Cloud Computing Contracts in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 110 158
Rank change year-on-year +3 +48 -30
Contract jobs citing Cloud Computing 4 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.20% 0.86% 0.53%
As % of the Cloud Services category 0.82% 2.35% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 7
10th Percentile £231 - £427
25th Percentile £274 £450 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £525 £495
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% +6.06% +20.00%
75th Percentile £473 £600 £525
90th Percentile £549 £750 £580
England median daily rate £575 £575 £525
% change year-on-year - +9.52% -

All Cloud Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 486 810 1,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 23.80% 36.60% 34.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 565 884
10th Percentile £203 £272 £213
25th Percentile £326 £398 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -9.90% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £611 £610 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 14
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.54 £12.55
25th Percentile £15.56 £15.98 £15.31
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.17% +6.53% +31.03%
75th Percentile £26.50 £24.47 £21.82
90th Percentile £33.19 £25.31 £23.75
England median hourly rate £21.46 £35.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.69% +62.79% +2.14%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Cloud Computing as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Computing in the West Midlands

Cloud Computing
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
Solihull - 2 £275 - 1
Herefordshire - 1 £600 - 2
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure AKS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (25.00%) IaaS
2 1 (25.00%) PaaS
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Office Automation
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Bicep
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (25.00%) PMP
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft