Cloud Security Posture Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cloud Security Posture
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in contract job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 184 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.087% 0.022% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.27% 0.075% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £725 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
75th Percentile £775 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £619 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +21.27% +2.00% -32.20%

All Generic Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,097 1,334 1,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 31.93% 29.52% 31.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 697 769 1,206
10th Percentile £204 £239 £205
25th Percentile £350 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £615
90th Percentile £671 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 104 102
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £27.69 £21.25
Median hourly rate £33.05 £57.35 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.37% +4.27% +135.14%
75th Percentile £58.19 £70.05 £66.14
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.16 £77.40
England median hourly rate £32.38 £57.35 £45.82
% change year-on-year -43.54% +25.16% +76.23%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cloud Security Posture as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security Posture in the South East

Cloud Security Posture
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 Security Posture within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 September 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
Thames Valley +19 3 £750 - 1
Berkshire - 3 £750 - 1
Cloud Security Posture
England

Cloud Security Posture
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (100.00%) Public Cloud
1 3 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Loss Prevention
1 3 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 3 (100.00%) Data Security
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) Information Security
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) SDLC
1 3 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 3 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 3 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 3 (100.00%) SIEM
1 3 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 3 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 3 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CCSP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (100.00%) NIST
1 3 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (100.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Kubernetes