Cloud Security Contracts

Cloud Security
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 212 149
Rank change year-on-year +55 -63 +64
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 537 494 1,075
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.84% 1.13% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 1.31% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 328 692
10th Percentile £431 £425 £455
25th Percentile £500 £505 £524
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £713
90th Percentile £788 £780 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £575 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £70.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 - £70.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,551 37,621 53,662
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.82% 86.30% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,137 24,254 37,244
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,437 1,746
10th Percentile £14.70 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.31% -4.83% +49.20%
75th Percentile £62.00 £59.95 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.94 £36.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.45% +1.39% +80.00%

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 30 April 2025.

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 16 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 30 April 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 +64 452 £603 +0.50% 459
London +48 273 £619 -1.00% 233
UK excluding London +82 193 £575 -4.17% 261
Work from Home +62 181 £550 -8.33% 313
North of England +60 71 £575 -9.80% 71
North West +37 46 £510 -24.58% 35
South East +45 36 £550 +7.84% 64
South West +45 23 £550 - 31
Scotland +8 23 £525 -25.00% 22
Yorkshire +18 21 £700 +16.67% 28
Midlands +16 21 £608 -1.18% 30
West Midlands +9 20 £608 -1.18% 20
Wales +15 12 £478 -26.54% 7
East of England +36 11 £745 +6.43% 23
North East - 4 £750 - 8
East Midlands +9 1 - - 10

