Virtual Private Cloud Contract Job Trends in London
Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
England > London
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Virtual Private Cloud skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 332 | 304 | 342 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -28 | +38 | -29 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Private Cloud | 133 | 66 | 43 |
| As % of all contract jobs in London | 0.65% | 0.49% | 0.27% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | 1.59% | 1.13% | 0.66% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 80 | 45 | 26 |
| 10th Percentile | £412 | £465 | £503 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £513 | £525 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £529 | £600 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -11.88% | +9.09% | -7.87% |
| 75th Percentile | £593 | £700 | £627 |
| 90th Percentile | £672 | £725 | £850 |
| England median daily rate | £500 | £544 | £570 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.05% | -4.61% | -1.48% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £38.75 | - |
| England median hourly rate | - | £38.75 | - |
All Cloud Computing Skills
London
Virtual Private Cloud falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in London.
| 6 months to 22 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills | 8,390 | 5,862 | 6,551 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London | 41.04% | 43.80% | 41.10% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 5,809 | 3,971 | 4,479 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £350 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £450 | £425 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | £525 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -4.55% | -0.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £650 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £771 | £800 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £500 | £530 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -5.66% | -1.40% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 94 | 103 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.88 | £19.77 | £23.44 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.31 | £24.25 | £23.80 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.28 | £26.30 | £32.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.31% | -19.08% | -19.75% |
| 75th Percentile | £57.50 | £47.13 | £51.25 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £79.75 | £68.05 |
| England median hourly rate | £32.50 | £25.15 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +29.22% | -28.14% | +27.27% |
Virtual Private Cloud Job Vacancy Trend in London
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Virtual Private Cloud relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.
Virtual Private Cloud Daily Rate Trend in London
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Private Cloud.
Virtual Private Cloud Daily Rate Histogram in London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Virtual Private Cloud in London over the 6 months to 22 October 2026.
Virtual Private Cloud Hourly Rate Trend in London
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Virtual Private Cloud.
Virtual Private 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 Virtual Private Cloud within the London region over the 6 months to 22 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South London | -3 | 15 | £550 | -11.29% | |
| Central London | -36 | 2 | £546 | -17.12% | 10 |
| East London | - | 2 | £600 | - | |
| Virtual Private Cloud England |
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Virtual Private Cloud Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Cloud Services
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWS | 100.0% | 133 |
| 2 | Amazon EC2 | 51.1% | 68 |
| 3 | Amazon CloudWatch | 48.1% | 64 |
| 4 | Amazon S3 | 46.6% | 62 |
| 5 | Amazon EKS | 39.8% | 53 |
| 6 | AWS CloudFormation | 33.8% | 45 |
| 7 | Serverless | 33.1% | 44 |
| 8 | AWS Lambda | 30.8% | 41 |
| 9 | Azure | 21.1% | 28 |
| 10 | GCP | 20.3% | 27 |
| 10 | GitHub | 20.3% | 27 |
| 12 | AWS KMS | 18.8% | 25 |
| 13 | AWS CloudTrail | 16.5% | 22 |
| 14 | Amazon ECS | 15.8% | 21 |
| 14 | Route 53 | 15.8% | 21 |
| 16 | GitHub Actions | 15.0% | 20 |
| 17 | Amazon GuardDuty | 9.8% | 13 |
| 17 | Datadog | 9.8% | 13 |
| 19 | Amazon ECR | 5.3% | 7 |
| 19 | Amazon ELB | 5.3% | 7 |