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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 374 390
Rank change year-on-year +13 +16 -25
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 447 301 508
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.50% 0.70% 0.63%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.85% 2.09% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 135 198 380
10th Percentile £33,000 £25,500 £30,950
25th Percentile £33,750 £44,590 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £67,626 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% +12.71% -11.11%
75th Percentile £67,500 £87,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £86,000 £100,000 £95,125
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 24,202 14,408 26,417
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 27.20% 33.29% 32.70%
Number of salaries quoted 16,233 10,274 20,457
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £41,250 £42,000
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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £98,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -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 23 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 23 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 +89 326 £65,000 -21.21% 86
North of England -30 45 £37,500 -43.45% 38
Midlands -38 30 £37,500 +150.00% 18
West Midlands -34 28 £37,500 +150.00% 10
North West -11 26 £37,500 -37.50% 23
South West -66 19 £46,250 +32.14% 11
South East -29 13 £58,500 -14.91% 31
East of England -16 11 £53,125 +10.10% 13
Yorkshire -22 11 £37,500 -31.82% 9
North East -50 8 £37,500 -45.95% 8
East Midlands -29 2 £31,875 -12.68% 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 (11.19%) Jupyter
2 17 (3.80%) SAS
3 13 (2.91%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.12%) Apache Pig
5 4 (0.89%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.22%) Confluence
7 1 (0.22%) Documentum
Applications
1 52 (11.63%) Chatbot
2 11 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.67%) Summit
3 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 320 (71.59%) AWS
2 68 (15.21%) Serverless
3 57 (12.75%) AWS CloudFormation
4 47 (10.51%) Azure
5 34 (7.61%) AWS Lambda
6 30 (6.71%) Amazon S3
7 26 (5.82%) Amazon ECS
8 23 (5.15%) Amazon EMR
9 22 (4.92%) SaaS
10 21 (4.70%) Amazon EKS
10 21 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (4.25%) Amazon EC2
12 16 (3.58%) Amazon EventBridge
12 16 (3.58%) PaaS
13 15 (3.36%) Amazon Kinesis
14 14 (3.13%) AWS Control Tower
15 13 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (2.91%) Datadog
16 11 (2.46%) IaaS
17 9 (2.01%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 58 (12.98%) Internet
2 29 (6.49%) Network Security
3 18 (4.03%) Firewall
4 9 (2.01%) LAN
4 9 (2.01%) WAN
5 7 (1.57%) NGN
6 5 (1.12%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.67%) DHCP
9 2 (0.45%) AMQP
9 2 (0.45%) BGP
9 2 (0.45%) DNS
9 2 (0.45%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.45%) MQTT
9 2 (0.45%) OSPF
9 2 (0.45%) VLAN
9 2 (0.45%) Wireless
9 2 (0.45%) WLAN
10 1 (0.22%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (10.07%) Big Data
2 33 (7.38%) NoSQL
3 23 (5.15%) Amazon RDS
3 23 (5.15%) DynamoDB
4 19 (4.25%) BusinessObjects
4 19 (4.25%) SAP HANA
5 18 (4.03%) Amazon Redshift
5 18 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.80%) Data Lake
7 14 (3.13%) Metadata
7 14 (3.13%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (2.68%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (2.01%) Hadoop
10 7 (1.57%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (1.57%) MySQL
10 7 (1.57%) SQL Server
11 5 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
11 5 (1.12%) Apache Hive
12 4 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
12 4 (0.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 50 (11.19%) Visual Studio Code
2 16 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.91%) CircleCI
3 13 (2.91%) GitLab
4 11 (2.46%) Git
5 4 (0.89%) 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 (32.66%) Finance
2 84 (18.79%) Social Skills
3 66 (14.77%) Manufacturing
4 54 (12.08%) Retail
5 47 (10.51%) Public Sector
6 41 (9.17%) Military
7 30 (6.71%) Marketing
8 26 (5.82%) Public Speaking
9 20 (4.47%) Analytical Skills
10 18 (4.03%) Banking
11 14 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 11 (2.46%) Legal
13 9 (2.01%) Advertising
14 6 (1.34%) Automotive
14 6 (1.34%) Law
15 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
15 5 (1.12%) French Language
15 5 (1.12%) Italian Language
15 5 (1.12%) Spanish Language
16 4 (0.89%) German Language
Job Titles
1 129 (28.86%) Senior
2 86 (19.24%) Architect
3 83 (18.57%) Consultant
4 75 (16.78%) Solutions Architect
5 58 (12.98%) Trainee
6 51 (11.41%) Senior Consultant
7 45 (10.07%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
7 45 (10.07%) Programmer
7 45 (10.07%) Trainee Programmer
8 41 (9.17%) Professional Services Consultant
9 40 (8.95%) IT Support
10 36 (8.05%) Account Manager
10 36 (8.05%) Senior Architect
11 34 (7.61%) Senior Solutions Architect
12 30 (6.71%) Security Consultant
13 28 (6.26%) Developer
14 23 (5.15%) Senior Security Consultant
15 21 (4.70%) AWS Consultant
16 20 (4.47%) IT Support Assistant
16 20 (4.47%) Senior Professional Services Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (10.96%) NumPy
1 49 (10.96%) Pandas
2 48 (10.74%) Hugging Face
2 48 (10.74%) Matplotlib
2 48 (10.74%) scikit-learn
2 48 (10.74%) Streamlit
3 29 (6.49%) Kafka
4 17 (3.80%) AWS CDK
5 16 (3.58%) RabbitMQ
6 14 (3.13%) RESTful
7 13 (2.91%) gRPC
8 12 (2.68%) web3js
9 10 (2.24%) Web Services
10 8 (1.79%) .NET
11 6 (1.34%) Spring
12 5 (1.12%) A2A Protocol
12 5 (1.12%) Model Context Protocol
12 5 (1.12%) Node.js
12 5 (1.12%) REST
13 4 (0.89%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 232 (51.90%) Onboarding
2 80 (17.90%) Data Centre
3 62 (13.87%) Enterprise Cloud
4 53 (11.86%) Algorithms
5 48 (10.74%) Cloud Native
6 44 (9.84%) Blog
7 32 (7.16%) Distributed Computing
8 23 (5.15%) Management Information System
9 22 (4.92%) NHS
10 19 (4.25%) AI Agents
10 19 (4.25%) Legacy Systems
11 15 (3.36%) Social Network
12 13 (2.91%) Mainframe
13 12 (2.68%) Blockchain
13 12 (2.68%) Web3
14 11 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (2.46%) IoT
15 9 (2.01%) Legacy Applications
15 9 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
16 7 (1.57%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 34 (7.61%) Windows
2 11 (2.46%) Linux
3 5 (1.12%) Unix
3 5 (1.12%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.89%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.45%) Embedded Linux
7 1 (0.22%) Android
7 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (44.52%) AI
2 183 (40.94%) Mentoring
3 107 (23.94%) Analytics
4 105 (23.49%) Machine Learning
5 89 (19.91%) Migration
6 87 (19.46%) Computer Science
7 69 (15.44%) Roadmaps
8 66 (14.77%) Project Management
9 60 (13.42%) Workflow
10 59 (13.20%) Business Development
10 59 (13.20%) Cloud Security
11 58 (12.98%) Generative AI
12 57 (12.75%) Customer Service
12 57 (12.75%) Prompt Engineering
12 57 (12.75%) Systems Engineering
13 56 (12.53%) DevOps
14 54 (12.08%) Agile
14 54 (12.08%) Use Case
15 53 (11.86%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
15 53 (11.86%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.70%) Python
2 26 (5.82%) SQL
3 25 (5.59%) Java
4 21 (4.70%) Go
5 18 (4.03%) Bash
6 14 (3.13%) Perl
6 14 (3.13%) PHP
6 14 (3.13%) Ruby
7 10 (2.24%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.34%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.67%) C#
9 3 (0.67%) C++
10 2 (0.45%) Bicep
10 2 (0.45%) Scala
10 2 (0.45%) VBA
11 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 172 (38.48%) Degree
2 126 (28.19%) AWS Certification
3 80 (17.90%) Security Cleared
4 54 (12.08%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 53 (11.86%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (9.17%) Master's Degree
7 33 (7.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 26 (5.82%) Postgraduate
9 21 (4.70%) CISSP
9 21 (4.70%) SC Cleared
10 16 (3.58%) ACCA
11 13 (2.91%) CISM
11 13 (2.91%) MBA
12 11 (2.46%) Azure Certification
12 11 (2.46%) CISA
13 10 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (2.24%) PhD
14 5 (1.12%) CCSP
14 5 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.25%) GDPR
2 16 (3.58%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.58%) NIST
2 16 (3.58%) SLA
3 15 (3.36%) IFRS
4 11 (2.46%) GRC
4 11 (2.46%) QA
5 8 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.79%) NIST 800
6 6 (1.34%) HIPAA
7 5 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.89%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.89%) ISO 22301
9 2 (0.45%) HITRUST
9 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27005
9 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.22%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 29 (6.49%) Docker
2 15 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.34%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (1.12%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.67%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.22%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 39 (8.72%) Terraform
2 27 (6.04%) Kubernetes
3 19 (4.25%) Progress Chef
3 19 (4.25%) Puppet
4 13 (2.91%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.67%) AWS Copilot
6 3 (0.67%) Grafana
6 3 (0.67%) SCCM
7 2 (0.45%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 97 (21.70%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.71%) SAP
3 17 (3.80%) Dell
4 14 (3.13%) Oracle
5 13 (2.91%) VMware
6 12 (2.68%) Cisco
6 12 (2.68%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.01%) Avaya
7 9 (2.01%) Genesys
7 9 (2.01%) Remedy
8 7 (1.57%) NEC
8 7 (1.57%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.34%) Google
9 6 (1.34%) IBM
10 4 (0.89%) Acronis
10 4 (0.89%) Databricks
10 4 (0.89%) HP
10 4 (0.89%) Monzo
10 4 (0.89%) N-able
10 4 (0.89%) ServiceNow