Public Cloud Contract Job Trends in South London

Public Cloud
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.76% - 1.08%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% - 4.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £523
25th Percentile - - £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.81%
75th Percentile - - £594
90th Percentile - - £598
London median daily rate £600 £622 £575
% change year-on-year -3.54% +8.17% -11.54%

All Generic Skills
South London

Public Cloud 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 86 62 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 32.58% 28.57% 25.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 38 33
10th Percentile £160 £175 £133
25th Percentile £431 £372 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £625 £425
Median % change year-on-year -19.00% +47.06% -15.00%
75th Percentile £588 £884 £575
90th Percentile £663 £938 £600
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 22
10th Percentile £54.46 £17.99 £15.58
25th Percentile £56.35 £21.21 £17.25
Median hourly rate £64.75 £73.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% +213.19% +4.44%
75th Percentile £66.50 £78.40 £46.86
90th Percentile - £81.28 £83.75
London median hourly rate £28.55 £39.04 £28.13
% change year-on-year -26.87% +38.81% -15.43%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Public Cloud job vacancy trend in South London

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Public Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Cloud within the South London region over the 6 months to 13 February 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
Croydon - 2 £500 -
Public Cloud
London

Public Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Operations Engineer
1 2 (100.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Migration Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Presales
1 2 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 2 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
1 2 (100.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Government Security Classifications
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow