Cloud Security Job Trends in Central London

Cloud Security
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 118 96 112
Rank change year-on-year -22 +16 +46
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 27 88 59
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 1.06% 2.74% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 2.85% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 22 47 57
10th Percentile £52,625 £60,750 £57,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £75,125 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £90,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +24.14% -14.71%
75th Percentile £94,375 £114,375 £95,000
90th Percentile £119,050 £134,500 £97,500
London median annual salary £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +6.25% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,233 3,083 2,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 87.26% 95.89% 94.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,643 1,839 2,542
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Central London

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Central London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Central London

Cloud Security
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
City of London -20 27 £85,000 -5.56% 23
Cloud Security
London

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 16 (59.26%) Azure
2 9 (33.33%) AWS
3 8 (29.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
6 4 (14.81%) GCP
7 3 (11.11%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (7.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (7.41%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (7.41%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 2 (7.41%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 2 (7.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (7.41%) CloudFront
8 2 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (3.70%) Amazon ECR
9 1 (3.70%) Amazon S3
9 1 (3.70%) GitHub
9 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) Network Security
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
3 2 (7.41%) Firewall
4 1 (3.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (7.41%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) GitLab
2 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Financial Institution
3 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
4 1 (3.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (22.22%) Lead
2 5 (18.52%) IT Manager
3 4 (14.81%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (14.81%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Security Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Security Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Platform Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Cloud Platform Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Platform Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) Operational Security Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) Loki
2 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.70%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Security Posture
2 6 (22.22%) Security Operations Centre
3 5 (18.52%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (14.81%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
6 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
7 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
7 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
7 1 (3.70%) PKI
7 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) SIEM
2 10 (37.04%) Cybersecurity
2 10 (37.04%) Incident Response
3 9 (33.33%) DevOps
3 9 (33.33%) Information Security
3 9 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 8 (29.63%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (25.93%) CI/CD
6 6 (22.22%) SOAR
7 5 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (18.52%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
7 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
7 5 (18.52%) Migration
7 5 (18.52%) Technology Transformation
7 5 (18.52%) Threat Intelligence
7 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (18.52%) Zero Trust
8 4 (14.81%) ITIL
8 4 (14.81%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) Bash
2 4 (14.81%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) Bicep
3 1 (3.70%) Java
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) CISM
3 5 (18.52%) GIAC
4 4 (14.81%) CEH
4 4 (14.81%) Degree
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
5 2 (7.41%) CISA
6 1 (3.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
6 1 (3.70%) CRISC
6 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.70%) GCFA
6 1 (3.70%) GCFE
6 1 (3.70%) GCIH
6 1 (3.70%) GPEN
6 1 (3.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.70%) OSCP
6 1 (3.70%) PCI QSA
6 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (37.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (33.33%) NIST
3 6 (22.22%) GDPR
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (7.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (3.70%) Basel III
5 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (3.70%) MiFID
5 1 (3.70%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 5 (18.52%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (18.52%) Terraform
3 3 (11.11%) Grafana
3 3 (11.11%) Prometheus
4 1 (3.70%) Ansible
4 1 (3.70%) Argo
4 1 (3.70%) CSIRT
4 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Bloomberg
2 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
2 1 (3.70%) ForgeRock
2 1 (3.70%) iManage
2 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.70%) Rapid7
2 1 (3.70%) Refinitiv