Cloud Security Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Cloud Security
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Cloud Security skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 68 73
Rank change year-on-year +19 +5 +30
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Security 7 11 33
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 1.08% 1.73% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.43% 1.86% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 4
10th Percentile £58,250 - -
25th Percentile £70,625 £32,500 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £40,000 £90,750
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -55.92% -1.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £93,750 £103,500
90th Percentile - £96,000 -
South West median annual salary £69,000 £51,058 £70,576
% change year-on-year +35.14% -27.65% +18.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Cloud Security falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 491 590 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 75.65% 92.77% 88.74%
Number of salaries quoted 345 244 538
10th Percentile £30,200 £33,475 £29,925
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,250 £78,375 £80,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

Cloud Security
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Cloud Security relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Cloud Security job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Cloud Security
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cloud Security.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Cloud Security

Cloud Security
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Security in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Security in Gloucestershire

Cloud Security
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Security within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Gloucester +10 2 - - 1
Cloud Security
South West

Cloud Security
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (28.57%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Military
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
4 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (42.86%) Security Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Security Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Release Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Management Information System
1 3 (42.86%) PKI
2 2 (28.57%) CCTV
3 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Business Development
3 3 (42.86%) Cryptography
3 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
3 3 (42.86%) Information Assurance
3 3 (42.86%) MODAF
3 3 (42.86%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (42.86%) Protective Monitoring
3 3 (42.86%) Security Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Technical Leadership
3 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
4 2 (28.57%) BCP
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
4 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (28.57%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) DV Cleared
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) RMADS
2 2 (28.57%) GDPR
2 2 (28.57%) PCI DSS
3 1 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (28.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Fortinet
2 2 (28.57%) Meraki
2 2 (28.57%) SolarWinds
2 2 (28.57%) VMware