Cloud Computing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cloud Computing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 166 148 188
Rank change year-on-year -18 +40 -12
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 23 17 18
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.53% 0.50% 0.36%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.70% 1.56% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 12
10th Percentile - £384 £217
25th Percentile £475 £386 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £465
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -8.60% -21.91%
75th Percentile £659 £772 £641
90th Percentile £688 £800 £841
England median daily rate £500 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.56% +1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile - £19.43 -
25th Percentile £46.25 £20.81 -
Median hourly rate £47.50 £23.75 -
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - -
75th Percentile £48.75 £26.81 -
90th Percentile - £28.28 -
England median hourly rate £47.50 £26.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +82.69% +44.44% -63.45%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,353 1,093 1,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.25% 31.95% 27.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 983 743 961
10th Percentile £220 £263 £205
25th Percentile £363 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £576 £630 £625
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 15 31
10th Percentile £12.50 £16.40 £18.95
25th Percentile £15.00 £19.64 £19.87
Median hourly rate £37.00 £29.00 £32.32
Median % change year-on-year +27.59% -10.27% +53.90%
75th Percentile £58.75 £48.75 £61.69
90th Percentile £95.00 £64.73 £79.78
England median hourly rate £27.50 £28.41 £22.50
% change year-on-year -3.20% +26.27% -0.03%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in the South East

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the South East over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in the South East

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Hampshire +6 21 £500 - 5
Surrey - 2 £550 - 2
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 15 (65.22%) AWS
2 7 (30.43%) Amazon ECR
2 7 (30.43%) GitHub
3 4 (17.39%) OpenShift
4 2 (8.70%) Apple Pay
4 2 (8.70%) Google Pay
5 1 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DMZ
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) Tableau
2 1 (4.35%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (4.35%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.35%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (30.43%) Artifactory
1 7 (30.43%) GitLab
2 3 (13.04%) JIRA
3 2 (8.70%) Jenkins
3 2 (8.70%) Vite
3 2 (8.70%) webpack
4 1 (4.35%) Cucumber
4 1 (4.35%) Gatling
4 1 (4.35%) Git
4 1 (4.35%) Gradle
4 1 (4.35%) Postman
General
1 12 (52.17%) Social Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) AWS DevOps
2 6 (26.09%) DevOps Engineer
2 6 (26.09%) Software Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Capability Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Developer
3 3 (13.04%) Migration Manager
4 2 (8.70%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (4.35%) AWS Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Consultant
5 1 (4.35%) Full-Stack Python Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Node.js Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Python Developer
5 1 (4.35%) React Developer
5 1 (4.35%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (26.09%) JSON
2 6 (26.09%) XML
2 6 (26.09%) YAML
3 2 (8.70%) Node.js
3 2 (8.70%) React
3 2 (8.70%) Redux
3 2 (8.70%) RESTful
4 1 (4.35%) JPA
4 1 (4.35%) REST
4 1 (4.35%) Spring
4 1 (4.35%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.35%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 1 (4.35%) Digital Wallet
2 1 (4.35%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (56.52%) Linux
2 1 (4.35%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (56.52%) DevOps
2 10 (43.48%) CI/CD
3 7 (30.43%) Immutable Infrastructure
4 6 (26.09%) Agile
4 6 (26.09%) Software Engineering
5 4 (17.39%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (17.39%) Fintech
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (13.04%) Data Migration
6 3 (13.04%) Microservices
6 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 3 (13.04%) People Management
6 3 (13.04%) Programme Management
6 3 (13.04%) Project Management
6 3 (13.04%) Release Train
6 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.04%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.70%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 2 (8.70%) Go
2 2 (8.70%) Ruby
3 1 (4.35%) Java
3 1 (4.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
2 13 (56.52%) SC Cleared
3 4 (17.39%) OCP
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle Certification
4 3 (13.04%) PgMP
4 3 (13.04%) PMI Certification
4 3 (13.04%) PMP
5 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) GDPR
1 1 (4.35%) GRC
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 42001
1 1 (4.35%) JSP 440
1 1 (4.35%) NCSC
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
1 1 (4.35%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) Kubernetes
2 7 (30.43%) Grafana
2 7 (30.43%) Prometheus
2 7 (30.43%) Sysdig
2 7 (30.43%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) Podman
Vendors
1 6 (26.09%) Red Hat
2 3 (13.04%) Google
2 3 (13.04%) Samsung
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft