Cloud Security Job Trends in the City of London

Cloud Security
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 91 119
Rank change year-on-year -13 +28 +49
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 27 82 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.28% 3.02% 1.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.47% 3.17% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 22 46 46
10th Percentile £52,625 £60,625 £64,375
25th Percentile £67,875 £73,563 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +12.50% -5.88%
75th Percentile £106,250 £114,688 £97,500
90th Percentile £119,050 £135,000 -
Central London median annual salary £86,250 £90,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +24.14% -14.71%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,841 2,588 2,685
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 87.50% 95.46% 95.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,362 1,685 2,414
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,325
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 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% - -

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in the City of London

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in the City of London

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 17 (62.96%) Azure
2 10 (37.04%) AWS
3 8 (29.63%) Azure Sentinel
4 7 (25.93%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
5 5 (18.52%) GCP
6 3 (11.11%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (7.41%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (7.41%) Amazon ECR
7 2 (7.41%) Amazon ECS
7 2 (7.41%) SaaS
7 2 (7.41%) Serverless
7 2 (7.41%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 1 (3.70%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (3.70%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 1 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Network Security
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
3 2 (7.41%) Firewall
4 1 (3.70%) HTTP
4 1 (3.70%) LAN
4 1 (3.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (3.70%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 3 (11.11%) GitLab
2 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.70%) CircleCI
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 4 (14.81%) 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
3 4 (14.81%) Security Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (11.11%) Security Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Senior
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Cybersecurity Specialist
5 2 (7.41%) Incident Engineer
5 2 (7.41%) Information Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Information Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Operational Security Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Operations Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Security Operations Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Security Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Information Security Engineer
6 1 (3.70%) IT Security Auditor
6 1 (3.70%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.41%) AWS CDK
2 1 (3.70%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.70%) Loki
Miscellaneous
1 10 (37.04%) Security Posture
2 5 (18.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (18.52%) Security Operations Centre
3 3 (11.11%) Cloud Security Posture
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (7.41%) Cloud Native
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.70%) PKI
5 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) SIEM
2 11 (40.74%) Identity Access Management
3 10 (37.04%) DevOps
3 10 (37.04%) Information Security
4 9 (33.33%) Incident Response
4 9 (33.33%) Security Operations
5 8 (29.63%) CI/CD
5 8 (29.63%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (22.22%) Containerisation
6 6 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (22.22%) Zero Trust
7 5 (18.52%) Infrastructure as Code
7 5 (18.52%) Mentoring
7 5 (18.52%) Migration
7 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (18.52%) Regulatory Compliance
7 5 (18.52%) Technology Transformation
7 5 (18.52%) Vulnerability Management
8 4 (14.81%) ITIL
8 4 (14.81%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) Python
2 4 (14.81%) Bash
3 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.70%) Bicep
4 1 (3.70%) Java
4 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.70%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (25.93%) CISSP
2 6 (22.22%) CISM
3 4 (14.81%) CEH
4 3 (11.11%) Degree
4 3 (11.11%) GIAC
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 8 (29.63%) GDPR
2 8 (29.63%) NIST
3 3 (11.11%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (11.11%) PCI DSS
4 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (3.70%) Basel III
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
1 4 (14.81%) Docker
2 1 (3.70%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 10 (37.04%) Kubernetes
2 6 (22.22%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (18.52%) Terraform
4 2 (7.41%) Grafana
4 2 (7.41%) Prometheus
5 1 (3.70%) Ansible
5 1 (3.70%) Argo
5 1 (3.70%) CSIRT
5 1 (3.70%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Bloomberg
2 1 (3.70%) Citrix
2 1 (3.70%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (3.70%) CyberArk
2 1 (3.70%) ForgeRock
2 1 (3.70%) iManage
2 1 (3.70%) OneLogin
2 1 (3.70%) Palo Alto
2 1 (3.70%) Rapid7
2 1 (3.70%) Refinitiv