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

6 months to
17 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 332 284
Rank change year-on-year +271 -48 +14
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 1,796 460 520
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.95% 0.76% 1.10%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.40% 2.29% 2.54%
Number of salaries quoted 146 207 389
10th Percentile £25,375 £36,050 £39,950
25th Percentile £26,250 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £69,308 £62,009
Median % change year-on-year -27.86% +11.77% -17.32%
75th Percentile £71,250 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £125,000 £99,200
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 15,753 20,068 20,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.64% 33.28% 43.32%
Number of salaries quoted 10,292 12,117 17,136
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £47,500 £46,041
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 £82,548
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
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 17 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 17 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 +214 659 £55,000 -6.38% 20
North West +177 596 £48,250 +7.22% 16
South East +200 432 £29,000 -48.68% 42
London +125 359 £73,750 -2.96% 101
East of England +143 234 £52,500 -16.00% 18
Midlands +107 79 £47,500 -31.46% 7
East Midlands +71 66 £25,750 -71.39%
Yorkshire +47 54 £47,500 -29.10% 3
South West +13 34 £27,000 -37.57% 4
West Midlands +43 13 £57,975 -16.35% 7
North East +8 9 £62,500 +4.17% 1
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 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.28%) WordPress
3 4 (0.22%) Apache
3 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.056%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.056%) Confluence
4 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
Applications
1 18 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.78%) Maya
3 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.056%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 79 (4.40%) Azure
2 56 (3.12%) AWS
3 34 (1.89%) GCP
3 34 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (1.22%) Entra ID
5 18 (1.00%) SaaS
6 14 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 10 (0.56%) Serverless
8 9 (0.50%) GitHub
9 8 (0.45%) Mimecast
10 7 (0.39%) Amazon S3
10 7 (0.39%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.39%) PaaS
11 6 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (0.33%) OneDrive
11 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.28%) dbt
12 5 (0.28%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1,581 (88.03%) Internet
2 22 (1.22%) Firewall
3 11 (0.61%) DHCP
4 10 (0.56%) DNS
5 8 (0.45%) Network Security
6 7 (0.39%) LAN
6 7 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.28%) Wireless
8 4 (0.22%) VLAN
8 4 (0.22%) WAN
9 2 (0.11%) Intrusion Detection
9 2 (0.11%) NGFW
9 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.11%) VPN
10 1 (0.056%) DMARC
10 1 (0.056%) FIX Connectivity
10 1 (0.056%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (1.78%) Big Data
2 13 (0.72%) SQL Server
3 11 (0.61%) Power BI
4 10 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (0.33%) DynamoDB
6 5 (0.28%) Data Vault
6 5 (0.28%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.22%) Amazon Athena
7 4 (0.22%) Apache Iceberg
8 3 (0.17%) MySQL
9 2 (0.11%) GIS
9 2 (0.11%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.056%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.056%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.056%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.056%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.056%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.056%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.50%) Git
1 9 (0.50%) GitLab
2 5 (0.28%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.11%) Artifactory
3 2 (0.11%) CircleCI
3 2 (0.11%) JIRA
4 1 (0.056%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.056%) JMeter
General
1 1,653 (92.04%) Social Skills
2 1,616 (89.98%) Banking
3 1,603 (89.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 82 (4.57%) Finance
5 39 (2.17%) Law
6 37 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (1.00%) Marketing
8 15 (0.84%) Games
9 10 (0.56%) Dutch Language
9 10 (0.56%) French Language
10 9 (0.50%) Legal
10 9 (0.50%) Public Sector
11 6 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.33%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.28%) Investment Banking
12 5 (0.28%) Manufacturing
13 4 (0.22%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.22%) Local Government
14 3 (0.17%) Advertising
14 3 (0.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1,280 (71.27%) Lecturer
2 24 (1.34%) Architect
3 21 (1.17%) Developer
3 21 (1.17%) Senior
4 20 (1.11%) IT Support
5 18 (1.00%) Accountant
5 18 (1.00%) Consultant
5 18 (1.00%) Financial Accountant
6 16 (0.89%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (0.72%) Support Engineer
8 12 (0.67%) Cloud Engineer
9 11 (0.61%) Analyst
9 11 (0.61%) Azure Engineer
9 11 (0.61%) IT Engineer
10 10 (0.56%) Senior Architect
10 10 (0.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
11 9 (0.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 9 (0.50%) IT Manager
12 8 (0.45%) IT Services Manager
12 8 (0.45%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (0.67%) .NET
2 9 (0.50%) HTML
3 7 (0.39%) CSS
3 7 (0.39%) React
4 6 (0.33%) AngularJS
4 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET
5 5 (0.28%) Kafka
5 5 (0.28%) Node.js
5 5 (0.28%) Vue
6 4 (0.22%) Bootstrap
6 4 (0.22%) CSS3
6 4 (0.22%) GraphQL
6 4 (0.22%) HTML5
6 4 (0.22%) Material-UI
6 4 (0.22%) OAuth
6 4 (0.22%) REST
6 4 (0.22%) Spring
6 4 (0.22%) Tailwind CSS
7 3 (0.17%) .NET Core
7 3 (0.17%) Snowpark
Miscellaneous
1 1,584 (88.20%) IoT
2 39 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 31 (1.73%) Social Media
4 26 (1.45%) Management Information System
5 18 (1.00%) Social Network
6 17 (0.95%) Blockchain
6 17 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (0.84%) Onboarding
8 12 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
9 11 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
10 10 (0.56%) Cloud Native
10 10 (0.56%) LIMS
11 7 (0.39%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.39%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.33%) NHS
13 4 (0.22%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.22%) EPoS
13 4 (0.22%) Media Streaming
13 4 (0.22%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.50%) Windows
2 12 (0.67%) Windows 10
3 11 (0.61%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.45%) Linux
5 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.056%) CentOS
6 1 (0.056%) Solaris
6 1 (0.056%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,636 (91.09%) Cybersecurity
2 1,624 (90.42%) AI
3 1,594 (88.75%) Machine Learning
4 1,585 (88.25%) Web Development
5 1,574 (87.64%) User Experience
6 60 (3.34%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (2.84%) Agile
8 42 (2.34%) Customer Service
9 37 (2.06%) Mentoring
10 36 (2.00%) Containerisation
10 36 (2.00%) DevOps
11 35 (1.95%) Project Management
12 29 (1.61%) Infrastructure as Code
13 28 (1.56%) CI/CD
14 26 (1.45%) Analytics
15 23 (1.28%) Computer Science
16 22 (1.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 22 (1.22%) IT Strategy
16 22 (1.22%) Risk Management
17 21 (1.17%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 31 (1.73%) SQL
2 29 (1.61%) Python
3 26 (1.45%) PowerShell
4 15 (0.84%) C#
5 13 (0.72%) Java
6 11 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
7 5 (0.28%) PHP
8 4 (0.22%) Bicep
8 4 (0.22%) C++
9 2 (0.11%) Bash
9 2 (0.11%) Go
9 2 (0.11%) Scala
10 1 (0.056%) Perl
10 1 (0.056%) R
10 1 (0.056%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,641 (91.37%) Degree
2 1,583 (88.14%) Master's Degree
3 1,575 (87.69%) PhD
4 1,574 (87.64%) Postgraduate
5 19 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (1.00%) ACCA
7 16 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 15 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 13 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 10 (0.56%) Security Cleared
11 9 (0.50%) SC Cleared
12 8 (0.45%) HND
13 7 (0.39%) CISSP
14 6 (0.33%) A+ Certification
15 5 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 5 (0.28%) CCSP
15 5 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
15 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
16 4 (0.22%) PMI Certification
16 4 (0.22%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.00%) GAAP
2 15 (0.84%) IFRS
3 10 (0.56%) GLP
3 10 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
4 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 7 (0.39%) NIST
6 5 (0.28%) GDPR
7 4 (0.22%) QA
8 2 (0.11%) COBIT
8 2 (0.11%) GRC
8 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.056%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.056%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.056%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.056%) HIPAA
System Software
1 27 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.61%) Docker
3 10 (0.56%) Firmware
4 5 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.056%) Dovecot
6 1 (0.056%) KVM
6 1 (0.056%) Postfix
6 1 (0.056%) QEMU
6 1 (0.056%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 28 (1.56%) Terraform
2 23 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (0.78%) SCCM
5 12 (0.67%) Ansible
6 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.17%) Grafana
8 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.11%) Sysdig
9 1 (0.056%) CASB
9 1 (0.056%) CSIRT
9 1 (0.056%) Kibana
9 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.056%) QRadar
9 1 (0.056%) VxRail
Vendors
1 45 (2.51%) Microsoft
2 16 (0.89%) Google
3 13 (0.72%) Cisco
4 11 (0.61%) Oracle
5 9 (0.50%) Palo Alto
6 7 (0.39%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.33%) Sophos
7 6 (0.33%) Splunk
7 6 (0.33%) VMware
8 5 (0.28%) Juniper
9 4 (0.22%) Gigya
9 4 (0.22%) PayPal
10 3 (0.17%) Dell
11 2 (0.11%) Citrix
11 2 (0.11%) Duck Creek
11 2 (0.11%) Guidewire
11 2 (0.11%) Okta
11 2 (0.11%) Ping Identity
11 2 (0.11%) Red Hat
11 2 (0.11%) Veeam