Cloud Security Jobs in England

Cloud Security
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Cloud Security skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Cloud Security over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 154 305
Rank change year-on-year -143 +151 -50
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 787 2,190 1,714
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.93% 2.36% 1.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 2.47% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 603 984 960
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £47,000 £53,970 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% - +3.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £73,000 £72,000
% change year-on-year -10.96% +1.39% +2.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Cloud Security is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,867 88,602 125,198
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 53,758 52,331 73,895
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,338
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cloud Security as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Cloud Security in England.

Salary trend for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in England

Cloud Security
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 Security within the England region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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 -81 296 £81,250 +4.17% 117
North of England -130 177 £52,500 -16.46% 50
South East -76 109 £50,000 -24.53% 21
South West -42 104 £59,526 -20.63% 22
North West -120 85 £50,000 -16.00% 16
Midlands -87 72 £65,000 -10.96% 22
Yorkshire -61 62 £60,000 -12.43% 20
West Midlands -65 43 £75,000 +2.74% 15
North East +8 30 £42,500 -12.82% 16
East Midlands -17 28 £60,000 -11.11% 7
East of England -47 16 £72,500 +52.70% 14
Cloud Security
UK

Cloud Security
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 23 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 10 (1.27%) Apache
4 8 (1.02%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.51%) CloudStack
6 3 (0.38%) Confluence
7 2 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.25%) IIS
7 2 (0.25%) nginx
7 2 (0.25%) SharePoint 2013
8 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.13%) Drupal
8 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.13%) Magento
1 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 445 (56.54%) Azure
2 248 (31.51%) AWS
3 181 (23.00%) Microsoft 365
4 121 (15.37%) GCP
5 74 (9.40%) PaaS
6 72 (9.15%) Azure DevOps
7 71 (9.02%) Entra ID
8 68 (8.64%) SaaS
9 62 (7.88%) IaaS
10 57 (7.24%) Cloud Computing
11 45 (5.72%) Azure Sentinel
12 44 (5.59%) AWS CloudFormation
13 38 (4.83%) GitHub
14 32 (4.07%) Serverless
15 31 (3.94%) Microsoft Purview
16 26 (3.30%) Power Platform
17 22 (2.80%) Azure AKS
18 17 (2.16%) GitHub Actions
19 14 (1.78%) Azure Logic Apps
20 13 (1.65%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 174 (22.11%) Firewall
2 110 (13.98%) Network Security
3 73 (9.28%) DNS
4 53 (6.73%) TCP/IP
5 46 (5.84%) WAN
6 44 (5.59%) LAN
7 36 (4.57%) VPN
8 32 (4.07%) DHCP
8 32 (4.07%) HTTP
9 30 (3.81%) Internet
10 28 (3.56%) Wireless
11 20 (2.54%) SD-WAN
12 18 (2.29%) DKIM
12 18 (2.29%) DMARC
12 18 (2.29%) Software-Defined Networking
13 17 (2.16%) WLAN
14 16 (2.03%) Wireshark
15 12 (1.52%) BGP
15 12 (1.52%) VoIP
16 11 (1.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (1.91%) Power BI
1 15 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.40%) NoSQL
2 11 (1.40%) Relational Database
3 10 (1.27%) Data Lake
4 9 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.14%) Big Data
4 9 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (1.02%) BigQuery
5 8 (1.02%) Bigtable
5 8 (1.02%) Looker
5 8 (1.02%) MySQL
5 8 (1.02%) Tableau
6 5 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.38%) Oracle Exadata
7 3 (0.38%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 43 (5.46%) Jenkins
2 22 (2.80%) Git
3 14 (1.78%) GitLab
4 10 (1.27%) SonarQube
5 5 (0.64%) Burp Suite
5 5 (0.64%) Katalon Studio
5 5 (0.64%) Maven
5 5 (0.64%) Selenium
6 4 (0.51%) JIRA
7 3 (0.38%) JMeter
7 3 (0.38%) Metasploit
8 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.25%) Gatling
8 2 (0.25%) JUnit
8 2 (0.25%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.25%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.13%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 248 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 199 (25.29%) Finance
3 81 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 63 (8.01%) Banking
6 51 (6.48%) Retail
7 30 (3.81%) Legal
7 30 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
8 29 (3.68%) Law
9 24 (3.05%) Marketing
10 23 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
11 20 (2.54%) Public Sector
12 12 (1.52%) Tech for Good
13 11 (1.40%) Back Office
13 11 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (1.02%) Games
16 4 (0.51%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.38%) Police
18 2 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 159 (20.20%) Architect
2 156 (19.82%) Senior
3 115 (14.61%) Analyst
4 108 (13.72%) Security Engineer
5 99 (12.58%) Cloud Engineer
6 95 (12.07%) Security Analyst
7 93 (11.82%) Lead
8 72 (9.15%) Security Architect
9 63 (8.01%) Cloud Architect
10 44 (5.59%) Information Analyst
10 44 (5.59%) Information Security Analyst
11 40 (5.08%) Senior Security Engineer
12 36 (4.57%) Cloud Security Engineer
13 35 (4.45%) Cybersecurity Analyst
14 33 (4.19%) Azure Engineer
14 33 (4.19%) Consultant
14 33 (4.19%) Security Manager
15 32 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
16 29 (3.68%) Senior Analyst
17 28 (3.56%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.70%) SAML
2 31 (3.94%) HTML
3 29 (3.68%) OpenID
4 14 (1.78%) YAML
5 13 (1.65%) Kafka
6 12 (1.52%) SailPoint
7 11 (1.40%) ARM Templates
8 9 (1.14%) OAuth
9 8 (1.02%) .NET
9 8 (1.02%) Laravel
10 7 (0.89%) JSON
10 7 (0.89%) Middleware
10 7 (0.89%) React
10 7 (0.89%) REST
10 7 (0.89%) web3js
11 6 (0.76%) AngularJS
11 6 (0.76%) Azure Blueprints
12 5 (0.64%) AWS CDK
13 4 (0.51%) CSS
13 4 (0.51%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 86 (10.93%) Cloud Native
2 68 (8.64%) Management Information System
3 62 (7.88%) Cyberattack
4 58 (7.37%) Security Posture
5 52 (6.61%) Public Cloud
6 49 (6.23%) Data Centre
7 39 (4.96%) Cyber Threat
8 31 (3.94%) Security Operations Centre
9 23 (2.92%) Cloud Security Posture
9 23 (2.92%) Product Ownership
10 22 (2.80%) PKI
11 21 (2.67%) Private Cloud
12 14 (1.78%) Driving Licence
13 13 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
14 12 (1.52%) Onboarding
15 9 (1.14%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
15 9 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
15 9 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (18.30%) Windows
2 82 (10.42%) Linux
3 76 (9.66%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.54%) Windows 10
5 15 (1.91%) Unix
6 14 (1.78%) Android
6 14 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 12 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
8 11 (1.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.89%) Solaris
9 7 (0.89%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.38%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.38%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.38%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (35.83%) Cybersecurity
2 233 (29.61%) Information Security
3 195 (24.78%) DevOps
4 187 (23.76%) Agile
5 151 (19.19%) Problem-Solving
6 140 (17.79%) Infrastructure as Code
7 134 (17.03%) CI/CD
8 106 (13.47%) SIEM
9 103 (13.09%) DevSecOps
10 101 (12.83%) Roadmaps
11 100 (12.71%) Identity Access Management
12 87 (11.05%) Incident Response
13 86 (10.93%) Security Architecture
14 85 (10.80%) Security Operations
15 83 (10.55%) Vulnerability Management
16 77 (9.78%) Application Security
17 66 (8.39%) Containerisation
17 66 (8.39%) SDLC
18 62 (7.88%) Risk Management
19 56 (7.12%) Data Loss Prevention
Programming Languages
1 120 (15.25%) Python
2 94 (11.94%) PowerShell
3 38 (4.83%) Bash
3 38 (4.83%) SQL
4 25 (3.18%) Bicep
4 25 (3.18%) Java
5 20 (2.54%) JavaScript
6 11 (1.40%) C#
7 10 (1.27%) Go
7 10 (1.27%) PHP
8 9 (1.14%) Rust
8 9 (1.14%) Scala
9 8 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
10 5 (0.64%) C
10 5 (0.64%) R
10 5 (0.64%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.51%) AWK
11 4 (0.51%) sed
12 3 (0.38%) C++
13 2 (0.25%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 157 (19.95%) CISSP
2 108 (13.72%) Degree
3 76 (9.66%) AWS Certification
4 72 (9.15%) Cisco Certification
5 68 (8.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 66 (8.39%) Security Cleared
7 63 (8.01%) Azure Certification
7 63 (8.01%) CISM
8 56 (7.12%) CCSP
9 53 (6.73%) CEH
10 52 (6.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 40 (5.08%) DV Cleared
11 40 (5.08%) Microsoft Certification
12 32 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
13 25 (3.18%) SC Cleared
14 21 (2.67%) Master's Degree
15 20 (2.54%) SANS
16 17 (2.16%) CompTIA Security+
17 16 (2.03%) OSCP
18 15 (1.91%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (16.26%) NIST
2 125 (15.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (9.28%) PCI DSS
4 30 (3.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 29 (3.68%) GDPR
6 25 (3.18%) GRC
7 22 (2.80%) SLA
8 16 (2.03%) NCSC
9 14 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 13 (1.65%) NIST 800
11 10 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 9 (1.14%) SOC 2
13 8 (1.02%) COBIT
14 7 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 6 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.64%) HIPAA
17 4 (0.51%) ISO 31000
17 4 (0.51%) QA
18 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
18 3 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 106 (13.47%) Active Directory
2 64 (8.13%) Docker
3 31 (3.94%) Hyper-V
4 25 (3.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (1.78%) Virtual Desktop
5 14 (1.78%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.76%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.64%) vSphere
8 3 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) LXC
9 1 (0.13%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 119 (15.12%) Terraform
2 90 (11.44%) Kubernetes
3 43 (5.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 39 (4.96%) CASB
5 34 (4.32%) Ansible
6 20 (2.54%) Single Sign-On
7 17 (2.16%) Nmap
8 11 (1.40%) FortiGate
9 9 (1.14%) Istio
9 9 (1.14%) Puppet
10 8 (1.02%) Progress Chef
10 8 (1.02%) SCCM
11 7 (0.89%) Argo
12 6 (0.76%) Nagios
13 5 (0.64%) OfficeScan
13 5 (0.64%) QRadar
13 5 (0.64%) WSUS
14 4 (0.51%) cPanel
14 4 (0.51%) Plesk
15 3 (0.38%) Nessus
Vendors
1 241 (30.62%) Microsoft
2 65 (8.26%) Google
3 46 (5.84%) Cisco
4 33 (4.19%) Splunk
5 28 (3.56%) VMware
6 24 (3.05%) Rapid7
7 21 (2.67%) Qualys
8 20 (2.54%) ServiceNow
9 19 (2.41%) CyberArk
10 16 (2.03%) Juniper
10 16 (2.03%) Palo Alto
11 14 (1.78%) Oracle
11 14 (1.78%) Thycotic
12 12 (1.52%) Barracuda Networks
13 11 (1.40%) Apple
13 11 (1.40%) BeyondTrust
13 11 (1.40%) ConnectWise
13 11 (1.40%) Sophos
14 10 (1.27%) CheckPoint
14 10 (1.27%) Zscaler