Public Cloud
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Cloud over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 217 99 223
Rank change year-on-year -118 +124 +24
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 1,353 3,290 3,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.34% 3.34% 1.84%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.84% 7.82% 3.83%
Number of salaries quoted 776 1,200 1,352
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,033 £46,250
25th Percentile £56,219 £56,219 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £73,750 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +0.34% +13.08%
75th Percentile £83,759 £97,328 £100,000
90th Percentile £98,474 £117,236 £112,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,783 £65,351 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.93% +8.92% -

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 35,224 42,073 78,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.90% 42.71% 48.09%
Number of salaries quoted 23,037 22,960 34,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,500 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,066 £46,350 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Public Cloud in the UK

Public Cloud
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Cloud 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
UK excluding London -94 1,043 £62,783 -3.93% 158
England -167 900 £67,500 -10.00% 207
Work from Home -62 605 £62,783 -14.83% 127
Scotland -10 386 £65,000 -9.57% 14
North of England -63 348 £62,783 -8.35% 51
London -161 268 £77,500 -3.13% 103
North West -76 180 £62,783 -6.18% 24
Yorkshire -40 134 £62,783 -6.39% 19
Midlands -142 96 £61,206 -5.84% 16
South West -62 94 £70,576 -8.42% 14
South East -76 64 £65,000 +8.33% 46
West Midlands -104 63 £63,128 -6.48% 13
North East +22 34 £62,783 -10.31% 8
East Midlands -73 33 £60,000 -4.00% 3
East of England -91 19 £57,825 +24.35% 3
Wales -24 18 £70,576 +52.73% 7
Northern Ireland +7 13 - - 6
Channel Islands - 5 £85,000 - 1

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 54 (3.99%) IIS
2 52 (3.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 46 (3.40%) WebLogic
4 35 (2.59%) Apache Spark
5 31 (2.29%) SharePoint
6 29 (2.14%) Apache
7 28 (2.07%) Tomcat
8 17 (1.26%) Cloud Foundry
9 10 (0.74%) Confluence
10 6 (0.44%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.30%) Drupal
12 2 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.074%) Jetty
13 1 (0.074%) nginx
13 1 (0.074%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.074%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.074%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.074%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.074%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 46 (3.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 27 (2.00%) NEC Housing
3 15 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
5 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.37%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.30%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.074%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 832 (61.49%) AWS
2 779 (57.58%) Azure
3 345 (25.50%) GCP
4 218 (16.11%) Microsoft 365
5 146 (10.79%) SaaS
6 142 (10.50%) PaaS
7 134 (9.90%) IaaS
8 105 (7.76%) Azure DevOps
9 82 (6.06%) GitHub
10 74 (5.47%) Datadog
11 63 (4.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 54 (3.99%) Amazon EKS
13 47 (3.47%) Cloud Computing
14 46 (3.40%) Amazon SQS
14 46 (3.40%) GitHub Actions
15 42 (3.10%) Entra ID
16 29 (2.14%) OpenShift
17 23 (1.70%) Amazon ECS
18 22 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
19 19 (1.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 127 (9.39%) Firewall
2 111 (8.20%) DNS
3 89 (6.58%) WAN
4 67 (4.95%) VPN
5 61 (4.51%) BGP
6 58 (4.29%) TCP/IP
7 55 (4.07%) LAN
8 51 (3.77%) SSL
9 41 (3.03%) DHCP
10 40 (2.96%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.81%) SD-WAN
12 29 (2.14%) Unified Communications
13 27 (2.00%) VLAN
14 23 (1.70%) SAN
15 22 (1.63%) Wireless
16 20 (1.48%) MPLS
16 20 (1.48%) Network Security
17 19 (1.40%) Cisco ISE
18 18 (1.33%) DSL
19 17 (1.26%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 156 (11.53%) SQL Server
2 114 (8.43%) Relational Database
3 91 (6.73%) NoSQL
4 78 (5.76%) Oracle Database
5 53 (3.92%) Big Data
6 52 (3.84%) RDBMS
7 49 (3.62%) DB2
8 47 (3.47%) Amazon RDS
9 38 (2.81%) Data Vault
10 33 (2.44%) MongoDB
11 30 (2.22%) Delta Lake
12 28 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
13 24 (1.77%) Data Lake
14 23 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
15 20 (1.48%) Looker
16 18 (1.33%) Tableau
17 17 (1.26%) Amazon Aurora
17 17 (1.26%) CockroachDB
17 17 (1.26%) Hadoop
18 16 (1.18%) Impala
Development Applications
1 86 (6.36%) Jenkins
2 54 (3.99%) JIRA
3 49 (3.62%) GitLab
4 36 (2.66%) CircleCI
5 35 (2.59%) Git
6 21 (1.55%) Artifactory
7 19 (1.40%) IBM UrbanCode
7 19 (1.40%) Maven
8 9 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
9 8 (0.59%) Bitbucket
10 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.44%) Jasmine
10 6 (0.44%) Karma Test Runner
10 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.30%) Selenium
11 4 (0.30%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.30%) Spinnaker
12 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (0.22%) webpack
13 1 (0.074%) Chocolatey
General
1 519 (38.36%) Finance
2 333 (24.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 306 (22.62%) Law
4 299 (22.10%) Social Skills
5 204 (15.08%) Marketing
6 170 (12.56%) Banking
7 155 (11.46%) Public Sector
8 109 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
9 71 (5.25%) Analytical Skills
10 60 (4.43%) Legal
11 54 (3.99%) Investment Banking
12 45 (3.33%) Financial Institution
13 35 (2.59%) Private Banking
14 32 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
15 30 (2.22%) Police
16 28 (2.07%) Local Government
17 24 (1.77%) Retail
18 12 (0.89%) Billing
19 11 (0.81%) Games
20 8 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 436 (32.22%) Architect
2 301 (22.25%) Lead
3 271 (20.03%) Senior
4 261 (19.29%) Software Engineer
5 204 (15.08%) Solutions Architect
6 179 (13.23%) Cloud Architect
7 176 (13.01%) Cloud Engineer
8 128 (9.46%) Lead Software Engineer
9 109 (8.06%) Cloud Software Engineer
10 106 (7.83%) Java Engineer
11 105 (7.76%) Java Software Engineer
12 98 (7.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 88 (6.50%) Lead Architect
14 87 (6.43%) Data Engineer
15 66 (4.88%) Lead Solutions Architect
16 61 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
17 59 (4.36%) Lead Java Engineer
17 59 (4.36%) Senior Architect
18 55 (4.07%) Consultant
18 55 (4.07%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (9.46%) Spring Boot
2 109 (8.06%) Spring
3 85 (6.28%) React
4 70 (5.17%) Kafka
5 69 (5.10%) AngularJS
6 57 (4.21%) .NET
6 57 (4.21%) RESTful
7 55 (4.07%) OpenTelemetry
8 51 (3.77%) HTML
9 50 (3.70%) CSS
10 46 (3.40%) RabbitMQ
11 39 (2.88%) OAuth
12 38 (2.81%) Web Services
13 35 (2.59%) REST
14 29 (2.14%) Middleware
15 26 (1.92%) PySpark
16 21 (1.55%) .NET Core
17 18 (1.33%) GraphQL
18 15 (1.11%) Node.js
19 13 (0.96%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 216 (15.96%) Cloud Native
2 117 (8.65%) Data Centre
3 101 (7.46%) PKI
4 81 (5.99%) Enterprise Software
5 80 (5.91%) Management Information System
6 69 (5.10%) Product Ownership
7 61 (4.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 58 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
9 55 (4.07%) Data Structures
10 43 (3.18%) Reinsurance
11 38 (2.81%) Private Cloud
12 37 (2.73%) Replication
13 36 (2.66%) Clustering
14 33 (2.44%) Algorithms
14 33 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
15 28 (2.07%) Enterprise Cloud
16 19 (1.40%) Onboarding
17 17 (1.26%) IoT
18 12 (0.89%) Cyberattack
18 12 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 295 (21.80%) Linux
2 257 (18.99%) Windows
3 66 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 63 (4.66%) Unix
5 50 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 32 (2.37%) Solaris
7 17 (1.26%) Ubuntu
8 16 (1.18%) zOS
9 14 (1.03%) Mac OS
10 12 (0.89%) CentOS
11 11 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (0.74%) SUSE
13 9 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
14 7 (0.52%) Android
14 7 (0.52%) Apple iOS
