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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 205 194
Rank change year-on-year +190 -11 +85
Permanent jobs citing Cloud Computing 1,056 31 84
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 12.54% 0.51% 1.01%
As % of the Cloud Services category 35.68% 1.54% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 80
10th Percentile £25,375 £33,895 -
25th Percentile £27,469 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £69,308 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year -38.68% +18.98% -10.38%
75th Percentile £62,813 £74,144 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,000 £86,500 £69,720
England median annual salary £55,000 £72,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -24.14% +16.00% -10.71%

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 2,960 2,013 2,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 35.15% 33.04% 35.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,428 1,174 2,650
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,650 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% -4.94%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +165 920 £50,000 -27.86% 7
East Midlands +81 148 £36,625 -2.33% 8
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 3 (0.28%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (0.66%) Azure
2 4 (0.38%) Entra ID
2 4 (0.38%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (0.28%) AWS
4 1 (0.095%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (98.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.19%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.095%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.095%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.095%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (0.095%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,050 (99.43%) Social Skills
2 1,045 (98.96%) Banking
2 1,045 (98.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (0.47%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (0.28%) Law
5 2 (0.19%) Finance
5 2 (0.19%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.19%) Retail
6 1 (0.095%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (0.095%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 783 (74.15%) Lecturer
2 3 (0.28%) IT Engineer
2 3 (0.28%) IT Support
2 3 (0.28%) IT Support Engineer
2 3 (0.28%) Support Engineer
2 3 (0.28%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (0.28%) Technical Support
2 3 (0.28%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (0.19%) Artificial Intelligence Programmer
3 2 (0.19%) DBA
3 2 (0.19%) Programmer
3 2 (0.19%) SQL DBA
3 2 (0.19%) Trainee
3 2 (0.19%) Trainee Programmer
4 1 (0.095%) Architect
4 1 (0.095%) Developer
4 1 (0.095%) Professional Services Engineer
4 1 (0.095%) Sales Consultant
4 1 (0.095%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.095%) Technical Sales Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.19%) Hugging Face
1 2 (0.19%) Matplotlib
1 2 (0.19%) NumPy
1 2 (0.19%) Pandas
1 2 (0.19%) scikit-learn
1 2 (0.19%) Streamlit
2 1 (0.095%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1,045 (98.96%) IoT
2 3 (0.28%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (0.28%) Onboarding
3 2 (0.19%) Algorithms
3 2 (0.19%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.095%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,047 (99.15%) AI
1 1,047 (99.15%) Cybersecurity
1 1,047 (99.15%) Machine Learning
2 1,045 (98.96%) User Experience
2 1,045 (98.96%) Web Development
3 6 (0.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (0.47%) ITIL
5 3 (0.28%) Mentoring
5 3 (0.28%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (0.19%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
6 2 (0.19%) Conversational UI
6 2 (0.19%) Customer Service
6 2 (0.19%) Data Privacy
6 2 (0.19%) LLM
6 2 (0.19%) OO
6 2 (0.19%) OOP
6 2 (0.19%) Prompt Engineering
6 2 (0.19%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
6 2 (0.19%) Sentiment Analysis
6 2 (0.19%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (0.57%) SQL
2 3 (0.28%) PowerShell
2 3 (0.28%) Python
3 1 (0.095%) C#
3 1 (0.095%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,046 (99.05%) Degree
2 1,045 (98.96%) Master's Degree
2 1,045 (98.96%) PhD
2 1,045 (98.96%) Postgraduate
3 2 (0.19%) AWS Certification
3 2 (0.19%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 1 (0.095%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 1 (0.095%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.095%) CCSP
4 1 (0.095%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (0.095%) CISSP
4 1 (0.095%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.095%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.095%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.095%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.095%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 4 (0.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.28%) Firmware
3 1 (0.095%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.095%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (0.57%) Microsoft
2 3 (0.28%) Cisco