Cloud Computing Contracts in South Wales

Cloud Computing
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 36 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.23% 1.19% -
As % of the Cloud Services category 3.06% 3.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £285 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £91 -
Median % change year-on-year +218.68% - -
75th Percentile £295 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £290 £91 -
% change year-on-year +218.68% - -

All Cloud Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 98 128 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 40.16% 38.10% 25.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 110 109
10th Percentile £196 £143 £162
25th Percentile £258 £336 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -18.25% -2.44% +7.89%
75th Percentile £536 £550 £613
90th Percentile £608 £625 £665
Wales median daily rate £425 £500 £466
% change year-on-year -15.00% +7.24% -1.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 3
10th Percentile £16.00 - £12.53
25th Percentile £16.63 £12.25 £12.56
Median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £14.25
Median % change year-on-year +80.00% -12.28% +2.50%
75th Percentile £38.13 £12.75 £16.27
90th Percentile £41.25 - £16.51
Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £15.84 £14.63
% change year-on-year +42.09% +8.27% +2.63%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in South Wales

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in South Wales

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Newport +8 2 £288 +215.93% 7
Gwent - 1 £290 -
Cloud Computing
Wales

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
1 3 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wireless
2 2 (66.67%) 802.11
2 2 (66.67%) BGP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (66.67%) HSRP
2 2 (66.67%) IPsec
2 2 (66.67%) OSPF
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (100.00%) Network Design
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) High Availability
2 2 (66.67%) Network Optimisation
2 2 (66.67%) Statistics
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNP
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Cacti
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) SolarWinds
1 2 (66.67%) VMware