Cloud Security Engineer Contract Job Trends

Cloud Security Engineer
UK

The median Cloud Security Engineer daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 623 544 514
Rank change year-on-year -79 -30 +99
Contract Cloud Security Engineer jobs 74 30 37
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.087% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.095% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 21 25
10th Percentile £472 - £455
25th Percentile £475 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £425 £550
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -22.73% -13.73%
75th Percentile £618 £464 £625
90th Percentile £688 £500 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £605 £400 £575
% change year-on-year +51.25% -30.43% -11.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73.75 - -
Median hourly rate £77.50 - -
75th Percentile £81.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

6 months to
5 Nov 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title 50,239 31,494 33,942
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title 91.66% 90.97% 92.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,529 19,981 20,467
10th Percentile £325 £279 £300
25th Percentile £425 £402 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,301 1,790 1,272
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.09 £15.10
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.69 £20.23
Median hourly rate £40.32 £25.15 £37.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.32% -32.03% -17.78%
75th Percentile £68.50 £51.19 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £69.65 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £36.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -30.14% -19.10%

Cloud Security Engineer Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Cloud Security Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Security Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Cloud Security Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Cloud Security Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for Cloud Security Engineer jobs over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security Engineer in the UK

Cloud Security Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Cloud Security Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Cloud Security Engineer Top 11 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in Cloud Security Engineer jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 5 November 2026. 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		 Job Ads
Past 6 Months		 Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months		 Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
England -94 70 £575 +35.29% 11
UK excluding London -56 36 £605 +51.25% 8
London -71 35 £515 +21.18% 4
North West -27 29 £605 +51.25%
North of England -48 29 £605 +51.25%
Work from Home -67 20 £600 +41.18% 5
Midlands - 2 £638 - 4
South East - 2 - - 3
South West - 2 £690 -
West Midlands - 2 £638 - 4
Scotland - 1 £610 -

Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, Cloud Security Engineer contract job ads cited the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract Cloud Security Engineer job ads.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Cloud Security100.0%74
2Azure64.9%48
3AWS50.0%37
4GCP39.2%29
5Terraform36.5%27
6Kubernetes35.1%26
7Microsoft32.4%24
8CI/CD31.1%23
8Infrastructure as Code31.1%23
10Python25.7%19
11SIEM24.3%18
11Threat Modelling24.3%18
13PowerShell23.0%17
14Agile20.3%15
14AWS CloudFormation20.3%15
14DevSecOps20.3%15
17Bash18.9%14
17DevOps18.9%14
17Linux18.9%14
17RBAC18.9%14
21Bicep17.6%13
21Change Management17.6%13
21Entra ID17.6%13
21Firewall17.6%13
21Identity Access Management17.6%13
21Network Security17.6%13
21Scrum17.6%13
28Azure Sentinel16.2%12
28Security Operations16.2%12
30Degree14.9%11

Cloud Security Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Cloud Platform Engineer9.5%7
2Azure Engineer6.8%5
2GCP Engineer6.8%5
2Senior Cloud Engineer6.8%5
2Senior Security Engineer6.8%5
6AWS Engineer4.1%3
6Azure Security Engineer4.1%3
6Cloud Infrastructure Engineer4.1%3
6Cloud Security Lead4.1%3
6Infrastructure Security Engineer4.1%3
6Lead Cloud Engineer4.1%3
6Lead Infrastructure Engineer4.1%3
13Cloud Network Engineer2.7%2
13DevSecOps Engineer2.7%2
13Network Security Engineer2.7%2
16Artificial Intelligence Engineer1.4%1
16Operations Engineer1.4%1
16PowerShell Engineer1.4%1
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