Public Cloud Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Public Cloud
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 95 135
Rank change year-on-year -30 +40 +8
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 4 30 9
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.21% 1.39% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.59% 4.52% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 23 8
10th Percentile £534 £490 £573
25th Percentile £566 £503 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £560 £663
Median % change year-on-year +13.84% -15.47% +10.42%
75th Percentile £716 £743 £720
90th Percentile £751 £768 £743
South East median daily rate £600 £575 £642
% change year-on-year +4.35% -10.37% +6.92%

All Generic Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 678 663 855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 35.57% 30.74% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 365 532
10th Percentile £262 £300 £210
25th Percentile £400 £409 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +3.51% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £670 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £488 £503 £500
% change year-on-year -2.99% +0.50% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 33
10th Percentile £15.13 £18.88 £21.05
25th Percentile £15.75 £26.87 £24.00
Median hourly rate £22.00 £52.50 £45.21
Median % change year-on-year -58.10% +16.12% +131.85%
75th Percentile £58.00 £60.83 £66.44
90th Percentile £80.40 £62.24 £74.12
South East median hourly rate £22.75 £52.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -56.67% - +40.00%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Public Cloud job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Public Cloud.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Cloud in the Thames Valley

Public Cloud
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Public Cloud.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
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 Public Cloud within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire +1 3 £750 -0.83% 1
Buckinghamshire -11 1 £525 +0.96% 2
Public Cloud
South East

Public Cloud
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) NAS
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (75.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 4 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (75.00%) Application Security
2 3 (75.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 3 (75.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (75.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (75.00%) Data Security
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Secrets Management
2 3 (75.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) SIEM
2 3 (75.00%) Static Application Security Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 3 (75.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (75.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
1 3 (75.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (75.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (75.00%) CCSP
1 3 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (75.00%) CISSP
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) NIST
1 3 (75.00%) PCI DSS
1 3 (75.00%) PSD2
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) F5
1 1 (25.00%) Isilon
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) NetApp
1 1 (25.00%) Veeam
1 1 (25.00%) VMware