Cloud Security Contracts in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 116 129
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 0
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 11 34 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.42% 1.19% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 1.31% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 20 22
10th Percentile £398 £400 £309
25th Percentile £453 £541 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £680 £530
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +28.25% +11.58%
75th Percentile £650 £705 £656
90th Percentile £708 £715 £699
South East median daily rate £540 £700 £563
% change year-on-year -22.86% +24.44% +9.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,268 2,599 3,223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.88% 90.75% 89.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,245 1,764 2,187
10th Percentile £213 £317 £235
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £485
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +4.12% +7.78%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £585
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 89
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.42
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +200.23% -17.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.42
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £63.27
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in the Thames Valley

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
Berkshire -22 10 £500 -18.37% 9
Buckinghamshire +25 1 £750 +4.90%
Cloud Security
South East

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 9 (81.82%) Azure
2 7 (63.64%) IaaS
2 7 (63.64%) PaaS
3 6 (54.55%) AWS
3 6 (54.55%) SaaS
4 5 (45.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (36.36%) Entra ID
6 3 (27.27%) Azure API Management
6 3 (27.27%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (9.09%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) VPN
2 4 (36.36%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) 4G
3 1 (9.09%) 5G
3 1 (9.09%) DNS
3 1 (9.09%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 1 (9.09%) Git
2 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
2 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (9.09%) French Language
2 1 (9.09%) German Language
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Architect
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Azure Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Integration Architect
3 1 (9.09%) IT Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) IT Security Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Security Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
1 3 (27.27%) Web Services
2 1 (9.09%) ARM Templates
2 1 (9.09%) CSS
2 1 (9.09%) JSON
2 1 (9.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Public Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) IoT
2 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (54.55%) Microservices
3 5 (45.45%) API Management
3 5 (45.45%) DevSecOps
3 5 (45.45%) Migration
3 5 (45.45%) Network Architecture
3 5 (45.45%) Security Architecture
4 4 (36.36%) Cryptography
4 4 (36.36%) Data Protection
4 4 (36.36%) DevOps
4 4 (36.36%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (36.36%) Key Management
5 3 (27.27%) Affinity Analysis
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Deployment
5 3 (27.27%) High Availability
5 3 (27.27%) ITSM
5 3 (27.27%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 3 (27.27%) Security Monitoring
5 3 (27.27%) Target Operating Model
5 3 (27.27%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Java
1 4 (36.36%) Python
2 3 (27.27%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) PHP
2 3 (27.27%) Ruby
3 2 (18.18%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Azure Certification
2 3 (27.27%) CISSP
2 3 (27.27%) Degree
3 2 (18.18%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (9.09%) CCSP
4 1 (9.09%) CEH
4 1 (9.09%) CISA
4 1 (9.09%) CISM
4 1 (9.09%) CISMP
4 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (9.09%) CRISC
4 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) COBIT
1 2 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) GRC
2 1 (9.09%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) Active Directory
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (27.27%) Docker
2 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
2 3 (27.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Kubernetes
1 3 (27.27%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco