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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 305 343
Rank change year-on-year +273 +38 +57
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 4,238 361 578
As % of all permanent jobs in England 6.24% 0.98% 0.76%
As % of the Cloud Services category 19.12% 2.58% 2.03%
Number of salaries quoted 158 222 501
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,474 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £52,500 £46,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,044 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -32.79% +16.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £77,500 £88,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £46,588 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -33.45% +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 22,165 13,994 28,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 32.61% 37.81% 37.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,052 10,095 23,720
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,500 £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 £82,000 £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 24 March 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 24 March 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 +185 1,670 £37,500 -37.50% 36
North West +134 1,507 £37,500 -37.50% 21
Midlands +172 1,060 £37,500 -16.67% 26
West Midlands +148 926 £37,500 -33.41% 12
South East +188 606 £30,000 -60.00% 35
London +141 486 £75,677 -0.43% 45
East of England +115 363 £80,150 +57.93% 7
Yorkshire +73 151 £37,500 -31.82% 9
East Midlands +56 146 £48,750 +30.00% 14
South West -33 38 £37,500 -37.50% 15
North East -20 12 £46,250 -33.27% 7
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 (1.13%) Jupyter
2 9 (0.21%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.12%) Confluence
4 4 (0.094%) Documentum
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 (1.13%) Chatbot
2 11 (0.26%) Maya
3 10 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.024%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.024%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 89 (2.10%) AWS
2 40 (0.94%) Azure
3 22 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
4 16 (0.38%) AWS CloudFormation
5 14 (0.33%) Serverless
6 13 (0.31%) PaaS
6 13 (0.31%) SaaS
7 12 (0.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 12 (0.28%) Amazon EC2
7 12 (0.28%) Amazon S3
7 12 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
7 12 (0.28%) Datadog
8 10 (0.24%) GCP
8 10 (0.24%) Mimecast
9 9 (0.21%) Entra ID
10 6 (0.14%) OCI
11 5 (0.12%) Amazon ECR
11 5 (0.12%) Azure Sentinel
11 5 (0.12%) GitHub
11 5 (0.12%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4,012 (94.67%) Internet
2 12 (0.28%) Firewall
3 9 (0.21%) DHCP
4 8 (0.19%) DNS
5 7 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (0.12%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.094%) Network Security
8 3 (0.071%) VLAN
9 2 (0.047%) LAN
9 2 (0.047%) VoIP
9 2 (0.047%) VPN
9 2 (0.047%) WAN
9 2 (0.047%) Wireless
10 1 (0.024%) FIX Connectivity
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (1.01%) Big Data
2 16 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
3 13 (0.31%) NoSQL
4 12 (0.28%) DynamoDB
5 8 (0.19%) SQL Server
6 7 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.094%) PostgreSQL
7 4 (0.094%) 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 (1.13%) Visual Studio Code
2 16 (0.38%) GitLab
3 14 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.28%) CircleCI
5 5 (0.12%) JIRA
6 4 (0.094%) Git
7 2 (0.047%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.024%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.024%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.024%) JMeter
General
1 4,088 (96.46%) Social Skills
2 4,042 (95.38%) Banking
3 4,031 (95.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 113 (2.67%) Finance
5 51 (1.20%) Manufacturing
6 49 (1.16%) Retail
7 20 (0.47%) Marketing
8 19 (0.45%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (0.35%) Law
10 14 (0.33%) Public Sector
11 11 (0.26%) Games
12 8 (0.19%) French Language
13 6 (0.14%) Local Government
14 5 (0.12%) Dutch Language
15 4 (0.094%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.071%) Italian Language
16 3 (0.071%) Portuguese Language
16 3 (0.071%) Spanish Language
17 2 (0.047%) Investment Banking
17 2 (0.047%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3,125 (73.74%) Lecturer
2 46 (1.09%) Trainee
3 45 (1.06%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
3 45 (1.06%) Programmer
3 45 (1.06%) Trainee Programmer
4 31 (0.73%) Architect
5 23 (0.54%) Accountant
5 23 (0.54%) Financial Accountant
6 22 (0.52%) Senior
7 21 (0.50%) Solutions Architect
8 20 (0.47%) Developer
9 19 (0.45%) Consultant
10 17 (0.40%) Presales Solution Architect
11 16 (0.38%) Graduate
12 13 (0.31%) Analyst
13 11 (0.26%) Senior Developer
14 10 (0.24%) IT Consultant
15 9 (0.21%) IT Analyst
15 9 (0.21%) Service Analyst
15 9 (0.21%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.13%) Hugging Face
1 48 (1.13%) Matplotlib
1 48 (1.13%) NumPy
1 48 (1.13%) Pandas
1 48 (1.13%) scikit-learn
1 48 (1.13%) Streamlit
2 14 (0.33%) Kafka
3 13 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
4 12 (0.28%) gRPC
4 12 (0.28%) RESTful
4 12 (0.28%) web3js
5 9 (0.21%) .NET
6 5 (0.12%) .NET Core
6 5 (0.12%) ASP.NET
6 5 (0.12%) Spring
7 4 (0.094%) ASP.NET Core
7 4 (0.094%) Entity Framework
7 4 (0.094%) Hibernate
7 4 (0.094%) Spring MVC
8 3 (0.071%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 4,025 (94.97%) IoT
2 52 (1.23%) Algorithms
3 44 (1.04%) Data Centre
4 24 (0.57%) Blockchain
5 23 (0.54%) Social Network
6 22 (0.52%) Social Media
7 21 (0.50%) Cloud Native
8 12 (0.28%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (0.28%) Hybrid Cloud
8 12 (0.28%) Web3
9 11 (0.26%) Management Information System
10 7 (0.17%) NHS
11 5 (0.12%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.12%) Self-Motivation
12 3 (0.071%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.047%) Clustering
13 2 (0.047%) Distributed Systems
13 2 (0.047%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.047%) Product Ownership
13 2 (0.047%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 19 (0.45%) Windows
2 11 (0.26%) Linux
3 9 (0.21%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.19%) Windows Server
5 6 (0.14%) Unix
6 3 (0.071%) Android
6 3 (0.071%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.024%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.024%) Solaris
7 1 (0.024%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,113 (97.05%) AI
2 4,061 (95.82%) Machine Learning
3 4,054 (95.66%) Cybersecurity
4 4,023 (94.93%) Web Development
5 4,003 (94.45%) User Experience
6 80 (1.89%) Customer Service
7 62 (1.46%) Workflow
8 54 (1.27%) Visualisation
9 49 (1.16%) Data Privacy
9 49 (1.16%) Neural Network
9 49 (1.16%) OO
9 49 (1.16%) OOP
10 48 (1.13%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
10 48 (1.13%) Conversational UI
10 48 (1.13%) LLM
10 48 (1.13%) Prompt Engineering
10 48 (1.13%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
10 48 (1.13%) Sentiment Analysis
11 41 (0.97%) Agile
11 41 (0.97%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 71 (1.68%) Python
2 14 (0.33%) Go
3 13 (0.31%) PowerShell
4 12 (0.28%) SQL
5 10 (0.24%) Java
6 8 (0.19%) JavaScript
7 6 (0.14%) 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 4,067 (95.97%) Degree
2 4,042 (95.38%) Master's Degree
3 4,006 (94.53%) PhD
4 4,004 (94.48%) Postgraduate
5 53 (1.25%) AWS Certification
6 48 (1.13%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 23 (0.54%) ACCA
8 20 (0.47%) HND
9 13 (0.31%) SC Cleared
9 13 (0.31%) Security Cleared
10 10 (0.24%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.14%) CISA
11 6 (0.14%) CISM
11 6 (0.14%) CISSP
12 4 (0.094%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 4 (0.094%) CITP
12 4 (0.094%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.071%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 3 (0.071%) Azure Certification
13 3 (0.071%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (0.54%) IFRS
2 9 (0.21%) GAAP
3 5 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
3 5 (0.12%) 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 23 (0.54%) Docker
2 20 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.14%) Firmware
4 5 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.047%) vSphere
6 1 (0.024%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.024%) KVM
6 1 (0.024%) QEMU
6 1 (0.024%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (0.71%) Terraform
2 24 (0.57%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.40%) SCCM
4 14 (0.33%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (0.12%) Ansible
7 4 (0.094%) Grafana
8 3 (0.071%) AWS Copilot
9 2 (0.047%) Sysdig
9 2 (0.047%) VxRail
10 1 (0.024%) Kibana
Vendors
1 68 (1.60%) Microsoft
2 19 (0.45%) Dell
3 13 (0.31%) Google
3 13 (0.31%) ServiceNow
4 10 (0.24%) Oracle
4 10 (0.24%) Palo Alto
4 10 (0.24%) Sophos
5 8 (0.19%) Cisco
6 6 (0.14%) Juniper
7 5 (0.12%) VMware
8 4 (0.094%) OpenText
8 4 (0.094%) Pega
8 4 (0.094%) YouTube
9 3 (0.071%) Red Hat
9 3 (0.071%) Tenable
10 2 (0.047%) Citrix
10 2 (0.047%) Duck Creek
10 2 (0.047%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.047%) IBM
10 2 (0.047%) Symantec