Cloud Computing
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Computing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 405 259
Rank change year-on-year +56 -146 +97
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 778 779 2,610
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.77% 0.79% 1.59%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.19% 1.84% 3.28%
Number of salaries quoted 567 458 789
10th Percentile £31,250 £45,000 £43,700
25th Percentile £43,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -8.78% +18.40%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,938 £93,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £102,500 £108,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +18.18%

All Cloud Skills
UK

Cloud Computing is in the Cloud Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 35,563 42,373 79,478
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.24% 43.02% 48.52%
Number of salaries quoted 26,731 27,774 41,270
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £33,980
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £102,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Computing.

Salary trend for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the UK

Cloud Computing
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +34 595 £60,000 -11.11% 258
UK excluding London +119 515 £55,000 -8.33% 163
Work from Home -14 315 £57,500 -14.81% 145
London +8 209 £72,500 - 148
North of England +62 133 £55,000 -8.33% 33
South East +57 128 £57,500 -4.17% 79
Scotland +24 105 £58,750 +21.13% 9
Yorkshire +102 66 £56,500 -9.60% 9
Midlands +22 57 £53,750 -17.31% 16
North West -14 45 £55,000 -8.33% 19
South West -61 41 £65,000 -8.77% 15
West Midlands +20 35 £47,450 -27.00% 5
East of England +16 22 £60,000 +6.67% 1
East Midlands +13 22 £60,000 +44.03% 11
North East +11 22 £67,500 +41.59% 5
Wales +21 16 £41,067 -35.23% 5
Northern Ireland - 13 - - 5

