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 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 357 397 255
Rank change year-on-year +40 -142 +96
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 784 784 2,690
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.76% 0.81% 1.61%
As % of the Cloud Services category 2.19% 1.86% 3.32%
Number of salaries quoted 569 448 782
10th Percentile £31,250 £45,000 £43,525
25th Percentile £43,000 £53,750 £54,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.90% +12.87%
75th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £98,000 £102,500 £106,925
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 35,821 42,083 81,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.91% 43.23% 48.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,874 27,585 41,557
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,723 £34,000
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% +7.76%
75th Percentile £76,250 £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 28 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 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 +19 601 £60,000 -11.11% 216
UK excluding London +102 517 £55,000 -8.33% 114
Work from Home -12 318 £57,500 -14.81% 102
London +24 212 £72,500 - 97
North of England +64 134 £55,000 -8.33% 36
South East +46 129 £57,500 -4.17% 26
Scotland +23 104 £58,750 +19.29% 8
Yorkshire +95 66 £56,500 -9.60% 9
Midlands +26 58 £53,750 -17.31% 19
North West -8 46 £55,000 -8.33% 22
South West -79 40 £62,500 -13.79% 17
West Midlands +22 35 £47,450 -27.00% 8
East Midlands +4 23 £60,000 +34.59% 11
North East +11 22 £67,500 +41.59% 5
East of England +4 22 £60,000 +6.67% 1
Wales +15 16 £41,067 -35.23% 4
Northern Ireland - 14 - - 3

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 35 (4.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 26 (3.32%) SharePoint
3 22 (2.81%) IIS
4 20 (2.55%) Confluence
5 11 (1.40%) Apache
5 11 (1.40%) Apache Spark
6 9 (1.15%) CMS
7 4 (0.51%) WordPress
8 3 (0.38%) 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 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (1.15%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.64%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (0.38%) Trello
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (0.51%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.38%) 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
1 467 (59.57%) Azure
2 360 (45.92%) AWS
3 130 (16.58%) GCP
4 129 (16.45%) Microsoft 365
5 64 (8.16%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (7.14%) SaaS
7 52 (6.63%) IaaS
8 50 (6.38%) PaaS
9 45 (5.74%) Entra ID
10 43 (5.48%) Power Platform
11 32 (4.08%) Serverless
12 27 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
13 25 (3.19%) GitHub
14 23 (2.93%) Azure Monitor
15 21 (2.68%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (2.55%) PowerApps
17 19 (2.42%) OneDrive
18 18 (2.30%) Slack
19 16 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
20 15 (1.91%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 84 (10.71%) Firewall
2 69 (8.80%) Network Security
3 68 (8.67%) WAN
4 47 (5.99%) LAN
5 41 (5.23%) VPN
6 39 (4.97%) TCP/IP
7 31 (3.95%) DNS
8 24 (3.06%) Internet
9 22 (2.81%) Wireless
10 20 (2.55%) MQTT
11 19 (2.42%) HTTP
12 17 (2.17%) SAN
12 17 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
13 16 (2.04%) DHCP
14 14 (1.79%) BGP
14 14 (1.79%) Unified Communications
14 14 (1.79%) VLAN
14 14 (1.79%) Wireshark
15 13 (1.66%) MPLS
16 12 (1.53%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (13.90%) NoSQL
2 74 (9.44%) SQL Server
3 39 (4.97%) Big Data
4 26 (3.32%) Power BI
5 23 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.81%) Data Lake
6 22 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (2.42%) MySQL
8 18 (2.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 15 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
9 15 (1.91%) Elasticsearch
