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 19 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 469 359 390
Rank change year-on-year -110 +31 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 252 306 588
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.30% 0.77% 0.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.11% 2.25% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 132 201 470
10th Percentile - £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £44,590 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £69,384 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.69% +15.64% -11.11%
75th Percentile £68,750 £88,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £106,625 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £69,384 £60,000
% change year-on-year -38.75% +15.64% -11.11%

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 22,705 13,588 31,325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.18% 34.17% 32.85%
Number of salaries quoted 15,079 9,628 24,935
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,625 £30,262
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -9.75%

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 19 June 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 19 June 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
London -45 141 £58,750 -28.79% 43
North of England -27 44 £37,500 -45.26% 23
Midlands -27 30 £37,500 +150.00% 11
West Midlands -15 28 £37,500 +150.00% 4
North West -8 25 £37,500 -42.31% 13
South West -67 16 £37,500 -6.25% 23
Yorkshire -32 11 £37,500 -31.82% 8
South East -39 10 £67,500 -10.00% 25
North East -38 8 £37,500 -45.95% 3
East of England -30 7 £66,325 +39.63% 11
East Midlands -29 2 £51,250 +36.67% 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 50 (19.84%) Jupyter
2 5 (1.98%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.98%) SAS
3 4 (1.59%) Confluence
3 4 (1.59%) Documentum
3 4 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 48 (19.05%) Chatbot
2 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.40%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 135 (53.57%) AWS
2 31 (12.30%) Azure
3 29 (11.51%) Serverless
4 26 (10.32%) AWS CloudFormation
5 19 (7.54%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (7.14%) Amazon EC2
6 18 (7.14%) Amazon S3
7 17 (6.75%) PaaS
8 16 (6.35%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 16 (6.35%) Datadog
8 16 (6.35%) SaaS
9 12 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (3.57%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (3.57%) IaaS
11 8 (3.17%) GCP
12 6 (2.38%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.59%) Amazon EKS
14 4 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
14 4 (1.59%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.35%) Internet
2 9 (3.57%) Network Security
3 7 (2.78%) Firewall
4 5 (1.98%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.19%) DNS
5 3 (1.19%) LAN
5 3 (1.19%) VLAN
5 3 (1.19%) WAN
5 3 (1.19%) Wireless
6 2 (0.79%) BGP
6 2 (0.79%) DHCP
6 2 (0.79%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.79%) OSPF
6 2 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.79%) WLAN
7 1 (0.40%) NGN
7 1 (0.40%) SMS
7 1 (0.40%) VoIP
7 1 (0.40%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (11.11%) Big Data
2 25 (9.92%) NoSQL
3 22 (8.73%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (7.14%) DynamoDB
5 8 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (2.38%) BusinessObjects
6 6 (2.38%) SAP HANA
7 5 (1.98%) Data Lake
7 5 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (1.59%) Power BI
9 3 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (1.19%) Metadata
9 3 (1.19%) Redis
10 2 (0.79%) Apache Cassandra
10 2 (0.79%) Couchbase
10 2 (0.79%) GIS
10 2 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.40%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 50 (19.84%) Visual Studio Code
2 19 (7.54%) Jenkins
3 16 (6.35%) CircleCI
3 16 (6.35%) GitLab
4 10 (3.97%) Git
5 5 (1.98%) JIRA
6 2 (0.79%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.79%) JMeter
6 2 (0.79%) JUnit
7 1 (0.40%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.40%) Maven
7 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.40%) Taiga
7 1 (0.40%) VersionOne
General
1 103 (40.87%) Finance
2 68 (26.98%) Social Skills
3 51 (20.24%) Manufacturing
4 50 (19.84%) Retail
5 18 (7.14%) Banking
6 11 (4.37%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.37%) Public Sector
7 8 (3.17%) Advertising
7 8 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (3.17%) Marketing
8 7 (2.78%) Military
8 7 (2.78%) Public Speaking
9 4 (1.59%) French Language
9 4 (1.59%) Italian Language
9 4 (1.59%) Legal
9 4 (1.59%) Spanish Language
10 3 (1.19%) Law
10 3 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.19%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (0.79%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 58 (23.02%) Trainee
2 45 (17.86%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
2 45 (17.86%) Programmer
2 45 (17.86%) Trainee Programmer
3 43 (17.06%) Architect
4 42 (16.67%) Senior
5 36 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (13.89%) IT Support
7 29 (11.51%) Developer
8 19 (7.54%) Accountant
8 19 (7.54%) Financial Accountant
8 19 (7.54%) IT Assistant
8 19 (7.54%) IT Support Assistant
8 19 (7.54%) Support Assistant
9 17 (6.75%) Graduate
9 17 (6.75%) Presales Solution Architect
10 16 (6.35%) Senior Developer
11 15 (5.95%) Consultant
11 15 (5.95%) IT Support Technician
11 15 (5.95%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (19.05%) Hugging Face
1 48 (19.05%) Matplotlib
1 48 (19.05%) NumPy
1 48 (19.05%) Pandas
1 48 (19.05%) scikit-learn
1 48 (19.05%) Streamlit
2 23 (9.13%) Kafka
3 17 (6.75%) RabbitMQ
3 17 (6.75%) RESTful
4 16 (6.35%) gRPC
4 16 (6.35%) web3js
5 7 (2.78%) .NET
6 5 (1.98%) CSS
6 5 (1.98%) HTML
6 5 (1.98%) Spring
7 4 (1.59%) Node.js
7 4 (1.59%) Spring Boot
7 4 (1.59%) Vert.x
8 3 (1.19%) .NET Core
8 3 (1.19%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 55 (21.83%) Algorithms
2 51 (20.24%) Onboarding
3 36 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 30 (11.90%) Cloud Native
5 21 (8.33%) NHS
6 19 (7.54%) Social Network
7 16 (6.35%) Blockchain
7 16 (6.35%) Web3
8 13 (5.16%) Blog
9 10 (3.97%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (2.78%) Distributed Computing
12 5 (1.98%) AI Agents
12 5 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
12 5 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
13 4 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (1.19%) Cyber Threat
14 3 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
14 3 (1.19%) Linux Command Line
14 3 (1.19%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.16%) Windows
2 8 (3.17%) Linux
3 4 (1.59%) Mac OS
4 3 (1.19%) Android
4 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.19%) Unix
4 3 (1.19%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.19%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.79%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (46.43%) AI
2 63 (25.00%) Machine Learning
3 56 (22.22%) Customer Service
3 56 (22.22%) Workflow
4 54 (21.43%) Visualisation
5 50 (19.84%) Mentoring
6 49 (19.44%) Analytics
6 49 (19.44%) Data Privacy
6 49 (19.44%) OO
6 49 (19.44%) Prompt Engineering
6 49 (19.44%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
7 48 (19.05%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
7 48 (19.05%) Conversational UI
7 48 (19.05%) LLM
7 48 (19.05%) Neural Network
7 48 (19.05%) OOP
7 48 (19.05%) Sentiment Analysis
8 40 (15.87%) DevOps
9 38 (15.08%) CI/CD
10 36 (14.29%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 72 (28.57%) Python
2 22 (8.73%) Go
3 16 (6.35%) SQL
4 11 (4.37%) Java
5 9 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.59%) Bash
7 3 (1.19%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.19%) Ruby
8 2 (0.79%) C#
8 2 (0.79%) C++
8 2 (0.79%) Perl
8 2 (0.79%) PHP
8 2 (0.79%) VBA
9 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.40%) Scala
9 1 (0.40%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 69 (27.38%) AWS Certification
2 68 (26.98%) Degree
3 49 (19.44%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 24 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 24 (9.52%) Postgraduate
5 23 (9.13%) Security Cleared
6 20 (7.94%) ACCA
7 19 (7.54%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (4.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.37%) SC Cleared
10 7 (2.78%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.78%) CISSP
11 6 (2.38%) CISM
11 6 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.59%) CISA
13 4 (1.59%) CITP
13 4 (1.59%) DBS Check
14 3 (1.19%) PMI Certification
15 2 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (7.54%) IFRS
2 8 (3.17%) GDPR
2 8 (3.17%) NIST
3 6 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.98%) QA
5 4 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.59%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.59%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.19%) SLA
7 2 (0.79%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.79%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.40%) GRC
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 26 (10.32%) Docker
2 12 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (10.71%) Terraform
2 25 (9.92%) Kubernetes
3 16 (6.35%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.59%) SCCM
5 3 (1.19%) AWS Copilot
5 3 (1.19%) Grafana
5 3 (1.19%) Progress Chef
5 3 (1.19%) Puppet
6 2 (0.79%) Ansible
6 2 (0.79%) Kibana
7 1 (0.40%) VxRail
Vendors
1 66 (26.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.14%) Dell
3 8 (3.17%) SAP
4 7 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.38%) Google
6 5 (1.98%) VMware
7 4 (1.59%) OpenText
7 4 (1.59%) Pega
7 4 (1.59%) Sophos
7 4 (1.59%) YouTube
8 3 (1.19%) Databricks
8 3 (1.19%) Oracle
9 2 (0.79%) Aerohive Networks
9 2 (0.79%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.79%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.79%) Splunk
10 1 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.40%) Meraki
10 1 (0.40%) New Relic
10 1 (0.40%) Veeam