Cloud Security Contracts in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 168 254 176
Rank change year-on-year +86 -78 +84
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 193 147 313
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.48% 0.71% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 0.85% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 129 96 214
10th Percentile £400 £419 £450
25th Percentile £475 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £638 £689 £700
90th Percentile £728 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 12
10th Percentile £50.50 - -
25th Percentile £58.75 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - £70.00
75th Percentile £86.25 - -
90th Percentile £94.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £72.50 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +75.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,812 17,287 20,329
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.62% 83.43% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,347 10,277 13,944
10th Percentile £235 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £694
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 855 2,126 1,244
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.41 £10.63
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.39 £15.21
Median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%
75th Percentile £60.06 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £74.43
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Security in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Security in the UK excluding London

Cloud Security
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
North of England +41 64 £550 -13.73% 83
North West +36 47 £492 -27.22% 40
South East +52 34 £550 +1.85% 91
Midlands +15 26 £588 -6.75% 58
South West +37 24 £575 -4.17% 51
Scotland +6 24 £517 -26.14% 39
West Midlands +15 23 £588 -7.48% 37
Yorkshire +10 16 £550 -8.33% 31
Wales - 12 £478 - 14
East of England +29 11 £650 -7.14% 45
East Midlands +10 3 £492 -21.28% 19
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 26
North East - 1 £775 - 12
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.59%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (2.07%) Confluence
4 2 (1.04%) Apache Spark
4 2 (1.04%) SAS
5 1 (0.52%) CMS
5 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.52%) nginx
5 1 (0.52%) Traefik
5 1 (0.52%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (3.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.55%) SAP ERP
2 3 (1.55%) SAP GRC
2 3 (1.55%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.52%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.52%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 91 (47.15%) Azure
2 76 (39.38%) AWS
3 31 (16.06%) GCP
4 24 (12.44%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (8.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 16 (8.29%) GitHub
7 14 (7.25%) Entra ID
8 9 (4.66%) Serverless
9 8 (4.15%) SaaS
10 7 (3.63%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (3.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 6 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
11 6 (3.11%) IaaS
11 6 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 5 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (2.59%) AWS CloudTrail
12 5 (2.59%) AWS KMS
12 5 (2.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 36 (18.65%) Firewall
2 25 (12.95%) Network Security
3 11 (5.70%) VPN
4 8 (4.15%) DNS
5 7 (3.63%) HTTP
5 7 (3.63%) TCP/IP
6 5 (2.59%) SSL
7 3 (1.55%) Internet
7 3 (1.55%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (1.55%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.55%) WAN
7 3 (1.55%) Wireless
8 2 (1.04%) LAN
8 2 (1.04%) X.509
9 1 (0.52%) BGP
9 1 (0.52%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.52%) DSL
9 1 (0.52%) IPsec
9 1 (0.52%) OSPF
9 1 (0.52%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.11%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (3.11%) Data Lake
2 5 (2.59%) Oracle Database
3 4 (2.07%) DynamoDB
3 4 (2.07%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.07%) MySQL
3 4 (2.07%) Power BI
4 3 (1.55%) DB2
4 3 (1.55%) Hadoop
4 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.04%) Big Data
5 2 (1.04%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.04%) Data Vault
5 2 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.04%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.04%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.52%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 12 (6.22%) GitLab
2 8 (4.15%) JIRA
3 7 (3.63%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.11%) Git
5 3 (1.55%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.52%) Appium
6 1 (0.52%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.52%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.52%) Jasmine
6 1 (0.52%) JUnit
6 1 (0.52%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.52%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.52%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.52%) Storybook
6 1 (0.52%) Vagrant
General
1 64 (33.16%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.54%) Finance
3 20 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (10.36%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.81%) Banking
5 8 (4.15%) Legal
6 7 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.55%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.04%) Digital Health
9 2 (1.04%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.04%) Marketing
9 2 (1.04%) Military
9 2 (1.04%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.52%) Automotive
10 1 (0.52%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.52%) Retail
10 1 (0.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (31.61%) Architect
