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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 424 359 386
Rank change year-on-year -65 +27 +7
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 294 308 580
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.35% 0.77% 0.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.27% 2.25% 1.88%
Number of salaries quoted 138 202 460
10th Percentile - £25,650 £30,950
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 £68,438 £87,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £106,125 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £44,889 £69,384 £60,000
% change year-on-year -35.30% +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 23,110 13,672 30,861
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.36% 33.98% 33.14%
Number of salaries quoted 15,396 9,740 24,512
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £30,253
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% -8.95%

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 26 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 26 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 -11 179 £58,750 -28.79% 65
North of England -33 44 £37,500 -44.55% 25
Midlands -27 30 £37,500 +150.00% 13
West Midlands -20 28 £37,500 +150.00% 5
North West -7 25 £37,500 -37.50% 12
South West -72 17 £37,500 -6.25% 40
Yorkshire -30 11 £37,500 -31.82% 10
South East -50 10 £67,500 -8.47% 28
East of England -27 8 £52,500 +10.53% 14
North East -39 8 £37,500 -45.95% 5
East Midlands -25 2 £51,250 +36.67% 8
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 (17.01%) Jupyter
2 7 (2.38%) SAS
3 6 (2.04%) Apache Spark
4 4 (1.36%) Confluence
4 4 (1.36%) Documentum
4 4 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 48 (16.33%) Chatbot
2 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (2.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Summit
Cloud Services
1 171 (58.16%) AWS
2 34 (11.56%) Azure
2 34 (11.56%) Serverless
3 32 (10.88%) AWS CloudFormation
4 22 (7.48%) AWS Lambda
5 21 (7.14%) Amazon S3
6 19 (6.46%) Amazon EC2
7 17 (5.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 17 (5.78%) Datadog
7 17 (5.78%) PaaS
7 17 (5.78%) SaaS
8 14 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (4.08%) Amazon ECS
10 9 (3.06%) IaaS
11 8 (2.72%) GCP
12 7 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
13 6 (2.04%) Amazon EMR
13 6 (2.04%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (1.36%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (7.14%) Internet
2 13 (4.42%) Network Security
3 9 (3.06%) Firewall
4 5 (1.70%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.36%) DHCP
5 4 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.02%) DNS
6 3 (1.02%) LAN
6 3 (1.02%) VLAN
6 3 (1.02%) WAN
6 3 (1.02%) Wireless
7 2 (0.68%) BGP
7 2 (0.68%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.68%) NGN
7 2 (0.68%) OSPF
7 2 (0.68%) WLAN
8 1 (0.34%) SMS
8 1 (0.34%) VoIP
8 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (10.88%) Big Data
2 27 (9.18%) NoSQL
3 23 (7.82%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (6.80%) DynamoDB
5 9 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (2.72%) BusinessObjects
6 8 (2.72%) SAP HANA
7 7 (2.38%) Data Lake
7 7 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (1.70%) Elasticsearch
9 5 (1.70%) Metadata
10 4 (1.36%) Power BI
11 3 (1.02%) Redis
11 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
12 2 (0.68%) Couchbase
12 2 (0.68%) GIS
12 2 (0.68%) Hadoop
12 2 (0.68%) MySQL
12 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 50 (17.01%) Visual Studio Code
2 20 (6.80%) Jenkins
3 17 (5.78%) CircleCI
3 17 (5.78%) GitLab
4 10 (3.40%) Git
5 5 (1.70%) JIRA
6 2 (0.68%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.68%) JMeter
6 2 (0.68%) JUnit
7 1 (0.34%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.34%) Maven
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.34%) Taiga
7 1 (0.34%) VersionOne
General
1 114 (38.78%) Finance
2 73 (24.83%) Social Skills
3 54 (18.37%) Manufacturing
4 50 (17.01%) Retail
5 19 (6.46%) Banking
6 18 (6.12%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (4.42%) Military
9 12 (4.08%) Marketing
10 9 (3.06%) Advertising
11 8 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 8 (2.72%) Public Speaking
12 6 (2.04%) Legal
13 5 (1.70%) French Language
13 5 (1.70%) Italian Language
13 5 (1.70%) Spanish Language
14 3 (1.02%) Law
14 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.02%) Portuguese Language
15 2 (0.68%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 59 (20.07%) Senior
2 58 (19.73%) Trainee
3 48 (16.33%) Architect
4 45 (15.31%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
4 45 (15.31%) Programmer
4 45 (15.31%) Trainee Programmer
5 40 (13.61%) Solutions Architect
6 35 (11.90%) IT Support
7 30 (10.20%) Developer
8 26 (8.84%) Consultant
9 20 (6.80%) Accountant
9 20 (6.80%) Financial Accountant
10 19 (6.46%) IT Assistant
10 19 (6.46%) IT Support Assistant
10 19 (6.46%) Support Assistant
11 17 (5.78%) Graduate
11 17 (5.78%) Presales Solution Architect
12 16 (5.44%) Account Manager
12 16 (5.44%) Senior Developer
13 15 (5.10%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (16.33%) Hugging Face
1 48 (16.33%) Matplotlib
1 48 (16.33%) NumPy
1 48 (16.33%) Pandas
1 48 (16.33%) scikit-learn
1 48 (16.33%) Streamlit
2 25 (8.50%) Kafka
3 18 (6.12%) RabbitMQ
3 18 (6.12%) RESTful
4 17 (5.78%) gRPC
5 16 (5.44%) web3js
6 7 (2.38%) .NET
7 5 (1.70%) AWS CDK
7 5 (1.70%) CSS
7 5 (1.70%) HTML
7 5 (1.70%) Spring
8 4 (1.36%) Node.js
8 4 (1.36%) Spring Boot
8 4 (1.36%) Vert.x
9 3 (1.02%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 85 (28.91%) Onboarding
2 55 (18.71%) Algorithms
3 48 (16.33%) Data Centre
4 35 (11.90%) Cloud Native
5 21 (7.14%) NHS
6 20 (6.80%) Social Network
7 18 (6.12%) Enterprise Cloud
8 16 (5.44%) Blockchain
8 16 (5.44%) Web3
9 15 (5.10%) Blog
10 12 (4.08%) Distributed Computing
11 9 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (2.72%) Management Information System
13 7 (2.38%) AI Agents
13 7 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (1.70%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (1.70%) Legacy Applications
15 4 (1.36%) IoT
15 4 (1.36%) Mainframe
16 3 (1.02%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 17 (5.78%) Windows
2 8 (2.72%) Linux
3 4 (1.36%) Mac OS
3 4 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.02%) Android
4 3 (1.02%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.02%) Unix
4 3 (1.02%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (44.90%) AI
2 74 (25.17%) Mentoring
3 70 (23.81%) Machine Learning
4 60 (20.41%) Analytics
5 57 (19.39%) Customer Service
5 57 (19.39%) Workflow
6 54 (18.37%) Visualisation
7 50 (17.01%) OO
8 49 (16.67%) Data Privacy
8 49 (16.67%) Prompt Engineering
8 49 (16.67%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
9 48 (16.33%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
9 48 (16.33%) Conversational UI
9 48 (16.33%) LLM
9 48 (16.33%) Neural Network
9 48 (16.33%) OOP
9 48 (16.33%) Sentiment Analysis
10 43 (14.63%) DevOps
11 42 (14.29%) Cloud Security
12 40 (13.61%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 76 (25.85%) Python
2 23 (7.82%) Go
3 17 (5.78%) SQL
4 13 (4.42%) Java
5 9 (3.06%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.04%) Bash
6 6 (2.04%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.70%) Ruby
8 4 (1.36%) Perl
8 4 (1.36%) PHP
9 2 (0.68%) Bicep
9 2 (0.68%) C#
9 2 (0.68%) C++
9 2 (0.68%) VBA
10 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.34%) Scala
10 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (30.61%) Degree
2 79 (26.87%) AWS Certification
3 51 (17.35%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 35 (11.90%) Security Cleared
5 27 (9.18%) Master's Degree
6 24 (8.16%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (8.16%) Postgraduate
7 21 (7.14%) ACCA
8 15 (5.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 15 (5.10%) SC Cleared
9 10 (3.40%) CISSP
10 7 (2.38%) Azure Certification
10 7 (2.38%) CISM
10 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.70%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (1.70%) CISA
12 4 (1.36%) CITP
12 4 (1.36%) DBS Check
12 4 (1.36%) MBA
13 3 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.80%) IFRS
2 9 (3.06%) GDPR
2 9 (3.06%) NIST
3 7 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (2.38%) SLA
4 6 (2.04%) Data Quality
4 6 (2.04%) QA
5 5 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.36%) ISO 22301
7 2 (0.68%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.68%) GRC
7 2 (0.68%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27005
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 28 (9.52%) Docker
2 13 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
4 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (10.20%) Terraform
2 27 (9.18%) Kubernetes
3 17 (5.78%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.04%) Progress Chef
4 6 (2.04%) Puppet
5 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.36%) SCCM
6 3 (1.02%) AWS Copilot
6 3 (1.02%) Grafana
7 2 (0.68%) Ansible
7 2 (0.68%) Kibana
8 1 (0.34%) VxRail
Vendors
1 72 (24.49%) Microsoft
2 18 (6.12%) Dell
3 11 (3.74%) SAP
4 7 (2.38%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.04%) Google
5 6 (2.04%) VMware
6 5 (1.70%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.36%) OpenText
7 4 (1.36%) Oracle
7 4 (1.36%) Pega
7 4 (1.36%) Remedy
7 4 (1.36%) Sophos
7 4 (1.36%) YouTube
8 3 (1.02%) Cisco
8 3 (1.02%) Databricks
8 3 (1.02%) Meraki
9 2 (0.68%) Aerohive Networks
9 2 (0.68%) NEC
9 2 (0.68%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.68%) Splunk