Cloud Computing Job Trends in England

Cloud Computing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 294 341
Rank change year-on-year +265 +47 +52
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 4,220 405 563
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.62% 1.02% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 20.14% 2.70% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 155 220 487
10th Percentile £27,050 £34,474 £31,552
25th Percentile £33,750 £52,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £70,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +17.08% -11.11%
75th Percentile £76,250 £89,063 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,100 £92,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -32.14% +16.67% -14.29%

All Cloud Computing Skills
England

Cloud Computing falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 20,950 14,997 27,712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.86% 37.88% 37.64%
Number of salaries quoted 11,526 10,190 23,303
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +9.57% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in England

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in England over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in England

Cloud Computing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the England region over the 6 months to 9 March 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
North of England +191 1,669 £37,500 -37.50% 47
North West +141 1,506 £37,500 -37.50% 28
Midlands +177 1,055 £37,500 -16.67% 40
West Midlands +155 922 £37,500 -44.55% 14
South East +181 606 £30,000 -59.32% 33
London +136 475 £75,000 -1.32% 30
East of England +123 361 £67,575 +33.15% 12
Yorkshire +73 151 £37,500 -31.82% 13
East Midlands +68 145 £50,000 +33.33% 24
South West -34 39 £37,500 -37.50% 17
North East -15 12 £46,250 -33.27% 8
Cloud Computing
UK

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 44 (1.04%) Jupyter
2 10 (0.24%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.12%) Confluence
4 4 (0.095%) Documentum
5 2 (0.047%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.047%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.024%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.024%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.024%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (1.04%) Chatbot
2 12 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.26%) Maya
Business Applications
1 1 (0.024%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 84 (1.99%) AWS
2 42 (1.00%) Azure
3 24 (0.57%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
5 12 (0.28%) GCP
5 12 (0.28%) PaaS
6 11 (0.26%) Entra ID
6 11 (0.26%) SaaS
6 11 (0.26%) Serverless
7 10 (0.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 10 (0.24%) Amazon EC2
7 10 (0.24%) Amazon S3
7 10 (0.24%) AWS Lambda
7 10 (0.24%) Datadog
7 10 (0.24%) Mimecast
8 6 (0.14%) OCI
9 5 (0.12%) Amazon ECR
9 5 (0.12%) Azure Sentinel
9 5 (0.12%) GitHub
10 4 (0.095%) Amazon ECS
Communications & Networking
1 4,013 (95.09%) Internet
2 14 (0.33%) Firewall
3 10 (0.24%) DHCP
4 9 (0.21%) DNS
5 8 (0.19%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.12%) Network Security
6 5 (0.12%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.071%) VLAN
7 3 (0.071%) VPN
8 2 (0.047%) LAN
8 2 (0.047%) VoIP
8 2 (0.047%) WAN
8 2 (0.047%) Wireless
9 1 (0.024%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (1.07%) Big Data
2 14 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (0.26%) NoSQL
4 10 (0.24%) DynamoDB
5 9 (0.21%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.095%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.095%) Power BI
7 4 (0.095%) Redis
8 3 (0.071%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.071%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.047%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.024%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.024%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.024%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.024%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.024%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.024%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.024%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.024%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (1.04%) Visual Studio Code
2 15 (0.36%) GitLab
3 12 (0.28%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.24%) CircleCI
5 5 (0.12%) Git
5 5 (0.12%) JIRA
6 2 (0.047%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.024%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.024%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.024%) JMeter
General
1 4,073 (96.52%) Social Skills
2 4,041 (95.76%) Banking
3 4,030 (95.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (2.56%) Finance
5 47 (1.11%) Manufacturing
6 45 (1.07%) Retail
7 20 (0.47%) Marketing
8 19 (0.45%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (0.36%) Law
10 14 (0.33%) Public Sector
11 11 (0.26%) Games
12 8 (0.19%) French Language
13 6 (0.14%) Local Government
14 5 (0.12%) Dutch Language
15 4 (0.095%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.071%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.071%) Italian Language
16 3 (0.071%) Portuguese Language
16 3 (0.071%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.047%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3,125 (74.05%) Lecturer
2 44 (1.04%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
2 44 (1.04%) Programmer
2 44 (1.04%) Trainee
2 44 (1.04%) Trainee Programmer
3 24 (0.57%) Accountant
3 24 (0.57%) Financial Accountant
4 20 (0.47%) Consultant
4 20 (0.47%) Senior
5 17 (0.40%) Architect
6 16 (0.38%) Developer
7 13 (0.31%) Analyst
8 10 (0.24%) IT Consultant
9 9 (0.21%) IT Analyst
9 9 (0.21%) Senior Developer
9 9 (0.21%) Service Analyst
9 9 (0.21%) Service Desk Analyst
10 8 (0.19%) Technical Architect
10 8 (0.19%) Telesales Executive
11 7 (0.17%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (1.04%) Hugging Face
1 44 (1.04%) Matplotlib
1 44 (1.04%) NumPy
1 44 (1.04%) Pandas
1 44 (1.04%) scikit-learn
1 44 (1.04%) Streamlit
2 12 (0.28%) Kafka
3 11 (0.26%) RabbitMQ
4 10 (0.24%) gRPC
4 10 (0.24%) RESTful
4 10 (0.24%) web3js
5 9 (0.21%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.12%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.12%) Spring
7 4 (0.095%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (0.095%) Entity Framework
7 4 (0.095%) Hibernate
7 4 (0.095%) HTML
7 4 (0.095%) Spring MVC
Miscellaneous
1 4,025 (95.38%) IoT
2 48 (1.14%) Algorithms
3 34 (0.81%) Data Centre
4 24 (0.57%) Social Network
5 23 (0.55%) Social Media
6 22 (0.52%) Blockchain
7 18 (0.43%) Cloud Native
8 14 (0.33%) Hybrid Cloud
9 12 (0.28%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (0.26%) Management Information System
11 10 (0.24%) Web3
12 6 (0.14%) NHS
12 6 (0.14%) Onboarding
13 4 (0.095%) Self-Motivation
14 3 (0.071%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (0.071%) Product Ownership
15 2 (0.047%) Clustering
15 2 (0.047%) Distributed Systems
15 2 (0.047%) Legacy Systems
15 2 (0.047%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (0.47%) Windows
2 12 (0.28%) Linux
3 10 (0.24%) Windows 10
4 9 (0.21%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.14%) Unix
6 3 (0.071%) Android
6 3 (0.071%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.024%) Solaris
7 1 (0.024%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,096 (97.06%) AI
2 4,059 (96.18%) Machine Learning
3 4,050 (95.97%) Cybersecurity
4 4,023 (95.33%) Web Development
5 4,003 (94.86%) User Experience
6 76 (1.80%) Customer Service
7 58 (1.37%) Workflow
8 50 (1.18%) Visualisation
9 46 (1.09%) OO
10 45 (1.07%) Data Privacy
10 45 (1.07%) Neural Network
10 45 (1.07%) OOP
11 44 (1.04%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
11 44 (1.04%) Conversational UI
11 44 (1.04%) LLM
11 44 (1.04%) Prompt Engineering
11 44 (1.04%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
11 44 (1.04%) Sentiment Analysis
12 40 (0.95%) Agile
13 37 (0.88%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 69 (1.64%) Python
2 16 (0.38%) PowerShell
3 13 (0.31%) SQL
4 12 (0.28%) Go
5 11 (0.26%) Java
6 9 (0.21%) C#
7 8 (0.19%) JavaScript
8 4 (0.095%) Bicep
9 3 (0.071%) ANSI SQL
9 3 (0.071%) Bash
10 2 (0.047%) Ruby
11 1 (0.024%) C++
11 1 (0.024%) R
11 1 (0.024%) Scala
11 1 (0.024%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.024%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4,055 (96.09%) Degree
2 4,029 (95.47%) Master's Degree
3 4,006 (94.93%) PhD
4 4,003 (94.86%) Postgraduate
5 49 (1.16%) AWS Certification
6 44 (1.04%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 24 (0.57%) ACCA
8 20 (0.47%) HND
9 13 (0.31%) Security Cleared
10 12 (0.28%) SC Cleared
11 10 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.12%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.12%) CISA
12 5 (0.12%) CISM
12 5 (0.12%) CISSP
13 4 (0.095%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.095%) CITP
13 4 (0.095%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.071%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 3 (0.071%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (0.57%) IFRS
2 12 (0.28%) GAAP
3 6 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (0.071%) GRC
4 3 (0.071%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.071%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.071%) QA
5 2 (0.047%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (0.047%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (0.047%) NIST
6 1 (0.024%) Data Quality
System Software
1 21 (0.50%) Docker
2 20 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.17%) Firmware
4 4 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.047%) vSphere
6 1 (0.024%) KVM
6 1 (0.024%) QEMU
6 1 (0.024%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (0.73%) Terraform
2 24 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.43%) SCCM
4 12 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.17%) Ansible
7 4 (0.095%) Grafana
8 3 (0.071%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.047%) Sysdig
9 2 (0.047%) VxRail
10 1 (0.024%) Kibana
Vendors
1 66 (1.56%) Microsoft
2 13 (0.31%) Google
2 13 (0.31%) ServiceNow
3 11 (0.26%) Oracle
3 11 (0.26%) Palo Alto
4 10 (0.24%) Sophos
5 9 (0.21%) Cisco
6 7 (0.17%) Juniper
7 6 (0.14%) Dell
8 5 (0.12%) VMware
9 4 (0.095%) OpenText
9 4 (0.095%) Pega
9 4 (0.095%) YouTube
10 3 (0.071%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.071%) Tenable
10 3 (0.071%) Veeam
11 2 (0.047%) Citrix
11 2 (0.047%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.047%) IBM
11 2 (0.047%) Symantec