Cloud Security Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Cloud Security Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 370 376
Rank change year-on-year -98 +6 +46
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Security Consultant 4 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.015% 0.039% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.044% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £403 £500
Median % change year-on-year +67.70% -19.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £688 £426 -
90th Percentile - £458 -
UK median daily rate £675 £443 £585
% change year-on-year +52.54% -24.36% +17.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 25,170 13,767 16,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 90.26% 92.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,202 8,445 10,268
10th Percentile £305 £217 £220
25th Percentile £410 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £682
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,023 1,222 1,736
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.27 £14.05
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.37 £19.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.08 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +69.49% -44.28% +28.57%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.25 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.99% -41.51% +2.87%

Cloud Security Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Security Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Cloud Security Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 August 2026. 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
East of England - 2 - -
Scotland -13 1 - - 1
South East -74 1 £675 +66.67%
Cloud Security Consultant
UK

Cloud Security Consultant Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 August 2026, Cloud Security Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Cloud Security Consultant in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) CCSK
4 1 (25.00%) CISSP
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (25.00%) DesignOps
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) GCP
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Validation
4 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust

Cloud Security Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) GCP
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) AI Agents
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) DesignOps
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCSK
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto