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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 375 391
Rank change year-on-year +22 +16 -18
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 445 300 522
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.69% 0.62%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.85% 2.08% 1.89%
Number of salaries quoted 134 197 393
10th Percentile - £25,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £44,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,044 £67,626 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.96% +12.71% -11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £87,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £87,050 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £44,889 £67,626 £60,000
% change year-on-year -33.62% +12.71% -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 24,094 14,421 27,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.21% 33.17% 32.89%
Number of salaries quoted 16,168 10,310 21,572
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.56% -6.40%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 +92 325 £58,750 -28.79% 55
North of England -21 45 £37,500 -44.55% 19
Midlands -38 29 £37,500 +150.00% 13
West Midlands -22 28 £37,500 +150.00% 7
North West -16 26 £37,500 -37.50% 11
South West -68 19 £46,250 +32.14% 10
South East -31 12 £67,500 -1.82% 30
Yorkshire -16 11 £37,500 -31.82% 3
East of England -26 11 £53,125 +10.10% 12
North East -41 8 £37,500 -45.95% 6
East Midlands -24 1 £37,500 +1.35% 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 50 (11.24%) Jupyter
2 17 (3.82%) SAS
3 12 (2.70%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.12%) Apache Pig
5 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.90%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.45%) Confluence
6 2 (0.45%) Documentum
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 52 (11.69%) Chatbot
2 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (4.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.67%) Summit
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 320 (71.91%) AWS
2 69 (15.51%) Serverless
3 58 (13.03%) AWS CloudFormation
4 42 (9.44%) Azure
5 35 (7.87%) AWS Lambda
6 31 (6.97%) Amazon S3
7 26 (5.84%) Amazon ECS
8 23 (5.17%) Amazon EMR
9 22 (4.94%) SaaS
10 21 (4.72%) Amazon EKS
11 20 (4.49%) Amazon EC2
12 19 (4.27%) Microsoft 365
13 17 (3.82%) PaaS
14 16 (3.60%) Amazon EventBridge
15 15 (3.37%) Amazon Kinesis
16 14 (3.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 14 (3.15%) AWS Control Tower
16 14 (3.15%) Datadog
17 11 (2.47%) IaaS
18 9 (2.02%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 59 (13.26%) Internet
2 29 (6.52%) Network Security
3 17 (3.82%) Firewall
4 8 (1.80%) LAN
4 8 (1.80%) WAN
5 7 (1.57%) NGN
6 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.90%) DHCP
7 4 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.67%) DNS
8 3 (0.67%) VLAN
8 3 (0.67%) Wireless
9 2 (0.45%) AMQP
9 2 (0.45%) BGP
9 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.45%) MQTT
9 2 (0.45%) OSPF
9 2 (0.45%) WLAN
10 1 (0.22%) SMS
10 1 (0.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.11%) Big Data
2 34 (7.64%) NoSQL
3 24 (5.39%) Amazon RDS
3 24 (5.39%) DynamoDB
4 19 (4.27%) BusinessObjects
4 19 (4.27%) SAP HANA
5 18 (4.04%) Amazon Redshift
6 17 (3.82%) Data Lake
6 17 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (3.15%) Metadata
7 14 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.70%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (2.02%) Hadoop
10 8 (1.80%) SQL Server
11 7 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (1.57%) MySQL
12 5 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
12 5 (1.12%) Apache Hive
13 4 (0.90%) Electronic Patient Records
13 4 (0.90%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 50 (11.24%) Visual Studio Code
2 17 (3.82%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.15%) CircleCI
3 14 (3.15%) GitLab
4 10 (2.25%) Git
5 5 (1.12%) JIRA
6 3 (0.67%) Maven
6 3 (0.67%) Taiga
6 3 (0.67%) VersionOne
7 2 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.45%) JMeter
7 2 (0.45%) JUnit
8 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.22%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 146 (32.81%) Finance
2 84 (18.88%) Social Skills
3 66 (14.83%) Manufacturing
4 54 (12.13%) Retail
5 46 (10.34%) Public Sector
6 41 (9.21%) Military
7 30 (6.74%) Marketing
8 26 (5.84%) Public Speaking
9 21 (4.72%) Analytical Skills
10 19 (4.27%) Banking
11 12 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.47%) Legal
13 9 (2.02%) Advertising
14 6 (1.35%) Automotive
14 6 (1.35%) French Language
14 6 (1.35%) Italian Language
14 6 (1.35%) Spanish Language
15 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
16 4 (0.90%) Aviation
16 4 (0.90%) German Language
Job Titles
1 127 (28.54%) Senior
2 86 (19.33%) Architect
3 83 (18.65%) Consultant
4 75 (16.85%) Solutions Architect
5 58 (13.03%) Trainee
6 51 (11.46%) Senior Consultant
7 45 (10.11%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 45 (10.11%) Programmer
7 45 (10.11%) Trainee Programmer
8 41 (9.21%) Professional Services Consultant
9 39 (8.76%) IT Support
10 36 (8.09%) Account Manager
10 36 (8.09%) Senior Architect
11 34 (7.64%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 30 (6.74%) Security Consultant
13 28 (6.29%) Developer
14 23 (5.17%) Senior Security Consultant
15 21 (4.72%) AWS Consultant
16 20 (4.49%) IT Support Assistant
16 20 (4.49%) Senior Professional Services Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (11.01%) NumPy
1 49 (11.01%) Pandas
2 48 (10.79%) Hugging Face
2 48 (10.79%) Matplotlib
2 48 (10.79%) scikit-learn
2 48 (10.79%) Streamlit
3 30 (6.74%) Kafka
4 17 (3.82%) AWS CDK
4 17 (3.82%) RabbitMQ
5 15 (3.37%) RESTful
6 14 (3.15%) gRPC
7 13 (2.92%) web3js
8 10 (2.25%) Web Services
9 8 (1.80%) .NET
10 6 (1.35%) Node.js
11 5 (1.12%) A2A Protocol
11 5 (1.12%) Model Context Protocol
11 5 (1.12%) REST
11 5 (1.12%) Spring
12 4 (0.90%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 232 (52.13%) Onboarding
2 81 (18.20%) Data Centre
3 62 (13.93%) Enterprise Cloud
4 54 (12.13%) Algorithms
5 51 (11.46%) Cloud Native
6 44 (9.89%) Blog
7 32 (7.19%) Distributed Computing
8 22 (4.94%) NHS
9 21 (4.72%) Management Information System
10 20 (4.49%) Legacy Systems
11 19 (4.27%) AI Agents
12 16 (3.60%) Social Network
13 13 (2.92%) Blockchain
13 13 (2.92%) Mainframe
13 13 (2.92%) Web3
14 11 (2.47%) IoT
15 10 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
16 9 (2.02%) Legacy Applications
17 7 (1.57%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.42%) Windows
2 10 (2.25%) Linux
3 5 (1.12%) Unix
3 5 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.90%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.45%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (44.72%) AI
2 184 (41.35%) Mentoring
3 110 (24.72%) Analytics
4 106 (23.82%) Machine Learning
5 91 (20.45%) Migration
6 88 (19.78%) Computer Science
7 70 (15.73%) Roadmaps
8 66 (14.83%) Project Management
9 61 (13.71%) Workflow
10 59 (13.26%) Business Development
10 59 (13.26%) Cloud Security
10 59 (13.26%) DevOps
11 58 (13.03%) Generative AI
12 57 (12.81%) Customer Service
12 57 (12.81%) Prompt Engineering
12 57 (12.81%) Systems Engineering
13 55 (12.36%) Visualisation
14 54 (12.13%) Agile
14 54 (12.13%) Use Case
15 53 (11.91%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.80%) Python
2 25 (5.62%) Java
2 25 (5.62%) SQL
3 23 (5.17%) Go
4 19 (4.27%) Bash
5 15 (3.37%) Ruby
6 14 (3.15%) Perl
6 14 (3.15%) PHP
7 11 (2.47%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.35%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.45%) Bicep
9 2 (0.45%) C#
9 2 (0.45%) C++
9 2 (0.45%) VBA
10 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.22%) Scala
10 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 172 (38.65%) Degree
2 127 (28.54%) AWS Certification
3 78 (17.53%) Security Cleared
4 54 (12.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 53 (11.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (9.44%) Master's Degree
7 34 (7.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 25 (5.62%) Postgraduate
9 20 (4.49%) CISSP
10 19 (4.27%) SC Cleared
11 17 (3.82%) ACCA
12 13 (2.92%) CISM
12 13 (2.92%) MBA
13 11 (2.47%) CISA
14 10 (2.25%) PhD
15 9 (2.02%) Azure Certification
15 9 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
16 5 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 5 (1.12%) CCSP
16 5 (1.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.27%) GDPR
2 16 (3.60%) IFRS
2 16 (3.60%) NIST
2 16 (3.60%) SLA
3 15 (3.37%) Data Quality
4 12 (2.70%) QA
5 10 (2.25%) GRC
6 8 (1.80%) NIST 800
7 7 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (1.35%) HIPAA
9 5 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.90%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.90%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.45%) HITRUST
11 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
11 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (6.52%) Docker
2 14 (3.15%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.90%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 41 (9.21%) Terraform
2 28 (6.29%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.27%) Progress Chef
3 19 (4.27%) Puppet
4 14 (3.15%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.90%) SCCM
6 3 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
6 3 (0.67%) Grafana
7 2 (0.45%) Ansible
7 2 (0.45%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 93 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.74%) SAP
3 18 (4.04%) Dell
4 14 (3.15%) Oracle
5 12 (2.70%) Salesforce
5 12 (2.70%) VMware
6 11 (2.47%) Cisco
7 9 (2.02%) Avaya
7 9 (2.02%) Genesys
7 9 (2.02%) Remedy
8 7 (1.57%) IBM
8 7 (1.57%) NEC
8 7 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.35%) Google
10 5 (1.12%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.90%) HP
11 4 (0.90%) Monzo
11 4 (0.90%) Sophos
12 3 (0.67%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (0.67%) N-able