Public Cloud Contracts in the West Midlands

Public Cloud
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud 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 94 99 109
Rank change year-on-year +5 +10 +22
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 3 12 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.22% 0.62% 1.26%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.72% 1.85% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 23
10th Percentile £623 £650 -
25th Percentile £648 £656 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £706 £700 £700
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £773 £750 £701
90th Percentile £804 £760 £805
England median daily rate £618 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +2.92% -4.00% +2.04%

All Generic Skills
West Midlands

Public Cloud 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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 418 647 792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 31.08% 33.23% 33.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 410 525
10th Percentile £197 £307 £263
25th Percentile £406 £363 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £632 £638
90th Percentile £675 £750 £700
England median daily rate £548 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -0.36% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 47 19
10th Percentile £16.23 £10.42 £17.10
25th Percentile £18.13 £14.71 £17.99
Median hourly rate £28.18 £22.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.24% -6.25% +51.32%
75th Percentile £31.49 £40.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £33.91 £58.75 £65.50
England median hourly rate £33.00 £30.16 £22.50
% change year-on-year +9.42% +34.04% -16.67%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Cloud in the West Midlands

Public Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Public Cloud in the West Midlands

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Cloud in the West Midlands

Public Cloud
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 Public Cloud 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
Coventry +7 1 £613 -9.26% 3
Warwickshire +1 1 - - 1
Public Cloud
England

Public Cloud
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 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Architect
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Security Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) .NET Framework
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (33.33%) Django
1 1 (33.33%) Entity Framework
1 1 (33.33%) Flask
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (66.67%) Information Security
1 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
1 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Security
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Deployment
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (33.33%) SABSA
2 1 (33.33%) Secrets Management
2 1 (33.33%) SIEM
2 1 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISA
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) CASB
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Siemens