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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 96 106
Rank change year-on-year -17 +10 +64
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Cloud Computing 2 12 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.12% 0.63% 1.08%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.38% 2.38% 2.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 15
10th Percentile - £302 -
25th Percentile £613 £345 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £588 £480
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +22.40% -5.88%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £663
90th Percentile - £738 £750
England median daily rate £525 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -12.50% +2.56% +11.43%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 529 504 798
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 30.88% 26.44% 37.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 361 576
10th Percentile £300 £231 £224
25th Percentile £411 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.26% - -4.04%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £666 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile £17.70 £15.30 £16.99
25th Percentile £27.19 £18.63 £17.63
Median hourly rate £34.43 £30.88 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.51% +66.89% +5.71%
75th Percentile £41.56 £34.47 £21.88
90th Percentile £58.96 £43.00 £24.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £25.00 £32.32
% change year-on-year +0.60% -22.65% +51.03%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cloud Computing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
DemandTrendContract 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Warwickshire -8 1 £625 +8.70% 8
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
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
1 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GDPR
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft