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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 233 183
Rank change year-on-year -62 -50 +78
Contract jobs citing Public Cloud 312 646 1,405
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 1.13% 1.59%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.42% 3.39% 4.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 445 905
10th Percentile £450 £447 £433
25th Percentile £500 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +10.09%
75th Percentile £750 £750 £705
90th Percentile £838 £823 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £613 £550
% change year-on-year +2.04% +11.36% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 4
10th Percentile - £61.13 £44.20
25th Percentile £36.75 £64.38 £50.50
Median hourly rate £38.50 £75.50 £60.25
Median % change year-on-year -49.01% +25.31% +2.55%
75th Percentile £40.25 £78.00 £72.94
90th Percentile - £81.00 £78.68
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £78.00 -
% change year-on-year -50.64% - -

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 12,902 19,052 29,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.33% 33.27% 33.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 13,115 20,490
10th Percentile £267 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £680 £660
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 897 626 721
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.50 £22.26 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +41.54% -17.57% +3.85%
75th Percentile £61.30 £62.25 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.76
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +36.36% +4.76% -10.83%

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 20 May 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
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 20 May 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 -63 257 £610 -4.31% 200
UK excluding London -5 170 £625 +2.04% 152
London -49 119 £575 -14.40% 87
Work from Home -17 102 £606 -6.37% 120
North of England -16 54 £800 +33.33% 52
North West +22 45 £850 +41.67% 20
Scotland +54 29 £575 +4.55% 13
South West +1 29 £600 -4.00% 19
South East -3 26 £605 +10.00% 31
Midlands +7 19 £675 -3.57% 18
Wales +33 17 £513 -7.87% 11
West Midlands +8 13 £700 - 14
Yorkshire -21 8 £550 - 22
East Midlands +12 6 £445 -36.43% 4
East of England -4 1 - - 3
North East -7 1 £525 -32.26% 10

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 21 (6.73%) Confluence
2 10 (3.21%) Apache
3 8 (2.56%) Anypoint
4 7 (2.24%) OpenStack
5 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.60%) nginx
6 3 (0.96%) Cloud Foundry
6 3 (0.96%) NetWeaver
6 3 (0.96%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.96%) SAP GRC
3 2 (0.64%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.64%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.64%) Shopify
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 153 (49.04%) Azure
2 144 (46.15%) AWS
3 63 (20.19%) GCP
4 25 (8.01%) SaaS
5 24 (7.69%) PaaS
6 21 (6.73%) Serverless
7 19 (6.09%) GitHub
8 17 (5.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 16 (5.13%) Amazon S3
9 16 (5.13%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (4.81%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (4.81%) OpenShift
11 14 (4.49%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (4.17%) Entra ID
12 13 (4.17%) IaaS
13 10 (3.21%) Azure AKS
13 10 (3.21%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (2.88%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (2.88%) Apigee
15 8 (2.56%) Cloud Run
Communications & Networking
1 56 (17.95%) VPN
2 47 (15.06%) Firewall
3 22 (7.05%) WAN
4 16 (5.13%) LAN
5 8 (2.56%) DNS
5 8 (2.56%) MPLS
5 8 (2.56%) TCP/IP
6 7 (2.24%) Network Security
7 5 (1.60%) BGP
7 5 (1.60%) Internet
7 5 (1.60%) SSL
8 4 (1.28%) SAN
9 3 (0.96%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.96%) IOS XR
9 3 (0.96%) OpenLDAP
9 3 (0.96%) SD-WAN
9 3 (0.96%) Wireless
10 2 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.64%) NAS
10 2 (0.64%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (9.29%) SQL Server
2 20 (6.41%) Relational Database
3 16 (5.13%) MySQL
4 14 (4.49%) NoSQL
4 14 (4.49%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.56%) RDBMS
6 7 (2.24%) BigQuery
6 7 (2.24%) DB2
7 6 (1.92%) Amazon Redshift
8 5 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (1.60%) Couchbase
9 4 (1.28%) Big Data
9 4 (1.28%) Hadoop
9 4 (1.28%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.28%) Redis
9 4 (1.28%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.96%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.96%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.96%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 41 (13.14%) Jenkins
2 34 (10.90%) Git
3 21 (6.73%) GitLab
4 19 (6.09%) JIRA
5 9 (2.88%) Bitbucket
6 8 (2.56%) SonarQube
7 7 (2.24%) Burp Suite
8 6 (1.92%) AppScan
8 6 (1.92%) JMeter
8 6 (1.92%) Maven
8 6 (1.92%) Selenium
8 6 (1.92%) TeamCity
9 5 (1.60%) Spinnaker
10 4 (1.28%) JUnit
10 4 (1.28%) Mockito
10 4 (1.28%) Subversion
11 3 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.96%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.96%) Visual Studio
12 1 (0.32%) VisualWorks
General
1 90 (28.85%) Finance
2 64 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 33 (10.58%) Banking
4 25 (8.01%) Public Sector
5 17 (5.45%) Telecoms
6 15 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.53%) Billing
9 9 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.56%) Legal
11 6 (1.92%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.92%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.60%) Marketing
13 3 (0.96%) Automotive
13 3 (0.96%) Aviation
13 3 (0.96%) Electronics
13 3 (0.96%) Front Office
13 3 (0.96%) Law
13 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 93 (29.81%) Architect
2 51 (16.35%) Technical Architect
3 41 (13.14%) Lead
3 41 (13.14%) Senior
4 31 (9.94%) Developer
5 30 (9.62%) Technical Leader
6 28 (8.97%) Lead Architect
7 23 (7.37%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (5.77%) Consultant
9 17 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.13%) Cloud Engineer
11 14 (4.49%) AWS Engineer
11 14 (4.49%) Cloud Architect
11 14 (4.49%) Java Developer
11 14 (4.49%) Java Engineer
12 13 (4.17%) Site Reliability Engineer
13 11 (3.53%) Azure Architect
14 10 (3.21%) Network Engineer
14 10 (3.21%) Site Engineer
15 8 (2.56%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (13.46%) Node.js
2 29 (9.29%) REST
3 25 (8.01%) Spring
4 18 (5.77%) Elastic Stack
5 17 (5.45%) Spring Boot
6 16 (5.13%) AngularJS
6 16 (5.13%) Kafka
7 15 (4.81%) .NET
8 12 (3.85%) CSS
8 12 (3.85%) HTML
9 11 (3.53%) JPA
9 11 (3.53%) Middleware
9 11 (3.53%) Swagger
10 10 (3.21%) JSON
10 10 (3.21%) OAuth
11 9 (2.88%) RESTful
12 8 (2.56%) OpenAPI
12 8 (2.56%) SOAP
13 7 (2.24%) OAuth2
14 6 (1.92%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 24 (7.69%) Data Centre
2 17 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.81%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.17%) PKI
5 12 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.85%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.53%) NHS
6 11 (3.53%) Security Posture
7 10 (3.21%) Private Cloud
8 9 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (1.92%) Virtual Team
11 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (1.60%) Mainframe
11 5 (1.60%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.60%) Reference Data
12 4 (1.28%) Credit Derivative
12 4 (1.28%) Derivative
12 4 (1.28%) Fixed Income
12 4 (1.28%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 76 (24.36%) Windows
2 69 (22.12%) Linux
3 48 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 39 (12.50%) Android
4 39 (12.50%) Apple iOS
5 13 (4.17%) Unix
6 7 (2.24%) VMS
7 5 (1.60%) CentOS
7 5 (1.60%) Ubuntu
8 4 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.28%) zOS
9 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.32%) AIX
10 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (43.91%) Agile
2 111 (35.58%) DevOps
3 99 (31.73%) CI/CD
4 62 (19.87%) Microservices
5 47 (15.06%) Security Architecture
6 42 (13.46%) Containerisation
6 42 (13.46%) Risk Management
7 37 (11.86%) Zero Trust
8 36 (11.54%) Design Patterns
8 36 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 35 (11.22%) Migration
10 34 (10.90%) Infrastructure as Code
11 33 (10.58%) Mobile Device Management
12 30 (9.62%) Threat Intelligence
13 29 (9.29%) Machine Learning
13 29 (9.29%) Project Management
14 28 (8.97%) Configuration Management
14 28 (8.97%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
15 27 (8.65%) SDLC
16 26 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.12%) Python
2 59 (18.91%) Java
3 43 (13.78%) SQL
4 28 (8.97%) Bash
4 28 (8.97%) PowerShell
5 15 (4.81%) Go
5 15 (4.81%) TypeScript
6 11 (3.53%) C
7 8 (2.56%) C#
7 8 (2.56%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.56%) Ruby
8 5 (1.60%) Groovy
9 4 (1.28%) C++
9 4 (1.28%) PHP
9 4 (1.28%) T-SQL
10 3 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.96%) Perl
10 3 (0.96%) R
11 2 (0.64%) Bicep
11 2 (0.64%) Rust
Qualifications
1 56 (17.95%) Security Cleared
2 55 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 22 (7.05%) Degree
4 9 (2.88%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.88%) SANS
5 8 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.24%) CISSP
7 6 (1.92%) CISM
7 6 (1.92%) CRISC
7 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (1.60%) CCIE
8 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.28%) CCNP
9 4 (1.28%) DV Cleared
9 4 (1.28%) HND
9 4 (1.28%) MCSE
10 3 (0.96%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (8.65%) QA
2 11 (3.53%) NCSC
3 9 (2.88%) NIST
4 8 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (2.24%) SLA
6 4 (1.28%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.96%) HL7
8 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 62 (19.87%) Docker
2 21 (6.73%) Active Directory
3 18 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (2.24%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.92%) VMware NSX
7 4 (1.28%) vCloud
8 3 (0.96%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) Ceph
9 1 (0.32%) Firmware
9 1 (0.32%) NFS
9 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.32%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 73 (23.40%) Kubernetes
2 62 (19.87%) Terraform
3 51 (16.35%) Ansible
4 22 (7.05%) Grafana
5 21 (6.73%) Prometheus
6 18 (5.77%) Progress Chef
7 16 (5.13%) Puppet
8 13 (4.17%) Graylog
8 13 (4.17%) Nagios
9 10 (3.21%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (2.24%) Nessus
11 6 (1.92%) HP Fortify
11 6 (1.92%) Istio
11 6 (1.92%) WebInspect
12 5 (1.60%) ZABBIX
13 4 (1.28%) OPNET
13 4 (1.28%) Red Hat Satellite
13 4 (1.28%) Trend Micro Deep Security
14 3 (0.96%) Podman
15 2 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 55 (17.63%) Microsoft
2 31 (9.94%) Google
2 31 (9.94%) VMware
3 30 (9.62%) SAP
4 29 (9.29%) Oracle
5 26 (8.33%) Splunk
6 15 (4.81%) Cisco
7 10 (3.21%) WSO2
8 9 (2.88%) Databricks
8 9 (2.88%) F5
8 9 (2.88%) Salesforce
9 8 (2.56%) Checkmarx
9 8 (2.56%) MuleSoft
10 7 (2.24%) Atlassian
10 7 (2.24%) Fortinet
11 6 (1.92%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.92%) Veracode
11 6 (1.92%) Zscaler
12 5 (1.60%) Citrix
12 5 (1.60%) Red Hat