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 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 323 282
Rank change year-on-year +206 -41 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 1,062 467 531
As % of all permanent jobs in England 2.39% 0.77% 1.11%
As % of the Cloud Services category 7.12% 2.35% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 146 216 395
10th Percentile £25,375 £30,000 £40,215
25th Percentile £26,250 £45,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -28.52% +8.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £71,250 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £125,000 £99,600
UK median annual salary £48,122 £69,308 £62,500
% change year-on-year -30.57% +10.89% -16.67%

All Cloud 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 14,910 19,856 20,742
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.55% 32.89% 43.31%
Number of salaries quoted 10,164 11,954 17,354
10th Percentile £28,697 £36,250 £33,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% -

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 10 November 2025.

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 10 November 2025. 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 +181 382 £50,000 -16.67% 52
North West +162 345 £48,000 +6.67% 38
South East +158 241 £29,000 -48.68% 163
London +50 238 £77,500 +1.97% 178
East of England +115 124 £52,500 -16.00% 39
Midlands +67 54 £47,500 -31.46% 12
East Midlands +49 39 £25,750 -65.89%
Yorkshire +35 29 £78,750 +17.54% 7
South West +11 24 £27,000 -37.21% 13
West Midlands +28 15 £53,450 -22.88% 11
North East +5 8 £62,500 +4.17% 7
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 18 (1.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (0.47%) WordPress
3 4 (0.38%) Apache
4 1 (0.094%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.094%) Confluence
4 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
Applications
1 16 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (1.32%) Maya
3 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.094%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 78 (7.34%) Azure
2 58 (5.46%) AWS
3 34 (3.20%) GCP
3 34 (3.20%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (2.07%) Entra ID
5 17 (1.60%) SaaS
6 12 (1.13%) Power Platform
7 11 (1.04%) Serverless
8 10 (0.94%) GitHub
9 8 (0.75%) Amazon S3
9 8 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
9 8 (0.75%) Mimecast
10 7 (0.66%) Amazon EC2
10 7 (0.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 7 (0.66%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.66%) PaaS
11 6 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.56%) OneDrive
11 6 (0.56%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.38%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 848 (79.85%) Internet
2 23 (2.17%) Firewall
3 12 (1.13%) DHCP
4 11 (1.04%) DNS
5 9 (0.85%) Network Security
6 7 (0.66%) LAN
6 7 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.47%) WAN
7 5 (0.47%) Wireless
8 4 (0.38%) VLAN
9 3 (0.28%) NGFW
9 3 (0.28%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.19%) Intrusion Detection
10 2 (0.19%) VPN
11 1 (0.094%) DMARC
11 1 (0.094%) FIX Connectivity
11 1 (0.094%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.094%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (2.45%) Big Data
2 11 (1.04%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (0.85%) Power BI
5 7 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.66%) DynamoDB
6 6 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (0.38%) Apache Iceberg
8 3 (0.28%) Data Vault
8 3 (0.28%) GIS
8 3 (0.28%) MySQL
9 2 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.094%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.094%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.094%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.094%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.094%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.094%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.094%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.85%) Git
2 8 (0.75%) GitLab
3 6 (0.56%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.28%) CircleCI
5 2 (0.19%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.19%) JIRA
6 1 (0.094%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.094%) JMeter
General
1 921 (86.72%) Social Skills
2 878 (82.67%) Banking
3 866 (81.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 80 (7.53%) Finance
5 39 (3.67%) Law
6 38 (3.58%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (1.41%) Games
7 15 (1.41%) Marketing
8 10 (0.94%) Dutch Language
8 10 (0.94%) French Language
8 10 (0.94%) Legal
9 9 (0.85%) Public Sector
10 6 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (0.56%) Telecoms
11 5 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.38%) Financial Institution
12 4 (0.38%) Local Government
13 3 (0.28%) Investment Banking
13 3 (0.28%) Retail
14 2 (0.19%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 645 (60.73%) Lecturer
2 25 (2.35%) Senior
3 24 (2.26%) Architect
4 21 (1.98%) Developer
4 21 (1.98%) IT Support
5 18 (1.69%) Consultant
6 16 (1.51%) Accountant
6 16 (1.51%) Financial Accountant
6 16 (1.51%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (1.22%) Support Engineer
8 12 (1.13%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (1.04%) Analyst
9 11 (1.04%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (1.04%) IT Engineer
10 10 (0.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 10 (0.94%) Senior Architect
10 10 (0.94%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 9 (0.85%) IT Manager
12 8 (0.75%) IT Services Manager
12 8 (0.75%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.13%) .NET
2 9 (0.85%) HTML
3 8 (0.75%) React
4 7 (0.66%) AngularJS
4 7 (0.66%) CSS
5 6 (0.56%) ASP.NET
5 6 (0.56%) Kafka
5 6 (0.56%) Node.js
5 6 (0.56%) REST
6 5 (0.47%) Vue
7 4 (0.38%) Bootstrap
7 4 (0.38%) CSS3
7 4 (0.38%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.38%) HTML5
7 4 (0.38%) Material-UI
7 4 (0.38%) OAuth
7 4 (0.38%) Spring
7 4 (0.38%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (0.28%) jQuery
8 3 (0.28%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 847 (79.76%) IoT
2 39 (3.67%) Data Centre
3 31 (2.92%) Social Media
4 28 (2.64%) Management Information System
5 18 (1.69%) Blockchain
6 17 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
7 16 (1.51%) Social Network
8 15 (1.41%) Onboarding
9 12 (1.13%) Video Conferencing
10 11 (1.04%) Distributed Computing
11 10 (0.94%) Cloud Native
11 10 (0.94%) LIMS
12 7 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.66%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.56%) NHS
14 5 (0.47%) EPoS
15 4 (0.38%) Driving Licence
15 4 (0.38%) Media Streaming
15 4 (0.38%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.73%) Windows
2 12 (1.13%) Windows 10
3 11 (1.04%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.75%) Linux
5 2 (0.19%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.19%) Unix
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.094%) CentOS
6 1 (0.094%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 904 (85.12%) Cybersecurity
2 889 (83.71%) AI
3 859 (80.89%) Machine Learning
4 849 (79.94%) Web Development
5 841 (79.19%) User Experience
6 62 (5.84%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (5.08%) Agile
8 43 (4.05%) Customer Service
9 37 (3.48%) Containerisation
9 37 (3.48%) Mentoring
10 36 (3.39%) DevOps
11 35 (3.30%) Project Management
12 30 (2.82%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (2.64%) CI/CD
14 27 (2.54%) Analytics
15 25 (2.35%) Risk Management
16 24 (2.26%) Computer Science
16 24 (2.26%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (2.26%) Microservices
17 22 (2.07%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 29 (2.73%) Python
1 29 (2.73%) SQL
2 25 (2.35%) PowerShell
3 15 (1.41%) C#
4 13 (1.22%) Java
4 13 (1.22%) JavaScript
5 6 (0.56%) PHP
6 4 (0.38%) C++
7 3 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
7 3 (0.28%) Bicep
7 3 (0.28%) Go
8 2 (0.19%) Bash
8 2 (0.19%) Scala
8 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.094%) Perl
9 1 (0.094%) R
9 1 (0.094%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 905 (85.22%) Degree
2 847 (79.76%) Master's Degree
3 842 (79.28%) PhD
4 841 (79.19%) Postgraduate
5 20 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (1.51%) ACCA
6 16 (1.51%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 13 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 10 (0.94%) Security Cleared
10 9 (0.85%) SC Cleared
11 6 (0.56%) A+ Certification
11 6 (0.56%) CISSP
12 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.38%) AWS Certified Developer
13 4 (0.38%) CCSP
13 4 (0.38%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.38%) HND
13 4 (0.38%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.38%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (1.51%) GAAP
2 13 (1.22%) IFRS
3 10 (0.94%) GLP
3 10 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (0.94%) NIST
4 8 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 6 (0.56%) GDPR
7 4 (0.38%) QA
8 2 (0.19%) COBIT
8 2 (0.19%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.094%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.094%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.094%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.094%) GRC
9 1 (0.094%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.094%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (2.73%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.13%) Docker
3 10 (0.94%) Firmware
4 5 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.094%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.094%) KVM
6 1 (0.094%) Postfix
6 1 (0.094%) QEMU
6 1 (0.094%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.094%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (2.82%) Terraform
2 24 (2.26%) Kubernetes
3 17 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.32%) SCCM
5 12 (1.13%) Ansible
6 5 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.28%) Grafana
8 2 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.19%) Sysdig
9 1 (0.094%) CASB
9 1 (0.094%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.094%) Kibana
9 1 (0.094%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.094%) QRadar
9 1 (0.094%) VxRail
Vendors
1 47 (4.43%) Microsoft
2 15 (1.41%) Google
3 13 (1.22%) Cisco
4 9 (0.85%) Oracle
5 8 (0.75%) Palo Alto
6 7 (0.66%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.56%) Sophos
7 6 (0.56%) Splunk
7 6 (0.56%) VMware
8 5 (0.47%) Juniper
9 4 (0.38%) Gigya
9 4 (0.38%) PayPal
9 4 (0.38%) Ping Identity
10 3 (0.28%) Dell
11 2 (0.19%) Citrix
11 2 (0.19%) Duck Creek
11 2 (0.19%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.19%) Okta
11 2 (0.19%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.19%) Veeam