Cloud Computing Contract Job Trends

Cloud Computing
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 300 338
Rank change year-on-year -214 +38 -17
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 113 236 257
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.24% 0.81% 0.60%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.66% 2.15% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 146 172
10th Percentile £317 £360 £350
25th Percentile £420 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £598 £675 £675
90th Percentile £698 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £475 £600
% change year-on-year +10.53% -20.83% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 4
10th Percentile £40.88 £19.85 £16.70
25th Percentile £45.59 £21.88 £17.38
Median hourly rate £47.50 £25.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +86.27% +36.00% -
75th Percentile £48.75 £26.13 £36.63
90th Percentile - £26.35 £67.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £19.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year +150.00% +1.33% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
UK

Cloud Computing falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 17,065 10,955 13,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.76% 37.56% 32.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,557 7,575 9,899
10th Percentile £321 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £518 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.38% -1.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £730 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £487 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +2.53% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 248 345
10th Percentile £15.56 £15.24 £14.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £40.64 £27.50 £21.37
Median % change year-on-year +47.78% +28.69% -38.94%
75th Percentile £67.84 £48.19 £35.00
90th Percentile £81.63 £73.75 £62.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £46.80 £21.46 £17.69
% change year-on-year +118.08% +21.31% -29.24%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Computing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in the UK