2 30 (15.54%) Security Architect
3 21 (10.88%) Security Engineer
4 19 (9.84%) Consultant
5 18 (9.33%) Cloud Architect
5 18 (9.33%) Senior
6 17 (8.81%) Administrator
6 17 (8.81%) Cloud Engineer
6 17 (8.81%) Microsoft 365 Administrator
7 15 (7.77%) Security Consultant
8 11 (5.70%) Azure Engineer
8 11 (5.70%) DevOps Engineer
8 11 (5.70%) Lead
9 10 (5.18%) Cloud Security Architect
10 9 (4.66%) AWS Engineer
10 9 (4.66%) Cloud Security Engineer
11 7 (3.63%) SAP Consultant
11 7 (3.63%) SAP Security Consultant
11 7 (3.63%) Senior Architect
11 7 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.63%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (3.11%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (3.11%) LDAP
3 5 (2.59%) OAuth
4 4 (2.07%) RESTful
5 3 (1.55%) Kafka
5 3 (1.55%) Node.js
5 3 (1.55%) PySpark
5 3 (1.55%) React
5 3 (1.55%) SAML
6 2 (1.04%) .NET
6 2 (1.04%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.04%) AWS CDK
6 2 (1.04%) OAuth2
6 2 (1.04%) OpenID
6 2 (1.04%) SailPoint
6 2 (1.04%) Spring
7 1 (0.52%) CSS
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.47%) Security Posture
2 12 (6.22%) Cloud Native
3 10 (5.18%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (4.66%) Management Information System
4 9 (4.66%) Onboarding
5 8 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 7 (3.63%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.11%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (3.11%) PKI
7 6 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.59%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (2.59%) Cyberattack
8 5 (2.59%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (2.07%) Algorithms
9 4 (2.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 4 (2.07%) Operational Technology
9 4 (2.07%) Public Cloud
9 4 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
10 3 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.55%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.84%) Windows
2 15 (7.77%) Linux
3 7 (3.63%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.07%) Unix
5 3 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.04%) CentOS
7 1 (0.52%) Amazon Linux
7 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.52%) VMS
7 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (29.53%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (24.87%) Cybersecurity
3 40 (20.73%) DevOps
4 34 (17.62%) CI/CD
4 34 (17.62%) Identity Access Management
5 30 (15.54%) Incident Response
6 26 (13.47%) DevSecOps
6 26 (13.47%) SIEM
7 24 (12.44%) Agile
7 24 (12.44%) Migration
8 22 (11.40%) Infrastructure as Code
8 22 (11.40%) Process Improvement
8 22 (11.40%) Security Architecture
9 21 (10.88%) Roadmaps
10 20 (10.36%) Risk Management
10 20 (10.36%) Security Operations
10 20 (10.36%) Threat Modelling
11 19 (9.84%) Budget Management
12 18 (9.33%) Application Security
12 18 (9.33%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 38 (19.69%) Python
2 18 (9.33%) PowerShell
3 17 (8.81%) SQL
4 9 (4.66%) Java
5 6 (3.11%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.59%) Bash
7 4 (2.07%) Kusto Query Language
7 4 (2.07%) Perl
7 4 (2.07%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.04%) Ruby
8 2 (1.04%) Rust
8 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.52%) Bicep
9 1 (0.52%) C
9 1 (0.52%) C#
9 1 (0.52%) C++
9 1 (0.52%) Go
9 1 (0.52%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 33 (17.10%) Security Cleared
2 28 (14.51%) Degree
3 23 (11.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 22 (11.40%) AWS Certification
4 22 (11.40%) SC Cleared
5 20 (10.36%) CISSP
6 15 (7.77%) Azure Certification
6 15 (7.77%) DV Cleared
7 13 (6.74%) Master's Degree
8 12 (6.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (5.70%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (5.18%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (5.18%) CISM
11 7 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 5 (2.59%) CCNA
12 5 (2.59%) CISA
13 4 (2.07%) CEH
13 4 (2.07%) CRISC
13 4 (2.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (16.06%) NIST
2 24 (12.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 20 (10.36%) GDPR
4 11 (5.70%) PCI DSS
5 8 (4.15%) GRC
6 6 (3.11%) SOC 2
7 5 (2.59%) HIPAA
7 5 (2.59%) NIST 800
8 3 (1.55%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.55%) NCSC
8 3 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 2 (1.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 2 (1.04%) Data Quality
9 2 (1.04%) FIPS 140-2
9 2 (1.04%) QA
9 2 (1.04%) SLA
10 1 (0.52%) COBIT
10 1 (0.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.52%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (7.77%) Active Directory
2 13 (6.74%) Docker
3 4 (2.07%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.52%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 21 (10.88%) Terraform
2 18 (9.33%) Kubernetes
3 7 (3.63%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (3.11%) Ansible
5 5 (2.59%) Grafana
5 5 (2.59%) Prometheus
6 4 (2.07%) CASB
6 4 (2.07%) Nessus
6 4 (2.07%) SCCM
7 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (1.55%) Progress Chef
7 3 (1.55%) Puppet
7 3 (1.55%) WSUS
8 2 (1.04%) Kustomize
8 2 (1.04%) Packer
8 2 (1.04%) QRadar
9 1 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.52%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 1 (0.52%) Consul
9 1 (0.52%) Rancher
Vendors
1 50 (25.91%) Microsoft
2 16 (8.29%) Google
3 12 (6.22%) Splunk
4 11 (5.70%) ServiceNow
5 10 (5.18%) Cisco
5 10 (5.18%) Oracle
6 8 (4.15%) CyberArk
6 8 (4.15%) SAP
7 7 (3.63%) Qualys
8 6 (3.11%) Palo Alto
9 5 (2.59%) Salesforce
10 4 (2.07%) Zscaler
11 3 (1.55%) F5
11 3 (1.55%) Rapid7
12 2 (1.04%) Citrix
12 2 (1.04%) Darktrace
12 2 (1.04%) ForgeRock
12 2 (1.04%) Fortinet
12 2 (1.04%) IBM
12 2 (1.04%) VMware