Cloud Computing
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 34 (4.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 25 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.83%) IIS
4 20 (2.57%) Confluence
5 11 (1.41%) Apache
5 11 (1.41%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.16%) CMS
7 4 (0.51%) WordPress
8 3 (0.39%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.26%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.26%) JBoss
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.13%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 13 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.16%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.39%) Trello
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.39%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.13%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.13%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 462 (59.38%) Azure
2 357 (45.89%) AWS
3 128 (16.45%) Microsoft 365
4 126 (16.20%) GCP
5 64 (8.23%) Azure DevOps
6 57 (7.33%) SaaS
7 52 (6.68%) IaaS
8 51 (6.56%) PaaS
9 44 (5.66%) Entra ID
10 43 (5.53%) Power Platform
11 33 (4.24%) Serverless
12 27 (3.47%) AWS CloudFormation
13 25 (3.21%) GitHub
14 24 (3.08%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (2.70%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (2.57%) PowerApps
17 18 (2.31%) OneDrive
17 18 (2.31%) Slack
18 16 (2.06%) Azure Sentinel
19 15 (1.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 83 (10.67%) Firewall
2 69 (8.87%) Network Security
3 68 (8.74%) WAN
4 47 (6.04%) LAN
5 41 (5.27%) VPN
6 39 (5.01%) TCP/IP
7 31 (3.98%) DNS
8 25 (3.21%) Internet
9 22 (2.83%) Wireless
10 19 (2.44%) HTTP
10 19 (2.44%) MQTT
11 17 (2.19%) SAN
11 17 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
12 15 (1.93%) DHCP
13 14 (1.80%) BGP
13 14 (1.80%) Unified Communications
13 14 (1.80%) VLAN
13 14 (1.80%) Wireshark
14 13 (1.67%) MPLS
15 12 (1.54%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (14.01%) NoSQL
2 75 (9.64%) SQL Server
3 40 (5.14%) Big Data
4 26 (3.34%) Power BI
5 23 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.83%) Data Lake
6 22 (2.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (2.44%) MySQL
8 18 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.93%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (1.93%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.67%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 12 (1.54%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.54%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.16%) Redis
14 6 (0.77%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.64%) DTS
15 5 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 69 (8.87%) Jenkins
2 58 (7.46%) Git
2 58 (7.46%) JIRA
3 28 (3.60%) GitLab
4 18 (2.31%) Selenium
5 16 (2.06%) CircleCI
6 14 (1.80%) JUnit
7 13 (1.67%) Robot Framework
7 13 (1.67%) SonarQube
8 12 (1.54%) Terragrunt
9 11 (1.41%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.64%) JMeter
10 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio
10 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.51%) TestNG
11 4 (0.51%) Travis CI
12 3 (0.39%) Appium
12 3 (0.39%) Moq
General
1 304 (39.07%) Social Skills
2 204 (26.22%) Finance
3 97 (12.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 89 (11.44%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (8.23%) Law
6 51 (6.56%) Legal
7 48 (6.17%) Public Sector
8 34 (4.37%) Banking
9 29 (3.73%) Telecoms
10 25 (3.21%) Marketing
11 23 (2.96%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (2.57%) Retail
14 15 (1.93%) Aerospace
15 14 (1.80%) Electronics
16 12 (1.54%) Automotive
17 9 (1.16%) Police
18 8 (1.03%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.90%) Local Government
20 6 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 129 (16.58%) Senior
2 111 (14.27%) Architect
3 105 (13.50%) Developer
4 82 (10.54%) Lead
5 64 (8.23%) Software Engineer
6 43 (5.53%) Cloud Engineer
7 40 (5.14%) Consultant
8 38 (4.88%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (4.76%) AWS Engineer
10 33 (4.24%) AWS Software Engineer
11 30 (3.86%) Service Manager
12 29 (3.73%) DevOps Engineer
12 29 (3.73%) Security Engineer
12 29 (3.73%) Systems Engineer
13 28 (3.60%) Data Engineer
13 28 (3.60%) Technical Manager
14 27 (3.47%) IT Manager
15 26 (3.34%) Analyst
15 26 (3.34%) Cloud Architect
15 26 (3.34%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (9.00%) .NET
2 44 (5.66%) HTML
3 39 (5.01%) React
4 32 (4.11%) Node.js
5 31 (3.98%) RESTful
6 28 (3.60%) CSS
7 25 (3.21%) AngularJS
8 24 (3.08%) Kafka
9 23 (2.96%) Vue
10 21 (2.70%) Web Services
11 18 (2.31%) Spring
11 18 (2.31%) XML
12 17 (2.19%) .NET Core
13 16 (2.06%) Laravel
14 14 (1.80%) ARM Templates
15 13 (1.67%) ASP.NET
15 13 (1.67%) Entity Framework
15 13 (1.67%) REST
16 11 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
17 10 (1.29%) PyTorch
Miscellaneous
1 68 (8.74%) Management Information System
2 56 (7.20%) Algorithms
3 48 (6.17%) IoT
