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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 400 382
Rank change year-on-year +25 -18 -43
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 441 270 456
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.46% 0.62% 0.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.79% 1.87% 1.98%
Number of salaries quoted 92 172 322
10th Percentile £29,500 £25,000 £32,550
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,375 £47,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £68,750 £84,063 £81,563
90th Percentile £85,650 £100,000 £99,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.00% +4.17% -7.69%

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 24,692 14,426 23,026
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 25.98% 32.96% 31.72%
Number of salaries quoted 16,841 10,189 16,862
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £82,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £101,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -6.25%

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 August 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 August 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 +94 331 £65,000 -21.21% 258
Midlands -47 30 £29,750 +98.33% 28
West Midlands -32 27 £30,000 +100.00% 17
South East -24 24 £67,500 +43.62% 27
North of England -56 23 £37,500 -40.00% 46
East of England -29 16 £52,500 +10.53% 17
North West -30 14 £37,500 -42.31% 28
South West -65 14 £55,000 +83.33% 22
North East -57 5 £52,000 -16.80% 8
Yorkshire -23 4 £37,500 -31.82% 14
East Midlands -21 3 £26,250 +1.94% 11
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 17 (3.85%) Jupyter
1 17 (3.85%) SAS
2 14 (3.17%) Apache Spark
3 5 (1.13%) Apache Pig
3 5 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.45%) Apache
5 2 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.45%) Luigi
5 2 (0.45%) Tornado
Applications
1 24 (5.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (4.31%) Chatbot
3 11 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (4.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.68%) Summit
3 1 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 312 (70.75%) AWS
2 68 (15.42%) Serverless
3 58 (13.15%) Azure
4 51 (11.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 31 (7.03%) AWS Lambda
6 27 (6.12%) Amazon S3
7 23 (5.22%) Amazon EMR
7 23 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
8 22 (4.99%) Amazon ECS
8 22 (4.99%) SaaS
9 20 (4.54%) Amazon EKS
10 16 (3.63%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (3.63%) Amazon EventBridge
11 15 (3.40%) Amazon Kinesis
11 15 (3.40%) GCP
12 14 (3.17%) AWS Control Tower
13 12 (2.72%) IaaS
14 11 (2.49%) PaaS
15 10 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (2.27%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 58 (13.15%) Internet
2 29 (6.58%) Network Security
3 18 (4.08%) Firewall
4 9 (2.04%) LAN
4 9 (2.04%) WAN
5 7 (1.59%) NGN
6 4 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (0.68%) DHCP
8 2 (0.45%) AMQP
8 2 (0.45%) BGP
8 2 (0.45%) DNS
8 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.45%) MQTT
8 2 (0.45%) OSPF
8 2 (0.45%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.45%) VLAN
8 2 (0.45%) Wireless
8 2 (0.45%) WLAN
9 1 (0.23%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (9.52%) Big Data
2 32 (7.26%) NoSQL
3 20 (4.54%) DynamoDB
4 19 (4.31%) BusinessObjects
4 19 (4.31%) SAP HANA
5 18 (4.08%) Amazon Redshift
5 18 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.85%) Data Lake
7 16 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
8 14 (3.17%) Metadata
9 13 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
10 11 (2.49%) Hadoop
11 9 (2.04%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (2.04%) SQL Server
12 7 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (1.59%) MySQL
13 6 (1.36%) Power BI
14 5 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
14 5 (1.13%) Apache Hive
15 4 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 17 (3.85%) Visual Studio Code
2 16 (3.63%) Git
2 16 (3.63%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.27%) CircleCI
3 10 (2.27%) GitLab
4 3 (0.68%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.68%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.68%) JIRA
4 3 (0.68%) Maven
4 3 (0.68%) Mercurial
4 3 (0.68%) SonarQube
4 3 (0.68%) Taiga
4 3 (0.68%) TeamCity
4 3 (0.68%) VersionOne
5 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.45%) JMeter
5 2 (0.45%) JUnit
6 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 123 (27.89%) Finance
2 88 (19.95%) Social Skills
3 53 (12.02%) Public Sector
4 44 (9.98%) Military
5 36 (8.16%) Manufacturing
6 34 (7.71%) Marketing
7 26 (5.90%) Public Speaking
8 24 (5.44%) Analytical Skills
9 23 (5.22%) Retail
10 17 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (3.40%) Banking
12 11 (2.49%) Law
12 11 (2.49%) Legal
13 9 (2.04%) Advertising
14 6 (1.36%) Financial Institution
14 6 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
15 5 (1.13%) Automotive
16 4 (0.91%) Billing
16 4 (0.91%) French Language
16 4 (0.91%) German Language
Job Titles
1 133 (30.16%) Senior
2 87 (19.73%) Architect
3 82 (18.59%) Consultant
4 71 (16.10%) Solutions Architect
5 51 (11.56%) Senior Consultant
6 48 (10.88%) IT Support
7 41 (9.30%) Professional Services Consultant
8 40 (9.07%) Senior Architect
9 37 (8.39%) Account Manager
10 34 (7.71%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 31 (7.03%) Developer
12 30 (6.80%) Trainee
13 29 (6.58%) Security Consultant
14 28 (6.35%) IT Assistant
14 28 (6.35%) IT Support Assistant
14 28 (6.35%) Support Assistant
15 23 (5.22%) Data Centre Engineer
15 23 (5.22%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
15 23 (5.22%) Senior Security Consultant
16 21 (4.76%) AWS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.12%) Kafka
2 17 (3.85%) AWS CDK
3 16 (3.63%) NumPy
3 16 (3.63%) Pandas
4 15 (3.40%) Hugging Face
4 15 (3.40%) Matplotlib
4 15 (3.40%) scikit-learn
4 15 (3.40%) Streamlit
5 14 (3.17%) .NET
6 12 (2.72%) RabbitMQ
7 11 (2.49%) RESTful
8 10 (2.27%) gRPC
8 10 (2.27%) Web Services
9 9 (2.04%) web3js
10 8 (1.81%) Spring
11 7 (1.59%) Model Context Protocol
11 7 (1.59%) Node.js
12 6 (1.36%) .NET Core
13 5 (1.13%) A2A Protocol
13 5 (1.13%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 253 (57.37%) Onboarding
2 95 (21.54%) Data Centre
3 64 (14.51%) Enterprise Cloud
4 47 (10.66%) Cloud Native
5 43 (9.75%) Blog
6 32 (7.26%) Distributed Computing
7 26 (5.90%) NHS
8 24 (5.44%) Management Information System
9 21 (4.76%) AI Agents
10 19 (4.31%) Algorithms
10 19 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (2.95%) Mainframe
12 11 (2.49%) IoT
12 11 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (2.27%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (2.27%) Social Network
14 9 (2.04%) Blockchain
14 9 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
14 9 (2.04%) Web3
15 7 (1.59%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 48 (10.88%) Windows
2 8 (1.81%) Linux
3 5 (1.13%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.91%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.68%) Unix
5 3 (0.68%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (47.17%) Mentoring
2 164 (37.19%) AI
3 104 (23.58%) Analytics
4 88 (19.95%) Computer Science
5 85 (19.27%) Migration
6 78 (17.69%) Machine Learning
7 76 (17.23%) Project Management
8 70 (15.87%) Cloud Security
9 69 (15.65%) Roadmaps
10 60 (13.61%) Business Development
11 58 (13.15%) Generative AI
12 57 (12.93%) Agile
12 57 (12.93%) Systems Engineering
13 54 (12.24%) Cybersecurity
13 54 (12.24%) DevOps
13 54 (12.24%) Use Case
14 47 (10.66%) Project Delivery
15 46 (10.43%) Presales
16 44 (9.98%) Infrastructure as Code
17 43 (9.75%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 64 (14.51%) Python
2 27 (6.12%) Java
2 27 (6.12%) SQL
3 19 (4.31%) Bash
3 19 (4.31%) Go
4 14 (3.17%) Perl
4 14 (3.17%) PHP
4 14 (3.17%) Ruby
5 11 (2.49%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.59%) C#
6 7 (1.59%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.68%) C++
8 2 (0.45%) Bicep
8 2 (0.45%) Scala
8 2 (0.45%) VBA
9 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.23%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 191 (43.31%) Degree
2 95 (21.54%) AWS Certification
3 87 (19.73%) Security Cleared
4 54 (12.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 38 (8.62%) Master's Degree
6 34 (7.71%) Postgraduate
7 32 (7.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 21 (4.76%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 21 (4.76%) SC Cleared
9 19 (4.31%) CISSP
10 14 (3.17%) MBA
11 13 (2.95%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.49%) ACCA
12 11 (2.49%) CISM
13 10 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.27%) PhD
14 9 (2.04%) CISA
14 9 (2.04%) City & Guilds
15 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 7 (1.59%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.12%) SLA
2 21 (4.76%) GDPR
3 18 (4.08%) NIST
4 17 (3.85%) Data Quality
5 11 (2.49%) GRC
5 11 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.49%) QA
6 10 (2.27%) IFRS
7 8 (1.81%) NIST 800
8 6 (1.36%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.91%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.91%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.68%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.45%) HITRUST
12 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 1 (0.23%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 28 (6.35%) Docker
2 16 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.13%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.68%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.45%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (6.80%) Terraform
2 28 (6.35%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.31%) Progress Chef
3 19 (4.31%) Puppet
4 10 (2.27%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.91%) Ansible
7 3 (0.68%) SCCM
8 2 (0.45%) Argo
8 2 (0.45%) Grafana
8 2 (0.45%) Kibana
Vendors
1 66 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.80%) SAP
3 14 (3.17%) NEC
3 14 (3.17%) Oracle
4 13 (2.95%) Cisco
4 13 (2.95%) Dell
4 13 (2.95%) VMware
5 12 (2.72%) Google
5 12 (2.72%) Salesforce
6 9 (2.04%) Avaya
6 9 (2.04%) Genesys
6 9 (2.04%) Remedy
7 7 (1.59%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.36%) IBM
9 4 (0.91%) Acronis
9 4 (0.91%) Databricks
9 4 (0.91%) HP
9 4 (0.91%) Monzo
9 4 (0.91%) N-able
10 3 (0.68%) CrowdStrike