Cloud Computing Contracts

Cloud Computing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Computing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 316 411
Rank change year-on-year -43 +95 -63
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 248 472 537
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.57% 0.79% 0.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.76% 2.15% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 343 319
10th Percentile £313 £425 £400
25th Percentile £438 £498 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £565 £565
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% - +11.33%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £650
90th Percentile £775 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £613 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +11.36% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile £16.70 £16.25 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.38 £17.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.32% -13.64% +12.82%
75th Percentile £36.63 £42.13 £26.50
90th Percentile £67.45 £54.22 £85.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.75 £19.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -1.32% -8.43% +6.41%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Cloud Computing is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,062 21,949 34,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.32% 36.88% 38.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,984 15,862 24,903
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £744 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.20% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 348 345 427
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.50 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +62.79% -4.99%
75th Percentile £35.00 £66.00 £49.46
90th Percentile £61.60 £77.20 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.71 £24.62 £18.75
% change year-on-year -28.09% +31.31% -5.06%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Top 15 Contract 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 1 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
England +8 224 £600 +4.35% 335
London +13 127 £600 +4.35% 134
UK excluding London -19 90 £613 +11.36% 216
Work from Home -32 73 £550 - 153
South West -7 31 £650 +4.00% 24
North of England +36 27 £450 -21.74% 84
North West +29 18 £450 -21.74% 59
South East -5 14 £225 -60.49% 38
East of England +9 9 £575 -9.80% 15
Yorkshire +28 6 £450 -37.93% 20
Wales - 4 £91 - 6
Scotland +24 3 £581 +13.41% 21
North East - 3 - - 5
West Midlands +14 2 £275 -47.62% 12
Midlands +9 2 £275 -43.88% 24

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (3.23%) Confluence
2 6 (2.42%) Apache
3 4 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.61%) CMS
4 3 (1.21%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.81%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.81%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.40%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.40%) JBoss
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.40%) Tomcat
Applications
1 5 (2.02%) MS Visio
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.42%) Endur
2 3 (1.21%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 2 (0.81%) Adobe Campaign
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.40%) Magento
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 103 (41.53%) Azure
2 86 (34.68%) AWS
3 59 (23.79%) PaaS
4 57 (22.98%) IaaS
5 55 (22.18%) SaaS
6 47 (18.95%) GCP
7 16 (6.45%) Serverless
8 14 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
10 12 (4.84%) Nutanix
11 11 (4.44%) Entra ID
12 8 (3.23%) Azure Storage
12 8 (3.23%) Rubrik
13 7 (2.82%) Azure Monitor
13 7 (2.82%) ChatGPT
13 7 (2.82%) GitHub
14 5 (2.02%) Amazon EC2
14 5 (2.02%) Azure App Service
14 5 (2.02%) Azure Cognitive Services
14 5 (2.02%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 42 (16.94%) WAN
2 40 (16.13%) LAN
3 28 (11.29%) Firewall
4 23 (9.27%) DNS
5 17 (6.85%) VPN
6 15 (6.05%) TCP/IP
7 13 (5.24%) DHCP
7 13 (5.24%) SAN
8 11 (4.44%) NAS
9 9 (3.63%) Network Security
10 8 (3.23%) Internet
10 8 (3.23%) Kerberos
10 8 (3.23%) VLAN
10 8 (3.23%) WLAN
11 7 (2.82%) IPsec
12 6 (2.42%) BGP
12 6 (2.42%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (2.42%) InfiniBand
12 6 (2.42%) OSPF
12 6 (2.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.84%) NoSQL
2 11 (4.44%) SQL Server
3 10 (4.03%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.63%) Big Data
5 8 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 8 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.23%) MySQL
6 7 (2.82%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.42%) Amazon RDS
7 6 (2.42%) Data Lake
7 6 (2.42%) DynamoDB
7 6 (2.42%) Relational Database
8 5 (2.02%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.02%) Bigtable
9 4 (1.61%) Cloud Spanner
9 4 (1.61%) Hadoop
10 3 (1.21%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.81%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (6.85%) Git
2 15 (6.05%) Jenkins
3 11 (4.44%) JIRA
4 9 (3.63%) TeamCity
5 5 (2.02%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.21%) GitLab
6 3 (1.21%) JMeter
6 3 (1.21%) LoadRunner
6 3 (1.21%) NeoLoad
6 3 (1.21%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.81%) webpack
8 1 (0.40%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.40%) Mercurial
8 1 (0.40%) Moq
8 1 (0.40%) Selenium
8 1 (0.40%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.40%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (23.39%) Social Skills
2 55 (22.18%) Public Sector
3 52 (20.97%) Finance
4 37 (14.92%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (9.27%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.45%) Banking
7 14 (5.65%) Marketing
7 14 (5.65%) Telecoms
8 12 (4.84%) Electronics
9 9 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (3.23%) Law
11 5 (2.02%) Mandarin Language
11 5 (2.02%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.21%) Legal
