £331 £315
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £738 £738
90th Percentile £800 £838 £850
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 93 143
10th Percentile £19.03 £15.84 £15.44
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.50 £18.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% +14.09% -22.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £48.75 £49.50
90th Percentile £88.75 £65.21 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £33.89 £37.00
% change year-on-year +29.73% -8.42% +64.54%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Public Cloud job vacancy trend in London

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud in London over the 6 months to 25 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Cloud in London

Public Cloud
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Public Cloud.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
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 Public Cloud within the London region over the 6 months to 25 June 2026. 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 -15 15 £550 -18.52% 2
South London - 5 £500 -
North London - 2 - -
Public Cloud
England

Public Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (5.98%) Confluence
2 5 (4.27%) Apache
3 2 (1.71%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.71%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (1.71%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (13.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.27%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (3.42%) iTrent
3 4 (3.42%) SAP ERP
4 3 (2.56%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.85%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 52 (44.44%) Azure
2 32 (27.35%) AWS
3 23 (19.66%) GCP
4 15 (12.82%) PaaS
5 14 (11.97%) GitHub
6 12 (10.26%) IaaS
7 10 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (7.69%) Serverless
8 9 (7.69%) SuccessFactors
9 8 (6.84%) OCI
10 5 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (4.27%) SaaS
11 4 (3.42%) Amazon S3
11 4 (3.42%) AWS CloudFormation
11 4 (3.42%) Azure Key Vault
12 3 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (2.56%) OpenShift
12 3 (2.56%) Power Platform
12 3 (2.56%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.11%) Network Security
2 6 (5.13%) DNS
2 6 (5.13%) Firewall
3 3 (2.56%) HTTPS
3 3 (2.56%) NAS
3 3 (2.56%) SAN
3 3 (2.56%) SSH
4 2 (1.71%) Multicast
4 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.85%) Internet
5 1 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.27%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.42%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (2.56%) Data Vault
3 3 (2.56%) Delta Lake
3 3 (2.56%) Power BI
4 2 (1.71%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.85%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.85%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.85%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.85%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (12.82%) Git
2 13 (11.11%) JIRA
3 10 (8.55%) Jenkins
4 8 (6.84%) GitLab
5 5 (4.27%) Postman
5 5 (4.27%) SoapUI
6 3 (2.56%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.85%) Ant
7 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.85%) JUnit
7 1 (0.85%) Maven
7 1 (0.85%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.85%) Snyk
General
1 28 (23.93%) Finance
2 19 (16.24%) Banking
3 17 (14.53%) Social Skills
4 13 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.13%) Local Government
6 5 (4.27%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Billing
8 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.71%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.71%) Military
9 2 (1.71%) Retail
10 1 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 27 (23.08%) Architect
2 14 (11.97%) Senior
3 11 (9.40%) Cloud Engineer
4 10 (8.55%) Azure Architect
5 9 (7.69%) Lead
6 8 (6.84%) Azure Engineer
6 8 (6.84%) DevOps Engineer
7 7 (5.98%) Security Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Cloud Architect
8 6 (5.13%) Java Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 6 (5.13%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (4.27%) AWS Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Data Engineer
9 5 (4.27%) Operations Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) Consultant
10 4 (3.42%) Oracle Specialist
10 4 (3.42%) Project Manager
10 4 (3.42%) Senior Java Engineer
10 4 (3.42%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.55%) REST
2 8 (6.84%) OAuth
3 7 (5.98%) JSON
3 7 (5.98%) Spring Boot
4 6 (5.13%) Kafka
4 6 (5.13%) SOAP
4 6 (5.13%) Web Services
5 5 (4.27%) JWT
5 5 (4.27%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (4.27%) XML
5 5 (4.27%) XSLT
6 4 (3.42%) PyTorch
6 4 (3.42%) TensorFlow
7 3 (2.56%) .NET
7 3 (2.56%) NumPy
7 3 (2.56%) Pandas
7 3 (2.56%) PySpark
7 3 (2.56%) SAML
7 3 (2.56%) SAP Fiori
7 3 (2.56%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Cloud Native
2 6 (5.13%) Legacy Applications
2 6 (5.13%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.42%) Data Structures
4 3 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.56%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.56%) Reinsurance
4 3 (2.56%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.71%) AI Agents
5 2 (1.71%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.71%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.85%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.85%) Grid Computing
6 1 (0.85%) NHS
6 1 (0.85%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.24%) Linux
2 11 (9.40%) Unix
3 8 (6.84%) Windows
4 4 (3.42%) VMS
5 1 (0.85%) Android
5 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (34.19%) Migration
2 37 (31.62%) DevOps
3 32 (27.35%) CI/CD
4 27 (23.08%) Agile
5 26 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
6 16 (13.68%) Containerisation
7 15 (12.82%) ERP
8 14 (11.97%) Cloud Security
8 14 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (11.11%) Analytics
10 12 (10.26%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (10.26%) Microservices
10 12 (10.26%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 11 (9.40%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (8.55%) Change Management
12 10 (8.55%) Performance Tuning
12 10 (8.55%) Project Delivery
12 10 (8.55%) Technical Leadership
13 9 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (7.69%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.50%) Python
2 13 (11.11%) Java
3 12 (10.26%) SQL
4 11 (9.40%) PowerShell
5 9 (7.69%) Bash
6 5 (4.27%) Shell Script
7 4 (3.42%) Ruby
8 3 (2.56%) Bicep
9 2 (1.71%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.71%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.85%) Groovy
10 1 (0.85%) Perl
10 1 (0.85%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (25.64%) Security Cleared
2 27 (23.08%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (5.98%) Degree
5 5 (4.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 5 (4.27%) CISM
5 5 (4.27%) CISSP
5 5 (4.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 5 (4.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
6 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.56%) CCNA
6 3 (2.56%) PMP
7 2 (1.71%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.71%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.85%) CCNP
8 1 (0.85%) CIPFA
8 1 (0.85%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.13%) GDPR
3 3 (2.56%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.56%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (1.71%) ISO 15022
4 2 (1.71%) ISO 20022
4 2 (1.71%) NIST
4 2 (1.71%) SLA
5 1 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.85%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.85%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (9.40%) Docker
2 5 (4.27%) NFS
2 5 (4.27%) Postfix
2 5 (4.27%) Varnish
2 5 (4.27%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (3.42%) Sendmail
3 4 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.71%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (23.08%) Terraform
2 20 (17.09%) Kubernetes
3 13 (11.11%) Ansible
4 5 (4.27%) HAProxy
5 3 (2.56%) Argo
5 3 (2.56%) Packer
5 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.71%) Red Hat Satellite
7 1 (0.85%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.85%) Grafana
7 1 (0.85%) HP Fortify
7 1 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.85%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.85%) Nagios
7 1 (0.85%) Nessus
7 1 (0.85%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.85%) Puppet
7 1 (0.85%) QRadar
7 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (20.51%) Oracle
2 21 (17.95%) SAP
3 14 (11.97%) Microsoft
4 11 (9.40%) Google
5 10 (8.55%) ServiceNow
6 5 (4.27%) CyberArk
6 5 (4.27%) Databricks
7 4 (3.42%) VMware
8 3 (2.56%) IBM
8 3 (2.56%) Informatica
8 3 (2.56%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.56%) Splunk
9 2 (1.71%) Dell
9 2 (1.71%) F5
9 2 (1.71%) Foundry
9 2 (1.71%) Palantir
10 1 (0.85%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.85%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.85%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.85%) Palo Alto