Cloud Security Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Cloud Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 142 197 128
Rank change year-on-year +55 -69 +87
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 181 154 489
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.83% 1.00% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.14% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 105 341
10th Percentile £442 £425 £475
25th Percentile £500 £519 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £635
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.51% +1.60%
75th Percentile £652 £675 £725
90th Percentile £741 £750 £800
UK median daily rate £600 £600 £625
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 13
Median hourly rate - - £70.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 - £70.00
% change year-on-year - - +75.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Cloud Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Security trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cloud Security.

Cloud Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Cloud Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Cloud Security.

Cloud Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (3.31%) nginx
2 5 (2.76%) Confluence
2 5 (2.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.76%) Traefik
3 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.10%) SAS
4 1 (0.55%) Apache
4 1 (0.55%) CMS
4 1 (0.55%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.55%) IIS
4 1 (0.55%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.55%) Notion
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.55%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.55%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.55%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.55%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.55%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.55%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.55%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 96 (53.04%) Azure
2 70 (38.67%) AWS
3 40 (22.10%) GCP
4 39 (21.55%) Entra ID
5 20 (11.05%) Azure Sentinel
5 20 (11.05%) Microsoft 365
6 16 (8.84%) IaaS
6 16 (8.84%) Serverless
7 15 (8.29%) GitHub
8 14 (7.73%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 13 (7.18%) SaaS
10 12 (6.63%) PaaS
11 11 (6.08%) AWS CloudFormation
12 9 (4.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (4.97%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (4.97%) Cloud Computing
12 9 (4.97%) Power Platform
13 8 (4.42%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
13 8 (4.42%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 29 (16.02%) Firewall
2 21 (11.60%) Network Security
3 11 (6.08%) DNS
4 9 (4.97%) VPN
5 8 (4.42%) TCP/IP
6 7 (3.87%) HTTP
7 4 (2.21%) BGP
7 4 (2.21%) LAN
7 4 (2.21%) OSPF
7 4 (2.21%) SSL
7 4 (2.21%) WAN
7 4 (2.21%) Wireless
8 3 (1.66%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (1.66%) NGFW
8 3 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (1.10%) Internet
9 2 (1.10%) IPsec
9 2 (1.10%) SD-WAN
9 2 (1.10%) VLAN
9 2 (1.10%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.52%) MongoDB
2 9 (4.97%) Power BI
3 6 (3.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (3.31%) MySQL
4 4 (2.21%) Amazon Redshift
4 4 (2.21%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.66%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (1.66%) Metadata
5 3 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.55%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.55%) Flink
6 1 (0.55%) IDMS
6 1 (0.55%) QlikView
6 1 (0.55%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 23 (12.71%) GitLab
2 14 (7.73%) Jenkins
3 9 (4.97%) Git
4 7 (3.87%) JIRA
5 3 (1.66%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.66%) Jasmine
5 3 (1.66%) JUnit
5 3 (1.66%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (1.10%) Burp Suite
6 2 (1.10%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.10%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.55%) Snyk
7 1 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 46 (25.41%) Social Skills
2 40 (22.10%) Finance
3 21 (11.60%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (10.50%) Public Sector
5 8 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (3.31%) Banking
7 3 (1.66%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.66%) Military
8 2 (1.10%) Digital Health
8 2 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.10%) Legal
8 2 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.55%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 46 (25.41%) Architect
2 29 (16.02%) Security Engineer
3 26 (14.36%) Senior
4 23 (12.71%) Security Architect
5 21 (11.60%) Cloud Architect
6 20 (11.05%) Consultant
7 18 (9.94%) Cloud Engineer
8 17 (9.39%) Azure Engineer
9 15 (8.29%) DevOps Engineer
10 13 (7.18%) Lead
11 11 (6.08%) Security Consultant
12 10 (5.52%) AWS Engineer
12 10 (5.52%) Senior DevOps
13 9 (4.97%) Azure Architect
13 9 (4.97%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 8 (4.42%) Analyst
14 8 (4.42%) Enterprise Architect
14 8 (4.42%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (3.87%) Cloud Security Architect
15 7 (3.87%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.42%) Kafka
1 8 (4.42%) OAuth
2 7 (3.87%) cloud-init
2 7 (3.87%) Keycloak
2 7 (3.87%) Spring
2 7 (3.87%) Spring Boot
3 6 (3.31%) Spring Security
4 5 (2.76%) SAML
5 4 (2.21%) .NET
5 4 (2.21%) ARM Templates
5 4 (2.21%) LDAP
5 4 (2.21%) RESTful
6 3 (1.66%) Azure Blueprints
6 3 (1.66%) JWT
6 3 (1.66%) OpenAPI
6 3 (1.66%) OpenID
6 3 (1.66%) REST
6 3 (1.66%) Servlets
6 3 (1.66%) Spring Batch
6 3 (1.66%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.05%) Security Posture
2 14 (7.73%) Cloud Native
3 13 (7.18%) Management Information System
3 13 (7.18%) PKI
4 12 (6.63%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.97%) Data Centre
6 8 (4.42%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (3.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (3.31%) Operational Technology
8 6 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (1.66%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.66%) NHS
9 3 (1.66%) Reinsurance
9 3 (1.66%) SCADA
10 2 (1.10%) Cyberattack
10 2 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (1.10%) Life Science
10 2 (1.10%) Replication
10 2 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 26 (14.36%) Linux
2 20 (11.05%) Windows
3 13 (7.18%) Unix
4 12 (6.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (3.87%) CentOS
6 5 (2.76%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.55%) VMS
7 1 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.55%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (28.73%) DevOps
2 48 (26.52%) CI/CD
3 36 (19.89%) Identity Access Management
3 36 (19.89%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (16.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 29 (16.02%) Cybersecurity
6 26 (14.36%) DevSecOps
7 25 (13.81%) Incident Response
7 25 (13.81%) Migration
8 22 (12.15%) Information Security
8 22 (12.15%) Threat Modelling
8 22 (12.15%) Vulnerability Management
9 20 (11.05%) Agile
9 20 (11.05%) Computer Science
9 20 (11.05%) Security Operations
10 19 (10.50%) Penetration Testing
11 18 (9.94%) Security Architecture
12 17 (9.39%) Containerisation
13 16 (8.84%) Identity Management
13 16 (8.84%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (24.31%) Python
2 25 (13.81%) PowerShell
3 19 (10.50%) Bash
4 14 (7.73%) Java
4 14 (7.73%) SQL
5 8 (4.42%) Go
6 6 (3.31%) JavaScript
7 5 (2.76%) Bicep
8 3 (1.66%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.10%) C++
9 2 (1.10%) Perl
10 1 (0.55%) ABAP
10 1 (0.55%) C
10 1 (0.55%) C#
10 1 (0.55%) Korn
10 1 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.55%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 37 (20.44%) Security Cleared
2 31 (17.13%) Degree
3 30 (16.57%) CISSP
3 30 (16.57%) SC Cleared
4 23 (12.71%) AWS Certification
5 20 (11.05%) Azure Certification
6 16 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 10 (5.52%) Master's Degree
8 9 (4.97%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (4.42%) CISM
10 7 (3.87%) GIAC
10 7 (3.87%) SANS
11 6 (3.31%) CEH
11 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (2.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (2.76%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 5 (2.76%) OSCP
13 4 (2.21%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (2.21%) CompTIA Security+
13 4 (2.21%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (20.99%) NIST
2 20 (11.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (9.94%) GDPR
4 11 (6.08%) NCSC
4 11 (6.08%) PCI DSS
5 8 (4.42%) HIPAA
6 7 (3.87%) GRC
6 7 (3.87%) SOC 2
7 3 (1.66%) NIST 800
8 2 (1.10%) FIPS 140-2
8 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 2 (1.10%) QA
8 2 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (1.10%) SLA
9 1 (0.55%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.55%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 23 (12.71%) Active Directory
2 19 (10.50%) Docker
3 13 (7.18%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.10%) RACF
5 1 (0.55%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (21.55%) Terraform
2 31 (17.13%) Kubernetes
3 11 (6.08%) Grafana
3 11 (6.08%) Prometheus
3 11 (6.08%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (4.97%) Ansible
5 8 (4.42%) Consul
5 8 (4.42%) Packer
6 7 (3.87%) Istio
6 7 (3.87%) Jamf Pro
6 7 (3.87%) linkerd
6 7 (3.87%) Rancher
6 7 (3.87%) ZABBIX
7 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (2.76%) HAProxy
9 4 (2.21%) Nessus
9 4 (2.21%) SCCM
10 3 (1.66%) CASB
10 3 (1.66%) FortiGate
10 3 (1.66%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 53 (29.28%) Microsoft
2 19 (10.50%) Google
3 15 (8.29%) Splunk
4 12 (6.63%) Palo Alto
5 11 (6.08%) Oracle
6 9 (4.97%) ServiceNow
7 7 (3.87%) Cisco
7 7 (3.87%) CyberArk
7 7 (3.87%) Okta
8 6 (3.31%) SAP
9 5 (2.76%) Apple
9 5 (2.76%) ESET
9 5 (2.76%) Meraki
9 5 (2.76%) Zscaler
10 4 (2.21%) Rapid7
11 3 (1.66%) Forcepoint
11 3 (1.66%) ForgeRock
11 3 (1.66%) Fortinet
11 3 (1.66%) Qualys
12 2 (1.10%) Planview