Public Cloud Contracts in the UK excluding London

Public Cloud
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Cloud over the 6 months to 24 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 217 198
Rank change year-on-year -8 -19 +35
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 168 236 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.82% 1.03% 1.29%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.84% 3.19% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 171 279
10th Percentile £449 £413 £363
25th Percentile £500 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £615 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +11.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £750 £700 £675
90th Percentile £850 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £600 £638 £600
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £72.75 -
25th Percentile £36.75 £76.13 -
Median hourly rate £38.50 £78.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -50.64% - -
75th Percentile £40.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £78.00 £60.25
% change year-on-year -50.64% +29.46% +2.55%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Public Cloud is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 5,913 7,393 9,779
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.95% 32.29% 32.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,556 4,963 6,816
10th Percentile £211 £220 £205
25th Percentile £375 £393 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £595 £610 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £672
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 728 411 450
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.48
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.66
Median hourly rate £31.38 £21.26 £21.13
Median % change year-on-year +47.58% +0.64% -8.57%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.00 £47.06
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.59 £62.25
UK median hourly rate £34.21 £22.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year +55.50% -18.52% +5.88%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Cloud in the UK excluding London

Public Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Public Cloud in the UK excluding London

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Cloud in the UK excluding London

Public Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Cloud in the UK excluding London

Public Cloud
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 Public Cloud within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 May 2024. 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 -8 53 £800 +33.33% 52
North West +37 44 £850 +45.92% 24
South West +10 29 £600 -4.00% 15
Scotland +44 28 £550 -2.22% 13
South East -11 26 £605 +10.00% 45
Midlands +21 19 £675 -3.57% 14
Wales +31 17 £513 -7.87% 6
West Midlands +4 13 £700 - 11
Yorkshire -23 8 £550 - 20
East Midlands +17 6 £445 -36.43% 3
North East -6 1 £525 -32.26% 8
East of England -6 1 - - 6
Public Cloud
UK