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
England -193 90 £550 -4.35% 108
UK excluding London -146 56 £525 +10.53% 93
London -134 44 £605 -3.20% 44
Work from Home -78 28 £488 -13.72% 29
East Midlands -22 18 £550 +43.04% 8
Midlands -50 18 £550 +43.04% 16
Scotland -24 11 £500 - 8
North of England -84 9 £450 -5.26% 23
South East -67 8 £550 +22.22% 27
North West -46 5 £325 -30.26% 11
South West -35 4 £450 -18.18% 13
East of England -40 4 £488 -2.60% 3
North East -18 3 £450 +25.70% 5
Wales -15 1 £400 +37.93% 1
Yorkshire -63 1 £525 -12.50% 7
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.65%) Apache Spark
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.88%) Confluence
3 1 (0.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (4.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Aladdin
1 3 (2.65%) Fidessa
1 3 (2.65%) SimCorp Dimension
2 2 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (32.74%) Azure
2 30 (26.55%) AWS
3 19 (16.81%) Google Workspace
4 18 (15.93%) Google Sheets
5 15 (13.27%) GCP
6 13 (11.50%) Snowflake
7 11 (9.73%) GitHub
8 9 (7.96%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (6.19%) Power Platform
10 6 (5.31%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (5.31%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (5.31%) PaaS
11 4 (3.54%) Azure AKS
11 4 (3.54%) Azure Monitor
11 4 (3.54%) IaaS
11 4 (3.54%) SaaS
12 3 (2.65%) Amazon Bedrock
12 3 (2.65%) Amazon SageMaker
12 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.16%) Firewall
2 8 (7.08%) Network Security
3 3 (2.65%) TCP/IP
3 3 (2.65%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.77%) BGP
4 2 (1.77%) NGFW
4 2 (1.77%) OSPF
4 2 (1.77%) Wireless
5 1 (0.88%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.88%) DHCP
5 1 (0.88%) DMZ
5 1 (0.88%) DNS
5 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.88%) LAN
5 1 (0.88%) NX-OS
5 1 (0.88%) VLAN
5 1 (0.88%) VPN
5 1 (0.88%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.31%) Power BI
2 5 (4.42%) Data Lake
2 5 (4.42%) Tableau
3 4 (3.54%) Big Data
4 3 (2.65%) Delta Lake
4 3 (2.65%) Metadata
4 3 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.65%) Snowflake Schema
5 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.77%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.77%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Git
1 9 (7.96%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.31%) JIRA
3 3 (2.65%) Toad
4 2 (1.77%) GitLab
5 1 (0.88%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.88%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.88%) Postman
General
1 50 (44.25%) Social Skills
2 39 (34.51%) Finance
3 18 (15.93%) Public Sector
4 12 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.54%) Banking
6 3 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.65%) Legal
7 2 (1.77%) Back Office
7 2 (1.77%) Retail
8 1 (0.88%) Electronics
8 1 (0.88%) Front Office
8 1 (0.88%) German Language
8 1 (0.88%) Local Government
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (11.50%) Programme Manager
2 10 (8.85%) Cloud Engineer
2 10 (8.85%) DevOps Engineer
2 10 (8.85%) Senior
3 9 (7.96%) Analyst
3 9 (7.96%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 9 (7.96%) Lead
4 7 (6.19%) Architect
4 7 (6.19%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (6.19%) Gen AI Engineer
4 7 (6.19%) Site Reliability Engineer
4 7 (6.19%) Software Engineer
5 5 (4.42%) Business Analyst
5 5 (4.42%) Site Engineer
6 4 (3.54%) Data Engineer
6 4 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (2.65%) Consultant
7 3 (2.65%) DBA
7 3 (2.65%) Operations Engineer
7 3 (2.65%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.85%) YAML
2 9 (7.96%) JSON
2 9 (7.96%) XML
3 7 (6.19%) PyTorch
3 7 (6.19%) TensorFlow
4 4 (3.54%) PySpark
4 4 (3.54%) Web Services
5 3 (2.65%) ARM Templates
5 3 (2.65%) React
5 3 (2.65%) REST
6 2 (1.77%) 802.1X
6 2 (1.77%) FHIR
6 2 (1.77%) Kafka
6 2 (1.77%) Matplotlib
6 2 (1.77%) NestJS
6 2 (1.77%) NumPy
6 2 (1.77%) Pandas
6 2 (1.77%) scikit-learn
6 2 (1.77%) Seaborn
7 1 (0.88%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) Algorithms
2 9 (7.96%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.96%) Public Cloud
3 7 (6.19%) Cloud Native
4 6 (5.31%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (4.42%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.54%) Data Centre
6 4 (3.54%) Data Structures
7 3 (2.65%) AI Agents
7 3 (2.65%) FMCG
7 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.65%) Replication
8 2 (1.77%) Grid Computing
8 2 (1.77%) IoT
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.85%) Linux
2 7 (6.19%) Windows
3 4 (3.54%) VMS
4 2 (1.77%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.74%) Migration
2 30 (26.55%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (25.66%) DevOps
4 24 (21.24%) CI/CD
5 22 (19.47%) Agile
5 22 (19.47%) AI
5 22 (19.47%) Change Management
6 21 (18.58%) Data Analysis
6 21 (18.58%) Regulatory Compliance
7 20 (17.70%) Data Transformation
7 20 (17.70%) Risk Management
8 19 (16.81%) Cybersecurity
8 19 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (16.81%) Technology Transformation
8 19 (16.81%) User Experience
9 18 (15.93%) Dashboard Development
9 18 (15.93%) Programme Management
9 18 (15.93%) Quantitative Analysis
9 18 (15.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (12.39%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 33 (29.20%) SQL
2 32 (28.32%) Python
3 9 (7.96%) PowerShell
4 8 (7.08%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.42%) Java
5 5 (4.42%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.54%) Bash
7 3 (2.65%) C#
7 3 (2.65%) Scala
8 2 (1.77%) Bicep
8 2 (1.77%) Go
8 2 (1.77%) R
9 1 (0.88%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (27.43%) Security Cleared
2 28 (24.78%) Degree
3 20 (17.70%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.42%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.54%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.77%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.88%) CCSK
7 1 (0.88%) CEH
7 1 (0.88%) CISA
7 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.88%) CISM
7 1 (0.88%) CISSP
7 1 (0.88%) City & Guilds
7 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.88%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.96%) GDPR
2 6 (5.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (3.54%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.54%) NCSC
4 3 (2.65%) HIPAA
4 3 (2.65%) NIST
5 2 (1.77%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.77%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.88%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.88%) GRC
6 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.88%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.88%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 14 (12.39%) Docker
2 4 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.65%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.88%) GPFS
4 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) Lustre
4 1 (0.88%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (13.27%) Kubernetes
2 12 (10.62%) Terraform
3 9 (7.96%) Ansible
4 2 (1.77%) CASB
4 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.77%) Progress Chef
4 2 (1.77%) Puppet
4 2 (1.77%) SCCM
5 1 (0.88%) Grafana
5 1 (0.88%) Podman
5 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.88%) VxRail
Vendors
1 36 (31.86%) Google
2 27 (23.89%) Microsoft
3 13 (11.50%) Databricks
4 6 (5.31%) Red Hat
5 4 (3.54%) Oracle
5 4 (3.54%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.65%) Bloomberg
6 3 (2.65%) CA Agile Central
6 3 (2.65%) Eze Software Group
6 3 (2.65%) FactSet
6 3 (2.65%) Greenplum
6 3 (2.65%) Informatica
6 3 (2.65%) SimCorp
6 3 (2.65%) Talend
7 2 (1.77%) Charles River
7 2 (1.77%) Cognos
7 2 (1.77%) IBM
7 2 (1.77%) Sage
7 2 (1.77%) SAP
7 2 (1.77%) VMware