9 15 (1.91%) Relational Database
10 13 (1.66%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 12 (1.53%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 9 (1.15%) Redis
14 6 (0.77%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.64%) DTS
15 5 (0.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 68 (8.67%) Jenkins
2 59 (7.53%) JIRA
3 57 (7.27%) Git
4 28 (3.57%) GitLab
5 18 (2.30%) Selenium
6 16 (2.04%) CircleCI
7 14 (1.79%) JUnit
8 13 (1.66%) Robot Framework
8 13 (1.66%) SonarQube
9 12 (1.53%) Terragrunt
10 11 (1.40%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.64%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.64%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.64%) JMeter
11 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.64%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.51%) TestNG
12 4 (0.51%) Travis CI
13 3 (0.38%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.38%) SpecFlow
General
1 310 (39.54%) Social Skills
2 202 (25.77%) Finance
3 97 (12.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 90 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (8.16%) Law
6 52 (6.63%) Legal
7 47 (5.99%) Public Sector
8 34 (4.34%) Banking
9 28 (3.57%) Telecoms
10 24 (3.06%) Marketing
11 22 (2.81%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (2.55%) Retail
14 15 (1.91%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.66%) Electronics
16 12 (1.53%) Automotive
17 9 (1.15%) Police
18 8 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
19 7 (0.89%) Local Government
20 6 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 128 (16.33%) Senior
2 112 (14.29%) Architect
3 106 (13.52%) Developer
4 86 (10.97%) Lead
5 63 (8.04%) Software Engineer
6 42 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 42 (5.36%) Consultant
7 38 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
8 36 (4.59%) AWS Engineer
9 33 (4.21%) AWS Software Engineer
10 30 (3.83%) Service Manager
11 29 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
11 29 (3.70%) Systems Engineer
12 28 (3.57%) Security Engineer
12 28 (3.57%) Technical Manager
13 27 (3.44%) Analyst
13 27 (3.44%) Data Engineer
13 27 (3.44%) IT Manager
14 26 (3.32%) Cloud Architect
14 26 (3.32%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (8.80%) .NET
2 45 (5.74%) HTML
3 39 (4.97%) React
4 33 (4.21%) Node.js
5 32 (4.08%) RESTful
6 29 (3.70%) CSS
7 26 (3.32%) AngularJS
8 25 (3.19%) Kafka
9 24 (3.06%) Vue
10 22 (2.81%) Web Services
11 18 (2.30%) Spring
11 18 (2.30%) XML
12 17 (2.17%) .NET Core
12 17 (2.17%) Laravel
13 14 (1.79%) ARM Templates
14 13 (1.66%) ASP.NET
14 13 (1.66%) Entity Framework
14 13 (1.66%) REST
15 12 (1.53%) PyTorch
15 12 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.80%) Management Information System
2 55 (7.02%) Algorithms
3 49 (6.25%) IoT
4 48 (6.12%) Public Cloud
5 45 (5.74%) Onboarding
6 44 (5.61%) Data Centre
7 40 (5.10%) Product Ownership
8 31 (3.95%) Cloud Native
9 29 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
10 25 (3.19%) Mobile App
11 22 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (2.68%) Clustering
12 21 (2.68%) Private Cloud
13 17 (2.17%) PKI
14 15 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
15 14 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
16 12 (1.53%) Self-Motivation
17 11 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
18 10 (1.28%) Arduino
18 10 (1.28%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 127 (16.20%) Windows
2 90 (11.48%) Linux
3 56 (7.14%) Windows Server
4 22 (2.81%) Android
5 18 (2.30%) Unix
6 16 (2.04%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.91%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.66%) Windows 10
9 12 (1.53%) Ubuntu
10 8 (1.02%) CentOS
10 8 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 7 (0.89%) Debian
12 6 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.64%) Kali Linux
13 5 (0.64%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.38%) SUSE
14 3 (0.38%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 3 (0.38%) VMS
15 2 (0.26%) Windows Vista
16 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (35.84%) Problem-Solving
2 220 (28.06%) Agile
3 216 (27.55%) DevOps
4 182 (23.21%) CI/CD
5 139 (17.73%) Computer Science
6 136 (17.35%) Cybersecurity
7 134 (17.09%) Artificial Intelligence
8 129 (16.45%) Software Engineering
9 122 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
9 122 (15.56%) Machine Learning
10 104 (13.27%) Roadmaps
11 89 (11.35%) Containerisation
11 89 (11.35%) Infrastructure as Code
12 88 (11.22%) Project Management
13 87 (11.10%) Analytics
14 83 (10.59%) Mentoring
14 83 (10.59%) Microservices
14 83 (10.59%) Risk Management
15 71 (9.06%) ITIL
16 70 (8.93%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 213 (27.17%) Python
2 195 (24.87%) SQL
3 77 (9.82%) JavaScript
4 76 (9.69%) Java
5 75 (9.57%) PowerShell
6 67 (8.55%) C#
7 41 (5.23%) Bash
8 24 (3.06%) TypeScript
9 21 (2.68%) PHP
10 16 (2.04%) Bicep
11 13 (1.66%) Ruby
12 12 (1.53%) C++
13 11 (1.40%) Go
14 8 (1.02%) C
14 8 (1.02%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.64%) Rust
15 5 (0.64%) Shell Script
16 4 (0.51%) AWK
16 4 (0.51%) Perl
16 4 (0.51%) sed
Qualifications
1 170 (21.68%) Degree
2 95 (12.12%) Security Cleared
3 90 (11.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 67 (8.55%) Azure Certification
5 62 (7.91%) SC Cleared
6 50 (6.38%) Master's Degree
7 39 (4.97%) CISSP
8 35 (4.46%) Cisco Certification
9 32 (4.08%) AWS Certification
10 28 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
11 23 (2.93%) PhD
12 21 (2.68%) CCNA
13 17 (2.17%) CEH
14 15 (1.91%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 15 (1.91%) CCNP
15 14 (1.79%) CCSP
15 14 (1.79%) MCSA
15 14 (1.79%) SANS
15 14 (1.79%) SSCP
16 12 (1.53%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (9.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (4.72%) Cyber Essentials
3 31 (3.95%) NIST
4 30 (3.83%) GDPR
5 26 (3.32%) PCI DSS
6 23 (2.93%) QA
7 21 (2.68%) SLA
8 16 (2.04%) Data Quality
9 9 (1.15%) PSD2
10 8 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (1.02%) NCSC
11 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 5 (0.64%) Accessibility
13 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.51%) PMO
14 3 (0.38%) GRC
14 3 (0.38%) WCAG
15 2 (0.26%) COBIT
15 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
System Software
1 110 (14.03%) Docker
2 88 (11.22%) Active Directory
3 41 (5.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (3.57%) Hyper-V
5 20 (2.55%) VMware NSX
6 14 (1.79%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.89%) Firmware
9 3 (0.38%) Ceph
9 3 (0.38%) Gluster
9 3 (0.38%) KVM
9 3 (0.38%) oVirt
9 3 (0.38%) VirtualBox
10 2 (0.26%) Kamailio
11 1 (0.13%) NFS
11 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 133 (16.96%) Kubernetes
2 73 (9.31%) Terraform
3 62 (7.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (6.38%) Ansible
5 17 (2.17%) Grafana
5 17 (2.17%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.79%) Nmap
7 10 (1.28%) SCOM
8 9 (1.15%) Puppet
9 8 (1.02%) Kibana
10 7 (0.89%) SCCM
10 7 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.77%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.77%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.64%) Suricata
13 4 (0.51%) Nessus
14 3 (0.38%) Graylog
14 3 (0.38%) HP Fortify
14 3 (0.38%) Nagios
14 3 (0.38%) Observium
Vendors
1 276 (35.20%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.06%) VMware
3 69 (8.80%) Google
4 57 (7.27%) Cisco
5 50 (6.38%) Databricks
6 30 (3.83%) Splunk
7 26 (3.32%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.93%) SAP
9 22 (2.81%) Fortinet
9 22 (2.81%) SolarWinds
10 17 (2.17%) Oracle
11 16 (2.04%) Palo Alto
12 14 (1.79%) Qualys
12 14 (1.79%) Rapid7
12 14 (1.79%) Thycotic
13 13 (1.66%) Citrix
14 12 (1.53%) Black Duck
14 12 (1.53%) Juniper
15 11 (1.40%) HP
15 11 (1.40%) Red Hat