Cloud Security Contracts in the South East

Cloud Security
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 160 144 182
Rank change year-on-year -16 +38 -15
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 33 62 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.61% 1.11% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 1.24% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 47 47
10th Percentile £300 £445 £318
25th Percentile £468 £631 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £700 £550
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £838 £650
90th Percentile £690 - £680
England median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +8.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,584 4,983 6,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.28% 89.17% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,667 3,471 4,653
10th Percentile £250 £250 £228
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +1.60% +8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £615 £594
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 436 213 284
10th Percentile £13.00 £16.25 £12.10
25th Percentile £18.20 £22.16 £14.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +132.56% -21.82%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.86 £75.00 £61.05
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the South East

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the South East

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the South East

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in the South East

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 16 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
Thames Valley -16 15 £475 -30.12% 4
Berkshire -23 14 £463 -21.28% 4
Kent +11 6 £536 -12.45%
Hampshire -2 5 £600 -11.11% 4
West Sussex - 4 £500 - 3
Surrey -11 2 £750 +7.14% 4
Buckinghamshire +24 1 £750 +6.01%
Cloud Security
England

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (69.70%) Azure
2 10 (30.30%) IaaS
3 8 (24.24%) AWS
3 8 (24.24%) PaaS
4 6 (18.18%) Azure Logic Apps
4 6 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (18.18%) SaaS
5 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
6 3 (9.09%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (9.09%) Azure API Management
6 3 (9.09%) Azure Event Grid
6 3 (9.09%) OCI
7 2 (6.06%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Functions
8 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (3.03%) Power Automate
8 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
8 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (24.24%) Network Security
2 6 (18.18%) Firewall
2 6 (18.18%) VPN
3 2 (6.06%) DNS
4 1 (3.03%) Broadband
4 1 (3.03%) Internet
4 1 (3.03%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.03%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) NUnit
2 1 (3.03%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 7 (21.21%) Social Skills
2 5 (15.15%) Telecoms
3 4 (12.12%) French Language
3 4 (12.12%) German Language
4 3 (9.09%) Legal
4 3 (9.09%) Military
5 2 (6.06%) Finance
6 1 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Automotive
6 1 (3.03%) Banking
6 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Institution
6 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (3.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (30.30%) Consultant
2 9 (27.27%) Security Consultant
3 6 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Cloud Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Cloud Consultant
5 4 (12.12%) Cloud Security Consultant
5 4 (12.12%) Lead
6 3 (9.09%) OAT Manager
6 3 (9.09%) Security Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 3 (9.09%) Test Manager
7 2 (6.06%) Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Architect
7 2 (6.06%) Information Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Information Security Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Information Security Officer
7 2 (6.06%) Security Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Security Officer
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (6.06%) Senior Information Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) .NET
2 3 (9.09%) Web Services
3 1 (3.03%) ARM Templates
3 1 (3.03%) CSS
3 1 (3.03%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (3.03%) JSON
3 1 (3.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Public Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (3.03%) IoT
2 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.03%) PKI
2 1 (3.03%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.03%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.09%) Windows
2 1 (3.03%) Linux
2 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (30.30%) Security Architecture
3 9 (27.27%) Information Security
4 8 (24.24%) Risk Management
5 7 (21.21%) Microservices
6 6 (18.18%) Business Continuity
6 6 (18.18%) Change Management
6 6 (18.18%) DevOps
6 6 (18.18%) DevSecOps
6 6 (18.18%) High Availability
6 6 (18.18%) Network Architecture
6 6 (18.18%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (18.18%) Security Monitoring
7 5 (15.15%) API Management
7 5 (15.15%) Migration
8 4 (12.12%) Information Security Management
8 4 (12.12%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (12.12%) ITSM
8 4 (12.12%) Key Management
8 4 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) Python
2 5 (15.15%) Java
3 4 (12.12%) C#
4 3 (9.09%) PHP
4 3 (9.09%) PowerShell
4 3 (9.09%) Ruby
5 1 (3.03%) C++
5 1 (3.03%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) CISSP
2 9 (27.27%) CISM
3 8 (24.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 8 (24.24%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (21.21%) CRISC
4 7 (21.21%) Degree
5 6 (18.18%) CISA
5 6 (18.18%) CISMP
6 5 (15.15%) Azure Certification
7 3 (9.09%) CCSP
7 3 (9.09%) CEH
7 3 (9.09%) Security Cleared
8 2 (6.06%) CCNP
8 2 (6.06%) CCSK
9 1 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
9 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (24.24%) NIST
2 6 (18.18%) COBIT
2 6 (18.18%) GRC
3 2 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 6 (18.18%) Docker
2 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
2 4 (12.12%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (9.09%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (18.18%) Kubernetes
2 4 (12.12%) Terraform
3 3 (9.09%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.12%) VMware
3 3 (9.09%) Cisco
3 3 (9.09%) Oracle