Cloud Computing Contracts in Scotland

Cloud Computing
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 105 126
Rank change year-on-year +7 +21 +44
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 22 13 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.27% 0.68% 0.99%
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.65% 1.96% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 17
10th Percentile £458 £259 £250
25th Percentile £462 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £470
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +17.15% +11.79%
75th Percentile £538 £780 £538
90th Percentile £575 - £619
UK median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £19.00 £60.55
Median % change year-on-year - -68.62% +175.23%
UK median hourly rate - £19.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year - - -13.64%

All Cloud Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 602 664 940
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 34.76% 34.95% 35.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 438 676
10th Percentile £315 £200 £253
25th Percentile £421 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -3.06%
75th Percentile £539 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £613 £606
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 14 9
10th Percentile £16.21 £15.52 £16.81
25th Percentile £17.90 £16.50 £27.50
Median hourly rate £21.22 £18.69 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.55% -67.50% +72.93%
75th Percentile £25.06 £23.89 £63.00
90th Percentile £27.05 £24.18 £65.60
UK median hourly rate £27.38 £23.80 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.02% -32.00% +59.09%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in Scotland

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in Scotland

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in Scotland over the 6 months to 4 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in Scotland

Cloud Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Computing in Scotland

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 4 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -1 20 £500 +5.26% 5
Edinburgh +2 1 £431 -44.74% 5
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (45.45%) AWS
2 9 (40.91%) Azure
3 8 (36.36%) Amazon S3
4 6 (27.27%) Cohesity
4 6 (27.27%) OpenShift
5 2 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (9.09%) Serverless
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (4.55%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 1 (4.55%) GitHub
6 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) NAS
1 6 (27.27%) SAN
2 1 (4.55%) VPN
2 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) DynamoDB
2 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (4.55%) Data Lake
2 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Git
1 6 (27.27%) Jenkins
2 1 (4.55%) Postman
General
1 16 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 14 (63.64%) Finance
3 10 (45.45%) Banking
4 9 (40.91%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (40.91%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
5 1 (4.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 8 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
1 8 (36.36%) JavaScript Engineer
1 8 (36.36%) Python Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (13.64%) NetBackup Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Backup Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 2 (9.09%) Developer
3 2 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Analyst
4 1 (4.55%) Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence Developer
4 1 (4.55%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Data Analytics Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Data Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Cloud Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Solutions Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) AWS CDK
2 1 (4.55%) Middleware
2 1 (4.55%) OpenAPI
2 1 (4.55%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) Distributed Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Management Information System
2 5 (22.73%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 1 (4.55%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (31.82%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Unix
2 6 (27.27%) Windows Server
3 1 (4.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (68.18%) Problem-Solving
1 15 (68.18%) Task Automation
2 14 (63.64%) Decision-Making
3 10 (45.45%) Artificial Intelligence
3 10 (45.45%) Data Protection
3 10 (45.45%) Data Science
3 10 (45.45%) Data Security
4 9 (40.91%) Community of Practice
4 9 (40.91%) Critical Thinking
4 9 (40.91%) Experimental Design
4 9 (40.91%) Machine Learning
4 9 (40.91%) Natural Language Processing
4 9 (40.91%) Risk Management
4 9 (40.91%) Statistical Analysis
5 8 (36.36%) CI/CD
5 8 (36.36%) Data-Driven Decision Making
6 6 (27.27%) Data Deduplication
7 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 5 (22.73%) Observability
8 4 (18.18%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 20 (90.91%) Python
2 11 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 10 (45.45%) Java
4 9 (40.91%) TypeScript
5 1 (4.55%) Bicep
5 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Azure Certification
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
2 1 (4.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Degree
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (4.55%) Docker
1 1 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) Kubernetes
2 6 (27.27%) NetBackup
2 6 (27.27%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Veritas
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Databricks
3 1 (4.55%) Netskope
3 1 (4.55%) Oracle
3 1 (4.55%) Proofpoint
3 1 (4.55%) Splunk
3 1 (4.55%) Symantec