13 3 (1.21%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.81%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.81%) French Language
14 2 (0.81%) German Language
14 2 (0.81%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (25.81%) Architect
2 28 (11.29%) Network Architect
3 26 (10.48%) Senior
4 18 (7.26%) Analyst
5 17 (6.85%) Azure Engineer
6 15 (6.05%) Developer
6 15 (6.05%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (5.65%) Support Engineer
8 13 (5.24%) Consultant
8 13 (5.24%) DevOps Engineer
9 11 (4.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 11 (4.44%) Network Engineer
10 8 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
10 8 (3.23%) Business Analyst
11 7 (2.82%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 7 (2.82%) Enterprise Architect
11 7 (2.82%) Software Engineer
11 7 (2.82%) Technical Support
12 6 (2.42%) Network Specialist
12 6 (2.42%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (6.05%) RESTful
2 13 (5.24%) React
3 12 (4.84%) LDAP
4 9 (3.63%) .NET
4 9 (3.63%) HTML
4 9 (3.63%) PyTorch
4 9 (3.63%) TensorFlow
5 7 (2.82%) Hugging Face
5 7 (2.82%) LangChain
6 5 (2.02%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.02%) JSON
6 5 (2.02%) Kafka
6 5 (2.02%) Node.js
7 3 (1.21%) .NET Core
7 3 (1.21%) CSS
7 3 (1.21%) EDI
7 3 (1.21%) FastAPI
7 3 (1.21%) Middleware
7 3 (1.21%) Next.js
7 3 (1.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (16.13%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.84%) Clustering
3 11 (4.44%) IoT
4 10 (4.03%) Product Ownership
5 9 (3.63%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (3.63%) PKI
6 8 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.23%) Replication
7 7 (2.82%) Robotics
8 6 (2.42%) Cloud Native
8 6 (2.42%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
9 5 (2.02%) Industry 4.0
9 5 (2.02%) Public Cloud
9 5 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.61%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.61%) Distributed Computing
10 4 (1.61%) Hybrid Cloud
10 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.31%) Windows
2 29 (11.69%) Linux
3 20 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 11 (4.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 11 (4.44%) Unix
5 8 (3.23%) Oracle Linux
5 8 (3.23%) Solaris
6 5 (2.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (1.61%) Mac OS
7 4 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.21%) CentOS
9 2 (0.81%) Data ONTAP
9 2 (0.81%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.79%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (22.98%) Agile
3 55 (22.18%) DevOps
4 39 (15.73%) Business Strategy
5 37 (14.92%) Open Source
6 35 (14.11%) Infrastructure as Code
7 32 (12.90%) Migration
8 31 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence
8 31 (12.50%) Computer Science
9 29 (11.69%) CI/CD
10 28 (11.29%) Machine Learning
10 28 (11.29%) Network Management
10 28 (11.29%) Zero Trust
11 24 (9.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 22 (8.87%) Roadmaps
13 21 (8.47%) Change Management
14 20 (8.06%) Containerisation
15 19 (7.66%) Microservices
16 18 (7.26%) Continuous Integration
17 17 (6.85%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 50 (20.16%) Python
2 47 (18.95%) SQL
3 34 (13.71%) PowerShell
4 32 (12.90%) Java
5 20 (8.06%) JavaScript
6 15 (6.05%) TypeScript
7 12 (4.84%) Bash
7 12 (4.84%) C#
8 10 (4.03%) Kusto Query Language
9 6 (2.42%) C
10 4 (1.61%) Go
10 4 (1.61%) Scala
11 3 (1.21%) ABAP
11 3 (1.21%) Bicep
11 3 (1.21%) C++
12 2 (0.81%) Clojure
12 2 (0.81%) Perl
12 2 (0.81%) PHP
12 2 (0.81%) Rust
12 2 (0.81%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 63 (25.40%) Security Cleared
2 38 (15.32%) Degree
3 34 (13.71%) DV Cleared
4 26 (10.48%) SC Cleared
5 22 (8.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.82%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.82%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.21%) CCIE
8 3 (1.21%) CCNA
8 3 (1.21%) CCNP
9 2 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.81%) CISSP
9 2 (0.81%) CITP
9 2 (0.81%) CSPO
9 2 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.81%) MCP
9 2 (0.81%) MCSE
9 2 (0.81%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.03%) Data Quality
1 10 (4.03%) GDPR
2 8 (3.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 7 (2.82%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.02%) SLA
5 3 (1.21%) QA
6 2 (0.81%) COBIT
6 2 (0.81%) WCAG
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) EMIR
7 1 (0.40%) FATCA
7 1 (0.40%) MiFID
7 1 (0.40%) NCSC
7 1 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (10.48%) Active Directory
2 25 (10.08%) Docker
3 23 (9.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (5.24%) Hyper-V
5 8 (3.23%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (2.82%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (2.82%) vSphere
7 4 (1.61%) NFS
8 2 (0.81%) HDFS
8 2 (0.81%) KVM
8 2 (0.81%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.40%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.40%) Firmware
9 1 (0.40%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 37 (14.92%) Kubernetes
2 26 (10.48%) Terraform
3 17 (6.85%) Ansible
4 8 (3.23%) EMC NetWorker
4 8 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (3.23%) Netcool
4 8 (3.23%) Tivoli
4 8 (3.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 7 (2.82%) FortiGate
6 6 (2.42%) Grafana
7 5 (2.02%) SCCM
8 4 (1.61%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.21%) Kibana
9 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (1.21%) Puppet
10 2 (0.81%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.81%) Nagios
10 2 (0.81%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.89%) VMware
3 26 (10.48%) Oracle
4 24 (9.68%) Google
5 21 (8.47%) Cisco
6 18 (7.26%) SAP
7 15 (6.05%) ServiceNow
8 11 (4.44%) Dell
8 11 (4.44%) HP
8 11 (4.44%) Splunk
9 10 (4.03%) IBM
10 8 (3.23%) CyberArk
10 8 (3.23%) EMC
10 8 (3.23%) Isilon
10 8 (3.23%) Qualys
10 8 (3.23%) Serena
11 7 (2.82%) Citrix
11 7 (2.82%) Juniper
11 7 (2.82%) Palo Alto
12 5 (2.02%) Extreme Networks