Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 11 May 2021

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Private Cloud in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Private Cloud over the 6 months to 11 May 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Private Cloud
UK > England
6 months to
11 May 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 563 564 663
Rank change year-on-year +1 +99 -74
Permanent jobs citing Private Cloud 282 364 457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.40% 0.34%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.99% 1.15% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 213 272 360
10th Percentile £36,500 £38,875 £42,995
25th Percentile £46,750 £49,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £62,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -0.79% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £75,313
90th Percentile £83,750 £96,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

Private Cloud is in the Generic IT Skills 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 generic IT skills.

All Generic IT Skills
England
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 28,566 31,776 47,322
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in England 36.48% 34.74% 34.85%
Number of salaries quoted 19,831 25,172 36,315
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,195 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.18% +0.35% +7.84%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £96,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +5.00%

Private Cloud
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Private Cloud in England

Private Cloud
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Private Cloud in England

Private Cloud
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Private Cloud in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2021.

Salary histogram for Private Cloud in England

Private Cloud
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Private Cloud within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
South East +52 82 £65,000 +8.33% 13
London -47 79 £67,000 -7.59% 20
North of England -4 45 £46,500 -11.43% 23
Midlands +3 32 £72,000 +30.91% 14
North West +15 30 £50,000 -6.98% 16
West Midlands -2 24 £75,000 +36.36% 5
South West -16 19 £45,000 +12.50% 11
East of England +49 16 £60,000 -17.24% 5
Yorkshire -12 15 £37,500 -31.82% 4
East Midlands +8 8 £60,000 -17.24% 9
North East +3 1 £49,000 +30.67% 3
Private Cloud
UK

For the 6 months to 11 May 2021, IT jobs citing Private Cloud also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region with a requirement for Private Cloud.

1 176 (62.41%) Azure
2 123 (43.62%) DevOps
3 121 (42.91%) AWS
4 102 (36.17%) VMware
5 96 (34.04%) Microsoft
6 88 (31.21%) Linux
7 87 (30.85%) VMware Infrastructure
8 84 (29.79%) Agile Software Development
9 79 (28.01%) Windows
10 78 (27.66%) Ansible
11 77 (27.30%) Data Centre
12 72 (25.53%) Terraform
12 72 (25.53%) Docker
13 66 (23.40%) PaaS
13 66 (23.40%) Active Directory
14 65 (23.05%) IaaS
15 62 (21.99%) Kubernetes
15 62 (21.99%) SQL
15 62 (21.99%) Public Cloud
16 56 (19.86%) ITIL
17 55 (19.50%) Security Cleared
18 54 (19.15%) Firewall
19 53 (18.79%) SaaS
19 53 (18.79%) Microsoft 365
20 52 (18.44%) Python
20 52 (18.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
21 51 (18.09%) PowerShell
22 50 (17.73%) Finance
23 46 (16.31%) Jenkins
24 45 (15.96%) OpenShift

Private Cloud
Co-occurring IT Skills in England by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 37 (13.12%) OpenStack
2 25 (8.87%) SharePoint
3 14 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
4 12 (4.26%) IIS
4 12 (4.26%) nginx
5 10 (3.55%) Cloud Foundry
5 10 (3.55%) MS Exchange
6 7 (2.48%) CloudStack
7 5 (1.77%) Apache
7 5 (1.77%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.71%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.71%) WordPress
9 1 (0.35%) Traffic Server
Applications
1 4 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.06%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.35%) SunGard Martini
Cloud Services
1 176 (62.41%) Azure
2 121 (42.91%) AWS
3 66 (23.40%) PaaS
4 65 (23.05%) IaaS
5 53 (18.79%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (18.79%) SaaS
6 45 (15.96%) OpenShift
7 28 (9.93%) GCP
8 24 (8.51%) GitHub
9 14 (4.96%) Azure Active Directory
10 12 (4.26%) Datadog
10 12 (4.26%) Serverless
11 11 (3.90%) AWS CloudFormation
12 10 (3.55%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (2.84%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.84%) Cloud Computing
14 7 (2.48%) npm
14 7 (2.48%) Pulumi
15 6 (2.13%) Power Platform
16 5 (1.77%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 54 (19.15%) Firewall
2 29 (10.28%) DNS
3 16 (5.67%) AMQP
4 15 (5.32%) SD-WAN
4 15 (5.32%) TCP/IP
4 15 (5.32%) WAN
5 14 (4.96%) Internet
5 14 (4.96%) SAN
6 12 (4.26%) Network Security
6 12 (4.26%) Wireless
7 11 (3.90%) VPN
8 9 (3.19%) MPLS
9 8 (2.84%) HTTP
9 8 (2.84%) LAN
9 8 (2.84%) VLAN
10 7 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
12 5 (1.77%) VSAN
13 4 (1.42%) BGP
14 3 (1.06%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (12.77%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.22%) MongoDB
3 23 (8.16%) NoSQL
4 19 (6.74%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (6.38%) MySQL
6 14 (4.96%) Hadoop
7 12 (4.26%) Redis
8 10 (3.55%) Big Data
9 9 (3.19%) Relational Database
10 7 (2.48%) Apache Cassandra
10 7 (2.48%) MariaDB
11 5 (1.77%) HBase
11 5 (1.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.42%) SQL Server 2005
12 4 (1.42%) SQL Server 2019
12 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (1.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (1.06%) Amazon RDS
13 3 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
14 2 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 46 (16.31%) Jenkins
2 22 (7.80%) GitLab
3 13 (4.61%) Git (software)
4 9 (3.19%) Gradle
4 9 (3.19%) Maven
4 9 (3.19%) TeamCity
5 5 (1.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 5 (1.77%) Octopus Deploy
6 4 (1.42%) Postman
7 3 (1.06%) Artifactory
7 3 (1.06%) Sonatype Nexus
7 3 (1.06%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.71%) JIRA
9 1 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
General
1 50 (17.73%) Finance
2 43 (15.25%) Social Skills
3 21 (7.45%) Law
3 21 (7.45%) Public Sector
4 14 (4.96%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.96%) Electronics
5 13 (4.61%) Telecoms
6 11 (3.90%) Local Government
6 11 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
7 10 (3.55%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.55%) Marketing
8 9 (3.19%) Retail
9 8 (2.84%) Digital Economy
10 6 (2.13%) Banking
10 6 (2.13%) Legal
10 6 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.77%) Police
12 4 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 59 (20.92%) Architect
2 52 (18.44%) DevOps Engineer
3 43 (15.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 23 (8.16%) Consultant
5 17 (6.03%) Cloud Consultant
6 16 (5.67%) Cloud Architect
6 16 (5.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (4.96%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 13 (4.61%) Senior DevOps
9 13 (4.61%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 12 (4.26%) Azure Engineer
10 12 (4.26%) Developer
10 12 (4.26%) Systems Engineer
11 11 (3.90%) Automation Engineer
11 11 (3.90%) Azure Consultant
11 11 (3.90%) Cloud Infrastructure Consultant
12 10 (3.55%) Lead DevOps
12 10 (3.55%) Technical Architect
13 9 (3.19%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (9.57%) Kafka
2 23 (8.16%) Spring Boot
3 22 (7.80%) Spring
4 18 (6.38%) .NET
4 18 (6.38%) REST
5 17 (6.03%) .NET Core
6 16 (5.67%) .NET Framework
7 15 (5.32%) JSON
8 14 (4.96%) Elastic Stack
8 14 (4.96%) React
9 8 (2.84%) LEMP Stack
9 8 (2.84%) Node.js
10 6 (2.13%) YAML
11 5 (1.77%) Apache Thrift
11 5 (1.77%) Lucene
11 5 (1.77%) Memcached
11 5 (1.77%) Middleware
11 5 (1.77%) Protocol Buffers
12 4 (1.42%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 77 (27.30%) Data Centre
2 62 (21.99%) Public Cloud
3 38 (13.48%) Hybrid Cloud
4 27 (9.57%) Cloud Native
5 12 (4.26%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.90%) PKI
7 10 (3.55%) Enterprise Storage
7 10 (3.55%) Linux Command Line