4 47 (6.04%) Public Cloud
5 46 (5.91%) Onboarding
6 44 (5.66%) Data Centre
7 40 (5.14%) Product Ownership
8 31 (3.98%) Cloud Native
9 29 (3.73%) Hybrid Cloud
10 24 (3.08%) Mobile App
11 22 (2.83%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (2.70%) Clustering
12 21 (2.70%) Private Cloud
13 17 (2.19%) PKI
14 15 (1.93%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.80%) Security Operations Centre
16 11 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
16 11 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
17 10 (1.29%) NHS
17 10 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 126 (16.20%) Windows
2 90 (11.57%) Linux
3 55 (7.07%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.83%) Android
5 18 (2.31%) Unix
6 16 (2.06%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.93%) Windows Server 2016
8 12 (1.54%) Ubuntu
8 12 (1.54%) Windows 10
9 8 (1.03%) CentOS
9 8 (1.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 7 (0.90%) Debian
11 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.64%) Kali Linux
12 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.39%) SUSE
13 3 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 3 (0.39%) VMS
14 2 (0.26%) Windows Vista
15 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (36.38%) Problem-Solving
2 221 (28.41%) Agile
3 217 (27.89%) DevOps
4 184 (23.65%) CI/CD
5 136 (17.48%) Computer Science
6 135 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
7 132 (16.97%) Artificial Intelligence
8 128 (16.45%) Software Engineering
9 123 (15.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 120 (15.42%) Machine Learning
11 101 (12.98%) Roadmaps
12 90 (11.57%) Infrastructure as Code
13 89 (11.44%) Containerisation
14 85 (10.93%) Project Management
15 84 (10.80%) Analytics
16 83 (10.67%) Risk Management
17 81 (10.41%) Microservices
18 80 (10.28%) Mentoring
19 71 (9.13%) ITIL
19 71 (9.13%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 210 (26.99%) Python
2 195 (25.06%) SQL
3 76 (9.77%) JavaScript
3 76 (9.77%) PowerShell
4 75 (9.64%) Java
5 67 (8.61%) C#
6 42 (5.40%) Bash
7 23 (2.96%) TypeScript
8 19 (2.44%) PHP
9 16 (2.06%) Bicep
10 13 (1.67%) Ruby
11 12 (1.54%) C++
12 11 (1.41%) Go
13 8 (1.03%) C
13 8 (1.03%) T-SQL
14 5 (0.64%) Rust
14 5 (0.64%) Shell Script
15 4 (0.51%) AWK
15 4 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.51%) sed
Qualifications
1 166 (21.34%) Degree
2 95 (12.21%) Security Cleared
3 87 (11.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (8.61%) Azure Certification
5 62 (7.97%) SC Cleared
6 47 (6.04%) Master's Degree
7 39 (5.01%) CISSP
8 35 (4.50%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (4.11%) AWS Certification
10 28 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
11 22 (2.83%) PhD
12 21 (2.70%) CCNA
13 17 (2.19%) CEH
14 15 (1.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (1.93%) CCNP
15 14 (1.80%) CCSP
15 14 (1.80%) MCSA
15 14 (1.80%) SANS
15 14 (1.80%) SSCP
16 12 (1.54%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (9.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (4.76%) Cyber Essentials
3 31 (3.98%) NIST
4 30 (3.86%) GDPR
5 26 (3.34%) PCI DSS
6 22 (2.83%) QA
7 21 (2.70%) SLA
8 14 (1.80%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.16%) NCSC
9 9 (1.16%) PSD2
10 8 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.64%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.39%) GRC
14 3 (0.39%) PMO
14 3 (0.39%) WCAG
15 2 (0.26%) COBIT
15 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 112 (14.40%) Docker
2 86 (11.05%) Active Directory
3 41 (5.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 29 (3.73%) Hyper-V
5 20 (2.57%) VMware NSX
6 14 (1.80%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.90%) Firmware
9 3 (0.39%) Ceph
9 3 (0.39%) Gluster
9 3 (0.39%) KVM
9 3 (0.39%) oVirt
9 3 (0.39%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
10 2 (0.26%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 133 (17.10%) Kubernetes
2 73 (9.38%) Terraform
3 61 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (6.43%) Ansible
5 17 (2.19%) Grafana
5 17 (2.19%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.80%) Nmap
7 10 (1.29%) SCOM
8 9 (1.16%) Puppet
9 8 (1.03%) Kibana
10 7 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.77%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.77%) SCCM
11 6 (0.77%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.64%) Suricata
13 4 (0.51%) Nessus
14 3 (0.39%) Graylog
14 3 (0.39%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.39%) logstash
14 3 (0.39%) Observium
Vendors
1 276 (35.48%) Microsoft
2 70 (9.00%) VMware
3 67 (8.61%) Google
4 56 (7.20%) Cisco
5 51 (6.56%) Databricks
6 30 (3.86%) Splunk
7 26 (3.34%) ServiceNow
8 24 (3.08%) SAP
9 22 (2.83%) Fortinet
10 21 (2.70%) SolarWinds
11 18 (2.31%) Oracle
12 16 (2.06%) Palo Alto
13 14 (1.80%) Qualys
13 14 (1.80%) Rapid7
13 14 (1.80%) Thycotic
14 13 (1.67%) Citrix
15 12 (1.54%) Black Duck
15 12 (1.54%) Juniper
16 11 (1.41%) HP
16 11 (1.41%) Red Hat