Cloud Security Contract Job Trends in the North West

Cloud Security
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 93 117
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 +21
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 42 28 29
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 1.91% 1.17% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.16% 1.40% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 18 18
10th Percentile £379 £504 £419
25th Percentile £413 £557 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £650 £569
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +14.29% -9.00%
75th Percentile £538 £759 £634
90th Percentile £646 £795 £671
England median daily rate £550 £600 £613
% change year-on-year -8.33% -2.04% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
England median hourly rate £95.00 - £70.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,943 2,006 2,535
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.52% 83.55% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,091 1,726
10th Percentile £267 £294 £270
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £478 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% -4.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £597
90th Percentile £680 £663 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 111 168
10th Percentile £13.82 £16.50 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.30 £29.00 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% +25.00% +45.92%
75th Percentile £48.03 £62.50 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.53 £73.56 £67.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +41.67%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in the North West

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cloud Security.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the North West over the 6 months to 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the North West

Cloud Security
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cloud Security.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 7 October 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
Cheshire -6 23 £480 -18.99% 1
Manchester -7 10 £500 -23.08% 14
Merseyside - 6 £400 - 1
Lancashire +4 2 £450 +12.50% 7
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (11.90%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.14%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 20 (47.62%) AWS
2 15 (35.71%) Azure
3 9 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (19.05%) GitHub
5 3 (7.14%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.14%) GCP
5 3 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Purview
5 3 (7.14%) Serverless
6 2 (4.76%) Amazon S3
6 2 (4.76%) AWS CloudFormation
6 2 (4.76%) AWS CodeBuild
6 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Event Grid
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Functions
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (4.76%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) Firewall
2 5 (11.90%) Network Security
3 3 (7.14%) DNS
3 3 (7.14%) SSL
3 3 (7.14%) TCP/IP
3 3 (7.14%) VPN
4 2 (4.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) Data Lake
2 2 (4.76%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.38%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (19.05%) GitLab
2 2 (4.76%) Git
3 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 18 (42.86%) Finance
2 8 (19.05%) Banking
2 8 (19.05%) Social Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (9.52%) Public Sector
5 2 (4.76%) Legal
6 1 (2.38%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.38%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Security Engineer
2 10 (23.81%) Cloud Engineer
3 7 (16.67%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 6 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) AWS Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Azure Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Consultant
5 5 (11.90%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Security Consultant
6 4 (9.52%) Architect
6 4 (9.52%) AWS DevOps
7 3 (7.14%) Administrator
7 3 (7.14%) AWS DevOps Engineer
7 3 (7.14%) Cloud Consultant
7 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 3 (7.14%) Security Architect
7 3 (7.14%) Senior
8 2 (4.76%) Integration Engineer
8 2 (4.76%) Lead
8 2 (4.76%) Network Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) LDAP
2 2 (4.76%) ARM Templates
3 1 (2.38%) AWS CDK
3 1 (2.38%) NestJS
3 1 (2.38%) Node.js
3 1 (2.38%) RESTful
3 1 (2.38%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.52%) Cloud Native
1 4 (9.52%) Security Posture
2 3 (7.14%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (7.14%) Cyber Threat
2 3 (7.14%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.76%) PKI
3 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (26.19%) Windows
2 5 (11.90%) Linux
3 3 (7.14%) Unix
3 3 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) DevOps
2 14 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 12 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
4 10 (23.81%) DevSecOps
4 10 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 7 (16.67%) Migration
5 7 (16.67%) Security Operations
5 7 (16.67%) Vulnerability Management
5 7 (16.67%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 6 (14.29%) Information Security
6 6 (14.29%) Server Hardening
6 6 (14.29%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 5 (11.90%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (11.90%) Data Loss Prevention
7 5 (11.90%) Fintech
7 5 (11.90%) High Availability
7 5 (11.90%) Penetration Testing
7 5 (11.90%) Threat Modelling
8 4 (9.52%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 5 (11.90%) Python
1 5 (11.90%) SQL
2 4 (9.52%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.76%) Bash
3 2 (4.76%) Bicep
3 2 (4.76%) Java
3 2 (4.76%) T-SQL
3 2 (4.76%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.38%) Korn
4 1 (2.38%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) CISSP
2 9 (21.43%) Security Cleared
3 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (14.29%) CISM
4 6 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 5 (11.90%) Azure Certification
6 4 (9.52%) AWS Certification
7 3 (7.14%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (7.14%) MCSA
7 3 (7.14%) MCSE
8 2 (4.76%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 1 (2.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (2.38%) CRISC
9 1 (2.38%) Degree
9 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
9 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.90%) NIST
2 4 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.76%) PCI DSS
4 1 (2.38%) GDPR
4 1 (2.38%) GRC
4 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (23.81%) Terraform
2 9 (21.43%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.14%) CASB
3 3 (7.14%) Nessus
3 3 (7.14%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (7.14%) SCCM
4 2 (4.76%) Fluentd
4 2 (4.76%) Progress Chef
5 1 (2.38%) Argo
5 1 (2.38%) QRadar
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.29%) Zscaler
3 5 (11.90%) Splunk
4 4 (9.52%) Darktrace
5 3 (7.14%) CyberArk
5 3 (7.14%) McAfee
5 3 (7.14%) Remedy
5 3 (7.14%) Symantec
5 3 (7.14%) Tenable
6 2 (4.76%) Cribl.io
6 2 (4.76%) ForgeRock
6 2 (4.76%) Varonis
7 1 (2.38%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (2.38%) F5
7 1 (2.38%) Google
7 1 (2.38%) IBM
7 1 (2.38%) Ping Identity