Cloud Security Posture Contracts

Cloud Security Posture
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 537 568 666
Rank change year-on-year +31 +98 +197
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 16 12 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.028% 0.034%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.14% 0.093% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 13
10th Percentile £536 £421 -
25th Percentile £579 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £494 £450
Median % change year-on-year +26.58% +9.72% -32.58%
75th Percentile £736 £518 £465
90th Percentile £854 £534 £534
UK excluding London median daily rate £612 £505 £450
% change year-on-year +21.19% +12.22% -33.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

Cloud Security Posture falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 11,300 12,871 18,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.68% 30.50% 32.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,965 8,200 12,627
10th Percentile £301 £285 £306
25th Percentile £406 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -
75th Percentile £648 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 542 820 511
10th Percentile £15.13 £12.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.87 £15.75 £17.40
Median hourly rate £30.00 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% +11.19%
75th Percentile £57.57 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £72.50 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £38.24
% change year-on-year -25.00% +4.61% +77.85%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security Posture in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security Posture in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security Posture in the UK

Cloud Security Posture
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Posture within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 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
England +61 14 £625 +26.58% 23
London +35 8 £638 +41.67% 13
UK excluding London +23 5 £612 +21.19% 8
North of England +5 4 £621 +21.76% 4
North West +4 4 £621 +21.76% 1
Work from Home +29 3 £503 +0.50% 12
South West - 1 £550 - 1

Cloud Security Posture
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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) GCP
3 6 (37.50%) AWS
4 4 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (6.25%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (6.25%) IBM Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) Firewall
2 4 (25.00%) DNS
2 4 (25.00%) SSL
2 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (12.50%) Network Security
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Security Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Automation Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) GCP Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Lead
3 1 (6.25%) Security Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Security Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) SOC Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Vulnerability Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) LDAP
2 1 (6.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Native
3 2 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (6.25%) NHS
4 1 (6.25%) PKI
4 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Unix
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 8 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 7 (43.75%) Vulnerability Remediation
4 5 (31.25%) Penetration Testing
4 5 (31.25%) Security Architecture
5 4 (25.00%) Application Security
5 4 (25.00%) Identity Management
5 4 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
5 4 (25.00%) ITIL
5 4 (25.00%) Log Correlation
5 4 (25.00%) SDLC
5 4 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 4 (25.00%) Ticket Management
5 4 (25.00%) Validation
5 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
5 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 3 (18.75%) DevOps
6 3 (18.75%) Patch Management
6 3 (18.75%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (18.75%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) Python
2 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
3 2 (12.50%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (6.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CISSP
1 4 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 4 (25.00%) MCSA
1 4 (25.00%) MCSE
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (18.75%) Degree
3 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Azure Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) NIST
2 3 (18.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (12.50%) GDPR
4 1 (6.25%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) CASB
2 4 (25.00%) Nessus
3 3 (18.75%) Kubernetes
3 3 (18.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) CyberArk
2 4 (25.00%) Remedy
2 4 (25.00%) Splunk
2 4 (25.00%) Tenable
3 1 (6.25%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) IBM
3 1 (6.25%) Palo Alto