Cloud Security Contracts

Cloud Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 214 147 217
Rank change year-on-year -67 +70 -49
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 490 1,077 1,221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.13% 1.80% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.31% 2.00% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 694 774
10th Percentile £425 £457 £463
25th Percentile £502 £525 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £725 £713 £713
90th Percentile £780 £788 £792
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +15.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 16 6
10th Percentile - - £28.84
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +75.00% -17.95%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - £88.75 £56.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
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 Security within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -53 400 £600 -6.36% 240
London -44 244 £630 -3.08% 112
Work from Home -67 154 £600 -5.51% 122
UK excluding London -65 149 £600 - 150
North of England -57 37 £625 +13.64% 48
South East -3 34 £510 -27.14% 21
Midlands +6 29 £615 +11.82% 20
West Midlands +21 27 £615 +11.82% 14
South West +8 23 £550 -21.43% 23
Scotland +21 22 £700 +41.77% 16
North West -36 19 £676 +8.16% 15
Yorkshire -29 18 £600 +9.09% 20
East of England +9 8 £700 +27.27% 13
East Midlands +16 2 £625 +25.00% 6
Wales +15 2 £650 +73.33% 7

Cloud Security
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 10 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.82%) nginx
4 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.41%) Confluence
4 2 (0.41%) IIS
4 2 (0.41%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (0.41%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.02%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Weka
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.20%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.20%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (0.20%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 235 (47.96%) Azure
2 149 (30.41%) AWS
3 82 (16.73%) GCP
4 63 (12.86%) IaaS
5 46 (9.39%) Microsoft 365
5 46 (9.39%) SaaS
6 44 (8.98%) PaaS
7 39 (7.96%) Entra ID
8 33 (6.73%) Serverless
9 32 (6.53%) Azure Sentinel
10 29 (5.92%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.65%) OCI
13 12 (2.45%) Cloud Computing
14 10 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
14 10 (2.04%) GitHub
14 10 (2.04%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 9 (1.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (1.63%) CloudFront
16 8 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 114 (23.27%) Firewall
2 80 (16.33%) Network Security
3 36 (7.35%) VPN
4 31 (6.33%) WAN
5 29 (5.92%) DNS
6 18 (3.67%) LAN
6 18 (3.67%) SD-WAN
7 10 (2.04%) Internet
8 9 (1.84%) Intrusion Detection
8 9 (1.84%) TCP/IP
9 7 (1.43%) WLAN
10 6 (1.22%) DHCP
10 6 (1.22%) DMZ
10 6 (1.22%) NGFW
11 4 (0.82%) BGP
11 4 (0.82%) MPLS
11 4 (0.82%) Multicast
11 4 (0.82%) OSPF
12 3 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.61%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.63%) Data Lake
1 8 (1.63%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.02%) Big Data
2 5 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (1.02%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.02%) SAP BW
3 4 (0.82%) Bigtable
3 4 (0.82%) Cloud Spanner
3 4 (0.82%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
4 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.61%) MySQL
4 3 (0.61%) Power BI
5 2 (0.41%) OLAP
5 2 (0.41%) OLTP
5 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 21 (4.29%) Jenkins
2 19 (3.88%) GitLab
3 14 (2.86%) Git
4 7 (1.43%) Burp Suite
5 4 (0.82%) Cypress.io
5 4 (0.82%) JIRA
6 3 (0.61%) CircleCI
7 2 (0.41%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.41%) JMeter
7 2 (0.41%) Selenium
7 2 (0.41%) Snyk
7 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.20%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.20%) NUnit
8 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
General
1 95 (19.39%) Finance
2 88 (17.96%) Social Skills
3 42 (8.57%) Banking
4 41 (8.37%) Public Sector
5 38 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.27%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.86%) Retail
8 10 (2.04%) Financial Institution
9 8 (1.63%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.43%) Legal
11 6 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.82%) French Language
12 4 (0.82%) German Language
12 4 (0.82%) Local Government
12 4 (0.82%) Military
13 3 (0.61%) Automotive
14 2 (0.41%) Electronics
14 2 (0.41%) Marketing
14 2 (0.41%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 182 (37.14%) Architect
2 88 (17.96%) Security Architect
3 57 (11.63%) Consultant
4 54 (11.02%) Security Engineer
5 52 (10.61%) Senior
6 49 (10.00%) Cloud Architect
7 48 (9.80%) Security Consultant
8 39 (7.96%) Cloud Engineer
9 34 (6.94%) Solutions Architect
10 24 (4.90%) Lead
10 24 (4.90%) Senior Architect
11 23 (4.69%) Azure Engineer
11 23 (4.69%) Security Manager
11 23 (4.69%) Senior Security Architect
12 20 (4.08%) Analyst
12 20 (4.08%) Cloud Security Architect
12 20 (4.08%) DevOps Engineer
13 17 (3.47%) Cloud Consultant
13 17 (3.47%) SOC Engineer
14 16 (3.27%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.51%) SailPoint