14 7 (0.52%) VMS
15 6 (0.44%) Mesosphere
15 6 (0.44%) Windows 10
15 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
16 4 (0.30%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (45.75%) Agile
2 358 (26.46%) CI/CD
3 349 (25.79%) Software Engineering
4 311 (22.99%) DevOps
5 302 (22.32%) SDLC
6 276 (20.40%) Operational Stability
7 274 (20.25%) Mentoring
8 266 (19.66%) Infrastructure as Code
9 235 (17.37%) Migration
10 195 (14.41%) Artificial Intelligence
11 191 (14.12%) Machine Learning
12 181 (13.38%) Coaching
13 177 (13.08%) Roadmaps
14 170 (12.56%) Project Management
15 167 (12.34%) Presales
16 166 (12.27%) Architectural Design
17 161 (11.90%) Microservices
17 161 (11.90%) TOGAF
18 160 (11.83%) Community of Practice
19 152 (11.23%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 322 (23.80%) Java
2 240 (17.74%) SQL
3 226 (16.70%) Python
4 81 (5.99%) PowerShell
5 65 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 49 (3.62%) C#
7 48 (3.55%) Scala
8 44 (3.25%) TypeScript
9 41 (3.03%) Bash
10 40 (2.96%) Shell Script
11 24 (1.77%) Go
12 22 (1.63%) PL/SQL
13 19 (1.40%) Groovy
14 13 (0.96%) R
15 10 (0.74%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.44%) C
16 6 (0.44%) PHP
17 4 (0.30%) MATLAB
18 3 (0.22%) AWK
18 3 (0.22%) sed
Qualifications
1 161 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 126 (9.31%) Degree
3 110 (8.13%) Azure Certification
4 100 (7.39%) AWS Certification
5 67 (4.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 66 (4.88%) SC Cleared
7 45 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 38 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
9 31 (2.29%) DV Cleared
10 28 (2.07%) TOGAF Certification
11 27 (2.00%) CCNA
12 23 (1.70%) CISSP
12 23 (1.70%) Computer Science Degree
13 21 (1.55%) BPSS Clearance
14 19 (1.40%) MCSE
15 17 (1.26%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 16 (1.18%) APMP
17 15 (1.11%) CISM
18 13 (0.96%) CCNP
19 12 (0.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.17%) SLA
2 47 (3.47%) Accessibility
3 42 (3.10%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.85%) NIST
5 24 (1.77%) PMO
6 23 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 18 (1.33%) QA
8 9 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 6 (0.44%) GDPR
9 6 (0.44%) SOC 2
9 6 (0.44%) WAI
10 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.37%) SOC 1
11 4 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 4 (0.30%) NCSC
12 3 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.15%) GRC
13 2 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 1 (0.074%) ISO 22301
14 1 (0.074%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 129 (9.53%) Active Directory
2 123 (9.09%) Docker
3 105 (7.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 57 (4.21%) Hyper-V
5 51 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (2.44%) VMware NSX
7 26 (1.92%) vSphere
8 11 (0.81%) vCloud
8 11 (0.81%) XenDesktop
9 9 (0.67%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.37%) XenApp
11 4 (0.30%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
13 1 (0.074%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 349 (25.79%) Terraform
2 231 (17.07%) Kubernetes
3 131 (9.68%) Ansible
4 75 (5.54%) Grafana
5 52 (3.84%) Puppet
6 46 (3.40%) Progress Chef
7 36 (2.66%) Prometheus
8 33 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
9 27 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
10 20 (1.48%) WSUS
11 18 (1.33%) vCenter Server
12 15 (1.11%) FortiGate
13 12 (0.89%) CA Single Sign-On
14 11 (0.81%) SCCM
15 10 (0.74%) SCOM
16 9 (0.67%) Nagios
17 7 (0.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
17 7 (0.52%) Istio
18 6 (0.44%) Docker Swarm
18 6 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 369 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 217 (16.04%) Google
3 209 (15.45%) Oracle
4 163 (12.05%) VMware
5 99 (7.32%) Splunk
6 95 (7.02%) Cisco
7 89 (6.58%) Dynatrace
8 70 (5.17%) Databricks
9 52 (3.84%) Citrix
10 49 (3.62%) Sparx
11 43 (3.18%) Informatica
12 39 (2.88%) IBM
13 37 (2.73%) Veeam
14 34 (2.51%) Aruba
14 34 (2.51%) Meraki
15 31 (2.29%) Adobe
16 30 (2.22%) Apple
17 27 (2.00%) F5
17 27 (2.00%) NEC
18 26 (1.92%) Atlassian