Cloud Security Posture Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Cloud Security Posture
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 166 192
Rank change year-on-year -30 +26 +47
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 6 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.13% 0.100% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.37% 0.34% 0.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £526 £501 -
25th Percentile £592 £503 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £510 £600
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -15.00% +3.23%
75th Percentile £615 £520 -
90th Percentile £633 £523 -
England median daily rate £608 £518 £500
% change year-on-year +17.44% +3.50% -21.57%

All Generic Skills
North of England

Cloud Security Posture 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,625 1,176 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 35.80% 29.28% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,081 642 938
10th Percentile £263 £213 £245
25th Percentile £369 £359 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £569 £575 £588
90th Percentile £638 £665 £650
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 41 60
10th Percentile £15.50 £16.85 £15.93
25th Percentile £18.60 £21.05 £18.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +4.84% +45.88%
75th Percentile £47.12 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.90 £77.50 £55.00
England median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £44.75
% change year-on-year -41.05% +6.15% +65.86%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Security Posture relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Cloud Security Posture job vacancy trend in the North of England

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cloud Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Cloud Security Posture

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Posture in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security Posture in the North of England

Cloud Security Posture
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Posture within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
North West -25 3 £612 +20.00% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £544 - 3
Cloud Security Posture
England

Cloud Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 2 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
2 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) Network Security
2 3 (50.00%) SSL
2 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) LDAP
2 1 (16.67%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (33.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Linux
1 3 (50.00%) Unix
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 5 (83.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 4 (66.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 3 (50.00%) Identity Management
4 3 (50.00%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) Log Correlation
4 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
4 3 (50.00%) Ticket Management
4 3 (50.00%) Validation
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
4 3 (50.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
5 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 2 (33.33%) Data Security
5 2 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (33.33%) Information Security
5 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
5 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
5 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 2 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
5 2 (33.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Bicep
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) CISSP
2 3 (50.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 3 (50.00%) MCSA
2 3 (50.00%) MCSE
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) AWS Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (33.33%) CCSP
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 2 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (33.33%) PCI DSS
2 2 (33.33%) PSD2
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) CASB
1 3 (50.00%) Nessus
2 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) CyberArk
1 3 (50.00%) Remedy
1 3 (50.00%) Splunk
1 3 (50.00%) Tenable
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft