Cloud Security
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 336 171 304
Rank change year-on-year -165 +133 -25
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 854 2,143 2,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.83% 2.20% 1.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.99% 2.30% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 675 1,050 1,047
10th Percentile £39,400 £42,874 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £86,250 £94,844 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,956 £57,500
% change year-on-year -12.82% +14.71% -5.74%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the UK

Cloud Security
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 -154 759 £65,000 -13.33% 215
UK excluding London -188 498 £57,500 -12.82% 121
Work from Home -134 331 £62,500 -16.67% 115
London -79 300 £82,500 +3.13% 101
North of England -116 177 £52,500 -19.66% 42
South East -94 107 £50,000 -27.27% 28
North West -113 84 £50,000 -16.67% 16
Midlands -61 77 £65,000 -13.33% 19
South West -84 68 £59,526 -14.96% 15
Yorkshire -70 63 £60,000 -12.43% 20
West Midlands -48 51 £75,000 -2.28% 16
Scotland -102 39 £59,526 -8.91% 11
North East +5 30 £42,500 -12.82% 6
East Midlands -21 25 £60,500 -12.00% 3
East of England -45 18 £72,500 +52.70% 4
Northern Ireland +16 8 £90,000 +80.00% 2
Isle of Man - 4 £46,500 -
Wales -4 2 £72,500 +61.11%

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 32 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.47%) CloudStack
4 3 (0.35%) Confluence
5 2 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.23%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.12%) Apache
6 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.12%) IIS
6 1 (0.12%) nginx
Applications
1 17 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 489 (57.26%) Azure
2 249 (29.16%) AWS
3 192 (22.48%) Microsoft 365
4 129 (15.11%) GCP
5 91 (10.66%) PaaS
6 85 (9.95%) Entra ID
7 84 (9.84%) Azure DevOps
8 82 (9.60%) SaaS
9 75 (8.78%) IaaS
10 61 (7.14%) Cloud Computing
11 44 (5.15%) Azure Sentinel
12 37 (4.33%) Microsoft Purview
13 35 (4.10%) Serverless
14 34 (3.98%) Azure AKS
15 33 (3.86%) GitHub
16 27 (3.16%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (2.11%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (2.11%) Amazon S3
17 18 (2.11%) Power Platform
18 17 (1.99%) Azure API Management
Communications & Networking
1 191 (22.37%) Firewall
2 126 (14.75%) Network Security
3 57 (6.67%) WAN
4 53 (6.21%) DNS
5 51 (5.97%) VPN
6 48 (5.62%) LAN
7 41 (4.80%) Internet
8 26 (3.04%) Wireless
9 25 (2.93%) DKIM
9 25 (2.93%) DMARC
9 25 (2.93%) SD-WAN
10 23 (2.69%) TCP/IP
11 18 (2.11%) Software-Defined Networking
12 17 (1.99%) WLAN
13 16 (1.87%) Wireshark
14 15 (1.76%) Intrusion Detection
15 12 (1.41%) BGP
16 11 (1.29%) VoIP
16 11 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
17 10 (1.17%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (1.99%) Amazon RDS
1 17 (1.99%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
2 7 (0.82%) NoSQL
2 7 (0.82%) Power BI
3 5 (0.59%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.47%) RDBMS
5 3 (0.35%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.23%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.12%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 39 (4.57%) Jenkins
2 22 (2.58%) Git
3 17 (1.99%) GitLab
4 9 (1.05%) SonarQube
5 7 (0.82%) Katalon Studio
6 6 (0.70%) Burp Suite
6 6 (0.70%) JIRA
7 4 (0.47%) Metasploit
8 3 (0.35%) Maven
8 3 (0.35%) Selenium
8 3 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.23%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.23%) JMeter
10 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
10 1 (0.12%) JUnit
10 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) sqlmap
10 1 (0.12%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 247 (28.92%) Social Skills
2 187 (21.90%) Finance
3 81 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.73%) Banking
5 55 (6.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (5.62%) Retail
7 34 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (3.75%) Law
9 31 (3.63%) Legal
10 30 (3.51%) Marketing
11 27 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
12 24 (2.81%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.41%) Tech for Good
14 11 (1.29%) Back Office
15 9 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
16 8 (0.94%) Games
17 7 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.59%) Retail Banking
19 4 (0.47%) Manufacturing
20 3 (0.35%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 164 (19.20%) Architect
2 144 (16.86%) Senior
3 135 (15.81%) Analyst
4 129 (15.11%) Security Engineer
5 111 (13.00%) Security Analyst
6 103 (12.06%) Cloud Engineer
7 94 (11.01%) Lead
8 77 (9.02%) Security Architect
9 67 (7.85%) Cloud Architect
10 57 (6.67%) Information Analyst
10 57 (6.67%) Information Security Analyst
11 49 (5.74%) Senior Security Engineer
12 48 (5.62%) Consultant
13 47 (5.50%) Cloud Security Engineer
14 38 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
15 36 (4.22%) Security Manager
15 36 (4.22%) Senior Cloud Engineer
16 35 (4.10%) Azure Engineer
17 33 (3.86%) Cloud Security Architect
18 28 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.22%) YAML
2 12 (1.41%) ARM Templates
2 12 (1.41%) SailPoint
3 9 (1.05%) .NET
3 9 (1.05%) JSON
3 9 (1.05%) Middleware
3 9 (1.05%) OAuth
3 9 (1.05%) React
3 9 (1.05%) SAML
4 8 (0.94%) Laravel
5 7 (0.82%) Azure Blueprints
5 7 (0.82%) REST
5 7 (0.82%) web3js
6 6 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 6 (0.70%) Kafka
7 5 (0.59%) AWS CDK
7 5 (0.59%) CSS
7 5 (0.59%) Node.js
7 5 (0.59%) RESTful
7 5 (0.59%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (8.67%) Cloud Native
2 70 (8.20%) Management Information System
2 70 (8.20%) Security Posture
3 57 (6.67%) Data Centre
4 52 (6.09%) Public Cloud
5 43 (5.04%) Cyberattack
6 39 (4.57%) Cyber Threat
7 30 (3.51%) Security Operations Centre
8 25 (2.93%) Cloud Security Posture
9 23 (2.69%) Product Ownership
10 20 (2.34%) PKI
11 19 (2.22%) Private Cloud
12 18 (2.11%) Onboarding
13 14 (1.64%) Driving Licence
13 14 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
15 11 (1.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
15 11 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
15 11 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
16 8 (0.94%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 155 (18.15%) Windows
2 89 (10.42%) Linux
3 76 (8.90%) Windows Server
4 30 (3.51%) Unix
5 19 (2.22%) Android
5 19 (2.22%) Apple iOS
5 19 (2.22%) Windows 10
6 11 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 11 (1.29%) Windows Server 2019
7 9 (1.05%) Solaris
7 9 (1.05%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.35%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.35%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (0.35%) Windows XP
10 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.12%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (36.42%) Cybersecurity
2 254 (29.74%) Information Security
3 218 (25.53%) DevOps
4 169 (19.79%) Agile
5 165 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
6 143 (16.74%) CI/CD
7 136 (15.93%) SIEM
8 121 (14.17%) Identity Access Management
9 119 (13.93%) Infrastructure as Code
10 96 (11.24%) Incident Response
11 95 (11.12%) DevSecOps
11 95 (11.12%) Security Operations
12 93 (10.89%) Vulnerability Management
13 88 (10.30%) Security Architecture
14 86 (10.07%) Roadmaps
15 82 (9.60%) Application Security
16 68 (7.96%) Containerisation
16 68 (7.96%) Data Loss Prevention
17 65 (7.61%) Risk Management
18 58 (6.79%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 145 (16.98%) Python
2 102 (11.94%) PowerShell
3 49 (5.74%) SQL
4 39 (4.57%) Bash
5 27 (3.16%) Java
6 24 (2.81%) Bicep
7 18 (2.11%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.52%) C#
9 11 (1.29%) Go
10 8 (0.94%) Kusto Query Language
10 8 (0.94%) PHP
10 8 (0.94%) Rust
10 8 (0.94%) Scala
11 5 (0.59%) C
11 5 (0.59%) R
11 5 (0.59%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.47%) AWK
12 4 (0.47%) sed
13 3 (0.35%) C++
14 1 (0.12%) Perl
Qualifications
1 168 (19.67%) CISSP
2 118 (13.82%) Degree
3 79 (9.25%) Cisco Certification
4 75 (8.78%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 74 (8.67%) Azure Certification
6 69 (8.08%) CISM
7 64 (7.49%) CCSP
8 57 (6.67%) AWS Certification
9 48 (5.62%) CEH
10 44 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 37 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 36 (4.22%) Security Cleared
13 26 (3.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 24 (2.81%) SC Cleared
15 22 (2.58%) Master's Degree
16 21 (2.46%) OSCP
17 20 (2.34%) SANS
18 16 (1.87%) CREST Certified
19 15 (1.76%) CCSK
19 15 (1.76%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (19.09%) NIST
2 147 (17.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (8.31%) PCI DSS
4 33 (3.86%) Cyber Essentials
5 32 (3.75%) GDPR
6 28 (3.28%) GRC
7 24 (2.81%) SLA
8 14 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 13 (1.52%) NIST 800
10 12 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (1.29%) NCSC
12 8 (0.94%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.94%) SOC 2
13 7 (0.82%) COBIT
13 7 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 6 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.59%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 3 (0.35%) ISO 31000
16 3 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 107 (12.53%) Active Directory
2 73 (8.55%) Docker
3 31 (3.63%) Hyper-V
4 21 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (1.76%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (1.64%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.59%) vSphere
9 1 (0.12%) LXC
9 1 (0.12%) vCloud
9 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 113 (13.23%) Kubernetes
2 106 (12.41%) Terraform
3 48 (5.62%) CASB
4 44 (5.15%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (4.45%) Ansible
6 19 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (1.99%) Nmap
8 11 (1.29%) FortiGate
8 11 (1.29%) Istio
9 7 (0.82%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.82%) Puppet
9 7 (0.82%) QRadar
9 7 (0.82%) SCCM
10 6 (0.70%) Nagios
11 5 (0.59%) Argo
11 5 (0.59%) OfficeScan
11 5 (0.59%) WSUS
12 4 (0.47%) cPanel
12 4 (0.47%) Plesk
13 3 (0.35%) Nessus
Vendors
1 276 (32.32%) Microsoft
2 65 (7.61%) Google
3 55 (6.44%) Cisco
4 36 (4.22%) Splunk
5 26 (3.04%) ServiceNow
6 25 (2.93%) VMware
7 24 (2.81%) Rapid7
8 23 (2.69%) CyberArk
9 22 (2.58%) Qualys
10 21 (2.46%) Palo Alto
11 17 (1.99%) CheckPoint
12 16 (1.87%) Juniper
12 16 (1.87%) Zscaler
13 15 (1.76%) BeyondTrust
14 14 (1.64%) Barracuda Networks
14 14 (1.64%) Thycotic
15 13 (1.52%) Fortinet
15 13 (1.52%) Oracle
16 11 (1.29%) Apple
16 11 (1.29%) Sophos