Hybrid/Remote Cloud Security Posture Contract Job Trends

Cloud Security Posture
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Cloud Security Posture in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 307 345
Rank change year-on-year -13 +38 +96
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security Posture 27 2 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.021% 0.014%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.58% 0.061% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 1 2
10th Percentile £500 - £423
25th Percentile £506 £366 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £368 £481
Median % change year-on-year +63.27% -23.64% +9.38%
75th Percentile £609 £369 £527
90th Percentile £624 - £544
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £450
% change year-on-year -4.00% +38.89% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £77.50 - -

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

Cloud Security Posture 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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,675 3,300 4,319
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 36.16% 33.91% 29.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,929 2,204 2,922
10th Percentile £361 £340 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £825 £850
UK median daily rate £519 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.14% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 86 189
10th Percentile £19.40 £17.15 £16.10
25th Percentile £28.00 £26.25 £25.50
Median hourly rate £43.96 £45.63 £48.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -5.93% -7.62%
75th Percentile £77.00 £64.52 £70.00
90th Percentile £88.75 £83.53 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £32.05 £35.65
% change year-on-year +37.16% -10.10% +58.55%

Cloud Security Posture
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cloud Security Posture and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Security Posture job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cloud Security Posture.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cloud Security Posture

Cloud Security Posture
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Cloud Security Posture over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Cloud Security Posture daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Cloud Security Posture
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) SaaS
3 9 (33.33%) AWS
4 6 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Purview
6 4 (14.81%) GCP
7 3 (11.11%) OpenShift
8 2 (7.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (7.41%) Serverless
9 1 (3.70%) Amazon GuardDuty
9 1 (3.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (3.70%) AWS CloudTrail
9 1 (3.70%) AWS KMS
9 1 (3.70%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (33.33%) Internet
2 7 (25.93%) SSL
3 2 (7.41%) Firewall
3 2 (7.41%) LAN
3 2 (7.41%) Network Security
3 2 (7.41%) SD-WAN
3 2 (7.41%) VPN
3 2 (7.41%) WAN
3 2 (7.41%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Apache Cassandra
1 2 (7.41%) MongoDB
1 2 (7.41%) NoSQL
1 2 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (7.41%) RDBMS
1 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
1 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) JIRA
General
1 5 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (14.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 5 (18.52%) Platform Engineer
3 4 (14.81%) Cloud Platform Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Service Analyst
5 2 (7.41%) Architect
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Network Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Security Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Platform Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (100.00%) Security Posture
2 8 (29.63%) Cloud Native
3 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Cloud
3 3 (11.11%) Linux Command Line
3 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (7.41%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (100.00%) Cloud Security
2 16 (59.26%) SIEM
3 15 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (37.04%) Data Loss Prevention
5 6 (22.22%) Threat Detection
6 5 (18.52%) Platform Engineering
6 5 (18.52%) Roadmaps
6 5 (18.52%) Security Architecture
6 5 (18.52%) Security Operations
6 5 (18.52%) Service Delivery
6 5 (18.52%) Technical Leadership
6 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (18.52%) Zero Trust
7 4 (14.81%) Application Security
7 4 (14.81%) DevOps
7 4 (14.81%) RBAC
8 3 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
8 3 (11.11%) Data Pipeline
8 3 (11.11%) Data Privacy
8 3 (11.11%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) Python
2 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (7.41%) Bash
3 2 (7.41%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) SC Cleared
1 7 (25.93%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
2 2 (7.41%) CISSP
2 2 (7.41%) Degree
3 1 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
1 3 (11.11%) GDPR
1 3 (11.11%) HIPAA
2 2 (7.41%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) CASB
2 6 (22.22%) Kubernetes
3 3 (11.11%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (7.41%) Terraform
5 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) CrowdStrike
2 9 (33.33%) Zscaler
3 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
3 7 (25.93%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.41%) Aruba
4 2 (7.41%) Cisco
4 2 (7.41%) CyberArk
4 2 (7.41%) Juniper
4 2 (7.41%) Salesforce
4 2 (7.41%) Varonis
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle