Public Cloud Contracts

Public Cloud
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Cloud over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 301 230 177
Rank change year-on-year -71 -53 +91
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 302 643 1,398
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.70% 1.15% 1.60%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 3.44% 4.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 441 900
10th Percentile £450 £438 £435
25th Percentile £500 £513 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £638 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £713
90th Percentile £838 £820 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £625 £563
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 12 7
10th Percentile £38.28 £63.03 £40.15
25th Percentile £40.56 £70.38 £47.13
Median hourly rate £46.25 £78.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.71% +44.44% -8.09%
75th Percentile £52.06 £78.50 £76.13
90th Percentile £54.43 £89.00 £84.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £78.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -50.64% +92.59% -32.50%

All Generic Skills
UK

Public Cloud is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,955 18,685 29,032
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.09% 33.33% 33.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,317 12,877 20,364
10th Percentile £270 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 922 612 691
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.18 £10.63 £17.19
Median hourly rate £35.00 £22.13 £26.98
Median % change year-on-year +58.19% -17.99% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.30 £60.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £74.93 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.61 £22.00 £21.25
% change year-on-year +57.30% +3.53% -7.61%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Cloud over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Cloud over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Cloud within the UK 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
England -85 250 £610 -4.87% 214
UK excluding London -14 167 £625 - 141
London -60 114 £567 -12.77% 87
Work from Home -18 97 £600 -7.34% 138
North of England -17 51 £825 +37.50% 62
North West +28 44 £850 +41.67% 34
South West -2 30 £600 -7.69% 11
Scotland +50 27 £525 -6.67% 11
South East -14 27 £613 +11.36% 29
Midlands +13 19 £675 -3.57% 18
Wales +31 17 £513 -7.87% 2
West Midlands +2 13 £700 - 16
East Midlands +7 6 £445 -36.43% 2
Yorkshire -18 6 £558 -7.08% 19
North East -6 1 £525 -32.26% 9
East of England -12 1 - - 7

Public Cloud
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 24 (7.95%) Confluence
2 9 (2.98%) Anypoint
3 5 (1.66%) Apache
4 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.99%) Cloud Foundry
5 3 (0.99%) NetWeaver
6 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.66%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.99%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.66%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.66%) Shopify
4 1 (0.33%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.33%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.33%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 155 (51.32%) Azure
2 137 (45.36%) AWS
3 65 (21.52%) GCP
4 25 (8.28%) SaaS
5 22 (7.28%) PaaS
5 22 (7.28%) Serverless
6 19 (6.29%) GitHub
7 18 (5.96%) OpenShift
8 17 (5.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 17 (5.63%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (5.30%) Amazon S3
10 15 (4.97%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (4.97%) IaaS
11 14 (4.64%) Amazon EC2
12 12 (3.97%) Entra ID
13 11 (3.64%) Azure AKS
14 9 (2.98%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (2.98%) Apigee
14 9 (2.98%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (2.65%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 60 (19.87%) VPN
2 47 (15.56%) Firewall
3 23 (7.62%) WAN
4 17 (5.63%) LAN
5 8 (2.65%) MPLS
6 7 (2.32%) Network Security
6 7 (2.32%) TCP/IP
7 6 (1.99%) DNS
8 5 (1.66%) BGP
8 5 (1.66%) Internet
8 5 (1.66%) SSL
9 4 (1.32%) SD-WAN
10 3 (0.99%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.99%) IOS XR
10 3 (0.99%) OpenLDAP
10 3 (0.99%) SAN
10 3 (0.99%) Wireless
11 2 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
11 2 (0.66%) OSPF
11 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.60%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.62%) Relational Database
3 14 (4.64%) MySQL
4 10 (3.31%) NoSQL
5 8 (2.65%) BigQuery
5 8 (2.65%) DB2
5 8 (2.65%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
6 6 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (1.66%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (1.32%) Big Data
8 4 (1.32%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.32%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.99%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
9 3 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.99%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 41 (13.58%) Jenkins
2 30 (9.93%) Git
3 21 (6.95%) GitLab
4 20 (6.62%) JIRA
5 11 (3.64%) Bitbucket
6 8 (2.65%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.32%) Burp Suite
7 7 (2.32%) TeamCity
8 6 (1.99%) AppScan
8 6 (1.99%) JMeter
8 6 (1.99%) Maven
8 6 (1.99%) Selenium
9 5 (1.66%) Spinnaker
10 4 (1.32%) JUnit
10 4 (1.32%) Mockito
10 4 (1.32%) Subversion
11 3 (0.99%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.99%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.99%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.33%) VisualWorks
General
1 83 (27.48%) Finance
2 69 (22.85%) Social Skills
3 26 (8.61%) Banking
4 25 (8.28%) Public Sector
5 14 (4.64%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (4.30%) Telecoms
7 10 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.65%) Legal
9 7 (2.32%) Billing
10 6 (1.99%) Investment Banking
10 6 (1.99%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.66%) Marketing
12 3 (0.99%) Automotive
12 3 (0.99%) Aviation
12 3 (0.99%) Electronics
12 3 (0.99%) Front Office
12 3 (0.99%) Law
12 3 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.99%) Retail
Job Titles
1 100 (33.11%) Architect
2 53 (17.55%) Technical Architect
3 42 (13.91%) Lead
4 38 (12.58%) Senior
5 31 (10.26%) Developer
6 30 (9.93%) Lead Architect
6 30 (9.93%) Technical Leader
7 21 (6.95%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (5.96%) Consultant
10 15 (4.97%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (4.64%) Azure Architect
11 14 (4.64%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (4.64%) Java Developer
11 14 (4.64%) Java Engineer
12 13 (4.30%) AWS Engineer
13 10 (3.31%) Network Engineer
14 9 (2.98%) Site Reliability Engineer
15 8 (2.65%) Full Stack Engineer
15 8 (2.65%) MuleSoft Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.24%) Node.js
2 29 (9.60%) REST
3 26 (8.61%) Spring
4 17 (5.63%) .NET
4 17 (5.63%) Spring Boot
5 16 (5.30%) AngularJS
6 13 (4.30%) Elastic Stack
7 12 (3.97%) CSS
7 12 (3.97%) HTML
7 12 (3.97%) Kafka
7 12 (3.97%) Middleware
7 12 (3.97%) Swagger
8 11 (3.64%) JPA
9 10 (3.31%) JSON
9 10 (3.31%) OAuth
10 9 (2.98%) OpenAPI
10 9 (2.98%) SOAP
11 8 (2.65%) RESTful
12 7 (2.32%) Apache Camel
12 7 (2.32%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.62%) Data Centre
2 18 (5.96%) Product Ownership
3 17 (5.63%) Cloud Native
4 14 (4.64%) PKI
5 13 (4.30%) Security Posture
6 11 (3.64%) Distributed Systems
6 11 (3.64%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.64%) NHS
7 10 (3.31%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.98%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 5 (1.66%) Mainframe
10 5 (1.66%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.66%) Reference Data
10 5 (1.66%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.32%) Credit Derivative
11 4 (1.32%) Derivative
11 4 (1.32%) Equities
11 4 (1.32%) Fixed Income
11 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 75 (24.83%) Windows
2 65 (21.52%) Linux
3 47 (15.56%) Windows Server
4 39 (12.91%) Android
4 39 (12.91%) Apple iOS
5 12 (3.97%) Unix
6 5 (1.66%) zOS
7 3 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.99%) VMS
8 2 (0.66%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.33%) AIX
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (45.03%) Agile
2 108 (35.76%) DevOps
3 97 (32.12%) CI/CD
4 64 (21.19%) Microservices
5 47 (15.56%) Security Architecture
6 44 (14.57%) Containerisation
7 42 (13.91%) Risk Management
8 39 (12.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 39 (12.91%) Zero Trust
9 37 (12.25%) Design Patterns
9 37 (12.25%) Migration
10 34 (11.26%) Mobile Device Management
10 34 (11.26%) Roadmaps
11 31 (10.26%) Machine Learning
11 31 (10.26%) Threat Intelligence
12 30 (9.93%) Project Management
13 29 (9.60%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
14 27 (8.94%) Continuous Integration
15 26 (8.61%) SDLC
16 24 (7.95%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 64 (21.19%) Python
2 57 (18.87%) Java
3 38 (12.58%) SQL
4 29 (9.60%) PowerShell
5 22 (7.28%) Bash
6 15 (4.97%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.64%) C
8 8 (2.65%) C#
9 7 (2.32%) Go
9 7 (2.32%) JavaScript
9 7 (2.32%) Ruby
10 5 (1.66%) Groovy
11 4 (1.32%) C++
11 4 (1.32%) PHP
11 4 (1.32%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.99%) Perl
12 3 (0.99%) R
13 2 (0.66%) Bicep
13 2 (0.66%) Rust
Qualifications
1 61 (20.20%) Security Cleared
2 60 (19.87%) SC Cleared
3 25 (8.28%) Degree
4 9 (2.98%) Azure Certification
4 9 (2.98%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.65%) SANS
6 7 (2.32%) CISSP
6 7 (2.32%) Master's Degree
7 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.66%) CCIE
8 5 (1.66%) CISM
8 5 (1.66%) CRISC
9 4 (1.32%) CCNP
9 4 (1.32%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.32%) HND
9 4 (1.32%) MCSE
10 3 (0.99%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (9.27%) QA
2 11 (3.64%) NCSC
3 9 (2.98%) NIST
4 8 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.32%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.99%) HL7
7 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.66%) SLA
8 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.33%) GDPR
8 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 65 (21.52%) Docker
2 21 (6.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (5.96%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.98%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (2.65%) VMware NSX
6 6 (1.99%) Hyper-V
7 4 (1.32%) vCloud
8 3 (0.99%) vSphere
9 1 (0.33%) Ceph
9 1 (0.33%) Firmware
9 1 (0.33%) NFS
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.33%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 74 (24.50%) Kubernetes
2 59 (19.54%) Terraform
3 47 (15.56%) Ansible
4 17 (5.63%) Grafana
4 17 (5.63%) Progress Chef
5 16 (5.30%) Prometheus
6 15 (4.97%) Puppet
7 13 (4.30%) Graylog
7 13 (4.30%) Nagios
8 10 (3.31%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.99%) HP Fortify
9 6 (1.99%) Nessus
9 6 (1.99%) OPNET
9 6 (1.99%) WebInspect
10 5 (1.66%) Istio
11 4 (1.32%) PowerCLI
11 4 (1.32%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (1.32%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 3 (0.99%) Podman
13 2 (0.66%) Consul
Vendors
1 58 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.93%) Google
3 32 (10.60%) VMware
4 30 (9.93%) SAP
5 29 (9.60%) Oracle
6 26 (8.61%) Splunk
7 18 (5.96%) Cisco
8 11 (3.64%) Databricks
8 11 (3.64%) F5
8 11 (3.64%) WSO2
9 10 (3.31%) Salesforce
10 9 (2.98%) MuleSoft
11 8 (2.65%) Atlassian
11 8 (2.65%) Checkmarx
12 7 (2.32%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.99%) Palo Alto
13 6 (1.99%) Veracode
13 6 (1.99%) Zscaler
14 5 (1.66%) CheckPoint
14 5 (1.66%) Citrix