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 20 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 17 (3.17%) Confluence
3 15 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (2.61%) nginx
5 12 (2.23%) Traefik
6 6 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.12%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.74%) Apache
8 2 (0.37%) SAS
9 1 (0.19%) CMS
9 1 (0.19%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.19%) IIS
9 1 (0.19%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.74%) MS Visio
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.19%) Notion
3 1 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.56%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.56%) SAP GRC
2 3 (0.56%) SAP MDG
3 2 (0.37%) BASE24
4 1 (0.19%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.19%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 260 (48.42%) Azure
2 223 (41.53%) AWS
3 98 (18.25%) GCP
4 76 (14.15%) Entra ID
5 67 (12.48%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (9.31%) IaaS
7 46 (8.57%) AWS CloudFormation
8 45 (8.38%) PaaS
9 42 (7.82%) GitHub
10 39 (7.26%) Azure Sentinel
10 39 (7.26%) Serverless
11 31 (5.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 28 (5.21%) SaaS
13 24 (4.47%) Cloud Computing
14 22 (4.10%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 21 (3.91%) Snowflake
16 20 (3.72%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (3.72%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (3.72%) Power Platform
17 18 (3.35%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 81 (15.08%) Network Security
2 79 (14.71%) Firewall
3 32 (5.96%) VPN
4 28 (5.21%) DNS
5 24 (4.47%) TCP/IP
6 12 (2.23%) HTTP
7 10 (1.86%) WAN
8 9 (1.68%) NGFW
9 8 (1.49%) DHCP
9 8 (1.49%) SSL
10 6 (1.12%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.12%) VLAN
10 6 (1.12%) Wireless
11 5 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.74%) BGP
12 4 (0.74%) Internet
12 4 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.74%) LAN
12 4 (0.74%) OSPF
13 3 (0.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (4.47%) Amazon Redshift
1 24 (4.47%) MongoDB
2 20 (3.72%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (2.61%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (2.61%) MySQL
4 13 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.23%) Power BI
6 8 (1.49%) Apache Cassandra
6 8 (1.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (1.49%) Data Lake
7 7 (1.30%) Oracle Database
8 6 (1.12%) Big Data
9 5 (0.93%) DynamoDB
9 5 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
9 5 (0.93%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.74%) GIS
10 4 (0.74%) Metadata
11 3 (0.56%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 43 (8.01%) GitLab
2 35 (6.52%) Jenkins
3 22 (4.10%) JIRA
4 20 (3.72%) Git
5 8 (1.49%) Cucumber
5 8 (1.49%) Jasmine
5 8 (1.49%) JUnit
6 4 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (0.56%) Burp Suite
7 3 (0.56%) Metasploit
7 3 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.37%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.19%) Locust
9 1 (0.19%) Postman
9 1 (0.19%) Robot Framework
9 1 (0.19%) Snyk
9 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.19%) Storybook
General
1 152 (28.31%) Social Skills
2 94 (17.50%) Finance
3 61 (11.36%) Public Sector
4 49 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (4.84%) Banking
6 13 (2.42%) Legal
7 12 (2.23%) Financial Institution
8 10 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (1.86%) Military
9 6 (1.12%) Manufacturing
9 6 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (1.12%) Telecoms
10 5 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
10 5 (0.93%) Marketing
10 5 (0.93%) Retail
11 3 (0.56%) Digital Health
12 2 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.37%) Law
12 2 (0.37%) Local Government
12 2 (0.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 165 (30.73%) Architect
2 95 (17.69%) Security Architect
3 67 (12.48%) Senior
4 64 (11.92%) Security Engineer
5 55 (10.24%) Cloud Engineer
6 51 (9.50%) Cloud Architect
7 48 (8.94%) Lead
8 46 (8.57%) AWS Engineer
9 42 (7.82%) DevOps Engineer
10 38 (7.08%) Consultant
11 36 (6.70%) Azure Engineer
12 24 (4.47%) Azure Architect
12 24 (4.47%) Security Consultant
13 23 (4.28%) Cloud Security Architect
14 21 (3.91%) Administrator
14 21 (3.91%) Senior Architect
14 21 (3.91%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (3.72%) Analyst
15 20 (3.72%) Cloud Security Engineer
16 18 (3.35%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.28%) Kafka
2 15 (2.79%) ARM Templates
2 15 (2.79%) OAuth
2 15 (2.79%) Spring Boot
3 14 (2.61%) cloud-init
3 14 (2.61%) Keycloak
3 14 (2.61%) Spring
4 13 (2.42%) SAML
5 11 (2.05%) RESTful
5 11 (2.05%) Spring Security
6 9 (1.68%) OpenID
7 8 (1.49%) Swagger
8 7 (1.30%) .NET
8 7 (1.30%) Node.js
8 7 (1.30%) OpenAPI
8 7 (1.30%) SAP Fiori
8 7 (1.30%) Spring Batch
9 6 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
9 6 (1.12%) PySpark
9 6 (1.12%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.22%) Security Posture
2 39 (7.26%) Cloud Native
3 32 (5.96%) Management Information System
4 30 (5.59%) PKI
5 23 (4.28%) Onboarding
6 18 (3.35%) Data Centre
7 14 (2.61%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (2.23%) Public Cloud
9 11 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.49%) Operational Technology
10 8 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.30%) Private Cloud
12 6 (1.12%) Mobile App
13 5 (0.93%) Algorithms
13 5 (0.93%) Cyberattack
13 5 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 56 (10.43%) Windows
2 53 (9.87%) Linux
3 26 (4.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 25 (4.66%) Unix
4 25 (4.66%) Windows Server
5 15 (2.79%) CentOS
6 3 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 3 (0.56%) VMS
7 2 (0.37%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (26.44%) Problem-Solving
2 131 (24.39%) DevOps
3 119 (22.16%) CI/CD
4 110 (20.48%) Infrastructure as Code
5 107 (19.93%) Cybersecurity
6 78 (14.53%) Identity Access Management
6 78 (14.53%) Security Architecture
7 71 (13.22%) Incident Response
8 65 (12.10%) Vulnerability Management
9 64 (11.92%) Agile
10 60 (11.17%) DevSecOps
11 58 (10.80%) Containerisation
11 58 (10.80%) Information Security
11 58 (10.80%) Migration
12 56 (10.43%) Risk Management
13 53 (9.87%) Application Security
13 53 (9.87%) Security Operations
13 53 (9.87%) SIEM
14 52 (9.68%) Threat Modelling
15 48 (8.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 131 (24.39%) Python
2 74 (13.78%) PowerShell
3 47 (8.75%) Bash
4 38 (7.08%) Java
5 37 (6.89%) SQL
6 19 (3.54%) Go
7 15 (2.79%) Bicep
7 15 (2.79%) JavaScript
8 7 (1.30%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.12%) C++
9 6 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.93%) C
10 5 (0.93%) Perl
11 4 (0.74%) C#
12 3 (0.56%) PHP
12 3 (0.56%) R
12 3 (0.56%) Ruby
13 2 (0.37%) Rust
13 2 (0.37%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.19%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 130 (24.21%) Security Cleared
2 101 (18.81%) SC Cleared
3 85 (15.83%) Degree
4 78 (14.53%) CISSP
5 53 (9.87%) AWS Certification
6 38 (7.08%) Azure Certification
7 34 (6.33%) CISM
8 29 (5.40%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (4.84%) DV Cleared
10 24 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 22 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (3.35%) Master's Degree
12 18 (3.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (2.79%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 15 (2.79%) CEH
13 15 (2.79%) CISA
14 13 (2.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (2.23%) CompTIA Security+
16 10 (1.86%) CRISC
16 10 (1.86%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (19.74%) NIST
2 79 (14.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (8.57%) GDPR
4 30 (5.59%) PCI DSS
5 22 (4.10%) NCSC
6 17 (3.17%) SOC 2
7 16 (2.98%) HIPAA
8 15 (2.79%) GRC
9 10 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 9 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 9 (1.68%) SLA
11 8 (1.49%) NIST 800
12 6 (1.12%) Accessibility
12 6 (1.12%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
13 5 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.56%) Data Quality
15 3 (0.56%) QA
16 2 (0.37%) JSP 440
System Software
1 58 (10.80%) Active Directory
2 44 (8.19%) Docker
3 27 (5.03%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.74%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.37%) RACF
6 2 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.37%) vSphere
7 1 (0.19%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.19%) iptables
7 1 (0.19%) Lustre
7 1 (0.19%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.19%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 131 (24.39%) Terraform
2 84 (15.64%) Kubernetes
3 27 (5.03%) Ansible
4 24 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 23 (4.28%) Grafana
6 22 (4.10%) Prometheus
7 20 (3.72%) Packer
8 16 (2.98%) CASB
8 16 (2.98%) Consul
9 15 (2.79%) ZABBIX
10 14 (2.61%) Istio
10 14 (2.61%) Jamf Pro
10 14 (2.61%) linkerd
10 14 (2.61%) Rancher
10 14 (2.61%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (2.23%) HAProxy
11 12 (2.23%) SCCM
12 7 (1.30%) Progress Chef
13 6 (1.12%) Nessus
14 5 (0.93%) Puppet
Vendors
1 141 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 42 (7.82%) Google
3 37 (6.89%) Splunk
4 26 (4.84%) Oracle
4 26 (4.84%) Palo Alto
5 17 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 17 (3.17%) Zscaler
6 16 (2.98%) Cisco
7 15 (2.79%) Okta
8 14 (2.61%) SAP
9 12 (2.23%) Apple
9 12 (2.23%) ESET
10 11 (2.05%) VMware
11 10 (1.86%) Qualys
12 9 (1.68%) CyberArk
13 7 (1.30%) Meraki
13 7 (1.30%) Rapid7
14 6 (1.12%) CrowdStrike
14 6 (1.12%) Fortinet
15 5 (0.93%) Citrix