Cloud Computing Contract Job Trends in the South West

Cloud Computing
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 117 119
Rank change year-on-year 0 +2 +21
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 7 16 33
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.33% 0.67% 1.06%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.03% 2.30% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 20
10th Percentile £408 £434 £461
25th Percentile £411 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £688 £550
Median % change year-on-year -38.18% +25.00% -3.51%
75th Percentile £447 £825 £563
90th Percentile £464 £859 £615
England median daily rate £500 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -13.04% -2.13% +3.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £22.73
25th Percentile - - £23.06
Median hourly rate - - £25.75
75th Percentile - - £28.06
90th Percentile - - £28.18
England median hourly rate £15.50 £28.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -45.61% +50.00% -61.42%

All Cloud Skills
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 678 695 937
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 31.83% 28.93% 30.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 474 437 723
10th Percentile £220 £250 £278
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £672
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £500 £535 £530
% change year-on-year -6.54% +0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 33 48
10th Percentile - £20.92 £13.25
25th Percentile - £30.00 £14.58
Median hourly rate £18.87 £70.00 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -73.04% +171.84% -55.41%
75th Percentile £35.67 - £66.38
90th Percentile £67.70 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £29.72
% change year-on-year -28.14% +17.77% +32.09%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in the South West

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Gloucestershire +6 5 £425 -10.53% 4
Wiltshire +2 1 - -
Devon - 1 - - 2
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 5 (71.43%) Azure
1 5 (71.43%) GitHub
2 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 1 (14.29%) Architect
1 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Python Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Python Software Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Scientific Software Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
1 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) ARM Templates
2 1 (14.29%) OpenMP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) CI/CD
1 5 (71.43%) DevOps
1 5 (71.43%) Migration
2 4 (57.14%) High Availability
2 4 (57.14%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure as Code
3 3 (42.86%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Compatibility Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Epics
5 1 (14.29%) Mathematics
5 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
5 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) C
2 1 (14.29%) C++
2 1 (14.29%) Fortran
2 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Virtual Desktop
1 5 (71.43%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) NetApp
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow