Cloud Security Job Trends in Bristol

Cloud Security
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 70 103
Rank change year-on-year -19 +33 -25
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 36 14 23
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.09% 1.23% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.54% 1.56% 1.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22 12 15
10th Percentile £51,125 £68,500 -
25th Percentile £75,625 £71,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +166.67% -55.56%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £75,625
90th Percentile - - £87,500
South West median annual salary £75,000 £72,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% -28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,335 898 1,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 70.57% 78.77% 79.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,727 641 1,084
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +0.75%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Bristol

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Bristol over the 6 months to 5 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Bristol

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (38.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (75.00%) Azure
2 17 (47.22%) GitHub
3 16 (44.44%) AWS
4 14 (38.89%) IaaS
4 14 (38.89%) PaaS
5 13 (36.11%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (36.11%) Serverless
6 12 (33.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 12 (33.33%) Azure Functions
6 12 (33.33%) Azure Key Vault
6 12 (33.33%) Azure Monitor
7 11 (30.56%) GCP
8 2 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (2.78%) Entra ID
9 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Priva
9 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (2.78%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (36.11%) VPN
2 2 (5.56%) Internet
2 2 (5.56%) WAN
3 1 (2.78%) DNS
3 1 (2.78%) Firewall
3 1 (2.78%) LAN
3 1 (2.78%) MPLS
3 1 (2.78%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 14 (38.89%) Git
General
1 18 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 12 (33.33%) Law
3 8 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (13.89%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Analyst
1 12 (33.33%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 8 (22.22%) Architect
3 7 (19.44%) Security Engineer
3 7 (19.44%) Senior
4 6 (16.67%) Lead
4 6 (16.67%) Security Architect
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Applications Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Cloud Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) Cloud Security Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) GCP Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 2 (5.56%) DevOps Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Security Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Trainee
8 1 (2.78%) Customer Engineer
8 1 (2.78%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (33.33%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 13 (36.11%) Security Posture
2 12 (33.33%) Podcast
2 12 (33.33%) Public Cloud
3 6 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (5.56%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.78%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 13 (36.11%) Windows
2 12 (33.33%) VMS
3 2 (5.56%) Linux
4 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) CI/CD
2 19 (52.78%) DevOps
3 16 (44.44%) Infrastructure as Code
4 15 (41.67%) DevSecOps
5 14 (38.89%) Agile
5 14 (38.89%) Computer Science
5 14 (38.89%) Mentoring
5 14 (38.89%) Roadmaps
6 12 (33.33%) AI
6 12 (33.33%) Analytics
6 12 (33.33%) API Management
6 12 (33.33%) Generative AI
6 12 (33.33%) Log Analytics
6 12 (33.33%) Observability
6 12 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
6 12 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
6 12 (33.33%) Scrum
6 12 (33.33%) Task Automation
6 12 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
7 11 (30.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 14 (38.89%) PowerShell
2 13 (36.11%) Bash
3 12 (33.33%) Bicep
3 12 (33.33%) Kusto Query Language
3 12 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (5.56%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.78%) Go
5 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (38.89%) Azure Certification
2 12 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (27.78%) Security Cleared
4 8 (22.22%) SC Cleared
5 5 (13.89%) CISSP
6 4 (11.11%) CISM
6 4 (11.11%) Degree
7 2 (5.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (5.56%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (5.56%) CSSLP
7 2 (5.56%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (2.78%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (22.22%) NIST
2 5 (13.89%) Accessibility
3 4 (11.11%) Def Stans
3 4 (11.11%) NIST 800
4 2 (5.56%) NCSC
5 1 (2.78%) GDPR
5 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 13 (36.11%) Active Directory
1 13 (36.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 12 (33.33%) vSphere
3 3 (8.33%) Docker
4 1 (2.78%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.78%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.78%) Autotask
Vendors
1 18 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 13 (36.11%) VMware
3 12 (33.33%) ScienceLogic
4 6 (16.67%) Google
5 2 (5.56%) Cisco
6 1 (2.78%) Aruba
6 1 (2.78%) Juniper