Cloud Security Contracts with Work from Home Options

Cloud Security
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 202 128 210
Rank change year-on-year -74 +82 -56
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 146 478 583
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.99% 1.95% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 2.17% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 328 418
10th Percentile £423 £475 £463
25th Percentile £519 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £638
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +1.96% +15.91%
75th Percentile £675 £725 £725
90th Percentile £750 £775 £806
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 6
10th Percentile - - £28.84
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +75.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - - £56.63
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +75.00% -15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,922 21,983 40,479
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.64% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,713 15,568 29,399
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £633
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 568 508 539
10th Percentile £14.74 £18.63 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £26.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.76% +40.19% +7.00%

Cloud Security
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Cloud Security trend for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Security.

Cloud Security daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

Cloud Security daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Cloud Security.

Cloud Security hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.05%) Oracle Self-Service HR
2 2 (1.37%) nginx
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.42%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.68%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.68%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (0.68%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 75 (51.37%) Azure
2 64 (43.84%) AWS
3 27 (18.49%) GCP
4 19 (13.01%) Entra ID
5 12 (8.22%) SaaS
6 11 (7.53%) IaaS
7 8 (5.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (4.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 7 (4.79%) CloudFront
8 7 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (4.79%) PaaS
9 6 (4.11%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (4.11%) Azure Sentinel
9 6 (4.11%) Serverless
9 6 (4.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (3.42%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.74%) AWS CloudTrail
11 4 (2.74%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
12 3 (2.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 25 (17.12%) Network Security
2 22 (15.07%) Firewall
3 13 (8.90%) VPN
4 12 (8.22%) DNS
5 5 (3.42%) WAN
6 4 (2.74%) Intrusion Detection
6 4 (2.74%) TCP/IP
7 3 (2.05%) LAN
7 3 (2.05%) SSH
8 2 (1.37%) SCCP
8 2 (1.37%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.68%) DHCP
9 1 (0.68%) DMZ
9 1 (0.68%) MPLS
9 1 (0.68%) Multicast
9 1 (0.68%) NAS
9 1 (0.68%) NGFW
9 1 (0.68%) SAN
9 1 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (2.74%) MySQL
1 4 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.37%) Data Lake
3 2 (1.37%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.68%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.68%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.68%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Git
2 4 (2.74%) GitLab
3 3 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.37%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.37%) Eclipse
4 2 (1.37%) JIRA
4 2 (1.37%) Snyk
4 2 (1.37%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.68%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (16.44%) Public Sector
2 23 (15.75%) Finance
3 19 (13.01%) Social Skills
4 14 (9.59%) Retail
5 11 (7.53%) Banking
6 6 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (4.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.05%) Automotive
8 3 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.37%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.37%) Marketing
9 2 (1.37%) Tech for Good
9 2 (1.37%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.68%) Electronics
10 1 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.68%) Legal
10 1 (0.68%) Local Government
10 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 55 (37.67%) Architect
2 24 (16.44%) Security Architect
3 23 (15.75%) Cloud Engineer
3 23 (15.75%) Security Engineer
4 16 (10.96%) Senior
5 15 (10.27%) Solutions Architect
6 14 (9.59%) Consultant
7 8 (5.48%) Lead
7 8 (5.48%) Security Consultant
8 7 (4.79%) Cloud Architect
9 6 (4.11%) Analyst
9 6 (4.11%) DevOps Engineer