2 16 (3.27%) SAML
3 14 (2.86%) Node.js
4 9 (1.84%) REST
5 7 (1.43%) Spring
5 7 (1.43%) Spring Boot
6 6 (1.22%) GWT
6 6 (1.22%) JAX-RS
6 6 (1.22%) OAuth
6 6 (1.22%) Restlet
6 6 (1.22%) YAML
7 5 (1.02%) JSON
7 5 (1.02%) Kafka
7 5 (1.02%) OAuth2
7 5 (1.02%) OpenID
7 5 (1.02%) React
8 4 (0.82%) .NET
8 4 (0.82%) CSS
8 4 (0.82%) RESTful
9 3 (0.61%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (8.78%) Management Information System
2 41 (8.37%) Security Posture
3 35 (7.14%) Cloud Native
3 35 (7.14%) PKI
4 20 (4.08%) Public Cloud
4 20 (4.08%) Security Operations Centre
5 18 (3.67%) IoT
6 16 (3.27%) Mobile App
7 14 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 13 (2.65%) Cyber Threat
9 12 (2.45%) Operational Technology
10 10 (2.04%) Cloud Security Posture
10 10 (2.04%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.63%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
12 7 (1.43%) Data Centre
12 7 (1.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
13 6 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.22%) Insider Threat
14 5 (1.02%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 36 (7.35%) Linux
2 27 (5.51%) Windows
3 9 (1.84%) Unix
4 8 (1.63%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.43%) Kali Linux
6 4 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.41%) Android
7 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.41%) CentOS
8 1 (0.20%) AIX
8 1 (0.20%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (28.78%) Cybersecurity
2 131 (26.73%) DevOps
3 112 (22.86%) Infrastructure as Code
4 94 (19.18%) CI/CD
5 90 (18.37%) Security Architecture
6 85 (17.35%) Information Security
7 77 (15.71%) Application Security
8 73 (14.90%) SIEM
9 65 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
10 64 (13.06%) Identity Access Management
11 62 (12.65%) DevSecOps
12 57 (11.63%) Agile
13 54 (11.02%) Containerisation
13 54 (11.02%) Migration
14 47 (9.59%) Incident Response
14 47 (9.59%) Microservices
14 47 (9.59%) Penetration Testing
15 44 (8.98%) High Availability
16 40 (8.16%) Analytics
16 40 (8.16%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 55 (11.22%) Python
2 26 (5.31%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.69%) Java
4 19 (3.88%) Kusto Query Language
5 15 (3.06%) Bash
6 13 (2.65%) SQL
7 8 (1.63%) C#
8 6 (1.22%) Ruby
8 6 (1.22%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.02%) Go
10 4 (0.82%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.82%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.61%) Bicep
11 3 (0.61%) PHP
12 2 (0.41%) ABAP
12 2 (0.41%) Julia
12 2 (0.41%) Perl
12 2 (0.41%) SOQL
12 2 (0.41%) SOSL
13 1 (0.20%) C++
Qualifications
1 84 (17.14%) CISSP
2 80 (16.33%) Degree
3 78 (15.92%) Security Cleared
4 69 (14.08%) SC Cleared
5 52 (10.61%) CISM
6 35 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
7 33 (6.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 31 (6.33%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 30 (6.12%) Azure Certification
10 24 (4.90%) CISA
10 24 (4.90%) CRISC
11 21 (4.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 15 (3.06%) CompTIA Security+
13 12 (2.45%) AWS Certification
13 12 (2.45%) CCSK
13 12 (2.45%) CCSP
13 12 (2.45%) DV Cleared
13 12 (2.45%) GIAC
14 10 (2.04%) Master's Degree
14 10 (2.04%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (16.33%) NIST
2 66 (13.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (4.90%) PCI DSS
4 21 (4.29%) GRC
5 19 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 18 (3.67%) NCSC
7 14 (2.86%) GDPR
8 10 (2.04%) COBIT
9 9 (1.84%) NIST 800
10 5 (1.02%) Disclosure Scotland
11 4 (0.82%) HIPAA
11 4 (0.82%) ISO 31000
11 4 (0.82%) ISO 9001
11 4 (0.82%) QA
12 3 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.61%) GPG13
12 3 (0.61%) ISO 22301
12 3 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
13 2 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 47 (9.59%) Active Directory
2 41 (8.37%) Docker
3 13 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.24%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.02%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.61%) XenApp
7 2 (0.41%) KVM
7 2 (0.41%) Squid
7 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) IAG
8 1 (0.20%) NFS
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 100 (20.41%) Terraform
2 50 (10.20%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.88%) Ansible
3 19 (3.88%) Single Sign-On
4 8 (1.63%) CASB
5 5 (1.02%) FortiGate
5 5 (1.02%) Packer
6 4 (0.82%) Argo
6 4 (0.82%) HAProxy
6 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.82%) Puppet
6 4 (0.82%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 2 (0.41%) Consul
7 2 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.41%) Graphite
7 2 (0.41%) Istio
7 2 (0.41%) linkerd
7 2 (0.41%) Podman
7 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.41%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 120 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 36 (7.35%) Google
3 26 (5.31%) Palo Alto
3 26 (5.31%) ServiceNow
4 25 (5.10%) CyberArk
5 24 (4.90%) BeyondTrust
6 19 (3.88%) Oracle
7 17 (3.47%) Cisco
8 16 (3.27%) F5
9 13 (2.65%) VMware
10 11 (2.24%) Fortinet
11 10 (2.04%) Splunk
11 10 (2.04%) Zscaler
12 8 (1.63%) SAP
13 7 (1.43%) Citrix
13 7 (1.43%) Databricks
14 5 (1.02%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.02%) CrowdStrike
15 4 (0.82%) Red Hat
15 4 (0.82%) Salesforce