Cloud Security Contracts

Cloud Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 146 212
Rank change year-on-year -58 +66 -39
Contract jobs citing Cloud Security 483 1,037 1,202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.14% 1.82% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 2.02% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 316 677 772
10th Percentile £425 £450 £463
25th Percentile £517 £518 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £728 £713 £720
90th Percentile £784 £784 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 15 6
10th Percentile - - £28.84
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - £70.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - +75.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile - - £47.50
90th Percentile - £76.00 £56.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £70.00 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -65 401 £600 -4.00% 205
London -37 250 £630 -3.08% 102
Work from Home -68 150 £600 -4.76% 105
UK excluding London -80 141 £600 - 115
North of England -56 38 £663 +20.55% 42
South East -12 33 £500 -28.57% 18
Scotland +32 23 £700 +43.59% 12
Midlands +10 23 £635 +15.45% 20
South West +5 22 £600 -11.11% 16
West Midlands +4 21 £635 +15.45% 15
North West -19 21 £676 +8.16% 16
Yorkshire -29 17 £600 +9.09% 18
East of England +2 8 £700 +40.00% 4
East Midlands +12 2 £625 +25.00% 5

Cloud Security
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 8 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.24%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.83%) nginx
4 3 (0.62%) Oracle Self-Service HR
5 2 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.41%) Confluence
5 2 (0.41%) Traefik
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 11 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.04%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
4 1 (0.21%) Weka
Business Applications
1 3 (0.62%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.21%) SAP CAR
2 1 (0.21%) SAP POS DM
2 1 (0.21%) SAP Retail
2 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 208 (43.06%) Azure
2 151 (31.26%) AWS
3 78 (16.15%) GCP
4 62 (12.84%) IaaS
5 50 (10.35%) SaaS
6 42 (8.70%) Entra ID
7 41 (8.49%) PaaS
8 39 (8.07%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (5.80%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (5.80%) Serverless
10 27 (5.59%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (3.93%) Azure DevOps
12 14 (2.90%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 13 (2.69%) Cloud Computing
14 12 (2.48%) OCI
15 10 (2.07%) GitHub
16 9 (1.86%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 8 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
17 8 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
17 8 (1.66%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 97 (20.08%) Firewall
2 73 (15.11%) Network Security
3 30 (6.21%) VPN
3 30 (6.21%) WAN
4 27 (5.59%) DNS
5 18 (3.73%) SD-WAN
6 16 (3.31%) LAN
7 9 (1.86%) Internet
7 9 (1.86%) Intrusion Detection
7 9 (1.86%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.24%) NGFW
9 5 (1.04%) WLAN
10 4 (0.83%) BGP
10 4 (0.83%) DHCP
10 4 (0.83%) MPLS
10 4 (0.83%) Multicast
10 4 (0.83%) OSPF
11 3 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.62%) EIGRP
11 3 (0.62%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (2.07%) Data Lake
2 8 (1.66%) NoSQL
3 6 (1.24%) Big Data
3 6 (1.24%) DynamoDB
3 6 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.04%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.04%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.04%) SAP BW
5 4 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.83%) BigQuery
5 4 (0.83%) Bigtable
5 4 (0.83%) Cloud Spanner
5 4 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.83%) MySQL
5 4 (0.83%) Power BI
6 3 (0.62%) OLAP
6 3 (0.62%) OLTP
6 3 (0.62%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.41%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 22 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 18 (3.73%) GitLab
3 15 (3.11%) Git
4 7 (1.45%) Burp Suite
5 5 (1.04%) JIRA
6 4 (0.83%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.41%) CircleCI
8 2 (0.41%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.41%) JMeter
8 2 (0.41%) Selenium
8 2 (0.41%) Snyk
8 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.21%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.21%) NUnit
General
1 105 (21.74%) Finance
2 88 (18.22%) Social Skills
3 44 (9.11%) Banking
4 40 (8.28%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (3.31%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.90%) Retail
8 11 (2.28%) Financial Institution
9 9 (1.86%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.45%) Legal
11 5 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.83%) French Language
12 4 (0.83%) German Language
12 4 (0.83%) Local Government
12 4 (0.83%) Military
13 3 (0.62%) Automotive
13 3 (0.62%) Marketing
14 2 (0.41%) Electronics
14 2 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 183 (37.89%) Architect
2 95 (19.67%) Security Architect
3 56 (11.59%) Security Engineer
4 55 (11.39%) Consultant
5 52 (10.77%) Senior
6 49 (10.14%) Cloud Architect
7 45 (9.32%) Security Consultant
8 38 (7.87%) Cloud Engineer
9 28 (5.80%) Security Manager
10 26 (5.38%) Solutions Architect
11 22 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
11 22 (4.55%) Lead
11 22 (4.55%) Senior Architect
12 21 (4.35%) Cloud Security Architect
12 21 (4.35%) Senior Security Architect
13 20 (4.14%) AWS Architect
14 18 (3.73%) Analyst
