Cloud Security Job Trends in Berkshire

Cloud Security
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 88 123 135
Rank change year-on-year +35 +12 -31
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 42 12 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 2.10% 0.69% 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 0.75% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 17 7 5
10th Percentile - £65,000 -
25th Percentile - £77,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £87,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -65.71% +86.17% -44.71%
75th Percentile £41,750 £94,375 -
90th Percentile £52,600 £106,000 £62,300
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% +24.40% -30.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,655 1,610 1,723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.79% 92.26% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 754 719 1,200
10th Percentile £28,825 £36,975 £31,925
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -5.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £92,750 £87,550
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Berkshire over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Berkshire

Cloud Security
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
Bracknell - 13 £30,000 -
Maidenhead - 7 - -
Slough - 7 - - 59
Windsor - 7 - -
Reading +29 3 £60,000 -31.43% 28
Cloud Security
South East

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 22 (52.38%) GCP
2 7 (16.67%) Azure
3 5 (11.90%) AWS
4 4 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.38%) GitHub
5 1 (2.38%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Wireless
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) S/MIME
2 1 (2.38%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (47.62%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Burp Suite
1 2 (4.76%) Metasploit
2 1 (2.38%) Git
General
1 20 (47.62%) Law
1 20 (47.62%) Marketing
2 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 22 (52.38%) Architect
2 20 (47.62%) Cloud Architect
2 20 (47.62%) GCP Architect
2 20 (47.62%) Platform Architect
3 11 (26.19%) Sales Representative
4 2 (4.76%) Analyst
4 2 (4.76%) Head of Engineering
4 2 (4.76%) Head of Infrastructure
4 2 (4.76%) Head of IT
4 2 (4.76%) Head of IT Infrastructure
4 2 (4.76%) Head of IT Security
4 2 (4.76%) Head of Security
4 2 (4.76%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (4.76%) IT Analyst
4 2 (4.76%) IT Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (4.76%) Penetration Tester
4 2 (4.76%) Product Owner
4 2 (4.76%) Tester
5 1 (2.38%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (2.38%) Ethical Hacker
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 23 (54.76%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.76%) Cloud Security Posture
2 2 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.76%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.38%) PKI
3 1 (2.38%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.76%) Kali Linux
1 2 (4.76%) Linux
1 2 (4.76%) Windows
1 2 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 21 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 20 (47.62%) Analytics
3 20 (47.62%) Architectural Design
3 20 (47.62%) Cost Management
3 20 (47.62%) Cost Optimisation
3 20 (47.62%) Data Science
3 20 (47.62%) Mentoring
3 20 (47.62%) Performance Optimisation
3 20 (47.62%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (7.14%) CI/CD
4 3 (7.14%) Incident Response
4 3 (7.14%) Security Architecture
5 2 (4.76%) BCP
5 2 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (4.76%) IT Governance
5 2 (4.76%) ITIL
5 2 (4.76%) OWASP
5 2 (4.76%) Security Testing
5 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 22 (52.38%) Python
2 20 (47.62%) Go
2 20 (47.62%) Java
3 2 (4.76%) Bash
3 2 (4.76%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.38%) Bicep
4 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.76%) OSCP
3 1 (2.38%) CEH
3 1 (2.38%) CISM
3 1 (2.38%) CISSP
3 1 (2.38%) CREST Certified
3 1 (2.38%) GIAC
3 1 (2.38%) GPEN
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) NIST
2 2 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (4.76%) NCSC
3 1 (2.38%) GDPR
3 1 (2.38%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.38%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Active Directory
1 2 (4.76%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (47.62%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.76%) Nmap
3 1 (2.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (47.62%) Google
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.38%) Thales