Cloud Security Contracts in England

Cloud Security
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cloud Security skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Security over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 207 158 242
Rank change year-on-year -49 +84 -69
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 433 770 832
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.15% 1.64% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.82% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 295 537 555
10th Percentile £425 £450 £463
25th Percentile £500 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £635 £625
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% +1.52% +8.70%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £725
90th Percentile £780 £788 £813
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £625
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 1
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year - +152.98% -53.50%
UK median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year - +75.00% -20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London -26 274 £600 -7.69% 103
North of England -46 40 £625 +13.64% 36
South West +1 34 £600 -11.11% 21
South East -25 28 £540 -22.86% 44
Midlands +2 25 £630 +14.55% 20
North West -10 22 £663 +7.80% 19
West Midlands +7 21 £635 +5.83% 14
Yorkshire -31 18 £600 +9.09% 13
East of England -3 5 £775 +55.00% 6
East Midlands +4 2 £625 +25.00% 5
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.39%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.69%) nginx
3 3 (0.69%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.46%) Confluence
4 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.23%) CMS
5 1 (0.23%) IIS
5 1 (0.23%) Traefik
Applications
1 11 (2.54%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.23%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 178 (41.11%) Azure
2 129 (29.79%) AWS
3 67 (15.47%) GCP
4 63 (14.55%) IaaS
5 52 (12.01%) SaaS
6 45 (10.39%) Entra ID
6 45 (10.39%) PaaS
7 32 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
8 29 (6.70%) AWS CloudFormation
9 25 (5.77%) Serverless
10 19 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (3.93%) Azure Sentinel
12 12 (2.77%) Cloud Computing
12 12 (2.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 10 (2.31%) OCI
14 9 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
15 8 (1.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 8 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (1.85%) GitHub
16 7 (1.62%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 83 (19.17%) Firewall
2 61 (14.09%) Network Security
3 30 (6.93%) VPN
4 29 (6.70%) WAN
5 23 (5.31%) DNS
6 16 (3.70%) SD-WAN
7 13 (3.00%) LAN
8 10 (2.31%) Internet
9 8 (1.85%) Intrusion Detection
10 5 (1.15%) TCP/IP
11 4 (0.92%) BGP
11 4 (0.92%) NGFW
11 4 (0.92%) OSPF
11 4 (0.92%) WLAN
12 3 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
12 3 (0.69%) DHCP
12 3 (0.69%) EIGRP
12 3 (0.69%) MPLS
12 3 (0.69%) Multicast
12 3 (0.69%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.08%) Data Lake
2 8 (1.85%) DynamoDB
2 8 (1.85%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.39%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.15%) Big Data
4 5 (1.15%) BigQuery
5 4 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.92%) Bigtable
5 4 (0.92%) Cloud Spanner
5 4 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.92%) MySQL
5 4 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.92%) Power BI
5 4 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.92%) SAP BW
6 3 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.69%) OLAP
6 3 (0.69%) OLTP
7 2 (0.46%) Amazon QuickSight
7 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (4.16%) GitLab
1 18 (4.16%) Jenkins
2 13 (3.00%) Git
3 7 (1.62%) JIRA
4 4 (0.92%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.69%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.46%) JMeter
6 2 (0.46%) Selenium
6 2 (0.46%) Snyk
6 2 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.23%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.23%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.23%) NUnit
General
1 112 (25.87%) Finance
2 69 (15.94%) Social Skills
3 59 (13.63%) Banking
4 20 (4.62%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (3.93%) Public Sector
6 14 (3.23%) Retail
7 11 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
8 9 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.85%) Financial Institution
10 6 (1.39%) Legal
10 6 (1.39%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.92%) Military
11 4 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.69%) Automotive
12 3 (0.69%) Marketing
13 2 (0.46%) Law
13 2 (0.46%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.23%) French Language
14 1 (0.23%) German Language
14 1 (0.23%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 154 (35.57%) Architect
2 86 (19.86%) Security Architect
3 66 (15.24%) Security Engineer
4 58 (13.39%) Consultant
5 55 (12.70%) Cloud Architect
6 47 (10.85%) Security Consultant
7 45 (10.39%) Senior
8 44 (10.16%) Cloud Engineer
9 28 (6.47%) Cloud Security Architect
10 23 (5.31%) Security Manager
11 20 (4.62%) AWS Architect
11 20 (4.62%) Azure Engineer
12 17 (3.93%) Lead
12 17 (3.93%) Senior Architect
12 17 (3.93%) Senior Security Architect
13 16 (3.70%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 14 (3.23%) Analyst
14 14 (3.23%) Project Manager
15 13 (3.00%) AWS Engineer
15 13 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.00%) Kafka
1 13 (3.00%) Node.js
1 13 (3.00%) SAML
2 12 (2.77%) OpenID
3 10 (2.31%) .NET
3 10 (2.31%) SailPoint
4 8 (1.85%) JWT
5 6 (1.39%) OAuth
5 6 (1.39%) Web Services
5 6 (1.39%) YAML
6 5 (1.15%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.15%) JSON
6 5 (1.15%) OAuth2
6 5 (1.15%) React
6 5 (1.15%) Spring
6 5 (1.15%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.92%) GWT
7 4 (0.92%) JAX-RS
7 4 (0.92%) REST
7 4 (0.92%) Restlet
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.39%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.24%) Management Information System
3 26 (6.00%) Security Posture
4 24 (5.54%) PKI
5 19 (4.39%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.70%) IoT
6 16 (3.70%) Mobile App
7 14 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
8 12 (2.77%) Operational Technology
9 9 (2.08%) Distributed Systems
10 8 (1.85%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 8 (1.85%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (1.62%) Cloud Security Posture
11 7 (1.62%) Enterprise Cloud
11 7 (1.62%) Onboarding
12 6 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (1.39%) Product Ownership
13 5 (1.15%) Cyberattack
13 5 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (1.15%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.47%) Linux
2 23 (5.31%) Windows
3 9 (2.08%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.15%) Unix
5 3 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.23%) Android
7 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.23%) CentOS
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (29.33%) Cybersecurity
2 103 (23.79%) DevOps
3 96 (22.17%) Infrastructure as Code
4 81 (18.71%) CI/CD
5 80 (18.48%) Information Security
6 74 (17.09%) DevSecOps
7 73 (16.86%) Security Architecture
8 72 (16.63%) SIEM
9 64 (14.78%) Application Security
10 61 (14.09%) Identity Access Management
11 58 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
12 49 (11.32%) Microservices
13 47 (10.85%) Migration
14 44 (10.16%) Agile
14 44 (10.16%) Penetration Testing
15 36 (8.31%) Data Loss Prevention
16 35 (8.08%) Incident Response
17 34 (7.85%) Containerisation
18 33 (7.62%) Design Patterns
19 30 (6.93%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.09%) Python
2 32 (7.39%) Java
3 31 (7.16%) PowerShell
4 15 (3.46%) SQL
5 10 (2.31%) Bash
6 9 (2.08%) C#
7 8 (1.85%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.39%) Bicep
8 6 (1.39%) TypeScript
9 5 (1.15%) Go
9 5 (1.15%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.15%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.92%) PHP
10 4 (0.92%) Ruby
11 3 (0.69%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.23%) Korn
12 1 (0.23%) Perl
12 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.23%) Scala
12 1 (0.23%) tcsh
Qualifications
1 62 (14.32%) Degree
2 60 (13.86%) CISSP
2 60 (13.86%) Security Cleared
3 55 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 45 (10.39%) CISM
5 26 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.93%) AWS Certification
6 17 (3.93%) CISA
6 17 (3.93%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 13 (3.00%) Azure Certification
9 12 (2.77%) CRISC
10 11 (2.54%) GIAC
11 8 (1.85%) CCSP
11 8 (1.85%) Master's Degree
11 8 (1.85%) SANS
12 7 (1.62%) CCNP
12 7 (1.62%) CCSK
12 7 (1.62%) CompTIA Security+
12 7 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (16.17%) NIST
2 50 (11.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.77%) GDPR
4 18 (4.16%) PCI DSS
5 17 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 13 (3.00%) NCSC
7 12 (2.77%) GRC
8 9 (2.08%) NIST 800
9 8 (1.85%) COBIT
10 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
10 4 (0.92%) HIPAA
11 3 (0.69%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.69%) GPG13
11 3 (0.69%) ISA99
12 2 (0.46%) COSO
12 2 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.46%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.46%) QA
12 2 (0.46%) SLA
13 1 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 46 (10.62%) Active Directory
2 36 (8.31%) Docker
3 15 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
4 12 (2.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (1.85%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.46%) KVM
6 2 (0.46%) Snort
6 2 (0.46%) Squid
6 2 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.46%) XenApp
7 1 (0.23%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.23%) NFS
Systems Management
1 86 (19.86%) Terraform
2 52 (12.01%) Kubernetes
3 18 (4.16%) Single Sign-On
4 9 (2.08%) CASB
5 7 (1.62%) Ansible
6 5 (1.15%) Nessus
7 4 (0.92%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.92%) Packer
7 4 (0.92%) SCCM
7 4 (0.92%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (0.69%) Argo
8 3 (0.69%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.46%) logstash
9 2 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.46%) SCDPM
9 2 (0.46%) SCOrch
9 2 (0.46%) SCVMM
9 2 (0.46%) WSUS
10 1 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
10 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 97 (22.40%) Microsoft
2 37 (8.55%) Google
3 21 (4.85%) Palo Alto
4 16 (3.70%) Cisco
5 15 (3.46%) Oracle
6 13 (3.00%) Splunk
7 12 (2.77%) SAP
7 12 (2.77%) ServiceNow
7 12 (2.77%) VMware
8 10 (2.31%) CyberArk
9 8 (1.85%) BeyondTrust
10 7 (1.62%) CrowdStrike
10 7 (1.62%) Databricks
10 7 (1.62%) F5
11 6 (1.39%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.39%) Citrix
11 6 (1.39%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.39%) Zscaler
12 4 (0.92%) Okta
12 4 (0.92%) Salesforce