15 17 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
16 15 (3.11%) Cloud Consultant
17 14 (2.90%) Cloud Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.97%) SailPoint
2 19 (3.93%) SAML
3 15 (3.11%) Node.js
4 10 (2.07%) Kafka
5 9 (1.86%) .NET
6 8 (1.66%) OpenID
6 8 (1.66%) REST
7 7 (1.45%) OAuth
7 7 (1.45%) Spring
7 7 (1.45%) Spring Boot
7 7 (1.45%) Web Services
7 7 (1.45%) YAML
8 6 (1.24%) GWT
8 6 (1.24%) JAX-RS
8 6 (1.24%) OAuth2
8 6 (1.24%) Restlet
9 5 (1.04%) JSON
9 5 (1.04%) React
10 4 (0.83%) CSS
10 4 (0.83%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (7.87%) Security Posture
2 35 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 35 (7.25%) Management Information System
3 30 (6.21%) PKI
4 19 (3.93%) Public Cloud
5 18 (3.73%) IoT
6 16 (3.31%) Mobile App
7 15 (3.11%) Security Operations Centre
8 13 (2.69%) Operational Technology
9 12 (2.48%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (2.28%) Cloud Security Posture
10 11 (2.28%) Hybrid Cloud
11 9 (1.86%) Onboarding
12 8 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
12 8 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (1.66%) Product Ownership
13 7 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
13 7 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 6 (1.24%) Insider Threat
15 5 (1.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.04%) Linux
2 24 (4.97%) Windows
3 7 (1.45%) Kali Linux
3 7 (1.45%) Unix
4 6 (1.24%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.41%) Android
6 2 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.41%) CentOS
7 1 (0.21%) AIX
7 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (29.40%) Cybersecurity
2 118 (24.43%) DevOps
3 100 (20.70%) Infrastructure as Code
4 91 (18.84%) CI/CD
5 88 (18.22%) Security Architecture
6 85 (17.60%) Information Security
7 76 (15.73%) Application Security
8 68 (14.08%) SIEM
9 66 (13.66%) DevSecOps
10 65 (13.46%) Identity Access Management
11 61 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
12 58 (12.01%) Agile
13 57 (11.80%) Migration
14 48 (9.94%) Containerisation
14 48 (9.94%) Penetration Testing
15 47 (9.73%) Microservices
16 42 (8.70%) Incident Response
17 37 (7.66%) Analytics
17 37 (7.66%) Computer Science
18 36 (7.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (11.18%) Python
2 25 (5.18%) Java
3 23 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.90%) SQL
5 13 (2.69%) Bash
5 13 (2.69%) Kusto Query Language
6 9 (1.86%) C#
7 7 (1.45%) Ruby
7 7 (1.45%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.24%) Go
9 5 (1.04%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.83%) Bicep
10 4 (0.83%) PHP
11 3 (0.62%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.41%) ABAP
12 2 (0.41%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.21%) Julia
13 1 (0.21%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.21%) SOQL
13 1 (0.21%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 80 (16.56%) Degree
2 76 (15.73%) CISSP
3 71 (14.70%) Security Cleared
4 63 (13.04%) SC Cleared
5 52 (10.77%) CISM
6 31 (6.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
8 24 (4.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 22 (4.55%) Azure Certification
9 22 (4.55%) CISA
10 19 (3.93%) CRISC
11 13 (2.69%) AWS Certification
11 13 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (2.48%) CCSP
12 12 (2.48%) CompTIA Security+
13 10 (2.07%) CCSK
13 10 (2.07%) DV Cleared
13 10 (2.07%) GIAC
13 10 (2.07%) Master's Degree
14 8 (1.66%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (16.77%) NIST
2 60 (12.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (4.55%) PCI DSS
4 19 (3.93%) GRC
5 18 (3.73%) NCSC
6 17 (3.52%) GDPR
6 17 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 12 (2.48%) COBIT
8 7 (1.45%) Disclosure Scotland
9 6 (1.24%) NIST 800
10 4 (0.83%) HIPAA
10 4 (0.83%) QA
11 3 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.62%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.62%) GPG13
11 3 (0.62%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.62%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.41%) ISA99
12 2 (0.41%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 48 (9.94%) Active Directory
2 41 (8.49%) Docker
3 13 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (2.28%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (1.24%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.41%) KVM
6 2 (0.41%) Squid
6 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.41%) XenApp
7 1 (0.21%) NFS
7 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 93 (19.25%) Terraform
2 49 (10.14%) Kubernetes
3 22 (4.55%) Single Sign-On
4 15 (3.11%) Ansible
5 9 (1.86%) CASB
6 5 (1.04%) Packer
7 4 (0.83%) Argo
7 4 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 4 (0.83%) HAProxy
7 4 (0.83%) Puppet
7 4 (0.83%) Trend Micro Deep Security
8 3 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.62%) Nessus
9 2 (0.41%) Consul
9 2 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
9 2 (0.41%) Istio
9 2 (0.41%) linkerd
9 2 (0.41%) Podman
9 2 (0.41%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 111 (22.98%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.66%) Google
3 23 (4.76%) CyberArk
4 22 (4.55%) Palo Alto
5 21 (4.35%) BeyondTrust
5 21 (4.35%) ServiceNow
6 19 (3.93%) Oracle
7 17 (3.52%) Cisco
8 13 (2.69%) VMware
9 12 (2.48%) SAP
9 12 (2.48%) Zscaler
10 11 (2.28%) Splunk
11 8 (1.66%) Databricks
11 8 (1.66%) F5
12 7 (1.45%) CrowdStrike
13 6 (1.24%) CheckPoint
13 6 (1.24%) Citrix
13 6 (1.24%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.24%) Okta
14 5 (1.04%) Salesforce