Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
England > South West
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring Virtual Private Cloud skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Virtual Private Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 155 | 162 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | +7 | +6 |
| Contract jobs citing Virtual Private Cloud | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | 0.032% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Cloud Services category | - | 0.13% | 0.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £513 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +2.38% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £584 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £601 |
| England median daily rate | £580 | £538 | £625 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.91% | -14.00% | +13.64% |
All Cloud Skills
South West
Virtual Private Cloud 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 | 498 | 787 | 1,191 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 29.78% | 24.94% | 33.90% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 367 | 595 | 958 |
| 10th Percentile | £235 | £208 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £382 | £367 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £500 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -9.09% | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £619 | £594 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £688 | £685 | £719 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 28 | 33 | 57 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.13 | £12.55 | £16.43 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.13 | £14.25 | £19.92 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.69 | £18.00 | £52.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.83% | -65.71% | +100.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £34.88 | £70.00 | £70.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £46.88 | - | £78.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.50 | £21.00 | £32.40 |
| % change year-on-year | +21.43% | -35.19% | +50.70% |
Virtual Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing Virtual Private Cloud as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
Virtual Private Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Virtual Private Cloud in the South West.