Cloud Computing Contracts in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring Cloud Computing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 95 109 123
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +33
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 2 2 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.15% 0.10% 0.67%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.46% 0.43% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £263 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £275 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -47.62% +2.94%
75th Percentile - £288 £600
90th Percentile - - £790
England median daily rate £585 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +1.77%

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 434 469 917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 32.27% 24.09% 38.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 364 648
10th Percentile £200 £213 £300
25th Percentile £393 £350 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £457 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.53% -8.75% +2.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £690 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 9 4
10th Percentile £15.24 £14.08 £15.54
25th Percentile £16.38 £19.95 £15.98
Median hourly rate £18.07 £26.00 £20.24
Median % change year-on-year -30.52% +28.46% +15.66%
75th Percentile £19.93 £26.50 £24.47
90th Percentile £35.45 £55.00 £25.31
England median hourly rate £25.50 £20.77 £32.30
% change year-on-year +22.77% -35.70% +53.81%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Shropshire - 1 - - 1
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (50.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) DynamoDB
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Digital
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Digital Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (50.00%) Head of IT Security
1 1 (50.00%) Head of Security
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AWS CDK
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Data Security
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Load Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft