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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 330 300
Rank change year-on-year +268 -30 +12
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 1,792 479 456
As % of all permanent jobs in England 3.81% 0.81% 1.00%
As % of the Cloud Services category 11.20% 2.36% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 144 221 378
10th Percentile £25,413 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £69,308 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.25% +15.51% -20.00%
75th Percentile £71,563 £90,000 £77,188
90th Percentile £98,375 £125,000 £103,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £69,308 £60,000
% change year-on-year -27.86% +15.51% -20.00%

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 16,005 20,308 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 34.05% 34.22% 43.30%
Number of salaries quoted 10,387 12,402 16,617
10th Percentile £28,750 £35,000 £32,750
25th Percentile £38,000 £47,500 £45,653
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £101,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -5.51% +1.60% -0.79%

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 29 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 29 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 +222 660 £55,000 -4.35% 29
North West +181 595 £48,500 +7.78% 20
South East +205 431 £29,000 -51.67% 42
London +121 363 £77,500 -1.59% 47
East of England +152 232 £52,500 -16.00% 13
Midlands +93 75 £25,750 -62.85% 38
East Midlands +76 66 £25,750 -63.86% 11
Yorkshire +39 54 £47,500 -29.10% 6
South West +6 32 £26,000 -40.22% 4
North East +16 11 £58,750 -2.08% 3
West Midlands +43 9 £63,750 -8.02% 27
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 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.11%) Apache
5 1 (0.056%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.056%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.056%) Confluence
5 1 (0.056%) OpenStack
Applications
1 21 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (1.00%) Maya
3 1 (0.056%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.056%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 77 (4.30%) Azure
2 51 (2.85%) AWS
3 35 (1.95%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (1.90%) GCP
5 23 (1.28%) Entra ID
6 17 (0.95%) SaaS
7 13 (0.73%) Power Platform
8 8 (0.45%) Mimecast
9 7 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (0.39%) GitHub
9 7 (0.39%) PaaS
10 6 (0.33%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.33%) OCI
10 6 (0.33%) OneDrive
10 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
10 6 (0.33%) Serverless
11 5 (0.28%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.28%) Snowflake
12 4 (0.22%) AWS CloudFormation
13 3 (0.17%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 1,583 (88.34%) Internet
2 22 (1.23%) Firewall
3 12 (0.67%) DHCP
4 11 (0.61%) DNS
5 9 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.33%) LAN
6 6 (0.33%) Network Security
7 5 (0.28%) Wireless
8 3 (0.17%) VLAN
8 3 (0.17%) WAN
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%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.056%) NGFW
10 1 (0.056%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (1.84%) Big Data
2 13 (0.73%) SQL Server
3 10 (0.56%) Power BI
4 9 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (0.28%) Data Vault
6 3 (0.17%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.17%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.17%) MySQL
6 3 (0.17%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.11%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.11%) Apache Iceberg
7 2 (0.11%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.11%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.056%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.056%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.056%) GIS
8 1 (0.056%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.056%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.056%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.45%) GitLab
2 7 (0.39%) Git
3 3 (0.17%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.11%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.11%) JIRA
5 1 (0.056%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.056%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.056%) JMeter
General
1 1,652 (92.19%) Social Skills
2 1,616 (90.18%) Banking
3 1,600 (89.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 84 (4.69%) Finance
5 40 (2.23%) Law
6 39 (2.18%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (1.00%) Games
8 14 (0.78%) Marketing
9 12 (0.67%) Dutch Language
9 12 (0.67%) French Language
10 11 (0.61%) Public Sector
11 8 (0.45%) Legal
12 6 (0.33%) Local Government
12 6 (0.33%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.33%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (0.33%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.28%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.17%) Advertising
14 3 (0.17%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1,280 (71.43%) Lecturer
2 24 (1.34%) Architect
3 22 (1.23%) Consultant
3 22 (1.23%) Senior
4 21 (1.17%) Accountant
4 21 (1.17%) Financial Accountant
5 18 (1.00%) IT Support
6 17 (0.95%) Developer
6 17 (0.95%) Solutions Architect
7 13 (0.73%) Azure Engineer
8 12 (0.67%) Cloud Engineer
8 12 (0.67%) Support Engineer
9 10 (0.56%) IT Consultant
9 10 (0.56%) IT Engineer
9 10 (0.56%) Senior Architect
9 10 (0.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
10 9 (0.50%) Analyst
10 9 (0.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (0.50%) IT Manager
10 9 (0.50%) IT Services Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (0.61%) .NET
2 7 (0.39%) HTML
3 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET
4 5 (0.28%) CSS
4 5 (0.28%) Node.js
4 5 (0.28%) React
5 4 (0.22%) AngularJS
5 4 (0.22%) OAuth
5 4 (0.22%) Spring
6 3 (0.17%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.17%) jQuery
6 3 (0.17%) Kafka
6 3 (0.17%) SAML
6 3 (0.17%) Snowpark
6 3 (0.17%) Vue
7 2 (0.11%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.11%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.11%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.11%) Material-UI
7 2 (0.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1,584 (88.39%) IoT
2 39 (2.18%) Data Centre
3 30 (1.67%) Social Media
4 22 (1.23%) Management Information System
5 21 (1.17%) Social Network
6 20 (1.12%) Blockchain
7 19 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
8 15 (0.84%) Onboarding
9 11 (0.61%) Distributed Computing
9 11 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
10 9 (0.50%) Cloud Native
10 9 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 9 (0.50%) LIMS
11 8 (0.45%) NHS
12 6 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
12 6 (0.33%) Product Ownership
13 4 (0.22%) Spread Betting
14 3 (0.17%) Driving Licence
14 3 (0.17%) EPoS
14 3 (0.17%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.51%) Windows
2 12 (0.67%) Windows 10
2 12 (0.67%) Windows Server
3 8 (0.45%) Linux
4 2 (0.11%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.11%) Unix
4 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.056%) CentOS
5 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,634 (91.18%) Cybersecurity
2 1,628 (90.85%) AI
3 1,591 (88.78%) Machine Learning
4 1,584 (88.39%) Web Development
5 1,574 (87.83%) User Experience
6 59 (3.29%) Problem-Solving
7 49 (2.73%) Agile
8 41 (2.29%) Customer Service
9 39 (2.18%) Mentoring
10 36 (2.01%) Containerisation
11 34 (1.90%) DevOps
11 34 (1.90%) Project Management
12 29 (1.62%) Infrastructure as Code
13 26 (1.45%) IT Strategy
14 24 (1.34%) CI/CD
14 24 (1.34%) Microservices
15 23 (1.28%) Computer Science
15 23 (1.28%) Risk Management
16 21 (1.17%) Decision-Making
17 20 (1.12%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 29 (1.62%) PowerShell
2 27 (1.51%) SQL
3 26 (1.45%) Python
4 15 (0.84%) C#
5 12 (0.67%) Java
6 8 (0.45%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.28%) ANSI SQL
8 4 (0.22%) Bicep
8 4 (0.22%) C++
8 4 (0.22%) PHP
9 3 (0.17%) Bash
10 2 (0.11%) Go
11 1 (0.056%) Perl
11 1 (0.056%) R
11 1 (0.056%) Ruby
11 1 (0.056%) Scala
11 1 (0.056%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,640 (91.52%) Degree
2 1,584 (88.39%) Master's Degree
3 1,576 (87.95%) PhD
4 1,574 (87.83%) Postgraduate
5 21 (1.17%) ACCA
6 20 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (0.89%) Azure Certification
8 11 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 10 (0.56%) Security Cleared
10 9 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 9 (0.50%) SC Cleared
11 8 (0.45%) HND
12 7 (0.39%) CISSP
13 6 (0.33%) A+ Certification
14 5 (0.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 5 (0.28%) CCSP
14 5 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
15 3 (0.17%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.17%) GAAP
2 18 (1.00%) IFRS
3 10 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (0.50%) GLP
5 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 7 (0.39%) NIST
7 4 (0.22%) GDPR
7 4 (0.22%) QA
8 2 (0.11%) GRC
8 2 (0.11%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.11%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.056%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.056%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.056%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.056%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 1 (0.056%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 27 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.67%) Firmware
3 9 (0.50%) Docker
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 22 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 18 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.89%) SCCM
5 14 (0.78%) Ansible
6 3 (0.17%) Grafana
6 3 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.11%) Sysdig
8 1 (0.056%) CASB
8 1 (0.056%) CSIRT
8 1 (0.056%) Kibana
8 1 (0.056%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.056%) QRadar
8 1 (0.056%) VxRail
Vendors
1 43 (2.40%) Microsoft
2 15 (0.84%) Cisco
2 15 (0.84%) Google
3 13 (0.73%) Oracle
4 11 (0.61%) Palo Alto
5 7 (0.39%) Juniper
5 7 (0.39%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.33%) Sophos
6 6 (0.33%) VMware
7 4 (0.22%) Splunk
8 3 (0.17%) Dell
8 3 (0.17%) Duck Creek
8 3 (0.17%) Gigya
8 3 (0.17%) Guidewire
8 3 (0.17%) PayPal
8 3 (0.17%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.11%) Citrix
9 2 (0.11%) Okta
9 2 (0.11%) Ping Identity
9 2 (0.11%) Tenable