Cloud Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 110 103
Rank change year-on-year +22 -7 +55
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 27 13 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.62% 0.56% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 0.66% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 10 26
10th Percentile £426 £446 £313
25th Percentile £500 £472 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £613 £613
Median % change year-on-year -10.20% - +2.08%
75th Percentile £613 £650 £699
90th Percentile £711 £708 £715
South East median daily rate £538 £540 £625
% change year-on-year -0.46% -13.60% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,536 1,959 2,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.98% 84.62% 90.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 921 1,113 1,712
10th Percentile £300 £263 £308
25th Percentile £403 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £515
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £623
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £515 £518
% change year-on-year -2.91% -0.58% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 110 115 85
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £14.90
25th Percentile £15.12 £26.01 £24.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £56.89 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.81% +13.77% +150.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £67.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.75 £85.65 £75.50
South East median hourly rate £21.41 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -62.67% +14.70% +100.00%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
Berkshire +24 26 £550 -8.33% 10
Buckinghamshire +3 1 £525 -30.00% 3
Cloud Security
South East

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.70%) CMS
1 1 (3.70%) Headless CMS
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
1 1 (3.70%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 22 (81.48%) Azure
2 12 (44.44%) AWS
3 11 (40.74%) GCP
4 5 (18.52%) IaaS
4 5 (18.52%) PaaS
4 5 (18.52%) SaaS
5 4 (14.81%) Azure Sentinel
5 4 (14.81%) Entra ID
6 3 (11.11%) OCI
7 2 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (3.70%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 5 (18.52%) Network Security
3 2 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (3.70%) NAS
4 1 (3.70%) SAN
4 1 (3.70%) VLAN
4 1 (3.70%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 8 (29.63%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Architect
2 7 (25.93%) Security Architect
3 5 (18.52%) Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Oracle Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Security Consultant
4 2 (7.41%) Security Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) SOC Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Audit Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow Architect
5 1 (3.70%) SIEM Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) SOC Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Strategy Architect
5 1 (3.70%) Vulnerability Management Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) .NET
1 1 (3.70%) .NET Core
1 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
1 1 (3.70%) CSS
1 1 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
1 1 (3.70%) React
1 1 (3.70%) RESTful
1 1 (3.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (48.15%) Security Posture
2 6 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 6 (22.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (14.81%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (14.81%) Public Cloud
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
5 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (7.41%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (3.70%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (3.70%) Cyberattack
6 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
6 1 (3.70%) Mainframe
6 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
6 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
6 1 (3.70%) PKI
6 1 (3.70%) PMI
6 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) DevSecOps
2 11 (40.74%) SIEM
3 10 (37.04%) DevOps
4 9 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
5 7 (25.93%) Security Architecture
6 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 6 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (22.22%) Zero Trust
7 5 (18.52%) CI/CD
7 5 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
7 5 (18.52%) Identity Access Management
7 5 (18.52%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (18.52%) SDLC
7 5 (18.52%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (18.52%) TOGAF
8 4 (14.81%) Data Privacy
8 4 (14.81%) Information Security
8 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (14.81%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.70%) C#
1 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.70%) Kusto Query Language
1 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (3.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) CISSP
2 5 (18.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 5 (18.52%) CCSP
2 5 (18.52%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (14.81%) AWS Certification
3 4 (14.81%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) Azure Certification
5 2 (7.41%) CISA
5 2 (7.41%) CISM
5 2 (7.41%) GCIH
5 2 (7.41%) GIAC
5 2 (7.41%) Master's Degree
5 2 (7.41%) SANS
5 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) CEH
6 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) GCFA
6 1 (3.70%) GCIA
6 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
6 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (40.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 11 (40.74%) NIST
2 9 (33.33%) GDPR
3 7 (25.93%) PCI DSS
4 5 (18.52%) PSD2
5 1 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 1 (3.70%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.70%) NIST 800
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) CASB
2 1 (3.70%) QRadar
Vendors
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Qualys
3 2 (7.41%) Cisco
3 2 (7.41%) CyberArk
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) Rapid7
3 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
3 2 (7.41%) Splunk
4 1 (3.70%) Darktrace
4 1 (3.70%) Dell
4 1 (3.70%) F5
4 1 (3.70%) Forcepoint
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Isilon
4 1 (3.70%) Kenna
4 1 (3.70%) NetApp
4 1 (3.70%) Veeam
4 1 (3.70%) VMware