Cloud Security Engineer
UK
The median Cloud Security Engineer daily rate in the UK is £431, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 July 2025.
The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Jul 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 522 | 572 | 630 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +50 | +58 | +184 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Security Engineer | 31 | 24 | 59 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.095% | 0.057% | 0.11% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.10% | 0.061% | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 26 | 18 | 39 |
| 10th Percentile | £400 | £448 | £415 |
| 25th Percentile | £402 | £505 | £481 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £431 | £588 | £600 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -26.60% | -2.08% | -20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £669 | £691 |
| 90th Percentile | £584 | £788 | £703 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £456 | £575 | £673 |
| % change year-on-year | -20.65% | -14.50% | +8.91% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 29,882 | 39,182 | 52,718 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.65% | 93.03% | 94.56% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 19,009 | 25,295 | 36,541 |
| 10th Percentile | £285 | £288 | £310 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £409 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £525 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.76% | -2.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.85% | -1.20% | +2.56% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,416 | 2,570 | 1,574 |
| 10th Percentile | £13.75 | £13.25 | £14.45 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.30 | £17.50 | £19.02 |
| Median hourly rate | £25.28 | £40.00 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.81% | -5.88% | +65.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £55.00 | £63.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £74.00 | £77.50 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.72 | £39.03 |
| % change year-on-year | -38.24% | +4.34% | +85.83% |
Cloud Security Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Cloud Security Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Cloud Security Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security Engineer.
Cloud Security Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security Engineer over the 6 months to 18 July 2025.
Cloud Security Engineer
Top 11 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 July 2025. 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 |
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| England | +62 | 27 | £425 | -29.17% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +47 | 21 | £425 | -20.93% | 17 |
| UK excluding London | +33 | 15 | £456 | -20.65% | 12 |
| London | +30 | 12 | £425 | -29.17% | 10 |
| North of England | - | 9 | £400 | - | 4 |
| North West | - | 8 | £400 | - | 2 |
| Midlands | - | 3 | £588 | - | 1 |
| West Midlands | - | 3 | £588 | - | 1 |
| South West | +37 | 2 | £519 | -9.78% | |
| South East | +34 | 1 | £550 | +10.00% | 6 |
| North East | - | 1 | £400 | - | 2 |
Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 July 2025, Cloud Security Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Cloud Security Engineer in the job title.
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Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: