Cloud Security Contracts

Cloud Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 201 154 213
Rank change year-on-year -47 +59 -43
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 513 970 1,192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.18% 1.75% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.95% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 635 754
10th Percentile £425 £450 £463
25th Percentile £500 £517 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.17%
75th Percentile £725 £715 £725
90th Percentile £780 £775 £810
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 5
10th Percentile - £57.60 £28.60
25th Percentile - - £30.00
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +75.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - £72.00 £46.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,914 49,809 79,437
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.21% 89.64% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,592 34,469 55,846
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,564 1,687 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.70 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.51
% change year-on-year +8.91% +70.69% -2.36%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Top 14 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
England -51 431 £600 -4.00% 215
London -33 272 £600 -7.69% 97
Work from Home -57 158 £600 -5.51% 125
UK excluding London -64 152 £600 - 128
North of England -39 42 £638 +15.91% 31
South West +12 35 £600 -11.11% 22
South East -25 28 £536 -23.39% 44
Scotland +30 24 £600 +30.43% 9
Midlands +6 24 £630 +14.55% 15
North West -11 23 £676 +9.92% 15
West Midlands +1 20 £635 +5.83% 10
Yorkshire -31 19 £600 +9.09% 12
East of England -6 5 £775 +55.00% 5
East Midlands +9 2 £625 +25.00% 5

Cloud Security
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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.58%) Confluence
3 3 (0.58%) nginx
3 3 (0.58%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.39%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.19%) CMS
5 1 (0.19%) IIS
5 1 (0.19%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.19%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.19%) Maximo
2 1 (0.19%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.19%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (0.19%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 213 (41.52%) Azure
2 165 (32.16%) AWS
3 89 (17.35%) GCP
4 63 (12.28%) IaaS
5 51 (9.94%) Entra ID
5 51 (9.94%) SaaS
6 43 (8.38%) PaaS
7 34 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (6.04%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (5.46%) Serverless
10 27 (5.26%) Azure Sentinel
11 21 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (2.73%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (2.34%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 10 (1.95%) GitHub
14 10 (1.95%) OCI
15 9 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
15 9 (1.75%) Power Platform
16 8 (1.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 95 (18.52%) Firewall
2 77 (15.01%) Network Security
3 32 (6.24%) VPN
4 31 (6.04%) WAN
5 25 (4.87%) DNS
6 16 (3.12%) SD-WAN
7 15 (2.92%) LAN
8 10 (1.95%) Internet
9 8 (1.56%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (1.17%) NGFW
10 6 (1.17%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.97%) WLAN
12 4 (0.78%) BGP
12 4 (0.78%) OSPF
13 3 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
13 3 (0.58%) DHCP
13 3 (0.58%) EIGRP
13 3 (0.58%) MPLS
13 3 (0.58%) Multicast
13 3 (0.58%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.95%) Data Lake
2 8 (1.56%) DynamoDB
2 8 (1.56%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.17%) Big Data
3 6 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.97%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.97%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.97%) SAP BW
4 5 (0.97%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.78%) Bigtable
5 4 (0.78%) Cloud Spanner
5 4 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.78%) MySQL
5 4 (0.78%) Power BI
6 3 (0.58%) OLAP
6 3 (0.58%) OLTP
7 2 (0.39%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.39%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 24 (4.68%) Jenkins
2 19 (3.70%) GitLab
3 16 (3.12%) Git
4 8 (1.56%) JIRA
5 5 (0.97%) Burp Suite
6 4 (0.78%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.58%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.39%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.39%) JMeter
8 2 (0.39%) Selenium
8 2 (0.39%) Snyk
8 2 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.19%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.19%) NUnit
General
1 115 (22.42%) Finance
2 78 (15.20%) Social Skills
3 64 (12.48%) Banking
4 39 (7.60%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.12%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (2.53%) Retail
8 9 (1.75%) Financial Institution
8 9 (1.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (1.36%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.17%) Legal
11 4 (0.78%) Automotive
11 4 (0.78%) Military
11 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.58%) Marketing
13 2 (0.39%) Electronics
13 2 (0.39%) Law
13 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.39%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.39%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 189 (36.84%) Architect
2 97 (18.91%) Security Architect
3 69 (13.45%) Security Engineer
4 63 (12.28%) Consultant
5 55 (10.72%) Cloud Architect
6 51 (9.94%) Senior
7 49 (9.55%) Cloud Engineer
7 49 (9.55%) Security Consultant
8 30 (5.85%) Security Manager
9 29 (5.65%) Cloud Security Architect
10 26 (5.07%) Solutions Architect
11 23 (4.48%) Azure Engineer
12 21 (4.09%) Lead
13 20 (3.90%) AWS Architect
14 19 (3.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 19 (3.70%) Senior Architect
14 19 (3.70%) Senior Security Architect
15 16 (3.12%) Project Manager
16 15 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
17 14 (2.73%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.48%) SailPoint
2 19 (3.70%) SAML
3 16 (3.12%) OpenID
4 15 (2.92%) Node.js
5 13 (2.53%) Kafka
6 10 (1.95%) .NET
7 8 (1.56%) JWT
8 7 (1.36%) OAuth
8 7 (1.36%) Spring
8 7 (1.36%) Spring Boot
8 7 (1.36%) YAML
9 6 (1.17%) GWT
9 6 (1.17%) JAX-RS
9 6 (1.17%) OAuth2
9 6 (1.17%) REST
9 6 (1.17%) Restlet
9 6 (1.17%) Web Services
10 5 (0.97%) ARM Templates
10 5 (0.97%) JSON
10 5 (0.97%) React
Miscellaneous
1 40 (7.80%) Security Posture
2 34 (6.63%) Management Information System
3 33 (6.43%) Cloud Native
4 29 (5.65%) PKI
5 21 (4.09%) Public Cloud
6 17 (3.31%) IoT
6 17 (3.31%) Mobile App
7 15 (2.92%) Security Operations Centre
8 14 (2.73%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (2.53%) Operational Technology
10 10 (1.95%) Hybrid Cloud
10 10 (1.95%) Product Ownership
11 9 (1.75%) Cloud Security Posture
11 9 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.56%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.56%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.56%) Onboarding
13 7 (1.36%) Enterprise Cloud
14 6 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
14 6 (1.17%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.04%) Linux
2 24 (4.68%) Windows
3 9 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.97%) Kali Linux
4 5 (0.97%) Unix
5 3 (0.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.39%) Android
6 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.39%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.19%) CentOS
7 1 (0.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (29.24%) Cybersecurity
2 128 (24.95%) DevOps
3 114 (22.22%) Infrastructure as Code
4 102 (19.88%) CI/CD
5 87 (16.96%) Information Security
6 84 (16.37%) Application Security
7 81 (15.79%) Security Architecture
8 80 (15.59%) DevSecOps
9 78 (15.20%) SIEM
10 73 (14.23%) Identity Access Management
11 68 (13.26%) Problem-Solving
12 63 (12.28%) Migration
13 57 (11.11%) Agile
14 54 (10.53%) Penetration Testing
15 53 (10.33%) Microservices
16 50 (9.75%) Containerisation
17 46 (8.97%) Incident Response
18 40 (7.80%) Analytics
19 37 (7.21%) Computer Science
19 37 (7.21%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 58 (11.31%) Python
2 34 (6.63%) Java
3 31 (6.04%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.73%) Kusto Query Language
4 14 (2.73%) SQL
5 12 (2.34%) Bash
6 10 (1.95%) C#
7 7 (1.36%) Bicep
7 7 (1.36%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.17%) Go
8 6 (1.17%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.17%) Ruby
9 5 (0.97%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.78%) PHP
11 3 (0.58%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.39%) ABAP
13 1 (0.19%) C++
13 1 (0.19%) Korn
13 1 (0.19%) Perl
13 1 (0.19%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (14.62%) Security Cleared
2 73 (14.23%) Degree
3 70 (13.65%) CISSP
4 67 (13.06%) SC Cleared
5 47 (9.16%) CISM
6 32 (6.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (4.29%) Azure Certification
8 21 (4.09%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (3.31%) CISA
10 16 (3.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 16 (3.12%) AWS Certification
11 13 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (2.34%) CRISC
13 11 (2.14%) CompTIA Security+
14 10 (1.95%) CCSP
14 10 (1.95%) DV Cleared
15 9 (1.75%) GIAC
15 9 (1.75%) Master's Degree
16 8 (1.56%) CEH
16 8 (1.56%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (14.62%) NIST
2 54 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (4.68%) GDPR
4 21 (4.09%) PCI DSS
5 19 (3.70%) NCSC
6 17 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (2.34%) GRC
8 8 (1.56%) COBIT
8 8 (1.56%) Disclosure Scotland
9 7 (1.36%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.78%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.78%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.78%) QA
11 3 (0.58%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.58%) GPG13
11 3 (0.58%) ISA99
12 2 (0.39%) COSO
12 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.39%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 53 (10.33%) Active Directory
2 38 (7.41%) Docker
3 15 (2.92%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.34%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.56%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.39%) KVM
6 2 (0.39%) Squid
6 2 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.39%) XenApp
7 1 (0.19%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.19%) NFS
7 1 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 100 (19.49%) Terraform
2 56 (10.92%) Kubernetes
3 24 (4.68%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (2.73%) Ansible
5 11 (2.14%) CASB
6 5 (0.97%) SCCM
7 4 (0.78%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.78%) Nessus
7 4 (0.78%) Packer
7 4 (0.78%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (0.58%) Argo
8 3 (0.58%) HAProxy
8 3 (0.58%) Puppet
9 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.39%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.39%) SCDPM
9 2 (0.39%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.39%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.39%) WSUS
10 1 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 118 (23.00%) Microsoft
2 40 (7.80%) Google
3 25 (4.87%) ServiceNow
4 23 (4.48%) CyberArk
5 22 (4.29%) Palo Alto
6 21 (4.09%) BeyondTrust
7 19 (3.70%) Oracle
8 17 (3.31%) Cisco
9 15 (2.92%) SAP
10 13 (2.53%) Zscaler
11 12 (2.34%) VMware
12 11 (2.14%) Splunk
13 9 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
14 8 (1.56%) Databricks
15 7 (1.36%) F5
15 7 (1.36%) Okta
15 7 (1.36%) Salesforce
16 6 (1.17%) CheckPoint
16 6 (1.17%) Citrix
16 6 (1.17%) Fortinet