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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 315 366
Rank change year-on-year +284 +51 +39
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 4,218 342 589
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.60% 0.93% 0.73%
As % of the Cloud Services category 17.51% 2.49% 2.02%
Number of salaries quoted 142 236 506
10th Percentile - £34,474 £31,401
25th Percentile £33,750 £52,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £71,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.57% +19.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £79,555 £88,750 £78,438
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £93,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% -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 24,091 13,758 29,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.00% 37.41% 36.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12,897 10,236 24,118
10th Percentile £30,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,500 £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 14 April 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 14 April 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 +189 1,666 £37,500 -44.55% 26
North West +140 1,503 £37,500 -45.89% 13
Midlands +170 1,064 £37,500 - 18
West Midlands +144 930 £37,500 +150.00% 12
South East +183 589 £37,500 -50.00% 21
London +141 477 £75,000 -1.32% 44
East of England +103 363 £80,150 +51.23% 7
Yorkshire +60 151 £37,500 -31.82% 7
East Midlands +50 146 £48,750 +30.00% 6
South West -50 40 £37,500 -37.50% 18
North East -31 12 £46,250 -33.27% 6
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 48 (1.14%) Jupyter
2 5 (0.12%) Confluence
3 4 (0.095%) Documentum
4 3 (0.071%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.047%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.047%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.024%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.024%) OpenStack
Applications
1 48 (1.14%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.17%) Maya
4 1 (0.024%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.024%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 93 (2.20%) AWS
2 30 (0.71%) Azure
3 17 (0.40%) AWS CloudFormation
3 17 (0.40%) Serverless
4 16 (0.38%) SaaS
5 15 (0.36%) PaaS
6 13 (0.31%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 13 (0.31%) Amazon EC2
6 13 (0.31%) Amazon S3
6 13 (0.31%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (0.31%) Datadog
6 13 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (0.26%) GCP
8 7 (0.17%) Entra ID
8 7 (0.17%) IaaS
9 5 (0.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (0.095%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (0.095%) dbt
10 4 (0.095%) GitHub
10 4 (0.095%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 4,003 (94.90%) Internet
2 12 (0.28%) Firewall
3 7 (0.17%) DHCP
3 7 (0.17%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.14%) DNS
5 5 (0.12%) Network Security
6 4 (0.095%) VLAN
7 3 (0.071%) LAN
7 3 (0.071%) WAN
7 3 (0.071%) Wireless
8 2 (0.047%) BGP
8 2 (0.047%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.047%) OSPF
8 2 (0.047%) WLAN
9 1 (0.024%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.024%) VoIP
9 1 (0.024%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (1.02%) Big Data
2 17 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (0.33%) NoSQL
4 13 (0.31%) DynamoDB
5 7 (0.17%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.095%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.095%) Redis
8 3 (0.071%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.071%) Power BI
9 2 (0.047%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.047%) Data Vault
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 48 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
2 16 (0.38%) GitLab
3 15 (0.36%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.31%) CircleCI
5 5 (0.12%) JIRA
6 4 (0.095%) Git
7 1 (0.024%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.024%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.024%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.024%) JMeter
General
1 4,080 (96.73%) Social Skills
2 4,036 (95.69%) Banking
3 4,027 (95.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (2.47%) Finance
5 51 (1.21%) Manufacturing
6 49 (1.16%) Retail
7 20 (0.47%) Marketing
8 15 (0.36%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (0.28%) Public Sector
10 11 (0.26%) Law
11 7 (0.17%) Games
12 6 (0.14%) French Language
13 5 (0.12%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.095%) Local Government
15 3 (0.071%) Dutch Language
15 3 (0.071%) Italian Language
15 3 (0.071%) Portuguese Language
15 3 (0.071%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.047%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.047%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3,119 (73.94%) Lecturer
2 49 (1.16%) Trainee
3 45 (1.07%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
3 45 (1.07%) Programmer
3 45 (1.07%) Trainee Programmer
4 33 (0.78%) Architect
5 23 (0.55%) Accountant
5 23 (0.55%) Financial Accountant
5 23 (0.55%) Solutions Architect
6 22 (0.52%) Senior
7 20 (0.47%) Developer
8 17 (0.40%) Graduate
8 17 (0.40%) Presales Solution Architect
9 13 (0.31%) Consultant
10 12 (0.28%) IT Support
10 12 (0.28%) Senior Developer
11 11 (0.26%) IT Support Technician
11 11 (0.26%) IT Technician
11 11 (0.26%) Support Technician
12 8 (0.19%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.14%) Hugging Face
1 48 (1.14%) Matplotlib
1 48 (1.14%) NumPy
1 48 (1.14%) Pandas
1 48 (1.14%) scikit-learn
1 48 (1.14%) Streamlit
2 15 (0.36%) Kafka
3 14 (0.33%) RabbitMQ
4 13 (0.31%) gRPC
4 13 (0.31%) RESTful
4 13 (0.31%) web3js
5 8 (0.19%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) Spring
7 4 (0.095%) .NET Core
7 4 (0.095%) ASP.NET
7 4 (0.095%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (0.095%) Entity Framework
7 4 (0.095%) Hibernate
7 4 (0.095%) Spring MVC
8 3 (0.071%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4,019 (95.28%) IoT
2 52 (1.23%) Algorithms
3 32 (0.76%) Data Centre
4 24 (0.57%) Cloud Native
5 23 (0.55%) Social Network
6 21 (0.50%) Blockchain
7 13 (0.31%) Web3
8 9 (0.21%) Hybrid Cloud
9 8 (0.19%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (0.19%) NHS
10 7 (0.17%) Social Media
11 6 (0.14%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.12%) Management Information System
12 5 (0.12%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.071%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (0.071%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.047%) Clustering
14 2 (0.047%) Data Protection Act
14 2 (0.047%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (0.047%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.26%) Windows
2 9 (0.21%) Linux
3 6 (0.14%) Unix
3 6 (0.14%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.071%) Android
4 3 (0.071%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.071%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.024%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.024%) Solaris
5 1 (0.024%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,103 (97.27%) AI
2 4,055 (96.14%) Machine Learning
3 4,048 (95.97%) Cybersecurity
4 4,017 (95.23%) Web Development
5 3,997 (94.76%) User Experience
6 59 (1.40%) Customer Service
7 56 (1.33%) Workflow
8 54 (1.28%) Visualisation
9 49 (1.16%) Data Privacy
9 49 (1.16%) Neural Network
10 48 (1.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
10 48 (1.14%) Conversational UI
10 48 (1.14%) LLM
10 48 (1.14%) OO
10 48 (1.14%) OOP
10 48 (1.14%) Prompt Engineering
10 48 (1.14%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
10 48 (1.14%) Sentiment Analysis
11 38 (0.90%) Problem-Solving
12 36 (0.85%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 71 (1.68%) Python
2 15 (0.36%) Go
3 12 (0.28%) SQL
4 11 (0.26%) PowerShell
5 10 (0.24%) Java
6 7 (0.17%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.12%) C#
8 3 (0.071%) Bash
8 3 (0.071%) Bicep
9 2 (0.047%) ANSI SQL
9 2 (0.047%) Ruby
10 1 (0.024%) R
10 1 (0.024%) Scala
10 1 (0.024%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.024%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4,059 (96.23%) Degree
2 4,036 (95.69%) Master's Degree
3 4,001 (94.86%) Postgraduate
4 4,000 (94.83%) PhD
5 53 (1.26%) AWS Certification
6 48 (1.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 23 (0.55%) ACCA
8 20 (0.47%) HND
9 14 (0.33%) SC Cleared
9 14 (0.33%) Security Cleared
10 9 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.14%) CISA
11 6 (0.14%) CISM
11 6 (0.14%) CISSP
12 5 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
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%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (0.55%) IFRS
2 8 (0.19%) GAAP
3 4 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.095%) 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 24 (0.57%) Docker
2 12 (0.28%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.095%) Firmware
3 4 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.024%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.024%) KVM
4 1 (0.024%) QEMU
4 1 (0.024%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.024%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (0.66%) Terraform
2 24 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.33%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.19%) SCCM
5 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.12%) Ansible
7 3 (0.071%) AWS Copilot
7 3 (0.071%) Grafana
8 1 (0.024%) Kibana
8 1 (0.024%) Sysdig
8 1 (0.024%) VxRail
Vendors
1 60 (1.42%) Microsoft
2 18 (0.43%) Dell
3 14 (0.33%) Google
4 10 (0.24%) Palo Alto
5 8 (0.19%) Oracle
6 7 (0.17%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.14%) Cisco
8 4 (0.095%) Juniper
8 4 (0.095%) OpenText
8 4 (0.095%) Pega
8 4 (0.095%) Sophos
8 4 (0.095%) VMware
8 4 (0.095%) YouTube
9 3 (0.071%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.071%) Tenable
10 2 (0.047%) Aerohive Networks
10 2 (0.047%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.047%) Meraki
10 2 (0.047%) Symantec
11 1 (0.024%) SaltStack