Cloud Computing Contracts in England

Cloud Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cloud Computing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cloud Computing 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 315 314 437
Rank change year-on-year -1 +123 -86
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 243 365 392
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.65% 0.78% 0.56%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.02% 2.14% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 267 242
10th Percentile £311 £425 £314
25th Percentile £425 £500 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -
75th Percentile £675 £694 £638
90th Percentile £724 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £547
% change year-on-year - +5.22% +4.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 5
10th Percentile £16.70 - -
25th Percentile £17.38 £16.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year - -26.92% +33.33%
75th Percentile £53.75 £23.88 £85.00
90th Percentile £74.30 £36.95 -
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year - -13.64% +4.76%

All Cloud Skills
England

Cloud Computing falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 12,003 17,073 26,837
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.00% 36.30% 38.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,593 12,521 19,923
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £415 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £748 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 282 314
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.06 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%
75th Percentile £43.75 £70.00 £44.70
90th Percentile £70.00 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £36.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -40.28% +63.64% +2.33%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
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 Computing 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 +8 121 £594 -1.04% 82
North of England +42 44 £450 -21.74% 22
South West -24 32 £650 +8.33% 12
Yorkshire +33 24 £463 -19.57% 4
South East +8 17 £313 -40.46% 25
North West +16 15 £450 -21.74% 16
East of England +5 9 £575 +6.98% 4
North East - 5 - - 2
West Midlands +3 4 £345 -34.29% 11
Midlands -6 4 £345 -31.00% 22
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
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 14 (5.76%) Apache Spark
2 10 (4.12%) Apache
3 6 (2.47%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (2.06%) Confluence
5 4 (1.65%) CMS
6 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.41%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.41%) IIS
7 1 (0.41%) JBoss
7 1 (0.41%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.41%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.41%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.06%) Endur
1 5 (2.06%) OpenLink RightAngle
2 3 (1.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 106 (43.62%) Azure
2 98 (40.33%) AWS
3 58 (23.87%) PaaS
4 57 (23.46%) GCP
5 55 (22.63%) IaaS
6 52 (21.40%) SaaS
7 18 (7.41%) Serverless
8 12 (4.94%) Amazon S3
8 12 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (4.53%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (4.53%) GitHub
10 9 (3.70%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
10 9 (3.70%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.70%) Nutanix
11 7 (2.88%) Azure AI
11 7 (2.88%) Azure Storage
11 7 (2.88%) Snowflake
12 6 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (2.06%) BrowserStack
13 5 (2.06%) Twilio
Communications & Networking
1 35 (14.40%) WAN
2 33 (13.58%) LAN
3 18 (7.41%) DNS
4 16 (6.58%) Firewall
5 13 (5.35%) TCP/IP
6 11 (4.53%) VPN
7 9 (3.70%) Network Security
8 8 (3.29%) DHCP
8 8 (3.29%) NAS
8 8 (3.29%) SAN
9 6 (2.47%) InfiniBand
9 6 (2.47%) Internet
9 6 (2.47%) VLAN
9 6 (2.47%) VoIP
10 5 (2.06%) CTI
10 5 (2.06%) Kerberos
11 4 (1.65%) IPsec
11 4 (1.65%) SSH
12 3 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
12 3 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (7.82%) Big Data
2 17 (7.00%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (6.58%) Data Lake
3 16 (6.58%) NoSQL
4 15 (6.17%) BigQuery
4 15 (6.17%) SQL Server
5 14 (5.76%) Hadoop
6 13 (5.35%) MySQL
7 12 (4.94%) Amazon Redshift
8 10 (4.12%) MongoDB
9 9 (3.70%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (3.29%) PostgreSQL
11 6 (2.47%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (2.06%) Bigtable
12 5 (2.06%) DynamoDB
12 5 (2.06%) Relational Database
13 4 (1.65%) Cloud Spanner
14 3 (1.23%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (1.23%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 30 (12.35%) Git
2 20 (8.23%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.88%) Cypress.io
3 7 (2.88%) TeamCity
4 5 (2.06%) JIRA
5 4 (1.65%) JMeter
6 3 (1.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (1.23%) GitLab
6 3 (1.23%) LoadRunner
6 3 (1.23%) NeoLoad
6 3 (1.23%) Terragrunt
7 2 (0.82%) Mercurial
7 2 (0.82%) webpack
8 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.41%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.41%) JUnit
8 1 (0.41%) Spinnaker
General
1 51 (20.99%) Public Sector
1 51 (20.99%) Social Skills
2 48 (19.75%) Finance
3 32 (13.17%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (8.23%) Manufacturing
5 15 (6.17%) Banking
5 15 (6.17%) Telecoms
6 11 (4.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.12%) Marketing
8 9 (3.70%) Electronics
9 7 (2.88%) Law
10 6 (2.47%) Retail
11 5 (2.06%) Legal
11 5 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
12 4 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.23%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.23%) Mandarin Language
13 3 (1.23%) Wearables
14 2 (0.82%) Advertising
15 1 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 76 (31.28%) Architect
2 28 (11.52%) Network Architect
3 26 (10.70%) Solutions Architect
4 23 (9.47%) Senior
5 19 (7.82%) DevOps Engineer
6 15 (6.17%) Developer
7 14 (5.76%) Analyst
7 14 (5.76%) Consultant
8 13 (5.35%) AWS Engineer
8 13 (5.35%) Azure Engineer
9 12 (4.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (4.12%) Network Engineer
10 10 (4.12%) Support Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) AWS DevOps
11 9 (3.70%) AWS DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) IT Engineer
11 9 (3.70%) Software Engineer
12 8 (3.29%) Cloud Engineer
12 8 (3.29%) Lead
12 8 (3.29%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.41%) Kafka
1 18 (7.41%) React
2 12 (4.94%) RESTful
3 11 (4.53%) HTML
4 10 (4.12%) Middleware
5 9 (3.70%) AngularJS
6 8 (3.29%) LDAP
7 7 (2.88%) .NET
7 7 (2.88%) TensorFlow
8 6 (2.47%) PyTorch
8 6 (2.47%) Web Services
9 5 (2.06%) CSS
9 5 (2.06%) Next.js
9 5 (2.06%) Node.js
10 4 (1.65%) JSON
11 3 (1.23%) EDI
11 3 (1.23%) NgRx
11 3 (1.23%) Spring
11 3 (1.23%) Spring Boot
11 3 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 33 (13.58%) Data Centre
2 12 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
3 9 (3.70%) IoT
4 8 (3.29%) Client/Server
4 8 (3.29%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.88%) Clustering
5 7 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.88%) Robotics
6 6 (2.47%) Product Ownership
6 6 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.06%) Industry 4.0
7 5 (2.06%) IVR
7 5 (2.06%) Replication
8 4 (1.65%) Distributed Computing
8 4 (1.65%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.23%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.23%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.23%) PKI
10 2 (0.82%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 27 (11.11%) Windows
2 21 (8.64%) Linux
3 15 (6.17%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (3.29%) Unix
5 5 (2.06%) Oracle Linux
5 5 (2.06%) Solaris
5 5 (2.06%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.82%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.41%) CentOS
7 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (30.04%) DevOps
2 53 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (18.93%) Agile
4 45 (18.52%) CI/CD
5 41 (16.87%) Infrastructure as Code
6 39 (16.05%) Computer Science
7 38 (15.64%) Business Strategy
8 36 (14.81%) Open Source
9 34 (13.99%) Artificial Intelligence
10 31 (12.76%) Containerisation
11 29 (11.93%) Machine Learning
12 28 (11.52%) High Availability
12 28 (11.52%) Network Management
13 27 (11.11%) Zero Trust
14 26 (10.70%) Migration
15 25 (10.29%) Analytics
16 23 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
17 21 (8.64%) Data Governance
18 20 (8.23%) Data Modelling
18 20 (8.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 66 (27.16%) Python
2 64 (26.34%) SQL
3 47 (19.34%) Java
4 26 (10.70%) PowerShell
5 23 (9.47%) JavaScript
6 21 (8.64%) TypeScript
7 20 (8.23%) Bash
8 13 (5.35%) C#
9 8 (3.29%) C
10 5 (2.06%) ABAP
10 5 (2.06%) Go
10 5 (2.06%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (2.06%) Scala
11 3 (1.23%) Bicep
11 3 (1.23%) C++
11 3 (1.23%) Ruby
12 2 (0.82%) Clojure
12 2 (0.82%) Haskell
12 2 (0.82%) Rust
12 2 (0.82%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 54 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 46 (18.93%) Degree
3 33 (13.58%) DV Cleared
4 25 (10.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (8.23%) SC Cleared
6 14 (5.76%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.70%) AWS Certification
8 7 (2.88%) Master's Degree
8 7 (2.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (2.47%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (2.06%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 4 (1.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.65%) CCNP
12 3 (1.23%) CCNA
13 2 (0.82%) CCIE
13 2 (0.82%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.82%) CITP
13 2 (0.82%) CSPO
14 1 (0.41%) CCIP
14 1 (0.41%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.94%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.53%) GDPR
3 10 (4.12%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.65%) HIPAA
5 4 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.65%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.23%) SLA
6 3 (1.23%) WCAG
7 2 (0.82%) COBIT
7 2 (0.82%) QA
8 1 (0.41%) EMIR
8 1 (0.41%) FATCA
8 1 (0.41%) MiFID
8 1 (0.41%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (10.29%) Docker
2 19 (7.82%) Active Directory
3 17 (7.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (4.12%) Hyper-V
5 7 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.65%) vSphere
8 3 (1.23%) HDFS
8 3 (1.23%) NFS
9 2 (0.82%) KVM
10 1 (0.41%) Apache Flume
10 1 (0.41%) Firmware
10 1 (0.41%) Terminal Server
10 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 38 (15.64%) Kubernetes
2 36 (14.81%) Terraform
3 16 (6.58%) Ansible
4 13 (5.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (3.29%) Grafana
6 5 (2.06%) EMC NetWorker
6 5 (2.06%) Netcool
6 5 (2.06%) SCCM
6 5 (2.06%) Tivoli
6 5 (2.06%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 4 (1.65%) Kibana
8 3 (1.23%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.82%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Clustering
10 1 (0.41%) Nagios
10 1 (0.41%) Nessus
10 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.41%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.41%) WSUS
Vendors
1 59 (24.28%) Microsoft
2 36 (14.81%) Google
3 21 (8.64%) VMware
4 20 (8.23%) Oracle
5 18 (7.41%) Cisco
6 17 (7.00%) SAP
7 10 (4.12%) ServiceNow
8 9 (3.70%) Splunk
9 8 (3.29%) CA
10 7 (2.88%) Dell
11 6 (2.47%) Avaya
11 6 (2.47%) HP
11 6 (2.47%) IBM
11 6 (2.47%) Qualys
12 5 (2.06%) Foundry
12 5 (2.06%) Isilon
12 5 (2.06%) OpenLink
12 5 (2.06%) Red Hat
12 5 (2.06%) Serena
12 5 (2.06%) Triple Point