8 6 (2.13%) Driving Licence
8 6 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
9 5 (1.77%) Hedge funds
9 5 (1.77%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.06%) Replication
10 3 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.71%) Clustering
11 2 (0.71%) Reinsurance
11 2 (0.71%) Social Media
11 2 (0.71%) User Experience
12 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Cloud
12 1 (0.35%) Smart Energy
Operating Systems
1 88 (31.21%) Linux
2 79 (28.01%) Windows
3 40 (14.18%) Windows Server
4 17 (6.03%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (4.61%) Unix
6 8 (2.84%) Ubuntu
7 7 (2.48%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (2.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 7 (2.48%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (2.13%) Windows 10
9 5 (1.77%) Debian
9 5 (1.77%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.42%) CentOS
10 4 (1.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.06%) VMS
12 2 (0.71%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.35%) AIX
13 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.35%) Check Point GAiA
13 1 (0.35%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (43.62%) DevOps
2 84 (29.79%) Agile Software Development
3 56 (19.86%) ITIL
4 52 (18.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 42 (14.89%) Infrastructure as Code
6 30 (10.64%) Open Source
7 29 (10.28%) Microservices
8 27 (9.57%) Software Engineering
9 26 (9.22%) Continuous Integration
10 25 (8.87%) PRINCE2
10 25 (8.87%) Scrum
11 24 (8.51%) Configuration Management
12 23 (8.16%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
12 23 (8.16%) Project Delivery
13 22 (7.80%) Analytics
13 22 (7.80%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (7.80%) Enterprise Architecture
13 22 (7.80%) Migration
14 20 (7.09%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 62 (21.99%) SQL
2 52 (18.44%) Python
3 51 (18.09%) PowerShell
4 42 (14.89%) Java
5 27 (9.57%) Bash Shell
6 10 (3.55%) C++
7 8 (2.84%) JavaScript
7 8 (2.84%) Perl
8 5 (1.77%) C#
9 4 (1.42%) R
9 4 (1.42%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.06%) C
10 3 (1.06%) PHP
10 3 (1.06%) Ruby
10 3 (1.06%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.71%) Java 8
12 1 (0.35%) Groovy
12 1 (0.35%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 55 (19.50%) Security Cleared
2 30 (10.64%) Degree
3 28 (9.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (9.22%) SC Cleared
5 24 (8.51%) MCSE
6 19 (6.74%) CCNA
6 19 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (6.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 12 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (3.55%) ITIL Certification
10 9 (3.19%) DBS Check
11 8 (2.84%) RHCE
12 7 (2.48%) DV Cleared
12 7 (2.48%) MCSA
13 6 (2.13%) MCP
14 4 (1.42%) HNC
15 3 (1.06%) CISA
15 3 (1.06%) CISM
15 3 (1.06%) CISSP
15 3 (1.06%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 15 (5.32%) SLA
3 14 (4.96%) GDPR
4 10 (3.55%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.48%) PMBOK
6 6 (2.13%) BS25999
6 6 (2.13%) ISO 9001
6 6 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 6 (2.13%) PCI DSS
7 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.35%) QA
System Software
1 87 (30.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 72 (25.53%) Docker
3 66 (23.40%) Active Directory
4 39 (13.83%) Hyper-V
5 14 (4.96%) Virtual Machines
5 14 (4.96%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.90%) VMware NSX
7 9 (3.19%) vSphere
8 7 (2.48%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 4 (1.42%) vCloud
10 3 (1.06%) Varnish
10 3 (1.06%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.71%) LXC
11 2 (0.71%) NFS
11 2 (0.71%) OpenAM
11 2 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.35%) GridGain
12 1 (0.35%) KVM
12 1 (0.35%) Squid
12 1 (0.35%) SRDF
Systems Management
1 78 (27.66%) Ansible
2 72 (25.53%) Terraform
3 62 (21.99%) Kubernetes
4 31 (10.99%) SCCM
5 27 (9.57%) Puppet
6 22 (7.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 19 (6.74%) Opscode Chef
8 15 (5.32%) Prometheus
9 7 (2.48%) SCVMM
10 6 (2.13%) Failover Clustering
10 6 (2.13%) PowerCLI
10 6 (2.13%) vRealize
11 5 (1.77%) Grafana
11 5 (1.77%) Nagios
11 5 (1.77%) PaperCut
11 5 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (1.77%) ZABBIX
12 4 (1.42%) Opsgenie
13 3 (1.06%) Packer
13 3 (1.06%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 102 (36.17%) VMware
2 96 (34.04%) Microsoft
3 20 (7.09%) Red Hat
4 19 (6.74%) Oracle
5 15 (5.32%) Citrix
5 15 (5.32%) Veeam
6 13 (4.61%) CheckPoint
7 10 (3.55%) Google
8 9 (3.19%) NEC
8 9 (3.19%) Northgate
8 9 (3.19%) SAP
9 8 (2.84%) Cisco
9 8 (2.84%) NetApp
10 7 (2.48%) EMC
11 6 (2.13%) Palo Alto
11 6 (2.13%) Splunk
12 5 (1.77%) Juniper
13 4 (1.42%) CA
13 4 (1.42%) MuleSoft
13 4 (1.42%) Salesforce.com