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 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 325 363
Rank change year-on-year +292 +38 +43
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 4,209 340 579
As % of all permanent jobs in England 5.40% 0.91% 0.70%
As % of the Cloud Services category 16.97% 2.47% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 137 234 493
10th Percentile - £34,474 £31,552
25th Percentile £33,750 £51,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.14% +20.83% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £102,750 £102,050 £96,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £72,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -27.59% +20.83% -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 24,796 13,786 29,433
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 31.84% 36.90% 35.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13,063 10,239 24,149
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,549 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +8.70% -11.54%
75th Percentile £83,750 £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 21 April 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 21 April 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 +194 1,665 £37,500 -43.61% 284
North West +146 1,502 £37,500 -45.26% 249
Midlands +175 1,065 £37,500 +2.73% 34
West Midlands +142 932 £37,500 +150.00% 11
South East +182 581 £52,500 -27.59% 24
London +135 476 £75,338 -2.16% 50
East of England +101 363 £80,150 +52.67% 7
Yorkshire +64 151 £37,500 -31.82% 30
East Midlands +45 145 £47,500 +26.67% 23
South West -54 41 £37,500 -41.65% 17
North East -35 12 £46,250 -28.51% 5
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 (1.14%) Jupyter
2 5 (0.12%) Confluence
3 4 (0.095%) Documentum
4 3 (0.071%) SharePoint
5 2 (0.048%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.048%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.024%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (1.14%) Chatbot
2 9 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.17%) Maya
4 1 (0.024%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.024%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 93 (2.21%) AWS
2 28 (0.67%) Azure
3 17 (0.40%) AWS CloudFormation
3 17 (0.40%) Serverless
4 16 (0.38%) SaaS
5 15 (0.36%) PaaS
6 14 (0.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 14 (0.33%) Amazon EC2
6 14 (0.33%) Amazon S3
6 14 (0.33%) AWS Lambda
6 14 (0.33%) Datadog
7 13 (0.31%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (0.26%) GCP
9 7 (0.17%) IaaS
10 6 (0.14%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.12%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (0.095%) Amazon ECS
12 4 (0.095%) dbt
12 4 (0.095%) Mimecast
12 4 (0.095%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3,999 (95.01%) Internet
2 11 (0.26%) Firewall
3 7 (0.17%) DHCP
3 7 (0.17%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (0.14%) DNS
5 5 (0.12%) Network Security
6 4 (0.095%) VLAN
7 3 (0.071%) LAN
7 3 (0.071%) WAN
7 3 (0.071%) Wireless
8 2 (0.048%) BGP
8 2 (0.048%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.048%) OSPF
8 2 (0.048%) WLAN
9 1 (0.024%) FIX Connectivity
9 1 (0.024%) VoIP
9 1 (0.024%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (1.02%) Big Data
2 18 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
3 14 (0.33%) DynamoDB
3 14 (0.33%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.14%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.071%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.071%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.071%) Power BI
6 3 (0.071%) Redis
7 2 (0.048%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.048%) Data Vault
8 1 (0.024%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.024%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.024%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.024%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.024%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 48 (1.14%) Visual Studio Code
2 16 (0.38%) GitLab
3 14 (0.33%) CircleCI
3 14 (0.33%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.12%) JIRA
5 4 (0.095%) Git
6 1 (0.024%) Claude Code
General
1 4,076 (96.84%) Social Skills
2 4,032 (95.79%) Banking
3 4,023 (95.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 104 (2.47%) Finance
5 51 (1.21%) Manufacturing
6 49 (1.16%) Retail
7 20 (0.48%) Marketing
8 14 (0.33%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (0.29%) Public Sector
10 11 (0.26%) Law
11 7 (0.17%) Games
12 6 (0.14%) French Language
13 5 (0.12%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.095%) Local Government
15 3 (0.071%) Dutch Language
15 3 (0.071%) Italian Language
15 3 (0.071%) Portuguese Language
15 3 (0.071%) Spanish Language
16 2 (0.048%) Investment Banking
16 2 (0.048%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3,115 (74.01%) Lecturer
2 51 (1.21%) Trainee
3 45 (1.07%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
3 45 (1.07%) Programmer
3 45 (1.07%) Trainee Programmer
4 33 (0.78%) Architect
5 23 (0.55%) Accountant
5 23 (0.55%) Financial Accountant
5 23 (0.55%) Senior
5 23 (0.55%) Solutions Architect
6 20 (0.48%) Developer
7 17 (0.40%) Graduate
7 17 (0.40%) Presales Solution Architect
8 15 (0.36%) IT Support
9 13 (0.31%) Senior Developer
10 12 (0.29%) Consultant
10 12 (0.29%) IT Support Technician
10 12 (0.29%) IT Technician
10 12 (0.29%) Support Technician
11 8 (0.19%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (1.14%) Hugging Face
1 48 (1.14%) Matplotlib
1 48 (1.14%) NumPy
1 48 (1.14%) Pandas
1 48 (1.14%) scikit-learn
1 48 (1.14%) Streamlit
2 15 (0.36%) Kafka
2 15 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
3 14 (0.33%) gRPC
3 14 (0.33%) RESTful
3 14 (0.33%) web3js
4 8 (0.19%) .NET
5 4 (0.095%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.095%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.095%) ASP.NET Core
5 4 (0.095%) Entity Framework
5 4 (0.095%) Hibernate
5 4 (0.095%) Spring
5 4 (0.095%) Spring MVC
6 3 (0.071%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4,015 (95.39%) IoT
2 52 (1.24%) Algorithms
3 27 (0.64%) Data Centre
4 24 (0.57%) Cloud Native
5 23 (0.55%) Social Network
6 22 (0.52%) Blockchain
7 14 (0.33%) Web3
8 10 (0.24%) NHS
9 9 (0.21%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (0.17%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.14%) Self-Motivation
12 5 (0.12%) Onboarding
13 3 (0.071%) Legacy Applications
13 3 (0.071%) Linux Command Line
14 2 (0.048%) Clustering
14 2 (0.048%) Legacy Systems
14 2 (0.048%) Mobile Computing
14 2 (0.048%) Product Ownership
14 2 (0.048%) Public Cloud
14 2 (0.048%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.26%) Windows
2 8 (0.19%) Linux
3 6 (0.14%) Unix
3 6 (0.14%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.071%) Android
4 3 (0.071%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.071%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.024%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.024%) Solaris
5 1 (0.024%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.024%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,099 (97.39%) AI
2 4,051 (96.25%) Machine Learning
3 4,045 (96.10%) Cybersecurity
4 4,013 (95.34%) Web Development
5 3,993 (94.87%) User Experience
6 56 (1.33%) Workflow
7 54 (1.28%) Customer Service
7 54 (1.28%) Visualisation
8 49 (1.16%) Data Privacy
8 49 (1.16%) Neural Network
9 48 (1.14%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
9 48 (1.14%) Conversational UI
9 48 (1.14%) LLM
9 48 (1.14%) OO
9 48 (1.14%) OOP
9 48 (1.14%) Prompt Engineering
9 48 (1.14%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
9 48 (1.14%) Sentiment Analysis
10 37 (0.88%) Problem-Solving
11 33 (0.78%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 70 (1.66%) Python
2 16 (0.38%) Go
3 11 (0.26%) PowerShell
4 10 (0.24%) SQL
5 9 (0.21%) Java
6 7 (0.17%) JavaScript
7 5 (0.12%) C#
8 3 (0.071%) Bash
8 3 (0.071%) Bicep
9 2 (0.048%) ANSI SQL
9 2 (0.048%) Ruby
10 1 (0.024%) R
10 1 (0.024%) Scala
10 1 (0.024%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4,054 (96.32%) Degree
2 4,032 (95.79%) Master's Degree
3 4,000 (95.03%) Postgraduate
4 3,996 (94.94%) PhD
5 53 (1.26%) AWS Certification
6 48 (1.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 23 (0.55%) ACCA
8 20 (0.48%) HND
9 13 (0.31%) SC Cleared
9 13 (0.31%) Security Cleared
10 8 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (0.14%) CISA
11 6 (0.14%) CISM
11 6 (0.14%) CISSP
12 5 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.095%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.095%) CITP
13 4 (0.095%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.071%) CCSP
14 3 (0.071%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (0.55%) IFRS
2 8 (0.19%) GAAP
3 4 (0.095%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (0.095%) 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 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (0.048%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (0.048%) NIST
6 1 (0.024%) Data Quality
System Software
1 24 (0.57%) Docker
2 12 (0.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.095%) Firmware
3 4 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.024%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.024%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (0.62%) Terraform
2 22 (0.52%) Kubernetes
3 14 (0.33%) Prometheus
4 8 (0.19%) SCCM
5 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (0.095%) Ansible
7 3 (0.071%) AWS Copilot
8 1 (0.024%) Grafana
8 1 (0.024%) VxRail
Vendors
1 59 (1.40%) Microsoft
2 18 (0.43%) Dell
3 14 (0.33%) Google
4 10 (0.24%) Palo Alto
5 7 (0.17%) Oracle
5 7 (0.17%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.14%) Cisco
7 4 (0.095%) Juniper
7 4 (0.095%) OpenText
7 4 (0.095%) Pega
7 4 (0.095%) Sophos
7 4 (0.095%) VMware
7 4 (0.095%) YouTube
8 3 (0.071%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.071%) Tenable
9 2 (0.048%) Aerohive Networks
9 2 (0.048%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.048%) Meraki
9 2 (0.048%) Symantec
10 1 (0.024%) New Relic