9 6 (4.11%) Security Analyst
10 5 (3.42%) Applications Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) Cloud Security Engineer
10 5 (3.42%) Developer
10 5 (3.42%) Senior Architect
10 5 (3.42%) Senior Cloud Engineer
11 4 (2.74%) AWS Engineer
11 4 (2.74%) Lead Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (11.64%) SailPoint
2 13 (8.90%) SAML
3 6 (4.11%) Node.js
3 6 (4.11%) OAuth
3 6 (4.11%) OAuth2
3 6 (4.11%) OpenID
4 3 (2.05%) ARM Templates
4 3 (2.05%) PyTorch
4 3 (2.05%) REST
4 3 (2.05%) scikit-learn
4 3 (2.05%) TensorFlow
4 3 (2.05%) YAML
5 2 (1.37%) .NET
5 2 (1.37%) GWT
5 2 (1.37%) JSON
5 2 (1.37%) RESTful
5 2 (1.37%) Restlet
5 2 (1.37%) Spring
5 2 (1.37%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.96%) Cloud Native
2 13 (8.90%) Security Posture
3 9 (6.16%) Management Information System
4 8 (5.48%) Public Cloud
5 5 (3.42%) Onboarding
5 5 (3.42%) PKI
5 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
5 5 (3.42%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.74%) Cloud Security Posture
6 4 (2.74%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (2.05%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.37%) Insider Threat
8 2 (1.37%) Mobile App
8 2 (1.37%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.68%) CSOC
9 1 (0.68%) STIX
9 1 (0.68%) TAXII
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.27%) Windows
2 9 (6.16%) Linux
3 2 (1.37%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.68%) Android
4 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.68%) Unix
4 1 (0.68%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.34%) Cybersecurity
2 36 (24.66%) DevOps
3 32 (21.92%) CI/CD
4 29 (19.86%) Application Security
5 24 (16.44%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (14.38%) Identity Access Management
6 21 (14.38%) Information Security
6 21 (14.38%) Migration
6 21 (14.38%) Security Architecture
7 19 (13.01%) Containerisation
7 19 (13.01%) DevSecOps
7 19 (13.01%) Penetration Testing
8 17 (11.64%) Agile
9 16 (10.96%) Architectural Design
10 15 (10.27%) Secrets Management
10 15 (10.27%) Vulnerability Management
11 14 (9.59%) High Availability
11 14 (9.59%) Incident Response
11 14 (9.59%) Threat Modelling
12 13 (8.90%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.22%) Python
2 7 (4.79%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.79%) TypeScript
3 5 (3.42%) Java
4 3 (2.05%) Bash
4 3 (2.05%) C#
4 3 (2.05%) SQL
5 2 (1.37%) ABAP
5 2 (1.37%) Bicep
5 2 (1.37%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.37%) PHP
6 1 (0.68%) Go
6 1 (0.68%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.68%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 21 (14.38%) Security Cleared
2 19 (13.01%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.64%) Degree
4 12 (8.22%) CISSP
5 9 (6.16%) CISM
5 9 (6.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (5.48%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.74%) DV Cleared
8 3 (2.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 3 (2.05%) Azure Certification
8 3 (2.05%) CCSP
8 3 (2.05%) CISA
8 3 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (2.05%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (1.37%) GIAC
9 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
9 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.37%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.68%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (15.07%) NIST
2 16 (10.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (7.53%) NCSC
4 7 (4.79%) PCI DSS
5 4 (2.74%) GDPR
6 3 (2.05%) COBIT
6 3 (2.05%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (2.05%) GPG13
7 2 (1.37%) COSO
7 2 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.68%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.68%) QA
8 1 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (15.07%) Active Directory
2 15 (10.27%) Docker
3 4 (2.74%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (1.37%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.37%) Squid
4 2 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 22 (15.07%) Terraform
2 13 (8.90%) Kubernetes
3 11 (7.53%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (2.74%) Ansible
4 4 (2.74%) Trend Micro Deep Security
5 2 (1.37%) CASB
5 2 (1.37%) HAProxy
5 2 (1.37%) Nessus
6 1 (0.68%) HP Fortify
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.68%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.96%) CyberArk
3 15 (10.27%) BeyondTrust
4 14 (9.59%) ServiceNow
5 8 (5.48%) Google
6 7 (4.79%) Oracle
6 7 (4.79%) Zscaler
7 6 (4.11%) Splunk
8 5 (3.42%) CrowdStrike
9 4 (2.74%) F5
9 4 (2.74%) Okta
9 4 (2.74%) SAP
10 3 (2.05%) CheckPoint
10 3 (2.05%) Cisco
10 3 (2.05%) Palo Alto
10 3 (2.05%) Salesforce
10 3 (2.05%) Sparx
11 2 (1.37%) Forcepoint
11 2 (1.37%) Ping Identity
11 2 (1.37%) VMware