Cloud Computing Job Trends in the Midlands

Cloud Computing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Cloud Computing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 244 201 226
Rank change year-on-year -43 +25 -24
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 37 32 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.24% 0.57% 0.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.11% 1.89% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 7 27 26
10th Percentile £24,500 - £47,500
25th Percentile £25,063 £15,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £25,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.85% -57.08% +9.09%
75th Percentile £29,750 £56,725 £69,688
90th Percentile £38,400 £67,500 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -7.69%

All Cloud Computing Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 3,348 1,693 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 21.41% 30.19% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,279 1,345 1,705
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,000 £68,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.51% -2.31%

Cloud Computing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Cloud Computing job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Cloud Computing
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Computing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Cloud Computing in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Cloud Computing in the Midlands

Cloud Computing
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Cloud Computing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
West Midlands -39 32 £27,500 +83.33% 22
East Midlands -36 5 £26,250 +1.94% 15
Cloud Computing
England

Cloud Computing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (2.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 10 (27.03%) Azure
2 6 (16.22%) AWS
3 5 (13.51%) GCP
4 4 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (8.11%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (16.22%) Internet
2 1 (2.70%) DHCP
2 1 (2.70%) DNS
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) VPN
2 1 (2.70%) WAN
2 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Git
General
1 5 (13.51%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 1 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.70%) Retail
4 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 27 (72.97%) IT Support
2 26 (70.27%) Trainee
3 21 (56.76%) Trainee IT Support
4 19 (51.35%) IT Assistant
4 19 (51.35%) IT Support Assistant
4 19 (51.35%) Support Assistant
5 6 (16.22%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (16.22%) IT Technician
5 6 (16.22%) Support Technician
5 6 (16.22%) Trainee IT Technician
5 6 (16.22%) Trainee Technician
6 5 (13.51%) DevOps Engineer
7 3 (8.11%) IT Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Architect
8 1 (2.70%) IT Support Engineer
8 1 (2.70%) Lecturer
8 1 (2.70%) Senior
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Senior Technical Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (35.14%) NHS
2 5 (13.51%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
4 2 (5.41%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
5 1 (2.70%) IoT
5 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.70%) Synthetic Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.51%) Linux
2 4 (10.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (78.38%) Cloud Security
2 24 (64.86%) Disaster Recovery
3 9 (24.32%) Mentoring
4 7 (18.92%) Configuration Management
4 7 (18.92%) Incident Management
5 5 (13.51%) Analytical Thinking
5 5 (13.51%) CI/CD
5 5 (13.51%) Cloud Operations
5 5 (13.51%) Containerisation
5 5 (13.51%) Continuous Delivery
5 5 (13.51%) Continuous Deployment
5 5 (13.51%) Continuous Integration
5 5 (13.51%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (13.51%) DevOps
5 5 (13.51%) DevSecOps
5 5 (13.51%) Infrastructure as Code
5 5 (13.51%) Platform Engineering
5 5 (13.51%) SDLC
5 5 (13.51%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 5 (13.51%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.51%) Shell Script
2 3 (8.11%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.41%) SQL
Qualifications
1 25 (67.57%) Postgraduate
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.70%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Docker
2 3 (8.11%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Google
3 2 (5.41%) Cisco
4 1 (2.70%) YouTube