Public Cloud Job Trends in Central London

Public Cloud
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Cloud in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Cloud over the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 129 147
Rank change year-on-year -7 +18 +23
Permanent jobs citing Public Cloud 7 13 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.23% 0.67% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.80% 1.53% 2.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1 12 19
10th Percentile - £68,000 £62,150
25th Percentile - £73,438 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +62.50% +18.52% -28.95%
75th Percentile - £100,000 £92,500
90th Percentile - £105,625 £93,000
London median annual salary £90,000 £85,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% +9.68% -8.82%

All Generic Skills
Central London

Public Cloud falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 878 847 1,319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 28.53% 43.57% 40.14%
Number of salaries quoted 596 668 771
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,813 £93,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £131,625 £117,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% -3.13% +5.26%

Public Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Public Cloud job vacancy trend in Central London

Public Cloud
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Public Cloud

Public Cloud
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 Public Cloud within the Central London region over the 6 months to 29 September 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 -11 7 £130,000 +62.50% 16
Public Cloud
London

Public Cloud
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 5 (71.43%) AWS
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (28.57%) GCP
5 1 (14.29%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Platform Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Python Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Terraform
2 3 (42.86%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Algorithms
2 2 (28.57%) Private Cloud
3 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
3 1 (14.29%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
3 1 (14.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) CI/CD
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Science
2 3 (42.86%) Platform Engineering
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) SDLC
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Application Security
4 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
4 1 (14.29%) DevSecOps
4 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 1 (14.29%) Microservices
4 1 (14.29%) Offensive Security
4 1 (14.29%) Red Team
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Tradecraft
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Python
2 3 (42.86%) PowerShell
2 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
3 1 (14.29%) Bash
3 1 (14.29%) C
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Go
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) Objective-C
3 1 (14.29%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) Ruby
3 1 (14.29%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) AWS Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
3 1 (14.29%) CCSAM
3 1 (14.29%) CREST Certified
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) GPEN
3 1 (14.29%) GXPN
3 1 (14.29%) OSCE
3 1 (14.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Ansible
1 3 (42.86%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Red Hat
2 1 (14.29%) VMware