Cloud Computing Contracts in the Midlands

Cloud Computing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Cloud Computing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 115 118
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +69
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cloud Computing 8 12 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.32% 0.45% 1.03%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.06% 1.70% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 23
10th Percentile £426 £302 -
25th Percentile £461 £345 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £588 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.26% +17.50% +0.50%
75th Percentile £601 £653 £619
90th Percentile £781 £738 £750
England median daily rate £525 £600 £584
% change year-on-year -12.50% +2.78% +11.19%

All Cloud Skills
Midlands

Cloud Computing 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 the Midlands.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 758 707 1,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 29.88% 26.36% 36.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 512 485 801
10th Percentile £300 £204 £213
25th Percentile £400 £350 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.04%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £575
90th Percentile £643 £688 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 27
10th Percentile £15.92 £14.60 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.74 £16.63 £13.89
Median hourly rate £21.39 £25.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% +28.21% +5.41%
75th Percentile £33.88 £35.00 £29.38
90th Percentile £44.90 £54.38 £88.75
England median hourly rate £26.00 £27.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -3.70% -18.18% +54.21%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the Midlands

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in the Midlands

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands -12 4 £738 +25.53% 9
East Midlands - 4 £471 - 4
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Revit
2 1 (12.50%) ProjectWise
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) SaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon EMR
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon Kinesis
4 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
4 1 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (12.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (12.50%) Relational Database
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Cybersecurity
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Digital
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Digital Transformation
3 1 (12.50%) Head of IT
3 1 (12.50%) Head of IT Security
3 1 (12.50%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) LDAP
2 1 (12.50%) OAuth
2 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (50.00%) Microservices
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Data Security
4 2 (25.00%) Anti-Money Laundering
4 2 (25.00%) API Development
4 2 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 2 (25.00%) Biometrics
4 2 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
4 2 (25.00%) KYC
4 2 (25.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Java
2 3 (37.50%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) MCP
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) GDPR
2 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (25.00%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 2 (25.00%) NIST
3 2 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft