Cloud Security Contracts in England

Cloud Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 211 153 237
Rank change year-on-year -58 +84 -64
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 402 816 855
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.11% 1.70% 1.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.89% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 569 578
10th Percentile £425 £460 £463
25th Percentile £500 £525 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £741 £725 £725
90th Percentile £788 £800 £801
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 2
10th Percentile - - £30.48
25th Percentile - - £34.69
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £43.59
Median % change year-on-year - +60.61% -
75th Percentile - - £54.36
90th Percentile - £76.00 £59.69
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +75.00% -15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,359 43,239 64,479
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.26% 90.08% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,563 30,348 45,861
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,528 1,759
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.02 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.77 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +47.08% +8.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in England.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in England over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the England region over the 6 months to 21 May 2024. 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
London -49 253 £623 -4.23% 114
North of England -45 39 £650 +18.18% 45
South East -16 31 £516 -26.25% 36
Midlands +3 23 £635 +15.45% 20
South West -4 22 £550 -15.38% 17
North West -7 22 £676 +8.16% 14
West Midlands +3 21 £635 +8.09% 16
Yorkshire -26 17 £600 +9.09% 23
East of England +4 8 £700 +40.00% 3
East Midlands +15 2 £625 +25.00% 4
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (2.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.00%) nginx
4 3 (0.75%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 2 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.50%) Traefik
6 1 (0.25%) Confluence
6 1 (0.25%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.25%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 174 (43.28%) Azure
2 118 (29.35%) AWS
3 61 (15.17%) GCP
4 59 (14.68%) IaaS
5 48 (11.94%) SaaS
6 39 (9.70%) PaaS
7 38 (9.45%) Entra ID
8 35 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (6.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 25 (6.22%) Serverless
11 16 (3.98%) Azure DevOps
11 16 (3.98%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (3.48%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 12 (2.99%) OCI
14 11 (2.74%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (2.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (1.99%) Azure Logic Apps
16 8 (1.99%) GitHub
17 7 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
17 7 (1.74%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 85 (21.14%) Firewall
2 57 (14.18%) Network Security
3 30 (7.46%) WAN
4 28 (6.97%) VPN
5 25 (6.22%) DNS
6 18 (4.48%) SD-WAN
7 14 (3.48%) LAN
8 11 (2.74%) Internet
9 9 (2.24%) Intrusion Detection
10 8 (1.99%) TCP/IP
11 4 (1.00%) BGP
11 4 (1.00%) DHCP
11 4 (1.00%) MPLS
11 4 (1.00%) Multicast
11 4 (1.00%) NGFW
11 4 (1.00%) OSPF
11 4 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.00%) WLAN
12 3 (0.75%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.75%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.24%) Data Lake
2 7 (1.74%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.49%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.24%) Big Data
5 4 (1.00%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.00%) Bigtable
5 4 (1.00%) Cloud Spanner
5 4 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.00%) MySQL
5 4 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.00%) Power BI
5 4 (1.00%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.00%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.75%) OLAP
6 3 (0.75%) OLTP
6 3 (0.75%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.50%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (4.48%) GitLab
1 18 (4.48%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.23%) Git
3 7 (1.74%) Burp Suite
4 4 (1.00%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.00%) JIRA
5 3 (0.75%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.50%) JMeter
6 2 (0.50%) Selenium
6 2 (0.50%) Snyk
6 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.25%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.25%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.25%) NUnit
General
1 102 (25.37%) Finance
2 81 (20.15%) Social Skills
3 41 (10.20%) Banking
4 24 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.48%) Public Sector
6 13 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.23%) Retail
7 11 (2.74%) Financial Institution
8 7 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (1.74%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.49%) Legal
10 5 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.00%) Military
12 3 (0.75%) French Language
12 3 (0.75%) German Language
12 3 (0.75%) Marketing
13 2 (0.50%) Automotive
13 2 (0.50%) Local Government
13 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 142 (35.32%) Architect
2 80 (19.90%) Security Architect
3 52 (12.94%) Security Engineer
4 49 (12.19%) Consultant
5 48 (11.94%) Cloud Architect
6 47 (11.69%) Senior
7 41 (10.20%) Security Consultant
8 33 (8.21%) Cloud Engineer
9 21 (5.22%) Security Manager
10 20 (4.98%) AWS Architect
10 20 (4.98%) Azure Engineer
10 20 (4.98%) Cloud Security Architect
10 20 (4.98%) Senior Architect
11 19 (4.73%) Senior Security Architect
12 17 (4.23%) Lead
13 16 (3.98%) Analyst
14 15 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
15 13 (3.23%) Cloud Consultant
16 12 (2.99%) Project Manager
16 12 (2.99%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (3.48%) SailPoint
2 13 (3.23%) SAML
3 12 (2.99%) Node.js
4 10 (2.49%) Kafka
5 8 (1.99%) .NET
6 7 (1.74%) Web Services
7 6 (1.49%) OAuth
7 6 (1.49%) YAML
8 5 (1.24%) JSON
8 5 (1.24%) OAuth2
8 5 (1.24%) React
8 5 (1.24%) REST
8 5 (1.24%) Spring
8 5 (1.24%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.00%) CSS
9 4 (1.00%) GWT
9 4 (1.00%) JAX-RS
9 4 (1.00%) OpenID
9 4 (1.00%) Restlet
10 3 (0.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 30 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 28 (6.97%) Management Information System
3 24 (5.97%) PKI
3 24 (5.97%) Security Posture
4 17 (4.23%) IoT
5 16 (3.98%) Public Cloud
6 15 (3.73%) Mobile App
7 13 (3.23%) Operational Technology
8 10 (2.49%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (2.24%) Cloud Security Posture
10 8 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.99%) Hybrid Cloud
10 8 (1.99%) Onboarding
11 7 (1.74%) Cyber Defence
11 7 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 6 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
13 5 (1.24%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.24%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.00%) Distributed Computing
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.96%) Linux
2 25 (6.22%) Windows
3 8 (1.99%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.74%) Kali Linux
4 7 (1.74%) Unix
5 4 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.50%) CentOS
7 1 (0.25%) AIX
7 1 (0.25%) Android
7 1 (0.25%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.25%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (28.61%) Cybersecurity
2 94 (23.38%) DevOps
3 87 (21.64%) Infrastructure as Code
4 79 (19.65%) Information Security
5 77 (19.15%) Security Architecture
6 73 (18.16%) CI/CD
7 60 (14.93%) Application Security
7 60 (14.93%) DevSecOps
8 59 (14.68%) SIEM
9 54 (13.43%) Identity Access Management
10 51 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
11 49 (12.19%) Agile
12 44 (10.95%) Penetration Testing
13 42 (10.45%) Microservices
14 40 (9.95%) Migration
15 37 (9.20%) Containerisation
16 35 (8.71%) Data Loss Prevention
17 32 (7.96%) Incident Response
17 32 (7.96%) Risk Management
18 30 (7.46%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.94%) Python
2 22 (5.47%) Java
3 21 (5.22%) PowerShell
4 13 (3.23%) SQL
5 11 (2.74%) Bash
6 8 (1.99%) C#
7 7 (1.74%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.49%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.24%) Go
9 5 (1.24%) Ruby
10 4 (1.00%) JavaScript
10 4 (1.00%) PHP
11 3 (0.75%) Bicep
11 3 (0.75%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.75%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.25%) C++
12 1 (0.25%) Julia
12 1 (0.25%) Korn
12 1 (0.25%) Perl
12 1 (0.25%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (16.42%) Degree
2 61 (15.17%) CISSP
3 58 (14.43%) Security Cleared
4 51 (12.69%) SC Cleared
5 46 (11.44%) CISM
6 25 (6.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 21 (5.22%) CISA
8 20 (4.98%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (4.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 16 (3.98%) CRISC
11 13 (3.23%) AWS Certification
12 12 (2.99%) Azure Certification
13 10 (2.49%) CCSP
13 10 (2.49%) GIAC
14 9 (2.24%) Master's Degree
15 8 (1.99%) CCSK
16 7 (1.74%) CCNP
16 7 (1.74%) MBA
16 7 (1.74%) SANS
17 6 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (17.66%) NIST
2 51 (12.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.72%) PCI DSS
4 19 (4.73%) GDPR
5 17 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 16 (3.98%) GRC
7 12 (2.99%) COBIT
7 12 (2.99%) NCSC
8 6 (1.49%) NIST 800
9 4 (1.00%) Data Quality
9 4 (1.00%) HIPAA
10 3 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.75%) GPG13
11 2 (0.50%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.50%) COSO
11 2 (0.50%) ISA99
11 2 (0.50%) ISO 31000
11 2 (0.50%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.50%) QA
12 1 (0.25%) GxP
System Software
1 41 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 37 (9.20%) Docker
3 12 (2.99%) Virtual Machines
3 12 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.50%) KVM
5 2 (0.50%) Squid
5 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.50%) XenApp
6 1 (0.25%) NFS
Systems Management
1 85 (21.14%) Terraform
2 43 (10.70%) Kubernetes
3 17 (4.23%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.24%) Ansible
4 9 (2.24%) CASB
5 5 (1.24%) Packer
6 4 (1.00%) Argo
6 4 (1.00%) FortiGate
6 4 (1.00%) HAProxy
6 4 (1.00%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 3 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.50%) Docker Swarm
8 2 (0.50%) Graphite
8 2 (0.50%) linkerd
8 2 (0.50%) Nessus
8 2 (0.50%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.50%) Puppet
8 2 (0.50%) SCCM
8 2 (0.50%) SCOrch
8 2 (0.50%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 89 (22.14%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.21%) Google
3 22 (5.47%) Palo Alto
4 17 (4.23%) Cisco
5 16 (3.98%) Oracle
6 13 (3.23%) CyberArk
7 12 (2.99%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.99%) VMware
8 11 (2.74%) BeyondTrust
9 10 (2.49%) SAP
9 10 (2.49%) Splunk
10 8 (1.99%) F5
11 7 (1.74%) Databricks
12 6 (1.49%) CheckPoint
12 6 (1.49%) Citrix
12 6 (1.49%) Fortinet
12 6 (1.49%) Zscaler
13 5 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
14 4 (1.00%) Qualys
14 4 (1.00%) Red Hat