Public Cloud
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 15 (8.93%) Confluence
2 5 (2.98%) Apache
3 2 (1.19%) Cloud Foundry
3 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (0.60%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) SAP CRM
1 1 (0.60%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 80 (47.62%) Azure
2 76 (45.24%) AWS
3 27 (16.07%) GCP
4 15 (8.93%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 11 (6.55%) PaaS
6 10 (5.95%) SaaS
7 9 (5.36%) AWS CloudFormation
7 9 (5.36%) Entra ID
8 8 (4.76%) Amazon S3
9 7 (4.17%) GitHub
10 6 (3.57%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (3.57%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.98%) AWS CloudTrail
11 5 (2.98%) Azure AKS
11 5 (2.98%) IaaS
11 5 (2.98%) OpenShift
11 5 (2.98%) Serverless
12 4 (2.38%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.38%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 49 (29.17%) VPN
2 38 (22.62%) Firewall
3 15 (8.93%) WAN
4 11 (6.55%) LAN
5 6 (3.57%) TCP/IP
6 4 (2.38%) BGP
6 4 (2.38%) MPLS
6 4 (2.38%) Network Security
6 4 (2.38%) SSL
7 3 (1.79%) Cisco IOS
7 3 (1.79%) DNS
7 3 (1.79%) IOS XR
8 2 (1.19%) SAN
8 2 (1.19%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.60%) Internet
9 1 (0.60%) LTE
9 1 (0.60%) OSPF
9 1 (0.60%) PBX
9 1 (0.60%) VPLS
9 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (13.10%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.14%) Relational Database
3 11 (6.55%) MySQL
4 6 (3.57%) DB2
5 5 (2.98%) RDBMS
6 4 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (2.38%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (1.79%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.79%) Big Data
7 3 (1.79%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (1.19%) BigQuery
8 2 (1.19%) Data Hub
8 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.60%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.60%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 15 (8.93%) JIRA
2 13 (7.74%) Jenkins
3 9 (5.36%) GitLab
4 8 (4.76%) Git
5 7 (4.17%) Bitbucket
6 6 (3.57%) Burp Suite
6 6 (3.57%) SonarQube
7 5 (2.98%) AppScan
7 5 (2.98%) JMeter
7 5 (2.98%) Selenium
7 5 (2.98%) Spinnaker
8 3 (1.79%) LoadRunner
8 3 (1.79%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.60%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.60%) Maven
9 1 (0.60%) Postman
9 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.60%) Subversion
General
1 44 (26.19%) Finance
2 30 (17.86%) Social Skills
3 18 (10.71%) Banking
4 14 (8.33%) Public Sector
5 12 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (3.57%) Legal
9 5 (2.98%) Manufacturing
10 4 (2.38%) Billing
10 4 (2.38%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.79%) Automotive
12 2 (1.19%) Electronics
12 2 (1.19%) Marketing
13 1 (0.60%) Military
13 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 71 (42.26%) Architect
2 45 (26.79%) Technical Architect
3 35 (20.83%) Lead
4 27 (16.07%) Lead Architect
4 27 (16.07%) Technical Leader
5 14 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (7.74%) DevOps Engineer
7 12 (7.14%) Cloud Architect
7 12 (7.14%) Senior
8 10 (5.95%) Azure Architect
9 8 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
9 8 (4.76%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.76%) Full Stack Engineer
10 7 (4.17%) Developer
11 6 (3.57%) DBA
11 6 (3.57%) Java Engineer
11 6 (3.57%) Security Engineer
11 6 (3.57%) Senior Architect
11 6 (3.57%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.57%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (16.67%) Node.js
2 15 (8.93%) AngularJS
3 14 (8.33%) REST
4 12 (7.14%) .NET
4 12 (7.14%) CSS
4 12 (7.14%) HTML
5 11 (6.55%) JPA
5 11 (6.55%) Spring
5 11 (6.55%) Spring Boot
6 10 (5.95%) Elastic Stack
6 10 (5.95%) Middleware
7 7 (4.17%) RESTful
8 6 (3.57%) Kafka
9 5 (2.98%) OAuth
9 5 (2.98%) React
10 4 (2.38%) JSON
10 4 (2.38%) Keycloak
10 4 (2.38%) ModSecurity
10 4 (2.38%) OAuth2
10 4 (2.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 11 (6.55%) NHS
2 11 (6.55%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.36%) Security Posture
4 8 (4.76%) Data Centre
4 8 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (4.76%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.57%) PKI
5 6 (3.57%) Private Cloud
6 4 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.38%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.19%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.19%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.60%) BYOD
9 1 (0.60%) Legacy Applications
9 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 58 (34.52%) Windows
2 37 (22.02%) Android
2 37 (22.02%) Apple iOS
2 37 (22.02%) Windows Server
3 36 (21.43%) Linux
4 4 (2.38%) zOS
5 3 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.19%) Unix
6 2 (1.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.60%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (56.55%) Agile
2 73 (43.45%) DevOps
3 58 (34.52%) CI/CD
4 39 (23.21%) Microservices
4 39 (23.21%) Security Architecture
5 32 (19.05%) Design Patterns
5 32 (19.05%) Mobile Device Management
5 32 (19.05%) Zero Trust
6 30 (17.86%) Risk Management
7 27 (16.07%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 27 (16.07%) Threat Intelligence
8 24 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 20 (11.90%) Containerisation
9 20 (11.90%) Machine Learning
9 20 (11.90%) Technical Leadership
10 19 (11.31%) SDLC
11 18 (10.71%) Project Management
12 17 (10.12%) Analytics
12 17 (10.12%) IT Strategy
12 17 (10.12%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 29 (17.26%) Java
2 27 (16.07%) Python
3 20 (11.90%) SQL
4 13 (7.74%) PowerShell
4 13 (7.74%) TypeScript
5 11 (6.55%) Bash
6 8 (4.76%) C
7 6 (3.57%) Ruby
8 5 (2.98%) JavaScript
9 4 (2.38%) C#
9 4 (2.38%) PHP
10 3 (1.79%) C++
10 3 (1.79%) Perl
10 3 (1.79%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.60%) Go
11 1 (0.60%) Groovy
11 1 (0.60%) R
11 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (24.40%) Security Cleared
2 40 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.55%) Degree
4 5 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.38%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.38%) DV Cleared
5 4 (2.38%) HND
5 4 (2.38%) Master's Degree
5 4 (2.38%) MCSE
5 4 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.79%) CCNP
6 3 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.19%) CCIE
7 2 (1.19%) SANS
8 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.60%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.60%) CISSP
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 1 (0.60%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 1 (0.60%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.10%) QA
2 11 (6.55%) NCSC
3 9 (5.36%) NIST
4 7 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (2.38%) Government Security Classifications
5 4 (2.38%) SLA
6 3 (1.79%) HL7
7 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.60%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 27 (16.07%) Docker
2 12 (7.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (5.36%) Active Directory
4 5 (2.98%) Hyper-V
5 4 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (2.38%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.19%) vSphere
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.60%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 34 (20.24%) Kubernetes
2 27 (16.07%) Ansible
3 22 (13.10%) Terraform
4 11 (6.55%) Grafana
4 11 (6.55%) Progress Chef
4 11 (6.55%) Prometheus
5 10 (5.95%) Graylog
5 10 (5.95%) Nagios
6 9 (5.36%) Puppet
6 9 (5.36%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (3.57%) Istio
8 5 (2.98%) HP Fortify
8 5 (2.98%) Nessus
8 5 (2.98%) WebInspect
9 4 (2.38%) OPNET
9 4 (2.38%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 2 (1.19%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.60%) CA Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.60%) PowerBroker
11 1 (0.60%) WSUS
Vendors
1 30 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.90%) Splunk
3 19 (11.31%) VMware
4 13 (7.74%) Google
5 9 (5.36%) Oracle
6 8 (4.76%) Cisco
6 8 (4.76%) Databricks
7 7 (4.17%) SAP
8 6 (3.57%) Atlassian
8 6 (3.57%) Checkmarx
9 5 (2.98%) Apple
9 5 (2.98%) F5
9 5 (2.98%) Veracode
10 4 (2.38%) Fortinet
10 4 (2.38%) WSO2
11 3 (1.79%) New Relic
11 3 (1.79%) Sage
11 3 (1.79%) TOWER Software
11 3 (1.79%) Zscaler
12 2 (1.19%) Confluent